As you want to know exam pattern of Combined Competitive Examination (Civil Service) exam conducted by Assam Public Service Commission here I will tell you.

Here is the exam pattern
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
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 hourss
Total 1400


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Assam Public Service Commission
Jawahar Nagar
Guwahati 781022

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+91-361-2365426