Kerala PSC LDC/Degree Prelims

• KERALA

  8 topics

  • Arrival of Europeans
  • Contributions of Europeans
  • History of Travancore from Marthanda Varma to Sree Chithirathirunnal
  • Social and Religious Reform movement
  • National movement in Kerala
  • Literary Sources of Kerala History
  • United Keala Movement
  • Political and Social History of Kerala after 1956

• INDIA

  8 of 19 topics

  • Medieval India
  • Political History
  • Administrative reforms
  • Contributions
  • Establishment of the British
  • First War of Independence
  • Formation of INC
  • Swadeshi Movement

• WORLD

  7 topics

  • Great revolution in England
  • American War of Independence
  • French revolution
  • Russian Revolution
  • Chinese revolution
  • Political History after second World war
  • UNO and other International Organization

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• Basics of Geography

  8 of 16 topics

  • Earth Structure
  • Atmosphere
  • Rocks
  • Landforms
  • Pressure Belt and Winds
  • Temperature and Seasons
  • Global Issues
  • Global warming

• INDIA

  8 of 17 topics

  • Physiography
  • States and Its features
  • Northern Mountain Region
  • Rivers
  • Northern Great Plain
  • Peninsular Plateau
  • Costal Plain
  • Climate

• Kerala

  8 of 14 topics

  • Physiography
  • Districts and Its features
  • Rivers
  • Climate
  • Natural Vegetation
  • Wild life
  • Agriculture and research centers
  • Minerals and Industries

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• ECONOMICS

  8 of 15 topics

  • National Income
  • Per Capital Income
  • Factors of Production
  • Economic Sectors of Production
  • Indian Economic Planning
  • Five Year Plans
  • NITI Aayog
  • Types and Functions of Economic Institutions

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• CIVICS

  8 of 20 topics

  • Public Administration
  • Bureaucracy
  • Features and Function
  • Indian Civil Service
  • State Civil Service
  • E_Governance
  • Information Commission and Right to information Act
  • Lokpal & Lokayuktha

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• INDIAN CONSTITUTION

  8 of 13 topics

  • Constituent Assembly
  • Preamble
  • Fundamental Rights
  • Directive principles
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Citizenship
  • Constitutional Amendments
  • Panchayath Raj

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Topics pending official syllabus normalization.

• Hardware

  3 topics

  • Input Devices (Names and uses)
  • Output Devices (Names and uses/features)
  • Memory devices - Primary and Secondary (Examples, Features)

• Software

  4 topics

  • Classification – System software and Application software
  • Operating System – Functions and examples
  • Popular Application software packages – Word processors, Spreadsheets, Database packages, Presentation, Image editors (Uses, features and fundamental concepts of each)
  • Basics of programming – Types of instructions (Input, Output, Store, Control transfer) (Languages need not be considered)

• Computer Networks

  2 topics

  • Types of networks – LAN, WAN, MAN (Features and application area)
  • Network Devices – Media, Switch, Hub, Router, Bridge, Gateway (Uses of each)

• Internet

  3 topics

  • Services – WWW, E-mail, Search engines (Examples and purposes)
  • Social Media (Examples and features)
  • Web Designing – Browser, HTML (Basics only)

• Cyber Crimes and Cyber Laws

  2 topics

  • Types of crimes (Awareness level)
  • IT Act and Other laws (Awareness level)

• Science and Technology

  8 of 10 topics

  • Nature and scope of Science and Technology
  • Relevance of S&T
  • National policy on S&T and innovations
  • Basics of everyday science
  • Human body
  • Public Health and Community Medicine
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Health Care

• Technology in Space and Defence

  4 topics

  • Evolution of Indian Space Programme
  • ISRO – it's activities and achievements
  • various Satellite Programmes
  • DRDO-vision, mission and activities

• Energy requirement and efficiency

  5 topics

  • India's existing energy needs and deficit
  • India's energy resources and dependence
  • Renewable and Non-renewable energy resources
  • Energy Policy of India – Govt. Policies and Programmes
  • Energy Security and Nuclear Policy of India

• Environmental Science

  8 of 9 topics

  • Issues and concerns related to environment, its legal aspects, policies and treaties for the protection of environment at the National and the International level
  • Environment protection for sustainable development
  • Biodiversity – its importance and concerns
  • Climate change
  • International initiatives (Policies, Protocols) and India's commitment
  • Western Ghats, Features, Characteristics and issues
  • Forest and wildlife – Legal framework for Forest and Wildlife Conservation in India
  • Environmental Hazards, Pollution, Carbon Emission, Global Warming

