Kerala PSC Degree Level PSC Exam (Mains) 2024, Exam Date, Vacancies

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Degree Level PSC Exam

Degree Level Preliminary Exam Date

Degree Level PSC Exam Schedule

PSC Degree Mains Syllabus

PSC Degree Level Exam Preparation

Overview

Degree Level PSC Exam schedule is published by Kerala PSC. The tentative schedule for exams in 8 categories is declared. The exams include the most anticipated ones such as Armed Police Sub Inspector and LSGS mains examinations. The PSC degree level exam mentioned in the examination calendar are scheduled for the month of September, October and November. Mains exams are crucial and much difficult compared to the Degree Level preliminary exam. Prepare for the upcoming degree level PSC exams with best online coaching platform.

Degree Level PSC Exam

Degree Level PSC exam second phase begins with the mains written examination. This is the crucial for thousands of candidates participating in the recruitment for various degree level.

Candidates who have scored equal or above the cut-off marks will receive the official information of Degree Level examination in the respective candidate profile. Also, candidates will receive new admission ticket for the respective mains examinations. Unlike preliminary examination, degree level examination will be conducted separately for different categories.

LSGS mains examination has two papers. Therefore, while preparing for the exam candidates need to study the syllabus of Paper 1 and paper 2. The total marks for both papers are 100 marks each. Paper 1 is General Studies and Paper 2 is all about the Fundamentals of Local Governance and Development. Examination for both papers will be conducted on the same day. Candidates should attend and clear both the papers to get listed in the final ranked list.

Degree Level Preliminary Exam Date

Degree Level Prelims is being conducted in different phases. The stage 1 of the examination was held on 11^th May 2024. The stage 2 of the exam will be conducted on 25^th May 2024 and Stage 3 on 15^th June.

Degree Level PSC Exam Schedule

Kerala PSC degree level exams list for the phase 2 is published. PSC has announced the Tentative schedule for the Mains examination for various categories included in the preliminary examination.

Some of the most important exams in the list are the following

• 572/2023 – Sub Inspector of Police (Trainee)(KCP)
• 574/2023 – Armed Police Sub Inspector (Trainee)
• 433/2023 – Assistant Manager (Kerala Bank)
• 527/2022 – Marketing Organizer (MILMA)
• 571/2023 – Secretary Local Self Government Institutions (LSGD)

Detailed degree level PSC exam list in the below table:

Degree Level Mains Examination 2024 Tentative Schedule
NAME OF POST	DEPARTMENT	Tentative Schedule of Main Exams
SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE(TRAINEE) (KCP)- OPEN MARKET	POLICE (KERALA CIVIL POLICE)	SEPTEMBER 2024
SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE(TRAINEE)-(KCP)-FROM GRADUATE MIN. STAFF OF POLICE/VIGILANCE	POLICE (KERALA CIVIL POLICE)	SEPTEMBER 2024
SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE(TRAINEE) (KCP)FROM GRADUATE PC/ HC	POLICE (KERALA CIVIL POLICE)	SEPTEMBER 2024
ARMED POLICE SUB INSPECTOR(TRAINEE) - OPEN MARKET	POLICE (ARMED POLICE BATTALION)	SEPTEMBER 2024
ARMED POLICE SUB INSPECTOR(TRAINEE) FROM GRADUATE HC/PC IN POLICE / VIGILANCE	POLICE (ARMED POLICE BATTALION)	SEPTEMBER 2024
ASSISTANT MANAGER	(KERALA STATE CO- OPERATIVE BANK LTD.) -	OCTOBER 2024
ASSISTANT MANAGER (By Transfer)	(KERALA STATE CO- OPERATIVE BANK LTD.)	OCTOBER 2024
EXCISE INSPECTOR(TRAINEE) – NCA- SC	EXCISE	OCTOBER 2024
MARKETING ORGANIZER	KERALA CO OPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD	NOVEMBER 2024
MARKETING ORGANIZER -SOCIETY CATEGORY	KERALA CO OPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD	NOVEMBER 2024
SECRETARY LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS	LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT (ERA) DEPARTMENT	NOVEMBER 2024 (PAPER I AND PAPER II)

Kerala PSC Degree Level Vacancy

Kerala PSC Degree Level recruitments are soon entering to the second phase. From the Kerala PSC degree level exams list only some of the recruitments reported the vacancies, rest of the exams are conducted upon anticipatory vacancies. Among the exams Marketing Organizer for general category have 2 vacancies and society category have 1 vacancy. The first NCA notification towards Excise Inspector (trainee) post has 2 vacancies. The Assistant Manager in Kerala State Co-operative Bank Limited have 50 vacancies in society category and 150 vacancies in general category.

