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Kerala Administrative Service Syllabus 2022
The Kerala Public Service Commission is a working body under the Kerala state government. It conducts various exams to recruit candidates for different posts in the public services.
The KAS exam is conducted in three stages:
- Preliminary exam.
- Mains exam.
- Interview.
The Preliminary exam consists of two papers and the Mains exam consists of three papers. Each paper will have a different syllabus depending upon the post you apply for. So, it is important to be well-versed with the syllabus before applying.
Learn about the Kerala PSC syllabus in detail below.
KAS Preliminary Exam Pattern
Following are the sections included in the Preliminary exam:
| Papers | Section | Maximum Marks |
| General Studies Paper – I | History, Geography, Kerala Cultural Heritage, World History, Reasoning, Simple Arithmetic, Public Administration, Governance, Mental Ability, Indian Constitution, Social Justice, International Relations, and Political System | 100 |
| General Studies Paper – II | Part I – General Studies | 100 |
Part II – Language Proficiency – Tamil/ Malayalam/Kannada | ||
| Part III – English Language Proficiency |
KAS Preliminary Exam Syllabus
The various sections and important topics covered in the exam are given below:
| Paper | Sections | Topics |
| General Studies Paper – I | Indian and Kerala History | Ancient India: Literature, Art, Art architecture and Culture, Popular Dynasties & their activities and movements |
| Modern Period: All religious and social reforms of the 19th and 20th century, Modern Indian History, India before & after independence, with major events and personalities | ||
| Kerala History: Kerala political and social movements before independence, Governments, Political parties and their movements, Kerala state establishment, and significant policies & legislation | ||
| World History | World Wars, Industrial Revolution, Colonisation and Decolonisation, Capitalism, Effects and Forms of Communism, and Socialism, Redrawn National Boundaries | |
| Indian Constitution, Public Administration, Governance, International Relations, Social Justice, and Political System | Indian Constitution and its features, Responsibilities, Functions of the Union and the Parliament, Constitutional authorities, Judiciary in India, State and State legislatures, etc. | |
| Geography | Climate factors and elements, Earth motion, Atmosphere, Seasons, Geophysical occurrences, Solar System, Concept of time, etc | |
| Reasoning, Simple Arithmetic, Mental Ability | Clock and Calendar, Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability, Venn Diagrams, Coding-Decoding, Number Series, etc | |
| General Studies Paper – II | General Studies (Part I) | Economy: Indian economy after independence and various reform movements |
| Agriculture: Irrigation, Green Revolution, Prices of agricultural inputs and outputs, public distribution system, food security, etc | ||
| Infrastructure: Productivity in Industrial sector, e-commerce, Industrial Policy, SEZ and Industrialization, etc | ||
| Finance: Government Budgeting, Centre-State financial relation, Tax system in India, Concept and implications of GST, etc | ||
| Population: Growth trends and patterns, literacy rate, unemployment trends, etc | ||
| Kerala: Economy and Developmental model, etc | ||
| Language Proficiency (Part II and III) | Active and Passive voice, Synonyms, Tenses, and Antonyms, Punctuation, errors, Adjectives, Adverbs, etc |
KAS Mains Exam Pattern
Following are the sections included in the Mains exam:
| Papers | Section | Maximum marks |
| General Studies Paper – I | Indian and Kerala History, World History, Kerala Cultural Heritage | 100 |
| General Studies Paper – II | Indian Constitution, Political System, Governance, Public Administration, Social Justice and International Relations, Science and Technology, and Current Issues | 100 |
| General Studies Paper – III | Geography, Economics and Planning, and Current Issues | 100 |
KAS Mains Exam Syllabus
Apart from a few additional topics, the syllabus for both the Kerala PSC Preliminary and Mains exam is mostly the same. The detailed syllabus is given below:
| Paper | Sections | Topics |
| General Studies Paper – I | Indian and Kerala History | Ancient India: Art, Literature, Art architecture and Culture, Popular Dynasties and their activities and movements |
| Modern Period: Modern Indian History, All religious and social reforms of the 19th and 20th century, India before and after independence, with major events and personalities | ||
| Kerala History: Kerala political and social movements before independence, Political parties and their movements, Governments, Kerala state establishment, and significant policies and legislation | ||
| World History | Industrial Revolution, World wars, Colonisation and Decolonisation, Effects and Forms of Communism, Capitalism, and Socialism, Redrawn national boundaries | |
| Kerala Cultural Heritage | Art, architecture, and literature, Sculpture, Folk culture, Tribal culture, Features of the society, Pilgrimage, Theatre, History and Evolution of Malayalam language and literature, etc | |
| General Studies Paper – II | Governance, Indian Constitution, International Relations, Social Justice, Public Administration, and Political System | Indian Constitution and its features, Responsibilities and Functions of the Union and the Parliament, Constitutional authorities, State and State legislatures, Judiciary in India, etc |
| Science and Technology | Science and Technology in Space and Defence, Environmental technology, Energy, ICT, etc | |
| Current Issues | Current issues of all the sections and topics included in this paper | |
| General Studies Paper – III | Geography | Earth motion, Climate factors and elements, Atmosphere, Solar System, Seasons, Geophysical occurrences, Concept of time, etc |
| Economics and Planning | Indian economy after independence and various reform movements | |
| Agriculture | Green Revolution, Irrigation, Prices of agricultural inputs and outputs, food security, public distribution system, etc | |
| Infrastructure | Meaning and Importance of Infrastructure, Water supply, and Sanitation, Infrastructure in the Indian economy, etc | |
| Industry | Industrial Policy, e-commerce, SEZ and Industrialization, Productivity in Industrial sector, etc | |
| Finance | The tax system in India, Centre-State financial relation, Concept and implications of GST, Government Budgeting, Indian Public Finance, etc | |
| Indian Foreign Trade | Composition, Direction, Trends, and Structure | |
| Population | Growth trends and patterns, unemployment trends, etc | |
| Kerala Economy | Population, Infrastructure, Industries and Service sector, Agriculture, etc. | |
| Kerala Development Model | Tourism, Planning, Power Distribution, Disaster management, etc | |
| Current Issues in Geography and Economic Planning | Current issues of all the sections and topics included in this paper |
The Kerala PSC exam syllabus covers a wide range of subjects. The exam is conducted in English and Malayalam, apart from other language papers. You can check the subject and post-oriented syllabus on the official website.
