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Syllabus Secretariat Assistant Main Exam Paper 1: DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF SECRETARIAT / KPSC ASSISTANT ­ MAIN EXAMINATION – PAPER ­ I ­ (TOTAL : 100 MARKS)

Detailed Syllabus and Distribution of Marks

1. History 7 marks
2. Geography 7 marks
3. Economics 7marks
4. Life Science and Public Health 7 marks
5. Physics 7 marks
6. Chemistry 7 marks
7. Arts/ Literature/ Culture 8 marks
8. Sports 3 marks
9. Basics of Computer 6 marks
10. Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning 15 marks
11. English 13 marks
12. Malayalam 13 marks

TOTAL 100 marks

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Detailed Syllabus Secretariat Assistant Main Exam Paper 1

1) HISTORY (7 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 Kerala Movement- Political and Social History of

Kerala after 1956.

 INDIA – Political History- Establishment of the British- First War of

Independence – Formation of INC- Swadeshi Movement- Social Reform

movement- Newspapers – Literature and Arts during the freedom struggle –

Independence Movement & Mahathma Gandhi – India’s independent –

Post independent period – State reorganization – Development in Science,

Education, and Technology – Foreign policy.

 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 Organizations

2) GEOGRAPHY (7 Marks)

Basics of Geography – Earth Structure – Atmosphere, Rocks, Landforms,

Pressure Belt and Winds, Temperature and Seasons, Global Issues- Global

Warming- Various forms of Pollution, Maps- Topographic Maps and Signs,

Remote Sensing – Geographic Information System, Oceans and its various

movements – Continents, – Nations and their specific features.

INDIA – Physiography- States and its features, Northern Mountain Region,

Rivers, Northern Great Plain, Peninsular Plateau, Coastal Plain, Climate –

Natural Vegetation – Agriculture – Minerals and Industries- Energy Sources,

Transport system – Road- Water- Railways- 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

3) ECONOMICS (7 Marks)

India : Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, Planning

Commission and Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture – Major Crops,

Green Revolution, Minerals. Direct and indirect taxes in India, GST in Indiarationale and structure of GST, benefits of GST.

4) Life Science and Public Health (7 Marks)

Basic facts of Human Body

Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases

Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and
Remedial Measures

Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector

Lifestyle Diseases.

Basic Health Facts

Environment and Environmental Hazards

5) Physics (7 Marks)

1) Branches of Physics –Matter – Units, Measurements – Physical Quantities.
2) Motion – Newton’s Laws of Motion – Third law – Momentum – Projectile
Motion – Uses of Third Law – Achievements in space missions in IndiaISRO.
3) Light- Lens, Mirrors – Problems based on r = 2f – Different phenomena of
Light – Rainbow – Colours of different materials – Electromagnetic
Spectrum – IR rays- UV rays – X rays – Photoelectric Effect.
4) Sound – Different types of Waves – Velocity of Sound in different media –
Resonance – Reverberation.
5) Force – Different types of Forces – Friction – Advantages and
disadvantages of Friction – Liquid Pressure – Buoyant Force – Archimedes
Principle – Pascal’s law – Density – Relative density- Adhesive Cohesive
forces- Capillarity – Viscous force – Surface tension.
6) Gravitation – Centripetal Force – Centrifugal Force – Escape Velocity,
Satellites – Escape Velocity – Weight Mass – value of ‘g’- ‘g’ in different
places.
7) Heat – Temperature – Different types of thermometers – Humidity –
Relative Humidity.
8) Work – Energy – Power – Simple problems relating to Work, Energy,
Power, Levers – Different types of Levers.

6) Chemistry (7 Marks)

Atom – Molecule – States of Matter – Allotropy – Gas laws – Aqua regia.

Elements – Periodic Table-Metals &Non metals-Chemical Physical
changes- Chemical reactions-Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds.

Metals-Non metals – Alloys – Acids, Bases – pH value – Alkaloids.

7) Arts/ Literature / Culture (8 Marks)

Arts

Important Audio Visual Art Forms of Kerala- Famous Places, Institutions,
Personalities, Artistes and Writers related to origin, development, extension,
and practice of these Art Forms.
Literature

Malayalam – Important Literary Movements – Icons and their first works.

Main works of Literature related to each movement and their authors.

Writers – Pen name and Nick name.

Famous Works and Characters.

Famous Quotes – Books and Authors.

Beginning of Journalism in Kerala – Pioneers, Journals and Publications.

Famous Awards/ Honours – Writers and their works.

Malayalam Writers who won the Jnanpith Award and related facts.

Malayalam Cinema – Origin, Development, Milestones, Pioneers, National
Awards.

Culture

Kerala – Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations,
Important Festivals.

Kerala – Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their
Contributions.

8) Sports (3 Marks)

Famous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World – their Sports
Events, achievements and awards.

Important Awards – Corresponding Fields , Winners

Famous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items.

Number of Players in Important Sports Items.

Important Terms associated with various Sports and Games.

Olympics – Basic Facts, Venues / Countries, Famous Performances and
Personalities- India in Olympics-Winter Olympics & Para Olympics.

Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games, CommonWealth Games, SAF Games –
Venues, Countries, Performance of India, other facts.

National Games.

Games – Events, Players, Achievements.

National Sports / Games , Events of various Countries

9) Basics of Computer (6 Marks)

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)

10) Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning (15 Marks)

(i). Simple Arithmetic 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
10.Laws of Exponents

Mensuration

Progressions

(ii). Mental Ability & Reasoning

Series

Problems on Mathematical Signs

Verifying Positions.

Analogy- Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy

Odd man out

Numerical Ability

Coding and Decoding

Family Relations

Sense of Direction

Time and Angles

Time in a clock and its reflection

Date and Calendar

Clerical Ability

11) ENGLISH (13 Marks)

i. English Grammar

 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

ii Vocabulary

 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

12) REGIONAL LANGUAGE (13 Marks)

Malayalam

പദശുദ്ധി

വാക്യശുദ്ധി

പരിഭാഷ

ഒറ്റപ്പദം

പരയായം

വിപരീത പദം

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സമാനപദം

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വചേനം

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Kannada

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

1)Correct Word
2)Correct Structure of Sentence
3)Translation
4)Single Word
5)Synonyms
6)Antonyms / Opposite
7)Phrases and Proverbs
8)Equal Word
9)Join the Word
10) Gender Classification – Feminine, Masculine
11) Singular, Plural
12) Separate
13) Adding Phrases

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