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UPPSC or The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission had recently announced the Recruitment For 176 Vacant Posts of APS or Additional Private Secretary (U.P. Secretariat). A Large Number of Interested aspirants had filled their Online Application form and applied for this vacancy. All the Selected Eligible applicants will be called for the written Exam. The aspirants will be informed about the Exam Date Shortly.
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UPPSC APS Recruitment 2022 Exam Date
The UPPSC will release the Exam Date for the post of APS shortly. All the candidates who successfully managed to submit the application for this post can successfully download their Hall tickets from the official website of UPPSC before attending the exam. In this article we will discuss UPPSC APS Exam Date, Exam Pattern and other details.
Uttar Pradesh PSC APS Admit Card 2022
| Events | Exam Dates |
| call letters for Prelims Exam | Will be released Shortly |
| Online Exam – Preliminary | Will be announced Shortly |
| Result – Prelims Exam | Few days after the exam |
| Call letter for Main | Not yet released |
| Online Exam – Main | Not yet announced |
| Result of Main Exam | Shortly after the main exam |
| Call letters for interview | Shortly after the main exam result |
| Interview | No yet announced |
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UPPSC APS Exam Pattern 2022
There will be one paper consisting of 5 minutes for Hindi Typewriting which is Compulsory and English Typewriting which is Optional. Refer the below table to see the written Exam divisions:
The Exam Will be of Objective Type.
| Paper | Subjects / Topic | Time Duration | Max.Marks |
| Paper-1 | General Knowledge | 2 hours | 100 |
| Paper 2 | General Hindi | 3 hours | 100 |
| Paper-3 | Hindi shorthand | — | 135 |
| Paper-4 | Hindi Typewriting | — | 15 |
| Paper-5 | General English | 1 hour | 50 |
| Paper-6 | English shorthand | — | 135 |
| Paper-7 | English Typewriting | — | 15 |
| Paper-8 | Computer Knowledge Test | 1.5 hours | 100 |
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UPPSC APS Syllabus 2022
The syllabus for the Examination is given below :
General Knowledge
- Questions will be Objective type.
- This paper will cover the fields given below and it will be of Graduation standard.
| Topic | Marks |
| Abbreviations | 10 |
| Famous Books and their writers | 10 |
| History (with reference to ancients, Medieval & modern India) | 10 |
| Science | 10 |
| Geography (Related to Uttar Pradesh.) – 06 Marks Geography (Related to India) | 04 |
| Indian Constitution | 10 |
| Sports | 10 |
| Important Cities, Memoirs & Buildings (With reference to India) | 10 |
| Important events (National & International) | 10 |
| Arithmetic (Class VIII level) | 10 |
General Hindi
यह प्रश्न पत्र निबन्धात्मक, परम्परागत प्रकार का होगा। प्रश्न पत्र का क्षेत्र निम्नलिखित रूप में होगा।
| विषय | अंक | |
| अपठित गद्यांश और प्रश्नोत्तर तथा अपठित गद्यांश का शीर्षक | 25 | |
| संक्षेपण | 10 | |
| पत्र एवं कार्यालयीय विभिन्न पत्रों का आलेखन | 10 | |
| मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ तथा उनका प्रयोग | 10 | |
| विभिन्न शब्दों का एक शब्द | 10 | |
| वाक्यों का शुद्धीकरण | 10 | |
| पर्यायवाची तथा विलोम शब्द | 05 | |
| हिन्दी निबन्ध | 25 | |
Hindi shorthand
For the post of UPPSC A.P.S. a speed of 80 words per minute in Hindi Shorthand and 25 word per minute in Hindi Typewriting is essential. The aspirants are expected to transcribe the dictated prose in 05 minutes in the determined speed by Typewriter for which an hours time will be given. The prose shall be selected in the understand not only the speed of Shorthand but also to examine the knowledge of idiomatic language of the candidate. If the errors of the aspirant crosses 5 percent then he will be considered ineligible for appointment but the board may relax the error up to three percent at their discretion.
Hindi Typewriting
For the post of UPPSC APS there will be a paper of 5 minutes for Hindi typewriting and English Typewriting where the English Typewriting will be optional.The aspirant will have to obtain the speed of 25 words per minute in Hindi Type Test, the aspirants obtaining lesser speed shall not be treated eligible. The aspirants obtaining the speed of 25 words per minute shall be awarded 10 marks and the aspirants obtaining more speed 1 extra mark for 5 word per minute shall be given but such marks obtained will not be more than 15 marks i.e. Total.
The marks will be as tabulated below :
| Speed | Marks |
| 15-29 | 10 |
| 30-34 | 11 |
| 35-39 | 12 |
| 40-44 | 13 |
| 45-49 | 14 |
| more than 50 | 15 |
The aspirants shall be given a prose paragraph to type in 5 minutes. Having typed in lesser duration they have to type it yet again.
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Computer Knowledge test
It will a Practical Exam on computer terminal. The main topics that will be covered are:
- Basic knowledge of working on Linux and windows operating system platforms on desktops and laptops with peripherals like microphone, Printer and speaker. (20)
- Working knowledge of Windows office word packages (Microsoft word, Open Office etc.) (25)
- Working knowledge of Excel or Spread Sheets (20)
- How to use world wide web and popular websites (for Railway/Air Reservation,information web sites like Wikipedia, search engines like Google, etc.) (05)
- knowledge of E-mailing (reading, saving, printing,sending, sending with attachment, maintaining address book etc.) (15)
- knowledge of preparation of presentations (power point, PDF etc.) with variant styles and animations (15)
Optional Paper for the Post UPPSC APS
General English
| Topic | Marks |
| Correction of sentence | 05 |
| Fill in the blanks | 05 |
| Translation Hindi to English | 10 |
| Translation English to Hindi | 10 |
| English Essay | 20 |
English shorthand
- A Test will be conducted for English Shorthand and General English which is are
- From among the selected aspirants who are found fit in both Hindi and English according to determined standards will be entitled for Bilingual allowance determined by the Govt. from time to time.
English Typewriting
For the post there shall be one paper of 5 minutes for Hindi typewriting (Compulsory) and English Typewriting (Optional).
Conclusion
All the aspirants are Advised to be in touch with the Official Website of UPPSC to get the Information Regarding Exam Syllabus, Admit Card & Other Related Information.
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