Syllabus for the post of Panchayat Secretary
Marks: 100 Time: 02.00 Hrs.
S. No. Subjects/ Topic Marks
assigned
1 GENERAL AWARENESS with special reference of UT of J&K 20
2 GENERAL ENGLISH & COMPREHENSION 20
3 GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING 20
4 QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 15
5 BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS 25
TOTAL 100
1. GENERAL AWARENESS with special reference of J&K UT
(i) Current Events of National and International importance
(ii) Political & Physical divisions of India
(iii) Climate & Crops in India
(iv) Transport & Communication.
(v) Demography- Census, its feature and Vital Statistics.
(vi) Important Rivers & Lakes in India.
(vii) Indian Economy.
(viii) Indian Culture & Heritage.
(ix) Indian History with special reference to Freedom Movement.
(x) Indian Constitution- Basic features- Preamble, Fundamental Rights,
Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy
(xi) Science & Technology.
(xii) Environment, Ecology & Bio-diversity.
(xiii) Taxation in India- Direct & Indirect Tax – CBDT, GST etc.
(xiv) J&K UT
a) History
b) Economy
c) Geography- (Weather, Climate, Crops, Rivers, Lakes, Flora,
Fauna.)
d) Heritage & Culture
e) Important Tourist Destinations
f) J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.
(xv) Centrally Sponsored Schemes (MGNREGA, PMAY, SBM) and Panchayati
Raj Act/Rules.
2. GENERAL ENGLISH & COMPREHENSION
(i) Tenses
(ii) Narration
(iii) Modals
(iv) Articles
(v) Reading Comprehension
(vi) Fill in the blanks with Phrases, Pronouns, homonyms/ homophones etc
(vii) Clauses
(viii) Synonyms and antonyms
(ix) Pairs of words and their use in meaningful sentences.
(x) Rearranging of jumbled sentences.
(xi) Idioms and phrases.
(xii) Uses of Prepositions.
(xiii) Active & Passive Voice
(xiv) Error Spotting
(xv) Sentence Correction
(xvi) Spellings Correction
3. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING
(i) Number series, Letter series, Semantic Series, Speed, Distance and
Time, Statements and conclusions, Logical Reasoning, Mental
Reasoning, Word Building, Numerical Operations, Semantic Analogy,
Symbolic/ Number Analogy, Figural Analogy, Semantic Classification,
Symbolic/ Number Classification, Figural Classification, Problem
Solving.
(ii) Symbolic Operations, Trends, Space Orientation, Space Visualization,
Venn Diagrams, Drawing inferences, Punched hole/ pattern- folding &
un-folding, Figural Pattern- folding and completion, Indexing, Address
matching, Date & city matching, Classification of centre codes/roll
numbers, Small & Capital letters.
4. QUANTITATIVE APPTITUDE
The scope of the test will be computation of
(i) Whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers,
Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation,
Time and distance, Time & Work,Percentage. Ratio & Proportion, Square
roots, Averages, Interest, Basic algebraic.
(ii) Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres,
Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents,
angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more
circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons, Circle, Right Prism,
Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Heights and
Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar diagram & Pie chart,
Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with
triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian
Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles.
5. KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS
(i) Basic Applications of Computer and its component.
(ii) Fundamentals of computer sciences.
(iii) Hardware & Software, Concept of Open-Source Technologies.
(iv) Input & output Devices.
(v) Knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, PDF
Internet and E-mail.
(vi) Concept of Computer Virus and Latest Anti-Virus.
(vii) Role of Information Technology in Governance.
