Number of attempts at JKAS examination

Number of Attempts at JKAS examination:

JKAS is such an examination where candidates have limited number of attempts to appear in the examination. In this article we are going to discuss about the above sited topic in order to make fresh candidates aware about this. This will help them to make decision wheather to appear or not in a particular examination. This will be beneficial to the candidate in the way that candidate may skip the examination if he or she is not satisfied about their preparations. So skiping the examination may save her or his one attempt.


Every eligible candidate in General category shall be permited six attempts at the examination.

This restriction of number of attempts doest not apply to eligible candidates belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes categroy. They have unlimited number of attempts to appear in examination untill they are eligible with respect to the age limit fixed for these candidates by the commission.

The number of attempts for RBA, Social Castes and ALC who are otherwise eligible shall be Nine.

Number of attempts for Physically challenged persons will be as many as are avialable to other non physically challenged candidates of his or her community or category.

Number of attempts for General Category but physically challenged candidates shall be equal to Nine.

The number of attempts for a particular category is shown below in the table also.

Now we will discuss what an attempt means for this examination. There are some conditions fixed to count an attempt as discussed below.

An attempt at a Preliminary Test shall be considered to be an attempt at Combined competitive Examination.

If a candidate appear in any one paper in the PT, he or she shall be counted to have made attempt at KAS examination..

If any candidate is disqualified or his or her examination has been cancelled due to some reason, the fact of appearance of the candidate at the examination will count as an attempt.

If a candidate apply for PT but does not appear in any one paper, he will not be counted for making attempt at this examination. This is a mechanism for those who want to save attempt if they have applied for this examination and not have prepared for the exam satisfactorily.


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