Job.info It is for information to all aspirants of the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) that the Assam Public Service Commission will be holding the next CCE as per the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019 published vide Govt. notification No. AAP 219/2018/10 dated. Dispur the 5th August, 2019 available on the Commission’s website.
In this regard, the Commission would like to publish few model question papers relating to the CCE (Preliminary) Examination namely, General Studies-I and General Studies-II as guidance to CCE aspirants. The model question papers will be made available on the Commission’s official website www.apsc.nic.in . As the CCE will be held in the pattern of UPSC and in order to get the aspirants acquainted with the same, the Commission has decided to upload few previous question papers of UPSC pertaining to its Civil Services Preliminary Examination. However, it is to be noted that, 30% – 35% questions in the paper General Studies-I for CCE (Preliminary) will compulsorily be related to Assam. For further details aspirants may refer to CCE syllabus.
It is for the information of all concerned, that the Commission is striving its best in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic for completion of CCE-2018. The result of the Main examination will be declared, as soon as possible, subject to the leave of the Hon’ble Gauhati High Court.
1.Preliminary Examination
i) General Studies-I
Total Marks – 200 | Duration – 2 Hours | Type – Objective
30%-35% questions will compulsorily be related to Assam
ii)General Studies-II
Total Marks – 200 | Duration – 2 Hours | Type – Objective
Qualifying nature, shall have minimum qualifying marks of 33%
2.Main Examination
Written
| Papers | Type | Marks | Duration |
| Paper 1 | Essay | 250 | 3 Hours |
| Paper 2 to 6 | General Studies | 250 each | 3 Hours each |
| Paper 7 | Optional subject Paper-1 | 250 | 3 Hours |
| Paper 8 | Optional subject Paper-2 | 250 | 3 Hours |
Optional Subjects for Paper 7 & 8
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Commerce and Accountancy
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Law
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bodo
- Hindi
- Sanskrit
- English
- Management
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Zoology
Qualifying Language Papers (In the level of Class-X)
Paper-A | 300 Marks | 3 Hours
Any one of languages from Assamese, Bengali and Bodo. Candidates from Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong districts who had not studied any of these languages in school shall be exempted from appearing for qualifying language papers.
Paper-B | English | 300 Marks | 3 Hours
3) Interview : Total Marks – 275 (After qualifying in Written Examination)
Total Written Examination (Paper 1 to Paper 8) = 2000
Interview (After qualifying in Written Examination) = 275
Total Marks – 2275