The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has structured the Forest Guard (Advt. No. 04/2026) examination to assess candidates across diverse areas, with a heavy emphasis on subject-specific knowledge. The written exam is an OMR-based offline test consisting of 100 multiple-choice questions.
HSSC Forest Guard Syllabus 2026 Overview
| Organization Name | Haryana Staff Selection Commission |
| Shortly Known as | HSSC |
| Name of the Posts | Forest Guard Posts |
| Name of the Posts | 331 Posts |
| Category | Syllabus |
| Selection Process | Written Exam, Interview |
| Exam Date | Expected to be in August 2026 |
| Location | Haryana |
| Official Site | www.hssc.gov.in |
Subject-Wise Weightage
| Section | Weightage |
| General Awareness & Haryana GK (Reasoning, Maths, Science, History, Current Affairs, Geography, Civics, Environment, and Haryana Culture) | 20% |
| Computer Knowledge (Fundamentals, MS Office, Networking, Internet) | 10% |
| Subject-Related Topics (Forestry, Environment, Rural Marketing, and Haryana Economy) | 70% |
HSSC Forest Guard Exam Pattern 2026
| Total Questions | 100 MCQs |
| Total Marks | 100 Marks |
| Duration | 105 Minutes (1 Hour 45 Minutes) |
| Negative Marking | No (However, -1 mark if the 5th option is not filled for unattempted questions) |
| Qualifying Marks | General: 50%, Reserved: 40% |
| Subject Name | Total Marks | Total Questions |
| General Intelligence + Reasoning | 40 | 40 |
| General Awareness | 40 | 40 |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 40 | 40 |
| English Language & Comprehension | 40 | 40 |
| Hindi Language & Comprehension | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 200 | 200 |
HSSC Forest Guard Syllabus 2026
Detailed Syllabus Topics
1. General Awareness & Aptitude (20%)
History & Culture: Indian History, Haryana History, Literature, and Art forms.
Geography & Environment: Physical geography of India and Haryana, Climate, and Natural resources.
Quantitative Aptitude: Number System, Percentages, Profit & Loss, Ratio, Average, Time & Work, and Algebra.
Reasoning: Analogies, Series, Coding-Decoding, Venn Diagrams, and Pattern Folding.
Science: Basics of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
2. Computer Knowledge (10%)
Fundamentals: Hardware, Software, and Operating Systems.
Office Tools: MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint shortcuts.
Communication: Email, Internet browsing, and Cyber Security basics.
3. Subject-Related Knowledge (70%)
Environmental Studies: Ecosystems, Biodiversity, Pollution control, and Environmental Laws (Protection Acts).
Forestry & Disaster Management: Forest resources, Natural & Man-made disasters, and Climate Change response.
Haryana Economy: Nature of Haryana’s economy, Agriculture, MSMEs, and the State Budget.
Rural Marketing: Meaning and challenges of rural markets, Consumer behavior, and Marketing strategies.
4. Language Proficiency
English: Error spotting, Fill in the blanks, Synonyms/Antonyms, Idioms & Phrases, and Comprehension.
Hindi: व्याकरण (Grammar), पर्यायवाची, मुहावरे, संधि, और समास.
HSSC Forest Guard Syllabus 2026 – Reasoning & General Intelligence
- Coding & de-coding
- Date & city matching
- Indexing, Address matching
- Social Intelligence
- Symbolic Operations
- Figural Pattern– folding and completion
- Trends
- Analogies
- Statement conclusion
- Space Orientation
- Spatial orientation
- Problem-solving
- Decision making
- Visual memory
- Similarities and differences
- Judgment
- Relationship concepts
- Analysis
- Discrimination
- Observation
- Space visualization
- Syllogistic reasoning
- Symbolic/Number Classification
- Figural Classification
- Semantic Series
- Arithmetical reasoning and figural classification
- Arithmetic number series
- Symbolic/Number Analogy
- Figural Analogy
- Non- verbal series
- Number Series
- Semantic Analogy
- Numerical Operations
- Coding and decoding
- Word Building
Haryana Forest Guard Syllabus 2026 – General Awareness
- History
- About India
- Polity & Indian Constitution
- Science & Technological developments in India
- Current Issues
- Political Science
- Current Affairs – National & International
- Geography – India & World
- Economic scene
- History of India & Indian National Movement
- Indian National Movement
- History – India & World
- Science & Technology
- Cultural Heritage
- Indian Geography
www.hssc.gov.in Forest Guard Syllabus – Aptitude
- Partnership Business
- Tangents
- angles subtended by chords of a circle
- Percentage
- Square roots
- decimals
- fractions and relationships between numbers
- Discount
- Time and distance
- Ratio & Proportion
- Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra
- Interest
- Profit and Loss
- Bar diagram
- common tangents to two or more circles
- Pie chart
- whole numbers
HSSC Forest Guard Syllabus – English, Hindi Language & Comprehension
- Spot the error
- Shuffling of sentences in a passage
- Fill in the blanks
- Active/passive voice of verbs
- Conversion into Direct/indirect narration
- Shuffling of sentence parts
- cloze passage & comprehension passage
- Antonyms
- Spelling/detecting Mis-spelt words
Important Links
| Download HSSC Forest Guard Syllabus 2026 |
| Official website |
