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1. General Knowledge (50 Marks)

📜 History (10 Marks)

• Arrival and Contributions of Europeans
• History of Travancore (Marthanda Varma to Sree Chithirathirunnal)
• Social and Religious Reform movements
• National movement in Kerala
• United Kerala Movement
• Political and Social History after 1956

• Medieval India – Political History & Administrative reforms
• Establishment of British Rule
• First War of Independence
• Formation of INC, Swadeshi Movement
• Independence Movement & Mahatma Gandhi
• Post-independence period & State reorganization

• Great Revolutions: England, America, France, Russia, China
• Political History after Second World War
• UNO and International Organizations

🗺️ Geography (5 Marks)

• Basics: Earth Structure, Atmosphere, Rocks, Landforms
• Climate: Pressure Belts, Winds, Temperature, Seasons
• Global Issues: Global Warming, Pollution
• Maps, Remote Sensing, GIS
• Oceans, Continents, World Nations
• India: Physiography, Rivers, Climate, Agriculture, Minerals
• Kerala: Districts, Rivers, Climate, Agriculture, Industries

💹 Economics (5 Marks)

• National Income & Per Capita Income
• Factors of Production
• Indian Economic Planning & Five Year Plans
• NITI Aayog
• Economic Institutions & Reserve Bank
• Public Revenue: Tax and Non-Tax
• Budget & Fiscal Policy
• Consumer Protection & Rights

⚖️ Indian Constitution (5 Marks)

• Constituent Assembly & Preamble
• Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, Fundamental Duties
• Citizenship & Constitutional Amendments
• Panchayath Raj
• Constitutional Institutions and Functions
• Emergency Provisions
• Union, State, and Concurrent Lists

🏛️ Civics (5 Marks)

• Public Administration & Bureaucracy
• Indian Civil Service & State Civil Service
• E-Governance
• Right to Information Act
• Lokpal & Lokayuktha
• Government: Executive, Judiciary, Legislature
• Human Rights Organizations
• Consumer Protection, Labour Laws, Social Welfare

💻 Computer Science (5 Marks)

• Hardware: Input/Output Devices, Memory Devices
• Software: System & Application Software, Operating Systems
• Application Packages: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Databases
• Computer Networks: LAN, WAN, MAN
• Internet: WWW, Email, Search Engines, Social Media
• Cyber Crimes & Cyber Laws

🔬 Science and Technology (5 Marks)

• Basics of Everyday Science
• Human Body, Public Health, Nutrition
• Indian Scientists and their Contributions
• Space Programme: ISRO Activities & Achievements
• Defence: DRDO Vision & Mission
• Energy Resources & Policy
• Environmental Science & Biodiversity
• Climate Change & International Initiatives
• Biotechnology, Green Technology, Nanotechnology

🎨 Arts, Sports & Literature (10 Marks)

• Important Audio-Visual Art Forms of Kerala
• Famous Places, Institutions, Personalities

• Famous Sports Personalities and Achievements
• Important Awards, Trophies
• Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games
• National Sports and Games

• Malayalam Literary Movements
• Famous Writers and their Works
• Jnanpith Award Winners
• Malayalam Cinema History

🔢 2. Simple Arithmetic & Mental Ability (20 Marks)

• Numbers and Basic Operations
• Fractions and Decimals
• Percentage, Profit & Loss
• Simple & Compound Interest
• Ratio & Proportion
• Time & Distance, Time & Work
• Average, Mensuration
• Laws of Exponents, Progressions

• Series: Number, Alphabet
• Analogy, Odd Man Out
• Coding & Decoding
• Family Relations
• Sense of Direction
• Clock Problems
• Calendar Problems
• Clerical Ability

🇬🇧 3. General English (20 Marks)

• Types of Sentences
• Parts of Speech
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Articles, Auxiliary Verbs
• Tenses, Prepositions
• Direct & Indirect Speech
• Active & Passive Voice
• Degrees of Comparison

• Singular & Plural, Gender
• Synonyms & Antonyms
• Phrasal Verbs
• Idioms & Phrases
• One Word Substitutes
• Spelling Test
• Common Abbreviations

