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UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Notification, Vacancy, Exam Pattern

Anshika

Apr 9, 2026

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026 invites applications for posts in departments like Revenue, Forest, and Education. Vacancies include Junior Assistant, Forest Guard, Patwari, Lekhpal, and more. Candidates can check eligibility and syllabus on the official portal. Application deadlines and exam dates will be announced soon.

What is UKSSSC Recruitment?

Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission is a board for recruitment in Uttarakhand which is responsible for conducting recruitment exams and selection for various posts in different government departments of the state. There are various posts sanctioned in UKSSSC. Check the UKSSSC Latest News here.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Exam Dates

The exam dates and other important dates regarding the UKSSSC Recruitment 2026 have been listed below:

Events Dates
Notification To be announced
Online Application Starting Date To be announced
Online Application Closing Date To be announced
Admit Card To be announced
Written Exam Date To be announced

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Highlights

Here are a few key points to be noted about the UKSSSC 2026 exam before applying for the same:

Particulars Details
Exam Name UKSSSC Group C Recruitment 2026
Authority Name Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission
Location of the Job Uttarakhand
Mode of Application Online
Official website sssc.uk.gov.in

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Notification

UKSSSC Group C 2026 Recruitment notification has been released on the official website for the candidates who wish to apply. Candidates can apply for UKSSSC Group C recruitment from January 10-30, 2026.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Vacancy

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026 Vacancy will be released with the official notification. A total of 120 vacancies are released for UKSSSC Group C Recruitment for the year 2024. Below is the table for UKSSSC recruitment 2026 vacancies for various posts: 

Post Name Vacancies
Live Stock Extension Officer Animal Husbandry Department
(For Direct Recruitment)
TBA
Live Stock Extension Officer Animal Husbandry Department
(Only for Departmental Employees)
TBA
Assistant Training Officer (Chemistry) TBA
Supretendant/ Exhibitor (Silk) TBA
Inspectro in Silk Department TBA
Total TBA

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Exam Pattern

The main points to note about the written exam pattern for the UKSSSC Recruitment 2026 exam is as listed below in the table:

Particulars Details
Type of Questions Multiple Choice Questions
Number Of Questions 100
Total Number of marks 100
Number of marks allotted for each question 1
How many marks is deducted in negative marking ¼ marks are deducted in case of wrong answers.
Exam Duration 2 hours (120 minutes)

UKSSSC VDO Exam Pattern 2026

  • The exam pattern for the Village Development Officer consists of a written exam and a typing test both of which will be conducted in an offline method on OMR sheets.
  • The duration of the exam is 2 hours and 100 marks in total.
  • The questions can be based on General knowledge, Hindi, and other general studies like Mathematics, science, etc.

UKSSSC Forester Exam Pattern 2026

Along with the general exam pattern of an MCQ which will be based on Science and Agricultural topics, the exam pattern for the forester post also includes a physical test for both males and females. The candidates that successfully qualify for the written test are invited for the physical test.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Syllabus

The syllabus is provided below. Also, learn about the UKPSC Syllabus here.

General Hindi

  • Introduction, literature, and development of Hindi language
  • Hindi grammar including Hindi Lipi, and its Varnamala, development of Devanagari Lipi, Swar and Vyanjan
  • Hindi spellings check
  • Correct word formation
  • Types of words in Hindi such as Tatsam, Tadbhav, Deshaj, etc.
  • Some other concepts like Sandhi, Samas, Muhavre, Lokokti, Vakya formation
  • Letter and essay writing in Hindi
  • Hindi typing

General Knowledge

  • Various common concepts like books and their authors, country/ states and their capitals, countries and their currency
  • Various sports
  • Various Government schemes and projects
  • Knowledge about science and technology, headquarters of important organizations, defense, and technology, research, national and international issues
  • Current affairs

General Studies

  • History: History of ancient India, medieval India, and modern India, history of the world
  • Political Science: Indian Constitution
  • Geography: Indian and the world geography

The general studies also include questions from the subjects like economics, science (physics, chemistry, and biology), environment, computer, miscellaneous, etc.

Below listed is the syllabus for the different posts under UKSSSC

Syllabus for Forester Post

According to the previous year's syllabus for this post, questions will be from General Science subjects which are Biology, Physics, and Chemistry along with a few Agricultural units.

