HPSC HCS Exam 2024 - Haryana Civil Services Exam : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

HPSC HCS Exam 2024 / Haryana Civil Services Exam 2024 is a combined competitive examination for recruitment to the following given services and is held by the Haryana Public Service Commission (Haryana PCS is also known as Haryana Civil Services Exam) at Chandigarh.

The bifurcation of HCS / Haryana Civil Services Post/ Services is as follows: 

HCS Exam 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

• 1st December 2024

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

• 25th December 2024 (Preliminary Exam)

Date of Examination

• Preliminary Exam: 11th February 2024 (already conducted)
• Mains Exam: 30-31st March 2024

Date of Personality Test/Viva-Voice

• To be notified

HCS Exam 2023 was held on

• Preliminary Exam: 21st May 2023 (Executive Branch) & Other Allied Services
• Main Written Exam: Likely July/August 2023 (Executive Branch) & Other Allied Services

HCS/Haryana Public Service Exam 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

• Aspiring candidates must possess a degree of a recognized University equivalent to the degree of Bachelor of Science, Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, and Bachelor of any technical subject or their recognized equivalent as of the closing date of the filling of the form.
• Age Limits: The candidates should not be less than 21 years and not more than 42 years (on 1st January of the year of examination.

Note: The age for DSP is - not less than 21 years and not more than 27 years of age on/before January 1, 2024.

However upper age limit is relaxable up to 5 years for the candidates belonging to the following categories:

• Scheduled Caste and Backward Class of Haryana Only.
• Un-married female candidates of Haryana Only.
• Employees of Haryana Government (excluding ad-hoc capacity) or Panjab and Haryana High Court or any Court Subordinate to it in the state of Haryana with four years of service in substantive or officiating capacity subject to a limit of three chances in addition to those which he might have availed within the prescribed age limit. The Employees of the Boards/ Corporations/ Universities/ Banks etc. are not eligible for this concession in the upper age limit.
• Women whose husbands have been ordered by civil/ criminal courts to pay maintenance to them; women whose husbands have remarried; widows; women who are legally separated from their husbands or have been divorced; women living separately from their husbands for more than two years because of desertion; wives of serving disabled military personnel and widows of those who were killed in action. Women living separately from their husbands due to desertion will be required to submit with their application an affidavit to the effect that she has been deserted by her husband and has been living separately from him for more than two years and this affidavit should be countersigned by two responsible persons such as a member of the legislature, Local Bodies including Panchayats and the Bar Association. Where, however, a woman who has re-married would not be eligible for the above concession in the matter of age.

Further, the upper age relaxation is as under:

• The upper age limit is also relaxable for an ex-military person whether he joined military service before or after the declaration of emergency to the extent of his military service added by three years provided he had rendered continuous military service for a period of not less than six months before his release and further provided that he had been released otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency. A disabled military person is entitled to exclude from his age the period from the date he was disabled up to the age of his application or until the end of emergency i.e 10-01-1968.
• The persons recruited from 01-01-1963 onwards as whole-time Cadet instructors in the NCC and who are released after the expiry of their initial/extended tenure will also be entitled to relaxation in age limit for purpose of employment under the State Government. The period of service rendered by them in NCC may be deducted from their actual age and if the resultant age does not exceed the prescribed upper age limit of a particular post by more than three years, they may be deemed to be satisfying the condition for appointment to that post in respect of the maximum age. Such of the whole time Cadet instructors in NCC who are released from the NCC before the expiry of their initial/extended tenure would also be given these concessions subject to the conditions that they have served in the NCC for the period of not less than six months prior to their release from the NCC.

Age for the post of DSP

• The candidate should not be less than 21 years and not more than 27 years of age on or before 1st Jan of the exam year. However, relaxation for the reserved categories will remain as such given above.

Physical Standard for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police

HCS/Haryana Public Service Exam 2024 Syllabus

The syllabus for the HCS exam will be the same (approximately) as an earlier exam held.

This will consist of questions in the following ways:

Compulsory Subjects

1. English and English Essay

• Questions to test the candidate's capacity to understand and write good English.
• The paper will comprise precis writing expansion, tests in vocabulary, and any other form of composition that may be suitable.

2. Hindi and Hindi Essay (in Devnagri Script)

• Translation of an English passage into Hindi.
• Explanation of Hindi passage into prose & poetry in the same language.
• Composition (idioms, corrections etc)

3. General Knowledge including everyday Science

• This paper is intended to test the candidate's knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation and experience in their scientist aspect as may be expected of an educated person who has not made a special study of any scientific subject.
• The paper will also include questions of historical, geographical, and economic importance, with special reference to Haryana.

