KERALA PSC OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT SYLLABUS 2021

[Category No.: 550/2019] (PLUS TWO LEVEL)

I. General Knowledge & Current Affairs
II. Computer Word Processing
III. Typewriting
IV. General English
V. Regional Language (Malayalam – Kannada – Tamil)
VI. Basics of Public Relations

☛ PART-I
( 05 Marks)
General Knowledge

➤ Facts about India –
● Geography of India
● Physical features
● Climate
● Soils
● Rivers
● Famous sites etc.
● Demography
● Economic and social development
● Poverty alleviation
● Economy and planning etc.
● History of India (1857 to 1947)
● National movement
● Five Year Plans

➤ Facts about Kerala –
● Geographical Facts
● Physical features
● Climate
● Soils
● Rivers
● Famous sites
● Economic and Social deve
● Historical importance etc.

➤ Renaissance in Kerala
Important Events Movements/Leaders
● Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi
● Chattampi Swami
● Sree Narayana Guru
● Vagbhatananda
● Thycaud Ayya
● Ayya Vaikundar
● Poikayil Yohannan (Kumara Guru)
● Ayyankali
● Pandit Karuppan
● Mannathu Padmanabhan
● V. T. Bhattathirippad
● Dr. Palpu
● Kumaranasan
● Vakkom Moulavi
● Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara Etc.

➤ Current Affairs
● Important world
● national – regional events – political and scientific fields
● sports
● cinema and literature etc.

☛ Part II
(40 Marks)
Computer Word Processing ( Word 2007 – Excel2007 – Powerpoint 2007)

➤ Basics of Computer –
● Input devices
● Output devices
● Hardware
● Software
● Memory
● Storage devices
● Latest Peripherals
● E-mail Browsers
● Search Engine
● Social Networking
● Antivirus Softwares
● Unicode
● Websites
● Windows.

➤ MS Word –
● Introduction
● Word Window
● Title bar
● Ribbon
● Status bar
● Tool bar

➤ Document –
● Create
● Open
● Save
● Print
● Close Font
● size
● style
● effects.

➤ Formatting Paragraph –
● Bold Italics
● Underline
● Justify
● Bullets and Numbering
● Dropcap
● Change case
● Alignment
● Tab setting
● Line spacing
● Character spacing
● Styles and Editing
● Cut
● Copy
● Paste.
● Shortcut keys & function keys

➤ Insert-
● Tables
● Pictures
● Cliparts
● Shapes
● Page number
● Headers and Footers
● Symbols
● Links
● word art.

➤ Page layout-
● Page size
● Margin
● Line spacing
● Orientation
● Indentation Creation of Table of contents
● Index
● Footnotes and endnotes Mail merge
● proof reading
● add or remove comments

➤ Views –
● different page views
● guides rulers

➤ Introduction of Excel –
● Adding and Removing Workbook
● Rows and Columns Formatting a Cell
● Different functions in Excel
● Charts
● Pivot Table
● Sort
● Filter
● Conditional Formatting
● Creating formulas
● Inserting date and time
● Data validation.
● Shortcut keys.

➤ Powerpoint –
● Inserting & Deleting a Slide
● Views Inserting chart
● diagram
● SmartArt
● Sound
● Video
● Slide number
● Links
● Date and Time
● Page setup
● Slide orientation
● Slide show
● Slide Layout
● Arrange objects on the slide

☛ Part III
( 10 Marks)
Type Writing

● History of Typewriter
● Keys of Typewriter
● Parts of Typewriter
● Cleaning a Typewriter
● Rocker Mechanism
● Dog block
● Movements of Typewriter
● Officials abbreviation
● Functions of Typewriter
● Symbols.

☛ Part IV
( 20 Marks)
General English

KERALA PSC OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT SYLLABUS

➤ Module 6 : Basic Grammar
a. Article
b. Preposition
c. Tenses
d. Clauses
e. Phrasal Verbs

➤ Module 7 :
● Voice Change of Voice – Active and Passive

➤ Module 8 :
● Reported Speech

➤ Module 9:
● Spell Check Hattric
● vaccum
● accommodation
● queue
● tuition
● enmity

☛ Part V. REGIONAL LANGUAGE
(20 Marks)

Malayalam –
1. പദശുദ്ധി
2. വാകൃശുദ്ധി
3. പരിഭാഷ
4. ഒറ്റപദം
5. പര്യായം
6. വിപരീത പദം
7. ശൈലികൾ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകൾ
8. സമാനപദം
9. ചേർത്തെഴുതുക
10. സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം
11. വചനം
12. പിരിച്ചെഴുതൽ
13 ഘടക പദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക)

Kannada –
1. Word Purity / Correct Word
2. Correct Sentence
3. Translation
4. One Word – Single Word – One Word Substitution
5. Synonyms
6. Antonyms
7. Idioms and Proverbs
8. Equivalent Word
9. Join the Word
10. Feminine Gender Masculine Gender
11. Number
12. Sort and Write

Tamil –
1) Correct Word
2)Correct Structure of Sentence
3) Translation
4) Single Word
5) Synonyms
6) Antonyms / Opposite
7)Phrases and Proverbs
8) Equal Word
9) Join the Word
10) Gender Classification – Feminine Masculine
11) Singular Plural
12) Separate
13) Adding Phrases