Kerala PSC’s Lower Division Clerk (LD Clerk) examination is one of the most popular and highly competitive recruitment tests in the state. Kerala Public Service Commission usually invited the applications from the eligible candidates in an interval of three years to fill the Lower Division Clerk (LDC) position across various departments. The PSC LDC 2020 notification is out now. Here we are bringing you the Kerala PSC LDC syllabus, exam pattern, and previous year question papers.
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Kerala PSC LD Clerk Important Dates
- Notification Date: November 15, 2019
- Last Date for Application: December 12, 2019
Kerala PSC LD Clerk Qualification
- Education: Matriculation / SSLC from any recognized board or University or its equivalent.
- Age Limit: 21years -36 years old. Candidates should be born between 02-01-1983 and 01-01-2001.
Age relaxations based on government norms are applicable. - The upper age limit for OBC candidates is 39 years and for SC and ST the upper age limit is 41 years.
Kerala PSC LD Clerk Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2020
Exam Pattern
- Total Number of Questions: 100
- Duration of the exam: 01 hours 15 minutes
- Maximum Marks – 100
- The medium of Examination – Malayalam
Syllabus
Candidates can expect the questions from the following topics:
Simple Arithmetic
- Number Systems and basic mathematical operations
- Fraction and Decimal Numbers
- Percentages, Averages
- Profit and loss, Simple and compound Interests
- Time and Distance, Time and Work
- Ration and Proportion
- Mensuration- Volumes, Area, Total Surface Area
- Law of exponents
- Progressions
- Time and Distance
- Time and Work
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
- Clerical Ability
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- Geography – Kerala, and India
- Basic facts about Kerala- Geography, History, Industries, Economy, etc
- 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 & Insurance, Different Schemes(Central & 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 & Culture, Sports – Current Affairs of both national and international importance
- National Parks, Biospheres, etc
Interested Candidates can download the Kerala PSC LDC Syllabus and exam pattern 2020 from here:
General Science
- Basics of Human Organs
- Vitamins and Diseases
- Disease and carriers
- Important Agricultural Schemes in Kerala
- Important Crops in Kerala
- Forest Resources
- Environment and Pollution
- Atom and its structures
- Ores and Minerals
- Elements and its groups
- Laws of Motions
- Chemistry in everyday life
- Work and Energy, Power, Electricity
- Heat and Temperature
- Solar System and its characteristics
- Sound and Light
General English
English Grammar
- 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
Vocabulary
- Singular & 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
- Foreign Words and Phrases
- One Word Substitutes
- Words often confused
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and their Meaning
Malayalam/ Tamil
- Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives
- Sentence and Word Correction
- Idioms, One Word Substitution
- Synonyms, Antonyms
- Confused Words
- Words creation from Nouns and Adjectives
- Sandhi & Samasam
- Spelling test
- Use of Punctuation marks
- Famous authors in Kerala, their works and Leading Characters
- Translation, etc.
- Literary Awards and prizes in Kerala – Books and their Authors
- Pen names and popular names of well-known authors
Kerala PSC LD Clerk Question Papers
Candidates can download the Kerala PSC LD Clerk Previous year question papers free pdf from here :
- LD Clerk 2016
- LD Clerk Beverages Corporation
- LD Clerk Idukki & Alappuzha- 2017
- LD Clerk Ernakulam & Kannur
- LD Clerk 2015 Kannada & Malayalam Knowing
- LD Clerk 2017 Kollam
- LD Clerk 2017 Malayalam & Tamil Knowing
- LD Clerk 2017 Thiruvananthapuram
- LD Clerk2015
Kerala PSC LDC Mock Test Series
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In Entri you can find mock test papers based on previous year question papers with the time limit as well as sectional tests for ace each topic. Candidates can find daily current affairs capsules as well as general knowledge quizzes. Daily rank booster sections are available and candidates can find their progress through our unique analysis feature.
Candidates can find nearly 120 mock tests(100 questions, 75 minutes) under Kerala PSC, Daily PSC Exams. Candidates can try the free mock test before purchasing the whole tests. There are nearly 35 question papers under the Previous year Question Papers. Every day you can find daily current affairs quizzes too update your general knowledge section. Sectional mock tests for Quantitative Aptitude, logical reasoning, English and Malayalam sections are also available.
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