JKSSB Syllabus for Assistant Storekeeper-cum-Clerk Post

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Services Selection Board has announced the JKSSB Syllabus for Assistant Storekeeper-cum-Clerk and other Graduate Level Posts.

More specifically, the syllabus is applicable for the following posts announced via JKSSB Advertisement Notification No. 03 of 2017:

1) Assistant Store Keeper-cum-Clerk (Cadre: Kashmir Division; Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department)

2) Information Assistant (Cadre: State; Information Department)

3) Videographer (Cadre: State; Information Department)

4) Junior Laboratory Assistant (Cadre: Jammu Division; Higher Education Department)

The JKSSB Syllabus for Assistant Storekeeper-cum-Clerk, Information Assistant, Videographer & Junior Laboratory Assistant posts consists of Six Units including General English, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, General Knowledge with Special Reference to J&K, General Science, Mental Ability Test & Computer Applications. The detailed Syllabus is provided below.

JKSSB Syllabus for Assistant Storekeeper-cum-Clerk & Other Graduate Level Posts

Total Marks: 120 Marks | Exam Duration: 120 Minutes

Unit-I: General English (20 Marks)

• Tenses.
• Rearranging of Jumbled Sentences.
• Narration.
• Models.
• Articles.
• Comprehension with blanks to be filled in with Phrases, Pronouns, Homonyms / Homophones.
• Clauses.
• Synonyms and Antonyms.
• Pairs of words and their use in meaningful sentences.
• Idioms and Phrases.
• Uses of Prepositions.

Unit-II: General Knowledge & Current Affairs (20 Marks)

• Important Dates in Indian History / Freedom Struggle, Different Dates and Events.
• First in World (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries).
• First in India (Adventure, Sports, Discoveries).
• Popular names of Personalities (Religion, Politics, Scientific discoveries, Geographical, Sports, History).
• The Newspaper World – (Current Dailies & Weeklies of India).
• Books & Authors – General.
• Languages.
• Capitals & Currencies.
• United Nations Organisations – Veto Powers.
• No. of Countries as its Members.
• Principal organs and their functions.
• SAARC, ASEAN.
• Everyday Science.
• World famous Awards – (in Science; Literature; Sports).
• National Awards – (in Science; Literature; Sports).
• The World of Sports.
• Climate & Crops in India.
• Democratic Institutions.
• Forms of Government.
• Political & Physical divisions of World & India.
• Important Rivers & Lakes in India.
• Current Events of National and International Level.
• Role of Mathematics in Economics.
• Agriculture in economic development; Industrialization and economic development.
• Indian Foreign Trade.
• New economic reforms and growth of foreign trade.
• Inflation – Concept and types; Causes and consequences.

UNIT-III: General Knowledge with Special Reference to J&K (20 Marks)

• Abbreviations, Important Dates, Popular names of personalities and their achievements / contribution (National and International).
• Constitution of J&K – Formation, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles.
• Weather, Climate, Crops, Means of Transport.
• Important power projects and their impact on State economy.
• Rivers and Lakes.
• Important Tourist Destinations.
• History of J&K State.
• Historical places of the State and their importance.
• RTI Act.
• Indus Water Treaty and its impact on State economy.

Unit-IV: General Science (20 Marks)

• Various sources of energy; conventional sources of energy; improvement in technology for using conventional source of energy (Biomass and Wind energy).
• Non-conventional sources of energy (Solar energy, Tidal energy).
• Mechanics, Rest, Motion, Velocites, Acceleration, Newton – Laws of Motion.
• Voltage, Current, Resistance, Power, DC Batteries.
• Waves, Light as a wave, Sound waves, Transverse and Longitudinal waves.
• Structure of Atom.
• Solids, Liquids and Gases (Basics).
• Life Processes: Nutrition and its types, Respiration, Transportation of water, food and minerals in plants.
• Vitamins – Diseases related to vitamin deficiency.
• Environmental pollution.
• Ecosystem – Its components, Food chains and Food webs.
• Ozone layer, its depletion, Green House Effect.
• Importance of water in life.

Unit-V: Mental Ability Test (20 Marks)

• Number Series.
• Letter Series.
• Coding Decoding.
• Direction sense.
• Blood Relations.
• Mathematical reasoning.
• Speed, Distance and Time.
• Statements and conclusions.
• Logical Reasoning.
• Mental Reasoning.

Unit-VI: Computer Applications (20 Marks)

• Fundamentals of Computer Sciences.
• Hardware & Software.
• Input and Output devices.
• Operating System.
• M.S Word, M.S Excel, M.S Access and PowerPoint Presentation.
• E-mail & Internet.

The JKSSB Admit Cards for Assistant Storekeeper-cum-Clerk Posts are already available for download from Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board’s official website.