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Can I apply? Kerala PSC eligibility checker

Find your post, then check it against the requirements printed in its notification: age with the Kerala PSC relaxations, qualification and anything else the post asks for. Add your date of birth to see which open posts you fit.

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Your post

Police Constable (Armed Police Battalion) (Special Recruitment for SC/ST)
Cat. 340/2020Kerala Police ServiceClosed 20 Jan 2021
Age limit as printed
18-31, Candidates born between 2.1.1989 and 01.01.2002 (both dates included) only are eligible to apply for the post. Upper age limit shall be relaxed up to 40 years for Ex-Servicemen. Other conditions regarding age relaxation in para(2) of the general conditions are not applicable to this selection.
Step 2

Check your eligibility

Your details

As in your SSLC book. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year.

This notification allows no age relaxation, so community and other details don't change the result.

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Your result

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Special recruitment is open only to the community or group named in the notification.

What this post asks for

  • Check yourself:
    Age: 18–31 yearsSpecial recruitment is open only to the community or group named in the notification.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: Plus Two / 12th or aboveChoose your highest qualification. The subject must match too.
  • Check yourself:
    Physical standardsMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • Pass in HSE (Plus Two) or its equivalent • Those who have failed in HSE (Plus 2) shall also be considered if sufficient number of qualified candidates are not available to fill up the quota. Physical Standards: Height: Minimum 160 cm. Chest: Minimum 76 cm with a minimum expansion of 5 cm. Eye Sight: Distant Vision - 6/6 Snellen (Right & Left Eye), Near Vision - 0.5 Snellen (Right & Left Eye). Full field of vision required. Must be free from colour blindness, squint, morbid conditions, and apparent physical defects like knock-knee, flat foot, Varicose vein, bow legs, deformed hands & limbs, irregular and protruding tooth, defective speech and hearing. Must qualify in any five events out of eight events of the National Physical Efficiency, One Star Standard Test. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS & SSR Part II Rule 10(a) ii is applicable to this selection. Candidates claiming equivalent qualification shall produce relevant Government order.

A guide, not a decision of the Kerala PSC. Confirm everything in the official notification before you apply on Thulasi. Age limit looks wrong? Report it.

How the age check works

Kerala PSC gives the age limit as a range of birth dates, for example “18–36: only candidates born between 02.01.1989 and 01.01.2007 (both dates included)”. Ages are counted on 1 January of the recruitment year, so an upper age of 36 in 2025 means you must be born on or after 2 January 1989. Relaxations move that earliest date back.

OBC+3 yearsEzhava, Muslim, LC/AI, Viswakarma and other backward communities
SC / ST+5 yearsScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Differently abled+15 yearsAdded on top of the community relaxation
Ex-servicemenup to +5The length of military service

With relaxations, the upper age cannot go beyond 50.

Worked examples

For a 2025 post with the range 18–36 (born 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007).

  • EligibleGeneral, born 15 Jun 1995Inside 02.01.1989 – 01.01.2007, age 29 on 1 Jan 2025
  • EligibleOBC, born 10 Mar 1987Two years too old for the general range, but OBC +3 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1986
  • Not eligibleSC, born 20 Aug 1983SC +5 moves the earliest date to 02.01.1984, still after the birth date (age 41)

What the checker does not decide

Some notifications say relaxations do not apply, and the checker then uses the range as printed. By-transfer posts, special recruitments, NCA notifications and rules for widows are flagged with “Check the notification” instead of a verdict. The qualification guide compares levels only, not subjects. Always confirm in the official notification before you apply.

Not affiliated with the Kerala Public Service Commission. See also the exam guides and all notifications.