KERALA PSC TAHSILDAR EXAM SYLLABUS 2022

Are you an SC/ST candidate? If yes, this article is definitely going to help you. Kerala PSC exams are in a way a tremendous opportunity for every individual with SSLC as the minimum qualification to apply for a post. Moreover, Kerala PSC exam can be named as the “Competitive exam for the Commoners in Kerala”. Being the jackpot of jobs, any individual from any economic strata possessing the academic qualification as per the PSC norms, are always given the liberty to apply for Kerala Government jobs. The predominant step in the application process is the “One Time Registration”, which is as similar to SSC exams.

What are the peculiarities of this post?

The major highlight of Tahsildar/Superintendent exam is the attractive gazetted post and the remuneration (the salary package) that we get at the early stage of our profession.

Kerala PSC Tahsildar / Senior Superintendent Exam 2022: Eligibility Criteria

Kerala PSC has officially published the recruitment details and other necessary information concerning Tahsildar exam which is specifically for SC/ST candidates who are eligible for the above post. Visualizing ourselves in the honourable position of a gazetted officer is something surreal for a common citizen in our country, but you can convert it into reality if you are ready to fight for it.

Name of the post	Tahsildar/Senior-Superintendent
Exam Conducted by	Kerala PSC
Department	Land Revenue Department
Category Number	566/2021
Recruitment	Direct Recruitment
Category	SC/ST
Qualification	Degree
Mode of Exam	Objective/OMR/Online
Exam type	Degree level exam
Maximum marks	100
Duration	1 hour 20 minutes
Medium of instruction	Part 1,2,3 and 5 in English, Part 4 in Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada
Number of candidates applied for the exam	44012
PayScale	Rs. 51,400-1,10,300
Last date of Confirmation	11/04/2022
Availability of Admission ticket	04/06/2022 onwards
Number of vacancies	ST-03 SC/ST-03
Age limit	18-41 (Only candidates born between 02/01/1980 and 01/01/2003 (both dates included) are eligible to apply for this post.

Kerala Tahsildar/Senior Superintendent Exam 2022: Mark Distribution

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

History	5
Geography	5
Economics	5
Indian Constitution	8
Kerala -Governance and system of administration	5
Life Science and Public Health	4
Physics	3
Chemistry	3
Arts, Literature, Culture, Sports	4

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning	10
General English	10
Regional Language, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil	10

SPECIAL TOPICS

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Kerala PSC Tahsildar / Senior Superintendent Exam 2022: Syllabus

GEOGRAPHY

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 centres – Minerals and Industries – Energy Sources – Transport system – Road – Water- Railway- Air

ECONOMICS

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 India [1] rationale and structure of GST, benefits of GST.

INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Constituent Assembly-Preamble-Citizenship- Fundamental Rights, Writs -Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto. Directive Principles of State Policy- Fundamental Duties- Structure of Governments- Union Executive, Parliament and Judiciary- State Executive, Legislature and Judiciary- Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs)- Important Constitutional Amendments (42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104)- Constitutional Authorities and their functions – Comptroller and Auditor General, Attorney General, Advocate General, Election Commission of India, State Election Commission, Union Public Service Commission, State Public Service Commission- Finance Commission- State Finance Commission[1]GST Council- Distribution of legislative powers- Union List- State List[1]Concurrent List- Services under the Union and the States- Tribunals-National Commission for Scheduled Castes- National Commission for Scheduled Tribes[1]National Commission for Backward Classes- Official Language-Regional Languages-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc-Special directives relating to languages

Kerala Governance and System of Administration

Kerala State Civil Service- Quasi-judicial bodies, various Commissions, Basic facts of socio-economic development- Planning Board-Commercial Planning and Policies- Disaster Management- Watershed Management- Employment and Labour-National Rural Employment Programmes- Land Reforms- Social Welfare and Security- Protection of Women, Children and Senior Citizens[1]Population, Literacy, E-governance, Delegated Legislation and its controls[1]Legislative and Judicial controls- Constitutional law remedies against Administrative Arbitrariness- Administrative Discretion and its Controls[1]Administrative Adjudication-Principles of Natural Justice.

Life Science and Public Health

Basic facts of Human Body

Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases

Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and Remedial Measures 4. Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector

Lifestyle Diseases.

Basic Health Facts

Environment and Environmental Hazards

Physics

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 India [1] ISRO.

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.

Chemistry

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.

Arts, Sports, Literature and Culture

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, Common Wealth 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.

(II)Current Affairs

(III)Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning

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, Laws of Exponents, Mensuration, Progressions.

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.

(IV)GENERAL ENGLISH

English Grammar

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, 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.

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