HPSC

HPSC Syllabus:-

Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) is a government agency and topmost constitutional body of Government of Haryana, responsible for conducting Civil Services examinations and Competitive Examinations to select the eligible candidates for various civil services and departmental posts.

HPSC

Age Criteria :-
General category - 18 yrs and 42 yrs (except for DSP jobs). SC - +5 yrs
Backward class - + 5 yrs
Disable person - + 5yrs (+ 5 yrs extra if candidate is Schedule/classes ,Schedule/tribe,B/class,EWS also last 52 yrs)
No. of Attempt:-
There is no restriction on the no. of attempt to appear in the combined competitive examination
Qualification :-
The basic eligibility criteria to appear for the HPSC HCS exam 2023 is that the candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university or institute.
The Haryana Civil Services (HCS) exam is conducted by the Haryana Public Service Commission in three phases Stage I : Preliminary Examination (Objective Nature)
Stage II : Main Examination (Written/Descriptive Nature)
Stage III : Interview (Verbal Nature)
Preliminary Exam Process
The preliminary exam is conducted on the same day. This examination is conducted on the date fixed by the commission at various examination centers in the state.
This exam consists of two compulsory papers 'General Studies-I' and 'Civil Service Aptitude Test' (CSAT). Therefore, the examination is also organized in two shifts of two hours each. There is a gap of 3 hours between the two shifts.
The purpose of this examination is to shortlist the candidates for the main examination.
The final selection list is prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the main examination and interview only.
The cut-off in the preliminary examination is determined on the basis of marks obtained in the first paper 'General Studies', while the second paper 'CSAT' is of qualifying nature.
It is mandatory to obtain 33% qualifying marks for the second paper.
It is to be noted that there is a provision of one-fourth (1/4) negative marking for every wrong answer in this examination.
Main Examination Process
The HPSC HCS Mains Exam pattern includes 4 papers, namely:
Paper I: English (including English essay) of 3 Hours and 100 marks.
Paper II: Hindi (including Hindi essay in Devanagari script) of 3 Hours duration and 100 marks.
Paper III: General Studies of 3 hours duration and 200 marks.
Paper IV: Optional Subject of 3 hour duration and 200 marks. .
Interview/Personality Test After the main examination, Candidates thrice (three times) the number of advertised posts including bracketed candidates, if any, in order of merit in the main written examination will be called for Personality Test (Viva-voce) which is of 75 marks.
Finally, a total of 675 marks are considered while preparing the final merit list.