[Recruitment] HPAS 2016 (H.P. ADMINISTRATIVE COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAM) Notification Out ! HPAS Syllabus, Pattern, Vacancies, Criteria, Books and Studyplan

Online Applications are invited from desirous and eligible candidates for recruitment for various posts Under the H.P. ADMINISTRATIVE COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2016 through ORA, which shall be available on the Commission’s website http://www.hppsc.hp.gov.in/hppsc/ up to 30th January, 2017 till 11:59 P.M. (IST), thereafter

link will be disabled.

Latest Update : Paper 2 in Prelims i.e. Aptitude Test is Only Qualifying now i.e. 33 % will be needed to clear it.

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS :  30/01/2017

Download Official Notification:  Here

Apply Online: Here

Details of the Vacancies in HPAS 2016


Total Number of vacancies = 30

Name of Post	No of  Vacancy	Pay-Band	Category Wise Breakup
HPAS/HAS	4	Rs.15600-39100 + 5400	Unreserved/General - 02 Ex. Man - 01 PWD- Hearing Impaired (Gen.) - 01
HPPS/HPS	6	Rs.15600-39100+5400	Unreserved/General - 06
Tehsildar	7	Rs.10300- 34800+5000	Unreserved/General -03 OBC - 0 1 Ex. Man  - 02 Physically  Handicapped  (Orthopedically)  (Gen.) - 01
Block Development Officers	6	Rs.10300-34800 +5000	Unreserved/General  - 04 SC - 01 OBC - 01
Treasury Officers	7	Rs.10300-34800 + 5000	Unreserved/General  - 04 SC - 02 Ex. Man - 01
Total	30		Unreserved/General  - 19 SC - 03 ST - 00 OBC - 02 Ex. Man – 04 PWD- Hearing Impaired (Gen.) – 01 PH Physically  Handicapped  (Orthopedically)  (Gen.) - 01

 
*Unreserved mean open for all categories, while Category assigned seats will be filled in the respective mentioned categories

FEE DETAILS

General – 400,

SC, S.T, O.B.C. – 100,

Ex-Serviceman – No Fee.

CENTRES OF EXAMINATION

The Preliminary Examination will be held at the following Centres :-

SHIMLA,  SOLAN,  MANDI,  SUNDER  NAGAR,  PALAMPUR,  KANGRA,  DHARAMSALA, NAHAN, UNA, HAMIRPUR, CHAMBA, BILASPUR AND KULLU.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Graduation from a recognized university
• Age = between 21 to 35 year (Age counted on 1st January, 2017) meaning  thereby that candidates born on or after  02-01-1996  are underage whereas applicants born on or before 01-01-1982 are overage
• 5 Years Relaxation for categories candidates
• HP Govt Employees Age relaxation upto 42 years

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:

Preliminary examination

(A)  Initially, Preliminary examination consisting of 02 papers based on objective type (multiple

choices) questions on the following pattern will be held.

Paper-I  General Studies (Code No.01). This paper shall be of 200 marks and there shall be

100 objective type (Multiple choices) questions.

Paper-II   Aptitude Test (Code No.02). This paper shall be of 200 marks and in this paper

there shall be 100 objective type (Multiple choices) questions.


Paper-I  General Studies (Code No.01)

• History, Geography, Political, Art & Culture & Social Economic Development of Himachal Pradesh.   
• History of India & Indian National Movement.
• India & World Geography.
• Indian Polity and Governance - Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights issues etc.
• Economic & Social development - Sustainable Development & Poverty , Inclusion , Demographic , Social Sector Development etc.
• General Issue on Environmental Ecology , Biodiversity & Climate change. 
• Current Events of National and international Importance.  
• General science. 

