Which exams this helps with
Everything here is the Himachal Pradesh material these exams share — geography, history, polity, economy and culture. The past-paper bank is HPAS only, and each exam below says plainly what is here for it.
HPAS — Combined Competitive Examination
HPPSC, Shimla · Class I / II
The heaviest Himachal paper of the lot: geography, history from the janapadas to statehood, art and culture, polity and the state economy, in prelims and again in mains.
448 past papers here, 2020–2023, 2025
Assistant Professor
HPPSC, Shimla · Class I
Subject papers carry the weight, but the general-studies section asks the same Himachal geography, history and polity as everything else on this list.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
Police Constable
HPPSC, Shimla · Class III
A written paper of general knowledge with a distinct Himachal section — districts, rivers, passes, fairs and the freedom movement.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
Patwari
HPRCA, Hamirpur · Class III
Himachal geography and revenue administration, with districts, tehsils and land settlement history worth knowing cold.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
Panchayat Secretary
HPRCA, Hamirpur · Class III
Himachal general knowledge alongside panchayati raj — the polity notes and the district profiles carry most of it.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
Junior Office Assistant (IT)
HPRCA, Hamirpur · Class III
Computer knowledge is its own half; the other half is general knowledge in which Himachal is the largest single block.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
Clerk
HPRCA, Hamirpur · Class III
General knowledge with a standing Himachal section: districts, rivers, culture and the making of the state.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
HP TET — JBT
HPBOSE, Dharamshala · Teacher eligibility
150 questions in 150 minutes, no negative marking. Pedagogy dominates, but the Himachal general-awareness portion is drawn from exactly this material.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full
HP TET — TGT
HPBOSE, Dharamshala · Teacher eligibility
Arts, Medical and Non-Medical variants share a general-awareness section in which Himachal geography, history and culture recur every year.
No past papers here yet — the shared Himachal material applies in full