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JKSSB Laboratory Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Laboratory Assistant covering Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Quality Control & Instrumentation (Qualitative Inorganic Cation Analysis Groups I-V, Gravimetric Analysis, Coagulation & Peptization, Pesticide Residue Extraction QuEChERS, HPLC, GC-MS, Flame Photometry Atomic Emission, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry AAS, Complexometric EDTA Titrations, Karl Fischer Moisture Titration, Calibration Curves, Standard Additions, Beer-Lambert Law & Molarity Stoichiometry), Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics & Microbiology (Mendelian Genetics & ABO Blood Group Inheritance, Sanger DNA Sequencing, Archaea Ether-Linked Membrane Lipids, PCR Thermal Cycling Steps & Taq Polymerase, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Gram Staining Principles, Central Dogma Transcription & Translation, Glycolytic Pathway & ATP Yields, SDS-PAGE Protein Separation, Western & Northern Blotting, DNA Double Helix Base Pairing & Hydrogen Bonds), Ecology, Environmental Science, Conservation & Wildlife (Marine Oil Spill Remediation Skimmers & Booms, Carbon Credits & Kyoto Cap-and-Trade Mechanisms, Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycle Nitrification, Minamata Disease Methylmercury Toxicity, Aquatic Eutrophication & Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Stratospheric Ozone Depletion CFCs & Montreal Protocol, Greenhouse Warming Potentials, Ramsar Wetlands & Dachigam National Park Hangul Conservation, Wildlife Protection Act 1972 Schedules, Stockholm Convention Dirty Dozen POPs & Biodiversity Hotspots), and Biostatistics, Hypothesis Testing & Research Methodology (Gaussian Normal Distribution Mean=Median=Mode, Null Hypothesis Significance Testing, Type I & Type II Errors, p-values & Statistical Variance).

📜 Notification:Advt No. 04 of 2024 & Advt No. 03 of 2025 (OMR Examination 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

Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Quality Control & Instrumentation

40 Marks
Qualitative Cation Analysis Groups, Precipitation Reactions, Gravimetric Methodology, Peptization & Coagulation
Declared: 12 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Sample Preparation (QuEChERS), Gas Chromatography, HPLC Separation, Mass Spectrometry & Pesticide Residue Clean-up
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS), Flame Emission Photometry, Beer-Lambert Law, EDTA Complexometry & Karl Fischer Titration
Declared: 14 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 2

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics & Microbiology

35 Marks
ABO Blood Group Genetics, DNA Double Helix Structure, PCR Amplification, Sanger Sequencing & Gel Electrophoresis
Declared: 18 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Archaea Membrane Ether Lipids, Gram Staining Peptidoglycan, Central Dogma, Glycolytic Enzymes & SDS-PAGE / Blotting Assays
Declared: 17 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 3

Ecology, Environmental Science, Conservation & Wildlife

40 Marks
Oil Spill Remediation, Minamata Mercury Poisoning, Eutrophication & BOD, Carbon Credits, Nitrogen Cycle & Montreal Protocol Ozone Depletion
Declared: 20 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
Project Hangul (Kashmiri Stag), Dachigam & Ramsar Wetlands, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Dirty Dozen POPs & Biodiversity Hotspots
Declared: 20 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)
UNIT 4

Biostatistics, Hypothesis Testing & Research Methodology

5 Marks
Normal Distribution Curve, Null & Alternative Hypotheses, p-value Significance, Type I & Type II Errors, Variance & Standard Deviation
Declared: 5 Marks•Observed in PYQs: 0 Solved MCQs (0 Papers)

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