Kerala Administrative Service Model Questions with Answers

• Salient features and major landmarks of ancient and medieval India
• Art, culture, literature and Architecture
• Major Dynasties, their administrative system, social, religious and economic conditions prominent movements

Modern Period:

• Modern Indian History (from the 18th century up to the present) significant events, personalities and issues
• India – Struggle for independence
• Social and religious reform movements in the 19th and 20th century
• India after Independence, Post independence consolidation and reorganisation
• Independent India and her neighbours

Kerala History:

• Pre-Independence socio-political movements. Formation of Kerala State, Political parties, movements, Governments, Landmark legislation and policies.

• Industrial revolution
• World wars
• Redraw of National boundaries
• Colonisation and decolonisation
• Globalisation
• Communism, Capitalism, Socialism – their forms and effects in society

• Cultural Heritage of Kerala Art Forms, literature, sculpture, architecture, salient features of society
• Kerala Tribal culture, Pilgrimage, Tourist places, Folk Culture, Cinema, Theatre
• History and revolution of Malayalam language and literature

• Indian Constitution and its salient features
• Functions and Responsibilities of the Union and the States, Parliament and State Legislatures – structure, function, power and privileges. Issues and challenges pertaining to Federal Structure – Devolution of Power and Finances up to local levels and challenges therein
• Constitutional Authorities – Powers, Functions and Responsibilities
• Panchayati Raj, Public Policy and Governance, Impact of L.P.G on Governance
• Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial bodies
• Rights Issues (Human rights, Women rights, SC/ST rights, Child rights, etc.), Important Acts
• India’s Foreign Policy, International Organisations, International Treaties and Forums, their structure and mandate
• Judiciary in India – Structure and functions, important provisions relating to Emergency and Constitutional amendments, Judicial review, Public Interest Litigation, Land Revenue Laws
• Fundamental rights, fundamental duties and Directive Principles
• Principles of Administrative Law

• Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
• Number series
• Coding-Decoding
• Problems related to Relations, Shapes and their subsections
• Venn Diagram
• Problems based on Clock, Calendar and Age, Simple Arithmetic

• General Geography

• • Solar system
  • Motion of Earth
  • Concept of time
  • Seasons
  • The internal structure of the Earth
  • Major Landforms and their features
  • Atmosphere – Structure and Composition
  • Elements and factors of Climate
  • Air Masses and Fronts
  • Atmospheric disturbances. Oceans: Physical, Chemical and Biological characteristics
  • Hydrological Disasters, Marine and Continental Resources
• Physical, Social, Economic Geography of World, India and Kerala
• Geophysical phenomena like Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanoes, Cyclone, Flood, Landslides

·       Agriculture

·       Industry

·       Infrastructure

·       Population

·       Finance

·       ICT

·       Technology in Space & Defence

·       Energy

·       Environmental Science

• Tenses
• Synonyms
• Phrasal Verbs
• Antonyms
• Error Correction
• Reported Speech
• Auxiliary Verb
• Question Tag
• Degrees of Comparison
• Punctuation
• Idioms and Phrases
• Simple Compound Complex Sentences
• Connectives
• Prepositional Verbs
• Concord
• Pronouns – 9 types
• Word Order and Sentence Order