Section 15 in Jammu and Kashmir Combined Competitive Examination Rules, 2018
15. Main Examination.
(1)The Main Examination shall consist of written examination and a Personality Test (Interview). The written examination will consist of eight (8) papers of conventional essay type in the papers set out in part (B) of Appendix-I as per the detailed syllabus in Appendix-II (part B), out of which one (01) paper will be of qualifying nature :Provided the Government, in consultation with the Commission, may revise or update the syllabi for the Combined Competitive Examination from time to time.(2)Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the written part of the Main Examination as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, in any or all the papers (Paper I to Paper VII) shall be summoned by them for an interview for a Personality Test, vide part 'C' of Appendix-I.(3)A candidate who fails to secure such minimum number of marks as are fixed by the Commission in their discretion in one or more than one paper, shall, however, not be eligible to be called for Personality Test (interview).(4)The number of candidates to be summoned for the Personality Test (interview) will not be more than thrice the number of vacancies to be filled. The Personality Test (interview) will carry 250 marks (with no minimum qualifying marks). Failure to appear in the interview shall render a candidate ineligible for being recommended for appointment notwithstanding the marks obtained by him in the written examination.(5)The candidates shall be short-listed for interview on the basis of overall merit obtained by them in the Main Examination irrespective of the category(ies) to which he/she/they belong :Provided that if the number of candidates belonging to any reserved category, who qualify for the interview on the basis of the above shortlisting criteria, falls short of upto three times the number of vacancies reserved for such a category, the Commission shall call the candidates belonging to such category over and above the number short-listed for interview.
