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Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II Notification

Welfare Officer Grade II Recruitment

Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II Previous Questions

Overview

Kerala PSC has released the notification for Welfare Officer Gr. II. The recruitment to the Prisons and Correctional department is for a highly responsible job. Candidates may check the relevant qualifications required to submit the application. With the last date for the submission of application is closing in candidates may go through welfare Officer Gr. II previous questions and syllabus.

Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II Notification

The Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II notification 2024 was released in 30 October, 2024. Candidates may check the details of age limit and qualification required to apply. The notification is active until December 4, 2024 and available to download in PDF form from PSC official website and PSC Thulasi website. The Welfare Officer Gr 2 eligibility includes age limit and educational qualifications in relevant field of study.

Important Details

PSC Welfare Officer Recruitment 2024 Notification Details
PSC Category Number	374/2024
Department Name	Prisons and Correctional Services
Post Name	Welfare Officer Gr. II
Pay Scale	₹ 55,200 – 1,15,300
No. Vacancies	1
Age Limit	18 – 36
Last Date to Apply	04, December, 2024
Exam Date	Yet to be Announced

Exam Date

Yet to be Announced

Qualifications

Find the detailed qualification required for the required for the current PSC recruitment.

• Degree in Social work of a recognized University / Institution.

OR

• Degree in any discipline with Post Graduate Degree in Social Work of a recognized University/ Institution.

OR

• Master’s Degree in Social work from a recognized University/ Institution.

And

• Ability to read and write in Malayalam.

Also, the equivalent qualifications against the respective certifications are also considered for the PSC Welfare officer recruitment 2025:

PSC Welfare Officer Equivalent Qualification
Sl. #	Official Qualification	Equivalent Qualifications
1	BA Social Work	1. MSW Medical and Psychiatric Social Work 2. MSW Community Development 3. MSW Rural and Urban Community Development
2	MA Social Work	1. MSW Personnel Management- L,W, IR)

How to Apply for KPSC Welfare Officer Exam

The application for Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II can be submitted only through online means. The application window is available in Thulasi PSC website, the official candidate profile hosting website of Kerala Public Service Commission. Candidate who has already gone through the PSC one-time registration process and successfully created the candidate shall login to the profile with respective username and password. Others should setup their candidate profile and Apply through the application window in the Notification tab in homepage.

All candidates must be mindful to complete Welfare Officer exam application process before the last date to apply.

Welfare Officer Grade II Recruitment

The recruitment process of Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II mainly includes a competitive OMR/online exam. The exam date, time and centre will be intimated through the admission ticket. PSC will drop the admission ticket in candidates’ PSC profile at least a week before the examination. The detailed syllabus for preparation will be made available in PSC official website. Also, candidates can find the link to download Welfare Officer Gr. II in the respective exam calendar in which the exam date of the recruitment is published.

Welfare Officer Exam pattern

Candidates shall expect 100 questions from various topics. The topics from which KPSC Welfare Officer exam questions are published in the Welfare Officer Gr. II syllabus. Each question carries one-mark, wrong answers will draw 0.33 marks. Candidates are advised to not mark doubtful answers. This will result in courting unwanted negative marks and end up in the bottom of rank list or ousted from the recruitment due to lack of minimum marks.

KPSC Welfare Officer Exam Syllabus

Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Gr. II Previous Questions

1. Which scholar stated the society has passed through the three stages of the development – theological, metaphysical and positive?
   1. Max Weber
   2. A. Conte
   3. F. Tonnies
   4. H. Spencer
2. Tracing the course of mental growth in an individual or the race is the enquiry of:
   1. Analytical Psychology
   2. Synthetic Psychology,
   3. Genetic Psychology
   4. Psychological Psychology
3. Person-centered counselling is a form of:
   1. Adlerian Therapy
   2. Psychodynamic Therapy
   3. Psychoanalytic Therapy
   4. Humanistic Psychotherapy
4. Who introduced the concept of ‘transference’ first?
   1. Carl Jung
   2. Sigmund Freud
   3. Alfred Adler
   4. Carl Rogers
5. Arrange the case work components in order.
   1. Person, Problem, Place, Process
   2. Place, Person, Problem, Process
   3. Process, Person, Problem, Place
   4. Problem, Person, Place, Process
6. When an investigator rejects a null hypothesis that is actually true in the population, is known as:
   1. Type I error
   2. Type II error
   3. Standard error
   4. False negative error
7. According to Smith and Pollack, what is considered sinful behavior is often regulate by:
   1. Religious Clergy
   2. Criminal Justice
   3. Citizens
   4. The government
8. The person who chooses to commit crime after strategically assessing the risks and rewards is best described by:
   1. Rational Choice Theory
   2. Psychodynamic Theory
   3. Life Course Theory
   4. Social Disorganization Theory.
9. If a person is very muscular and active, engages in criminal activity, what somatotype would he fit, according to William Sheldon?
   1. Endomorph
   2. Mesomorph
   3. Sonomorph
   4. Ectomorph
10. Institutional Redistributive Model of Society Policy is associated with:
    1. Capitalist State
    2. Communist State
    3. Totalitarian State
    4. Welfare State

Answer Key
Q.No.	Ans.
1	b
2	c
3	d
4	b
5	a
6	a
7	a
8	a
9	b
10	d