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Exam pattern

The General Knowledge, English Language, and Mathematics topics will be covered in the Kerala PSC Exam for Lower Division clerk. Learn about the exam pattern!

Lower Division clerk Kerala PSC Exam - Exam Pattern

Exam pattern

Candidates appearing for the examination should properly understand the recent exam pattern of the lower division clerk examinations. This will help them to prepare and perform very well in the examinations. The exam pattern gradually refers to details which include the mode of examinations language types of questions and the duration of the examinations and the marking scheme.

Firstly the name of the examination is Kerala PSC. Following that the mode of the examination is online which is pen and paper-based mode whose duration is about 75 minutes. The exam takes place through an OMR-based examination. There are various syllabus is related to the lower division clerk English syllabus consists of:

  • Fill in the blanks
  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar
  • Spellings
  • Passage
  • Clauses
  • Idioms
  • Synonyms and antonyms

Following that, it is the reasoning syllabus which consists of

  • Number series
  • Verbal classification
  • Artificial language
  • Verbal reasoning
  • Logical games
  • Statement and conclusion
  • Letter & series

Public health and Life Science 

  • Basic health facts 
  • Human Body 
  • Disease and its carriers 
  • Environment and Pollution 
  • Vitamins and minerals 
  • Welfare activities of Kerala in the Health Sector

Finally, the general knowledge syllabus includes

  • History of India
  • National news
  • International issue
  • Economics issue in India
  • World organizations
  • Indian culture
  • Latest invention
  • Scientific observations

Arithmetic

  • Profit and loss
  • Ratio and proportion 
  • Work and time 
  • Time and Distance 
  • Exponents 
  • Progressions 
  • Mensuration 
  • percentage 
  • Simple and Compound Interest 
  • Fractions and decimals 

Topics 

Distribution of marks 

General English 

10

Arithmetic and reasoning 

10

Current Affairs and General knowledge 

70 (20+50)

Regional Language 

10

Total 

100

This eventually is the overall paper pattern, and the questions will be selected from four of these categories where the English syllabus is one of the most important of these. Following to this the reasoning syllabus consists of various logical data sizes and an aptitude test is being done for the checking of aptitude of the particular individual lastly, the general knowledge syllabus is to see how knowledgeable the individual is about the daily affairs and the general officer of the country and the world.