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UKPSC Lecturer Syllabus 2025 – Overview
| Conducting Body | Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) |
| Exam Name | Uttarakhand Special Subordinate Education Service Examination 2025 |
| Post Name | Lecturer |
| Total Vacancies | 613 (550 for General Branch & 63 for Women Branch) |
| Selection Process | Written Exam, Interview |
| Category | Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Official Website | psc.uk.gov.in |
UKPSC Lecturer Civics Syllabus 2025
Civics :
1. Political Theory and Thought :
• Nature of Political Theory, its main concern, decline and resurgence. democracy, liberty,equality, justice, sovereignty, liberalism and Marxism.
• Power, Authority and Legitimacy
• Indian Political Thought : Manu, Kautilya, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Gandhi and Ambedkar.
• Western Political Thought : Plato and Aristotle, Bentham, J. S. Mill, Hegel and Marx
• Contemporary Political Thought : Lenin, Mao, Gramsci and John Rawls
2. Comparative Politics and Political Analysis :
• Comparative Politics as a discipline; nature and scope.
• Approaches to the study of comparative politics : Traditional and modern.
• Forms of Government: Unitary – Federal, Parliamentary – Presidential.
• Organs of Government: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary – their interrelationship in comparative perspective.
• Party Systems and Pressure Groups; Electoral Systems.
• Political Development, Political Culture and Political Socialization.
• Political Elite; Elitist theory of Democracy.
3. Indian Government and Politics :
• National Movement-
(i) Consequences of first war of Independence.
(ii) Formation and working of Indian National Congress.
(iii) Gandhiji’s role in Independence Movement.
(iv) Contribution of revolutionaries in the freedom movement.
• Constituent Assembly- Composition and working.
• Preamble, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental duties.
• Constitutional amendment process and social change.
• Structure and Process – I : President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Working of the Parliamentary System.
• Structure and Process – II : Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Legislature.
• Local self governance (Rural and Urban) in Uttarakhand State, impact of reservation for women in Local self governance.
• Federalism : Federal structure in India; Demands of Autonomy and Separatist Movements; Emerging trends in Centre – State Relations.
• Judiciary : Supreme Court, High Courts(composition and working), Judicial Review, Judicial Activism including Public Interest Litigation cases, Judicial Reforms.
• Secularism, Communalism, Regionalism and caste politics in India.
• Lokpal and Lokayukta in India.
• New Social movements in India (Farmer´s movement, women´s, movement, Environment and Development-affected people´s movement).
• Political Parties, Public Opinion.
• Role of women in Uttarakhand State movement.
• Niti Aayog-Composition and functions.
• Election Commission and Electoral Reforms in India.
• Empowerment of women in Uttarakhand State.
• Composition and working of Human Rights Commission in Uttarakhand
4. Public Administration :
• Public Administration: Meaning, Nature and scope.
• Principles of Organization: Line and staff, hierarchy, span of control, unity of command, centralization and decentralization, Types of organization – formal and informal; Forms of
organization; department and public corporation.
• Chief Executive: Types, functions and roles.
• Personnel Administration: Recruitment, Training, Promotion,
• Bureaucracy: Types and Roles; Max Weber and his critics.
• Financial Administration : Budget, Budget formation in India and the role of CAG.
• Good Governance; Problems of Administrative Corruption; Transparency and Accountability with special reference to Uttarakhand
• Right to Information.
5. International Relations :
• Meaning, Nature and scope of International Relations.
• Power; Elements of Power, Promotion of National Interest and determinants of foreign policy.
• Arms: conventional, Nuclear and bio – chemical; Nuclear deterrence.
• Arms Race, Arms Control and Disarmament.
• Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Diplomacy.
• Non – Alignment and Globalization.
• New International Economic Order, North – South Dialogue, South – South Cooperation,
WTO (World Trade Organisation).
• United Nations : Aims, Objectives and Structure.
• Working of UN; Peace, development and environment perspectives.
• Regional and sub – regional organizations especially SAARC, ASEAN, OPEC.
• India’s Role in International affairs : India’s relations with its neighbours (Pakistan, Bhutan,
Bangaladesh and Srilanka) and major countries(UK, USA, Russia and China) Indian Foreign
Policy and Diplomacy, India’s Nuclear policy.
