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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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Step 1

Your post

Agricultural Assistant Grade II
Cat. 444/2016AgricultureClosed 1 Feb 2017
Age limit as printed
18-37; Only candidates born between 02/01/1979 and 01/01/1998 (both dates included) are eligible. Usual age relaxation applies for SC, ST, and OBC candidates.
Step 2

Check your eligibility

Your details

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

Community

OBC includes Ezhava, Muslim, Latin Catholic / Anglo-Indian, Viswakarma and other backward communities.

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Your result

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What this post asks for

  • Needs your details:
    Age: 18–37 yearsBorn on or after 2 Jan 1979 and on or before 1 Jan 1998.
  • Needs your details:
    Qualification: SSLC / 10th or aboveChoose your highest qualification.
  • Check yourself:
    Physical standardsMentioned in the notification. Confirm you have it.
Qualification as printed

Educational Qualifications: • Diploma in Agricultural Science awarded by the Kerala Agricultural University or its equivalent • Vocational Higher Secondary Certificate in Agriculture • Pass in SSLC or its equivalent with Agriculture as optional subject • Pass in SSLC or its equivalent and a recognized training in Agriculture • Post Basic School Leaving Certificate with Agriculture as an optional subject Technical Qualifications: • Successful completion of 2 years certificate course in Agricultural Science conducted by Gandhigram Rural Institute, Madurai or by Other Rural Institutes recognised by the Government of India • Certificate in Agricultural Science awarded by the National Council of Rural Higher Education, Government of India • Certificate in KGTE or MGTE in Agriculture • One Year training in Agriculture at an Agricultural School or a basic Agricultural School Experience Required: None Physical Standards: Good Physique. Candidates for Direct Recruitment will have to undergo an endurance test consisting of: i) 1600 m race (maximum duration 10 minutes), ii) Digging a plot of 0.4 ares (maximum duration 1 hour). Persons with Diploma in Agricultural Science (KAU) and VHSC in Agriculture are exempted from the endurance test. Equivalence / KS&SSR Rules: KS&SSR Rule 10(a)(ii) applies.

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.