HPPSC Shimla Computer Programmer(Jal Shakti Vibhag) Exam Syllabus

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HPPSC Shimla Computer Programmer(Jal Shakti Vibhag) Exam Syllabus

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HPPSC Shimla Computer Programmer (jal shakti vibhag)Exam Pattern

Total Questions:- 100 Questions
Time Period :- 02 Hours
Stages:- 02 (SCREENING / PRELIMINARY EXAM and PERSONALITY TEST)

HPPSC Shimla Computer Programmer (jal shakti vibhag)Exam Syllabus

The Screening test (offline or online, as the case may be) will be of two hours’ duration consisting of 100 Objective Type Multiple Choice question covering the syllabus in the ration of 80:10:10:-

“80 questions of Bachelor Degree in B.Tech. Computer Science Engineering / Information Technology (with focus on testing ‘programming’ knowledge of the candidates)
10 questions consisting of General Knowledge of H.P.
10 questions consisting of General Knowledge of National / International level.

CATEGORY CLAIMS:- The category of the candidate claimed in the profile before he/she applied for the posts shall be treated as final. In case his /her categoryundergoes a change before the last date notified for submission of Online Recruitment Applications form through ORAportal then the candidate shall have to cancel his/her previous application and apply afresh under the categorywhich he /she intends to claim after updating category in his/her profile. In such a situation the fees deposited by the candidate earlier shall stand forfeited and he/ she shall have to deposit fresh fees as is applicable for the category claimed by him/her.However in case of change in category which is beyond the control of the candidate at any stage during the recruitment process; provided he / she has not availed any relaxed standards in terms of age, experience, qualification etc., he / she will inform about it to the Commission within 15 days from the date of change in his / her category failing which no type of requests shall be entertained bythe Commission. S.C. of H P / S.T. of H P / O.B.C. of H P/ E.W.S. of H P/ W.F.F. of H P / Ex-Servicemen of H P and Physically Disabled of H P candidates must possess such certificates(s) in support of their claims made in the online recruitment applications while applying for the concerned post(s). If anyB.P.L. candidate applies for the post reserved for EWS categoryhe/she shall have to submit a valid B.P.L. certificate countersigned by the Block Development Officer and also a non-SC/ST/OBC certificate issued by the competent authority. The benefit of reservation will be admissible on parental basis only. All the candidates belonging to reserved categories are also required to go through the relevant instructions of the Government of Himachal Pradesh issued from time to time in order to ensure that they are eligible under a particular category. The Statutorycertificates like bonafide Himachali, S.C.,S.T.,W.F.F.etc. issued on parental basis on the prescribed format are of permanent nature and are acceptable to the Commission.

1. EX-SERVICEMENOFHIMACHALPRADESH:-

(a) The candidates belonging to Ex-Servicemen of Himachal Pradesh will have to furnish Discharge Certificate and full detail in respect of their P.P.O. No., Rank, and date of retirement from the Defence Services to claim the benefit of reservation for the categoryof Ex-Serviceman ofHimachal Pradesh.

(b) The persons serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, who on retirement from service, would come under the category of “Ex-Serviceman” may be permitted to applyfor re-employment one year before the completion of the specified terms of engagement and avail themselves of all concessions available to ex-serviceman but shall not be permitted to leave the uniform until theycomplete the specified terms of engagement in the Armed Forces of the Union.

2. WARDS OF EX-SERVICEMEN OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, i.e.DEPENDENT SONS,DAUGHTERS AND WIVES O FEX-SM OF H.P.:– Dependent sons, daughters & wives of Ex-Servicemen of Himachal Pradesh (Wards of Ex-Servicemen of Himachal Pradesh) mayapplyagainst the posts specifically reserved for Wards of Ex-Servicemen category(i.e. Dependent sons, daughters and wives) and not against the posts reserved for Ex-Servicemen of H.P. in order to avoid rejection of their candidature at any later stage for the concerned posts. Candidates belonging to Wards of Ex-Servicemen category will have to submit a Dependent Certificate issued by the competent authority and a latest affidavit duly attested by the authority authorized under the Indian Oath Act to the effect that no person in the family has been rehabilitated through employment against the posts reserved for Ex-Servicemen with the H.P. Govt./ Corporation/ Board/Autonomous BodyofH.P. as well as Central and other State/Union TerritoryGovernment or P.S.U./ Autonomous Body/ Banks etc. under the control of the said Central or other State / Union TerritoryGovernment. The daughters of Ex-Servicemen will also have to submit an undertaking to the effect that she is un-married and dependent upon her father in support of her category claim on the day of Personality Test. Married daughters will be admitted provisionally against the posts reserved for Ward of Ex. Serviceman on production of provisional Ward of Ex. Servicemen certificate issued by the competent authority as per instructions of the Govt. (Department of Personnel) Himachal Pradesh letter No. PER(AP)-C-B(12)-1/2013 dated 18th March, 2020.

