Kerala PSC LD Clerk Exam Pattern & Detailed Syllabus 2020

Exam Pattern

• Total Number of Questions: 100
• Duration of the exam: 01 hours 15 minutes

1. General Knowledge / Current Affairs – 50 Marks
2. General English – 20 Marks
3. Quantitative Aptitude (Simple Arithmetic) – 10 Marks
4. Mental Ability & Logical Reasoning – 10 Marks
5. General Malayalam/ Tamil / Kannada (Regional Language) – 10 Marks

Lower Division Clerk Detailed Syllabus ( LDC)  – Topic Wise

General Knowledge

• Economics
• Current Affairs – National & International.
• Important World, National and Regional Events
• World history
• History of India
•  Indian Constitution
• Social Welfare Schemes – India
• India And Its Neighboring Countries
• Geography of India
• Facts about Kerala
• Renaissance of Kerala
• Geography of Kerala
• Social welfare schemes Kerala
• Kerala history ( from 12^th century)
• Constitution
• Important Financial & Economic News.
• Science – Inventions & Discoveries. Astro physics
• Sports
• Awards and Honors.
• Current events.
• Abbreviations.
• Important Days.
• Physical Features
• Scientific Research etc.
• Demography
• Books and Authors.
• Science – Inventions & Discoveries.
• Sports.
• India And Its Neighboring Countries.
• Culture.

Quantitative Aptitude (Simple Arithmetic) & Mental Ability/ Logical Reasoning

• Numerical ability.
• Averages
• Time and distance.
• Simple & Compound Interest.
• Ratio and Proportion
• Percentages.
• BODMAS
• Time & work.
• Profit and Loss.
• Probability.
• Trains.
• Data Interpretation.
• Numbers -Test of Divisibility
• C.F& L.C.M – Simplification
• Ratio & Proportions
• Percentage and Interest
• Time& Work – Time & Distance
• Calendar, Clocks, Train related questions
• Problems on Age
• Calculation & Logic -Coding & Decoding-
• Classification
• Letter & Number Series
• Finding odd one
• Alphabetical Arrangement of Words- Date and Calendar
• Direction
• Analogies.
• Analysis.
•  Judgment.
• Decision making.
• Similarities & Differences.
• Space visualization.
• Problem-solving.
• Visual memory.
• Relationship concepts.
• Arithmetical reasoning.
• Verbal and Figure Classification.
• Arithmetical Number Series
• Non-verbal series etc.
• Menstruation- Volumes, Area,
• Total Surface Area

Mental Ability

• Series
• Problems on age
• Analogy – Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
• Odd man out
• Coding and Decoding
• Family Relation
• Sense of Direction
• Clock
• Date and Calendar
• Clerical Ability 

General English

• Active and Passive Voice
• Correction in Sentences
• Vocabulary
• Gender
• Singular and Plural
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Substitutes Problem concerning words
• Idioms and their meanings
• Comparison of Adjectives
• Articles and Prepositions
• Direct and Indirect Speech
• Grammar – Agreement of Subject and Verb
• Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs