This page has all 14 UPSSSC PET previous year question papers from 2021 to 2025, shift-wise, in Hindi and English. UPSSSC PET 2026 is now underway: the 25 October papers are available on the UPSSSC PET 2026 question paper, and the 30 October and 1 November shifts are still to come. For candidates in the remaining shifts, the 2025 papers are the closest practice to this year's exam.

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UPSSSC PET 2025 Question Paper PDF Download (All Shifts)

UPSSSC PET 2025 was held on 6 and 7 September 2025 in two shifts each day. As the most recent completed exam before 2026, it is the best paper to start with.

Each 2025 paper follows the same pattern as PET 2026: 100 questions, 100 marks, 2 hours, 15 sections and 0.25 negative marking.

UPSSSC PET Previous Year Question Papers in Hindi PDF

Every UPSSSC PET question paper is bilingual, so each question appears in both Hindi and English in the same booklet. A Hindi PDF and an English PDF of the same shift therefore contain the same questions, and Hindi-medium candidates can download any paper on this page.

Practising in Hindi is especially useful for General Hindi (5 marks) and the Hindi unseen passage (10 marks), where the exact wording used by UPSSSC matters.

UPSSSC PET Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions and Answer Key

A question paper, a solution and an answer key are three different resources. The table below shows what each one gives you.

For scoring, always use the official UPSSSC answer key for the same shift and booklet series. For PET 2026, provisional answers will be published on the UPSSSC PET answer key once the Commission releases them.

UPSSSC PET Previous Year Question Papers Year-Wise

PET has been held five times since 2021. It was not conducted in 2024, so there is no 2024 question paper.

UPSSSC PET 2023 Question Paper PDF

UPSSSC PET 2023 was held on 28 and 29 October 2023 in two shifts each day.

UPSSSC PET 2022 Question Paper PDF

UPSSSC PET 2022 was held on 15 and 16 October 2022 in two shifts each day. These papers are also available in Hindi.

UPSSSC PET 2021 Question Paper PDF

The first UPSSSC PET was held on 24 August 2021 in two shifts, with question booklets issued in series A to H.

UPSSSC PET Previous Year Questions Subject-Wise

Subject-wise practice works best right after finishing a topic. The table shows the marks for each section and the topics asked most often in previous papers; the full topic list is on the UPSSSC PET syllabus.

UPSSSC PET Reasoning Questions PDF

Logic and Reasoning carries 5 marks, and its questions repeat in style across years. Most come from order and ranking, blood relations, odd one out, calendar and clock, coding-decoding, cause and effect, and statement analysis.

UPSSSC PET History Previous Year Questions

History questions in past papers focus on the personalities and dynasties named in the syllabus: Gautam Buddha, Mahavir, Ashoka, Samudragupta and Chandragupta II, along with the Sultanate, Mughal and British periods. The separate National Movement section adds 5 more marks from the freedom struggle.

UPSSSC PET Mathematics and Arithmetic Questions

Elementary Arithmetic (5 marks) covers fractions, decimals, percentage, average, simplification, squares and powers. The graph and table interpretation sections add 20 more marks of calculation-based questions, with two graphs and two tables in every paper, so practise data interpretation sets alongside arithmetic.

How to Download UPSSSC PET Previous Year Question Paper PDF

All papers can be downloaded free from the tables on this page:

• Choose the year in the 2025 table or the year-wise section.
• Select the exam date and shift.
• Click Download PDF and save the file.
• Check that all 100 questions have been loaded before you start.
• Download the official answer key for the same shift from upsssc.gov.in to check your answers.

How to Solve and Analyse UPSSSC PET Previous Year Papers

Treat each previous year paper as a full mock test, not a reading exercise.

• Set a 2-hour timer and solve the paper without notes or answers.
• Check your responses against the matching answer key.
• Calculate your score: correct answers − (wrong answers × 0.25).
• Mark the reason for every mistake: a concept gap, a calculation error or a misread question.
• Revise those topics before attempting the next paper.

For example, if you attempt 85 questions and get 70 right and 15 wrong, your score is 70 − (15 × 0.25) = 66.25 out of 100. Tracking this score across papers shows whether your accuracy is improving or whether you are attempting too many uncertain questions.

After finishing the 14 previous year papers, move to fresh questions in the same pattern.

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UPSSSC PET Previous Year Question Paper FAQs

Q1. Where can I download the UPSSSC PET 2025 question paper PDF?

The UPSSSC PET 2025 question papers for all four shifts, held on 6 and 7 September 2025, are in the 2025 table on this page. Choose the date and shift, download the PDF and use the matching answer key to check your answers.

Q2. Is the UPSSSC PET previous year question paper available in Hindi?

Yes. Every UPSSSC PET paper is bilingual, with each question in both Hindi and English. All 14 papers on this page from 2021 to 2025 can be used by Hindi-medium candidates.

Q3. Are UPSSSC PET previous year question papers available with solutions?

You can check every paper against the official answer key that UPSSSC releases for each shift. The answer key gives the correct option only; step-by-step solutions are available only where a PDF is marked as solved.

Q4. How many years of UPSSSC PET previous year papers should I solve?

Solve all available papers: four shifts each from 2025, 2023 and 2022, and two from 2021. Start with 2025, attempt each paper in 2 hours and review your mistakes before moving to the next one.

Q5. How do I calculate marks using the UPSSSC PET answer key?

Give 1 mark for each correct answer and deduct 0.25 marks for each wrong answer; unattempted questions get zero. Your score is correct answers minus one-fourth of wrong answers.

Q6. Where can I download the UPSSSC PET 2026 question paper PDF?

The 25 October 2026 papers are available on Guidely's UPSSSC PET 2026 question paper page. Papers for the 30 October and 1 November shifts will be added after those exams.