🗣️ 4. Regional Language (10 Marks)

Choose One: Malayalam / Kannada / Tamil

• Word Purity / Correct Word
• Correct Sentence Structure
• Translation
• Synonyms & Antonyms
• One Word Substitution
• Idioms and Proverbs
• Gender, Number
• Join and Separate Words

1. General Knowledge (50 Marks) – Breakdown

⚖️ Indian Constitution (5 Marks) – Main Exam

• Constituent Assembly, Preamble, Citizenship
• Fundamental Rights & Writs (Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari, Quo Warranto)
• Directive Principles & Fundamental Duties
• Structure of Government: Union & State
• Local Self Government Institutions
• Important Constitutional Amendments: 42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104
• Constitutional Authorities: CAG, Attorney General, Election Commission, UPSC, Finance Commission, GST Council
• Distribution of Legislative Powers
• Official & Regional Languages

🏛️ Kerala Governance and Administration (5 Marks)

• Kerala State Civil Service
• Quasi-judicial bodies & Various Commissions
• Planning Board – Commercial Planning & Policies
• Disaster Management & Watershed Management
• Employment & Labour – Rural Employment Programmes
• Land Reforms
• Social Welfare & Security
• Protection of Women, Children, Senior Citizens
• E-governance
• Administrative Law: Delegated Legislation, Natural Justice

🧬 Life Science (3 Marks)

• Basic facts of Human Body
• Vitamins & Minerals – Deficiency Diseases
• Communicable Diseases – Causative Organisms, Prevention
• Lifestyle Diseases

⚛️ Physics (3 Marks)

• Branches of Physics, Matter, Units, Measurements
• Motion – Newton’s Laws, Momentum, Projectile Motion
• Space Missions in India – ISRO Achievements
• Light – Lens, Mirrors, Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Sound – Waves, Velocity, Resonance
• Force – Types, Friction, Buoyancy, Archimedes Principle
• Gravitation – Satellites, Escape Velocity
• Heat, Temperature, Work, Energy, Power

🧪 Chemistry (3 Marks)

• Atom, Molecule, States of Matter
• Allotropy, Gas Laws, Aqua Regia
• Elements – Periodic Table
• Metals & Non-metals, Chemical Reactions
• Solutions, Mixtures, Compounds
• Alloys, Acids, Bases, pH Value

📚 Important Acts – Education Policy (13 Marks)

• University Education Commission (1948-1949)
• Secondary Education Commission (1952-1953)
• University Grants Commission 1953 & UGC Act 1956
• Indian Education Commission / Kothari Commission (1964-66)
• National Knowledge Commission (2005, 2006, 2009)

• National Policy on Education 1968 – Key Highlights
• National Policy on Education 1986 – Key Features
• Common Minimum Programme (2005)
• National Policy on Education 1992 – Revised Policy Formulations
• Yashpal Committee Report 1993 – Learning Without Burden
• National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 – Main Features

📰 2. Current Affairs (15 Marks)

• National and International Current Events
• Political, Economic, Social Developments
• Sports and Cultural Events
• Scientific and Technological Advancements
• Awards and Honors

🔢 3. Simple Arithmetic & Reasoning (10 Marks)

• Numbers, Fractions, Decimals
• Percentage, Profit & Loss
• Interest, Ratio & Proportion
• Time-Distance-Work Problems
• Mensuration, Progressions

• Series, Analogy, Odd Man Out
• Coding & Decoding
• Family Relations, Direction Sense
• Clock and Calendar Problems
• Numerical and Clerical Ability

🇬🇧 4. General English (10 Marks)

• Sentence Types, Parts of Speech
• Subject-Verb Agreement, Articles
• Tenses, Voice, Speech
• Prepositions, Comparisons

• Synonyms, Antonyms
• Phrasal Verbs, Idioms
• One Word Substitutes
• Spelling, Abbreviations

🗣️ 5. Regional Language (10 Marks)

Malayalam / Kannada / Tamil

• Word and Sentence Correction
• Translation
• Synonyms, Antonyms
• Idioms, Proverbs
• Gender, Number, Word Formation