TECHNICAL EDUCATION (ONLINE EXAMINATION)

 TECHNICAL EDUCATION (ONLINE EXAMINATION) 

PART I: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, CURRENT AFFAIRS & RENAISSANCE IN KERALA 

General Knowledge Facts about India Geography of India – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famous sites – etc. Demography – Economic and social development – Poverty alleviation – Economy and planning – etc. History of India – Period from 1857 to 1947 – National movement Facts about Kerala Geographical Facts – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famous sites – 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. 1 Current Affairs Important world, national and regional events related to the political and scientific fields, sports, cinema and literature etc.

 PART II: 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 2 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 A b i l i t y 

PART III: 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 3 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 12.Translation of a sentence/proverb in to Malayalam 

PART IV: GENERAL SCIENCE Questions based on Physics, Chemistry, Botany & Zoology (SSLC level). 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. 4