Combined Competitive Examination
The Preliminary
Study Notes
Paper-I : General Studies
Paper-II : One optional subject
The Main Examination
Study Notes
Paper-I : General English
Paper-II : General Studies
Paper-III : Two Optional Subject
Paper-IV : Two Optional Papers
Examinations
The following Examinations are conducted by the APSC:
Combined Competitive Examination
Departmental Examinations
Combined Competitive Examination
As per requisition of the Govt. of Assam for recruitment in various posts to the Civil Services, advertisement is generally published through print media inviting applications in prescribed form. The written examination consists of two stages:
The Preliminary
The Main Examination
Preliminary Examination
The examination consists of two papers of two hours duration each. This examination is meant to serve as screening test only. The marks obtained in the preliminary examination by the candidates who are declared qualified for admission to Main examination are not counted for determining the final selection. The questions are of multiple choice objective types:
Paper Subject Marks Duration
Paper-I General Studies 200 2 hours
Paper-II One optional subject to be selected from the list of optional subjects 200 2 hours
List of optional subjects-C.C. Exam. (Pre)-(Total-28)
Agriculture
Anthropology
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Chemistry
Commerce
Computer Science
Economics
Education
Electrical Engineering
Electronics
Fisheries
Geography
Geology
Indian History
Law
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Main Examination and Interview
The Main Examination consists of a written Examination and a viva-voce test as below:
Candidates who are declared qualified in the Main Examination shall be summoned for a viva-voce test. The viva-voce test carries 200 marks with no qualifying marks.
The written examination consists of the following papers of 3 hours duration each. The questions of the Main Examination will be conventional essay type:
Paper Subject Marks Duration
Paper-I General English 300 3 hours
Paper-II General Studies 300 3 hours
Paper-III
(a & b) Any two optional subjects to be selected from the list of optional subject (two papers each) 200 3 hours
200 3 hours
Paper-IV
(a & b) Any two optional subjects to be selected from the list of optional subject (two papers each) 200 3 hours
200 3 hours
Total
1400
List of optional subjects-C.C. Exam.(Main)-(Total-29)
Agriculture
Anthropology
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Botany
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Chemistry
Commerce
Computer Science
Economics
Education
Electrical Engineering
Electronics
Fisheries
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Modern Languages and Literature &
Classical Language (any one only)
(a) Assamese
(b) Bengali
(c) English
(d) Hindi
(e) Arabic
(f) Persian
(g) Sanskrit
(h) Bodo
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Candidates are not allowed the following combinations of subjects
Anthropology & Sociology
Mathematics & Statistics
Philosophy & Psychology
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry & Veterinary. Science
Of the Engineering subjects not more than one subject
The Commission has discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the Examination.
Interview Test: Marks 200
The candidates are interviewed by a Board which takes into account their academic career. The marks scored in the interview are added to the marks scored in the written examination (Main) and the rankings of the candidates are determined on the basis of the total marks obtained.
Departmental Examinations
The APSC also has to conduct Departmental Examinations in every six month for different categories of Govt. officers including All India Service Officers serving under the Govt. of Assam. For this purpose, APSC advertises seeking applications from the intending candidates through all leading news papers of Assam.
