General Knowledge
50%of exam
General English
Not publishedof exam
General Kannada
Not publishedof exam
Computer Knowledge
Not publishedof exam
Quick Facts
- Recruiter
- KEA
- Department
- Karnataka Revenue
- Current vacancies
- 572: 505 RPC + 67 KK
- Written papers
- Two
- Written total
- 200 marks
- Paper time
- Two hours each
- Wrong answer
- -0.25 mark
- Blank OMR row
- -0.25 mark
- Unattempted
- Shade fifth option
- Written minimum
- 35%
- Kannada test
- 50/150 qualifies
- Selection
- District merit
Rural Tiers
Gram -> Taluk -> Zilla
Gram: villageTaluk: intermediateZilla: district
Gram Sabha vs Panchayat
Gram Sabha
- All registered voters
- Participatory forum
Gram Panchayat
- Elected representatives
- Executive local body
Voters versus elected body
OMR Response Picker
- Know answer→Shade option 1-4(One circle)
- Do not answer→Shade option 5(Required response)
- Leave row blank→Lose 0.25 mark(Avoid)
- Wrong answer→Lose 0.25 mark
- Extra five minutes→Shade remaining option 5(After final bell)
- Before submission→Check every response row
Exam Map
- Paper 1
- 100-mark General Knowledge
- Paper 2
- Kannada, English, computer knowledge
- Paper duration
- Two hours each
- Wrong response
- Deduct 0.25 mark
- Blank response row
- Deduct 0.25 mark
- Unattempted question
- Shade fifth option
- Kannada test
- Exemption-dependent qualifying stage
- Kannada threshold
- 50 of 150
- Kannada exemption
- Qualifying Kannada study or prior test
- Written minimum
- 35% required
- Merit
- District-wise competitive exam merit
- Interview
- Not listed in selection process
- District choice
- Choose one eligible district
Constitution Parts
Rights III; Principles IV; Duties IVA
III: rightsIV: principlesIVA: duties
Rights vs Directive Principles
Fundamental Rights
- Part III
- Court-enforceable
Directive Principles
- Part IV
- Not court-enforceable
Enforceable versus governance guidance
Government Level Picker
- Village voters assemble→Gram Sabha
- Village body acts→Gram Panchayat
- Taluk body coordinates→Taluk Panchayat
- District body plans→Zilla Panchayat
- Taluk revenue matter→Tahsildar
- District administration matter→Deputy Commissioner
Indian Polity
- Adopted
- 26 November 1949
- Effective
- 26 January 1950
- Fundamental Rights
- Part III
- Directive Principles
- Part IV
- Fundamental Duties
- Part IVA
- Article 14
- Equality before law
- Article 21
- Life and personal liberty
- Article 32
- Constitutional remedies
- Lok Sabha
- Directly elected house
- Rajya Sabha
- Council of States; continuing house
Vidhana Sabha vs Parishad
Vidhana Sabha
- Lower house
- Direct elections
Vidhana Parishad
- Upper house
- Continuing chamber
Assembly versus council
Karnataka Administration
- Governor
- State constitutional head
- Chief Minister
- Heads elected government
- Legislature
- Bicameral
- Vidhana Sabha
- Lower house
- Vidhana Parishad
- Upper house
- Deputy Commissioner
- District administration
- Tahsildar
- Taluk revenue administration
- VAO
- Village revenue administration
Rural Governance
- Gram Sabha
- Village registered voters
- Gram Panchayat
- Village elected body
- Taluk Panchayat
- Intermediate rural tier
- Zilla Panchayat
- District rural tier
- 73rd Amendment
- Constitutionalized Panchayats
- Eleventh Schedule
- 29 Panchayat subjects
- Cooperative
- Member-owned enterprise
- Ward Sabha
- Ward-level participation
Karnataka Snapshot
- Unification
- 1 November 1956
- Renaming
- 1 November 1973
- Capital
- Bengaluru
- Western boundary
- Arabian Sea
- Western Ghats
- Biodiversity hotspot
- Interior
- Deccan Plateau
- Highest peak
- Mullayanagiri
- Kaveri
- East-flowing river
- Krishna
- East-flowing river
Science + Environment
- Photosynthesis
- Light powers glucose production
- Acid
- pH below seven
- Base
- pH above seven
- Force unit
- Newton
- Power unit
- Watt
- Ozone layer
- Absorbs ultraviolet radiation
- Greenhouse gas
