Haryana Public Service Commission · Civil services

HCS (Executive Branch) & Other Allied Services Examination

Haryana’s state civil services exam. The 2025 exam filled 102 posts: HCS (Ex. Br.) 24, DSP 8, ETO 27, AETO 22, Treasury Officer 7, Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildar (apprentice) 8, and DFSC, ARCS and DFSO posts.

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22/2026
Posts
102
Stages
Prelims (screening) → Mains → Personality test
Final merit
675 marks

Latest: HCS 2025: final result (allocation of service) declared 17 Oct 2026. The next HCS advertisement is awaited.

Official notification and PDFs

Checked 14 Nov 2026

Each link opens the file on HPSC's own website.

Exam pattern

Negative marking: Prelims: one-fourth (0.25) mark is deducted for each wrong answer. Each question has a fifth option (E) for "not attempted"; leaving all five circles blank also costs 0.25, and leaving more than 10% blank disqualifies. Mains: you need 45% in aggregate, plus 33% each in English and Hindi, to reach the personality test (3 times the vacancies).

Prelims

PaperQuestionsMarksTimeCounts for merit?
Paper I: General StudiesDecides who goes to Mains; 12 times the vacancies are called—1002 hoursNo
Paper II: Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT)Qualifying: at least 33%—1002 hoursNo

Mains

PaperQuestionsMarksTimeCounts for merit?
Paper I: English (with English essay)At least 33% needed—1003 hoursYes
Paper II: Hindi (with Hindi essay, Devanagari)At least 33% needed—1003 hoursYes
Paper III: General Studies I—1003 hoursYes
Paper IV: General Studies II—1003 hoursYes
Paper V: General Studies III—1003 hoursYes
Paper VI: General Studies IV—1003 hoursYes
Merit marks from this stage600

Interview: 75 marks. Final merit: Mains + Interview = 675 marks.

Syllabus at a glance

Prelims Paper I (General Studies)

  • General science
  • Current events, national and international
  • History of India and the national movement
  • Indian and world geography
  • Indian culture, polity and economy
  • General mental ability
  • Haryana: economy and people
  • Haryana: social, economic and cultural institutions and language

Prelims Paper II (CSAT)

  • Comprehension
  • Interpersonal and communication skills
  • Logical reasoning and analytical ability
  • Decision making and problem solving
  • Basic numeracy and data interpretation (Class X level)

Mains (from 2025, no optional subject)

  • English: précis, comprehension, essay, usage, grammar
  • Hindi: translation, letter/précis, explanation, composition, essay
  • GS I: culture, modern and world history, society, geography, Haryana issues
  • GS II: constitution, polity, governance, welfare schemes
  • GS III and GS IV: as notified in the 7 Jan 2026 gazette

This is a summary. The official syllabus in the advertisement PDF above is the authority.

Confirm in the official notice
  • Mains papers before 2025 had one GS paper and an optional subject; the optional papers are on the HPSC PYQ page but no longer apply.
  • Number of questions in each Prelims paper: read the next advertisement.

Previous year papers

Pick "HCS" in the list on the HPSC page to see every year's question booklet.

10 questions · 10 min · −⅓ per wrong

Indian Polity: Constitution basics (Test 1)

Ten core questions on the Preamble, Fundamental Rights, DPSP and Parliament, asked across every state PSC.

10 questions · 10 min · −⅓ per wrong

Modern India and the freedom struggle (Test 1)

Ten questions from 1857 to 1947, a high-weight area in every state PSC Prelims.

Dates from the HPSC calendar

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Adv. no.PostPostsStagesExam datesStatus
22/2026HCS (Ex. Br.) & Allied Services 2025, Prelims102Prelims + Mains + Interview26 Apr 2026Result 4 May 2026 (more lists up to 1 Jun 2026)
22/2026HCS (Ex. Br.) & Allied Services 2025, Mains102Mains27–29 Jun 2026Result 17 Sep 2026
22/2026HCS (Ex. Br.) & Allied Services 2025, Interview102InterviewSep–Oct 2026Final result (allocation of service) 17 Oct 2026