(Addendum) UPSC : Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Exam 2014

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Union Public Service Commission

Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Exam 2014

This is with reference to UPSC’s Advt. No.08/2014 for Central Armed Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Examination, 2014 published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated 12th April, 2014. It is informed that under the heading “Eye Sight”, mentioned in Appendix-V(A), Para (2)(a) of the Notice, the following portion may be read as having been substituted :

For

  Better eye
(corrected
vision) 		Worse eye
(corrected
vision)
Distant vision 6/6                        6/12

OR

6/9                         6/9

Near Vision J1 (corrected) J2 (corrected)
Type of corrections permitted Spectacles
Limits of
Refractive
errors
permitted		 -4.00 D (including cylinder) Non
pathological myopia
+4.00 D (including cylinder)
Hypermetropia
Colour vision Colour vision

 

Candidate should not have squint of any degree and should have high colour vision. The candidate will be tested for colour vision by Ishihara’s test as well as Edridge-Green Lantern Test. Eyes should be bright, clear with no abnormality/disease. Movements of eyeballs should be full and free in all direction. In every case of Myopia, fundus examination should be carried out and the results should be recorded. Contact lenses or laser surgery is not allowed.

Read

  Better eye
(corrected
vision) 		Worse eye
(corrected
vision)
Distant vision 6/6                        6/12

OR

6/9                         6/9

Near Vision N6 (corrected) N9 (corrected)
Type of corrections permitted With Glasses/LASIK Surgery*
Limits of
Refractive
errors
permitted		 -4.00 D (including cylinder) Myopia
+4.00 D (including cylinder)
Hypermetropia
Colour vision High grade **

 

* LASIK surgery correction is permitted subject to prescribed criteria mentioned in Table-L. However, no redial keratotomy or any other refractive surgery is permitted except LASIK.

** The colour vision standards shall be as per the extant guidelines issued by MHA and applicable on the day of the medical examination.

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