Syllabus of Administrative Officer GSI exam by UPSC 2023
The syllabus of UPSC Administrative Officer GSI exam has been discussed on this page. The UPSC conducts a single exam, which has 120 objective-type questions of 2.5 marks each. There is one-third negative marking.
The UPSC released notification for the Administrative Officer GSI exam in Jan 2023. The last date of application was 16 Feb 2023. The detailed notification can be downloaded from Administrative Officer GSI exam notification. As per this notification, the UPSC has not disclosed the syllabus for the Administrative Officer GSI exam.
To understand, why the UPSC has not included the syllabus in the notification, we need to understand the methodology of UPSC to conduct Recruitment Exams (RTs).
How UPSC conducts Recruitment Exams(RTs) ?
First, the UPSC comes out with the notification with vacancy details, eligibility, number of posts etc. Then the candidates apply on the UPSC ORA portal. Then the UPSC checks, how many candidates have applied for the post. If the number of applications is in the few hundreds, then direct interviews are conducted without any written exam.
But, if the number of applicants is large, the UPSC decides to conduct the written exam. How large is this threshold number? As we understand from previous exams, even if this number is above 500, you can expect a written exam.
The same process was followed by the UPSC, when it conducted last exam of the Administrative Officer for GSI exam in year 2018. The notification for Admin Officer GSI came out in April 2018. The last date of application was 14 April 2018. The notification did not have any details of the syllabus. Then the UPSC came out with another notification in the month of July 2018. This new notification had 2 things (i) Exam date of 23 Sep 2018 and (ii) Syllabus for the exam. You may check out this notification also.
Thus for this exam also, the UPSC will come out with another notification around 1-2 months before the exam date.
Syllabus of Administrative Officer GSI
The UPSC has not disclosed the syllabus for Administrative Officer GSI exam, in the notification. The UPSC will come out with another notification 1-2 months before exam date. That is the time, when the UPSC is going to disclose syllabus.
To understand the expected syllabus for the Administrative Officer GSI exam, let’s review the syllabus from previous exams conducted by UPSC for Administrative Officers:
Previous UPSC exams for Administrative Officers :
1. Administrative Officer for GSI and DRDO in 2024.
2. Administrative Officer for GSI and CICEF in 2022.
3. Administrative Officer for BRO in 2019.
4. Administrative Officer for GSI in 2018.
5. Senior Administrative Officer for DRDO in 2016.
6. Senior Administrative Officer for DRDO in 2015.
Below is the syllabus that was prescribed by UPSC for the exams conducted in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. The syllabus remained the same for all these years for the exams.
Syllabus of Administrative Officer exams held by the UPSC in 2019 (BRO), 2018 (GSI), 2016 (DRDO) and 2014 (DRDO) (Can be downloaded Admin Officer BRO 2019, Admin Officer GSI 2018 , Sr. Admin Officer DRDO 2016 , Sr Admin Officer DRDO 2015 )
PART A: General English: To test the candidates’ understanding of English Language and workmanlike use of words.
PART B: General Ability: To test the General awareness of the candidates about:
1. Indian Union and International Affairs including Current Affairs
2. Personnel Management and Industrial Relations
3. General Mental Ability
4. General Science
5. Computer Awareness & Basic knowledge of office automation software such as WORD/EXCEL
6. Office Management and Procedure
In year 2022, to everyone’s surprise, the UPSC released a new syllabus just 40 days before the exam date. This new syllabus included unexpected keywords such as Marketing, FM (Financial Management), Accounting, and Public Administration. Below is the changed syllabus for the 2022 exam:
Syllabus of Administrative Officer exam- held on 17 July 2022 (Can be downloaded Click Here)
PART A: General English: To test the candidates’ understanding of English Language and workmanlike use of words.
PART B: General Ability: To test the General awareness of the candidates about:
1. Principles of Human Resource Management.
2. Principles of Marketing Management.
3. Principles of Accounting & Financial Management.
4. Right to Information Act.
5. Numerical Ability & Logical Reasoning.
6. Fundamentals of Computer Application.
7. General Science.
8. Public Administration and Development Issues.
9. Freedom Movement & Indian Union.
10. Current Events of National and International Importance
Syllabus of Administrative Officer (GSI) – held on 09 March 2024 (Can be downloaded Click Here)
PART A: General English: To test the candidates’ understanding of English Language and workmanlike use of words.
PART B: General Ability: To test the General awareness of the candidates about:
1. Principles of Human Resource Management.
2. Principles of Marketing Management.
3. Principles of Accounting & Financial Management.
4. Right to Information Act.
5. Numerical Ability & Logical Reasoning.
6. Fundamentals of Computer Application.
7. General Science.
8. Public Administration and Development Issues.
9. Freedom Movement & Indian Union.
10. Current Events of National and International Importance
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