Section 12 in Home Guards Organisation, (Departmental Examination) Rules, 2012
12.
(1)The standard for passing the departmental examination shall be fifty per cent of the total marks assigned to each paper.(2)The subject papers will be allowed to be answered with the help of text books of the subject.Explanation. - With books means original text books of the subjects having bare Acts and / or rules without any commentaries or case laws and includes manuals issued by the Government.(3)An unsuccessful candidate who secures 60 % (sixty per cent) or more marks in any one or more papers shall be exempted from appearing in those papers at the subsequent examination:Provided that any exemption obtained by such candidate in any paper under the old rules shall be deemed to have been obtained in the corresponding paper under these rules as specified in Appendix D;(4)A candidate who secure 80% (eighty per cent) or more aggregate marks in the examination shall be paid such amount in cash as an incentive, as may be determined by the Government from time to time.
