Kerala PSC Assistant APO or the Assistant Prison Officer recruitment is open to all matriculates under 36 years. Anybody who has passed the SSLC and has the required physical fitness can try for this opportunity. Unlike other PSC tests, Assistant Prison Officer written examination is in Malayalam and the syllabus is very much similar to that of LGS and LDC. Assistant Prison Officer exam is comparatively in the easier side and with dedicated hard work, you can crack this written test with much ease.
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Assistant Prison Officer Eligibility Criteria
- Education Qualification: Candidates should have passed the SSLC/ Matriculation or its equivalent from any recognized board.
- Age Limit: Candidates age shall be between 18 years to 36 years. Age relaxations according to the government norms are applicable.
- Physical Fitness: Candidates must have at least 165 cm height and must be minimum 81.3 cms round the chest on full exhalation and must have a chest expansion of 5 cms. For candidates from SC/ ST category a height of 160 cm will be sufficient.
- EyeSight
| Vision | Right Eye | Left Eye |
| Distant Vision | 6/6 Snellen | 6/6 Snellen |
| Near Vision | 0.5 Snellen | 0.5 Snellen |
Each eye must have the full field of vision. Color Blindness, Squint or any abnormal or diseased condition of the eye or the lids of either eye are not permitted.
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Kerala PSC APO -Assistant Prison Officer Syllabus
Kerala PSC APO Exam Pattern
There shall be a written examination and a Physical Efficiency Test for the selection. The written examination pattern is as follows:
- Maximum Marks: 100
- Exam Duration: 01 hours 15 minutes
- Number of Questions: 100
- Exam Language: Malayalam
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The candidates must qualify in any five events out of the eight events of the National Physical Efficiency One Star
Standard Test. The events are:
| SL No. | Item | Minimum Standards of Efficiency |
| 1 | 100 Metres Run | 14 Seconds |
| 2 | High Jump | 132.20 cm (4’6”) |
| 3 | Long Jump | 457.20 cm (15’) |
| 4 | Putting the Shot (7264 gms) | 609.60 cm (20’) |
| 5 | Throwing the Cricket Ball | 6096 cm (200’) |
| 6 | Rope Climbing(only with hands) | 365.80 cm (12’) |
| 7 | Pull-ups or chinning | 8 times |
| 8 | 1500 Metres Run | 5 Minutes and 44 seconds |
The Physical measurement of candidates will be taken during the Physical Efficiency Test. There will no be any Physical Efficiency Test for those candidates who failed in the required physical measurement test.
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Kerala PSC APO Syllabus
Simple Arithmetic
- Number Systems and basic mathematical operations
- BODMAS rule
- Fraction and Decimal Numbers
- Percentages, Averages
- Profit and loss,
- Simple Interests and compound Interests
- Time and Distance, Time and Work
- Ration and Proportion
- Mensuration- Volumes, Area, Total Surface Area
- Law of exponents
- Arithmetic Progressions
- Time and Distance
- Time and Work
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General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- Geography – Kerala, and India
- Basic facts about Kerala- Geography, History, Industries, Economy, etc
- Kerala Renaissance, and Renaissance Leaders
- Important revolts in Kerala nad its leaders
- River systems and mountain ranges in India
- Minerals, Mines, Industries
- Road, Railway, Air and Water Transportation System in India
- States and Union Territories- Basic Facts
- Medieval India, First war of Independence- Causes and Results, Indian Independence History
- National level and regional level national and cultural movements and uprisings
- India after Independence
- India’s Foreign Policy
- Five-year plans, Banking and Insurance, Different Schemes (Central and State government-sponsored)
- Human rights act, Human Rights Commissions, SC/ ST acts, SC/ ST commissions, Women Protection bills, Right to Information Act and Commissions, etc
- Women Empowerment, Laws against domestic abuses
- Cyber Laws
- Polity, Economics, Science, Literature, Art and Culture, Sports – Current Affairs of both national and international importance
- National Parks, Biospheres, etc
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Mental Ability
- Series- Alphabetic, Numerical and Alphanumerical
- Problems on Mathematical signs
- Analogy – Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
- Odd man out
- Coding and Decoding
- Family Relation
- Sense of Direction
- Time and Angles
- Time in a clock and its reflection
- Date and Calendar
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General English
- Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
- Different Parts of Speech
- Agreement of Verb and Subject
- Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs
- Comparison of Adjectives
- Articles – The Definite and the Indefinite Articles
- Uses of Primary and Model Auxiliary Verbs
- Tag Questions
- Infinitive and Gerunds
- Tenses
- Tenses in Conditional Tenses
- Adverbs and Position of adverbs
- Prepositions
- The Use of Correlatives
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Active and Passive voice
- Correction of Sentences
- Singular and Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns
- Word Formation from other words and the use of prefix or suffix
- Compound words
- Synonyms and Antonyms
- Phrasal Verbs
- Spelling Test
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