Assam Public Service Commission conducts recruitment for Assam Police Service. Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria can apply online at the official website www.apsc.nic.in
Age Limit
Minimum age - 21 years
Maximum age - 38 years (age relaxation for reserved category candidates)
Educational Qualification
Graduate in any discipline from a recognised university or equivalent thereof.
How to Apply : Candidates should go through the detailed instructions regarding the exam and read the instructions very carefully. Once understood clearly all the things, only then go further and apply online following the steps mentioned along with the advertisement.
Application Fee
General/ EWS Rs 285.40
SC/ ST/ OBC/ MOBC Rs 185.40
BPL/ PWBD/ Women Rs 35.40
The Selection Process is divided into following stages:
Prelims
Mains
Interview
Prelims Exam
The APSC CCE Prelims Exam is like a screening test only as the score achieved in this first round will not be considered while calculating the final scores. But it is important to clear this stage to proceed further.
The APSC CCE Prelims test will have two MCQ papers, whose combined duration is 4 hours (120 minutes each).
All questions will be MCQs.
Candidates will be provided with an Optical Mark Recognition answer sheet.
Candidates are supposed to use only a black or blue color ball pen.
For each wrong attempt, ¼ score will get minus.
Candidates clicking on more than one answer will result in negative marking.
The General Studies II paper will be qualifying in nature and one needs to get at least 33% marks.
Paper-I (General Studies I)
Paper-II (General Studies II)
Mains Exam
Only those who cleared the first stage will be considered to give the next round test. The questions asked in the mains exam will be of conventional type. The marks secured in these levels will not be considered at the time of final merit list. However, the minimum qualifying marks obtained in Paper ‘A’ and Paper ‘B’ is 25%. The detailed exam pattern of APPSC CCE Mains is mentioned below.
Qualifying Language Papers
Paper A (300 marks– 180 minutes)– any one of the languages from Assamese, Bengali, Bodo. Candidates belonging to DimaHasao, Karbi Angong, and West Karbi Anglong districts who don’t know these languages and did not study the same in their school will get an exemption from giving Paper A.
Paper B- English (300 marks- 180 minutes duration)
Papers to be counted for the order of merit (Written Examination)
Paper 1 Essay
Paper 2 to 6 General Studies
Paper 7 Optional Subject, Paper 1
Paper 8 Optional Subject, Paper 2
Interview
The board will conduct an interview for the candidates those qualified the preliminary and mains written exams. Candidates qualifying the Main exam will be called for an interview test. Then merit list will be finalized based on the overall marks obtained.
