HCS exam pattern changed

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 22

The Haryana Government has amended the Haryana Civil Services (Executive Branch) Rules, 2008. The new rules will be called the Haryana Civil Services (Executive Branch) Amendment Rules, 2020.

An official spokesperson said according to the amended rules, there would be two papers of 100 marks each (objective type/multiple choice questions type) in the preliminary examination.

Questions related to general studies will be asked in Paper-1.

There will be a Civil Services Aptitude Test under Paper-2, which includes comprehension, inter-personal skills, including communication skills, logical reasoning and analytical ability, decision making and problem solving, general mental ability and basic numeracy and data interpretation.

Both question papers will be set in English and Hindi.

In addition, for each wrong answer, one-fourth (0.25) mark shall be deducted.

The Paper-2 — Civil Services Aptitude Test — will be the qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33 per cent.

The spokesperson said the result of the preliminary examination shall be based only on the marks obtained in Paper-1 only.