HPPSC HPAS Prelims Subject Wise Question Weightage - Previous Year Questions Trends, Important Topics Cover, Preparation Tips and More

The HPPSC HPAS, Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission conducts the state civil services examination to recruit potential candidates for the most sought-after administrative services of the state. The HPPSC HPAS is one of the most prestigious exams as it offers a great in-hand salary and lucrative benefits. It is expected that the HPPSC HPAS Exam 2021 will be conducted on 26th September 2021. As the exam dates are already at your doorstep let’s have a look at the HPPSC HPAS Prelims Subject Wise Question Weightage from the previous year trend analysis. The subject wise weightage provided here will help you get a grip on the kind of questions that come and the level of difficulty in the HPPSC HPAS Prelims examination 2021. 

• The HPPSC HPAS Selection Process comprises three stages that are prelims, mains and interview. Candidates need to clear all stages of the selection process to get selected for the post.
• The HPPSC HPAS Prelims Exam syllabus is very vast and exam dates are also near. In such a situation a focused approach can help you to ease your preparation. Thus, to help you in this our experts have curated HPPSC HPAS Prelims Subject Wise Previous Year Trends of important questions asked in the past 3 years of HPPSC HPAS Exam 2021. This analysis will help you to set your priority level for the exam and it will help you to know how much emphasis they should lay on different subjects. Once the priority levels are set you can schedule an effective study plan which will help you to ace the HPPSC HPAS Exam with flying colours.

HPPSC HPAS Prelims Subject Wise Question Weightage Previous Year Trend

The table mentioned below lists the number of questions from each HPPSC HPAS Prelims subject over the last 3 years. It will give a fair bit of idea on the importance of each subject in the Prelims. 

Subject		2019		2018		2017
	General	HP Specific	General	HP Specific	General 12	HP Specific
Current Affairs	26	1	18	no	11	2
Art Culture	0	11	no	8	no	4
Ancient India	0	no	no	no	1	no
Medieval India	0	no	1	no	no	no
Modern History	11	3	10	2	10	4
World Geography	4	no	7	no	13	no
Indian Geography	4	6	9	3	3	8
Polity	9	-	7	2	9	2
Economy	9	3	9	2	11	2
Science	8	-	14	-	9	no
Environment	3	2	6	2	10	1
Total	74	26	81	19	77	23

Strategy to Clear HPPSC HPAS Prelims with the help of HPPSC HPAS Previous Year Question Trends

Candidates must be well aware of important topics with high weightage and also topics with low weightage. The next step is to focus on the subjects that have more importance and complete them and become thorough with them first 

Subjects to Prioritize based on HPPSC HPAS Previous Year Question Trends

• As per the previous year paper’s analysis, Current Affairs is a very important subject in which there has been a subsequent increase in the number of questions in the past three years. It is a subject which has maximum weightage. A good number of questions were observed from general current affairs whereas 1 or 2 questions were on state’s news.
• Modern History is the next topic to focus on. A good number of questions are observed every year. As per the table given above 10 or 12 questions have been asked in the previous year on Modern History from the General side whereas 3 or 4 questions are observed from the state's history.
• Recently, the Art and Culture subject is being emphasised by the conducting authorities. But questions are majorly asked from Himachal Pradesh related art and culture like famous songs, folk dance, painting etc.
• Economy, Polity and Science are subjects from which decent number of questions are observed, Every year 9-12 questions are asked under these topics
• Once the above topics are covered, the next topics to focus on are Indian Geography, World Geography, etc. Though in previous years less weightage was given to the4se subjects, HPPSC HPAS is full of surprises. Prepare these subjects nicely so that you can grab marks if there is a twist in the exam trend.

HPPSC HPAS Exam Pattern 2021

Have a look at the HPPSC HPAS exam pattern 2021 for the Preliminary exam and the Main written exam are quite different. The weightage of marks, marking scheme and number of papers are different for each exam. The Preliminary exam basically comprises objective type questions, while the Main exam will have descriptive questions. The HPPSC HPAS exam pattern has been explained here in detail:

Preliminary Exam

• The exam will have two papers of 200 marks each and a total of 400 marks.
• Each paper will be of 200 marks.
• There will be a negative marking of ⅓ marks of the prescribed marks per question.
• No deductions are done for unanswered questions.

Paper	Subject	No. of Questions	Marks	Duration
1	General Studies	100	200	2 Hours
2	Aptitude Test	100	200	2 Hours
Total			400 Marks

HPPSC HPAS Prelims Previous Year Paper

Practice HPPSC HPAS Prelims Previous year paper to check important questions that can be asked in the HPPS HPSC Prelims Exam 2021

Sr No.	HPPSC HPAS Prelims Previous Years Question Papers	Download Pdf Here
1	HPPSC HPAS Prelims - 2018 (PAPER-I-GENERAL STUDIES)	Download PDF!
2	HPPSC HPAS Prelims - 2018 (PAPER II Aptitude)	Download PDF!
3	HPPSC HPAS Prelims - 2017 (PAPER-I-GENERAL STUDIES)	Download PDF!
4	HPPSC HPAS Prelims - 2017 (PAPER II Aptitude)	Download PDF!

HPPSC HPAS Important Books 2021

Subject	Name of the Book	Author/ Publication
Current Affairs	Current Affairs Yearly 2021	Arihant Experts
Polity	Indian Polity	M. Laxmikanth
History	A brief history of Modern India	Spectrum
Economics	Indian Economy	Ramesh Singh
General Science	General Science	Ravi Bhushan

Smart Tips To Prepare for the HPPSC HPAS Exam 2021

Strengthen your foundation 

One of the best ways to ace the HPPSC HPAS Exam is to strengthen your foundation. Refer to good books to ace your preparation

• One of the best ways to strengthen your preparation is to refer to NCERTs, they can be downloaded from the official website of NCERT for free. 
• Read them thoroughly and make notes of them. These notes can help you to revise your basics at the time exam.

Keep Yourself Updated With All Important Current Affairs

• The best way to keep yourself updated with all important news is to download the Current Affairs App or read newspapers to improve your comprehension and reading abilities along with enhancing your knowledge of daily current affairs.

Timely revision

• Revise as many times as possible before HPPSC HPAS Exam 2021. Do not overwork yourself because this will cause you to become nervous and you will lose interest in the subject.

Practice Mock Test

• Practice mock tests will help you know trending questions and will give you a real exam time stimulus. Practising HPPSC HPAS Mock Test will help you to know your strong and weak points and you can thus prepare for the upcoming exam accordingly.

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