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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 History Syllabus 2025
History :
Ancient India :-
1. Sources of Ancient Indian History:-Archaeological sources, Epigraphy, numismatics,literary sources and travel accounts.
2. Evolution of human being-Palaeolithic,Mesolithic and Neolithic.
3. Indus Valley Civilization:- origin,date,extent ,characteristics and decline.
4. The Vedic Age- evolution of society,economy,religion and polity;Vedic Literature.
5. Sixteen Mahajanpadas and Rise of Magadha Empire.
6. Era of New Religions:- Jainism and Buddhism-their basic tenets; spread and decline.
7. Foreign invasions-Iranian and Macedonian influences.
8. Mauryan Empire-Foundation of Mauryan Empire – Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusar, Asoka and his Dhamma; Mauryan administration, society and economy, art, and decline of Mauryan Empire.
9. Post –Mauryan India:- Indo-Greeks, Shakas, Kushanas, Pahlavs and Western Kshatrapas; society, art and architecture, economy.
10. Satvahans;Sangam Age-Sangam literature; King Kharvela.
11. Gupta Empire :-foundation- Shrigupta, Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya), Skandgupta and later Guptas; extent and downfall, administration, society and culture, art and architecture, trade, caste system; educational systemUniversities of Nalanda, Vikramshila and Vallabhi; contact with foreign countries.
12. Vakatakas; Maukharis; age of Harsha-his political and religious achievements.
13. Emergence of new powers-Chalukyas of Badami, Kadambas; administration; Vaishnavism and Saivism-Sankarachraya.
14. Chalukyas of Kalyani, Cholas, Hoysalas, Pandyas and Pallavas-Administration and local government; art and architecture, economy and trade;contact with Sri Lanka and South East Asia.
15. Varmans of Kamprup and Palas,Pratihars, Rashtrakutas, Paramaras,Chandels, Kalachuris,Chedis, Senas, ;Chalukyas of Gujarat ;Invasion of Islam-Mohammad- binQasim,Mahmud of Ghazni;Al beruni.
Medieval India :-
1. Sources-Archaeological sources, epigraphy and numismatics, monuments; literaray sources-Persian, Sanskrit and regional language; .accounts of foreign travelers.
2. The Sultanate period-Ghorids, Turks, Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Saiyyads and Lodis.
3. Administration, economy and society- position of women; culture-art and architecture; religious movements-Sufi and Bhakti movements ;education and literature; decline of the Delhi Sultanate and emergence of regional powers.
4. Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms-their extent ,administration, society and culture, economy, and architecture, literature; causes of decline.
5. Advent of the Mughals-Babar to Aurangzeb and later Mughals;Afghan interlude-Sher Shah Suri and his reforms.
6. Mughal Administration-land reforms,Mansabdari and Jagirdari system; economy, trade and commerce-internal and external; society and culture, art and architecture-Indo-Islamic architecture; painting; music; literature-Persian ,Sanskrit and regional languages.
7. Disintegration of the Mughal Empire –causes Shivaji and rise of Maratha power :-Maratha Confederacy-extent –administration ,society and culture; decline of the Maratha power.
Modern India:
1. Sources-Archaeological & Archival material-coins and monuments; literatureEuropean as well as Indian biographies and memoirs, travelogues, newspapers, missionary texts.
2. Advent of colonial powers and the rise and consolidation of the British Empire European traders in India and inter –colonial rivalry-Portuguese, Dutch ,English and French.
3. Relations of East India Company with principal Indian states- Bengal, Oudh, Hyderabad, Mysore, Marathas and Sikhs.
4. Administration under the East India Company and the Crown-Evolution of central and provincial structure under the Company-1773-1853; Paramountcy, Civil service, Judiciary, Police and the Army.
5. Economy under British regime :- Changing composition of economy, the “Tribute”; expansion and commercialization of agriculture, famines and epidemics, land rights, land settlements, rural indebtedness ,decline of handicrafts, British Industrial policy;major industries; factory legislations;labour and trade union movements.
6. Monetary policy:- banking, railways and surface transport.
7. Indian society in transition:- The advent of Christianity;Missionary activities and its attendant benefits to the masses-education, health -care, social hygiene .
8. Educational system under the British.
9. Indian Renaissance-socio-religious movement and its prominent proponents; Advent of the printing press-journalistic activity and its role in creating public opinion.
10. Struggle for independence:- Rise of Indian Nationalism;social and economic base of national movement.
11. Uprising of 1857-causes and consequences; various movements including tribal and peasant movements.
12. Birth and growth of Indian National Congress-initial years-1885-1920.
13. Left parties and left wing politics in India.
14. Swadeshi Movement;Partition of Bengal.
15. Activities of Indian revolutionaries, both at home and abroad.
16. Gandhi and Gandhian movements.
17. Movements related to depressed classes-Justice Party,Ambedkar ,Periyar.
18. Rise of communal politics and emergence of Jinnah, Indian National Army and Subhash Chandra Bose, Towards independence and partition of India, The making of the Constitution, Role of Uttarakhand in National Movement.
World History :-
1. Introduction to World History.
2. Early Societies- Introduction from the beginning of the time: Africa, Europe till 15000 BCE
3. Early Cities- Iraq in 3rd millennium BCE
4. Empires- Introduction, an Empire across Three Continents- Roman Empire, 27 BCE to 600 CE.
5. Central Islamic Lands- 7 th to 12th centuries
6. Nomadic Empires- the Mongol, 13th to 14th century.
7. Changing Traditions- introduction, three Orders- Western Europe, 13th to 16th century.
8. Changing Cultural Traditions in Europe- from 14th to 17th century
9. Revolutions in Europe- French Revolution, Russian Revolution.
10. Confrontation of Cultures- America, 15th to 18th century.
11. Paths to Modernization- Introduction, The Industrial Revolution and Agrarian Revolution.
12. Displacing Indigenous People- North America and Australia, 18th to 20th century.
13. Paths of Modernization- East Asia, late 19th and 20th century.
14. Europe between the World Wars I and II.
15. The Great Depression and the New Deal.
16. Nazism and Fascism.
17. Influence of Communism in China-The Kuomintang and the Long March of Mao.
18. United Nations Organization.
19. The Cold War and balance of power.
20. Non Aligned Movement; India’s post- independence foreign policy
UKPSC Lecturer History Exam Pattern 2025
Second Stage :
Duration : 180 Minutes
Negative Marking : 0.25
| S.No. | Subject | No.of Question | Marks |
| 1 | Concerned Subject (History) | 200 | 200 |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
