APSC Combined Competitive Examination (Prelim), 2020 – Notification, Vacancy, Exam Pattern & Apply Online
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The Assam Public Service Commission will hold the Preliminary Examination of the Combined Competitive Examination, 2020 for screening candidates for the Main Examination for recruitment to the services/posts as per the actual number of vacancies as shown below, in accordance with the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
- Details of Posts
- Exam Centres
- Pay Scale
- How to Apply
- Eligibility
- Stages of the Examination
- Preliminary Exam
- Mains Exam
- Optional Papers in Mains Exam
- Interview
Details of Posts
- Assam Civil Service (Jr.Grade) – 121 Posts
- Assam Police Service (Jr.Grade) – 69 Posts
- Superintendent of Taxes – 6 Posts
- District Transport Officer – 5 Posts
- Labour Inspector – 18 Posts
- Inspector of Taxes – 27 Posts
- Inspector of Excise – 7 Posts
- Block Development Officer – 33 Posts
- Asstt. Employment Officer – 4 Posts
- Sub-Registrar – 7 Posts
- Assistant Manager of Industries – 10 Posts
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Total = 331 Posts ( 81 posts Reserve for Women & 11 posts Reserved for PWD )
Online Applications can be filled up from 10-09-2020 to 25-10-2020 (Extended)
CENTRES FOR THE PRELIMINARY & MAIN EXAMINATION:
(A) The centres for the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination are BARPETA, BONGAIGAON, BISWANATH CHARIALI, DHEMAJI, DHUBRI, DIBRUGARH, DIPHU, GOALPARA, GOLAGHAT, GUWAHATI, HAFLONG, HAMREN, HATSINGIMARI, HOJAI, JORHAT, KAJALGAON, KARIMGANJ, KOKRAJHAR, MAJULI, MANGALDOI, MORIGAON, MUSHALPUR, NAGAON, NALBARI, NORTH LAKHIMPUR, SILCHAR, SIVASAGAR, SONARI, TEZPUR, TINSUKIA AND UDALGURI.
(B) The Combined Competitive (Main) Examination will be held in GUWAHATI only.
(C) The exact dates for Preliminary and Main Examination respectively will be notified in due course.
(D) The centres and the date (even after it is notified) for holding examination may, however be changed by the Commission at its discretion owing to unforeseen exigencies. Candidates admitted to the examination will be informed of the time-table and place or places of examination. The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will be granted.
PAY SCALE ADMISSIBLE FOR EACH CADRE /POST
| Sl. No. | Name of posts | Scale of Pay+Grade Pay + other allowances |
| 1 | Assam Civil Service (Jr.Grade) | Pay scale 30,000/- 1,10,000/-, Grade Pay 13,300/-, PB-4 |
| 2 | Assam Police Service(Jr.Grade) | Pay scale 30,000/- 1,10,000/-, Grade Pay 12,700/-, PB-4 |
| 3 | Superintendent of Taxes | Pay scale 30,000/- 1,10,000/-, Grade Pay 12,700/-, PB-4 |
| 4 | District Transport Officer | Pay scale 30,000/- 1,10,000/-, Grade Pay 12,700/-, PB-4 |
| 5 | Assistant Manager of Industries | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 11,500/-, PB-3 |
| 6 | Block Development Officer | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 10,900/-, PB-3 |
| 7 | Asstt. Employment Officer | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 9,100/-, PB-3 |
| 8 | Labour Inspector | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 9,100/-, PB-3 |
| 9 | Inspector of Taxes | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 9,100/-, PB-3 |
| 10 | Inspector of Excise | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 9,100/-, PB-3 |
| 11 | Sub Registrar | Pay scale 22,000/- 97,000/-, Grade Pay 9,100/-, PB-3 |
CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE “https://apscrecruitment.in” ONLY. NO OTHER MODE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION IS ALLOWED.
A) The Online Applications can be filled up from 10-09-2020 to 10-10-2020 till 12:00 Midnight after which the link will be disabled.
B. FEES FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION:
Under the Digital India initiative by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, APSC has decided to launch its Online Recruitment portal with the help of CSC-SPV, a MeitY approved organization, which will charge a processing fee of Rs. 30.00/- + 18% tax = Rs.35.40/- from each candidate.
