Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam 2022: Application Form, Selection Process

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam 2022: Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) publishes the official notification every year to fill the various vacancies in the administrative departments of state government. The Commission seeks to recruit the eligible and qualified candidates for the posts of deputy collector, DSP, and many other services under the state government.

Candidates, who have completed their graduation from any institute recognized by the state or central government, can apply for the examination. The post provides all the details about the Himachal Pradesh administrative services exam application form, eligibility criteria, selection process, and the important dates.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam Important Dates

Name of the events of the PCS 2022 Exam		Date Assigned (Tentative)
		Prelims	Mains
1	Publication of official notification	Will be updated later
2	The last date for submitting application forms
3	Date of issuing of admit card
4	Date of examination
5	Date of results declaration

Important Note:  The dates for the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam 2022 will be updated later when the official notification will be published.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Application Form 2022

All the eligible candidates can fill and submit the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Application Form online.  Candidates can fill the application form as according to the guidelines given below;

• The Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Application Form will be available on the official website.
• Candidates will have to fill all the compulsory information in the application form such as the name, address and other communication details such as phone number and valid email ID.
• Moreover, candidates will also give the information about the educational qualification as what percentage of marks they have got in the bachelor
• Henceforth, candidates also need to upload the scanned photo & signature in the application form.
• Subsequently, candidates will pay the application fee thru the credit card, debit card or net banking.
• Candidates need to take the printout of the application form for future reference.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Eligibility Criteria

There are some points of the eligibility criteria which each candidate need to consider to be eligible to apply for the ‘Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Examination’.

• The candidate must be a citizen of India.
• He must have completed the graduation or any other equivalent three years’ degree from a recognized institute.
• The age of the applicants should not be less than 21 years and should not be beyond 32 years.
• The candidates of reserved categories will get 3 years relaxation in the upper age.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam Pattern

There will be three stages of the examination and candidates have to qualify each part of the examination separately. Here are the details about all the stages of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Examination.

Preliminary Examination

The pre-exam will be comprised of the questions from the topics as given here.

S.No.	Papers	Details of the question papers	Total No. of questions	Total Marks	Total Time
1.	Paper – I (General Studies)	General Studies	100	200 Marks	Two Hours
2.	Paper- II (GAT)	Aptitude test (General Aptitude Test)	100	200 Marks	Two Hours

Main Examination

Compulsory papers for HPAS 2017 according to new exam pattern		Marks for separate papers
1.	English	100 marks
2.	Hindi	100 marks
3.	Essay 100 marks	150 marks
4.	General Study-1	150 marks
5.	General Study -2	150 marks
6.	General Study -3
Optional Subject ( one) for HPAS 2017 according to new exam pattern
7.	Paper-I	150
8.	Paper-II	150
Total		950

 Interview

• The last part of the examination is the interview. The interview is conducted by a board or panel of experts appointed by the HPPSC.
• Those, who qualify the main exam, will be invited to appear for the interview process.
• After qualifying the interview process, candidates will be appointed to their desired cadre.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Selection Process

• The selection of the candidates will be on the basis of performance of the candidates in all the three stages of the exam viz. Pre, main and interview.
• The pre-exam is of objective nature and is conducted just to screen the candidates’ suitability for the job.
• After qualifying the pre-exam, candidates will be invited to appear in the main exam.
• The main exam will be of descriptive nature.
• The interview is the last part of the selection process. After the interview is conducted, selected candidates will be appointed to their preferred cadre.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Admit Card 2022

• Candidates will get a link to download the admit card for the pre-examination on the official website.
• The commission will issue the separate admit card for pre and mains exam.
• It will be indispensable for all the candidates to bring the admit card at the time of examination.

Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam Result 2022

• The result of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Services Exam will be available on the official website.
• Candidates will get the result of the examination separately viz. Prelims and
• After the interview is conducted, the commission will announce the final year result.