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UP Home Guard Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025

To get selected for the UP Home Guard post, candidates must go through a three-stage selection process — Written Examination, Physical Efficiency Test (PET), and Document Verification & Medical Examination.

The Written Exam will have 150 questions covering General Knowledge, General Hindi, Numerical & Mental Ability, and Mental Aptitude/IQ/Reasoning Ability. Only those who qualify for the written exam will be called for the Physical Efficiency Test.

UP Home Guard Exam Pattern and Selection Process 2025

The UP Home Guard Exam 2025 consists of multiple stages to ensure transparency and merit-based recruitment.

Written Examination

• The written exam will carry 100 marks and will be of 2 hours duration.
• The exam will be objective-type (multiple-choice).
• The written paper will test General Knowledge and related subjects.
• The syllabus and question distribution will be finalized by the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB).

Preparation of Merit List

• The merit list will be prepared based on marks obtained in the written exam and additional marks for preference qualifications such as NCC, Scout & Guide certificates, Disaster Management training, or a valid driving license.
• Candidates will be shortlisted district-wise based on reservation norms and the number of available vacancies.

Document Verification and Physical Standards Test (PST)

Candidates shortlisted from the merit list will undergo document verification and physical standards measurement.

Physical Standards (For Male Candidates):

Physical Standards (For Female Candidates):

Physical Efficiency Test (PET)

• Male candidates must complete a 4.8 km run in 28 minutes.
• Female candidates must complete a 2.4 km run in 16 minutes.
• The PET will be of qualifying nature; no marks will be awarded for it.

Medical Examination and Character Verification

Candidates who qualify in all stages will undergo a medical examination to ensure physical and mental fitness, followed by police verification before final enrollment.

UP Home Guard Syllabus 2025 (Subject-wise)

For the convenience of candidates, we have provided the subject-wise UP Home Guard syllabus for the UP Home Guard Recruitment 2025 in the article below. All candidates who want to crack the exam must analyse the subject-wise topics from the article given below

General Knowledge

The subject of General Knowledge carries the most weightage in the exam.  The detailed topics have been given below for candidates:

• Demonetization and its impact
• Books and Their Authors
• Indian Constitution
• National/International Awards
• Currency
• Environment and Urbanisation
• Indian Economy and Agriculture
• Indian Languages
• History of India
• Scientific Progress/Development
• Population
• Commerce and Trade
• Geography of India and World Geography
• Revenue, police, and general administrative system in Uttar Pradesh
• Capital
• Natural Resources
• Cyber Crime
• Specific information regarding the education culture and social practices of Uttar Pradesh
• General Science
• India & Neighbouring Countries
• Human Rights
• Art & Culture
• Research & Discovery

General Science

• Motion and Force
• Work, Power, and Energy
• Light and Optics
• Electricity
• Magnetism
• Sound
• Sources of Energy
• Chemistry
• Matter and Its Nature
• Chemical Reactions and Equations
• Acids, Bases, and Salts
• Metals and Non-Metals
• Carbon and Its Compounds
• Periodic Classification of Elements
• Life Processes
• Control and Coordination
• Reproduction
• Heredity and Evolution
• Our Environment
• Management of Natural Resources
• Health and Diseases
• Scientific Instruments
• Common Chemical Substances
• Inventions and Discoveries
• Units and Measurements
• Environmental Awareness
• Human Body and Hygiene

General Hindi Syllabus

• गद्यांश पर आधारित प्रश्न और उत्तर

• गद्यांश का शीर्षक चुनना

• अशुद्ध वाक्य को शुद्ध करना

• पर्यायवाची और विलोम शब्द

• तद्भव-तत्सम शब्द

• एक शब्द प्रतिस्थापन और वाक्यांशों के स्थान पर एक शब्द

• मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ

• वाक्य सुधार एवं शब्द प्रयोग

• समरूपी भिन्नार्थक शब्द

• पत्र लेखन और लेख लेखन

• हिन्दी वर्णमाला, लिंग, वचन, कारक, सर्वनाम, विशेषण

• क्रिया, काल, वाच्य, अव्यय, उपसर्ग, प्रत्यय, सन्धि और समास

• विराम चिन्ह, रस, छन्द और अलंकार

• हिन्दी साहित्य के प्रमुख लेखक और उनकी प्रसिद्ध रचनाएँ

• हिन्दी भाषा से जुड़े पुरस्कार

Numerical Aptitude Syllabus

• Percentage

• Averages

• Profit and Loss

• Number System

• Simple and Compound Interest

• Time and Work

• Speed, Time, and Distance

• Ratio and Proportion

• Division, Fractions, and Decimals

• Discount

• Partnership

• Mensuration and Geometry

• Data Interpretation

• Probability and Statistics

• LCM and HCF

• Simplification

Mental Ability & Mental Aptitude Syllabus

• Logical and Mathematical Reasoning

• Letter and Number Series

• Coding-Decoding

• Blood Relation and Relationship Tests

• Direction Sense

• Analogies, Similarities, and Differences

• Series Completion

• Word Formation and Arrangement

• Venn Diagrams and Chart-Based Questions

• Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

• Analytical Reasoning and Judgment

• Visual Memory and Observation

• Common Sense Test

• Law and Order, Police System

• Crime Control and Public Interest

• Communal Harmony and Social Awareness

• Professional Information (Basic Level)

• Rule of Law

• Contemporary Police Issues

• Logical Interpretation of Data

Reasoning & IQ

• Analogies
• Coding-Decoding
• Mathematical ability Test
• Blood Relation
• Arranging in order
• Venn Diagram and chart type test
• Similarities & Differences
• Analysis and Judgment
• Problem-solving
• Decision-making
• Relationship and Analogy Test
• Spotting out the dissimilar
• Series Completion
• Direction Sense Test
• Problems based on the alphabet
• Time sequence test
• Visual memory
• Discrimination
• Observation
• Relationship
• Arithmetic reasoning
• Verbal and figure classification
• Arithmetical number series
• Abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships
• Arithmetical computations and other analytical functions

UP Home Guard Exam Pattern 2025

The UP Home Guard Written Exam 2025 will test candidates’ knowledge and skills through multiple subjects. Key details of the exam pattern are given below:

• The exam will include the following subjects:

  • General Knowledge

  • General Hindi

  • Numerical & Mental Ability

  • Mental Aptitude / IQ / Reasoning Ability

• The paper will have a total of 150 questions.

• The exam will carry 300 marks in total.

• Each correct answer will be awarded 2 marks.

• 0.5 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer.

• The exam duration will be 150 minutes (2 hours 30 minutes).

• The exam will be conducted in offline mode (OMR-based).