Every year, Assam Public Service
Commissions conducts Combined Competitive Examination for recruitment
to various services or positions like ACS, APS, Superintendent of
Taxes etc according to the the Assam Public Services Combined
Competitive Examination Rule 1989. In this article you will find all
the details of Combined Competitive Examination 2013 , various stages
of it, types of questions, syllabi etc. So, if you are preparing hard
to appear in the examination, then definitely this post would be a
worth reading for you.
Stages of the Examination
The Combined Competitive Examination is
conducted in two stages- 1. the Preliminary Examination and 2. the
Main Examination. Only the successful candidates in the Preliminary
Examination can appear in the Main Examination. The Main Examination
will consist of Written Test as well as Interview whereas the
Preliminary Examination is only a written based test.
About the Preliminary Examination
The Preliminary Examination contains
two papers each of 200 marks. All the questions will be objective
type with multiple choice questions. The duration of each of the
paper is two hours. Paper-I will be on the subject General Studies.
For Paper-II, one subject can be chosen from the following lists of
subjects-
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
- Botany
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemistry
- Commerce
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Education
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Fishery Science
- Geography
- Geology
- Indian History
- Law
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
Candidates will be provided Optical
Mark Recognition (OMR) answer sheet. Candidates have to use only
Black Ball pen.
Syllabi for the Optional Subjects
The syllabus for each subject will
cover the Degree level courses of the Universities of the State of
Assam. The syllabi can be downloaded from the commission's website
www.apsc.nic.in.
About the Main Examination
The Main Examination contains two
parts- 1. Written Examination and 2. Interview Test. The Written
Examination will carry Marks and time as follows-
- General English , Marks-300, Duration-3 hours,
- General Studies , Marks-300, Duration-3 hours,
- Optional Subject 1 (Paper-I & Paper-II), Marks- 200+200, Duration- 3+3 hours,
- Optional Subject 2 (Paper-I & Paper-II), Marks- 200+200, Duration- 3+3 hours,
- Viva voce , marks- 200
Thus, total marks for the Written
Examination will be 16000. Candidates have to select any two subjects
from the following lists of subjects for Optional Subjects 1 & 2-
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
- Botany
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemistry
- Commerce & Accountancy
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Education
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics
- Fishery Science
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Law
- Modern languages and literature (any one only) (i) Assamese(ii) Bengali, (iii) English literature, (iv) Hindi (v) Bodo & Classical languages (vi) Arabic, (vii) Persian, (viii) Sanskrit
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
However, following combinations of
subject will not be allowed-
- Anthropology & Sociology
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Philosophy & Psychology
- Agriculture & Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
- Not more than one of the Engineering subjects
On the basis of results in the Written
Examination, candidates will be called for Interviews. The Interview
will be of 200 marks with no qualifying marks. The total marks
obtained in the Written Examination will be added to the marks
obtained in the Interview. Thus, the ranking of the candidates will
be made and will be engaged as per number of vacancies on the basis
of total marks.
Hope, you have find all the necessary
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