1. General/EWS – Application fee Rs. 285.40
2. SC/ST/OBC/MOBC Application fee Rs. 185.40
3. BPL/PWBD/Women Candidate – 35.40
(a) Nationality: The candidate must be an Indian citizen.
(b) Age: The candidate should not be less than 21 years and more than 38 years of age on 01.01.2020.
Relaxation: The upper age limit is relaxable
(i) By 5 years for SC/STP/STH candidates i.e. upto 43 years.
(ii) By 3 years for OBC/MOBC candidates i.e. upto 41 years as per Govt. Notification No. ABP.6/2016/9 dated Dispur the 25th April, 2018.
(iii) For persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWBD) by 10 years irrespective of SC/ST/OBC and General Category of candidates as per Govt. Notification No. ABP 144/95/121 dated Dispur the 28th October, 2015.
(c) The candidate must hold a Degree from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess such qualification as may be declared equivalent by the Government.
(d) Candidates must possess the prescribed qualification on the date of submission of their applications.
(e) Candidates awaiting results of the qualifying examination for eligibility on the closing date of submission of application need not apply.
(f) Persons with Benchmark Disabilities should ascertain the post for which a particular category of disability is entitled for reservation as per the advertisement and should apply/opt for the preference accordingly at the time of filling up the forms for Main Examination.
(g) As per Govt. notification no.ABP.69/2019/17, dated 06/11/2019 candidates have to submit a declaration regarding “The Small Family Norms” in Form-A at the time of applying for the C.C. (Mains) Examination.
NOTE: THE CANDIDATES BELONGING TO RESERVED CATEGORY OF OTHER STATES WILL BE TREATED AS GENERAL CANDIDATES AND THEY CAN COMPETE ONLY AGAINST OPEN CATEGORY VACANCIES.
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The Combined Competitive Examination consists of two successive stages:-
(i) The Preliminary Examination (Objective Type)
(ii) The Main Examination (written & interview)
(I). PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of objective type multiple choice questions of two hours duration each.
- Paper-I – General studies I – 200 Marks – 2 hrs Time (Objective type multiple
choice question paper) - Paper-II – General Studies II – 200 Marks – 2 hrs Time (Objective type multiple
choice question paper)
Total marks = 400
- The questions will be of objective type with multiple choices
- Candidates will have to use ONLY BLACK / BLUE BALL PEN.
- This Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only.
- The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination by the Candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining the final order of merit.
- There will be negative marking for incorrect answers as detailed below:
(i) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. A penalty of one-fourth (.25) of the total marks assigned to that question will be deducted for each wrong answers marked by a candidate.
(ii) If a candidate marks more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.
(iii) If a question is left blank i.e no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
- The General Studies II paper of the Combined Competitive (Prelim) Examination will be a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33% . The Commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Combined Competitive (Main) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks of 33% in General Studies Paper-II of Combined
Competitive (Prelim) Examination and total qualifying marks of General Studies paper- I of Combined Competitive (Prelim) Examination as may be determined by the Commission. - The candidates may refer to the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019 for syllabi of General Studies I & General Studies II.
(II). MAIN EXAMINATION
The Main Examination consists of (A) Written Examination and (B) Interview Test.
(A) WRITTEN EXAMINATION
a) On the results of the Preliminary Examination, the number of candidates to be admitted to the written part of the Main Examination will be 11 to 12 times the number of vacancies notified for each category. The selection will be strictly on the
basis of merit adhering to the norms of Vertical and Horizontal Reservation as per prescribed law in force.
b) The questions of the examination will be of conventional type. The written examination will consist of the following papers:
• Two Qualifying Language Papers: (in the level of Class X)
1. Paper A (300 marks- 3Hours duration) – any one of the language from Assamese, Bengali, Bodo. Candidates from DimaHasao, Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts who have not studied any of these languages in school shall be exempted from appearing for this Paper A.
2. Paper B- English (300 marks- 3Hours duration)
N.B. a. The marks obtained in these two papers shall not be counted for determining the final order of merit.
b. The minimum qualifying marks in Paper ‘A’ and Paper ‘B’ will be 25%.