Subjects Topics
Biology
  • Control and Coordination in Plant
  • Sexual Reproduction in a Flowering Plant.
  • The transport system in Plant.
  • Plant Hormones
  • Photosynthesis
  • Genetics
  • Classification of Organisms.
  • The Cell: The foundation of all living things.
  • Excretory system in Humans
  • Respiration and Excretion in plants
  • Plant tissue
  • Human Circulatory system.
  • The Heart.
  • Cytology
  • Plant Morphology
  • Structure of Plant and Animal Cell
  • Classification of the Plant Kingdom
  • The transport system in Plant.
Physics
  • Work, Energy, and Power
  • Current Electricity.
  • Light
  • Scientific Instruments.
  • Inventions
  • Radioactivity
  • Electromagnetism
  • The four fundamental forces
  • Wave
  • Atomic and Nuclear Physics
  • Sound Wave
  • Magnetism
  • The kinetic theory of matter
  • Magnetic effect of electric current
  • The Human eye and Defects
  • Static Electricity
  • Nuclear fission and fusion
  • Elasticity
  • Gravitation
  • Pressure
  • Motion
  • Surface Tension
  • Viscosity
  • Floatation
  • Units & Dimensions
  • Simple Harmonic Motion
  • Heat & Thermodynamics
Chemistry
  • Fertilizers
  • Catalyst
  • Chemical Bonding
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Radioactivity
  • Oxidation and Reduction
  • Acids, Base, and Salts
  • Behavior of Gasses
  • Electrolysis
  • Metals and Non-metals
  • Matter and its state
  • List of important Drugs and Chemicals
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Periodic Classification of Elements.
  • Concepts of the pH scale
  • Electrochemistry
  • Carbon and its Compound
  • Fuels
  • Atomic Structure
  • Metallurgy
Agriculture Unit 1
  • Soil Preparation
  • Seed and Sowing
  • Definition and Scope of Agronomy
  • Harvesting
  • Seed rate, Time and Method of sowing
  • Irrigation
  • Maura and fertilizer
  • Weed Controls
  • Prevention of loss of Water
  • Prevention of formation of alkaline and acidic soils and their management
  • FYM and green managing
  • Water requirement of crops
  • Use of fertilizers
Agriculture Unit 2
  • Pruning and training of fruit plants
  • Production techniques of plantation crops
  • Manure and fertilizer for horticultural crops
  • Irrigation for horticultural crops
  • Unfruitfulness
  • Practices involved in the production of fruits
  • time and method of sowing for horticultural crops
  • Diseases and Pests and their control for major vegetables
  • Classification of vegetables and fruits
  • Study of horticultural crops
  • Suitability for different regions for horticultural crops
  • Fruit drop
  • Polyembryony, Parthenocarpy, and incompatibility
Agriculture Unit 3
  • Water lifting devices
  • Discharge, command area cost of different system
  • Soil preparation
  • forms and properties
  • Study of different types of plows
  • Selection of prime movers
  • Agriculture place in five-year plans
  • Extension education, teaching, and learning
  • Extension and rural development programs
  • National demonstration
  • Land development banks
  • Mechanical power transmission through belts
  • Relative prices and standard of living
  • Cooperation – meaning, principles of cooperation
  • Introductory agricultural economics – meaning and scope
  • Production – meaning, factors of production such as land, labor, capital, and management
Agriculture Unit 4
  • Factors affecting the quantity and chemical composition of milk
  • Classification of common feeds and fodders
  • Low-cost balanced feeds
  • Processing of milk for filtration, clarification, bactofugation, standardization, homogenization
  • Indigenous Milk products
  • Details composition and physio-chemical properties of cow and buffalo’s milk
  • Principles of the feeding of various classes of livestock and poultry
Agriculture Unit 5
  • Linkage and Crossing over types
  • Mutation – spontaneous and induced
  • Breeding cross-pollinated crops mass selection
  • Chromosomal theory of inheritance
  • Mammalian Safety Ratio
  • Preliminary knowledge of pesticide use hazards
  • Pedigree
  • Plant Pathogens
  • Sex chromosomes and its determination in human and drosophila
  • Plant growth substances
  • Mechanism and significance
  • Mendel’s Laws of heredity
  • Mean as measures of central tendency
  • Chemistry of carbohydrates
  • Population’s improvement
  • Mass selection
  • recurrent selection
  • Nucleic acid as genetic material – structure, replication, genetic code and translation

Syllabus For Assistant Accountant

The syllabus is given in the table below:

Subjects Topics
General Knowledge
  • Logical Reasoning, Analytical Ability, Data Interpretation.
  • Events of National and International Importance.
  • Socio-Economic & Political History of Modern India.
  • Indian Polity governance: Constitutional Issues, Public Policy, Reforms & e-governance initiatives.
  • Current Affairs- International, National, and Regional.
  • General Science
  • Geography of India with a focus on Uttarakhand.
  • Disaster Management: Vulnerability Profile, Prevention, & Mitigation Strategies, Application of Remote Sensing & GIS in the assessment of Disaster.
  • Economic Development in India since Independence.
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection.
Hindi
  • Vocabulary
  • Sentence Structure
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Grammar
  • Error Detection
  • Plural Forms
  • Comprehension
  • Phrases
  • Fill in the Blanks
  • Usage of Works
Accountancy
  • Financial Accounting
  • Corporate Financial Accounting
  • Financial Management
  • Cost and Management Accounting
  • Computerized Accounting System
  • Auditing & Taxation
  • Business Management
  • Business Laws
Computer
  • Computer Fundamentals
  • Internet Usage
  • Operating System
  • MS Excel- Spreadsheets
  • Computer Software
  • MS Word- Word Processing
  • MS Powerpoint- Presentation

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates applying need to find out if they are eligible to apply for the posts, the basic eligibility, however, is the nationality. The candidate is supposed to be Indian by nationality to apply. Further criterias can include age, qualification, etc which will be detailed below. Check the UKPSC Eligibility here.

UKSSSC Age Criteria

The minimum age limit for most posts is 18-21 years and the maximum age is 42 years, except for the post of forester which has an age limit of 18-28 years. Age relaxations may be done while keeping the government rules in mind.

UKSSSC Educational Qualifications

The details are given in the table below:

Post Name Academic Qualification
Livestock Officer Candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Biology/ Animal Husbandry/ Agriculture
Account Clerk 10+2 passed from a recognized board. Typing skills required.
Stenographer or Personal Assistant The candidate should have either passed 10+2 from a recognized board or hold a degree from a recognized board. Steno skill required.
Livestock Dissemination Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in the concerned discipline from a recognized institute.
Assistant Review Officer Applicants should have completed a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university by the Government of India along with a typing speed of 4000 words per hour in Hindi.
Hotel Superintendent Candidates should hold a degree from a recognized university under the Government of India
Assistant Social Welfare Officer Candidates should hold a degree from a recognised university under the Government of India
Guardian cum Data Entry Operator Candidates should hold a degree from a recognised university under the Government of India with HIndi being their main subject
Gram Panchayat Development Officer Candidates should hold a degree from a recognised university under the Government of India and should have a CCC certificate
Matron Care cum Hostel Incharge Candidates should hold a degree from a recognised university under the Government of India
Assistant Consolidation Officer Candidates should hold a degree from a recognised university under the Government of India
Village Development Officer Candidates should hold a degree from a recognised university under the Government of India
Assistant Manager Industry Candidates should hold a Fashion Science or fashion related degree from a recognised university under the Government of India
Supervisor Possesses Candidates should hold a bachelor’s degree in Arts with sociology or nutrition and child development as majors from a recognised university under the Law of India
Sub-Inspector Candidate should have completed graduation from any recognised institute
Forester Candidates must have completed 10+2 from a recognized board and pass the physical efficiency eligibility which is listed below as per previous year requirements.

Physical Standards For UKSSSC SI

Male Applicants

Category Height in Centimeters
General/OBC/SC 167.7
ST 162.6
Mountain Area 160

Female Applicants

Category Height in Centimeters
General/OBC/SC 152
Mountain Area/ST 147

Physical Standards For Forester

The details are given below:

Gender Height in cm
Male 163
Female 150

Physical Test For Forester

The details are given below:

Test Description Qualifying Criteria
  • A race of 25 km for the male applicants
  • A 14 km race for female applicants
Males Females
Maximum of 4 hours Maximum of 4 hours

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Application Process

The candidates aspiring to pursue a career in posts in Uttarakhand Government need to go through an application process. After qualifying the above-mentioned eligibility criteria follow the steps to apply for UKSSSC 2026.

  • Step 1: Visit the official website of UKSSSC.
  • Step 2: On the home page, open the career section and from there open the advertisement section.
  • Step 3: Find the UKSSSC 2026 post that you want to apply for.
  • Step 4: After finding the post, open the application form 2026.
  • Step 5: Fill out the application form. Make sure there is no mistake in the details being filled in. Cross-check all the details once you have filled the form.
  • Step 6: If asked, attach the documents and the photograph in the required format.
  • Step 7: After filling in all the details and uploading the documents, pay the application fee asked.
  • Step 8: Submit the UKSSSC application form 2026 before the last date.
  • Step 9: Don’t forget to take a printout of the UKSSSC 2026 application form.

UKSSSC Application Fees

The applicants have to pay the application fees to complete their application process. The UKSSSC 2026 Application Fees for various categories are mentioned below.

  • Candidates belonging to the General/ OBC category need to deposit INR 300 only
  • Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD/ DIVYANG category need to deposit INR 150 only

The fees need to be paid online through net banking/credit card/debit card.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Admit Card

UKSSSC 2026 Admit Card will be released on the official portal before the written exam. The candidates who apply for UKSSSC 2026 Exam will be able to download the UKSSSC admit card from the official website soon using their login credentials.

