Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Syllabus Download 2022 – PDF Link

Kerala Public Service Commission will be recruiting eligible candidates for the post of Junior Employment Officer. An official notification regarding this was released by the Commission on 28 February, 2022. Eligible candidates will be selected through Direct recruitment. Candidates planning to apply for this post will have to appear for an exam conducted by the Commission. This article provides the exam pattern and syllabus for Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Recruitment 2022.

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Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Exam Date

Kerala PSC is yet to announce the exam dates for the recruitment of Junior Recruitment Officer. The PSC exams are highly competitive owing to the number of candidates appearing for the same. Candidates should hence take the exams seriously and start preparing soon after applying for the vacancy. They are advised not to wait for the exam dates to be announced to start the exam preparations.

Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Exam Pattern

Candidates should be well versed with the exam pattern. This helps them to prepare for the exam in the best possible way. As mentioned earlier, this will be a highly competitive exam and the more you prepare, the easier it gets to qualify.

The Kerala PSC exam for the recruitment of Junior Employment Officer will be for a total of 100 marks. The duration of the exam is 1 hour 15 minutes. The exam will consist of questions from the following topics:

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Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Syllabus

Candidates appearing for the Junior Employment Officer Syllabus should know the detailed syllabus for the exam. This helps the candidates to prepare their study plan and work more on the topics they are not thorough with.

The detailed syllabus for Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer is given below:

History (10 Marks)

KERALA 

• 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

• Medieval India
• Political History
• Administrative reforms Contributions
• Establishment of the British
• First War of Independence
• Formation of INC
• Swadeshi Movement
• Social Reform movement
• Newspapers
• Literature and Art during the freedom struggle
• Independent Movement & Mahathma Gandhi Extremist Movement in India
• India’s independent
• Post independent period-State reorganization
• Development in Science, Education, and Technology
• Foreign policy
• Political History after 1951

WORLD

• 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

GEOGRAPHY (5 Marks)

• Basics of Geography
• Earth Structure
• Atmosphere
• Rocks
• Landforms Pressure Belt and Winds
• Temperature and Seasons
• Global Issues
• Global warmingvarious forms of Pollutions
• Maps
• Topographic Maps and Signs
• Remote Sensing
• Geographic Information System
• Oceans and its various movements
• Continents
• World Nations and its specific features

INDIA

• Physiography
• States and Its features
• Northern Mountain Region
• Rivers
• Northern Great Plain
• Peninsular Plateau
• Costal Plain
• Climate
• Natural Vegetation
• Agriculture
• Minerals and Industries
• Energy Sources
• Transport system  (Road- Water- Railway- Air)

KERALA

• Physiography
• Districts and Its features
• Rivers
• Climate
• Natural Vegetation
• Wild life
• Agriculture and research centers
• Minerals and Industries Energy Sources
• Transport system (Road, Water, Railway, Air)

ECONOMICS (5 Marks)

• National Income
• Per Capita Income
• Factors of Production
• Economic Sectors of Production
• Indian Economic Planning
• Five Year Plans
• NITI Aayog
• Types and Functions of Economic Institutions
• Reserve Bank & Functions
• Public revenue
• Tax and Non Tax revenue
• Public Expenditure
• Budget
• Fiscal Policy
• Consumer Protection & Rights

CIVICS (5 Marks)

• Public Administration
• Bureaucracy
• Features and Function of Bureaucracy
• Indian Civil Service
• State Civil Service
• E_Governance
• Information Commission and Right to information Act
• Lokpal & Lokayuktha
• Government
• Executive, Judiciary, Legislature. Election
• Political Parties. Human Rights
• Human Rights Organizations
• Act and Rules regarding Consumer Protection, Watershed Management
• Labour and Employment
• National Rural Employment Policies
• Land Reforms
• Protection of women Children, and Old age People, Social Welfare, Social Security
• Socio-Economic Statistical Data

INDIAN CONSTITUTION (5 Marks)

• Constituent Assembly
• Preamble
• Fundamental Rights
• Directive principles
• Fundamental Duties
• Citizenship
• Constitutional Amendments
• Panchayath Raj
• Constitutional Institutions and their Functions
• Emergency- Union List- State List –Concurrent List

ARTS, SPORTS & LITERATURE (10 Marks)
കല

• കേരളത്തിലെ പ്രധാന ദൃശ്യ-ശ്രാവ്യകലകള്‍, ഇവയുടെ ഉത്ഭവം, വ്യാപനം,
  പരിശീലനം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട്
  – പ്രശ്സ്തമായ സ്ഥലങ്ങള്‍
  – പ്രശ്സ്തമായ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങള്‍
  – പ്രശ്സ്തരായ വ്യക്തികള്‍
  – പ്രശ്സ്തരായ കലാകാരന്‍മാര്‍
  – പ്രശ്സ്തരായ എഴുത്തുകാര്‍

കായികം

• കായികരംഗത്ത് വ്യക്തിമുദ്ര പതിപ്പിച്ച കേരളത്തിലെയും ഇന്ത്യയിലേയും
  ലോകത്തേയും പ്രധാന കായിക താരങ്ങള്‍, അവരുടെ കായിക ഇനങ്ങള്‍,
  അവരുടെ നേട്ടങ്ങൾ, അവർക്ക് ലഭിച്ചിട്ടുള്ള ബഹുമതികൾ.
• പ്രധാന അവാർഡുകൾ – അവാർഡ് ജേതാക്കൾ – ഓരോ അവാർഡും ഏതു മേഖലയിലെ പ്രകടനത്തിനാണ് നൽകുന്നത് എന്ന അറിവ്
• പ്രധാന ട്രോഫികൾ- ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട മത്സരങ്ങൾ/ കായിക ഇനങ്ങള്‍
• പ്രധാന കായിക ഇനങ്ങള്‍ – പങ്കെടുക്കുന്ന കളിക്കാരുടെ എണ്ണം
• കളിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട പ്രധാന പദങ്ങള്‍ (Terms)
• ഒളിമ്പിക്സ്
  – അടിസ്ഥാന വിവരങ്ങൾ
  – പ്രധാന വേദികൾ/ രാജ്യങ്ങൾ
  – പ്രശസ്തമായ വിജയങ്ങൾ / കായിക താരങ്ങള്‍
  – ഒളിമ്പിക്സിൽ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ പ്രകടനങ്ങള്‍
  – വിന്റർ ഒളിമ്പിക്സ്
  – പാരാ ഒളിമ്പിക്സ്
• ഏഷ്യൻ ഗെയിംസ്, ആഫ്രോ ഏഷ്യൻ ഗെയിംസ്,കോമൺ വെൽത്ത് ഗെയിംസ്,
  സാഫ് ഗെയിംസ് – വേദികൾ/രാജ്യങ്ങള്‍
  – ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ പ്രകടനം
  – ഇതര വസ്തുതകൾ
• ദേശിയ ഗെയിംസ് (National Games)
• ഗെയിംസ് ഇനങ്ങള്‍ – മത്സരങ്ങൾ
  – താരങ്ങള്‍,നേട്ടങ്ങൾ
• ഓരോ രാജ്യത്തിന്റെയും ദേശിയ കായിക ഇനങ്ങള്‍ / വിനോദങ്ങൾ