3.O.B.C. of H.P. (OTHERBACKWARDCLASSESOFHIMACHALPRADESH):– The candidates belonging to O.B.C. of H.P. categorymust produce O.B.C. certificate(s) on the prescribed format valid till there levant term of the Financial Year (i.e. 1 st April to 31 st March) as notified by the Government of Himachal Pradesh from time to time. Candidates must have a valid O.B.C. Certificate covering the entire period from last date of submission ofOnline Recruitment Applications till date of PersonalityTest/ evaluation along with an undertaking that his / her status as O.B.C. has not been changed and he / she has not been excluded from the categoryofO.B.C. ofH.P. on account of being covered under creamylayer.

4. W.F.F.OF H.P. (WARDSOFFREEDOMFIGHTERSOFHIMACHALPRADESH):- For the posts reserved for Wards of Freedom Fighters of Himachal Pradesh (WFF of H.P.), sons/ grandsons/ daughters/ grand daughters of Freedom Fighters of Himachal Pradesh, who have been appointed on regular basis shall not be entitled for the benefits of reservation provided to the wards of Freedom fighters in Government services, against the identical posts in the same scale. The employed children/ grand children of Freedom Fighters will be deemed to have been excluded from the definition of Ward of Freedom Fighter for the purpose to this extent. The children/ grand children of Freedom fighters of Himachal Pradesh, who have been appointed in Govt. / Semi Govt. or Private Sector etc. services against the post(s) reserved for the wards of Freedom Fighters on regular basis will remain entitled to compete for higher rank/ grade posts/ services on the basis of reservation earmarked to the wards of Freedom Fighters of Himachal Pradesh. The un-married daughters/ grand daughters will have to submit an affidavit being spinster (un-married) in support of their claim(s) issued by the authorityauthorized under the Indian Oath Act. Other wise such candidates will be rejected straightway. Married daughters and Married granddaughters will be admitted provisionally against the posts reserved for WFF on production of provisional WFF certificate issued by the competent authority as per instructions of the Govt. (Department of Personnel) Himachal Pradesh letter No. PER(AP)-C-E(3)-1/2020 dated 17th March, 2020.

5. E.W.S.OF H.P. (ECONOMICALLYWEAKERSECTIONSOFH.P.):- The benefit of reservation under the EWS category (other than SCs / STs / OBCs) in posts under the Government of Himachal Pradesh can be availed against the posts reserved for EWS categoryon production of an Income andAsset Certificate issued by the competent authority in the State of Government of Himachal Pradesh and also a non-SC/ ST/OBCcertificate issued bythe competent authority. The reservation to the categoryof EWSand (document to be submitted in support of claim), will be as per instructions issued by the Government of H.P. (in the Department of Personnel) vide letter No.PER(AP)-C-B(12)-1/2019 dated 11 th June, 2019. If a BPL candidate applies for the post reserved for EWScategoryhe / she shall have to submit a valid BPL certificate countersigned bythe Block Development Officer and also a non-SC/ ST/OBCcertificate issued bythe competent authority. In case Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates is not available for selection. The vacancies will be treated automaticallyas de-reserved and will be filled up from a non EWScandidate of unreserved category.

