Haryana Civil Service Exam 2021

Eligibility | Dates | Pattern | Syllabus

Last Updated on 12th October, 2021
Haryana Public Service Commission

Haryana Civil Services exam is conducted by the Haryana Public Service Commission to recruit qualified candidates in various administrative posts like HCS (Ex. Br.), DSP, ETO etc.

This exam is highly competitive, and to have an edge in it, careful planning, meticulous preparation, and unwavering dedication is required. Thousands of candidates appear annually in this exam, and the availability of services is subjected to vary based on the number of vacancies available in the particular year.

Exam Highlights
Level of Exam Graduate, National Level
Exam Medium English, Hindi
Exam Frequency Once in a year
Purpose of the Exam To recruit qualified candidates for various positon.
Conducting Body Haryana Public Service Commission
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HCS Exam Eligibity Criteria 2021

  1. Nationality

    2. A candidate must be either:

    • a citizen of India, or
    • a subject of Nepal, or
    • a subject of Bhutan, or
    • a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1 st January,1962with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
    • a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, 9 Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

  2. Educational Qualification

    3. Candidates must possess a Bachelor Degree from a recognized University.

  3. Age Limit

    4. For the post of DSP, a candidate should not be less than 18 years and not more than 27 years of age


    However, there are age relaxations for candidates belonging to the reserved categories. They are given below in the table:
    Category Upper Age Limit
    SC/ST 47 years
    Backward Classes 47 years
    PwD 47 years

  4. Restrictions on Attempts

    5. There is no attempt restriction for the candidates provided the upper age limit has not been exceeded.

HCS Exam Important Dates 2021

Event Date
Starting Date of Application March 3, 2021
Last Date of Application April 2, 2021
Date of Issuing Admit Card To be notified
Date of Preliminary Exam May/June, 2021

HCS Exam Pattern 2021

This exam consists of three stages:
Stage I: Preliminary exam consists of two papers of objective type carrying 200 for each paper.
Stage II: Main Exam consists of four papers of descriptive type.
Stage III: This stage consists of a Personality Test.

Pattern for Preliminary Exam

Sl. No. Name of the Paper/Section Nature Nos. of Questions Question Type Duration Negative Marking Marks
1 Paper I: General Studies
 Qualifying Nature Objective (Multiple Choice) 120 mins one fourth mark shall be deducted. 100
2 Paper II: Civil Services Aptitude Test
 Qualifying Nature Objective (Multiple Choice) 120 mins one fourth mark shall be deducted. 100

Pattern for Main Exam

Besides three compulsory papers candidate will have to select any of the following subject as optional subject:

  1. Agriculture
  2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
  3. Anthropology
  4. Botany
  5. Chemistry
  6. Civil Engineering
  7. Commerce and Accountancy
  8. Economics
  9. Electrical Engineering
  10. English Literature
  11. Geology
  12. Geography
  13. Hindi Literature (in Devnagri Script)
  14. Indian History
  15. Law
  16. Mathematics
  17. Management
  18. Mechanical Engineering
  19. Medical Science
  20. Physics
  21. Philosophy
  22. Political Science and International Relations
  23. Psychology
  24. Public Administration
  25. Punjabi Literature
  26. Statistics
  27. Sociology
  28. Sanskrit Literature
  29. Zoology
Sl. No. Name of the Paper/Section Nature Nos. of Questions Question Type Duration Negative Marking Marks
1 Paper I: English and English Essay
 Qualifying Nature Descriptive 100
2 Paper II: Hindi and Hindi Essay
 Merit Ranking Nature Descriptive 100
3 Paper III: General Studies
 Merit Ranking Nature Descriptive 200
4 Paper IV: Optional Subject
 Merit Ranking Nature Descriptive 200
Total Marks* 600

*The total marks shown here are considered for merit ranking purposes.

Pattern for Personality Test

Total marks allotted: 75

The candidates shall be interviewed by the board constituted by the Haryana Public Service Commission.

