HPAS 2025 Exam - Admit card, Pattern, Syllabus, Result, Cutoff

HPAS CCE Eligibility Criteria                                                                                                                    

The application form for HPAS preliminary examination is available online only. Candidates need to fill in the form with a valid email id and contact number. One must assure the eligibility criteria before filling the application form. The step by step instructions are given on the online portal wherein candidates are required to register, fill the required details and upload documents, make fee payment as per their category. The fee payment can be done by both online and offline mode.

Candidates who qualify the preliminary examination will be required to fill in the mains application form which would be available after the declaration of prelims result. The application form is to be downloaded, filled in with all the required details and sent to Commission’s office along with the requisite documents and fees before the last date as specified by them.

The preliminary exam will consist of two papers carrying a maximum of 400 marks. There will be a negative marking of one-third marks for every wrong answer. The two papers are explained below:

• Paper-I General Studies (Code No.01) – It will consist of 100 objective type questions carrying a total of 200 marks. This paper will include questions from general science, history, economics, current events related to political and environmental importance etc.
• Paper-II Aptitude Test (Code No.02) – It will also consist of 100 objective type questions carrying a total of 200 marks. This paper will include questions based to test mental ability, interpersonal skills, decision-making skills, comprehension, English grammar skills etc.

The admit cards are available online three weeks prior to the commencement of the examination. Candidates who filled the application form of HPAS can download the HPAS 2025 admit card by entering the valid candidate’s User- ID. No admit cards will be sent by post. The HPAS 2025 admit card includes all the important details about HPAS 2025 exam such as date and day of HPAS 2025 exam, venue, roll number of candidates and many other important information. It is mandatory to carry the admit card to the HPAS 2025 exam venue or else candidates will be not allowed to enter. Moreover, no separate call letters for the main examination will be sent.

The selection process of HPAS will consist of three successive stages:

• Preliminary Examination

• Main Written Examination 

• Viva-Voce

HPAS Prelims examination

The preliminary examination comprises two objective type question papers. Candidates who qualify prelims papers will be eligible to sit for mains exam.

HPAS Mains Examination (Written)

The candidates who qualify the prelims exam would be required to fill the application form for mains exam to appear for the written exam. The total number of students called for written exam will be 20 times the total number of vacancies as mentioned.

For qualifying, the written examination one must obtain 40% marks in English and Hindi along with 45% marks in aggregate. These marks are only required as a qualifying score, they won’t be included in the final ranking.

HPAS Viva-Voce

The candidates are called for viva voice test based on their performance in the written examination. On average, the number of candidates is three times the number of vacancies.