Kerala PSC LDC Main Syllabus & Exam Pattern
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he Kerala Public Service Commission's Lower Division Clerk (LD Clerk) exam is one of the most competitive recruitment tests.
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| Analogy - Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number AnalogyOdd man outNumerical AbilityCoding and DecodingFamily RelationsSense of DirectionTime and AnglesTime in a clock and its reflectionDate and CalendarClerical Ability2. Simple Arithmetic (5 Marks)Numbers and Basic OperationsFraction and Decimal NumbersPercentageProfit and LossSimple and Compound InterestRatio and ProportionTime and DistanceTime and WorkAverageLaws of ExponentsMensurationProgressionsII. General Knowledge: (50 Marks)1. Life Science and Public Health   (5 Marks)Basic facts of Human BodyVitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency DiseasesCommunicable Diseases and Causative OrganismsKerala | Welfare activities in Health SectorLifestyle Diseases |
| Basic Health FactsEnvironment and Environmental Hazards2. Physics (3 Marks)Branches of Physics | Matter - Units, Measurements - Physical Quantities |
| Motion - Newton’s Laws of Motion - Third law | Momentum - Projectile Motion - Uses of Third Law - Achievements in space missions in IndiaISRO |
| 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 |
| Sound - Different types of Waves - Velocity of Sound in different media - Resonance | Reverberation |
| 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 |
| Gravitation | Centripetal Force - Centrifugal Force - Escape Velocity, Satellites - Escape Velocity - Weight Mass - value of ‘g’- 'g' in different places |
| Heat - Temperature - Different types of thermometers | Humidity - Relative Humidity |
| Work - Energy - Power - Simple problems relating to Work, Energy, Power, Levers - Different types of Levers3. Chemistry (3 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 |
| HISTORY (5 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 |
| GEOGRAPHY (5 Marks)Basics of Geography | Earth Structure – Atmosphere, Rocks, Landforms, Pressure Belt and Winds, Temperature and Seasons, Global IssuesGlobal 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 |
| ECONOMICS (5 Marks)India : Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, PlanningCommission, Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture | Major Crops, Green Revolution, Minerals7. INDIAN CONSTITUTION (5 Marks)Constituent Assembly – Preamble – Citizenship - Fundamental Rights –Directive Principles – Fundamental Duties – Structure of Government – Important Constitutional Amendments (42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91) – Panchayathi Raj – Constitutional Authorities and their Functions - Union ListState List – Concurrent List |
| Kerala Governance and System of Administration (5 Marks)Kerala -State Civil Service, Constitutional bodies, Various Commissions, Basic facts of Socio Economic Commercial Planning and Policies, Disaster Management Authority | Watershed Management – Employment and Labour – National Rural Employment Programmes, Land Reforms, Social Welfare Security and Protection of Women, Children and Senior Citizens |
| SportsFamous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World | their Sports Events,achievements and awards |
| Important Awards | Corresponding Fields , WinnersFamous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items |
| 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 |
| Games | Events, Players, Achievements |
| National Sports / Games , Events of various CountriesLiteratureMalayalam - Important Literary Movements | Icons and their first works |
| Writers | Pen name and Nick name |
| Famous Quotes | Books and Authors |
| Beginning of Journalism in Kerala | Pioneers, Journals and Publications |
| Famous Awards/ Honours | Writers and their works |
| Malayalam Cinema | Origin, Development, Milestones, Pioneers, National Awards |
| CultureKerala | Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations, Important Festivals |
| Kerala | Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their Contributions |
| Basics of Computer (3 Marks)HardwareInput Devices (Names and uses)Output Devices (Names and uses/features)Memory devices - Primary and Secondary (Examples, Features)SoftwareClassification | System software and Application softwareOperating System – Functions and examplesPopular 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 NetworksTypes of networks – LAN, WAN, MAN (Features and application area)Network Devices – Media, Switch, Hub, Router, Bridge, Gateway (Uses of each)InternetServices – WWW, E-mail, Search engines (Examples and purposes)Social Media (Examples and features)Web Designing – Browser, HTML (Basics only)E-governanceCyber Crimes and Cyber LawsTypes of crimes (Awareness level)IT Act and Other laws (Awareness level)11. Important Acts (5 Marks)Right to Information Act – Information Exempted; Constitution of Information Commissions- Powers and Functions |
| Protection of Consumers | Rights of Consumers |
| Law for the Protections of Vulnerable Sections | Protection of Civil Rights – Atrocities against SC & ST – National Commission for SC / STKerala State SC/ST Commission – National and State Minority Commission – National Human Rights Commission and State Human Rights Commission - Protection of Senior Citizen |
| Protection and Safeguarding of Women | Offences affecting Public Decency and Morals. National and State Commission for Women – The Protection of Women (from Domestic Violence) Act, 2005 |