• Terrorism and state sponsored terrorism.
• Changing Concept of National Security and Challenges to the Nation State system.
1. Political Theory and Thought :
• Nature of Political Theory, its main concern, decline and resurgence. democracy, liberty,equality, justice, sovereignty, liberalism and Marxism.
• Power, Authority and Legitimacy
• Indian Political Thought : Manu, Kautilya, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Gandhi and Ambedkar.
• Western Political Thought : Plato and Aristotle, Bentham, J. S. Mill, Hegel and Marx
• Contemporary Political Thought : Lenin, Mao, Gramsci and John Rawls
2. Comparative Politics and Political Analysis :
• Comparative Politics as a discipline; nature and scope.
• Approaches to the study of comparative politics : Traditional and modern.
• Forms of Government: Unitary – Federal, Parliamentary – Presidential.
• Organs of Government: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary – their interrelationship in comparative perspective.
• Party Systems and Pressure Groups; Electoral Systems.
• Political Development, Political Culture and Political Socialization.
• Political Elite; Elitist theory of Democracy.
3. Indian Government and Politics :
• National Movement-
(i) Consequences of first war of Independence.
(ii) Formation and working of Indian National Congress.
(iii) Gandhiji’s role in Independence Movement.
(iv) Contribution of revolutionaries in the freedom movement.
• Constituent Assembly- Composition and working.
• Preamble, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental duties.
• Constitutional amendment process and social change.
• Structure and Process – I : President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Working of the Parliamentary System.
• Structure and Process – II : Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Legislature.
• Local self governance (Rural and Urban) in Uttarakhand State, impact of reservation for women in Local self governance.
• Federalism : Federal structure in India; Demands of Autonomy and Separatist Movements; Emerging trends in Centre – State Relations.
• Judiciary : Supreme Court, High Courts(composition and working), Judicial Review, Judicial Activism including Public Interest Litigation cases, Judicial Reforms.
• Secularism, Communalism, Regionalism and caste politics in India.
• Lokpal and Lokayukta in India.
• New Social movements in India (Farmer´s movement, women´s, movement, Environment and Development-affected people´s movement).
• Political Parties, Public Opinion.
• Role of women in Uttarakhand State movement.
• Niti Aayog-Composition and functions.
• Election Commission and Electoral Reforms in India.
• Empowerment of women in Uttarakhand State.
• Composition and working of Human Rights Commission in Uttarakhand
4. Public Administration :
• Public Administration: Meaning, Nature and scope.
• Principles of Organization: Line and staff, hierarchy, span of control, unity of command, centralization and decentralization, Types of organization – formal and informal; Forms of
organization; department and public corporation.
• Chief Executive: Types, functions and roles.
• Personnel Administration: Recruitment, Training, Promotion,
• Bureaucracy: Types and Roles; Max Weber and his critics.
• Financial Administration : Budget, Budget formation in India and the role of CAG.
• Good Governance; Problems of Administrative Corruption; Transparency and Accountability with special reference to Uttarakhand
• Right to Information.
5. International Relations :
• Meaning, Nature and scope of International Relations.
• Power; Elements of Power, Promotion of National Interest and determinants of foreign policy.
• Arms: conventional, Nuclear and bio – chemical; Nuclear deterrence.
• Arms Race, Arms Control and Disarmament.
• Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Diplomacy.
• Non – Alignment and Globalization.
• New International Economic Order, North – South Dialogue, South – South Cooperation,
WTO (World Trade Organisation).
• United Nations : Aims, Objectives and Structure.
• Working of UN; Peace, development and environment perspectives.
• Regional and sub – regional organizations especially SAARC, ASEAN, OPEC.
• India’s Role in International affairs : India’s relations with its neighbours (Pakistan, Bhutan,
Bangaladesh and Srilanka) and major countries(UK, USA, Russia and China) Indian Foreign
Policy and Diplomacy, India’s Nuclear policy.
• Terrorism and state sponsored terrorism.
• Changing Concept of National Security and Challenges to the Nation State system.
UKPSC Lecturer Civics Exam Pattern 2025
Second Stage :
Duration : 120 Minutes
Negative Marking : 0.25
| S.No. | Subject | No.of Question | Marks |
| 1 | Concerned Subject (Civics) | 200 | 200 |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