COMPUTER BASED TEST / OFFLINE TEST (OBJECTIVE OR DESCRIPTIVE/ EXAMINATION/ PERSONALITY TEST/ FINAL SELECTION:-

(i) In cases where the number of eligible candidates for recruitment to the post(s) advertised by the Commission is inordinately large, the Commission may limit / shortlist the number of eligible candidates to be called for personality test(s) by subjecting them to either Computer based Screening Test (objective-type) or Offline Screening Test (objective / descriptive) of two hours duration. Marks obtained in the Screening Test are only meant to short list the number of candidates for personality test(s) and are in no way to be presumed by the candidates as being their merit for final selection. Minimum pass marks in Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) are 25% for the candidates of General category and 20% for the candidates of reserved categories. Any correlation drawn by the candidates between their score in the Screening Test and final merit at a later stage is completely unwarranted. No representation(s) shall be entertained in this regard. Final selection of a candidate will be made solely on the basis of his/ her performance in the Personality Test, which will be of maximum 100 marks. The minimum pass marks in personality test are 45 for the candidates of generalcategory and 35 marks for the candidates of reserved categories.

(ii)

(a) Where selection is to be made on the basis of performance of the candidates having qualified the Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive), before the Personality Test Board, a candidate scoring more marks in the Personality Test shall be placed above the candidate scoring lesser marks in the Personality Test. If the candidates will score equal marks in the Personality Test, then a candidate securing more marks in the Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) will be placed above the candidate securing lesser marks in the Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective / descriptive). In case the marks of Computer Based Test / Offline Test (objective or descriptive) are equal then the candidate who is senior in age will be placed above the candidate junior in age

(b) Where selection is to be made purely on the basis of performance of the candidates before the Personality Test Board, a candidate scoring more marks in the Personality Test shall be placed above the candidate scoring lesser marks in the Personality Test. If the candidates will score equal marks in the Personality Test, then a candidate who is senior in age will be placed above the candidate junior in age.

(i) In the Computer Based Test (CBT) (objective type) there will be 100 questions of 01 mark each on the basis of syllabus approved by the Commission for the test. Each question will be followed by four (a, b, c, d) answer options. The candidate will have to click on the circle adjacent to the option he / she thinks is correct. The answer key of CBT (objective type) shall be uploaded online on the ‘MY EXAMINATION MY ONLINE REVIEW’ in the User IDs of all appeared candidates immediately after its conduct for inviting objection(s) for which 03 (three) days time from the day of publishing of answer key (day of publishing of the answer key plus 3 (three) next days upto 11.59 P.M. of the last date of receipt of objections after which the link will be disabled) shall be given to them to submit their objection(s) in online mode only. Objection(s) submitted in any other mode will not be entertained. The received objection(s), if any, will be got verified from the concerned Subject Expert / Paper Setter. Based on the opinion / decision of the concerned Subject Expert / Paper Setter to the objection(s) raised by the candidates the revised answer key shall be prepared & finalized. After finalization of answer key category-wise zone of consideration in the ratio of 1:4 in the case of 20 & above category-wise posts advertised, in the ratio of 1:5 in the case of 11 to 19 category-wise posts advertised and in the ratio of 1:6 + 3 in the case of 10 or less than 10 category-wise posts advertised will be prepared and provided by the Secrecy Cell on the basis of performance of the candidates in the CBT to check their eligibility by the Branch responsible for making direct recruitment on the basis of documents uploaded by them on the OTRS portal at the time of filling up of ORA. In case the number of candidate(s) to be declared qualified for personality test fall(s) below the prescribed ratio then to meet this shortfall an additional category wise zone of consideration as per requirement shall be prepared by the Secrecy Cell. In respect of the scrapped question(s) no credit to appeared candidates shall be given. The final answer key alongwith question paper shall be uploaded on the website of the Commission immediately after the declaration of the result of the CBT. No objection(s) / representation(s) shall be entertained against the final answer key.

