Syllabus of UPPSC GDC Assistant Professor Commerce exam
The notification for the Assistant Professor position in Government Degree Colleges (GDC) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) by the UP Public Service Commission (UPPSC) was released in September 2025. The syllabus and exam pattern for the subject of Commerce is discussed below.
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Preliminary Examination
Type of Questions: Objective (Multiple Choice)
Number of Question Papers: One (01)
Number of Questions: 120
(30 questions from General Studies and 90 questions from the relevant subject)
Total Marks: 150 (Each question carries 1.25 marks)
Duration: 02 Hours (120 minutes)
Note: Only candidates who qualify the Preliminary Examination will be eligible to appear for the Main (Written) Examination.
Main (Written) Examination
Type of Questions: Descriptive
Number of Question Papers: Two (02)
Number of Questions:
Paper 1: 10 Questions
Paper 2: 10 Questions
Total Marks: 300
(Each paper carries 100–120 marks)
Duration:
Paper 1: 03 Hours
Paper 2: 03 Hours
Note:
Questions in both the papers will be framed based on the syllabus prescribed for the respective subject.
The answer sheet will have three sections:
Section A: In which 08 questions will be given, and the candidate will have to attempt any 05 questions. Each question will carry 10 marks.
Section B: In which 04 questions will be given, and the candidate will have to attempt any 02 questions. Each question will carry 20 marks.
Section C: In which 02 questions will be given, and the candidate will have to attempt 01 question. It will carry 40 marks.
Thus, the maximum marks for each paper will be 100, and the total for both papers will be 200 marks. (Paper 1 – 100 marks, Paper 2 – 100 marks)
Syllabus of General Studies
General Science
Current Events of National and International Importance
History of India (Including Indian National Movement)
Indian Polity and Economy
Geography (Indian and World)
Mental Ability and Statistical Data Analysis
Syllabus of Commerce Subject
Unit 1: Accounting and Finance
Basic accounting principles, concepts, and postulates
Nature, scope, and objectives of Management Accounting
Corporate Accounting: Issue, forfeiture and reissue of shares; liquidation of companies; amalgamation and reconstruction of companies; holding company accounts
Indian Accounting Standards and IFRS
Green Accounting
Cost Accounting: Marginal costing and break-even analysis, standard costing, budgetary control, process costing, life cycle costing, target costing, JIT
Ratio Analysis
Fund flow and cash flow analysis
Cost-volume profit analysis
Unit 2: Statistics and Research Methodology
Measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion and skewness
Correlation and regression of two variables
Coefficient of association
Probability: Addition, multiplication, and Bayes’ theorem
Probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distributions
Research: Concept and types, research designs
Data: Collection and classification
Sampling and estimation: Concepts, methods of sampling, standard error
Hypothesis testing: z-test, t-test, ANOVA, SPSS, Chi-square test
Report writing
Unit 3: Marketing
Concept and approaches of marketing
Marketing channels
Marketing Mix
Strategic marketing planning
Market segmentation
Product decisions: Concept, product line, product mix decisions, product life cycle
New product development
Pricing decisions: Factors affecting price determination, pricing policies and strategies
Promotion decisions: Methods such as advertising, personal selling, publicity, sales promotion tools and techniques, promotion mix
Consumer behaviour: Buying process, factors influencing decisions, CRM
Service marketing
New trends in marketing: Social marketing, online marketing, GEM Portal, green marketing, direct marketing, rural marketing
Unit 4: Human Resource Management
Concept, role, and functions of HRM
Human resource planning
Recruitment and selection
Training and development
Succession planning
Compensation management: Job evaluation, incentives, and fringe benefits
Performance appraisal methods
Collective bargaining and workers’ participation in management
Personality, perception, attitudes, emotions
Group dynamics, power and politics, conflict and negotiation
Stress management
Green HRM
Organizational culture and development
Unit 5: Business Economics
Concept, nature, and significance of business economics
Principles of business economics
Demand analysis
Production analysis
Pricing analysis
Price determination under different market forms: Perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, monopoly, price discrimination
Business cycles
Inflation
Unit 6: Business Environment
Concept, nature, and significance of business environment
Elements and techniques of environmental scanning and monitoring
Economic systems
Government policies
Socio-cultural environment
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
NITI Aayog
Legal environment: Brief study of Indian Contract Act 1872, Companies Act 2013, and Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Unit 7: Business Management
Principles and functions of management
Essentials of planning
Importance and process of decision-making
Nature of organising
Types of organisational structure
Responsibility and authority: Delegation and decentralization
Leadership and its role in organisational management
Nature, process, and types of control
Essentials of an effective control system
Ethical issues in management
Social responsibilities of business
Corporate governance
Unit 8: Auditing
Concept, objectives, and classification of audit
Basic principles governing an audit
Independent financial audit
Internal audit
Vouching
Verification and valuation of assets and liabilities
Audit of financial statements and audit report
Appointment, qualifications, rights, duties, and liabilities of an auditor
Cost audit
Recent trends in auditing: Management audit, energy audit, environment audit, systems audit, safety audit
Unit 9: Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Functions, types, and qualities of an entrepreneur
Main theories of entrepreneurship
Environmental factors affecting entrepreneurial development
Role of government and institutions in entrepreneurial development in India
Role of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Indian economy
Problems of MSMEs in India
Start-up initiatives
Skill development
Unit 10: Organisational Theory and Behaviour
Evolution and models of organisational behaviour
Personality, perception, and learning
Transaction analysis
Theories and styles of leadership
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Motivation
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