Kerala PSC VFA 2021 - Notification, Syllabus, Exam Date

About the exam

Kerala PSC Village Field Assistant Exam is conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission for the Revenue Department. The expected scale of pay is ₹ 17000-37500 (PR) and vacancies will be notified in the various districts of Kerala.

Notification

The commencement of the online application is on 15^th September, 2021 and the last date for application is 20^th October, 2021. The candidates can submit the application form for the post of Kerala PSC Village Field Assistant from 15th September 2021 onwards. The application should be submitted along with the application fee. Further details regarding the notification and the exam date can be availed on the official website of https://thulasi.psc.kerala.gov.in/.

Kerala PSC Village Field Assistant (VFA) Exam Pattern and Syllabus

The Village Field Assistant exam pattern is that the exam would be of an objective type for a total of 100 marks. The test will be conducted for a period of 2 hours. The syllabus is as follows –

Section	Topics Covered
Simple Arithmetic	SimplificationRatio & Proportion, Percentage.Work & Time.Sequence & Series.Permutations and CombinationsProbabilityNumber Systems.Time & Distance.Area, Volume, the surface area of geometric shapesProfit & Loss.Mixtures & Allegations.Simple InterestCompound InterestSurds & Indices.Data Interpretation
Mental Ability	SeriesProblems on Mathematical signsAnalogy – Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number AnalogyOdd man outCoding and DecodingFamily RelationSense of DirectionTime and AnglesTime in a clock and its reflectionDate and CalendarClerical Ability
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	Geography – Kerala, and IndiaBasic facts about Kerala- Geography, History, Industries, etcRiver systems and mountain ranges in IndiaStates and Union TerritoriesMedieval India, First war of Independence, Indian Independence HistoryFive-year plans, Banking & Insurance, Different Schemes(Central & State government-sponsored)Human rights act, Human Rights Commissions, SC/ST acts, SC/ST commissions, Women Protection bills, commissions, etcPolity, Economics, Science, Literature, Art & Culture, Sports – Current AffairsNational Parks, BiospheresContemporary events such as politics, economics, literature, science, art, culture, sports, and terminologyKerala Renaissance
General English	Types of Sentences and Interchange of SentencesDifferent Parts of Speech, Agreement of Verb and SubjectConfusion of Adjectives and Adverbs, Comparison of AdjectivesArticles – The Definite and the Indefinite Articles, Uses of Primary and Model Auxiliary VerbsTag Questions, Infinitive, and GerundsTenses, Tenses in Conditional TensesAdverbs and Position of adverbs, PrepositionsThe Use of CorrelativesDirect and Indirect SpeechActive and Passive voice, Correction of SentencesSingular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective NounsWord Formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix, Compound wordsSynonyms, Antonyms, Phrasal VerbsForeign Words and Phrases, One Word SubstitutesWords often confused, Spelling TestIdioms and their Meanings

Preparation Books that can be referred

Here is the list of the books that candidates can refer to for the Kerala PSC VFA Examination –

Kerala PSC Bulletin.
Yearbooks of Different publication houses for general knowledge and current affairs.
SCERT and NCERT textbooks from classes 6 to 10 to cover Basic Science, History, and Geography topics.
Kerala Navodhanam Publication books.
Objective General English- SP Bakshi.
Kerala PSC Previous year question banks from different publication houses.
Newspapers.