(ii) In the offline Screening Test (objective type) (except Preliminary Examinations) there will be 100 questions of 01 mark each on the basis of syllabus approved by the Commission for the test. Each question will be followed by four (a, b, c, d) answer options. The candidate will have to encircle / blacken the option he / she thinks is right / correct on the OMR answer sheet with blue / black ball pen. The answer key of offline Screening Test (objective type) shall be uploaded on the website of the Commission immediately after the conduct of offline screening test for inviting objections from the appeared candidates for which 07 (seven) days time (day of publishing the key plus seven days upto 05.00 P.M. of the prescribed last date of receipt of objections) shall be given. The received objection(s), if any, will be got verified from the concerned Subject Expert / Paper Setter. Based on the opinion / decision of the concerned Subject Expert / Paper Setter to the objection(s) raised by the candidates the revised answer key shall be prepared & finalized. After finalization of answer key the OMR answer sheets of the candidates who appeared in the offline Screening Test shall be scanned in the OMR Scanner and evaluated by using the final answer key to prepare a category-wise zone of consideration in the ratio of 1:4 in the case of 20 & above category-wise posts advertised, in the ratio of 1:5 in the case of 11 to 19 category-wise posts advertised and in the ratio of 1:6 + 3 in the case of 10 or less than 10 category-wise posts advertised will be prepared by the Secrecy Cell on the basis of performance of the candidates in the offline Screening Test, to check their eligibility by the Branch responsible for making direct recruitment on the basis of documents uploaded by them on the OTRS portalat the time of filling up of ORA. In case the number of candidate(s) to be declared qualified for personality test fall(s) below the prescribed ratio i.e. six candidates for a single post and three candidates for every subsequent post then to meet this shortfall an additional zone of consideration as per requirement shall be prepared by the Secrecy Cell. In respect of scrapped question(s) no credit to appeared candidates shall be given. The final answer key shall be uploaded on the website of the Commission immediately after the declaration of the result of the offline screening Test. No objection(s) / representation(s) shall be entertained against the final answer key.

(iii) There will be negative marking for incorrect answers as per detail given below:

(a) There are four alternatives for the answers to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

(b)If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above for that question.

(d)Where there will be two correct answers instead of one correct answer out of four options of a question, all those candidates who will click / encode any one of these two correct answers will be awarded marks allotted to that question.

2. In case of wrong encoding of Application Number, Roll Number or both by the candidate, the OMR (optical Mark Recognition) Sheet shall not be evaluated and shall be rejected straight away.

(i) The marks of all candidates (successful & unsuccessful) obtained by them in the screening test (CBT / Offline) / written (Preliminary & Main) examinations and Personality Tests (if appeared) including cut off marks in their category shall be made available in their login / User IDs by the Computer Cell on receipt of the same from the officer(s) dealing with Secrecy after declaration of the final result.

(ii) For more information of candidates, HPPSC (PROCEDURE & TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AND PROCEDURE FOR THE CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS & PERSONALITY TESTS ETC) RULES, 2021 is available on Commission’s website.

(iii) The eligibility of candidate(s) called for the Personality Test will be determined on the basis of original documents produced on the day of Personality Test and the Commission will not be responsible if the candidature of any candidate is rejected at that stage or at the time of verification by the Appointing Authority. As such, admission to the Screening Test/ Examination/ Personality Test shall be purely provisional.

(iv) Summoning of the candidate(s) for Personality Test; conveys no assurance whatsoever that they will be selected or recommended. Appointment orders to the selected candidate(s) will be issued by the appropriate Appointing Authority.

(v) If any person with disability requires scribe/ reader, having disability of 40% or more, he / she has to request for the same in writing to the Commission along with copy of disability certificate issued by the competent authority at least seven days prior to the screening test (Computer Based Test/ Offline Test) for the concerned post. Such applications will be entertained on merit and as perrules.

(vi). Re-checking/ re-evaluation, for the written examination(s)/ Screening Tests (Computer Based Test/ Offline Test) will not be allowed in any case. (vii) Disputes, if any, shall be subject to Court jurisdiction at Shimla.

Essential Qualification(s):-

Degree Course in following stream(s) from any university/institution duly recognized by H.P./CentralGovernment:-

B.E./B.Tech(Computer Science/Engineering or InformationTechnology with programmingas an essential component of the degree course)/MCA/’B’ or ‘C’ Level Course of NIELIT. –OR– Master`s Degree in Computer Science or Master`s Degree in Information Technology.

Desirable Qualification:- Knowledge of customs, manners and dialects of H.P and suitability for appointment in the peculiar conditions prevailing in the Pradesh.

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