HSSC CET Group C (Group 1 - Forester) Syllabus 2026, Exam Pattern, Exam Date 2026
Detail Information about HSSC CET Group C has published notification 2026 for the recruitment of Group 1 (Forester) vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online. In this page we provide the Complete Syllabus of this Recruitment with Latest Update Exam Pattern and the Exam Date also.
HSSC CET Group C Syllabus 2026 - Overview
| Conducting Body Name |
Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) |
| Exam Name |
HSSC CET Phase-II For Group C Posts |
| Name of Department |
Forest |
| Post Name |
Group C (Group 1 - Forester) |
| Total Post |
50 |
| Category |
Syllabus and Exam Pattern
|
| Application Mode |
Online |
| Job Location |
Haryana |
| Official Website |
https://www.hssc.gov.in/ |
HSSC CET Group C (Group 1 - Forester) Syllabus 2026
A. General Awareness
1. General knowledge of the environment around him and its applications to society.
2. Knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observation
3. Experience in their scientific aspect
4. History
5. Culture
6. Geography
7. Economic Scene
8. General policy
9. Static Awareness
10. Scientific research
Introduction to Indian Constitution:
1. Preamble
2. Fundamental duties and fundamentals rights only
3. Traffic Rules
4. Traffic signs
5. Penalties for violating traffic rules
6. First aid
7. Safety precautions and occupational health
8. Welfare Schemes run by Government of Haryana and provisions.
FUNDAMENTALS OF INSURANCE:
1. Introduction to insurance
2. Contract of life insurance
3. Fire insurance
4. Marine insurance
5. Accident and motor insurance
6. Farm Crop Insurance
7. Insurance intermediaries – role of agents and procedure for becoming an agent; cancellation of license; revocation/suspension/termination of agent appointment; code of conduct; unfair practices.
B. General Intelligence
1. Verbal and non-verbal reasoning
2. Semantic Analogy
3. Symbolic operations
4. Symbolic/ Number Analogy
5. Trends
6. Figural Analogy
7. Space Orientation
8. Semantic Classification
9. Venn Diagrams
10. Number Series
11. Embedded figures
12. Figural Series
13. Critical Thinking
14. Problem Solving
15. Symbolic/ Number Classification
16. Drawing inferences
17. Figural Classification
18. Punched hole/ pattern folding & unfolding
19. Semantic Series
20. Figural Pattern-folding and completion
21. Emotional Intelligence
22. Word Building
23. Social Intelligence
24. Coding and de-coding
25. Other subtopics if any Numerical operations
C. English Language
1. Spot the Error
2. Fill in the Blanks
3. Synonyms/ Homonyms
4. Antonyms
5. Spellings/ Detecting misspelt words
6. Idioms & Phrases
7. One-word substitution
8. Improvement of Sentences
9. Active/ Passive Voice of Verbs
10. Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration
11. Shuffling of Sentence parts
12. Shuffling of Sentences in a passage
13. Cloze Passage
14. Comprehension Passage
15. English/Hindi words & terminology used in offices and their inter-translation
D. Quantitative Aptitude
1. Number Systems: Computation of Whole Number, Decimal and Fractions, Relationship between numbers.
2. Fundamental arithmetical operations: Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Square roots, Averages, Interest (Simple and Compound), Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Allegation, Time and distance, Time and work.
3. Mensuration: Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square Base.
4. Algebra: Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds (simple problems) and Graphs of Linear Equations.
5. Geometry: Familiarity with elementary geometric figures and facts: Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles.
6. Trigonometry: Trigonometry, Trigonometric ratios, Complementary angles, Height and distances (simple problems only) Standard Identities like sin2 𝜃 + Cos2 𝜃=1 etc.
