No candidate shall qualify for inclusion of his name in the selection list to the post of Veterinary Officer, unless he qualifies in a test in Kannada language comprising of one paper carrying maximum of 150 marks and secure a minimum of 50 marks in the said qualifying test regarding knowledge of Kannada. The standard of this paper shall be that of first language of Kannada at S.S.L.C. level.
Provided that, the committee may exempt a candidate from passing the Kannada language test if the candidate has passed the SSLC examination or any equivalent examination or any examination higher than SSLC in which Kannada is the main language or second language or an optional subject (but not one of the subject in composite paper) or has passed in Kannada medium or the test of Kannada language conducted by the committee through examination authority earlier.