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(Syllabus) Karnataka PSC: Panchayath Development Officer Post
Karnataka Public Service Commission
Syllabus For Panchayath Development Officer Post
General Knowledge
- Constitution of India
- Indian History and culture, with particular reference to Karnataka
- General and Economic Geography of India, with particular reference to Karnataka
- Current events
- Every day science and such matters of every day observation
General English
- English grammar,
- Vocabulary,
- Spelling,
- Synonyms,
- Antonyms,
- Power to understand and comprehend English language and ability to discriminate between correct and incorrect usage,
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Knowledge
- Constitution Amendment to Article 73 and 74
- History of Karnataka Panchayat Raj
- Constitution of Grama Panchayats, Powers and duties of Grama Panchayat Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha
- Duties of Gram Panchayat
- Financial Resources of Gram panchayat
- Staff of Grama Panchayats and duties
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Scheme
- Total Sanitation Campaign
- Government Housing Schemes ( Ashraya, Ambedkar, Indira Avas Yojane)
Computer Literacy:
Area | Concept | Specific item |
A. Computer Concepts | Parts of a Computer, Peripherals and their function Computer Applications Security Internet Basics |
Storage, processor, display, mouse, ports, CD Drive, rpinter and
scanner Email, Packaged Applications, Customized Applications Passwords, Virus, Backup Accessing the Internet Search Engines |
B. MS Excel | Basic Operations and handling text Handling Numbers: Simple arithmetic operations and formatting Handling Dates Page Formatting, Setup and Printing |
Opening and saving, entering and editing data, copying and moving
data, insertving and deleting rows and columns, merging cells Addition, subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Average, decimals, currency, percentage Formatting and creating series Selecting Print area, setting Margins and adjusting size |
C. MS Word | Basic Operations Text Format Page Formatting, Setup and Printing Enhancing documents |
Opening and saving, copying and moving, finding and replacing Using Formatting Toolbar for Bold, Italics, text orientation, selecting font size, colour, tupe and styles Bullets and Paragraphs Margins and Page Breaks Inserting objects, hyperlinks and tables |
D. MS Powerpoint | Basic Operations Slide Layouts, Master Slide Enhancing slides Printing Slides and Handouts |
Opening, entering and formatting text in different parts of a slide
and saving Creating and applying a Master layout, changing theme and background Inserting objects, Animation and Creating a Slide Show Adjusting number of slides per page, printing with borders |
E. | Applications of Computer in Government |
MS office, Word (operations in letter typing etc). Excel (report formatting futures etc). Power Point Presentations, Outlook express or email handlings, MS Access or Database basic concepts, emails etc., |
F. | General knowledge of computer industry (like manufacturing companies, available main software, Famous Net Applications, Free email providers etc). |
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