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SI Syllabus

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  1. 1.Kerala:
  2. 2.Arrival of Europeans - Contributions of Europeans - History of Travancore from Marthanda Varma to Sree Chithirathirunnal - Social and Religious Reform movement - National movement in Kerala - Literary Sources of Kerala History - United Kerala Movement - Political and Social History of Kerala after 1956.
  3. 3.India & World:
  4. 4.• India: Political History - Establishment of the British - First War of Independence - Formation of INC - Swadeshi Movement - Social Reform movement - Newspapers - Literature and Arts during the freedom struggle - Independence Movement & Mahatma Gandhi - India's independent Post independent period - State reorganization - Development in Science, Education, and Technology - Foreign policy.
  5. 5.• World: Great Revolution in England - American War of Independence - French Revolution - Russian Revolution - Chinese Revolution - Political History after Second World War - UNO and other International Organizations.

  1. 1.• Basics of Geography: Earth Structure - Atmosphere, Rocks, Landforms, Pressure Belt and Winds, Temperature and Seasons, Global Issues - Global Warming - Various forms of Pollution, Maps - Topographic Maps and Signs, Remote Sensing - Geographic Information System, Oceans and its various movements - Continents, Nations and their specific features.
  2. 2.• India: Physiography - States and its features, Northern Mountain Region, Rivers, Northern Great Plain, Peninsular Plateau, Coastal Plain, Climate - Natural Vegetation - Agriculture - Minerals and Industries - Energy Sources, Transport system: Road, Water, Railways, Air.
  3. 3.• Kerala: Physiography - Districts and its features - Rivers - Climate - Natural Vegetation - Wild life - Agriculture and research centers - Minerals and Industries - Energy Sources - Transport system: Road, Water, Railway, Air.

  1. 1.India: Economy, Five Year Plans, New Economic Reforms, Planning Commission and Niti Aayog, Financial Institutions, Agriculture - Major Crops, Green Revolution, Minerals. Direct and indirect taxes in India, GST in India - rationale and structure of GST, benefits of GST.

  1. 1.Kerala State Civil Service - Quasi-judicial bodies, various Commissions, Basic facts of socio-economic development - Planning Board - Commercial Planning and Policies - Disaster Management - Watershed Management - Employment and Labour - National Rural Employment Programmes - Land Reforms - Social Welfare and Security - Protection of Women, Children and Senior Citizens - Population, Literacy, E-governance, Delegated Legislation and its controls - Legislative and Judicial controls - Constitutional law remedies against Administrative Arbitrariness - Administrative Discretion and its Controls - Administrative Adjudication - Principles of Natural Justice.

  1. 1.1. Basic facts of Human Body
  2. 2.2. Vitamins and Minerals and their Deficiency Diseases
  3. 3.3. Communicable Diseases and Causative Organisms, Preventive and Remedial Measures
  4. 4.4. Kerala Welfare activities in Health Sector
  5. 5.5. Lifestyle Diseases
  6. 6.6. Basic Health Facts
  7. 7.7. Environment and Environmental Hazards

  1. 1.National, International and Regional (Kerala) current events, contemporary issues, notable personalities, awards, science and technological developments, sports and political developments.

  1. 1.1. Numbers and Basic Operations
  2. 2.2. Fraction and Decimal Numbers
  3. 3.3. Percentage
  4. 4.4. Profit and Loss
  5. 5.5. Simple and Compound Interest
  6. 6.6. Ratio and Proportion
  7. 7.7. Time and Distance
  8. 8.8. Time and Work
  9. 9.9. Average
  10. 10.10. Laws of Exponents
  11. 11.11. Mensuration
  12. 12.12. Progressions

  1. 1.1. Series
  2. 2.2. Problems on Mathematical Signs
  3. 3.3. Verifying Positions
  4. 4.4. Analogy - Word Analogy, Alphabet Analogy, Number Analogy
  5. 5.5. Odd man out
  6. 6.6. Numerical Ability
  7. 7.7. Coding and Decoding
  8. 8.8. Family Relations
  9. 9.9. Sense of Direction
  10. 10.10. Time and Angles
  11. 11.11. Time in a clock and its reflection
  12. 12.12. Date and Calendar
  13. 13.13. Clerical Ability

