MARGAO
The final written examination for the positions of junior scale officers in personnel department of Government of Goa will be held on March 28-29.
The commission had advertised 10 positions of JSO in August 2021 and a total of 2256 candidates had applied for these posts. In order to shortlist the candidates, a pre-screening test for all eligible applicants was conducted by the commission of which only 260 candidates qualified to answer the screening examination. Of these candidates, 146 were general category, 70 OBCs, 42 ST, 2 EWS and 1 PwD.
The screening examination comprised a 75-mark multiple choice question paper with a duration of 90 minutes and tested the candidates on a wide range of topics from environment, history, geography, political science, English comprehension to reasoning.
Of these 260 candidates, only 66 cleared the screening examination 39 GEN, 19 OBC, 7 ST, 1 EWS and 1 PwD and all these have been invited to answer the written examination which comprises 4 papers carrying 250 marks. Those that clear the written examination will be invited in a ratio of 1:5 to answer the interview which has been assigned 40 marks and the selected candidates will be recommended for appointment to the government.
Thereafter, the merit list will be prepared after adding the written examination and interview marks. The commission has seen a marked improvement in the performance of candidates applying for the JSO positions compared with the earlier results.