സാഹിത്യം

• മലയാളത്തിലെ പ്രധാന സാഹിത്യ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങള്‍ – ആദ്യകൃതിലകള്‍, കര്‍ത്താക്കള്‍
• ഓരോ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിലേയും പ്രധാനകൃതികള്‍ അവയുടെ കര്‍ത്താക്കള്‍
• എഴുത്തുകാര്‍ – തൂലികാനാമങ്ങള്‍, അപരനാമങ്ങള്‍
• കഥാപാത്രങ്ങള്‍ – കൃതികള്‍
• പ്രശ്സ്തമായ വരികള്‍- കൃതികള്‍ – എഴുത്തുകാര്‍
• മലയാള പത്രപ്രവർത്തനത്തിന്റെ ആരംഭം , തുടക്കം കുറിച്ചവർ, ആനുകാലികങ്ങള്‍
• പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട അവാര്‍ഡുകള്‍ / ബഹുമതികള്‍
  – അവാർഡിനര്‍ഹരായ എഴുത്തുകാര്‍
  – കൃതികള്‍
• ജ്ഞാനപീഠം നേടിയ മലയാളികള്‍ – അനുബന്ധ വസ്തുതകൾ
• മലയാള സിനിമയുടെ ഉത്ഭവം, വളർച്ച, നാഴിലകക്കല്ലുകള്‍, പ്രധാന
• സംഭാവന നൽകിയവർ, മലയാള സിനിമയും ദേശീയ അവാർഡും.

സംസ്ക്കാരം

• കേരളത്തിലെ പ്രധാന ആഘോഷങ്ങള്‍ , ആഘോഷങ്ങളുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട സ്ഥലങ്ങള്‍ പ്രശ്സ്തമായ ഉത്ഭവങ്ങൾ
• കേരളത്തിലെ സാംസാരിക കേന്ദ്രങ്ങൾ, ആരാധനാലയങ്ങള്‍, സാംസ്കാരിക നായകര്‍, അവരുടെ സംസ്കാരങ്ങൾ

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COMPUTER SCIENCE (5 Marks)

Basics of Computer

Hardware

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

Software

• 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

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

Internet

• 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

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

Science and Technology (5 Marks)

• Science and Technology
• 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
• Institutes and Organization in India
• Promoting integration of S&T and Innovation, their activities and
  contributions
• Contribution of Prominent Indian Scientists

Technology in Space and Defence

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

Energy requirement and efficiency

• 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 

• 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
• Wildlife Conservation in India
• Environmental Hazards
• Pollution
• Carbon Emission
• Global Warming
• Developments in Biotechnology
• Green Technology and Nanotechnology

SIMPLE ARITHEMETIC & MENTAL ABILITY (20 Marks)

Simple Arithmetic (10 മാര്‍ക്ക്)

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
• Average
• Laws of Exponents
• Mensuration
• Progressions

Mental Ability (10 മാര്‍ക്ക്)

• Series (Words, Numbers etc)
• Problems on Mathematics Signs
• Analogy- Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
• Odd man out
• Numerical problems
• Coding and De Coding
• Family Relations
• Sense of Direction
• Time and Angles
• Time in a clock and its reflection
• Date and Calendar
• Clerical Ability

GENERAL ENGLISH (20 Marks)

English Grammar (10 Marks)

• 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 (10 Marks)

• 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

REGIONAL LANGUAGE (10 Marks)

Malayalam

• പദശുദ്ധി
• വാക്യശുദ്ധി
• പരിഭാഷ
• ഒറ്റപ്പദം
• പര്യായം
• വിപരീത പദം
• ശൈലികൾ പഴെഞ്ചാലകള്‍
• സമാനപദം
• ചേർത്തെഴുതുക
• സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം
• വചനം
• പിരിച്ചെഴുതൽ
• ഘടനപദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക)

Kannada (10 Marks)

• Word Purity / Correct Word
• Correct Sentence
• Translation
• One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Idioms and Proverbs
• Equivalent Word
• Join the Word
• Feminine Gender, Masculine Gender
• Number
• Sort and Write

Tamil (10 Marks)

• Correct Word
• Correct Structure of Sentence
• Translation
• Single Word
• Synonyms
• Antonyms / Opposite
• Phrases and Proverbs
• Equal Word
• Join the Word
• Gender Classification – Feminine, Masculine
• Singular, Plural
• Separate
• Adding Phrases

Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Syllabus PDF

Candidates can also download the syllabus from the official website of the Commission. The link below gives you access to the syllabus.

Click here to Download Kerala PSC Junior Employment Officer Syllabus PDF

Now that you are aware of the exam pattern and syllabus, plan you strategies and take action. Do not procrastinate. Remember that ‘Work Well Begun is Half Done’.

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