UPPSC AE (Agriculture) Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern, Exam Date 2026
Detail Information about UPPSC (Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission) has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Assistant Engineer vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
UPPSC AE Syllabus 2026 - Overview
| Conducting Body |
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) |
| Name of the Post |
Assistant Engineer (Agriculture) |
| Total Post |
370+ (Expected) |
| Exam Level |
State |
| Application Mode |
Online |
| Mode of Examination |
Offline |
| Exam Date 2026 |
Notified Soon |
| Selection Process |
Written Test and Interview |
| Language |
English and Hindi |
| Category |
Syllabus and Exam Pattern |
| Official Website |
https://uppsc.up.nic.in/ |
UPPSC Assistant Engineer (Agriculture) Syllabus 2026
Prelims Exam Syllabus :-
General Knowledge :
1. Indian History
2. Indian Geography
3. Indian Polity
4. Current Affairs
5. Important Events
6. General Science/Science in Everyday Life
General Hindi :
1. हिंदी भाषा का मूलभूत ज्ञान (स्वर, व्यंजन, रस)
2. प्रत्यय
3. समास
4. मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ
5. अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द
6. वर्ण, वर्तनी और उच्चारण
7. वाक्य-क्रम व्यवस्थापन
8. उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय
9. विपरीतार्थक शब्द
10. संधि तथा संधि-विच्छेद
11. अनेकार्थक शब्द
12. उचित शब्द से दिए गए रिक्त स्थान की पूर्ती
13. पर्यायवाची शब्द, विलोम शब्द, शब्द युग्म, लिंग परिवर्तन, वचन परिवर्तन आदि
Engineering Aptitude :
1. General principles of design and drawing
2. Engineering materials
3. Basics of thermodynamics
4. Basics of project management
5. Industrial safety and safety standards
6. Information and communication technologies (ICT)
7. Basics of artificial intelligence and robotics
8. Types of machinery maintenance
9. Green Energy
10. Basics of measurement & instrumentation
11. Energy conversion principles
12. Disaster management
13. Ethics and values in engineering profession
14. Quality control
15. Intellectual property rights
16. Human health and sanitation
17. Handling & storage of products
18. Climate change
19. Production & construction
20. Recent development in applied sciences
21. Role of Science & Technology in daily life
22. Water resources and conservation processes
Mains Exam Syllabus :-
General Hindi :
1. हिंदी भाषा का मूलभूत ज्ञान (स्वर, व्यंजन, रस)
2. प्रत्यय
3. समास
4. मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ
5. अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द
6. वर्ण, वर्तनी और उच्चारण
7. वाक्य-क्रम व्यवस्थापन
8. उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय
9. विपरीतार्थक शब्द
10. संधि तथा संधि-विच्छेद
11. अनेकार्थक शब्द
12. उचित शब्द से दिए गए रिक्त स्थान की पूर्ती
13. पर्यायवाची शब्द, विलोम शब्द, शब्द युग्म, लिंग परिवर्तन, वचन परिवर्तन आदि
General Studies :
1. Current National and International Important Events
2. History of India
3. Indian Agriculture, Commerce & Trade
4. Indian Polity, Economy & Culture
5. Population, Ecology & Urbanization
6. General Science
7. Culture and Traditions of Uttar Pradesh
8. World Geography & Indian Geography & Natural Resources of India
9. Indian National Movement
10. Logical Reasoning
11. Basic elementary mathematics
Concerned Subject :
Agriculture Engineer (PAPER-I) :
(a) Thermodynamics and Heat Engines: Concept of energy, temperature and heat equations; laws of thermodynamics, pure substances and their properties; entropy Rankine, air standard Otto, Diesel and Joule cycles; indicator diagrams.
(b) Farm Power: Sources and status of power in India; farm power and agricultural productivity relationship; construction and operational features of IC engines, various, system of IC engine namely carburetion, ignition, cooling, lubrication; valves and valve timing, special features of diesel engines, tractors and their classification, power transmission, repair and maintenance; tractor testing, and tractor economics; power tillers -their economics and suitability, Energy in Agriculture.
(c) Farm Machinery: Design, construction, operation, repair and maintenance of tillage tools, implements and equipment viz. mould board and disk plough; harrows, cultivators, rotary tiller, seeding and planting machines, hoe, weeders, sprayers and dusters: harvester, threshers and combines; soil and crop factors influencing machine performance and energy requirements; selection of farm machines, economics of agricultural mechanization. Earth moving machineries.