These are the latest reported vacancy status of the upcoming Degree mains examination.

PSC Degree Mains Syllabus

PSC degree mains syllabus for each category of exam is published. All candidates should read and understand the official mains exam syllabus. Exams such as LSGS has 2 syllabuses. See the detailed syllabus for paper 2 here.

Kerala PSC degree level mains syllabus for Marketing Organizer Mains exam is as follows

LSGS Mains Exam Paper 1 Mark Distribution
Topic		Marks
General Knowledge	History	05
	Geography	05
	Economics	05
	Indian Constitution	05
	Kerala - Governance and System of Administration	10
	Life Science and Public Health	06
	Physics	03
	Chemistry	03
	Arts, Literature, Culture, Sports	05
	Basics of Computer	03
	Important Acts	05
Current Affairs		15
Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning		10
General English		10
Regional Language		10
Total		100

Detailed Syllabus

I. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. 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

2. GEOGRAPHY (5 Marks)

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

3. ECONOMICS (5 Marks)

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-rationale and structure of GST, benefits of GST.

4. INDIAN CONSTITUTION (5 Marks)

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 GST Council- Distribution of legislative powers- Union List- State List- Concurrent List- Services under the Union and the States- Tribunals-National Commission for Scheduled Castes- National Commission for Scheduled Tribes-National Commission for Backward Classes- Official Language Regional Languages-Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc-Special directives relating to languages

5. Kerala Governance and System of Administration – (10 Marks)

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 Population, Literacy, E-governance, Delegated Legislation and its controls - Legislative and Judicial controls- Constitutional law remedies against Administrative Arbitrariness- Administrative Discretion and its Controls - Administrative Adjudication-Principles of Natural Justice.

6. Life Science and Public Health (6 Marks)

1. Basic facts of Human Body
2. Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases
3. Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and Remedial Measures
4. Kerala – Welfare activities in Health Sector
5. Lifestyle Diseases.
6. Basic Health Facts
7. Environment and Environmental Hazards

7. Physics (3 Marks)
   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-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.
8. Chemistry (3 Marks)
   1. Atom – Molecule - States of Matter – Allotropy - Gas laws - Aqua regia.
   2. Elements - Periodic Table-Metals &Non-Metals-Chemical Physical changes- Chemical Reactions-Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds.
   3. Metals-Non-metals – Alloys – Acids, Bases - pH value - Alkaloids.
9. Arts, Sports, Literature and Culture (5 Marks)

Arts

1. 1. 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

1. Famous Sports personalities of Kerala, India and World – their Sports Events, achievements and awards.
2. Important Awards – Corresponding Fields, Winners
3. Famous Trophies – Related Events and Sports Items.
4. Number of Players in Important Sports Items.
5. Important Terms associated with various Sports and Games.
6. Olympics - Basic Facts, Venues / Countries, Famous Performances and Personalities- India in Olympics-Winter Olympics & Para Olympics.
7. Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, SAF Games – Venues, Countries, Performance of India, other facts.
8. National Games.
9. Games - Events, Players, Achievements.
10. National Sports / Games, Events of various Countries

Literature

1. Malayalam - Important Literary Movements – Icons and their first works.
2. Main works of Literature related to each movement and their authors.
3. Writers – Pen name and Nick name.
4. Famous Works and Characters.
5. Famous Quotes – Books and Authors.
6. Beginning of Journalism in Kerala – Pioneers, Journals and Publications.
7. Famous Awards/ Honours – Writers and their works.
8. Malayalam Writers who won the Jnanpith Award and related facts.
9. Malayalam Cinema - Origin, Development, Milestones, Pioneers, National Awards

Culture

1. Kerala - Important Celebrations -Places associated with such Celebrations, Important Festivals.
2. Kerala – Cultural Centres, Worship Places, Cultural Leaders and their Contributions.

