panaji only 25 candidates out of the 997 who answered the recruitment test held for eight officerlevel government posts have secured qualifying marksthe lowest pass percentage of 045 was seen for the exam held for four posts of junior scale officers of the goa civil service only four of the 885 who answered cleared one in the general category and three in the obc categorythe 75mark computerbased recruitment test was held on sunday by the goa public service commission the four qualifying candidates for the post of junior scale officer will proceed to the next stage where they will soon answer a 250mark written examination any graduate is eligible to apply for the post of junior scale officer but the syllabus being vast comprises history innovation environment etc and requires candidates to prepare with a deep understanding of the topics to be successful gpsc chairperson jose manuel noronha told toi this is the governments third attempt over the past two years to fill up the posts of junior scale officers in 2017 when 11 posts were advertised one was selected after only six candidates out of 3000odd were able to clear the testwhen the posts were readvertised in may last year 2500 applied 12 cleared the test and six were selected for the remaining four posts five out of 15 cleared the test for the post of college director of physical education five out of 18 qualified for the post of medical officer five out of 67 for the post of assistant professor for research development and innovation for the state higher education council and six out of 12 for the post of assistant professor for teaching learning and educational technology for state higher education council the 75mark multiple choice test to be answered in 75 minutes tested the candidates not only in the core subject but also in logical reasoning and analytical ability general knowledge and current events as well as english comprehension negative marking was done away with after the goa public service commission found that very few people were able to clear the test