  1. 1.1. Types of Sentences and Interchange of Sentences
  2. 2.2. Different Parts of Speech
  3. 3.3. Agreement of Subject and Verb
  4. 4.4. Articles - Definite and Indefinite Articles
  5. 5.5. Uses of Primary and Modal Auxiliary Verbs
  6. 6.6. Question Tags
  7. 7.7. Infinitive and Gerunds
  8. 8.8. Tenses
  9. 9.9. Tenses in Conditional Sentences
  10. 10.10. Prepositions
  11. 11.11. The Use of Correlatives
  12. 12.12. Direct and Indirect Speech
  13. 13.13. Active and Passive voice
  14. 14.14. Correction of Sentences
  15. 15.15. Degrees of Comparison

  1. 1.1. Singular & Plural, Change of Gender, Collective Nouns
  2. 2.2. Word formation from other words and use of prefix or suffix
  3. 3.3. Compound words
  4. 4.4. Synonyms & Antonyms
  5. 5.5. Phrasal Verbs
  6. 6.6. Foreign Words and Phrases
  7. 7.7. One Word Substitutes
  8. 8.8. Words often confused
  9. 9.9. Spelling Test
  10. 10.10. Idioms and their Meanings
  11. 11.11. Expansion and meaning of Common Abbreviations

  1. 1.1. പദശുദ്ധി
  2. 2.2. വാക്യശുദ്ധി
  3. 3.3. പരിഭാഷ
  4. 4.4. ഒറ്റപദം
  5. 5.5. പര്യായം
  6. 6.6. വിപരീത പദം
  7. 7.7. ശൈലികൾ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകൾ
  8. 8.8. സമാനപദം
  9. 9.9. ചേർത്തെഴുതുക
  10. 10.10. സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം
  11. 11.11. വചനം
  12. 12.12. പിരിച്ചെഴുതൽ
  13. 13.13. ഘടക പദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക)

  1. 1.• Definitions & General Explanations: Sec 2(3) Child, 2(4) Counterfeit, 2(8) Document, 2(13) Harbour, 2(14) Injury, 2(28) Public servant, 3(5) Common intention
  2. 2.• Punishments: Sec 4 & 11
  3. 3.• General Exceptions: Sec 14 & 17 (Mistake of fact), 15 & 16 (Judicial acts), 18 (Accident), 19 (Necessity), 20 & 21 (Infancy), 22 (Insanity), 23 & 24 (Intoxication), 25-30 (Consent), 31 (Communication in good faith), 32 (Compulsion), 33 (Trifles), 34-44 (Private defence)
  4. 4.• Offences Against Woman and Child: Sec 63-66 (Rape), 67, 68, 69, 70 (Gang rape), 71, 72, 74, 75 (Sexual harassment), 76, 77 (Voyeurism), 78 (Stalking), 79, 80 (Dowry death), 81, 82 (Bigamy), 83, 84, 85 & 86 (Cruelty), 87, 88-90, 93-99
  5. 5.• Offences Affecting Human Body: Sec 100 & 105 (Culpable homicide), 101 & 103 (Murder), 102, 103(2) Mob lynching, 104, 106, 107 & 108, 109, 110, 111 (Organized crime), 112, 113 (Terrorist acts), 114-121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 137, 138, 143, 145, 146
  6. 6.• Offences Against Public Tranquillity: Sec 189 (Unlawful assembly), 191 (Rioting), 194 (Affray), 195, 196, 197
  7. 7.• Offences Relating to Public Servants: Sec 198-205
  8. 8.• Offences Against Property: Sec 303 (Theft), 304 (Snatching), 308 (Extortion), 309 (Robbery), 310 (Dacoity), 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 324-328 (Mischief), 329, 330

  1. 1.• Definitions: Sec 2(a) Audio-video electronic means, 2(c) Bailable & non-bailable, 2(g) Cognizable, 2(h) Complaint, 2(k) Inquiry, 2(l) Investigation, 2(o) Non-cognizable, 2(x) Summons case, 2(y) Victim, 2(z) Warrant case
  2. 2.• Powers of Superior Officers & Aid to Police: Sec 30-34
  3. 3.• Arrest of Persons: Sec 35-61 (Arrest without warrant, procedure, rights, medical examination, 24-hour limit, etc.)
  4. 4.• Summons and Warrant: Sec 63-70, 72-82
  5. 5.• Search and Seizure: Sec 96-98, 100, 102-104, 105 (Audio-video recording), 106-110
  6. 6.• Maintenance of Public Order & Tranquillity: Sec 148-151
  7. 7.• Preventive Action of Police: Sec 168-172
  8. 8.• Information to Police & Powers to Investigate: Sec 173 (FIR), 174-196 (Statements, diary, final report, inquest, etc.)

