Finance-Account-Assistant-Syllabus

Subject: Syllabus for Written test (Objective Type) for the post of Accounts Assistant (Finance).

Marks: 120 | Time: 02:00 Hours

General Knowledge with special reference to J&K UT (30 Marks)

• (i) Current Events of National and International importance
• (ii) Political & Physical divisions of world & India
• (iii) Indian Culture, Heritage and Freedom Struggle/Movement.
• (iv) Transport & Communication.
• (v) Demography- Census, its feature and functions.
• (vi) Important Rivers & Lakes in India.
• (vii) Weather, Climate, Crops, Means of Transport of India.
• (viii) Environment, Ecology & Bio-diversity.
• (ix) J&K UT
  • a) History
  • b) Economy
  • c) Geography- (Weather, Climate, Crops, Rivers, Lakes, Flora, Fauna etc.)
  • d) Heritage & Culture
  • e) Important Tourist Destinations
• (x) J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.

Accountancy and Book Keeping (30 Marks)

• (i) Introduction to Financial Accounting and its terms.
• (ii) Accounting equation and Journal.
• (iii) Voucher Approach in Accounting.
• (iv) Bank Reconciliation Statement.
• (v) Financial Management/Statements.
• (vi) Partnership Accounts.
• (vii) Ledger Accounts.
• (viii) Cash Book, Financial Audit.
• (ix) Elements of Double entry Book Keeping.
• (x) Trial Balance.
• (xi) Trading Account.
• (xii) Profit Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
• (xiii) Concept of Social Accounting, Social Audit and cash based single entry system of accounting.
• (xiv) Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
• (xv) Indian Financial Management System.
• (xvi) Taxation, Tax Laws- Direct , Indirect
• (xvii) Cost Management-Budgetary control
• (xviii) Cost Accounting
• (xix) Developments in Accounting

GENERAL ENGLISH (10 Marks)

• (i) Tenses
• (ii) Rearranging of jumbled sentences.
• (iii) Narration
• (iv) Modals
• (v) Articles
• (vi) Comprehension with blanks to be filled in with
  • i. Phrases
  • ii. Pronouns
  • iii. Homonyms / homophones.
• (vii) Clauses
• (viii) Synonyms and antonyms
• (ix) Pairs of words and their use in meaningful sentences.
• (x) Idioms and phrases.
• (xi) Uses of Prepositions.
• (xii) Active & Passive Voice

Statistics (10 Marks)

• (i) Primary and secondary data.
• (ii) Methods of collecting Primary and Secondary Data
• (iii) Preparation of questionaires
• (iv) Tabulation and compilation of Data
• (v) Measures of central Tendency
• (vi) Theory of Probability
• (vii) Theory of Attributes- Basic concepts and their applications.
• (viii) Theory of Index Numbers: Tests of Index numbers- Wholesale and consumer price Index numbers.
• (ix) Demography-Census, its features and functions.
• (x) Vital Statistics- Measures of fertility, Crude fertility rates, specific fertility rates, gross and net reproduction rates., Measures of Mortality

Mathematics (10 Marks)

• (i) Simple / Compound interest.
• (ii) Linear equations with two variables.
• (iii) Permutations/ Combinations & Binomial Theorem.
• (iv) Limits & Derivatives.
• (v) Set Theory- Basic Concepts and Applications.
• (vi) Relations and Functions
• (vii) Matrices & Determinants
• (viii) Probability
• (ix) Coordinate & Three dimensional Geometry
• (x) Vectors.

General Economics (10 Marks)

• (i) Introduction of Economics- Basic concept and Principles.
• (ii) Fiscal & Monetary Policy- Meaning, Scope and Methodology.
• (iii) Theory of consumers demand using indifference curve technique.
• (iv) Demand Analysis
• (v) Factor Pricing –Marginal productivity Theory & Ricardian Theory of Rent
• (vi) Pricing under various forms of Market.
• (vii) Factors of production & Laws of Production.
• (viii) Concept of Economic Growth and its measurement
• (ix) Characteristics and problems of developing economy
• (x) Planning vs Market Economy.
• (xi) Economic Reforms in India
• (xii) Concept & Measurement of National Income.
• (xiii) Role of RBI

General Science (10 Marks)

• (i) Newtons Laws of Motion, Mass, Weight, Acceleration, Velocity, Speed etc
• (ii) Electric Current, Power, Energy, Voltage.
• (iii) Chemical Equation, types.
• (iv) Metals, Non-metals- Physical & Chemical properties.
• (v) Various sources of energy; Conventional sources of energy; Biomass and wind energy. Non-conventional sources of energy (Solar energy, Tidal energy).
• (vi) Nutrition and its types, Respiration, Transportation of water, food and minerals in plants.
• (vii) Communicable & Non-Communicable Dieases.
• (viii) Vitamins- Dieases related to vitamin deficiency.
• (ix) Ecosystem – Its components, Food chains and Food webs.
• (x) Environmental pollution. Ozone layer, its depletion, Green House Effect.

Knowledge of Computers (10 Marks)

• (i) Basic Applications of Computer and its component.
• (ii) Fundamentals of computer sciences.
• (iii) Concept of Open Source Technologies.
• (iv) Input & output Devices.
• (v) Operating system
• (vi) Knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Powerpoint, PDF Internet and E-mail.
• (vii) Concept of Computer Virus and Anti-Virus.
• (viii) Hardware & Software, Elements of Computers Processing System Hardware , CPU, Peripherals, Storage Media, Software Definition, Role and Categories Firmware and Human-ware.
• (ix) Role of Information Technology in Governance.