Below are the steps mentioned to download the UKSSSC 2026 Admit Card

  • Step 1: Visit the official website of UKSSSC.
  • Step 2: Under the important announcements, look for the UKSSSC 2026 Exam Admit Card Link and click on it.
  • Step 3: Enter your registration ID and password.
  • Step 4: Your UKSSSC 2026 Admit Card will appear on your screen. Download it for future purposes and keep it safe.

Mentioned Details on UKSSSC Admit Card 2026

The UKSSSC 2022 Admit Card may contain the following details about the candidates.

  • Name
  • Date of Birth
  • Photograph
  • Registration number
  • Name of Exam Centre
  • Date of Exam
  • Reporting Time

If any mismatch or errors are found in the details mentioned in the Admit Card, the candidates must contact the relevant officials immediately.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Answer Key

The answer key for the UKSSSC Gram Vikas Adhikari (VDO) written exam has been released on the official website after the successful completion of the written exam on July 09, 2026. This should answer all the answers to the exam and allow the students to have an overview of how one has performed on the exam. Direct Link to Download the UKSSSC VDO 2026 Answer Key Here.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Result

The results for the UKSSSC Recruitment 2026 exam will be released online on their official website. It is based on the merit list which is obtained on the basis of qualifying marks in the written exam. The candidates can check their results by simply just logging into the portal using their registration number and password. The selection however is based on their marks in the written exam.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Expected Cut-Off

There are different factors that affect the cutoff each year, namely, the difficulty of the paper, number of vacancies, number of candidates, and average marks of candidates. The cutoff marks are released after the results. The expected cutoff as per category for the year 2026 is as follows. Check the UKPSC Cutoff here.

Category Qualifying Marks
General 40%
OBC 35%
ST/SC 30%

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: Salary

The salary is different for different posts. It may range from INR 29,200 to INR 1,10,000/-. Post-wise pay scale for the UKSSSC Recruitment 2026 exam is listed below. Also, check the UKPSC Salary and Benefits here

Post Salary
Assistant Review Officer (Accounts (Governor Secretariat) INR 44900 – 142400
Accountant - (drinking water department) INR 35400 – 112400
Accountant (Women) INR 35400 – 112400
Assistant Accountant INR 29200 – 92300
Cashier cum Assistant Accountant INR 25500 – 81100
Auditor INR 29200 – 92300
Office Assistant (Gr III) - Accounts INR 25500 – 81100

Applicants are advised to take mock tests and track the progress of their performance to obtain the best results as this is a very competitive exam. Candidates should try to use all the resources and books available to them and work on all the important topics, one should also stay updated on all the information provided on the official website.

UKSSSC Recruitment 2026: FAQs

Ques: Is UKSSSC a central government recruitment body?

Ans: No, UKSSSC is organized by the Uttarakhand state government aiming to hire applicants for non-gazetted posts (meaning officers that fall under sectors III and IV) in the Uttarakhand government sector, and hence it is not a Central Government job.

Ques: Is there negative marking in UKSSSC?

Ans: The written test will carry 100 marks in total. Each correct answer carries 1 mark. There is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer and no marks for every unanswered question.

Ques: Can other State candidates apply for UKSSSC Recruitment 2026?

Ans: The vacancies under Class-III and Class-IV can be filled only by local residents of Uttarakhand, and therefore applicants outside of the state cannot apply as a domicile certificate showing the candidate's residence in Uttarakhand for at least 15 years is asked to submit at the time of application. Applicants that do not satisfy this eligibility can be rejected.

Ques: How many attempts can one take for the UKSSSC Recruitment 2026?

Ans: The UKSSSC allows candidates to attempt the exam how many ever times they want from the minimum age of eligibility (18-21) until they reach the maximum of 42 years old. This is applicable to all the posts and categories (general and reserved). However, the candidates must meet all of the eligibility criteria for the post they are applying for to be able to qualify.

Ques: Can the data filled in the application form be edited if filled incorrectly?

Ans: No. UKSSSC does not allow editing the data if once filled wrong and incorrect data can create serious problems during the exam. Thus, the candidates are requested to fill each and every detail correctly and cross-check the form after filling it.

Ques: Can I pay the application fee using the bank challan?

Ans. No, the complete application process is online and the fees have to be paid using Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card only. Offline payment mode is not there.

Ques: What are the qualifying marks for UKSSSC Exam?

Ans: Candidates must obtain minimum qualifying marks to clear the written exam. The Commission has specified 45% marks for General and OBC candidates and 35% marks for SC, ST candidates as the minimum qualifying marks for the recruitment.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.
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