| Protection and Safeguards of Children | Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, 2012.III. Current Affairs (20 Marks)IV. General English (10 Marks)1. English Grammar (5 Marks)Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences* |
| Articles | The Definite and the Indefinite Articles |
Analogy - Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number AnalogyOdd man outNumerical AbilityCoding and DecodingFamily RelationsSense of DirectionTime and AnglesTime in a clock and its reflectionDate and CalendarClerical Ability2. Simple Arithmetic (5 Marks)Numbers and Basic OperationsFraction and Decimal NumbersPercentageProfit and LossSimple and Compound InterestRatio and ProportionTime and DistanceTime and WorkAverageLaws of ExponentsMensurationProgressionsII. General Knowledge: (50 Marks)1. Life Science and Public Health   (5 Marks)Basic facts of Human BodyVitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency DiseasesCommunicable Diseases and Causative OrganismsKerala
Welfare activities in Health SectorLifestyle Diseases
Basic Health FactsEnvironment and Environmental Hazards2. Physics (3 Marks)Branches of Physics
Matter - Units, Measurements - Physical Quantities
Motion - Newton’s Laws of Motion - Third law
Momentum - Projectile Motion - Uses of Third Law - Achievements in space missions in IndiaISRO
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
Sound - Different types of Waves - Velocity of Sound in different media - Resonance
Reverberation
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
Gravitation
Centripetal Force - Centrifugal Force - Escape Velocity, Satellites - Escape Velocity - Weight Mass - value of ‘g’- 'g' in different places
Heat - Temperature - Different types of thermometers
Humidity - Relative Humidity
Work - Energy - Power - Simple problems relating to Work, Energy, Power, Levers - Different types of Levers3. Chemistry (3 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
HISTORY (5 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
GEOGRAPHY (5 Marks)Basics of Geography
Earth Structure – Atmosphere, Rocks, Landforms, Pressure Belt and Winds, Temperature and Seasons, Global IssuesGlobal 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
ECONOMICSÂ (5 Marks)India : Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, PlanningCommission, Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture
Major Crops, Green Revolution, Minerals7. INDIAN CONSTITUTION (5 Marks)Constituent Assembly – Preamble – Citizenship - Fundamental Rights –Directive Principles – Fundamental Duties – Structure of Government – Important Constitutional Amendments (42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91) – Panchayathi Raj – Constitutional Authorities and their Functions - Union ListState List – Concurrent List
Kerala Governance and System of Administration (5 Marks)Kerala -State Civil Service, Constitutional bodies, Various Commissions, Basic facts of Socio Economic Commercial Planning and Policies, Disaster Management Authority
Watershed Management – Employment and Labour – National Rural Employment Programmes, Land Reforms, Social Welfare Security and Protection of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
SportsFamous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World
their Sports Events,achievements and awards
Important Awards
Corresponding Fields , WinnersFamous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items
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
Games
Events, Players, Achievements
National Sports / Games , Events of various CountriesLiteratureMalayalam - Important Literary Movements
Icons and their first works
Writers
Pen name and Nick name
Famous Quotes
Books and Authors
Beginning of Journalism in Kerala
Pioneers, Journals and Publications
Famous Awards/ Honours
Writers and their works
Malayalam Cinema
Origin, Development, Milestones, Pioneers, National Awards
CultureKerala
Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations, Important Festivals
Kerala
Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their Contributions
Basics of Computer (3 Marks)HardwareInput Devices (Names and uses)Output Devices (Names and uses/features)Memory devices - Primary and Secondary (Examples, Features)SoftwareClassification
System software and Application softwareOperating System – Functions and examplesPopular 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 NetworksTypes of networks – LAN, WAN, MAN (Features and application area)Network Devices – Media, Switch, Hub, Router, Bridge, Gateway (Uses of each)InternetServices – WWW, E-mail, Search engines (Examples and purposes)Social Media (Examples and features)Web Designing – Browser, HTML (Basics only)E-governanceCyber Crimes and Cyber LawsTypes of crimes (Awareness level)IT Act and Other laws (Awareness level)11. Important Acts (5 Marks)Right to Information Act – Information Exempted; Constitution of Information Commissions- Powers and Functions
Protection of Consumers
Rights of Consumers
Law for the Protections of Vulnerable Sections
Protection of Civil Rights – Atrocities against SC & ST – National Commission for SC / STKerala State SC/ST Commission – National and State Minority Commission – National Human Rights Commission and State Human Rights Commission - Protection of Senior Citizen
Protection and Safeguarding of Women
Offences affecting Public Decency and Morals. National and State Commission for Women – The Protection of Women (from Domestic Violence) Act, 2005
Protection and Safeguards of Children*
Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, 2012.III. Current Affairs (20 Marks)IV. General English (10 Marks)1. English Grammar (5 Marks)Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
Articles
The Definite and the Indefinite Articles
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