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JKSSB Assistant Superintendent Jails Syllabus & Exam Pattern
Comprehensive 100-mark official written examination syllabus for JKSSB Assistant Superintendent Jails (Prisons Department) covering General Mental Ability & Reasoning, General Knowledge & Current Affairs with reference to J&K, Quantitative Aptitude & Mathematics, General English, Knowledge of Computer Applications, and General Science.
📜 Notification:Advt No. Notification for Assistant Superintendent Jails (OMR Examination - 2025)
TOTAL MARKS
100 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
6 Sections
Declared Weightage vs. Observed Exam History
The Declared Weightage represents the marks allocated in the official notification. The Observed Count reveals the actual number of solved questions asked in real past papers from our verified dataset.
UNIT 1
General Mental Ability & Reasoning
20 Marks
Analogies, Classification, Number & Letter Series, Coding-Decoding, Mathematical Operations, and Order & Ranking
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Venn Diagrams, Statement & Conclusions, Cube Folding & Dice, and Non-Verbal Pattern Series / Rotation
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2
General Knowledge & Current Affairs
25 Marks
History, Geography, Heritage & Culture of Jammu & Kashmir (Hari Parbat, Rai Dynasty, Jamboo Zoo, PM Bal Puraskar)
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Indian Freedom Movement, Social Reforms (Abolition of Sati), Macroeconomics (Tariffs, Price Floors), Government Schemes (Desert Development Programme), and Bilateral Affairs (Katchatheevu)
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
National & International Current Affairs, Important Days (Sign Languages), Awards & Honours, and Sports (Olympic Coubertin Medal, National Games)
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3
General Science & Research Aptitude
10 Marks
Modern Physics (de Broglie Relation, Matter Waves), Human Biology & Tissues (Osteocytes, Bone Histology)
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Scientific & Educational Research Methodology, Steps in Problem Formulation, Data Analysis, and Critical Inquiry
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4
Quantitative Aptitude & Mathematics
25 Marks
Number Systems (Unit Digit, Decimals), Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Averages, Profit & Loss, Simple Interest, Time & Distance, and Time & Work
Declared: 13 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Geometry (Angle Sum Property, Isosceles Triangles, Circle Theorems, Polygons), Mensuration (Sector Area, Cylinders, Spheres, Hemispheres), Trigonometry, Heights & Distances, and Statistics (Histograms, Measures of Central Tendency)
Declared: 12 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 5
General English
10 Marks
Spotting Errors, Homophones, Synonyms & Antonyms, Idioms & Phrases, Direct & Indirect Speech, Sentence Rearrangement (Para Jumbles), and Reading Comprehension
Declared: 10 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 6
Knowledge of Computer Applications & IT
10 Marks
Computer Architecture (EPIC, DMA, Registers, Memory Hierarchy), Operating Systems (Windows Explorer, File Management, Windows Shortcuts F2)
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
MS Office (Excel Navigation, PowerPoint Ctrl+M, Word F7 Spellcheck), Networking (Star Topology, HTTP & URI, FTP), and Cyber Security / E-Banking (Skimming)
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
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