UPPSC APS Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025

Candidates who are planning to appear in the UPPSC APS exam must have complete knowledge of the UPPSC APS Syllabus, exam pattern, marking scheme, and other details related to the examination to prepare enthusiastically. The UPPSC APS Exam Pattern is divided into 3 papers of various subjects with the written test. In this article, we have discussed the detailed UPPSC APS Syllabus and Exam Pattern for reference to the candidates who are planning to appear in the UPPSC APS 2025 Exam.

UPPSC APS Syllabus 2025

The knowledge of the UPSSC APS Syllabus and Exam Pattern will help the candidates plan a strategy to score good marks in the examination. Candidates will be selected based on their performance in the UPPSC APS written exam. To get the summary of the UPPSC APS Syllabus go through the below table.

UPPSC APS Syllabus 2025
Organization	Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC)
Exam Name	UPSC APS Exam 2025
Exam Level	State Level
Category	Syllabus
Mode of Exam	Offline
No. of Papers	3 Papers (General Knowledge, General Hindi and Computer Knowledge)
Duration of Exam	3 Hours
Selection Process	Written Examination, Hindi Shorthand & Typewriting and Computer Practical Exam
Official website	www.uppsc.up.nic.in

UPPSC APS Exam Pattern 2025

The foremost step is to understand the UPPSC APS Exam Pattern 2025, the type of questions asked, the duration of the exam, etc to prepare accordingly. We have tabulated below the Exam Pattern for the UPPSC APS Exam 2025.

The UPPSC APS 2025 Exam consists of 3 Papers.
Paper 1 is of General Knowledge, Paper 2 is of General Hindi and Paper 3 will be of Computer Knowledge.
Each Paper of Stage 1 will carry 50 Marks.
The duration of the UPPSC APS Exam is 3 Hours, each paper is for 1 hour.
Stage 2 consists of Hindi Shorthand and Typewriting for 100 Marks.
In Stage 3, there will be a Computer Practical for 50 Marks.

UPPSC APS Recruitment 2025 Exam Pattern
Stage 1
Paper	Subject	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
Paper-1	General Knowledge	50	50	1 hour
Paper-2	General Hindi	50	50	1 hour
Paper- 3	Computer Knowledge	50	50	1 hour
Stage 2
Paper-1	Hindi shorthand	-	75	1.5 Hour
Paper- 2	Hindi typewriting	-	25	1.5 Hour
Stage- 3
Paper-1	Computer Practical	-	50	1 Hour

UPPSC APS Syllabus 2025

The UPPSC APS 2025 Syllabus for the Additional Private Secretary (APS) post has been detailed in the table below. For a better preparation strategy, the aspirants must have a thorough awareness of the syllabus topics for the examination. Go through the detailed UPPSC APS Syllabus 2025 and one can even get a hard copy of the syllabus.

UPPSC APS Syllabus 2025
Paper	Syllabus
General Knowledge	Abbreviations Famous Books and their writers History (with reference to ancients, Medieval & modern India) Science Geography (Related to U.P.), Geography (Related to India) Indian Constitution Sports Important Cities, Memoirs & Buildings (With reference to India) Important events (National & International) Arithmetic (Class VIII level)
General Hindi	अपठित गद्यांश और प्रश्नोत्तर तथा अपठित गद्यांश का शीर्षक संक्षेपण पत्र एवं कार्यालयीय विभिन्न पत्रों का आलेखन मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ तथा उनका प्रयोग विभिन्न शब्दों का एक शब्द वाक्यों का शुद्धीकरण पर्यायवाची तथा विलोम शब्द हिन्दी निबन्ध
Computer Knowledge	Basic knowledge of working on Windows System Platforms on desktops and laptops with peripherals like Printer, Scanner, Microphone and Speaker. Working knowledge of Microsoft office package (Microsoft word, Excel, Power point etc.) Conversant in the use of World Wide Web and popular websites (for Railway/Air Reservation, search engines like Google, information websites like wikipedia etc.) Working Knowledge of E-mailing (sending, sending with attachment, reading, saving, printing, maintaining address book etc.) Working Knowledge of preparation of presentations (power point, PDF etc.) with different styles and animations.

UPPSC Shorthand Typing Test 2025

The candidate will have to obtain a speed of 25 w.p.m. in the UPPSC Hindi Shorthand Type Test, the candidates obtaining a lesser speed shall not be treated as eligible. The Candidates obtaining a speed of 25 w.p.m. shall be awarded 10 marks and the candidates obtaining more speed 1 extra mark for 5 w.p.m. shall be given but such obtained marks shall not be more than 15 marks.