HAS Previous Year Question Paper

Are you preparing for the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services and looking for resources like has previous year question papers, syllabus etc.? Then you are in the right place. Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission conducts this examination. This blog provides all the details about the exam and previously held exam papers and syllabi.

1. Eligibility

a.) Age

• Minimum Age – 21 years
• Maximum Age – 35 years

Note:

i) Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service (HPAS) and other posts (Tehsildar, BDO, TO etc.) – 45 years
(ii) Himachal Pradesh Police Service & District Controller – 42 years.

b.) Educational Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in any stream

2. Fee

• General – Rs 400 /-
• Candidates of Other States – Rs 400 /-
• SC/ST/OBC/EWS of H.P. – Rs 100 /-
• Ex-Servicemen of H.P. – No Fee

Note: All female candidates shall be exempted from the examination fee.

3. Scheme of Examination

Selection Process:

Preliminary Examination:-

1. This preliminary examination will consist of two objective-type papers (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 400 marks in the subjects of General Studies and Aptitude Test as per detail given below. This examination is meant to serve as a screening test only: the marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit.
2. 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 through this examination. Only those candidates who have been declared by the Commission to have qualified for the Preliminary Examination will be eligible for admission to the Main Examination corresponding to the said Preliminary Examination provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the Main Examination.
3. Provided that 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 based on marks obtained in General Studies (Paper-I) of the Preliminary Examination for their admission to the Main Examination

Note: Negative Marking – 1/3 or .33 marks

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

Note:- It is mandatory for the candidate to appear in both the Papers of HPAS (Preliminary) Examination for evaluation. Therefore a candidate will be disqualified in case he/she does not appear in both the papers of the HPAS (Preliminary) Examination.

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