APSC CCE 2024: Notification out for 262 vacancies; Get complete details

The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) has released the advertisement for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), 2024 for recruitment to various Services/ Posts of the Government of Assam. The application portal for APSC CCE 2024 will open on the 28th day of March, 2025. And interested candidates will have time upto the 29th of April, 2025 to submit their forms.

This time, APSC is looking to recruit eligible candidates for 16 roles or designations and the total vacancies available is 262. As per APSC Calendar 2024, the Preliminary Examination was tentatively to be held on March 2025 and the Main Examination is tentatively scheduled for June or July 2025, however as the application process started late, the exams will be held later this year.

Also Read: Master the APSC Prelims: A Deep Dive into Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Vacancies Available

Who can apply?

• The candidate must be an Indian citizen.
• The candidate should not be less than 21 years and more than 38 years of age on 01-01-2024.
• The candidate must hold a Degree from any of the Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 or possess such qualification as may be declared equivalent by the Government.
• A candidate should be able to speak Assamese or other official languages or associate official languages of the State or any of the tribal languages of the State.
• A candidate should be registered in a District Employment Office of Assam.
• A candidate must be an original inhabitant of Assam.
• Candidates must possess the prescribed qualification on the date of submission of their applications.
• Persons with Benchmark Disabilities should ascertain the post for which a particular category of disability is entitled to the reservation as per the advertisement and apply/ opt for the preference accordingly at the time of submission of forms for the Main Examination.
• As per Govt. notification no. ABP.69/2079/17, dated 06/11/2019, candidates must submit a declaration regarding “The Small Family Norms” in Form-A when applying for the APSC CCE 2024 (Prelims) Examination.

How to apply for APSC CCE 2024?

• Visit the recruitment portal of APSC by clicking on the link given below
• Click on the ‘Registration’ button and get yourselves registered
• Once done, click on the login button and fill in all the details as asked in the application portal
• Upload the necessary documents
• Then pay the application fees
• Lastly, download the application form for APSC CCE 2024 for future references

Application Fees

All the candidates who wish to apply for APSC CCE 2024 need to pay an application fee as follows:

APSC CCE 2024: Stages of Exam

The APSC CCE 2024 will have 2 stages, which are the Preliminary Examination and the Main exam (Written Test & Interview). The Preliminary Examination will consist of two papers of objective-type questions of two hours duration and 200 marks each.

• General Studies I
• General Studies II (This paper is of qualifying nature)

Once the preliminary examination is over, APSC will permit candidates to appear in Mains and Interview rounds based on their scores in the Preliminary Examination. Usually, APSC allows 11 to 12 times of candidates compared to the vacancies available to be admitted to the written part of the Main Examination. This selection will be strictly based on merit adhering to the norms of Vertical and Horizontal Reservation as per the prescribed law in force.

The written examination shall consist of six papers of conventional essay type/ objective type with limited words. Marks obtained in the Interview for the Personality Test shall be counted for ranking. The overall marking scheme for the second stage of APSC CCE 2024 will be as follows:

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