(d) Heat and Mass Transfer: Thermal properties of materials; steady state and transient heat conduction, natural and forced convection; boiling, condensation, thermal radiation exchange, Heat exchangers, heat and mass transfer analogy; Fick's laws of diffusion, psychrometrics; analysis of heat and mass transfer processes, instrument and measurement systems.
(e) Process and Food Engineering: Unit operations in post harvest processing (cleaning, grading, drying, size reduction, evaporation, pasteurization, distillation etc.); processing of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits & vegetables, animal feed, spices, dairy products, meat etc.; design of processing equipment and systems, milking machines.
(f) Storage and handling: Changes in stored products during storage; storage of food grains and their products, perishables (vegetable, fruits, dairy product, meat and eggs) storage system- air tight ventilated, refrigerated, modified atmospheric and controlled atmospheric storages; packaging; conveyors; design and management of storage and handling systems. Reducing losses in storages and handling.
Agriculture Engineer (PAPER-II) :
(a) Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties, units and dimensions: surface tension and capillarity, equation of continuity, Bernoulli equation, Laminar and turbulent flow, steady and unsteady flow, Flow of fluids in pipes and open channels, design of open channels for non erosive and non silting velocities, most economical cross section, measurement of irrigation water and other water measuring devices viz. weirs, notches, orifices and flumes.
(b) Surveying and Leveling: Linear measurements; survey methods and devices used; principle of leveling, simple, differential and profile leveling; Contouring and characteristics of contour lines; Land leveling and grading, earth work estimation.
(c) Soil and Water Conservation Engineering: Forms of precipitation, hydrologic cycle; Point rainfall analysis, frequency analysis, agricultural watershed and its management; water management in agri-horti-aquaculture system, mechanics of water and wind erosion; Rational method of prediction of peak runoff and its limitations; concept of unit hydrograph and instantaneous hydrograph; factors affecting erosion and runoff; water erosion control measures contour cultivation, strip cropping, terracing, afforestation pastures; Design of gully control structures temporary and permanent; stream bank erosion; flood routing; flood amelioration by upstream soil water management; wind erosion control measures and sand dunes stabilization.
(d) Irrigation Pumps : Design, construction, performance characteristics, selection installation, servicing and maintenance of different pumps (reciprocating, centrifugal gear, turbine, submersible, propeller, jet); Hydraulic ram; Renewable and non-renewable power sources for pumping solar pumps.
(e) Irrigation and Drainage Engineering: Water wealth and irrigation in India; Soil water plant relationship; Forms and occurrence of soil water; methods and devices for soil moisture measurement; water requirement of crops; irrigation scheduling; irrigation methods their hydraulics and design flood, border, furrow, sprinkler and drip irrigation, concept of irrigation efficiencies; water conveyance and control; Design of canals. Lacey and Kennedy's theories.
Drainage needs and its benefits; Darcy's Law, hydraulic conductivity; drainage coefficient; drainage methods, surface drainage (drainage of flat and sloping lands); design of open ditches their alignment and construction; designs and layout of subsurface drains; depth and spacing of drains and drainage outlets; installation of drains and drainage wells; drainage of salt affected areas.
(f) Ground Water Hydrology and Tube well Engineering: Occurrence and movement of ground water, steady and transient flow into wells, well interference, well drilling, design of well assembly and gravel pack, installation of well screen, completion and development of wells.
(g) Rural Engineering: Building materials and their properties; Farm stead planning, and 11. design of dairy barns; poultry, goat-sheep, and piggery housing: selection of site. planning and design of rural houses, farm roads, village drainage; waste disposal and sanitary structures; cost estimates, green house construction
UPPSC Assistant Engineer (Agriculture) Exam Pattern 2026
Prelims Exam :
Duration : 120 Minutes
Negative Marking : 0.33
| S.No |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
| 1 |
General Knowledge |
25 |
50 |
| 2 |
General Hindi |
25 |
50 |
| 3 |
Engineering Aptitude |
100 |
200 |
| |
Total |
150 |
300 |
Mains Exam (Objective)
Duration : 150 Minutes (Each Paper)
Negative Marking : 0.33
| Paper |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
| Paper I |
General Hindi |
25 |
75 |
| Concerned Subjects (Agriculture) |
100 |
300 |
| Paper II |
General Studies |
25 |
75 |
| Concerned Subjects (Agriculture) |
100 |
300 |
| |
Total |
250 |
750 |
UPPSC AE Prelims Exam Date 2026 : Notified Soon
UPPSC AE Mains Exam Date 2026 : Notified Soon
Starting Date of Application Form : Notified Soon
Last Date of Application Form : Notified Soon
Total Post : 370+ (Expected) 
