Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) Syllabus and Details - Kerala PSC

 

KAS Exam - Probable Syllabus

After waiting for a long time KAS (Kerala Administrative Service) is going to become a reality!!!
The draft for the formation of KAS is ready. We can expect the notification any time after approving the draft and sending it to PSC.

PSC will hopefully release the KAS Notification in December 2018.

Qualification: Any Graduation (No mark restriction)

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Kerala PSC Online Mock Exam - Kerala Renaissance

This is an online mock test of 25 Questions. The Time allowed is 10 minutes. Please complete the test within the given time and prepare yourself to the real examination.

This Online PSC exam is intended for all the PSC exams including Last Grade, LD Clerk, Police Constable and Secretariat Assistant.

How to Calculate Simple Interest

Simple Interest: Basic Concept

Simple interest is the Interest on the loan amount
In this Interest is same for every year or every period

Example:
               
If $100 is borrowed for 4% monthly simple interest
Each month the borrower has to pay $4
If he has to pay back after one year
Total Amount is $100 + (12 X $4)
= $100 + $48
= $148

Simple Interest: Key Facts

• Interest accumulates over regularly
• The Principal is constant
• The interest is calculated on the Principal

Compound Interest

• The interest is added to the Principal regularly
• Higher interest over time than simple interest

Simple Interest VS Compound Interest

If we compare the lending of $100 at 10% of rate of interest for two years

In Simple Interest

First year Principal is $100;
Interest- $10
Second year Principal is $100;
Interest- $10
Total interest - $20

In Compound Interest

First year Principal is $100;
Interest- $10
Second year Principal is $110;
Interest- $11
Total interest - $21

Simple Interest: Formula

Simple Interest

Interest, I = Pnr

Therefore, the total amount to pay back after a certain period,
A = P + I
= P + Pnr
= P (1+nr)

Simple Interest: Example 1

John takes a loan of $12,000 from a bank at a simple annual interest rate of 4%. How much interest he has to pay after ten years?

P = $12,000
n = 10 years

r = 4% = 4/100
= .04 per year

I = Pnr
= (12000) X (10) X (.04)
= $4800

The total interest for 10 years is $ 4800

And the Total amount John has to pay back is
Principal + Interest
= $12000 + $4800
= $16800

Simple Interest: Example 2

Jack borrows $90 and agrees to pay 5% simple interest every week. Two months later, how much does he have to pay?

P = $100

n = 2 months
= 2 × (4 weeks per month)
= 8 weeks

r 
= 5%
= .05 per week

I 
= Pnr
= $100 × 8 × .05
= $40

Total Payable Amount 
= Principal + Interest
= P + I
= $100 + $40
= $140

How to Solve Problems on Train

Problems on Train

Problems on train are now common in competitive exams and they are all about finding the distance and speeds of the train in given circumstances. We here discuss some of the basic ideas on how to solve these problems quickly. 

Formula

How to Convert kmph into mps

How to Convert mps into kmph

Example 1
A train running at the speed of 60 kmph crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?

The speed of the train, s
= 60 kmph
= 60 × 5/18
= 50/3 mps

Time taken, T
= 9 s

The length of the train, L
= s × t
= 50/3 × 9
= 150 m

Example 2

A train is moving at a speed of 132 kmph. If the length of the train is 110 meters, how long will it take to cross a railway platform of 165 meter long?
The speed of the train, S
 = 132 kmph
= 132 × 5/18
= 220/3 mps

The length of the train, 𝐿1
= 110 m

The length of the platform, 𝐿2
= 165 m

Time taken, T
= (𝐿1+𝐿2)/S
= (110+168)/(220/3)
=  3.8 m


Example 3

A 300 meter long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses the signal pole in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform?

The length of the train, 𝐿1
=300 𝑚

Time taken to crosses the pole, 𝑇1
=18 𝑠

The speed of the train, S
= 300/18 mps

Time taken to crosses the platform, 𝑇2
= 39 s

The length of the platform, 𝐿2
= 𝑇2× S
= 39 × 300/18
= 650 m

How to Write a Diary Entry

Writing A Diary Entry

Diary Writing is said to have originated more than a 1000 years ago. The diaries of Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank have given the world invaluable information about the English Restoration and the Nazi Holocaust respectively. Diary Writing is now an immensely popular habit throughout the world and an exercise for the elementary school children.

A Diary is a personal record of daily events and feelings usually written on daily basis. It is easy to write a great diary entry if we follow a few simple steps.

• First Person: The Diary entry should be on first person narrative as it is you who writes your own daily life and feelings

• Record of Life: The Diary entry should contain the events and occurrences of the day on which you write. It is not necessary to include as much as you can write. Rather it will be a good idea to write down only those things you want to remember about later.

• Feelings and Emotions: A diary is the repository of one's own emotions. A diary entry can include the mood of the day, the joy, sadness, triumphs... all that you want to write.

• Diary, your Companion: A diary entry is where you can write as you would talk to your closest friend or companion. It is a place for all your feelings that you haven't even shared with anyone else. 

• Strictly No Rules: There are no rules for the structure of a diary entry. There are conventions that you can follow. A diary entry can usually be written in your own style whatever it is. It can be crisp and short forms and ungrammatical expressions are viable in a diary entry.

• Natural: Writing the diary entry is seen as a natural activity that is flexible and subjective. Simple and incomplete sentences and use of jargons are usual in writing a diary to make it as truthful to the life. Colloquial and informal words are common in a diary entry.

Structure of a Diary

• A diary entry is usually brief and has simple structure. A diary entry is perfect to start with the date of the day on which it is written. The date helps the writer to recollect incidents in a later reading of the entry.

• The diary entry is often not a neatly written paragraph. Similar to the stream of consciousness technique in literature, a diary entry is of broken sentences and short paragraphs. The events recorded would not always be in a sequential order but in an order that the writer thinks it best reflects his emotional attachment with those events.

• Ellipses, question marks and exclamation marks are usually seen in a diary. Ellipses indicate that the diary is incomplete and only the important parts of an event or incident is written. The question marks are used to reiterate the doubts and questions that rises in the mind of the diary writer in that day. Subsequently exclamation marks help to record surprises, joy and similar feelings.

• It is important to remember that a diary entry is a poetic representation of a day in the life of the diary writer. It is not an entity that is complete in itself but just a part of the diary. Hence, it is best to write about the hope and expectation for the days after the date of diary in the entry. The next entry will be a continuation of the entry just like this one was a continuation of the previous one.

• Always write a short, simplified and compressed diary entry because we are sure that no one wants to read so much from one’s own diary. Just hint about the important occurrences of the day which you think you would be happy to read again.

Sample of a Diary Entry