Syllabus for Written Test (Objective Type) for the Post of Supervisor in Mission Poshan, Social Welfare Department

​Syllabus for Written Test (Objective Type) for the Post of Supervisor in Mission Poshan, Social Welfare Department

• ​Total Marks: 120
• ​Duration: 120 Minutes
• ​Medium of Examination: English

​Note: The examination aims to evaluate candidates on scientific, analytical, and numerical aptitude, alongside general awareness across broad subjects relevant to the role.




​Marks Distribution

S. No.	Subjects / Topics	Marks Assigned
1	General Knowledge with special Reference to UT of J&K	20
2	General English & Comprehension	10
3	General Intelligence & Reasoning	10
4	General Science	10
5	Computer (Application Based)	10
6	Specialisation	60
Total		120

Detailed Syllabus

​I. General Knowledge with Special Reference to UT of J&K (20 Marks)

1. ​Current Events of National Importance.
2. ​Indian History, Culture, Heritage, and Freedom Struggle/Movement.
3. ​Indian Constitution: Basic Features, Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy.
4. ​Political & Physical Divisions of India.
5. ​Demography: Census, its features, and functions.
6. ​Weather, Climate, Crops, Means of Transport of India.
7. ​Environment, Ecology & Bio-diversity.
8. ​J&K UT: History, Geography, Economy, Heritage & Culture, J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.

​II. General English & Comprehension (10 Marks)

1. ​Tenses
2. ​Rearranging of jumbled sentences
3. ​Narration
4. ​Modals/Auxiliaries
5. ​Clauses
6. ​Synonyms and antonyms
7. ​Pairs of words and their use in meaningful sentences
8. ​Idioms and phrases
9. ​Uses of Prepositions
10. ​Active & Passive Voice

​III. General Intelligence & Reasoning (10 Marks)

​A. Basic Arithmetic

• ​Number System
• ​Percentage
• ​Average
• ​Profit & Loss
• ​Ratio & Proportion
• ​Time & Work

​B. Reasoning

• ​Number series
• ​Letter series
• ​Coding decoding
• ​Direction sense
• ​Blood relations
• ​Mathematical reasoning
• ​Speed, Distance, and Time
• ​Statement and conclusion

​IV. General Science (10 Marks)

1. ​Various sources of energy.
2. ​Nutrition and its types, Respiration, Transportation of water, food, and minerals in plants.
3. ​Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases.
4. ​Vitamins: Diseases related to vitamin deficiency.
5. ​Ecosystem: Its components, Food chains, and Food webs.
6. ​Environmental pollution, Ozone layer depletion, Green House Effect.
7. ​Vaccines and Immunization.

​V. Computer (Application Based) (10 Marks)

1. ​Basic Applications of Computer and its components.
2. ​Fundamentals of computer science.
3. ​Input & Output Devices.
4. ​Knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, PDF, Internet, and E-mail.
5. ​Concept of Computer Virus and Anti-Virus.
6. ​Hardware & Software, Elements of Computer Processing System, Hardware, CPU, Peripherals, Storage Media, Software Definition, Role and Categories, Firmware, and Human-ware.
7. ​Role of Information Technology in Governance.

​VI. Specialisation (60 Marks Total)

​UNIT 1 (10 Marks)

• ​Society, Community, Association.
• ​Social Stratification: Caste, Class, and Social Stratification in India.
• ​Social Institutions: Norms, Values, Folkways, and Mores.
• ​Marriage, Kinship, and Family.
• ​Social Change: Industrialization, Globalization, Modernization.

​UNIT 2 (10 Marks)

• ​Gender inequalities and issues.
• ​Gender Law & Human Rights.
• ​Stages and theories of Human development (Freud, Erikson).
• ​Socialization and its theories.
• ​Anxiety Disorders: Phobia, OCD, GAD, Panic disorder, PTSD.

​UNIT 3 (10 Marks)

• ​Human Rights: Concept and Evolution.
• ​Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• ​Understanding sex, Gender, Sexual division of labour.
• ​Women rights / Child rights.
• ​Social evils: Child abuse, Child labour, Female foeticide, Infanticide, and Drug Addiction.

​UNIT 4 (10 Marks)

• ​Poverty and unemployment.
• ​Population explosion, Global warming, and Climate Change.
• ​Indicators of social development.
• ​Trafficking, Beggery, Corruption.

​UNIT 5 (10 Marks)

• ​Growth and development.
• ​Food, Nutrition, Health, and Fitness.
• ​Physiology and promoting health.
• ​Food science and processing.
• ​Chemical analysis of Food.
• ​Food and personal hygiene.

​UNIT 6 (10 Marks)

• ​Government and Non-Government Programmes: Medical health care, Adoption, Foster care, Institutional care, children care, and children rights.
• ​Health and Family Welfare Programmes.
• ​Early childhood care and education.
• ​Old age and Disability Schemes.
• ​Poshan Abhiyaan, Poshan tracker, Poshan vatika, Supplementary Nutrition Programme.
• ​Anganwadi Services, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), Scheme for Adolescent Girls (SAG), Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), National Health Mission (NHM).
• ​National convergence of Anganwadi Centres into crèches.
• ​Ladli Beti Scheme, State Marriage Assistance Scheme, etc.