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UPPSC Dental MO 2018 - Solved PYQ
UPPSC Dental Officer Previous Year Question Paper 2018
UPPSC Dental MO 2023 - Solved PYQ
UPPSC Dental MO Previous Year Question Paper 2023
Eligibility
| Section | Questions | Marks | Duration | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part A — General Studies | 30 | 30 | Shared 2-hour slot with Part B | UP-flavoured GS: Indian polity, economy, geography, history, science, current affairs, with explicit weight on Uttar Pradesh-specific topics. |
| Part B — Dental Surgery (subject paper) | 120 | 120 | Shared 2-hour slot with Part A | Drawn from the BDS curriculum. Observed weight on Oral Pathology, Public Health Dentistry, Pharmacology, and General Medicine relevant to dental practice. |
| Screening Test — Total | 150 | 150 | 2 hours | Offline OMR. +1 for correct, −1/3 for wrong, 0 for un-attempted. Bilingual paper (Hindi + English). |
| Stage 2 — Interview / Personality Test | — | 50 | Single appearance at UPPSC, Prayagraj | Final merit = 75% screening + 25% interview. Interview marks are scaled to this weighting in the final list. |
The official syllabus has two parts. The dental section explicitly mirrors the BDS curriculum recognised by the Dental Council of India.
Drawn from the full BDS curriculum, with emphasis on the following subjects:
Note: UPPSC does not publish a topic-level syllabus; this list reflects the subject
coverage observed in the 2018 and 2023 screening papers. Refer to the official UPPSC
advertisement PDF for the canonical subject list.
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC), Prayagraj, conducts the Dental Surgeon / Dental Medical Officer recruitment for the U.P. Medical & Health Services. The official portal is uppsc.up.nic.in.
It is a state-level recruitment exam, conducted by UPPSC to fill Dental Surgeon (Group A) vacancies in Uttar Pradesh only.
The 2025–26 cycle accepted applications between 22 December 2025 and 22 January 2026 (correction window till 29 January 2026). The official screening-exam date has not yet been announced; based on past cycles, the screening is typically held within 8–10 months of application closure. Watch uppsc.up.nic.in for the exam calendar update.
A Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree from a Dental Council of India–recognised institute, completion of the compulsory rotating internship before the application deadline, and registration with the U.P. State Dental Council or the Dental Council of India.
Candidates must be between 21 and 40 years of age as on 1 July 2025 for the 2025–26 cycle. Age relaxation applies as per UP Government rules — typically +5 years for SC/ST/OBC (UP), +15 years for PwD, and additional relaxations for state-government employees and ex-servicemen.
A single-day offline OMR screening test of 150 objective questions for 150 marks — 30 from General Studies and 120 from Dental Surgery — over 2 hours, with −1/3 negative marking. Shortlisted candidates are called for an interview. Final merit is 75% screening + 25% interview.
Yes. UPPSC deducts 1/3 of a mark for each wrong answer in the screening test. Un-attempted questions carry no penalty.
The 22 December 2025 UPPSC notification covers 2,158 posts in total across Dental Surgeon, Allopathic / Ayurvedic / Unani / Homeopathic Medical Officers, Veterinary Officers, and allied positions. The Dental Surgeon vacancy count specifically is listed in the advertisement PDF — refer to uppsc.up.nic.in for the exact, post-corrigenda number.
Selected candidates are appointed at Pay Level 10 (Group A), with a basic pay starting at ₹56,100 per month, plus DA, HRA, and other allowances as per UP Government rules.
Yes. There is no separate Mains exam for the Dental MO recruitment. After the screening test, qualifying candidates undergo document verification and a personality test / interview at the UPPSC office in Prayagraj.
The official 2018 and 2023 UPPSC Dental Surgeon screening papers are available on the UPPSC PYQ archive at uppsc.up.nic.in. MDVault also maintains an organised PYQ corpus with answer keys and explanations for the Dental MO and adjacent UPPSC medical-stream exams.
UPPSC Dental MO PYQ Digest: Subject-wise Topics from 2018 & 2023
What UPPSC actually tests in the Dental Surgeon screening — subject-wise topic breakdown across the 2018 and 2023 papers. The Big Four (Conservative-Endo, Oral Pathology, Anatomy, Periodontology) make up 40%+ of the paper. Plus a week-by-week study order built around the data.
UPPSC Dental MO 2023 Paper Analysis: Subject-wise Heatmap & High-yield Topics
Complete walkthrough of the 2023 UPPSC Dental Surgeon screening test — all 150 questions, subject-wise difficulty heatmap, the 8 high-yield topics that repeat, and the 6 answer-choice traps that catch well-prepared candidates.
UPPSC Dental Surgeon 2026: Notification, Dates, Vacancies & Application Guide
Complete guide to UPPSC Dental Surgeon 2026: notification timeline, ~157 vacancies, BDS + DCI registration eligibility, age relaxations by category, application steps via OTR, fee structure, and common rejection reasons.
The UPPSC Dental Medical Officer recruitment is the principal gateway for BDS graduates who want a permanent state-government posting in Uttar Pradesh. It is run by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission under the U.P. Medical & Health Services, and successful candidates are appointed as Dental Surgeon (Group A) at Community Health Centres, district hospitals, and dental units across the state on Pay Level 10.
Unlike the UPPSC PCS, this is a single-paper screening exam followed by a personality test — no Mains, no optional. The screening paper is heavily weighted towards clinical dentistry (120 of 150 marks), with a 30-mark General Studies section that mirrors the UP-flavoured GS seen in other UPPSC papers. Historical cycles (2018, 2023) suggest the dental section pulls from undergraduate BDS subjects with a noticeable lean on Oral Pathology, Public Health Dentistry, Pharmacology, and General Medicine relevant to dental practice, while the GS section tilts towards UP-specific geography, polity, and current affairs.
The 2025–26 cycle (notified 22 December 2025) is open as part of a broader 2,158-post UPPSC advertisement that also includes Allopathic / Ayurvedic / Unani / Homeopathic Medical Officers and Veterinary Officers. Aspirants should treat the official advertisement PDF on uppsc.up.nic.in as the single source of truth for vacancy count, reservation roster, and fee — third-party portals frequently lag on corrigenda.