JKSSB Official SyllabusCulture Department (Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museums)
JKSSB Chemical Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern
Official 120-mark recruitment examination syllabus for the post of Chemical Assistant in the Culture Department (Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Government of Jammu and Kashmir). The curriculum comprehensively evaluates candidates across Museology, Documentation & Museum Administration; Advanced Organic Chemistry, Reaction Mechanisms, Stereochemistry & Kinetics; Preventive Conservation, Environmental Controls & Heritage Material Science (Metals, Textiles, Paper, Taxidermy); and Jammu & Kashmir Archaeological Heritage, Archival Science & Statutory Monument Acts.
📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2020 (Item No. 060) / OMR Examination March 2025
TOTAL MARKS
120 Marks
TIME DURATION
120 Mins
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 Mark
UNITS / SECTIONS
4 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
Museology, Museum Studies & Exhibition Practices
16 Marks
ICOM Definitions of Museum, Museology vs Museography, Historical Evolution of Indian Museums (Indian Museum Kolkata, Salar Jung, CSMVS, National Museum)
Declared: 4 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Key Personalities in Indian Heritage (Sir William Jones, Alexander Cunningham, Asutosh Mookerjee, Lord Curzon)
Declared: 4 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Museum Documentation Standards (Object ID, Spectrum, CIDOC CRM, DAMS), Primary vs Secondary Research Records & Collection Cataloguing
Declared: 4 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Gallery Lighting, Spatial Layout, Universal Accessibility, Museum Communication Policies & Non-Formal Educational Programming
Declared: 4 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2
Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Stereochemistry & Kinetics
56 Marks
Chirality, Optical Activity, D/L & R/S Nomenclature, Conformational Analysis (Chair, Boat, Twist-Boat forms of Cyclohexane & Glucopyranose), Steric Strain
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Kinetic Isotope Effects (KIE), Linear Free Energy Relationships (LFER), Hammett Equation (Substituent Constant sigma & Reaction Constant rho), Taft Steric Constant (Es)
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Mechanisms of SN1, SN2, SE1, SE2 Reactions; Neighboring Group Participation, Substrate/Nucleophile/Leaving Group/Solvent Polarity Effects, Stork Enamine Synthesis
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
E1, E2, E1cB Eliminations; Pyrolytic Eliminations (Cope, Chugaev), Radical Reactions (NBS Allylic Bromination, Auto-oxidation), Rearrangements (Wagner-Meerwein, Claisen, Cope) & Metal-Catalyzed Couplings
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3
Preventive Conservation, Heritage Material Science & Conservation Chemistry
33 Marks
Illumination Thresholds (<50 lux, UV <75 uW/lumen), Relative Humidity (RH) & Temperature Controls, Atmospheric Pollutants (PM2.5, SO2, NOx) & Filtration
Declared: 8 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Biological Agents of Deterioration: Insect Pests (Silverfish, Carpet Beetles, Termites, Powderpost Beetles); Fungal Biodeterioration (Aspergillus, Penicillium, Cladosporium, Trichoderma) & Remediation
Declared: 8 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Conservation Chemistry of Historic Coins & Numismatics (Bronze Disease, BTA, Alkaline Glycerol, Electrolytic Cleaning), Arms & Weapons, Historic Textiles (Darning, Backing, Micro-Vacuuming) & Natural History Taxidermy
Declared: 9 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Fundamental Principles of Conservation (Minimal Intervention, Reversibility, Documentation); Condition Assessment Reports (5-Stage Framework); Conservation Polymers & Reagents (Paraloid B-72, Japanese Tissue, Buffer Salts)
Declared: 8 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4
Jammu & Kashmir Heritage, Archaeology & Archival Science
15 Marks
Historical Genesis of Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museums under Maharaja Pratap Singh (1896); SPS Museum Srinagar (1898); Dogra Art Museum at Mubarak Mandi Jammu (1956)
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Burzahom Prehistoric Sequence (Neolithic I, Neolithic II, Megalithic, Early Historical) excavated by T.N. Khazanchi (1959); Buddhist Sites of J&K (Harwan, Parihaspora, Ambaran)
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
J&K Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1977 (Samvat 1920 AD); ASI Centrally Protected Monuments in UT of J&K (56 Monuments); State Protected Monuments (Narasthan, Mamleshwar, Hari Parbat, Hao Nar); Definitions of Curative vs Preventive Conservation
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
📄 Official Solved Papers Conducted on this Syllabus
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