Paper-II   Aptitude Test (Code No.02) *

• Comprehension
• Interpersonal skills including communication skills
• Logical reasoning and analytical ability
• Decision making and problem solving
• General mental ability
• Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc. (Class X level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. – Class X level).
• English Language comprehension skills (Class X level)

CORRIGENDUM                                                   Dated: 02.01.2017

Apropos  to  advertisement  No.  1/2017  published  in  “The  Tribune”  and  “Amar Ujala” on 01.01.2017 and detailed advertisement uploaded on Commission’s website, it is notified for information of all concerned that as per  the  new  pattern   for  the  HPAS  Examination  as  adopted  by  the  Himachal  Pradesh Public  Service  Commission  from  this  year,  the  Aptitude  Test  (Paper-II)  of  the Preliminary  Examination  will  be  a  qualifying  paper  with  minimum qualifying  marks fixed  at  33%  and,  therefore,  marks  obtained  in  this  paper  shall  not  be  counted  for determining  the  merit  of  the  candidates  to  be  drawn  exclusively  on  the  basis  of  marks obtained in General Studies (Paper-I) on the preliminary examination for their admission to  the  main  examination.  Further,  the  main  examination  shall  include  compulsory subjects  and  one  optional  subject.  The  syllabus  and  other  details  regarding  main examination  are  also  available  on  the  website  of  the  Commission.  The  other  terms  & conditions of the advertisement will remain same.

(C)  This  preliminary  examination  will  consist  of  two  objective  type  papers  (multiple  choice

questions) and carry a maximum of 200 marks. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be about 20 times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year in the Posts / Service. Only those candidates who have been declared to have qualified the preliminary examination by the H.P. Public Service Commission in a year will  be  eligible  for  admission  to  the  main  examination  of  that  year  provided  they  are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.

Note:  There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in

the objective type question papers.

(i)  There  are  four  alternatives  for  the  answers  to  every  question.  For  each  question  for which  a  wrong  answer  has  been  given  by  the  candidate,  one  third  of  the  marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

(ii)  If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if  one  of  the  given  answers  happen  to  be  correct  and  there  will  be  same  penalty  as above for that question.

(iii)  If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no

penalty for that question.

(D)  The  duration  of  Papers  No.I  and  II  (General  Studies  and  Aptitude  Test)  will  be  two  hours each.”

Main Written Examination

1. COMPULSORY PAPERS

Paper No.	Subjects	Maximum Marks
I	English	100
II	Hindi	100
III	Essay	100
IV	General Studies - I	200
V	General Studies - II	200
VI	General Studies - III	200

2. OPTIONAL SUBJECT ( Only ONE)

Paper No.	Subject	Maximum Marks
VII	Paper I	100
VIII	Paper II	100

3. INTERVIEW / PERSONALITY TEST - 150 Marks 

Note:— *In Hindi & English minimum 40 % are compulsory to score although Marks of Hindi & English will not be considered for the Merit. 

Total Marks for Merit = Essay + GS 1 + GS 2 + GS 3 + Optional + Interview

i.e. 100 + 200 + 200 + 200 + 200 + 150 = 1050 Marks

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Previous Papers


Prelims

• HPAS (PRLM) - 2014 (PAPER-I  - GENERAL STUDIES)  (PAPER - II APTITUDE TEST)
• HPAS (PRLM) - 2013 (PAPER-I  - GENERAL STUDIES)  (PAPER - II APTITUDE TEST)
• HPAS (PRLM) - 2011 (PAPER -I  -GENERAL STUDIES (ENGLISH)  (HINDI)
• HPAS (PRLM) - 2011 (PAPER -II  APTITUDE TEST (ENGLISH)   (HINDI)
• HPAS (PRLM) - 2010 (PAPER-I   -GENERAL STUDIES (ENGLISH)  (HINDI)   
• HPAS (PRLM) - 2010 (PAPER-II  -APTITUDE TEST (ENGLISH)   (HINDI)

Mains

• HPAS (MAIN) - 2011  PAPERS
• HPAS (MAIN) - 2012  PAPERS
• HPAS (MAIN) - 2013 PAPERS
• HPAS (MAIN) - 2014 PAPERS

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