HCS Exam Syllabus 2021

Syllabus for Preliminary Exam

1 Prelims Paper I: General Studies

  • General Science
  • Current events of national and international importance.
  • History of India and Indian National Movement.
  • Indian and World Geography
  • Indian Culture, Indian Polity and Indian Economy.
  • General Mental Ability
  • Haryana-Economy and people. Social, economic and culture institutions and language of Haryana

2 Prelims Paper II: Civil Services Aptitude Test

  • Comprehension
  • Interpersonal skills including communication skills
  • Logical reasoning and analytical ability
  • Decision making and problem solving
  • General mental ability
  • Basic numeracy

Syllabus for Main Exam

1 Mains Paper I: English and English Essay

  • Precis Writing
  • Comprehension of given passages
  • Usage and Vocabulary
  • General Grammar/Composition
  • Essay

2 Mains Paper II: Hindi and Hindi Essay

  • Translation of an English passage into Hindi.
  • Letter/Precis writing.
  • Explanation of Hindi passage (prose and poetry) in the same language.
  • Composition (idioms, correction etc.).
  • Essay on a specific topic. The choice of subjects will be given.

3 Mains Paper III: General Studies

  • History of Modern India and Indian Culture
  • Geography of India
  • Indian Polity
  • Current National issues and topics of social relevance.
  • India and the World
  • Indian Economy
  • International Affairs and Institutions.
  • Developments in the field of science and technology
  • Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams

4 Mains Paper IV: Optional Subject

See the table given below in the note.

