The results of the 10th Preliminary, which was held in recent months, will be revealed very soon, and the LDC Mains is expected to be held in September 2021. As a result, we are posting the syllabus for the LDC Mains 2021 here, which was published by the Official PSC website.
Kerala PSC LDC Main Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2021
Kerala PSC has modified the LDC exam structure and released a new syllabus for Main examinations. Check out the new version of the LDC exam pattern and syllabus below.
Exam Pattern for LDC Main Exam 2021
- Total Number of Questions: 100.
- Each question carries 1 mark.
- Duration of the Exam: 01 hours 15 minutes.
Kerala PSC Exam Pattern Break Up
Topic | Questions | Marks | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Simple Arithmetic and Mental Ability | 10 | 10 | 1 hour 15 minutes |
General English | 10 | 10 | |
General Knowledge (Regional Language) | 10 | 10 | |
Current Affairs | 20 | 20 | |
General Knowledge | 50 | 50 | |
Total | 100 | 100 |
Kerala PSC LDC Main Syllabus 2021: In Detail
I. Simple Arithmetic & Mental Ability: (10 Marks)
1. Mental Ability (5 Marks)
- 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
2. Simple Arithmetic (5 Marks)
- 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
II. General Knowledge: (50 Marks)
1. Life Science and Public Health (5 Marks)
- Basic facts of Human Body
- Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases
- Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms
- Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector
- Lifestyle Diseases.
- Basic Health Facts
- Environment and Environmental Hazards
2. 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 Levers
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. ECONOMICS (5 Marks)
- India : Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, PlanningCommission, Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture – Major Crops, Green Revolution, Minerals
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Arts, Sports, Literature and Culture (5 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.
Sports
- 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
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.
10. Basics of Computer (3 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)
- E-governance
Cyber Crimes and Cyber Laws
- Types 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.
- Different Parts of Speech.
- Agreement of Subject and Verb.
- Articles - The Definite and the Indefinite Articles.
- Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
- Tag Questions
- Infinitive and Gerunds
- Tenses
- Tenses in Conditional Sentences
- 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 Meaning
V. Malayalam (10 Marks)
- പദശുദ്ധി
- വാക്യശുദ്ധി
- പരിഭാഷ
- ഒറ്റപ്പദം
- പര്യായം
- വിപരീത പദം
- ശൈലികൾ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകൾ.
- സമാനപദം
- േചർെതഴുതക
- സ്ത്രീലിംഗം, പുല്ലിംഗം
- വചനം
- പിരിച്ചെഴുതുക
- ഘടക പദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക)
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