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• Simple Arithmetic

  8 of 12 topics

  • Numbers and Basic Operations
  • Fraction and Decimal Numbers
  • Percentage
  • Profit and Loss
  • Simple and Compound Interest
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Time and Distance
  • Time and Work

• Mental Ability

  8 of 11 topics

  • Series
  • Problems on Mathematics Signs
  • Analogy- Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
  • Odd man out
  • Coding and De Coding
  • Family Relations
  • Sense of Direction
  • Time and Angles

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• English Grammar

  15 topics

  • Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
  • Different Parts of Speech
  • Agreement of Subject and Verb
  • Articles - Definite and Indefinite Articles
  • Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
  • Question Tags
  • Infinitive and Gerunds
  • Tenses
  • Tenses in Conditional Sentences
  • Prepositions
  • The Use of Correlatives
  • Direct and Indirect Speech
  • Active and Passive voice
  • Correction of Sentences
  • Degrees of Comparison

• Vocabulary

  12 topics

  • Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns
  • Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix
  • Compound words
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Phrasal Verbs
  • Foreign Words and Phrases
  • One Word Substitutes
  • Words often confused
  • Spelling Test
  • Idioms and their Meanings
  • Expansion and meaning of Common Abbreviations

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• Malayalam

  0 topics

• Kannada

  8 of 12 topics

  • Word Purity / Correct Word
  • Correct Sentence
  • Translation
  • One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Idioms and Proverbs
  • Equivalent Word

• Tamil

  8 of 13 topics

  • Correct Word
  • Correct Structure of Sentence
  • Translation
  • Single Word
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms / Opposite
  • Phrases and Proverbs
  • Equal Word

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• KERALA

  8 topics

  • Arrival of Europeans
  • Contributions of Europeans
  • History of Travancore from Marthanda Varma to Sree Chithirathirunnal
  • Social and Religious Reform movement
  • National movement in Kerala
  • Literary Sources of Kerala History
  • United Kerala Movement
  • Political and Social History of Kerala after 1956

• INDIA

  8 of 14 topics

  • Political History
  • Establishment of the British
  • First War of Independence
  • Formation of INC
  • Swadeshi Movement
  • Social Reform movement
  • Newspapers
  • Literature and Arts during the freedom struggle

• WORLD

  7 topics

  • Great Revolution in England
  • American War of Independence
  • French Revolution
  • Russian Revolution
  • Chinese Revolution
  • Political History after Second World War
  • UNO and other International Organizations

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• Basics of Geography

  8 of 16 topics

  • Earth Structure
  • Atmosphere
  • Rocks
  • Landforms
  • Pressure Belt and Winds
  • Temperature and Seasons
  • Global Issues
  • Global Warming

• INDIA

  8 of 17 topics

  • Physiography
  • States and its features
  • Northern Mountain Region
  • Rivers
  • Northern Great Plain
  • Peninsular Plateau
  • Coastal Plain
  • Climate

• Kerala

  8 of 14 topics

  • Physiography
  • Districts and its features
  • Rivers
  • Climate
  • Natural Vegetation
  • Wild life
  • Agriculture and research centers
  • Minerals and Industries

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• India

  8 of 11 topics

  • Economy
  • Five Year Plans
  • New Economic Reforms
  • Planning Commission and Niti Aayog
  • Financial Institutions
  • Agriculture – Major Crops
  • Green Revolution
  • Minerals

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• INDIAN CONSTITUTION

  8 of 28 topics

  • Constituent Assembly
  • Preamble
  • Citizenship
  • Fundamental Rights, Writs -Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto
  • Directive Principles of State Policy
  • Fundamental Duties
  • Structure of Governments
  • Union Executive, Parliament and Judiciary

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• Kerala Governance and System of Administration

  8 of 19 topics

  • Kerala State Civil Service
  • Quasi-judicial bodies
  • various Commissions
  • Basic facts of socio-economic development
  • Planning Board
  • Commercial Planning and Policies
  • Disaster Management
  • Watershed Management

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• Life Science and Public Health

  7 topics

  • Basic facts of Human Body
  • Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases
  • Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and Remedial Measures
  • Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector
  • Lifestyle Diseases
  • Basic Health Facts
  • Environment and Environmental Hazards