4. Viva-voce

• The Viva-voce will be to test the personal qualities of the candidate.
• This test will be in matters of general interest and is intended to test the candidate's alertness, intelligence, and general outlook.
• Consideration will also be paid to the bearing and physique of the candidate.
• It will be conducted either in Hindi or in English depending upon the option exercised by a candidate.

Optional Subjects

1. Agriculture: Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying.

2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science

3. Botany: Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Pehanero gams, Physiology, Ecology, and General Biology including Cytology and Genetics.

4. Chemistry: Physical, Inorganic, and Organic.

5. Civil Engineering

6. Commerce and Accountancy     

• Trade and Transport, OR
• Advanced Accountancy and Auditing, OR
• Business Organisation Management.

7. Economics

• Nature and Scope of Economics systems and their functions.
• Micro Economic Analysis; National Income and Expenditure, Major Determinants of Income and Employment.
• Micro Economic Analysis; Demand Analysis, Price Formation under various Market Categories, Distributive shares.
• Structure of Indian Economy

a) Sectoral distribution of the working force

b) Problems of Agricultural Development and Reorganization.

c) Industrial Development policy.

d) India's Foreign Trade and Payments.

e) India's Five Year Plans.

8. Electrical Engineering

9. English Literature

Candidates will be expected to show a General Knowledge of the History of English Literature from the time of Spencer to the end of the reign of Queen Victoria with special reference to the works of the following authors:

Shakespeare, Milton, Johnson, Carlyle, Dickens. Words worth, Keats Tennyson, Darley. Evidence of first-hand reading will be required.

10. Geography

• The physical basis of Geography of the world.
• Regional and Economic Geography of the world with special reference to India.

HCS/Haryana Public Service Exam 2024 Pattern

The HCS/Haryana Public Service Commission exam will be the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) comprising the three stages.

Stage 1

Preliminary Examination (Objective Type/ Multiple Choice) for screening purposes only.

The Preliminary Exam Shall Comprise two papers of objective type (multiple choice questions) and carry a maximum of 200 marks as under.

Note: There is a Negative marking (0.25) for a wrong response.

Stage 2

Main Examination (Conventional Essay Type)

Candidates qualified in Stage 1 (normally twelve times the vacancies advertised) are allowed to take the Main Examination.

Current HCS Exam Pattern

The Main Exam Shall Comprise five papers as given below followed by Vica Voca.

HCS Exam Pattern after Amendment

• There will be changes in the HCS Mains pattern.
• As per the amendment, there will be one optional paper in the main written examination (Executive Branch and Allied Services.)
• There will be four papers in Mains i.e., three compulsory papers and one optional.
• Paper I and II will be 100 marks each.
• Paper III and IV will carry 200 marks each.

Important

Candidates will not be allowed to offer the following combinations of subjects: 

• Political Science and International Relations and Public Administration
• Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
• Hindi Literature, English Literature, Sanskrit Literature, and Punjabi Literature
• Of the Engineering Subjects viz. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are not more than one subject.
  

Candidates fifteen times the number of vacancies advertised will be admitted to the Main Examination. The question paper for pre-examination will be set in English Only. Candidates thrice the number of vacancies advertised will be selected for the Personality Test. The candidate who qualifies for the Main Exam will have to apply again in the separate application form which will be supplied by the Haryana Public Service Commission free of cost.

Personality Test /Interview: Candidates who are shortlisted in the Written Examination are required to appear for an Interview.

Important

• All the papers shall be of three hours duration.
• The candidate shall have the option to answer the papers on General Knowledge and three optional subjects either in English or in Hindi medium but no candidate is permitted to answer any of their papers partly in Hindi and partly in English.

HCS Exam 2024 Dates

The exam will be conducted in the months of October (Prelims) and August (Mains) and March (Interview) tentatively.

How to apply for HCS Exam 2024?

Aspiring candidates can apply ONLY Online through the official website i.e., http://phsc.gov.in or www.hpseonlline.in, before the closing dates.

HCS Exam 2024 Fees

HCS Exam 2024 Centres

HCS Exam will be conducted at various selected centers in all the major cities of Haryana.

HCS Exam 2024 Contact Details

Haryana Public Service Commission
Bay No. 1-10, Block-B
Sector-4, Panchkula
Ph: 0172-2560755 (Enquiry)
Fax: 0172 – 2560756
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://hpsc.gov.in/