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

1. പദശുദ്ധി
2. വാകൃശുദ്ധി
3. പരിഭാഷ
4. ഒറ്റപദം
5. പര്യായം
6. വിപരീത പദം
7. ശൈലികള്‍ പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകള്‍
8. സമാനപദം
9. ചേര്‍ത്തെഴുതുക
10. സ്ത്രീലിംഗം പുല്ലിംഗം
11. വചനം
12. പി രിച്ചെഴുതല്‍
13. ഘടക പദം (വാക്യം ചേര്‍ത്തെഴുതുക)

Kannada

1. Word Purity / Correct Word
2. Correct Sentence
3. Translation
4. One Word / Single Word / One Word Substitution
5. Synonyms
6. Antonyms
7. Idioms and Proverbs
8. Equivalent Word
9. Join the Word
10. Feminine Gender, Masculine Gender
11. Number
12. Sort and Write

Tamil

1. Correct Word
2. Correct Structure of Sentence
3. Translation
4. Single Word
5. Synonyms
6. Antonyms / Opposite
7. Phrases and Proverbs
8. Equal Word
9. Join the Word
10. Gender Classification – Feminine, Masculine
11. Singular, Plural
12. Separate
13. Adding Phrases