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The Kerala Public Service Commission (Kerala PSC) conducts the Higher Secondary School Teacher (HSST) recruitment examination to select qualified candidates for the post of HSST in various subjects, including Hindi. For candidates aspiring to teach Hindi in Kerala’s higher secondary schools, understanding the syllabus and exam pattern is crucial for effective preparation. Here’s a detailed overview of the Kerala PSC HSST Hindi syllabus and exam pattern for 2024. Download the PDF now!
KPSC HSST QUESTION PAPER COLLECTION
Kerala PSC HSST Hindi Notification 2024: Highlights
| Event | Details |
| Name of Exam | Higher Secondary School Teacher Junior (Hindi) |
| Category Number | 128/2024 |
| Conducted for | Educational Department |
| Exam Organizing Body | Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) |
| Level of Exam | State Level |
| Vacancy | Anticipated |
| Application Status | Open |
| Notification Release Date | June 15, 2024 |
| Application Starts | June 15, 2024 |
| Last Date to Apply | July 17, 2024 |
| Recruitment type | Direct |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Exam Duration | 1 Hours 30 Minutes |
| Official Website | keralapsc.gov.in |
Kerala PSC HSST Hindi Previous Year Question Paper PDF
1: The first recipient of the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award?
| Year of Exam | HSST Hindi Question Paper PDF |
| 034/2018 |
Kerala PSC HSST Hindi Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2024: Download PDF
Candidates can download the detailed syllabus for Kerala PSC HSST Hindi from the official Kerala PSC website or directly through the provided link below. It is advisable to regularly check the official website for any updates or notifications regarding the examination.
Kerala PSC HSST Hindi Syllabus 2024: Detail
HISTORY OF HINDI LITERATURE UPTO 2005
Ancient Period -Sidh, Nath, Jaina, Raso, Loukik Sahitya -Vidyapati – Medieval period – Bhakti Movement- Sant kavya – Sufi Kavya – Ram, Krishna Bakti Kavya- Kabir -Jaayasi -Tulsidas -Surdas -MeerabaiAshtachap -Riti kavya -Keshavdas-Bihari -Bhushan Ghananand – Modern Period -Development of Hindi Prose -Renaissance period – Dwivedi Yug -Chhayavad – Progressive movement -Tarsaptak -Prayogvad -Nayikavita – Modernism – Novel, Short Story, Drama, One Act Play, Criticism and other forms of Prose in Pre and Post Independent period – Contemporary literature –
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF HINDI LANGUAGE
Classification of languages -Typological Classification – Classification of Languages into Families -The Indo-European family of language – Classification of Indo European languages – Centum and Satam-The Indo Iranian Branch-Indo Aryan branch – Ancient, Medieval, Modern Bharatiya Arya Bhasha – Indian Languages and Classifications – Grierson and Chatterji-The Term Hindi-Etymology – Semantical Evolution – Dialects of Hindi – Hindi Upabhashayem-Urdu-Hindustani – Khadiboli Andolan – Development of Hindi as official language – Manak Hindi
LINGUISTICS
Linguistics: Definition – History of Linguistics – Linguistics and grammar- Branches of Linguistics – Branches of Linguistics Studies – Origin of Language -Phonetics – Phonemic – Phonological Changes – Phonetic Laws – Morphology-Morphological Changes – SyntaxSemantics – Semitic Changes – Dialectology-Wordology- Lipi Vigyan
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE OF HINDI
Bhasha Aur Vyakaran – Varna vichar – Sandhi- Sabdha VicharSabdhom ka Vargeekaran- Sangya- Sarvanam- Visheshan-Kriya-Kriya visheshan- Sambanda Soochak-Samuchaya Bodhak-Vismayadi BodhakLing- Vachan- Karak- Samyukta Kriya- Upasarg- Pratyay-Samas-Vachya- PrayogPaksha- Vakya -Pada bandh- Nikadasth Avayav -Lokokti-Muhavara- Nanarth-ParyayAksharik Sanrachana- Arth Sanrachana-Mukyarth-Lakshyarth-Vyanjanarth-Samajik Arth-Vyakaranik Arth Balathmak Arth-Shaileeya Arth-Vyangyarth-Anuthan-ArthParyayata -Vilomata- Roop Rachana- Vakya Rachana
THEORY OF LITERATURE, EASTERN, WESTERN AND POST MODERN
Poetics and Prosody – Definition, Theories and Classification of Poetry Sabda Shakti – Popular Chands and Alankaras in Hindi – The Rasa Theory of Bharata and its interpretations – Different Sampradayas -Pioneers of Hindi Crticism -Ramchandra Sukla, Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Nagendra, Ramvilas Sharma, Namvar Sing- History of western literary Thoughts – Theories of Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Horace , Caudwell, Croce, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Mathew Arnold, Tolstoy, Karl Marks, T.S. Eliot, LA. Richards- Classicism – Neo Classicism -Romanticism -Realism – Symbolism – Imagism – Existentialism – Surrealism -Mysticism – Structuralism – Russian Formalism Psychological Criticism-Deconstruction – Echo Criticism – New Criticism – Post Modernism.
