Chandigarh, Dec. 30 -- The Haryana government has modified the pattern and evaluation process of the HCS (Executive Branch) examination. A notification in this regard was issued by chief secretary Anurag Rastogi. As per the amended rules, the main written examination will now have six papers carrying a total of 600 marks. These include English (including English Essay), Hindi (including Hindi Essay in Devanagari script), and four papers of General Studies (I to IV), each carrying 100 marks. All question papers will be of conventional (essay) type and of three hours' duration each. Candidates will have the option to answer the papers, except language or literature papers, in either English or Hindi.

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