Kerala PSC Beat Forest Officer (BFO) Exam Date 2022

Kerala PSC has announced the exam date of Beat Forest Officer exam 2022 in PSC’s official website. The exam will be conducted for the candidates under special category. (Scheduled Tribe) who rely on forest for everything. The exam will be conducted in 13 districts except Alappuzha. Those who had applied can download their admission tickets from August 20, 2022. The majority of applicants is from Idukki district (2800) and the lesser number of applicants is from Pathanamthitta (447).

Kerala PSC BFO Exam Date

As per the Kerala PSC notification 2022, the exam will be conducted on September 3, 2022.

Kerala PSC BFO Previous Question Papers

Kerala PSC BFO Syllabus

Beat Forest Officer exam comes under Twelfth level prelims exam and this particular exam will be conducted along with the other exams in the same category. Though the syllabus is as similar to twelfth prelims syllabus, Beat Forest Officer syllabus has special topics to be covered in addition to the original syllabus. The special topics are related to Forest, wildlife etc. which is mentioned in this blog.

Kerala PSC BFO Number of Applicants

According to Kerala PSC latest updates, the number of applicants is approximately 20,159 number of people applied for this post which is just an estimated number.

Special Topics (Forest, Wildlife and Conservation of Forest and wildlife)

Forest (6 Marks)

Forests – definitions, role, benefits – direct and indirect. Forest types of India and Kerala. Forest biodiversity – Western Ghats – natural history and significance. State of the forests – global, Indian and Kerala scenario. Important events/dates related to forests and environment- themes and philosophy – National and international organizations in forestry. Climate change mitigation and forests

Wildlife (7 Marks)

Wildlife – Definition and values of wildlife – Threats to wildlife. Wildlife trade, CITES and TRAFFIC. Wildlife conservation – in situ and ex situ measures, Protected areas in India and in Kerala – National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Community Reserves and Conservation Reserves. MAB and concept of Biosphere Reserves. Threatened and Endemic species of Western Ghats. IUCN red list categories and criteria.

Conservation of Forest and wildlife (5 Mark):

Important acts related to Indian forests – Indian Forest Act 1927- Reserved Forest, Protected Forest and village forest. Wildlife Protection Act 1972- Protected areas and Schedules. Forest Conservation Act 1980-Objectives. Important conservation projects – Tiger, Elephant, Gir Lion, Snow leopard, Great Indian Bustard, Crocodile breeding etc.

THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT.2000 ( 2 Marks)

• Section 43 Penalty and Compensation for damage to computer, computer system, etc. Section 43A Compensation for failure to protect data.
• Section 65 Tampering with computer source documents. Section 66 Computer related offences
• Section 66B Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device.
• Section 66C Punishment for identity theft.
• Section 66D Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resources.
• Section 66E Punishment for violation of privacy. Section 66F Punishment for cyber terrorism.
• Section 67 Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
• Section 67A Punishment for publishing or transmitting material containing sexually explicit act, etc in electronic form
• Section 67B Punishment for publishing or transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc in electronic form
• Section 72 Penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy. Section 77B Offences with 3 years’ imprisonment to be bailable.

Kerala PSC Beat Forest Officer: Mark Distribution

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