JOURNALISM AND FUNCTIONAL HINDI
Cultural History of Indian Journalism – History of Hindi journalism – Hindi journalism and Nationalism – History of Hindi Journalism in Kerala – Little Magazines in Hindi – Contemporary Journals and magazines – Definition of Hindi as a Functional language -Main features -Different forms of functional Hindi – Commercial, Administrative, Scientific and Technical terminological problems/solutions in the usage of functional Hindi – Anuvad Vigyan-Technical TerminologyClassifications – Structural usage – Technical Terms and Phrases – Hindi as an Official Language and National Language
CONTEMPORARY LITERARY MOVEMENTS IN HINDI
Pratirodh Sahitya – Dalit-Feminine -Environmental -Globalization -Neo Colonial Communal -Cultural -Human right Issues in contemporary Hindi literature -Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Drama, Literary Criticism
PART II
Research Methodology/Teaching Aptitude
TEACHING APTITUDE
- Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements;
- Learner’s characteristics;
- Factors affecting teaching;
- Methods of teaching;
- Teaching aids;
- Evaluation systems.
RESEARCH APTITUDE
- Research: Meaning, Characteristics and types;
- Steps of research;
- Methods of research;
- Research Ethics;
- Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium;
- Thesis writing: its characteristics and format
PART – III
Salient Features of Indian Constitution
- Salient features of the Constitution – Preamble- Its significance and its place in the interpretation of the Constitution.
- Fundamental Rights – Directive Principles of State Policy – Relation between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles – Fundamental Duties.
- Executive – Legislature – Judiciary – Both at Union and State Level. – Other Constitutional Authorities.
- Centre-State Relations – Legislative – Administrative and Financial. Services under the Union and the States.
- Emergency Provisions.
- Amendment Provisions of the Constitution
Social Welfare Legislations and Programmes
Social Service Legislations like Right to Information Act, Prevention of atrocities against Women & Children, Food Security Act, Environmental Acts etc. and Social Welfare Programmes like Employment Guarantee Programme, Organ and Blood Donation etc.
PART- IV
- General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- Renaissance in Kerala
TOWARDS A NEW SOCIETY
Introduction to English education – various missionary organisations and their functioning- founding of educational institutions, factories, printing press etc.
EFFORTS TO REFORM THE SOCIETY
(A) Socio-Religious reform Movements
SNDP Yogam, Nair Service Society, Yogakshema Sabha, Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham, Vaala Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha, Samathwa Samajam, Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham, Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha, Sahodara Prasthanam etc.
(B) Struggles and Social Revolts
Upper cloth revolts.Channar agitation, Vaikom Sathyagraha, Guruvayoor Sathyagraha, Paliyam Sathyagraha. Kuttamkulam Sathyagraha, Temple Entry Proclamation, Temple Entry Act .Malyalee Memorial, Ezhava Memorial etc. Malabar riots, Civil Disobedience Movement, Abstention movement etc.
ROLE OF PRESS IN RENAISSANCE
Malayalee, Swadeshabhimani, Vivekodayam, Mithavadi, Swaraj, Malayala Manorama, Bhashaposhini, Mathnubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Samadarsi, Kesari, AI-Ameen, Prabhatham, Yukthivadi, etc
AWAKENING THROUGH LITERATURE
Novel, Drama, Poetry, Purogamana Sahithya Prasthanam, Nataka Prashtanam, Library movement etc
WOMEN AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Parvathi Nenmenimangalam, Arya Pallam, A V Kuttimalu Amma, Lalitha Prabhu.Akkamma Cheriyan, Anna Chandi, Lalithambika Antharjanam and others
LEADERS OF RENAISSANCE
Thycaud Ayya Vaikundar, Sree Narayana Guru, Ayyan Kali.Chattampi Swamikal, Brahmananda Sivayogi, Vagbhadananda, Poikayil Yohannan(Kumara Guru) Dr Palpu, Palakkunnath Abraham Malpan, Mampuram Thangal, Sahodaran Ayyappan, Pandit K P Karuppan, Pampadi John Joseph, Mannathu Padmanabhan, V T Bhattathirippad, Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi, Makthi Thangal, Blessed Elias Kuriakose Chaavra, Barrister G P Pillai, TK Madhavan, Moorkoth Kumaran, C. Krishnan, K P Kesava Menon, Dr.Ayyathan Gopalan, C V Kunjuraman, Kuroor Neelakantan Namboothiripad, Velukkutty Arayan, K P Vellon, P K Chathan Master, K Kelappan, P. Krishna Pillai, A K Gopalan, T R Krishnaswami Iyer, C Kesavan. Swami Ananda Theerthan , M C Joseph, Kuttippuzha Krishnapillai and others
LITERARY FIGURES
Kodungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran, KeralaVarma Valiyakoyi Thampuran, Kandathil Varghesc Mappila. Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer, G Sankara Kurup, Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Chandu Menon, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Kesav Dev, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Ponkunnam Varky, S K Pottakkad and others.
Kerala PSC HSST Hindi Exam Pattern 2024
- The exam will be conducted with Objective type questions.
- There will be 100 questions, for each correct answer 1 mark will be credited.
- 0.33 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
| Sl. No | Subjects | Marks | Duration
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| 1. | Research Methodology/ Teaching Aptitude | 100 | 1 hour 30 minutes
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| 2. | Salient Features of Indian Constitution, Social Welfare Legislations and Programmes | ||
| 3. | Renaissance in Kerala, General Knowledge & Current Affairs | ||
| 4. | Core subject |
