6 Tips to Win Kerala PSC Tests

This is an era of PSC examinations. Now a days all the youth are trying to achieve a government job. All the high qualified people are writing the PSC exams. But a huge percentage of them are aiming merely 'any government job'. This situation has to be change. High qualified candidates must try for a better job through the KPSC door. Many people keep a false idea that one can win the Kerala PSC exams by reading any PSC rank file just before the exam. But it is foolishness.

Kerala PSC invites extra talented, hardworking and brilliant candidates to the government sector. You must expect the toughest questions in the PSC question paper. Their answers will reach you to the highest rank in the ranklist.

If you are a master in Science, there are confusing questions from history to trap you. If you can handle both those subjects, there are English/ Malayalam grammar questions to create a perplexity.

So, to make a success in KPSC exam one should cover all the corners of the syllabus that would publish in PSC website.

Kerala PSC always likes to ask the questions about Kerala Renaissance. They would asked by PSC in the exams of peon to deputy collector. PSC's rules and interests are to avoid the candidates who have no idea about the Kerala facts. Now PSC makes a habit of asking these types GK questions in exams for technical posts also.

Kerala PSC record is related to the number of conducted examinations per year. It is almost equal to 300. In the previous month, PSC was busy with the last grade examinations of various districts.

To win the Kerala PSC test, the candidates should follow the 6 tips during the preparation and exam time.

1) Make friendship with the PSC syllabus:

Syllabus is the core of every PSC exams. Know the syllabus to get more marks. The syllabus of each test will publish by PSC in its site with the admission ticket. Don't wait till that time. Start your preparation before the notification itself. It will lead you to high mark. The previous years' question papers and syllabus help you for that. The syllabus will on the basis of the qualification of the test.

Cover the syllabus completely before your exam. The following are major, common topics in the syllabus of KPSC tests.

• GK - Facts about World, India, Kerala
• Indian Constitution
• Leaders
• Literature
• Cinema
• Sports
• Awards
• Current affairs
• General Science
• Mathematics
• English
• IT
• Malayalam 

2) Reach on Time in PSC Exam Hall:

KPSC is very strict about the time. All the candidates should be present in the examination hall, half an hour before the exam starting time. Commonly the morning session tests will start at 8.00 am and that of afternoon session at 2.00 pm. The late comers will not permit to attend the test. 

3) KPSC Negative Marking System:

The candidates have to be aware about the negative marking system of KPSC Exams. This is applicable for all the KPSC OMR tests. If you bubble a wrong answer, it will cause the loss of mark for right answer also. The minus mark will be 1/3. You will lose 3+1 marks (4 marks) for 3 wrong answers. So don't try to guess the unknown answers and save yourself from the negative mark.

4) KPSC will avoid the Invalid Answer sheets:

If there is any problem with your bubbling of the register number, date of birth, date of exam, tearing of answer sheet across the barcode..., your answer sheet will make invalid by the PSC. Even you got 100/100 marks, you will not get a chance to enter into the rank list. 

Tips to avoid the invalid answers:

• Bubble and write the register number.
• Put signature near to your name in the address sheet that would given by the invigilator in the exam hall.
• Tear the 2 parts (A and B parts) of the answer sheet with care. At the centre of these two parts, there is a barcode. Don't write, label, or draw anything on the barcode with pen.

5) Right to Complaint Against the KPSC Answer KEY:

Kerala PSC will publish the answer key of each test within some days after the exam in PSC website. Candidates can check their answers with this and if there are any wrong answers in the answer key, they have the right to send a complaint to the Comptroller of the Examination in a particular format. This format is available in PSC website. The final answer key will publish by PSC only after these complaints. 

6) Kerala PSC Interview Details:

Kerala PSC conducts the interview for certain posts besides the written test. The interview board would consist of two PSC members and subject experts. The chairman of the board will be the senior PSC member. The mark for interview will be 20% of the written test score. Usually the marks for written test and interview of KPSC are 100 and 20 respectively. 

The minimum mark to pass the interview is 4. All the interviewed candidates who got 4 and above marks will include in the rank list on the basis of the aggregate mark.