UPCISB Combined Co-operative Banking, Non-Banking and Technical Services Examination (General Recruitment) 2026

Basic eligibility paths

• ✓The Board was constituted under section 122(1) of the U.P. Co-operative Societies Act 1965 read with rule 389(A) of the U.P. Co-operative Societies Rules 1968, and recruits for co-operative institutions rather than for a government department.
• ✓Confirm education, age, Uttar Pradesh domicile and category-certificate cut-offs in advertisement A-2/G.R./2026 for the specific post applied for.

Relaxations & certificates

• SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
• Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.

Selection stages

1. 1Written examination as prescribed in advertisement A-2/G.R./2026
2. 2Document verification
3. 3Final merit

Syllabus snapshot

• Preliminary examination (if required): 100 objective multiple-choice questions, 100 marks, 1:30 hours, with 1/4 (25%) minus marking - Numerical Ability/Quantitative Aptitude 35 questions, Reasoning Ability/Mental Ability 35, Hindi Language and General English/English Language 20, Cooperative 10.
• Main examination: 120 objective multiple-choice questions, 200 marks, 02 hours, with 1/4 (25%) minus marking - Reasoning Ability/Mental Ability 20, Numerical Ability/Quantitative Aptitude 20, General Awareness 15, Cooperative 15, Language (Hindi & English) 10, and a Subject section of 40 questions carrying 120 marks.
• The Subject section is any one of the following according to the essential educational qualification and syllabus of the respective post: (a) Civil Engineering, (b) Electrical Engineering, (c) Computer Science and Information Technology, (d) Managerial Skill - Banking 30 questions and Computer Knowledge 10 questions.
• Reasoning Ability/Mental Ability: Alphabetical order and misc. series, Coding Decoding, Direction and Distance, Blood Relation, Order and Ranking, Sitting Arrangement, Puzzle, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, Input Output, Data Inequality, Decision Making, Problem and Course of Action, Statement and Assumption, Cause and Effect, Statement and Argument, Combined logical, Clock, Calendar, Cube and Dice, Figure Series, Odd one Out Figure, Images and Water images, Figure Matrix, Paper Folding/Cutting/unfolding, Non Verbal reasoning.
• Numerical Ability/Quantitative Aptitude: Simplification, Number series, Percentage, Profit and Loss/Discount, Simple and Compound Interest, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Problems on Ages, Partnership, Mixture and Allegation, Time and Work, Speed/Time and Distance, Pipe and Cistern, Problems based on Trains, Boat and Stream, Inequality, Permutation and Combination, Probability, Mensuration (Cone, Sphere, Cylinder), Data Sufficiency, Data Interpretation, Quadratic Equation, Basic Algebra, Basic Trigonometry, Measure of Central Tendency, Indices and Logarithms.
• General English/English Language: Vocabulary, Tenses Rules, Grammar, Idioms & Phrases, Reading Comprehension, Fill in the blanks, Spotting Errors, Cloze Test, Jumbles, Synonyms, Antonyms, Using of words, Sentence improvement, Sentence Correction, Para/sentence completion.
• General Awareness (main examination): Structure/Role/Development of Co-operative Bank in UP, Reserve Bank of India and Monetary Policies, NPA and Basel Standards, Inflation and National Income, Indian Money Market and Capital Markets, Foreign Trade & Foreign Regulations, Financial Planning, Contemporary welfare schemes, Insurance & Miscellaneous, general information related to the state of Uttar Pradesh, Indian History, Indian Polity and Constitution, General Science, Current Affairs (National and International Affairs), Geography of India.
• Co-operative: Origin and Development of Cooperatives; National Level Important Cooperatives; Formation of the Union Ministry of Cooperation; Prosperity through co-operation; Development of Cooperatives in the State of Uttar Pradesh; Co-operative Societies in the State of Uttar Pradesh; Innovations in Cooperatives.