H.P.A.S.

Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination-2018

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

The candidate must read the following instructions.

1. (a) Immediately on receipt of E-admission card, the candidate should check very
carefully discrepancies, if any, and bring to the notice of the H.P. Public Service
Commission without loss of time. He/ she must bring his / her admission letter to
the examination hall failing which he/she will not be allowed to sit in the
examination.

(b) The candidate is warned that he / she is responsible for the safe custody of
admission letter and that in the event of his / her admission letter being used by
any other person for securing admission to the examination, the onus lies on the
candidate himself / herself to prove that he / she has not procured the services of
an impersonator.

(c) A candidate is allowed to appear only in the centre allotted to him.

(d) The candidate is required to paste a passport size latest attested photograph in the
space provided on the e-admission card. No candidate will be allowed to appear
in the examination without e admission card and latest passport size attested
photograph duly pasted on it.

(e) There will be negative marking (Penalty) for Wrong Answers.

2. The candidate must note that his / her admission is strictly provisional and on the
basis of claims made by him / her on the application form.

3. The Commission will take up the verification of eligibility conditions and

reservation claims etc. with reference to original documents only at the time of
applying for the Main Examination of candidates who qualify on the basis
of the result of (Preliminary) written examination. Onus of proving that a
candidate is eligible on the cutoff date will be on the candidate. In case date of
notification / declaration of final result ( degree ) is not mentioned in the
certificate / degree , the date of issue of such certificate/degree shall be
deemed as date of acquisition of essential qualification.

4. If ineligibility is detected at any stage before or after the preliminary and main
examination or if the conditions prescribed in the rules and instructions given
in the Commission's notice for the examination are not complied with or
any additional information / documents called for at any stage are not furnished
within the time specified therein, he / she will not be allowed to take the
examination(s) / viva - voce test.

5. The candidate shall enter the examination hall/ room 20 minutes before the
scheduled time for the commencement of the examination and the carbonless
answer sheet will be given 10 minutes before the commencement of examination.
The Answer Sheet should be handled carefully. It should not be mutilated or torn.

6. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination hall after 10 minutes of the

commencement of paper in each session. No candidate will be permitted to leave
the examination hall until the expiry of full allotted time.

7. The Commission does not supply any article of Stationery except authorized
Answer Sheet. Working Sheet for rough work in the examination will be
available at the end of Question Booklets. Items such as pen, ball point pen, clip
board, pencil etc. whatsoever is needed have to be brought by the examinees
themselves.

8. The candidate shall not bring any article such as loose paper, books, notes,
electronic calculators, log tables, slide rules etc. into the examination hall. He / she
is also not permitted to carry in the examination hall / room pager, mobile
phone or any other type of gadget / electronic device for communication, as
arrangement for their safe custody cannot be assured.
9. The candidate must write his / her name ( in capital letters ), Roll number,
category, booklet series, name of examination, date of examination and the
name of the examination centre in the prescribed squares / columns at the top
of the Carbonless Answer Sheet with ball point pen before affixing his /her
signature in the space provided therein. It should also be noted that all the
squares and circles provided in the Answer Sheet are to be filled-in / encoded
with blue or black ball point pen only.
10. The candidate should ensure that in case the booklet series viz. A, B ,C or D is
not printed on the question booklet is found mutilated, he / she should
immediately report the matter to the invigilator and get the test booklet of the
same series replaced. Nothing should be written on the Question Booklet except
his / her Roll Number. Instructions on the Question Booklet & Answer Sheet
must be read carefully.

