UKPSC Upper PCS Prelims 2026 on 29 November: Admit Card, Timings and an 18-Day Plan

If you applied for the Uttarakhand PCS this year, the date you have been waiting for is finally here. In a notice dated 6 November 2026, the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission fixed the Upper PCS Preliminary Exam 2026 for Sunday, 29 November 2026. Admit cards will be available from 13 November.

When the advertisement came out in September, the exam was only expected “in the first half of October”. So many of you have been revising without a fixed date for weeks. Now you have one, and it is close: from today there are 18 days left. Here is what the notice says, and how we suggest you use those 18 days.

What the 6 November Notice Says

The notice (no. 176/06/E-01/DR/PCS/2026-27) is for candidates who applied under advertisement no. A-1/E-1/2026-27, dated 9 September 2026, for the Uttarakhand Combined State Civil/Upper Subordinate Service (Preliminary) Examination-2026.

Item	Details
Exam date	29 November 2026 (Sunday)
First session	10:00 am to 12:00 noon: General Studies (Code 98)
Second session	2:00 pm to 4:00 pm: General Aptitude Test (Code 99)
Exam centres	Centres in 18 cities across all districts of Uttarakhand
Admit card	Download from psc.uk.gov.in from 13 November 2026 (Friday). It will not be sent by post.
Change of centre	Requests to change the exam centre will not be considered.
Scribe documents deadline	16 November 2026 (Monday), for candidates with disabilities who claimed a scribe

Admit Card: What to Do on 13 November

Download your admit card from the commission’s website, psc.uk.gov.in, as soon as it is released on 13 November. Do not wait for the last week, when the site tends to slow down.
Check your name, photo, roll number, category and exam centre carefully. If anything is wrong, contact the commission immediately.
Read the instructions printed on the admit card. The notice asks every candidate to follow them, and they cover what you can and cannot carry.
Plan your route to the centre in advance. Centres are spread over 18 cities, and you may not get the one closest to home. Since centre changes are not allowed, plan your travel and stay early.
Keep two printouts. Do not write anything extra on the admit card.

For Candidates Who Need a Scribe

This part of the notice is easy to miss, and it has a hard deadline.

If you said in your online form that you will bring your own scribe, you must send the certificates in the formats given in the advertisement’s appendices, along with two passport-size photos of the scribe, the scribe’s education marksheet and certificate, and a copy of the scribe’s Aadhaar card.
The appendix depends on your disability: Appendix 4 for candidates with 40% or more disability, and Appendix 5 for those with less than 40%.
If you asked the commission to provide a scribe, you only need to send the certificate in the prescribed format. You will be given an exam centre in Haridwar city, and you can meet your scribe at the commission’s office in Haridwar on 27 November 2026, two days before the exam.
All these documents must reach the office of the Secretary, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, Haridwar-249404, by post or any other means by 16 November 2026. Documents sent by e-mail will not be accepted, and requests after 16 November will not be considered.

An 18-Day Plan From Today to 29 November

Eighteen days is not enough to start a new book. It is enough to make what you already know reliable. This is roughly the plan we follow with our own students in the last three weeks. Adjust it to your strengths.

Days	Focus
11-16 Nov (6 days)	Revise your weakest General Studies areas from your own notes. One full-length GS mock and one General Aptitude mock every other day, then review every wrong answer.
13 Nov	Download the admit card, check every detail, and plan your travel.
17-23 Nov (7 days)	Uttarakhand-specific topics every day: history, geography, culture, schemes and recent state news. Continue alternate-day mocks under exam timings (10 to 12 and 2 to 4).
24-27 Nov (4 days)	Current affairs of the last 12 months, quick revision of facts you keep forgetting, and only short tests. No new sources.
28 Nov	Light revision, check your documents and route, and sleep early.
29 Nov	Two sessions with a two-hour gap. Eat lightly between them and do not discuss the morning paper. Focus on the afternoon.

For daily practice, use our free daily current affairs questions. For full-length papers under exam conditions, see our UKPSC PCS Prelims Test Series 2026. If you want to recheck the posts, eligibility and syllabus of this exam, read our UKPSC 2026 Upper PCS notification post.

Applying for Lower PCS 2026 Too?

The commission has also opened applications for the Lower PCS 2026 exam (54 posts), with a last date of 26 November 2026, just three days before this Prelims. Do not let the Upper PCS revision make you miss that deadline. The details are in our UKPSC Lower PCS 2026 notification post.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the UKPSC Upper PCS Prelims 2026?

On Sunday, 29 November 2026, in two sessions: General Studies from 10 am to 12 noon and the General Aptitude Test from 2 pm to 4 pm.

When will the UKPSC Upper PCS admit card 2026 be released?

From 13 November 2026, on the commission’s website psc.uk.gov.in. Admit cards will not be sent by post.

Can I change my exam centre?

No. The notice says the commission will not consider any request to change the exam centre.

What is the last date for scribe documents?

16 November 2026. The documents must reach the commission’s office in Haridwar by post or another means. E-mail is not accepted.

How many cities will have exam centres?

Centres will be in 18 cities spread across all districts of Uttarakhand.

Sources

UKPSC notice no. 176/06/E-01/DR/PCS/2026-27, dated 6 November 2026, issued by the Secretary, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, Haridwar. It is listed on the commission’s admit card page and its homepage.

Note: When we checked on 11 November 2026, the commission’s admit card page was showing a server error, so we read the notice from a copy of the commission’s PDF. If anything changes, the commission’s website is the final word.

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