• Papers to be counted for order of merit (written Examination)
| Sl. No | Papers | Type of Paper | Marks | Duration in Hours |
| 1 | Paper 1 | Essay | 250 | 3 Hrs |
| 2 | Paper 2 to 6 | General Studies | 250 per paper | 3 Hrs per paper |
| 3 | Paper 7 | Optional Subject – Paper 1 | 250 | 3 Hrs |
| 4 | Paper 8 | Optional Subject – Paper 2 | 250 | 3 Hrs |
| 5 | Interview Test (After qualifying in written test) | 275 | – | |
| TOTAL | 2275 | |||
The list of Optional subjects for the Main Examination:
(The standard and syllabi of the Optional subjects are approximately those of Degree Level Course of the Universities)
1. Agriculture
2. Anthropology
3. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
4. Botany
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5. Chemistry
6. Civil Engineering
7. Commerce and Accountancy
8. Economics
9. Electrical Engineering
10. Geography
11. Geology
12. History
13. Law
14. Literature of any one of the following languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Hindi, Sanskrit, English
15. Management
16. Mathematics
17. Mechanical Engineering
18. Medical Science
19. Philosophy
20. Physics
21. Political Science and International Relations
22. Psychology
23. Public Administration
24. Sociology
25. Statistics
26. Zoology
The candidates may refer to the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019 available in the Commission’s website for syllabi of the above mentioned optional subjects.
On the results of the written part of the Main Examination the number of candidates to be called for interview will be about thrice the number of vacancies advertised. The selection will be strictly on the basis of merit adhering to the norms of Vertical and Horizontal Reservation as per prescribed law in force.
The candidates will be interviewed by a board that will have before them a record of his/her career. He/She will be asked questions on matters of general interest. The objective of the interview is to assess the personal suitability of the candidate for a career in public service by a board of competent and unbiased observers. The test is intended to judge the mental caliber of a candidate. In broad terms this is really an assessment of not only his intellectual qualities but also social traits and his interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, balance of judgment, variety and depth of interest, ability for social cohesion and leadership, intellectual and moral integrity.
The technique of the interview is not that of a strict cross-examination but of a natural, though directed and purposive conversation which is intended to reveal the mental qualities of the candidate.
The interview test is not intended to be a test either of the specialized or general knowledge of the candidates which has been already tested through their written papers. Candidates are expected to have taken an intelligent interest not only in
their special subjects of academic study but also in the events which are happening around them both within and outside their own State or Country as well as in modern currents of thought and in new discoveries which should rouse the curiosity of well educated youth.
The interview, however, will not have any qualifying marks. The marks scored at the interview will be added to the marks scored in the written Examination (Main) and the ranking of the candidates will be determined on the basis of the total
marks obtained.
The Commission shall recommend exactly the same number of candidates for different posts as notified. The candidates will be allotted cadre strictly on the basis of merit cum preferences opted by candidates in their applications for the Main Examination. The Commission shall not recommend a candidate for a post which he/she has not opted for.
ADMISSION CERTIFICATES (ADMIT CARD)
(a) Admission certificate indicating the eligible candidate’s Roll no., venue and programme of the exam will be uploaded in the Commission’s website, for appearing in the Preliminary/Main examination.
(b) The mere fact that a certificate of admission has been issued will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by the Commission. Candidates may note that the Commission takes up the verification of eligibility conditions only after the candidates have qualified for the Main Examination.
(c) Candidates must produce a photo identity proof of any of the following in the examination hall:
(i) Pan Card
(ii) Driving Licence
(iii) Voters ID card
(iv) Bank Passbook containing photograph
(v) ID Card issued by the educational Institution where he/she is studying presently
(vi) ID card issued by Government or public sector undertaking.
(d) The Commission reserves the right to cancel the candidature of any candidate as and when any ineligibility condition is detected. If any information declared by the candidate is found to be false at any stage; the candidate will be penalized as per prevailing law/rules.
(e) The decision of the Commission as to the eligibility or otherwise of a candidate for admission to the examination shall be final.
NOTE: This page is for informative purpose only, APSC is the final deciding authority of any information regarding this exam.
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