  1. 1.• Definitions: Sec 2(d) Document, 2(e) Evidence, 2(f) Fact, 2(g) Facts in issue, 2(k) Relevant
  2. 2.• Confession: Sec 22 (Inducement, threat, promise), Sec 23 (Confession to police officer), Sec 24 (Co-accused)
  3. 3.• Statements by Persons Who Cannot Be Called as Witnesses: Sec 26-32
  4. 4.• Opinions of Third Persons When Relevant: Sec 39 (Experts), Sec 40-45

  1. 1.• Section 2(f): Information
  2. 2.• Section 8: Exemption from disclosure of information
  3. 3.• Section 9: Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases
  4. 4.• Section 11: Third party information

  1. 1.Constituent Assembly - Preamble - Citizenship - Fundamental Rights, Writs (Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo warranto) - Directive Principles of State Policy - Fundamental Duties - Structure of Governments: Union Executive, Parliament and Judiciary; State Executive, Legislature and Judiciary - Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs) - Important Constitutional Amendments (42, 44, 52, 73, 74, 86, 91, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105 & 106) - Constitutional Authorities and their functions: Comptroller and Auditor General, Attorney General, Advocate General, Election Commission of India, State Election Commission, Union Public Service Commission, State Public Service Commission - Finance Commission - State Finance Commission - GST Council - Distribution of legislative powers: Union List, State List, Concurrent List - Services under the Union and the States - Tribunals - National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Backward Classes - Official Language, Regional Languages, Language of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc. - Special directives relating to languages.

  1. 1.• Section 43: Penalty and Compensation for damage to computer system
  2. 2.• Section 43A: Compensation for failure to protect data
  3. 3.• Section 65: Tampering with computer source documents
  4. 4.• Section 66: Computer related offences
  5. 5.• Section 66B, 66C (Identity theft), 66D (Cheating by personation), 66E (Privacy), 66F (Cyber terrorism)
  6. 6.• Section 67, 67A, 67B (Child pornography/obscenity)
  7. 7.• Section 72: Breach of confidentiality
  8. 8.• Section 77B: Offences with 3 years imprisonment bailable
  9. 9.• Section 78: Power to investigate offences

  1. 1.• E-mail, Social media, Online portals, Blogs, Vlogs, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Digital/Electronic signature
  2. 2.• Cyber forensics, Computer forensics, Network forensics, Mobile forensics, Live forensics, CDR Analysis, IPDR Analysis, IMEI Number, IMSI Number
  3. 3.• Digital Evidence, Potential digital devices (Computer, Mobile phone, Laptops, Digital Watch, IoT, Pen drives, CD/DVD, Hard disks, Cloud Storage, CCTV, Cameras, ATM machine, Server logs, IP Address - Private/Public/Static/Dynamic IP, GPS, Biometrics etc.)
  4. 4.• Hacking, Cyber bullying, Cyber stalking, Denial of service attacks, Web defacement, Spoofing, Morphing, Phishing, Ransomware attacks, Cyber terrorism, Source code tampering, Online frauds, Data theft, Identity theft, Online cheating, Pornography, Child pornography etc.

  1. 1.1. Approaches of human behaviour: Psychoanalytic, Behaviouristic, Humanistic, Gestalt
  2. 2.2. Cognitive Process: Attention, Thinking, Memory
  3. 3.3. Individual Differences: Intelligence, Emotions, Aggression and Frustration, Stress and anxiety
  4. 4.4. Social Dimensions on Behaviour: Phobia, Imitation and Modelling, Social Deviance, Cultural Deprivation, Prejudice and Discrimination, Inter-group Conflict
  5. 5.5. Developmental aspects of Behaviour: Later Childhood, Adolescence, Psychosocial Development, Contributions of Erik Erikson, Moral Development, Contributions of Kohlberg