Uttarakhand: UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2025 General Studies Paper 6, held on 30th April 2026.
UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2025 General Studies Paper 6
Section A
Total Questions: 05 | Marks per Question: 04 | Word Limit: 50 Words
- “The hill areas of Uttarakhand are more suitable for horticulture than agriculture.” Explain.
- Write a short note on “the role of adventure tourism” in employment generation in Uttarakhand.
- Analyse the importance of 73rd Constitutional Amendment for rural development of Uttarakhand.
- What are the objectives of NISHTHA?
- What is the grievance redressal mechanism under the Food Security Act?
Section B
Total Questions: 10 | Marks per Question: 08 | Word Limit: 100 Words
- “The glacial region of Uttarakhand is shrinking rapidly.” Discuss this statement.
- Describe the characteristics of rural settlements of Uttarakhand.
- Analyse the budgetary provisions made for Education and Health Sectors in the Uttarakhand State Government Budget 2025-26.
- Describe the role and challenges of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the context of decentralized planning in the Uttarakhand State.
- Explain the main sources of funds of the Panchayati Raj Institutions for undertaking community and rural development works in Uttarakhand.
- Describe the main problems and issues involved in the education of socially and economically weaker sections in Uttarakhand.
- Explain the importance of Health and Nutrition in Human Resource Development.
- Explain the Hub and Spoke model for promoting vocational education.
- Give an account of the process and related impacts of ‘Cloud Burst’ in Uttarakhand.
- What is disaster mitigation? Elucidate the steps taken to mitigate glacial lake outburst disasters in Uttarakhand by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).
Section C
Total Questions: 10 | Marks per Question: 10 | Word Limit: 150 Words
- Give a critical account of the rapid change in demography and its impacts on Uttarakhand.
- Discuss the trends and patterns of urbanization in Uttarakhand.
- Highlight the status and challenges of agriculture sector in the Uttarakhand economy. What steps have been taken by the state government for the development of agriculture?
- Discuss the problems faced by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) mainly in the hill districts of Uttarakhand. How the Uttarakhand MSME Policy-2023 addresses these challenges?
- Analyse the role of institutions in implementing centrally and state-sponsored rural development schemes in Uttarakhand.
- Despite positive pattern in reducing the malnutrition according to NFHS-5, discuss the district-level disparities and challenges in achieving comprehensive nutritional security in Uttarakhand.
- Evaluate the implementation of the Food Security Act and its linkages to Health and Nutrition in Uttarakhand Human Resource Framework.
- Evaluate the different rural development programmes implemented by government of Uttarakhand.
- Differentiate between ‘hazard’ and ‘disaster’. Critically examine the role of Hazard Risk, Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (HRVCA) in understanding these with the help of suitable examples.
- Explain with examples the causes of increase in the frequency and magnitude of disasters in the Indian Himalayan region.