Haryana State PCS

• 13 Jul 2022

HCS Pre Exam will Have Five Options Instead of Four

Why in News?

• On July 12, 2022, Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has decided to have five options instead of four in the OMR sheet of the examination to prevent malpractices in the HCS Pre examination to be held on July 24.

Key Points

• It may be mentioned that the commission is scheduled to conduct the examination for 156 posts of HCS Pre on July 24, 2022.
• The Commission has issued a notice in this regard. Along with this, candidates have also been issued new options as well as OMR sheets and guidelines related to the exam.
• Now candidates will not be able to leave the circle blank on the OMR sheet. If a candidate does not know the answer to any question and leaves options A, B, C and D blank, then he/she will have to compulsorily fill in the fifth circle (Has-#).
• Youth belonging to Sikh religion will be allowed to carry Kada and Kirpan, but such youth will have to reach the center one hour before the reporting time of the examination, so that they can be screened if they do not have any device. If anyone is found with any banned device, they will be debarred from the exam, no candidate will be able to leave the room until all the OMR sheets are collected in the hall.
• In November last year, HPSC deputy secretary Anil Nagar and his two accomplices were arrested by the vigilance with a bribe of lacs of rupees. They were accused of recruiting dental surgeons and forgery in the HCS preliminary examination. The Deputy Secretary had the full responsibility of the confidential branch and he used to get the candidates passed by messing up the OMR sheet after the examination. The Commission had cancelled both the recruitments and issued a fresh schedule for the examination.