SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT IN KDRB

Name of Post : Confidential Assistant in Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board
Category No : 14/2018
Mode of Test : Objective Type (OMR Valuation) Test
Medium of question : English
Total questions : 100
Total Marks : 100
Duration of Test : 1 hour 15 minutes
Exam Date: 07/10/2018

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Syllabus

Main Topics

Part -I - General Knowledge, Current Affairs and Renaissance in Kerala

Part-II - Simple Arithmetic and Mental Ability

Part-III -General English

Part-IV -മലയയാള ഭയാഷ പരരിജയാനനം

Part-V - 1. Computer Word Processing

2. Questions on Type Writing

Part-VI - Temples – Hindu culture – Customs and Traditions – Devaswom Boards- Basic facts

Detailed syllabus based on Main Topics

Part -I

General Knowledge - Click here

Current Affairs - Click here

Renaissance in Kerala - Click here

Important world, National and Regional events in the field of Politics Economy-Science and Technology - Sports and Games – Cinema - Art and Culture- Geographical features of India with Special emphasis on Kerala- Soils Climate-Rainfall-Rivers-River Projects -Bridges-Tourist Destinations-Institutions of national importance in the field of Health care, Education, Agriculture research, Science and Technology, Management studies, IT sector, Space Research and Space Exploration

Salient features of Indian Constitution-Preamble -Fundamental Rights and Duties - Directive Principles - Constitutional Bodies - Important Constitution Amendments

Social service, Social welfare, Social Security. Legislations and Schemes of the Central and State Governments - Right to information – Cyber laws – Food Security Act- Environmental Acts in India – Employment Gurantee Programmes Pension Schemes. Women Rights in India – Constitutional Rights and Legal Rights. The National and State Womens Commission-National and State Human Rights Commission – Lok Pal – Ombudsman – Powers and Responsibilities - Akshaya Project - State Literacy Mission- Kerala Social Security Mission – Haritha Kerala Mission – Aardram- Karunya Suraksha - Akshara Sagaram -Vayo mithram-Nirbhaya etc.

Kerala's Contribution in the field Sports and Games - Famous Sports men and Women and their Achievements in International and National eventsOlympians-Arjuna award winners etc.

Kerala Renaissance-Social Reformers women emencipation in RenaissanceLiterary

awakening Social Movements and revolts- Karshaka Sanhgam- Ezhava memorial- Malayali Memorial- Channar Agitation-Vaikom and Gururvayoor Sathyagraha-Temple Entry Proclamation- Formation of Travancore-Cochin State

Part-II

Simple Artihmatic and Mental Ability - Click here

1. Profit and Loss

2. Percentage

3. Fractions and Decimels

4. Average

5. Simple interest and Compound interest

6. Ratio and Proportion

7. Odd man out

8. Number series and Letter series

Part-III

General English - Click here

1)Tenses

2) Nouns, Pronouns, verbs and adjectives

3) Prepositions, Nouns followed by Prepositions

4) Singular, Plural

5) Gender

6)Spelling Test

7) Sentence Correction

8) Different meanings of same word

9) One word substitute

10) Words often confused

11) Active voice, Passive voice

12) Direct, Indirect speech

13) Correction of words, sentences

Part IV - Malayalam - Click here

Part V

Computer Word Processing, Type Writing

A) Computer Word Processing

Computer Basics -word menu – Tool Bar/Ribbon – Document – creation, Editing, Saving, opening. Text editing, deleting, inserting, selection, moving, copying, change case, doing /undoing -fonts – Text Directon- Align Text. Formatting documents-Paragraph formatting-applying styles, Header and Footer, bullets and numbering, Boarders and shading , Coloumns, tabs, line spacing. Page Layout -Margins, Orientation, Paper Size, Spacing numbering pages-inserting section break-spell check-zoom shapes-Tables -creating editing, formatting, insertion document with Tables, formulas, sorting-Mail merge. Printing-Print preview, printer setting, Printing multiple copies

B) Typewriting

Different types of correspondence and its formats-Tabular statements – manuscript and its corrections- mechanism of Type writers-Key Boards and different types of keys-Different parts of the Type writer

Part VI

Temples, Hindu Culture-Customs and Traditions, Devaswom Boards Basic Knowledge

Major Temples in India with special emphasis on Kerala- Deities-Peculiarities Locations- Temple Festivals- Hindu Culture, Customs and Traditions, – Basic factsGreat Indian Spiritual leaders – Temple administration- Various Devaswom Boards and Devaswom Managing Committies- General information. Formation of Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board – Constitution - Objectives and Responsibilities -Heirarchial set up.

NOTE:- It may be noted that apart from the main topics in syllabus referred to above, questions from other topics related to the Educational Qualifications prescribed for the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics mentioned under the sub-head “Main Topics” may be covered in the question paper.

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6. FACTS ABOUT KERALA

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