Exam Pattern

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The exam pattern of Kerala PSC considers several rules provided by Kerala state. This article comprises information regarding the interested candidates who are appearing for the examination. Candidates must check on the detailed information about eligibility, marking distribution, exam pattern, total marks, time, exam date and other necessary information regarding Kerala PSC. The tentative date of the examination is held by the administration of Kerala PSC; candidates who aspire to appear in the examination can take a look into this article and gather knowledge about exam patterns and mark distributions, and time duration.

Particulars 

Details

Exam Name

Kerala PSC Laboratory Assistant Examination

Conducted by

Kerala Public Service Commission {Kerala PSC}

Exam Level

Higher secondary 

Mode of exam

Online

Exam Frequency

Once in a year

Numbers of papers

one

Exam duration

90minutes

Purpose of the examination

Assisting Laboratory activity

Job location

Kerala

Website

www.keralapsc.gov.in

Exam type

competitive

Medium of Exam 

English

Total Marks

100

Name of posts

Lab Assistant (Part I – General Category,

Part II – Fishermen/ Dependent of Fishermen category,

Part III – Society Category)

This section of the article comprises detailed knowledge regarding Kerala PSC LA Syllabus 2022 and aspirants can have a plan of what to prepare for the examination. This information can save a lot of time throughout the preparation and candidates can get a significant score in the exam. 

All candidates must pay attention to this part to get precise information about the Kerala public service commission exam pattern of the post laboratory assistant. Kerala PSC Lab Assistant examination comprises syllabus on fish Spoilage, chilling of Fish, and freezing of fish, Canning, fish preservation, fish packaging, fishery by-products, fish handling and quality control.

Kerala public service commission Lab Assistant exam pattern and Marking distribution

  • The examination obtains a total of 100 marks
  • The total time duration is 90 minutes
  • This is an online-mode examination where various MCQs of objective types will be given
  • Candidates will be tested grounded on the Educational field
  • The mode of the LA examination is English
  • The exam pattern comprises 10 sectional parts and every part obtains 10 marks

Name of the subject

Number of Marks

Fish Spoilage

10 Marks

Fish Biochemistry and Nutritional Value

10 Marks

Chilling of Fish

10 Marks

Freezing of Fish

10 Marks

Canning

10 Marks

Fish Packaging

10 Marks

Fishery By products

10 Marks

Quality Control in Fish

10 Marks

Handling of Fish onboard Fishing Vessels

10 Marks

Fish Biochemistry and Nutritional Value

10 Marks

For Junior Laboratory Assistant under Kerala PSC, the exam pattern is different though the total marks will be the same. The subjects are different and comprise general knowledge, English, aptitude and reasoning. 

The marking scheme is given below:

Subjects

Number of question

Marks 

English

25

25

General Knowledge

25

25

Aptitude

25

25

Reasoning

25

25

Total

100

100

Exam Notification and Exam Date

Notification on Kerala PSC- Laboratory Assistant

vacancy

Exam date

Apex Societies Of Co-operative Sector In Kerala

(Part I – General Category)

Lab assistant

12th march 2022

Kerala State Cooperative Fish Marketing Federation (Matsyafed)

(Part III – Society Category)

Lab assistant

12th march 2022

Kerala State Cooperative Fish Marketing Federation (Matsyafed)

(Part II – Fishermen/Dependent of Fishermen category)

Lab assistant

12th march 2022

Laboratory assistant - Result

Result

The Kerala public service commission organizes the laboratory assistant examination. The Kerala public service commission laboratory assistant exam result will be obtainable on      www.keralapsc.gov.in. Candidates can see the result from the official website of the Kerala public service commission. This exam recruits aspirants into three types of the governmental sector.  Kerala PSC has not published the result of 2022 and the examination is to take place this march. Aspirants are recommended to check the official web page regularly to access relevant information. Students are required to input roll numbers, passwords that they get during application on the website to check result details.

The result will be published based on various sections 

  • Lab Assistant of General Category (Part I)  
  • Fishery department (part II)   
  • Societal category (Part III)

There will be two steps in the recruitment process:

  1. Offline-based MCQs.
  2. Interview or personality test. 

Candidates should complete a one-time registration process on the Kerala PSC official website before applying. Candidates who score above the cut-off mark will be eligible for the interview round. In the personality test session, candidates will be examined regarding professional knowledge and must prove their suitability for the post. The cut-off marks are different for the general category, ST/SC and OBC. District-wise cut-off marks also vary.  

Notification

As the current academic year lab assistant examination is about to happen, aspirants must follow the notification regarding results after the exam is over. Kerala PSC provides the results into several sections:

  • PSC rank list
  • PSC shortlist

Kerala PSC publishes result pivots on district-wise cut-off. The shortlist and cut-off of previous LA examinations based on Thiruvanthipuram, Kollam, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kottayam and much district-wide information regarding the result has been updated on the official website. 

Direct recruitment 2021

However, Kerala PSC had published a direct recruitment notice in 2021 separately for the general category and SC/ST category for the post of Laboratory Assistant. The commission has recruited aspirants category wise and a direct recruitment process has taken place. The examination was OMR-based and candidates were recruited based on district-wise cut-off. This year’s LA examination will be held on 12th March 2022. Hence, this year’s lab assistant result is yet to be published. 

Various key information about Kerala public service commission results could be obtained from the official website. Candidates who have appeared in the previous year’s examination can see their results on the Kerala PSC official web page. By providing their login details, candidates can check their results and go through the rank list of the 2021 session. The commission publishes the shortlist first on www.keralapsc.gov.in and a rank-wise merit list will be provided after the results.