UP NHM CHO

It selects and certifies Community Health Officers for Health and Wellness Centres under the National Health Mission in Uttar Pradesh. A CHO provides first-contact clinical care, screening and referral, and runs national programme activities at the facility and community level. Confirm role details and current eligibility in the official UP NHM notification.

The official body publishes the current question count, duration and marking scheme in its notification and information brochure. These details can change between recruitment cycles, so check the UP NHM website rather than relying on figures circulating in coaching material or older candidate posts.

Cut-offs are set by the recruiting authority for each cycle and vary by category and vacancy. There is no fixed number you can safely memorise. Read the current notification and any subsequent corrigendum on the official UP NHM site for the applicable qualifying criteria.

It is broad rather than deeply specialised. Most candidates find clinical and public health questions manageable but lose marks on national programme indicators, eligibility criteria and reporting formats. Difficulty also depends on your base discipline - nursing, pharmacy and allied-health graduates each find different sections easier.

Retake and reappearance rules are set per recruitment cycle by the recruiting authority. Check the current notification for whether reappearance is permitted and under what conditions. Do not assume a fixed waiting period or unlimited attempts.

Start with basic clinical assessment and common conditions, because those concepts recur across maternal and child health, disease control and primary care questions. Then work through national health programmes by mapping each to its eligibility criteria, service package and reporting indicators. Finish with timed practice sets and review of errors.

Three recurring areas: confusing similar national programme thresholds and eligibility criteria, weak arithmetic and reasoning under time pressure, and misreading negatively worded stems. Ethics and medico-legal questions also trip candidates who have never studied consent, confidentiality or notifiable disease obligations.

Not every detail, but you should know the major programmes active in Uttar Pradesh: their target group, key services, and the indicators a Health and Wellness Centre reports. Programme knowledge carries real weight and is the section most easily improved through structured revision.

That varies with your base and how recently you studied. A practical plan is several weeks of concept revision followed by regular timed practice, with the final phase reserved for weak areas and programme indicators. Track accuracy rather than hours, and revisit topics you keep getting wrong.

No. This is independent study material written for candidates preparing for the exam. It is not produced, endorsed or reviewed by the National Health Mission or any government body. Always verify eligibility, dates and exam rules on the official UP NHM website.