In this article, we gonna see about the detailed Syllabus and Exam Pattern of examination for the post of Kerala PSC LD Typist. The exam will be conducted by the Kerala PSC. The detailed syllabus for the post of LD Typist will guide you for the preparation of the exam.
LD Typist Exam Pattern
As per the PSC official notification, there is only one vacancy is available for the post of LD Typist. The exam is conducted based on a written and an interview and it will be conducted in an online or offline mode. The examination medium for this exam is in objective multiple choices. The maximum mark that can be obtained for the exam is 100. The duration of the Examination is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Maximum Mark -100
Duration -1hour 15minutes
Medium of Question - English
Mode of Exam -OMR or Online
LD Typist Syllabus
The questions of the exam for the post of LD Typist conducts by the Kerala Public Service Commission shall comprise from General Knowledge, Current Affairs & Renaissance in Kerala, General English, Computer Word Processing, Typing & Document formatting.
The Candidates can check the Previous Questions of LD Typist here.
Main Topics are:
Part I – General Knowledge, Current Affairs & Renaissance in Kerala
Part II – General English
Part III – Computer word Processing, Typing & Document Formatting
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
Current Affairs
Renaissance in Kerala
English Grammar
Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences - Different Parts of Speech - Agreement of Verb and Subject - Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs - Comparison of Adjectives - Adverbs and Position of adverbs - Articles - The Definite and the Indefinite Articles - Uses of Primary and Model Auxiliary Verbs - Tag Questions - Infinitive and Gerunds - Tenses - Tenses in Conditional Sentences - Prepositions - Direct and Indirect Speech - Active and Passive voice - Correction of Sentences - Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns - Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix - Compound words - Synonyms - Antonyms - Phrasal Verbs - Foreign Words and Phrases - One Word Substitutes - Words often confused - Spelling Test - Idioms and their Meanings - Translation of a sentence/proverb into Malayalam
Windows
Introduction to windows platform - mouse operations - concept of desktop, taskbar, Icons. Utilities - Paint, Word pad. Icons - changing size, moving, enlarging, copying. Files and Folders - creation, copying, deleting. Windows explorer, control panel. Zip & unzip files - rar files, virus scanning & removal
Internet
Using internet browser, e-mail, search engines, Instant messengers, download managers, proxy settings- setting up Internet connection, browser plug-ins - using webcam.
Word processing
Introduction to office automation - advantages of office automation. Introduction - Word menu - Tool bar - Document - creation, editing, saving, opening . Text - editing, deleting, inserting, selection, moving, copying, converting case, doing/undoing edits. Formatting documents - paragraph formatting - applying styles, header and footer, line spacing , Page layout - numbering pages - inserting section break - spell check - newspaper columns. Tables - creation, editing, formatting, insertion, document with tables, Mail merge and template creation. Printing - print preview, Printer settings, printing multiple copies.
Spreadsheets
Electronic spreadsheet features - menu, cells workbook, work sheets. Entering data, text, functions - selecting cell, ranges - saving worksheet - Editing worksheet data - copying, cut & paste, inserting, deleting rows, columns, cell ranges - find and replace data - spell check. Formatting worksheet - changing column width, row height, aligning data , controlling text within a cell ,changing font size, style, applying border, Pattern styles. charts - types, titles & legends, saving, moving and copying between sheets. Formulas, functions - Entering formulas, cell references, Date and time formulas, working with range names, entering functions . Printing - print preview, headers and footers - inserting, removing page break - working with data in a list - Adding and removing sub totals - sorting - hiding and displaying data
Presentation software
Design - Create presentation with background, logo etc. - Insert _pictures and images - change position or layout of pictures - Omit background graphics from a slide - Apply 3D effects, shadows, background fill colors, textures and patterns - Crop, resize, rotate, flip an image - Convert and image to grayscale or black and white format. Slide Show Setup - Insert navigation to slides - presentations and URL’s - Apply and edit timings - Create a customized slide show.