UPHESC Assistant Professor Syllabus 2025 – Overview
| Organization |
Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Services Commission |
| Vacancy Name |
Assistant Professor |
| No of vacancy |
981 |
| Category |
Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Location |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Official website |
www.uphesc.org |
UPHESC Assistant Professor (Political Science) Syllabus 2025
General Knowledge
Unit-1 : Current Affairs :
1. Major events & Current Affairs : National/International
2. Personalities in News
3. Sports News
4. Current Research in the field of Science.
Unit-2 : Teaching and Research Aptitude :
1. Teaching : Nature, Objectives, Need, Methods Evaluation and Factor Affecting Teaching
2. Research : Meaning and Methods
3. Data : Source, Collection and Analysis
4. Role of UGC in Qualitative Development in Higher Education.
Unit-3 : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) :
1. ICT : Meaning, Advantages and Disadvantages
2. Basics of Internet & E-mailing
3. General Abbreviation and Terminology.
Unit-4 : People and Environment :
1. People & Environment Interaction
2. Environmental Depredation : cause & Solution
3. National and International affairs for better Environment
4. Environmental Control.
Unit-5 : Indian History and Geography :
1. Salient Features of Indian Culture
2. Indian National Movement (1857-1950)
3. Origin of Universe and Solar System
4. Indian Geography (General).
Unit-6 : Indian Constitution and Economy :
1. Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
2. Indian political system : Legislative Executive and Judiciary
3. Election Commission and Public Service Commission
4. Population, Poverty, Unemployment; Planning and Development; Income Tax
5. Agriculture, Industry, Trade; Money, Currency, Banking and Capital Market.
Political Science
Unit- 1. Political Theory
1. Concepts and Issue – Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Nationalism, Behaviouralism and Post- Behaviouralism
2. Multiculturalism, Cosmopolitanism, Neo – Liberalism, Post- Modernism, Feminism
Unit- 2. Political Thinkers (Indian and Western)
1. Ancient Indian Political Thought : Manu, Kautilya and Shanti Parva (Mahabharata), The Indian Renaissance
2. Greek Political Thought : Plato and Aristotle.
3. Western Political Thought–I : Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau.
4. Western Political Thought – II : Bentham, J. S. Mill, Hegel, Marx, Green and Mao
5. Contemporary Political Thought – I : Gramsci, Althusser, Hannah Arendt
6. Contemporary Political Thought – II : Rawls and Nozic.
7. Modern Indian Thought : Tilak, Jay Prakash Narayan, Gandhi and Ambedkar.
Unit- 3. Comparative Politics and Political Analysis
1. Evolution of Comparative Politics as a discipline; Nature and Scope.
2. Approaches to the study of Comparative Politics : Traditional, Structural – Functional, Systems, Neo – Institutionalism, Political economy approach.
3. Constitutionalism : Concepts & forms.
4. Forms of Government : Unitary – Federal, Parliamentary – Presidential.
5. Organs of Government : Executive, Legislature, Executive – Legislative relationship in Comparative perspective, models of State : Capitalist, Socialist, Developmental & Welfare State.
6. Party Systems and Pressure Groups; Electoral Systems.
7. Political Development and Political Modernization.
8. Political Culture and Political Socialization.
9. Revolution : Theories and Types.
10. Dependency : Development and Under Development.
Unit- 4. Political Institutions in India
1. Ideological Bases of the Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties and Directive Principles, Constituent Assembly Debates.
2. Constitutional Amendments and Review.
3. Structure and Process – I : President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Working of the Parliamentary System.
4. Structure and Process –II : Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Legislature.
5. Judiciary : Supreme Court, High Courts, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism including Public Interest Litigation cases, Judicial Reforms.
Unit- 5. Political Processes in India
1. Panchayati Raj Institutions : Urban, Local self governments- their organization and functions.
2. Federalism : Theory and Practice in India; Demands of Autonomy and Separatist
3. Movements; Emerging trends in Centre – State Relations.
4. Political Parties, Pressure Groups, Public Opinion, Media
5. Elections, Electoral Behaviour, Election Commission and Electoral Reforms.
6. Politics of Identity and Democratic upsurge : caste, gender & ethnicity.
7. Demand of New States, Emerging Trends in Indian Politics
Unit- 6. Theories of Public Administration
1. Nature, Scope and significance of Public Administration
2. Evolution of Public Administration as a Discipline with a special focus on New Public
3. Administration and New Public Management
4. Classical Theory – Fayol, Luther Gullick, Marry Parker Follet
5. Scientific Management Theory- F.W. Taylor
6. Theory of Bureaucracy – MaxWeber and its critics
7. Ecological Theory- F.W. Riggs
Unit- 7. Public Administration In India
1. Development and Welfare Administration.
2. Planning, Impact of liberalization on planning, Niti Ayog.
3. Personnel Administration : Recruitment, Training & Promotion, Role of UPSC and State PSC.
4. Bureaucracy – Its Characteristics, Civil servant – Minister relationship. Committed Bureaucracy.
5. Financial Administration : Budget, Audit, Control over Finance with special reference to India.
Unit- 8. International Relations
1. Theories and approaches to international relations
2. Realism, Neo-Realism
3. Liberalism, Neo-Liberalism
4. Idealism, Social Constructivism, Critical Theory
5. Concept of Nation-State, empire
6. National Interest
7. Power in International Relations
8. Peace and conflict analysis, approaches to peace,
9. Perspectives on Conflict analysis and resolution
10. History of International relations
11. First and second world wars, Cold war, League of nations, United Nations
12. Contemporary issues in International Relations
13. Globalization, Environmental issues, Climate Change negotiations, Civil Wars, Global Terrorism
14. Political economy in international relations
15. GATT, World Trade Organization, Regional Trade Organizations (ASEAN, NAFTA, SAARC)- structures and functioning
Unit- 9. Indian Foreign Policy
1. History, geography and economy factors as determinants of Indian Foreign Policy
2. History of India’s relations with neighbours during Mauryan empire, Mughal Empire and British Empire
3. India’s foreign policy since independence, Non-alignment, Wars in South Asia
4. India’s Relations with Neighbouring countries (with special reference to Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, Bhutan, South East Asia)
5. Rise of European Union, Global Governance
6. Globalization and Indian Foreign policy
7. Rise of China, Brazil, Russia and India in International Relation
8. BRICS, RIC, Shanghai, Cooperation Organization.
9. India’s Security Concerns amidst Chinese Assertion, Pakistan support to cross border terrorism.
Unit- 10. Public Policy in India
1. Good Governance; Governance, Good Governance and Democratic Governance Problems of Administrative Corruption; Transparency and Accountability; Right to
2. Information.
3. Grievance Redressal Institutions : Ombudsman, Lokpal and Lokayukta.
4. Institutional mechanisms for good governance: Right to Information, Consumer
5. Protection Act, Citizen Charter; Grievance redressal system: Ombudsman, Lokpal, Lokayukta
6. Grassroots Governance: Panchayati Raj Institutions and their functioning
7. Monitoring and evaluation of public policy; mechanisms of making governance process accountable: jansunwai, social audit.
8. Major flagship programmes of the Government : MANREGA, NRHM, Ayushman Bharat, Ujjawala Yojana
9. E-governance in India : National e-governance programme, Digital India Programme,
10. Kisan Call Centres.
UPHESC Assistant Professor (Political Science) Exam Pattern 2025
Duration : 120 Minutes
| S.No |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
| 1 |
General Knowledge |
30 |
60 |
| 2 |
Optional Subject (Political Science) |
70 |
140 |
|
Total |
100 |
200 |