• Physics

  8 topics

  • Branches of Physics –Matter - Units, Measurements - Physical Quantities
  • Motion - Newton’s Laws of Motion - Third law – Momentum - Projectile Motion - Uses of Third Law - Achievements in space missions in India-ISRO
  • Light- Lens, Mirrors - Problems based on r = 2f - Different phenomena of Light - Rainbow - Colours of different materials - Electromagnetic Spectrum – IR rays- UV rays - X rays - Photoelectric Effect
  • Sound - Different types of Waves - Velocity of Sound in different media - Resonance – Reverberation
  • Force - Different types of Forces – Friction - Advantages and disadvantages of Friction - Liquid Pressure - Buoyant Force – Archimedes Principle - Pascal’s law – Density - Relative density- Adhesive Cohesive forces- Capillarity - Viscous force - Surface tension
  • Gravitation - Centripetal Force - Centrifugal Force - Escape Velocity, Satellites - Escape Velocity - Weight Mass - value of ‘g’- 'g' in different places
  • Heat - Temperature - Different types of thermometers – Humidity - Relative Humidity
  • Work - Energy - Power - Simple problems relating to Work, Energy, Power, Levers - Different types of Levers

• Chemistry

  3 topics

  • Atom – Molecule - States of Matter – Allotropy - Gas laws - Aqua regia
  • Elements - Periodic Table-Metals &Non metals-Chemical Physical changes- Chemical reactions-Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds
  • Metals-Non metals – Alloys – Acids, Bases - pH value - Alkaloids

• Arts

  1 topics

  • Important Audio Visual Art Forms of Kerala- Famous Places, Institutions, Personalities, Artistes and Writers related to origin, development, extension, and practice of these Art Forms

• Sports

  8 of 10 topics

  • Famous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World – their Sports Events, achievements and awards
  • Important Awards – Corresponding Fields , Winners
  • Famous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items
  • Number of Players in Important Sports Items
  • Important Terms associated with various Sports and Games
  • Olympics - Basic Facts, Venues / Countries, Famous Performances and Personalities- India in Olympics-Winter Olympics & Para Olympics
  • Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games, CommonWealth Games, SAF Games – Venues, Countries, Performance of India, other facts
  • National Games

• Literature

  8 of 9 topics

  • Malayalam - Important Literary Movements – Icons and their first works
  • Main works of Literature related to each movement and their authors
  • Writers – Pen name and Nick name
  • Famous Works and Characters
  • Famous Quotes – Books and Authors
  • Beginning of Journalism in Kerala – Pioneers, Journals and Publications
  • Famous Awards/ Honours – Writers and their works
  • Malayalam Writers who won the Jnanpith Award and related facts

• Culture

  2 topics

  • Kerala - Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations, Important Festivals
  • Kerala – Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their Contributions

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• Hardware

  3 topics

  • Input Devices (Names and uses)
  • Output Devices (Names and uses/features)
  • Memory devices - Primary and Secondary (Examples, Features)

• Software

  4 topics

  • Classification – System software and Application software
  • Operating System – Functions and examples
  • Popular Application software packages – Word processors, Spreadsheets, Database packages, Presentation, Image editors (Uses, features and fundamental concepts of each)
  • Basics of programming – Types of instructions (Input, Output, Store, Control, Transfer) (Languages need not be considered)

• Computer Networks

  2 topics

  • Types of networks – LAN, WAN, MAN (Features and application area)
  • Network Devices – Media, Switch, Hub, Router, Bridge, Gateway (Uses of each)

• Internet

  3 topics

  • Services – WWW, E-mail, Search engines (Examples and purposes)
  • Social Media (Examples and features)
  • Web Designing – Browser, HTML (Basics only)

• Cyber Wrongs (Awareness Level)

  2 topics

  • Types of Cyber Wrongs (Awareness level)
  • Information Technology Act, 2000 (Awareness level)

• Right to information

  5 topics

  • Right to Information Act, 2005
  • information exempted
  • third party information
  • constitution of Information Commissions
  • powers and functions

• Right to public services

  1 topics

  • The Kerala State Right to Service Act, 2012

• Protection of consumers

  2 topics

  • Consumer Protection Act, 2019
  • rights of consumers

• Protection of vulnerable sections

  8 of 9 topics

  • Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
  • SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  • The Kerala State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, 2007
  • Kerala State SC/ST Commission
  • Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
  • National Human Rights Commission and State Human Rights Commission
  • Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
  • The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

• Protection and Safeguarding of Women

  8 topics

  • Offences against women
  • Offences affecting public decency and morality
  • Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
  • National Commission for Women Act, 1990
  • Kerala Women's Commission Act, 1991
  • National and State Commission for Women
  • Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  • The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

• Protection and Safeguarding of Children

  3 topics

  • Offences against children
  • Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO)
  • Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015

• Prevention of corruption and mal-administration

  4 topics

  • The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
  • The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003
  • The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013
  • The Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999

• Public servant

  2 topics

  • Definition
  • Offences by/against public servants

• The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985

  4 topics

  • Central Administrative Tribunal
  • Kerala Administrative Tribunal
  • Composition
  • Powers

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Topics pending official syllabus normalization.

