Subject: Syllabus for the post of Inspector and Guard Forest Protection Force of Forest, Ecology & Environment Department.
The J&K Services Selection Board has advertised the posts of Inspector, Forest Protection Force and FPF Guard, (Forest, Ecology & Environment Department) vide Advertisement Notification 04 of 2022 dated 27.07.2022. Accordingly, the syllabus for the said posts is notified as per the details given in Annexure "A" and "B" to this notice.
This notice is for the purpose of intimation to the concerned candidates only.
Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Department of Forest, Ecology & Environment, Civil Secretariat, J&K, Jammu/Srinagar.
Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department, Civil Secretariat, J&K, Jammu/Srinagar.
Director, Information & Public Relations, J&K Government with the request to get the said notification published in at least two leading local newspapers of Jammu/Srinagar for three consecutive days.
Member(s) ALL, J&K Services Selection Board.
Secretary, J&K Services Selection Board.
P.S. to Chairperson, J&K Services Selection Board for the information of Chairperson.
Annexure "A" — Syllabus for the post of Inspector, Forest Protection Force
Marks
Time
120
120 min
Unit I — General Issues on Environment, Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change (10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
General issues on Environment
ii.
Climate Change and its impact on Ecology
iii.
Mining and its effects, Renewable Energy
iv.
Concept of Sustainable Development
v.
Environmental impact assessment
vi.
Animal and Bird Diversity
vii.
Wildlife Poaching and Control Measures
viii.
Land use Classification in J&K
ix.
Forest Cover in J&K Based on FSI Assessment and etc.
x.
Air, Water and Noise Pollution
Unit II — General English (10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
Paragraph Writing/Comprehension
ii.
Editing/Proof Reading
iii.
Rearranging of jumbled sentences
iv.
Dialogue
v.
Narration
vi.
Models
vii.
Articles
viii.
Paragraph writing with blanks to be filled in with the following: Phrases, Pronouns, Homonyms/homophones, Tenses
ix.
Clauses
x.
Punctuation
xi.
Synonyms and Antonyms
xii.
Pairs of words and their use in meaningful sentences
xiii.
Idioms and phrases
xiv.
Uses of Prepositions
Unit III — Mathematics
S.No
Topic
i.
Quadratic Equations
ii.
Sequences and Series Straight Lines
iii.
Triangles, Circles and Coordinate Geometry
iv.
Mensuration with particular thrust on problems on finding Surface areas and Volumes of cubes, cuboids, spheres, hemispheres and right circular cylinders/cones etc.
Various sources of energy; conventional sources of energy: improvement in technology for using conventional source of energy (Biomass and wind energy)
iii.
Non-conventional sources of energy (Solar Energy, Energy from sea)
iv.
Physical properties of Metals and Non-Metals
v.
Chemical properties of metals like action of Water, Air, Acids, Salts: Reactivity: series of metals
vi.
Occurrence of Metals; their extraction, enrichment of ores. Extraction of metals in accordance with activity series; refining of metals
vii.
Life processes: Nutrition and its types, Respiration, Transportation of water, food and minerals in plants, Excretion with reference to plants and animals
viii.
Environmental pollution
ix.
Ecosystem - Its components, Food chains and Food webs
x.
Ozone layer, its depletion, Green House Effect
xi.
Mendel's contribution and experiments on pea plant
xii.
Types of reproduction in Plants and Animals
xiii.
Classification of Plants and Animals
Unit V — General Knowledge with special reference to J&K and Current Affairs (10 Marks + 10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
Abbreviations, Important Dates
ii.
Popular Personalities, Geographical Discoveries, Books and Authors
iii.
Principal Languages of India
iv.
Capitals and Currencies of Countries
v.
United Nations Organization, Members of United Nations Organization
vi.
Organizations and Groups
vii.
Members of SSARC, ASEAN, BRICS AND G-7
viii.
Space Programme of India, India's Atomic Research Programme
ix.
Awards, Honors and Prizes, Seven Wonders, The World of Sports
ix.a
India GDP, Per capita Income, Thermal/Nuclear/Hydro Power Plants in India
ix.b
Important dates, Popular names of personalities and their achievements/contribution
ix.c
Constitution of J&K with reference to Constituent Assembly
ix.d
Centre-State relationship
x.
Weather, Climate, Crops, Means of Transport
xi.
Important projects and their impact on State Economy
xii.
Rivers and Lakes
xiii.
Important Tourist Destinations
xiv.
History of J&K State
xv.
Historical places and their importance
xvi.
Flora and Fauna of J&K State
xvii.
J&K Reorganisation Act 2019, and Removal of difficulties Order/Adaptation Orders issued thereafter
Unit VI — Mental Ability Test
S.No
Topic
i.
Number series
ii.
Letter series
iii.
Coding decoding
iv.
Direction sense
v.
Blood relations
vi.
Mathematical reasoning
vii.
Speed, Distance and Time
viii.
Statements and conclusions
ix.
Logical Reasoning
x.
Mental Reasoning
Unit VII — History (10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
Revolt of 1857 - Causes and Effects
ii.
Rise of National Movement - Factors
iii.
Formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 and Role of Moderates
iv.
Factors leading to the rise of Extremism in the Congress with special reference to the Partition of Bengal
v.
Important dates and historical events with reference to India
vi.
Boycott and Swadeshi Movement
vii.
Rise of Muslim League in 1906: Cause
viii.
Khilafat Movement and the Non-Cooperation Movement
ix.
Quit India Movement
x.
Independence and Partition of India
Unit VIII — Civics (10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
Fundamental Rights
ii.
Fundamental duties
iii.
Directive Principles
iv.
Origin of democracy and its types. Direct and Indirect Democracy, Hindrance to Democracy
v.
Public opinion
vi.
Representation
vii.
Franchise
viii.
Secret Ballot
ix.
Nomination
x.
Symbol
xi.
The Campaign
xii.
Presidential elections
xiii.
Languages
xiv.
Cities and Villages
xv.
The United Nations
Unit IX — Geography (10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
Change of Seasons/Planets/Solar System/Longitude-Latitude
ii.
Types of forests (with special reference of J&K State)
iii.
Conservation and protection of forests
iv.
National/Zoological Parks and wildlife sanctuaries (Reference of J&K Sanctuaries and National Parks)
v.
Water resources, Sources of water (with special reference of J&K), Uses of water Resources. Conservation and management of water resources
vi.
Rainwater Harvesting
vii.
Transport
viii.
Roads (Different routes of J&K State)
Unit X — Computer (10 Marks)
S.No
Topic
i.
Fundamentals of Computer Science
ii.
Basic Applications of Computer and its accessories
iii.
Hardware and Software concept of Computer
iv.
Knowledge of Operating System, MS Office complete, Email & Internet
v.
Role of Computer in IT Field and detail concept/contribution of Information Technology in our daily life
vi.
Knowledge of surfing of websites on internet, downloading and uploading of files, online conversion of files from PDF to JPG and vice versa
vii.
Knowledge of KMZ files, capturing of Geo tagging photos and their uploading
viii.
Concept of Computer Viruses and latest Anti-Virus, their installation and online registration
ix.
Concept of latest Computer applications (Apps) utilized in Field working in Forest Department
