Section 13 in The Rajasthan State and Subordinate Service (Direct Recruitment by Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 1962
13. [ Scheme of Examination, personality and Viva-voce Test. [Substituted by F. 5(1)DOP/A-II/92, 3-2-93.]
- The Competitive Examination shall be conducted by the Commission in two stages i.e. preliminary Examination and Main Examination as on the scheme specified in Schedule III. The marks obtained in the preliminary Examination by the candidates, who are declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination will not be counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Main Examination will be 15 times the total approximate number of vacancies to be filled in the year in the various services and posts; provided they are other eligible, but in the said range all those candidates who secure the same percentage of marks as may be fixed by the Commission for any lowest range will be admitted to the Main Examination:Provided further that if adequate number of candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not available amongst the candidates to be declared qualified for admission to the Main Examination, the Commission may at their discretion keep the cut off marks upto 5 (five) percent less than the General candidates.Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion shall be summoned by them for an interview. The Commission shall award marks to each candidate interviewed by them, having regard to their character, personality, address, physique and knowledge of Rajasthani Culture. However for selection the Rajasthan Police Service Candidates having "C" certificate of N.C.C. will be given preference. The marks so awarded shall be added to the marks obtained in the Main Examination by each such candidate.]Previous position of rule 13 :"13. Personality and Viva Voce Examination.- The written examination shall be conducted by the Commission in two stages. The compulsory paper of ''General Knowledge and General Science" shall be held first and all those candidates who obtain minimum of 35% marks in this paper shall be declared successful for appearing at the second stage of examination i.e. in the remaining two compulsory and four optional papers as prescribed in the syllabus. The marks obtained by successful candidates in the "General Knowledge and General Science" paper shall be added to the aggregate marks obtained in the second stage of examination. A candidate who has obtained a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate for the written test shall be considered to have obtained qualifying marks at the examination. The Commission may in its discretion award grace marks upto one in each of the compulsory papers and upto three in the aggregate. Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the second stage of written examination as may be fixed by the Commission in their discretion shall be summoned by them for an interview. The Commission shall award marks to each candidate interviewed by them, having regard to their character, personality, address, physique and knowledge of Rajasthani Culture.However for selection to the Rajasthan Police Service, candidates having "C" Certificate of N.C.C. shall be given preference. The marks so awarded shall be added to the marks obtained in written test by each such candidate.Notwithstanding anything contained in the service Rules regulating the recruitment to the posts specified in Schedule I and II to these rules, it will not be obligatory, for the candidates to obtain in percentage of qualifying marks in the compulsory subjects of General Hindi and General English prescribed in these Rules or in the relevant Service Rules, but the marks obtained in these subjects and in General knowledge and General Science paper will be added to the aggregate marks obtained by them."
