The Haryana Civil Service Exam (executive branch) 2008, rules have been amended by the state government as confirmed on Wednesday.

Civil service exams on a state level are conducted all over the country and they have rules which are more or less similar to the central civil service exam or IAS conducted by UPSC. The new set of rules for Haryana civil service will be called Haryana Civil Service Exam (executive branch) 2020, according to a press release by the Haryana Government.

According to the new rule, the changes have been made to the state’s civil service exam pattern. The Haryana Civil Service exam from now on will have two papers of 100 marks each that are objective type in nature in the preliminary stage of the exam. The new pattern is similar to the IAS Exam conducted by UPSC.

This means, candidates will have to follow the same pattern in state and central level exam that will make the preparation easier.

Check IAS Exam overview to get an idea about the new HCS 2020 exam pattern.

Haryana Civil Service exam- Important Highlights

• The exam is call HCS and is conducted once every year.
• The mode of the exam is offline
• The exam consists of Prelims, mains and interview round
• It is a bilingual exam and conducted in both English and hindi.
• The eligibility criteria is similar to that of UPSC IAS and graduates from any stream is eligible for the exam.
• However, for HCS, the age relaxation can go upto 47-55 years for backward classes from Haryana only and PWD.

Also Check UPSC Exam pattern