Kerala PSC LDC Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2020

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Lower Division Clerk (LD Clerk) examination is one of the most popular and highly competitive recruitment tests in Kerala. 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 last recruitment drive was in 2017 and the next is expected to be in June 2020. Here we are bringing you the Kerala PSC LDC syllabus and exam pattern 2020.

Kerala PSC LD Clerk Qualification

Education: Higher Secondary(+2) from any recognized board or University
Age: 21 -35 years old. Relaxations based on government norms are applicable.

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Kerala PSC LD Clerk Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2020

Exam Pattern

Total Number of Questions: 100
Duration of the exam: 01 hours 15 minutes

Syllabus

Candidates can expect the questions from the following topics:

Simple arithmetic and Mental Ability

Number Systems and basic mathematical operations
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

Mental Ability

Series
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

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General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Geography – Kerala, and India
Basic facts about Kerala- Geography, History, Industries, etc
River systems and mountain ranges in India
States and Union Territories
Medieval India, First war of Independence, Indian Independence History
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, commissions, etc
Polity, Economics, Science, Literature, Art & Culture, Sports – Current Affairs
National Parks, Biospheres, etc

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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
Chemistry in everyday life
Work and Energy, Power, Electricity
Heat and Temperature
Solar System
Sound and Light

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 & 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