Typist Syllabus
I. General Knowledge & Current Affairs – 10 Marks
II. Computer Word processing – 40 Marks
III. Typewriting – 10 Marks
IV. General English – 20 Marks
V. Regional Language (Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil) – 20 Marks
PART – I ( 10 Marks)
General Knowledge
Facts about India
- Geography of India – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famoussites – etc.
- Demography – Economic and social development – Poverty alleviation –Economy and planning – etc.
- History of India – Period from 1857 to 1947 – National movement
- Five Year Plans
Facts about Kerala
Geographical Facts – Physical features – Climate – Soils – Rivers – Famous sites – Economic and Social deve – Historical importance – etc.
Renaissance in Kerala
Important Events/Movements/Leaders
- Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi,
- Chattampi Swami
- Sree Narayana Guru,
- Vagbhatananda
- Thycaud Ayya
- Ayya Vaikundar
- Poikayil Yohannan (KumaraGuru)
- Ayyankali
- Pandit Karuppan
- Mannathu Padmanabhan
- V. T.Bhattathirippad
- Dr. Palpu
- Kumaranasan
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Etc.
Current Affairs
- Important world
- national and regional events related to the political and scientific fields, sports, cinema and literature etc.
Part II (40 Marks)
Computer Word Processing ( Word 2007, Excel 2007, Powerpoint 2007)
- Basics of Computer – Input devices, Output devices, Hardware, Software,Memory, Storage devices, Latest Peripherals, E-mail, Browsers, Search Engine, Social Networking, Antivirus Softwares, Unicode, Websites, Windows.
MS Word
- Introduction, Word Window, Title bar, Ribbon, Status bar, Tool bar
Document – Create, Open, Save, Print, Close
Font – size, style, effects.
Formatting Paragraph – Bold, Italics, Underline, Justify, Bullets and Numbering, Drop cap, Change case, Alignment, Tab setting, Line spacing, Character spacing,Styles and Editing, Cut, Copy, Paste.
Shortcut keys & function keys
Insert- Tables, Pictures, Clip arts, Shapes, Page number, Headers and Footers, Symbols, Links, word art.
Page layout- Page size, Margin, Line spacing, Orientation, Indentation
Creation of Table of contents, Index, Footnotes and end notes Mail merge, proof reading , add or remove comments
Views – different page views, guides, rulers
Introduction of Excel
- Adding and Removing Workbook, Rows and Columns Formatting a Cell, Different functions in Excel, Charts, Pivot Table, Sort, Filter, Conditional Formatting, Creating formulas, Inserting date and time, Data validation. Shortcut keys.
Power point
- Inserting & Deleting a Slide, Views
- Inserting chart, diagram, Smart Art, Sound, Video, Slide number, Links, Date
- Time, Page setup, Slide orientation, Slide show, Slide Layout , Arrange objects on the slide
Part III ( 10 Marks)
Type Writing
- History of Typewriter, Keys of Typewriter, Parts of Typewriter, Cleaning a Typewriter, Rocker Mechanism, Dog block, Movements of Typewriter, Officials abbreviation, Functions of Typewriter, Symbols.
Part IV ( 20 Marks)
General English
Module 1 : Comprehension Passage
A comprehension Passage
A comprehension passage is useful (to test the accuracy and clarity) of the
student.
- Synonyms and Antonyms can be asked from the passage.
- It can test the Past tense / Past participle of the Verb of given word from
the passage. - Different aspects of grammatical usages can be tested
- To give one word answers
Module 2 : Editing
This module aims at sentence correction and the correction of a given passage.
- Editing
- Capitalization
- Punctuation eg. (exclamation marks, column)
- Sentence Correction
- Subject verb agreement (eg. Police are looking for the thief)
Module 3 : English usage in day to day affairs.
Incomplete sentence in dialogues are asked to complete them using question tags / usages such as had better, not only – but also, if clause etc. conditional clauses (eg. Unless)
Module 4 : Idioms and Phrases
Idioms that are commonly use can be asked by giving options.
eg: It is a red letter day for me.
Module 5 : Word order and sentence order
Jumbled sentences can be given, A given sentence is inverted so that different options may be given for selecting the correct answer.
Module 6 : Basic Grammar
a. Article
b. Preposition
c. Tenses
d. Clauses
e. Phrasal Verbs
Module 7 : Voice
Change of Voice : Active and Passive
Module 8 : Reported Speech
Module 9 : Spell Check
Hattric, vaccum, accommodation, queue, tuition, enmity
V. REGIONAL LANGUAGE (20 Marks)
Malayalam
- പദശുദ്ധി
- വാകൃശുദ്ധി
- പരിഭാഷ
- ഒറ്റപദം
- പര്യായം
- വിപരീത പദം
- ശൈലികള് പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകള്
- സമാനപദം
- ചേര്ത്തെഴുതുക
- സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം
- വചനം
- പി രിച്ചെഴുതല്
- ഘടക പദം (വാക്യം ചേര്ത്തെഴുതുക)
Kannada
- Word Purity / Correct Word
- Correct Sentence
- Translation
- One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Idioms and Proverbs
- Equivalent Word
- Join the Word
- Feminine Gender, Masculine Gender
- Number
- Sort and Write
Tamil
- Correct Word
- Correct Structure of Sentence
- Translation
- Single Word
- Synonyms
- Antonyms / Opposite
- Phrases and Proverbs
- Equal Word
- Join the Word
- Gender Classification – Feminine, Masculine
- Singular, Plural
- Separate
- Adding Phrases