Points Related to the Main Exam

HCS mains exam syllabus for optional subjects

Sl. No. Optional Subjects Paper I Paper-II
1. Agriculture
  • Ecology and its relevance to man,
  • Cropping patterns
  • Soil—physical, chemical and biological properties.
  • Water-use efficiency
  • Farm management
  • Cell structure,
  • History of plant breeding
  • Seed production and processing technologies.
  • Principles of Plant Physiology
  • Food production
2. Animal Husbandry And Veterinary Science
  • Animal Nutrition
  • Animal Physiology
  • Animal Reproduction
  • Livestock Production and Management
  • Genetics and Animal Breeding
  • Extension
  • Anatomy, Pharmacology and Hygiene
  • Animal Diseases
  • Veterinary Public Health
  • Milk and Milk Products Technology
  • Meat Hygiene and Technology
3. Anthropology
  • Meaning, Scope and development of Anthropology.
  • Main branches of Anthropology
  • Human Evolution and emergence of Man
  • The Nature of Culture
  • Marriage
  • Economic Organization
  • Religion
  • Human Genetics
  • Epidemiological Anthropology
  • Evolution of the Indian Culture
  • Demographic profile of India
  • Caste system in India
  • Indian Village
  • The tribal situation in India
  • Impact of religions
  • Role of anthropology in tribal and rural development
4 Botany
  • Microbiology and Plant Pathology
  • Cryptogams
  • Phanerogams
  • Plant Resource Development
  • Morphogenesis
  • Cell Biology
  • Genetics, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Biostatistics
  • Ecology and Plant Geography
5. Chemistry
  • Atomic Structure
  • Chemical bonding
  • Solid State
  • The Gaseous State and Transport Phenomenon
  • Liquid State
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Photochemistry
  • Surface Phenomena and Catalysis
  • Delocalised Covalent Bonding
  • Reaction mechanism
  • Pericyclic reactions
  • Preparation and Properties of Polymers
  • Synthetic Uses of Reagents
  • Photochemistry
  • Spectroscopy
6. Civil Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Strength of Materials
  • Structural Analysis
  • Design of Structures
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Construction Technology
  • Construction Planning And Management
  • Surveying and Transportation Engineering
  • Hydrology, Water Resources and Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental pollution
7. Commerce And Accountancy
  • Financing Accounting
  • Cost Accounting
  • Taxation
  • Auditing
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Organisation Theory
  • Organisation Behaviour
  • Human Resources Management
  • Industrial Relations
8. Economics
  • Advanced Micro Economics
  • Advanced Macro Economics
  • Money-Banking and Finance
  • International Economics
  • Growth and Development
  • Indian Economics in Post-Independence Era
  • The Pre-Liberalization Era
  • The Post-Liberalization Era
9. Electrical Engineering
  • Circuits—Theory
  • Signals and Systems
  • E.M. Theory
  • Analog Electronics
  • Digital Electronics
  • Energy Conversion
  • Power Electronics and Electric Drives
  • Analog Communication
  • Control Systems
  • Microprocessors and Microcomputers
  • Measurement and Instrumentation
  • Power Systems: Analysis and Control
  • Power System Protection
  • Digital Communication
10. English Literature
  • King Lear and The Tempest
  • Canonization
  • Death be not proud
  • Paradise Lost, I, II, IV, IX.
  • The Rape of the Lock.
  • Poems by William Wordsworth
  • Gulliver‘s Travels
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Tom Jone
  • Hard Times.
  • Poems by William Butler, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, A.K. Ramanujan.
  • Joseph Conrad. Lord Jim.
  • James Joyce. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
  • D.H. Lawrence. Sons and Lovers.
  • Virginia Woolf. Mrs Dalloway.
11. Geology
  • General Geology
  • Geomorphology and Remote Sensing
  • Structural Geology
  • Palaeontology
  • Indian Stratigraphy
  • Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  • Sedimentary Petrology
  • Economic Geology
  • Mining Geology
  • Geochemistry and Environmental Geology
12. Geography
  • Geomorphology
  • Climatology
  • Oceanography
  • Biogeography
  • Environmental Geography
  • Perspectives in Human Geography
  • Economic Geography
  • Population and Settlement Geography
  • Regional Planning
  • Physical Setting
  • Resources
  • Agriculture
  • Industry
  • Transport, Communication and Trade
  • Cultural Setting
  • Settlements
  • Regional Development and Planning
  • Political Aspects
  • Contemporary Issues
13. Hindi Literature
  • History of Hindi Language and Nagari Lipi
  • History of Hindi Literature
  • Katha Sahitya
  • Drama & Theatre
  • Criticism
  • Kabir Granthawali
  • Bhramar Geetsar
  • Ramcharit Manas
  • Bharat Durdasha
  • Mahabhoj
14. Indian History
  • Sources
  • Pre-history and Proto-history
  • Indus Valley Civilization
  • Megalithic Cultures
  • Aryans and Vedic Period
  • Period of Mahajanapadas
  • Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200
  • The Thirteenth Century
  • The Fourteenth Century
  • Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
  • The Eighteenth Century
  • European Penetration into India
  • British Expansion in India
  • Early Structure of the British Raj
  • Social and Cultural Developments
  • Indian Response to British Rule
  • Enlightenment and Modern ideas
  • Origins of Modern Politics
  • Industrialization
  • Nation-State System
  • World War
  • Liberation from Colonial Rule
  • Unification of Europe
15. Law
  •  Constitutional and Administrative Law: Fundamental Rights, President and Council of Ministers, Supreme Court and the High Courts, Centre, States and local bodies, Emergency provisions etc.
  • International Law: Law of the sea, Individuals, Treaties, United Nations etc.
  • Law of Crimes: Kinds of punishment, General exceptions, Abetment, Criminal conspiracy, Offences against the State, Offences against public tranquillity.
  • Law of Torts
  • Law of Contracts and Mercantile LawContemporary Legal Developments
16. Mathematics
