Rohtak, Dec. 10 -- Raising questions over transparency and fairness of the selection criteria adopted by the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) in assistant professor (college cadre) exam, the aspirants (English subject) on Tuesday, alleging unfairness in evaluation by the recruitment board, held protest in Rohtak. Only 151 aspirants, out of nearly 2,400 (who cleared the prelims), were able to clear the mains exam held for the post of assistant professor in English. Jyoti Bamneya, a PhD scholar at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, who passed the University Grant Commission's National Eligibility Test (UGC- NET) along with junior research fellowship (JRF), and now a UGC Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), said that nearly 2,400 aspirants, who cleared the preliminary test (basic knowledge) in June, had appeared for mains (subjective exam) round on August 17. "We had to answer 15 questions, each carrying 10 marks, in three hours. A minimum of 35% (52.5 marks) are required to qualify the mains exams but the majority of students failed to achieve the benchmark. The selection criteria raises serious questions as the UGC-NET exam toppers, who are getting a fellowship from the UGC and pursuing PhD from prestigious universities were declared failed. Our answer sheets should be shown and serious questions are raised over the authenticity of the recruiting board," she said....