HPPSC Assistant Director Forensic 2026: Screening Test and SAT
Advt 66/10-2026: 100-mark Screening Test with negative marking, 120-mark descriptive SAT same day, then personality test if ratio exceeds 6:1.
Advertisement 66/10-2026 closes 3 November 2026, 11:59 pm. Three UR job trainee posts at Rs 40,500 per month are on the recruitment page.
When written is skipped
If eligible candidates are six times the posts or fewer (18 or fewer for three posts), everyone eligible may be called directly to the personality test. Above that threshold, HPPSC holds Screening Test and Subject Aptitude Test on the same day, then the personality test for those who qualify.
Screening Test
100 marks, objective MCQ, negative marking (one fourth per wrong answer; blank penalised like wrong unless option E is used).
| Part | Marks |
|---|---|
| General knowledge of Himachal Pradesh | 30 |
| General knowledge of national and international affairs | 30 |
| Hindi | 20 |
| English | 20 |
Duration and question count follow the commission's standard instructions for this pattern.
Subject Aptitude Test
120 marks, descriptive, held the same day as Screening Test when the written stage is notified. Content is forensic science and allied subjects per the commission's SAT file referenced in the advertisement. Minimum qualifying marks are as printed in Advt 66/10-2026 (follow the same 45 percent style as other HPPSC SAT posts unless the PDF states otherwise).
Personality test
Held at the commission's office in Shimla when called. 30 marks is the usual HPPSC personality test weight for Group-A recruitments; confirm the exact mark split in the PDF.
Age 18 to 45 on 1 January 2026. HP bonafide needed for state reservation.
Practice on marking rules is on the practice page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Three unreserved job trainee posts.
One fourth of the mark for a wrong answer. A blank is penalised the same unless you use option E as HPPSC instructs.
M.Sc. Forensic Science in second class, or M.Sc. in named sciences with seven years of post-qualification laboratory experience. PhD research up to three years may count.
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