- Carbon dioxide example
- Biodiversity
- Variety of living organisms
Current Affairs Lens
- Government scheme
- Ministry plus beneficiary
- State budget
- Allocation plus fiscal balance
- Report or index
- Publisher plus ranking
- Appointment
- Office plus term
- Award
- Field plus year
- Sports result
- Winner plus venue
- Karnataka news
- District plus department
Since vs For
Since
- Starting point
- Since Monday
For
- Elapsed duration
- For three days
Point versus period
English Grammar
- Subject-verb
- Agree in number
- A or an
- Choose by sound
- Since
- Starting point
- For
- Time duration
- Fewer
- Countable nouns
- Less
- Uncountable nouns
- Passive voice
- Object becomes subject
- Synonym
- Similar meaning
- Antonym
- Opposite meaning
- Idiom
- Figurative fixed expression
- Prefix
- Precedes word root
- Suffix
- Follows word root
Kannada Word Classes
ನಾಮ names; ಕ್ರಿಯಾ acts; ಗುಣ describes
ನಾಮಪದ: nounಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ: verbಗುಣವಾಚಕ: adjective
Kannada Grammar
- ನಾಮಪದ
- Noun; names something
- ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ
- Verb; shows action
- ಸರ್ವನಾಮ
- Pronoun; replaces noun
- ಗುಣವಾಚಕ
- Adjective; describes noun
- ಲಿಂಗ
- Grammatical gender
- ವಚನ
- Singular or plural
- ಕಾಲ
- Verb tense
- ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ
- Case relationship
- ಸಂಧಿ
- Joined sound change
- ಸಮಾಸ
- Compound word formation
- ವಿರುದ್ಧಾರ್ಥಕ
- Opposite-meaning word
- ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ
- Similar-meaning word
Computer Cycle
Input -> Process -> Output -> Storage
Input: captureProcess: computeOutput: presentStorage: retain
RAM vs ROM
RAM
- Working memory
- Volatile
ROM
- Firmware storage
- Nonvolatile
Temporary versus retained
Computer Tool Picker
- Write official letter→Word
- Calculate tabular data→Excel
- Present slide deck→PowerPoint
- Open website→Browser
- Find web page→Search engine
- Connect local office→LAN
Computer Basics
- CPU
- Processes instructions
- RAM
- Volatile working memory
- ROM
- Nonvolatile firmware memory
- Operating system
- Manages hardware resources
- Input device
- Sends data inward
- Output device
- Presents processed data
- Binary
- Zeros and ones
- Byte
- Eight bits
Browser vs Search Engine
Browser
- Installed application
- Renders websites
Search engine
- Online service
- Finds websites
Display tool versus finder
Office + Internet
- Word
- Word processing
- Excel
- Spreadsheet calculations
- PowerPoint
- Slide presentations
- Browser
- Displays web content
- Search engine
- Finds indexed pages
- URL
- Web resource address
- LAN
- Local area network
- WAN
- Wide area network
- Phishing
- Deceptive credential theft
- Antivirus
- Detects malicious software
- Ctrl+C
- Copy selection
- Ctrl+V
- Paste selection
Common Traps
Qualifying vs merit
Kannada test qualifies ≠ Written papers rank
Paper 1 vs Paper 2
Paper 1: GK ≠ Paper 2: Kannada, English, computers
Sabha vs Panchayat
Sabha includes voters ≠ Panchayat is elected
State head vs government head
Governor constitutional head ≠ Chief Minister government head
Browser vs search
Browser opens pages ≠ Search engine finds pages
RAM vs storage
RAM clears without power ≠ Storage retains data
Blank vs fifth option
Blank row loses 0.25 ≠ Option 5 records omission
Last Minute
- 1.Paper 1 = 100-mark GK
- 2.Paper 2 = Kannada, English, computers
- 3.Each paper = two hours
- 4.Wrong answer = -0.25 mark
- 5.Unanswered = shade option 5
- 6.Blank response row = -0.25
- 7.Written minimum = 35%
- 8.Kannada qualifying = 50/150
- 9.Rights III; Principles IV
- 10.Gram-Taluk-Zilla rural tiers
- 11.Governor head; CM governs
- 12.Since point; for duration
- 13.ನಾಮಪದ noun; ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ verb
- 14.RAM volatile; ROM nonvolatile
- 15.Browser displays; search finds
- 16.Check every OMR response row
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