- Candidates, other than those belonging to backward Tribes and pupils of the Scheduled Castes, must not be over thirteen years of age on the date of the examination. In the case of pupils of backward Tribes and of the Scheduled Castes the age-limit is fourteen.(Government notifications no. 2246-E., dated the 3rd November, 1914; and no. 4001-E., dated the 8th November, 1935.)