• Simple Arithmetic

  7 of 12 topics

  • Numbers and Basic Operations
  • Fraction and Decimal Numbers
  • Percentage
  • Profit and Loss
  • Simple and Compound Interest
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Time and Distance

• Mental Ability & Reasoning

  7 of 13 topics

  • Series
  • Problems on Mathematical Signs
  • Verifying Positions
  • Analogy- Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
  • Odd man out
  • Numerical Ability
  • Coding and Decoding

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• English Grammar

  7 of 15 topics

  • Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
  • Different Parts of Speech
  • Agreement of Subject and Verb
  • Articles - Definite and Indefinite Articles
  • Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
  • Question Tags
  • Infinitive and Gerunds

• Vocabulary

  7 of 12 topics

  • Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns
  • Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix
  • Compound words
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Phrasal Verbs
  • Foreign Words and Phrases

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• Malayalam

  0 topics

• Kannada

  7 of 12 topics

  • Word Purity / Correct Word
  • Correct Sentence
  • Translation
  • One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Idioms and Proverbs

• Tamil

  7 of 13 topics

  • Correct Word
  • Correct Structure of Sentence
  • Translation
  • Single Word
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms / Opposite
  • Phrases and Proverbs

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Topics pending official syllabus normalization.

• Facts about India

  3 topics

  • Geography of India – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famous sites – etc.
  • Demography – Economic and social development – Poverty alleviation – Economy and planning – etc.
  • History of India – Period from 1857 to 1947 – National movement

• Facts about Kerala

  1 topics

  • Geographical Facts – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famous sites – etc.

• Current Affairs

  1 topics

  • Important world, national and regional events related to the political and scientific fields, sports, cinema and literature etc.

• Tamil Grammar, Usage & Vocabulary

  7 of 13 topics

  • Correct Word
  • Correct Structure of Sentence
  • Translation
  • Single Word
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms / Opposite
  • Phrases and Proverbs

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• Life Science and Public Health

  7 topics

  • Basic facts of Human Body
  • Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases
  • Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms
  • Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector
  • Lifestyle Diseases
  • Basic Health Facts
  • Environment and Environmental Hazards

• Physics

  7 of 8 topics

  • Branches of Physics –Matter - Units, Measurements - Physical Quantities
  • Motion - Newton’s Laws of Motion - Third law – Momentum - Projectile Motion - Uses of Third Law - Achievements in space missions in India-ISRO
  • Light- Lens, Mirrors - Problems based on r = 2f - Different phenomena of Light - Rainbow - Colours of different materials - Electromagnetic Spectrum – IR rays- UV rays - X rays - Photoelectric Effect
  • Sound - Different types of Waves - Velocity of Sound in different media - Resonance – Reverberation
  • Force - Different types of Forces – Friction - Advantages and disadvantages of Friction - Liquid Pressure - Buoyant Force – Archimedes Principle - Pascal’s law – Density - Relative density- Adhesive Cohesive forces- Capillarity - Viscous force - Surface tension
  • Gravitation - Centripetal Force - Centrifugal Force - Escape Velocity, Satellites - Escape Velocity - Weight Mass - value of ‘g’- 'g' in different places
  • Heat - Temperature - Different types of thermometers – Humidity - Relative Humidity

• Chemistry

  3 topics

  • Atom – Molecule - States of Matter – Allotropy - Gas laws - Aqua regia
  • Elements - Periodic Table-Metals &Non metals-Chemical Physical changes- Chemical reactions-Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds
  • Metals-Non metals – Alloys – Acids, Bases - pH value – Alkaloids

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• Important Events/Movements/Leaders

  7 of 15 topics

  • Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi
  • Chattampi Swami
  • Sree Narayana Guru
  • Vagbhatananda
  • Thycaud Ayya
  • Ayya Vaikundar
  • Poikayil Yohannan (Kumara Guru)

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Topics pending official syllabus normalization.

• English Grammar

  7 of 15 topics

  • Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
  • Different Parts of Speech
  • Agreement of Subject and Verb
  • Articles - Definite and Indefinite Articles
  • Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
  • Question Tags
  • Infinitive and Gerunds

• Vocabulary

  7 of 12 topics

  • Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns
  • Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix
  • Compound words
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Phrasal Verbs
  • Foreign Words and Phrases

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