KERALA PSC FIREMAN (TRAINEE) FULL SYLLABUS

Part I: 

General Knowledge, Current Affairs & Renaissance in Kerala 

Facts about Kerala:- Basic facts – Historical importance – Social, economic, and industrial development – Geographical Facts – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famous sites – etc. 

Facts About India:- Geography of India – Physical features – Climate – Soils – RiversHydro elctric and irrigation projects – Mineral resources and Industrial development - Famous sites – Transportation and communication in India- Basic facts related to Physical, industrial and cultural features of other States and Union Territories-etc. 

History of India:- Medieval India - Revolt of 1857-causes and results-Indian National Movement -Political social and cultural developments in freedom movement - Post independent India- Indian Foreing Policy – etc 

Five year Plans – Planning – Banking and Insurance – Central and State Rural development programmes- Social welfare programmes-Indian Constitution 

Basic facts related to - Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 - National Human Rights Commission and issues on human rights - Right to Information Act - Information Commissions – Laws to prevent atrocities against women and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe - The Protection Of Civil Rights Act, 1955 – Women empowerment – Cyber laws etc 

Current Affairs (International, National):- Politics – Economics- Literature-Science- ArtCulture-Sports etc 

General Science and scientific phenomena – issues relating to environment – Non conventional energy sources- crisis in the field of Agriculture and Health – developments in sceince and technology – space research 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. 

Part II

General English 

A. English Grammar 

1. Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences. 

2. Different Parts of Speech. 

3. Agreement of Verb and Subject. 

4. Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs. 

5 Comparison of Adjectives 

6. Adverbs and Position of adverbs 

7. Articles - The Definite and the Indefinite Articles. 

8. Uses of Primary and Model Auxiliary Verbs 

9. Tag Questions 

10. Infinitive and Gerunds 

11. Tenses 

12. Tenses in Conditional Sentences 

13. Prepositions 

14. The Use of Correlatives 

15. Direct and Indirect Speech 

16. Active and Passive voice 

17. Correction of Sentences 

B. Vocabulary 

1. Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns 

2. Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix 

3. Compound words 

4. Synonyms 

5. Antonyms 

6. Phrasal Verbs 

7. Foreign Words and Phrases 

8. One Word Substitutes 

9. Words often confused 

10. Spelling Test 

11. Idioms and their Meanings 

Part III

Simple Arithmetic & Mental Ability

A . Simple Arithmetic 

1. Numbers and Basic Operations 

2. Fraction and Decimal Numbers 

3. Percentage 

4. Profit and Loss 

5. Simple and Compound Interest 

6. Ratio and Proportion 

7. Time and Distance 

8. Time and Work 

9. Average 

10. Laws of Exponents 

11. Mensuration 

12. Progressions 

B. Mental Ability 

1. Number and Alphabetic series 

2. Problems on Mathematical signs 

3. Analogy - Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy 4. Odd man out 

5. Coding and Decoding 

6. Family Relations 

7. Sense of Direction 

8. Time and Angles 

9. Time in a clock and its reflection 

10. Date and Calendar 

11. Clerical Ability 

NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in the question paper.