10. Basics of Computer (3 Marks)
    1. Hardware
       • Input Devices (Names and uses)
       • Output Devices (Names and uses/features)
       • Memory devices - Primary and Secondary (Examples, Features)
    2. 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)
    3. Computer Networks
       • Types of networks – LAN, WAN, MAN (Features and application area)
       • Network Devices – Media, Switch, Hub, Router, Bridge, Gateway (Uses of each)
    4. Internet
       • Services – WWW, E-mail, Search engines (Examples and purposes)
       • Social Media (Examples and features)
       • Web Designing – Browser, HTML (Basics only)
    5. Cyber Wrongs (Awareness Level)
       • Types of Cyber Wrongs (Awareness level)
       • Information Technology Act, 2000 (Awareness level)
11. Important Acts (5 Marks)
    1. Right to information: Right to Information Act, 2005- information exempted- third party information- constitution of Information Commissions-powers and functions
    2. Right to public services: The Kerala State Right to Service Act, 2012
    3. Protection of consumers: Consumer Protection Act, 2019- rights of consumers
    4. Protection of vulnerable sections: Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955- SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989- The Kerala State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, 2007- Kerala State SC/ST Commission- Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993- National Human Rights Commission and State Human Rights Commission- Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007- The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016- The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
    5. Protection and Safeguarding of Women: Offences against women, Offences affecting public decency and morality, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961- National Commission for Women Act, 1990- Kerala Women's Commission Act, 1991- National and State Commission for Women- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
    6. Protection and Safeguarding of Children- Offences against children. Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO)- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
    7. Prevention of corruption and mal-administration- The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988- The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003- The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013- The Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999
    8. Public servant: Definition - Offences by/against public servants
    9. The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985- Central Administrative Tribunal- Kerala Administrative Tribunal – Composition- Powers

II. Current Affairs (15 Marks)

III. Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability and Reasoning

1. Simple Arithmetic (5 Marks)

1. Numbers and Basic Operations
2. Fraction and Decimal Numbers
3. Percentage 4. Profit and Loss
4. Simple and Compound Interest
5. Ratio and Proportion
6. Time and Distance 8. Time and Work
7. Average
8. Laws of Exponents
9. Mensuration
10. Progressions

2. Mental Ability & Reasoning (5 Marks)

1. Series
2. Problems on Mathematical Signs
3. Verifying Positions.
4. Analogy- Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
5. Odd man out 6. Numerical Ability
6. Coding and Decoding
7. Family Relations
8. Sense of Direction
9. Time and Angles
10. Time in a clock and its reflection
11. Date and Calendar
12. Clerical Ability

IV. General English

1. English Grammar (5 Marks)

• Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences.
• Different Parts of Speech.
• Agreement of Subject and Verb.
• Articles - Definite and Indefinite Articles
• Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
• Question Tags
• Infinitive and Gerunds
• Tenses
• Tenses in Conditional Sentences
• Prepositions
• The Use of Correlatives
• Direct and Indirect Speech
• Active and Passive voice
• Correction of Sentences
• Degrees of Comparison

2. Vocabulary (5 Marks)

• 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
• Expansion and meaning of Common Abbreviations

V. REGIONAL LANGUAGE (10 Marks)

SL No.	Malayalam	Kannada	Tamil
1	പദശുദ്ധി	Word Purity / Correct Word	Correct Word
2	വാക്യശുദ്ധി	Correct Sentence	Correct Structure of Sentence
3	പരിഭാഷ	Translation	Translation
4	ഒറ്റപ്പദം	One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution	Single Word
5	പര്യായപദം	Synonyms	Synonyms
6	വിപരീതപദം	Antonyms	Antonyms / Opposite
7	ശൈലികൾ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകൾ	Idioms and Proverbs	Phrases and Proverbs
8	സമാനപദം	Equivalent Word	Equal Word
9	ചേർത്തെഴുതുക	Join the Word	Join the Word
10	സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം	Feminine Gender, Masculine Gender	Gender Classification – Feminine, Masculine
11	വചനം	Number	Singular, Plural
12	പിരിച്ചെഴുത്ത്	Sort and Write	Separate
13	ഘടകപദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക)		Adding Phrases

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