11. The candidate should ensure that his / her category code in the Admission letter-
cum-Identity Card and Attendance List is the same as has been claimed by him /
her in the application form. No change in this regard will be accepted by the
Commission at later stage. He / she should also ensure that the booklet series
should be written and encoded properly.
12. The candidate should not tamper with or take away the upper part of carbonless
OMR Answer Sheet with him / her. He / she will be penalized for any attempt to
do so. However, he may detach & take away the lower part of the carbonless
answer sheet.
13. No candidate shall be allowed to use white fluid / rubber to change / erase their
responses on the answer sheet.
14. No candidate shall go outside the examination hall for any purpose,
whatsoever, without prior permission of the Centre Supervisor.
15. No candidate shall be allowed to go to the toilet during the last 5 minutes of the
examination in each session
16. The candidate should also note that he / she should not stand near or loiter in and
around the examination hall / room after being permitted to leave on conclusion
of the examination.
17. No T.A. / D.A. will be paid by the Commission for taking this examination.
18. The candidate must abide by the instructions as may be given by the Centre
Supervisor / invigilator of the examination.
19. The candidate will furnish such necessary and correct information as may be
asked for, from him / her in the examination hall by the Invigilator/ Deputy
Supervisor/ Centre Supervisor.
20. The e- admission card (along with his / her latest passport size photo) duly
attested, affixed on the space provided for the purpose, should be handed over
to invigilator on the commencement of examination. In the Test Booklets there
will be 100 objective type (multiple choice) questions each in General Studies
and Aptitude Test papers respectively. For each question there will be four
responses given in the question booklet itself.
21. In this objective type of examination, the candidate has to choose one of the most
suitable responses from amongst four given choices in the question booklet. For
example, in case of mentioning proper name of the capital of India against four
suggestions viz. (a) Shimla, (b) Delhi, (c) Mumbai , (d) Chandigarh, the most
appropriate response containing circle (b) is to be blackened / encircled with
ball point pen:-
A B C D

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22. In case candidate has any doubt about any question in the question paper, he / she
is advised to give a representation addressed to the Secretary, H.P. PSC, in
writing, in this regard through the Centre Supervisor immediately after the
examination. No representation whatsoever will be entertained thereafter.

23. The candidate who has disability of 40% or more and is not in position to read or
write in his own writing shall have the discretion of opting for his own scribe/
reader by making prior request in writing along with disability certificate issued
by the competent medical authority in support of his claim to the Commission at
least two weeks before the examination/ test. Such candidate who shall make the
 use of scribe/ reader shall be given 20 minutes per hour, compensatory time in
each paper.

24. Attention of the candidates is invited to laws relating to prevention of use of

unfair means. Use of unfair means is an offence. Any examinee found of using
unfair means shall be dealt with under the provisions of relevant law in addition
to debarring him / her from the present as well as future examinations.

25. The category and subject Codes to be written and encoded by the candidates
are as under:-

Category Code Category Code

General 01 S.C.of H.P. 02

S.T.of H.P. 03 O.B.C.of H.P. 04

W.F.F.of H.P. 05 Genl.Ex-Serviceman of H.P.(After 06

completion of full tenure/Medical
Ground)

S.C.Ex-Serviceman of H.P. .(After 07 S.T.Ex-Serviceman of H.P. .(After 08

completion of full tenure/Medical completion of full tenure/Medical
Ground) Ground)

O.B.C.Ex-serviceman of H.P. .(After 09 Genl.Orth.Phy.Handicaped of H.P. 10

completion of full tenure/Medical
Ground)

S.C.Orth.Phy. Handicapped of H.P. 11 S.T.Orth.Phy. Handicapped of H.P. 12

O.B.C.Orth.Phy. Handicapped of 13 Genl.Visually Impaired of H.P. 14

H.P.

S.C.Visually Impaired of H.P. 15 S.T.Visually Impaired of H.P. 16

OBC Visually Impaired of H.P. 17 Genl. Hearing Impaired of H.P. 18

S.C.Hearing Impaired of H.P. 19 S.T.Hearing Impaired of H.P. 20

O.B.C.Hearing Impaired of H.P. 21 Genl.Blind of H.P. 22

S.C.Blind of H.P. 23 S.T.Blind of H.P. 24

O.B.C.Blind of H.P. 25 Genl.Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 26

S.C.Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 27 S.T.Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 28

O.B.C.Deaf & Dumb of H.P. 29 Genl.Ex.Serviceman of 30

H.P.(Relieved before completion of
normal tenure)

S.C.Ex.Serviceman of H.P.(Relieved 31 S.T.Ex.Serviceman of 32

before completion of normal tenure) H.P.(Relieved before completion of
normal tenure)

O.B.C.Ex.Serviceman of 33 S.C.WFF of H.P. 34

H..P.(Relieved before completion of
normal tenure)

S.T.WFF of H.P. 35 O.B.C.WFF of H.P. 36

Subject Code

Paper-I (Genl .Studies) 01

Paper-II (Aptitude Test) 02

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