7. Statistical Charts: Use of Tables and Graphs: Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart.
E. Hindi Language:
1. शब्द
2. अलंकार
3. विलोमशब्द
4. वाक्य
5. अव्ययशब्द
6. पद
7. पदबंध
8. मुहावरे
9. लोकोक्तियां
10. संधि
11. उपसर्ग
12. प्रत्यय
13. समास
14. पर्यायवाची
15. विलोम व अनेकार्थशब्द
16. अपठितबोध
17. वाक्य शोधन
18. निपात (अव्यय)
19. विरामचिह्न
20. संबंधबोधक
21. अनेकार्थवाचक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द
22. एकवाक्यशब्द
23. युग्मशब्द
24. वर्तनी (शब्द एवं वाक्य शुद्धीकरण)
25. वर्ण
26. स्वर
27. व्यंजन
28. विदेशी ध्वनियाँ
29. संज्ञा
30. सर्वनाम
31. विशेषण
32. क्रिया
33. क्रिया विशेषण
34. समुच्चय बोधक
35. विस्मय बोधक
36. वचन
37. लिंग
38. कारक
39. काल
40. तद्भव–तत्सम शब्द
F. Haryana economy:
1. Nature, characteristics and problems
2. Concept of economic development
3. State of the Haryana economy since its inception: Income
4. Population, Health & Nutrition and declining sex ratio
5. Haryana agriculture: nature
6. Cropping pattern
7. Role of agriculture in Haryana economy
8. Measures for development in agriculture
9. Crop insurance
10. Agriculture credit: agriculture finance
11. Types of agriculture finance
12. Credit needs of farmers
13. Sources of credit: institutional sources
14. Sources of credit: non-institutional sources
15. NABARD
16. Rural indebtedness: causes
17. Rural indebtedness: consequences
18. Debt relief measures
19. Micro, small & medium enterprises (MSME) in Haryana: meaning
20. Role of MSME in Haryana
21. Performance of MSME in Haryana
22. Challenges of MSME in Haryana
23. SEZ
24. Growth of MNCs in Haryana
25. Role of HSIIDC
26. Role of HFC
27. Role of HAFED
28. Role of HKVIB
29. Haryana budget: objectives
30. Haryana budget: policies
31. Sources of revenues
32. Utilization of revenues
G. Rural Marketing:
1. Meaning
2. Nature
3. Characteristics
4. Opportunities to rural markets in haryana
5. Challenges to rural markets in Haryana
6. Sociocultural factors affecting rural marketing
7. Economic factors affecting rural marketing
8. Demographic factors affecting rural marketing
9. Technological factors affecting rural marketing
10. Other environmental factors affecting rural marketing
11. Rural consumer behaviour
12. Segmentation of rural market
13. Strategies for rural marketing
14. Rural marketing mix
15. Difference in rural and urban market
16. Problems in rural marketing
17. Strategies for rural marketing
18. Product planning for rural markets
19. Pricing in rural markets
20. Promotion in rural markets
21. Management of distribution channels for marketing of durables in rural areas
22. Management of distribution channels for marketing of non-durables in rural areas
23. Planning personnel selling in rural markets
24. Organizing personnel selling in rural markets
25. Innovation in rural market
26. E-commerce in rural markets
27. e-chaupal & other similar initiatives in rural markets
H. Environmental Studies and Disaster Management
Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies, Natural Resources, Forest resources, Water resources, Mineral resources, Food resources, Energy resources, Land resources, Ecosystems, Energy flow in the ecosystem, Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following ecosystem:
a. Forest ecosystem
b. Grassland ecosystem
c. Desert ecosystem
d. Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries).
Biodiversity and its conservation, Value of biodiversity, Hot-sports of biodiversity, Threats to biodiversity, Endangered and endemic species of India. Conservation of biodiversity, Environmental Pollution, effects and control measures of:
a. Air pollution
b. Water pollution
c. Soil pollution
d. Marine pollution
e. Noise pollution
f. Thermal pollution
g. nuclear hazards.
Solid Waste Management, Social Issues and the Environment, Environmental ethics, Wasteland reclamation, Consumerism and waste products. Environment Protection Act. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act. Wildlife Protection Act. Forest Conservation Act. Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation. Public awareness. Human Population and the Environment, Environment and human health, Role of Information Technology in Environment and human health.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT:
Natural Disasters, Climatic change, Man Made Disasters, Disaster Management, International strategy for disaster reduction, national disaster management framework; financial arrangements; role of NGOs, community –based organizations and media. Central, state, district and local administration; Armed forces in disaster response; Disaster response; Police and other organizations.
Computer Knowledge :
1. Computer terminology
2. Fundamentals
3. Word software
4. Excel software
5. Power point
6. Internet
7. Web browsing
8. Communication
9. Emails
10. Downloading and uploading data on websites etc.
Subject related :
Forester
(Forestry/Environment/Science):
1. Environmental Studies:
1. Natural Resources: Forest, water, mineral, food, and energy resources.
2. Ecosystems: Structure and function of forest, grassland, and aquatic ecosystems.
3. Biodiversity: Hotspots, threats, and conservation methods.
4. Pollution: Air, water, soil, and noise pollution control measures.
2. Disaster Management:
1. Natural and man-made disasters.
2. Climate change and its impact.
3. National and International Disaster Management frameworks.
3. General Science (12th Level):
Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Life Sciences, Human Anatomy, Plant Anatomy).
4. Scientific Methodology and Recent Scientific Research.
HSSC CET Group C (Group 1 - Forester) Exam Pattern 2026
Common Higher Secondary Level (Level of Exam-10+2 in any discipline)
Duration : 1 Hour 45 Minutes
| S.No. |
Subject |
No.of Question |
Marks |
| 1. |
General awareness, Reasoning, Mathematics, Science, History including Haryana related history,
current affairs, literature, Geography, Civics, Environment, Culture etc. |
20 |
20 |
| 2. |
Computer Knowledge |
10 |
10 |
| 3. |
Subject related |
70 |
70 |
| |
Total |
100 |
100 |
Exam Date : Notified Soon
Starting Date of Application Form : 02nd February 2026
Last Date of Application Form : 15th February 2026
Total Post : 50
