About Exam:

The examination will be conducted by the Commission in accordance with, the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (Conduct of Examination) Rules 1973. Applications for admission to the examination shall be accompanied by the attested copies of the following documents, which shall be produced in original at the time of viva voce test:

(i) Academic Qualification
(ii) Date of birth Certificate;
(iii) Permanent Resident Certificate;
(iv) Treasury Receipt/Postal order for the amount as may be fixed by the Commission as Examination fee; and
(v) Three copies of the 1as passport size photograph

An application complete in all respects shall be submitted by the candidate desiring to appear in the examination direct to the Secretary of the Commission. In case of candidates already in Government service another copy of the application shall be submitted by them through proper channel but the copy addressed to the Secretary should be accompanied by the Treasury Receipt for the examination fee and the certificate.

No admission provisional or absolute will be given unless the application routed by the Government employee through his Department is received duly .supported by the Head of the Department concerned.

Examination:

The Examination shall consist of two parts:
(i) Written Examination 600 marks
(ii) Viva Voce 200 marks.

Written Examination:

(1) The written examination shall include compulsory and optional papers. Every candidate shall have to take all the compulsory papers, in addition to two optional papers.
(2) Syllabus for the written examination, maximum marks and time allowed for each paper and standard of the Examination shall be as shown in Appendix I to these regulations.
(3) Every candidate shall sp the option papers in his application form in which he wants to appear. The option once made shall be final.
(4) Unless otherwise required by the examiner all question papers shall be answered in English.
(5) Credit will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with the economy of words in all papers of the examination.
(6) If a candidate’s handwriting is not easily legible deduction will be made on this account from the total marks otherwise, awarded to

Viva Voce Test:

(l) Candidates, who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written examination, as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion, shall be called for’ viva voce test.
(2)The object of the Viva Voce test shall be to assess the candidate’s intelligence, Perspicacity and aptitude. Questions regarding matters of genera interest may also be asked.

Qualified candidates to be arranged in order of merit:

The conclusion of the examination, the candidates will be arranged by the Commission in order of merit as disclosed by the aggregate marks finally awarded to each candidate, and in that order so many candidates as are found by the Commission in their discretion to be qualified by the examination, shall be recommended .for appointment up to the number of unreserved, vacancies decided to be filled up on the results of the examination, provided, that any candidate belonging to a class regarding which a provision for reservation o appointment or post has been made who though not qualified by the standard prescribed by the Commission is declared by them to be suitable for appointment thereto with due regard -to the maintenance of efficiency and administration, shall be recommended for appointment to vacancies reserved for member of such class in that service.

Medical Fitness:

candidate must be menta1ly fit and bodily sound and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the discharge of his duties as an officer of the service. A candidate who after such medical examination as the Government may prescribe is found not ‘to satisfy these requirements will not be appointed. Any candidate called for the viva voce by the Commission may be required to undergo medical examination.

Note: Instructions to appear before Medical Board should not be deemed to mean that candidate for direct recruitment, if found fit, is necessarily given an appointment as the number of candidates who will be asked to appear for medical examination will generally be in excess of the total number of available vacancies. The medical examination will be conducted by a Medical Board in accordance with Appendix II to b arranged for by the Commission for which the candidate will have to pay to t Medical Board a fee of Rs. ‘16/

Determination of order of merit: The order merit shall be determined in accordance with the highest marks secured in the viva voce. Should the marks in the viva voce of the candidates also equal, the order of merit shall be decided in accordance with the highest marks obtained by such candidates in the aggregate of the compulsory papers.

Success in the examination confers no right to appointment unless Government are satisfied, after such enquiry as may be considered necessary, that the candidate is suitable in all respects for appointment to the service.

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A. Compulsory Subjects:
(i) General English 100 marks.
(ii) General Knowledge 100 marks.
(iii) General Economics 100 marks.
(iv) Theory and Practice of Statistics 100 marks.

B. Optional Subjects
(i) Statistical Interfere
(ii) Sample Surveys
(iii) Economics
(iv) Economics
(v) Comparative Economic Development
(vi) Pure Mathematics – I
(vii) Pure Mathematics – II
(viii) Pure Mathematics – III
(ix) Applied Mathematics
(x) Statistics – I
(xi) Statistics – II
(xii) Rural Economics & Cooperation
(xiii) Principles of Office Management
(xiv) Principles of Business Management
(xv) Labour problems and Industrial Relations in India.
(xvi) Higher Accounting

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