  • Linear Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Analytic Geometry
  • Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Dynamics and Statics
  • Vector Analysis
  • Algebra
  • Real Analysis
  • Complex Analysis
  • Linear Programming
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
17 Management
  • Managerial Function and Process
  • Organisational Behaviour and Design
  • Human Resource Management
  • Accounting for Managers
  • Financial Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Quantitative Techniques in Decision-making
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Management Information System
  • Government Business Interface
  • Strategic Cost Management
  • International Business
18. Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Engineering Materials
  • Theory of Machines
  • Manufacturing Science
  • Manufacturing Management
  • Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics Turbine
  • Heat Transfer
  • Engines
  • Steam Engineering
  • Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
19. Medical Science
  • Human Anatomy
  • Human Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Pathology
  • Microbiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
  • General Medicine
  • Paediatrics
  • Dermatology
  • General Surgery
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology including Family Planning
  • Community Medicine (Preventive and Social Medicine)
20. Physics
  • Mechanics of Particles
  • Waves and Optics
  • Electricity and Magnetism
  • Electromagnetic Waves and Blackbody Radiation
  • Thermal and Statistical Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics
21. Philosophy
  • Plato and Aristotle
  • Empiricism
  • Kant
  • Quine and Strawson
  • Carvaka
  • Schools of Buddhism
  • Samkhya
  • Mimamsa
  • Schools of Vedanta
  • Aurobindo
  • Social and Political ideals
  • Sovereignty
  • Individual and State
  • Forms of Government
  • Political Ideologies
  • Notions of God
  • Problem of Evil
  • Religion and Morality
22. Political Science And International Relations
  • Political Theory
  • Theories of state
  • Equality
  • Democracy
  • Indian Nationalism
  • Grassroots Democracy
  • Federalism
  • Planning and Economic development
  • Party System
  • Comparative Politics
  • State in Comparative Perspective
  • Politics of Representation and Participation
  • Globalisation
  • Key Concepts in International Relations
  • Indian Foreign Policy
23. Psychology
  • Introduction
  • Methods of Psychology
  • Research methods
  • Development of Human Behaviour
  • Sensation, Attention and Perception
  • Learning
  • Memory
  • Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Psychological Measurement of Individual Differences
  • Psychological wellbeing and Mental Disorders
  • Therapeutic Approaches
  • Work Psychology and Organisational Behaviour
  • Application of Psychology to Educational Field
  • Application of Psychology to the environment and related fields
  • Application of psychology in other fields
  • Psychology of Gender
24. Public Administration
  • Introductions
  • Administrative Thought
  • Administrative Behaviour
  • Organisations
  • Development Dynamics
  • Personnel Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Evolution of Indian Administration
  • Philosophical and Constitutional framework of Government
  • Public Sector Undertakings
  • Union Government and Administration
  • Financial Management
  • Law and Order Administration
25. Punjabi Literature
  • Origin of Punjabi Language
  • Punjabi morphology
  • Language and dialect
  • Folk Literature Folk songs
  • Essay
  • Literary Criticism
  • Sheikh Farid
  • Guru Nanak
  • Bulleh Shah
  • Waris Shah
  • Shah Mohammad
  • Balwant Gargi
26. Statistics
  • Probability
  • Statistical Inference
  • Linear Inference and Multivariate Analysis
  • Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments
  • Industrial Statistics
  • Optimization Techniques
  • Quantitative Economics and Official Statistics
  • Demography and Psychometry
27. Fundamentals Of Sociology
  • Sociology – The Discipline
  • Sociology as Science
  • Research Methods and Analysis
  • Sociological Thinkers
  • Stratification and Mobility
  • Works and Economic Life
  • Systems of Kinship
  • Social Change in Modern Society
  • Introducing Indian Society
  • Social Structure
  • Caste System
  • Tribal Communities in India
  • Visions of Social Change in India
  • Politics and Society
  • Social Movements in Modern India
  • Population Dynamics
  • Challenges of Social Transformation
28. Sanskrit Literature
  • Significant features of the grammar
  • General Knowledge of Literary history of Sanskrit, Ramayana.
  • The origin and development of literary geners of Mahakavya, Rupaka, Katha, Akhyayika.
  • Essentials of Indian Culture with stress on Purusãrthas, Samskãras, Arts and fine arts.
  •  General study of the following groups: Raghuvamsam—Kalidasa, Kiratarjuniyam—Bharavi, Sisupalavadham—Magha, Bhagavadgitã,
  • Short notes in Sanskrit on Meghadutam—Kalidasa, Nitisatakam—Bhartrhari, Pancatantra— Rajatarangini, Gitagovindam Jayadeva.
29. Zoology
  • Classification and relationship
  • Protozo
  • Nemathelminthes
  • Annelid
  • Ecology
  • Ethology
  • Economic Zoology
  • Biostatistics
  • Instrumentation methods
  • Cell Biology
  • Genetics
  • Evolution
  • Systematics
  • Biochemistry:
  • Physiology
  • Developmental Biology

Syllabus for Personality Test

In broad terms, this is really an assessment of not only a candidate’s intellectual qualities but also social traits and interest in current affairs. Some of the qualities to be judged are mental alertness, critical powers of assimilation, clear and logical exposition, the balance of judgement, variety and depth of interest, the ability for social cohesion, LEADERSHIP, and intellectual and moral integrity.

Exam Highlights
Level of Exam Graduate, National Level
Exam Medium English, Hindi
Exam Frequency Once in a year
Purpose of the Exam To recruit qualified candidates for various positon.
Conducting Body Haryana Public Service Commission

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