Part-A (General Awareness, Aptitude & Communication)

Part-B (Technical/Professional Knowledge)

1.

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

• Major national and international events
• Indian economy: budget, flagship schemes, reforms
• Developments in science & technołogy
• Space, defence and nuclear programmes
• Indian Polity: Preamble, Fundamental Rights & Duties, Directive Principles of State Policy
• Disaster Management, Climatic change

2.

General Knowledge with Special Reference to J&K UT

• History of Jammu & Kashmir
• Geography: rivers, lakes, climate, soils, flora & fauna
• Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019

3.

General English & Communication Skills

• Grammar: tenses, modals, articles, prepositions
• Active & passive voice
• Direct & indirect speech
• Synonyms, antonyms, idioms and phrases
• Reading comprehension
• Error spotting and sentence improvement
• Basics of professional communication: official drafting, email etiquette and technical
  terminology

4.

 General Intelligence & Reasoning

• Analogies
• Number and letter series
• Coding-decoding
• Venn diagrams
• Syllogisms
• Blood relations
• Logical reasoning and pattern recognition.

5.

Basic Numeracy

• Ratio and proportion
• Percentages
• Profit and loss
• Simple and compound interest
• Averages
• Time, speed and distance
• Elementary statistics and data interpretation

1.

 Engineering Mathematics & Signal Fundamentals

• Linear algebra: matrices, determinants, rank, eigenvalues/eigenvectors, solution of linear
  equations
• Calculus: differentiation, integration, differential equations
• Transforms: Fourier series, basics of Fourier and Laplace transforms
• Signals and systems: signal types, operations, sampling theorem, convolution (conceptual),
  LTI systems
• Frequency domain concepts: spectra, bandwidth, aliasing, basic filters

2.

Electronic Devices, Analog Circuits & Network Theory
Electronic Devices

Electronic Devices

• Semiconductor basics
• PN junction diode and Zener diode
• BJT and MOSFET: characteristics, biasing and switching
• LED, photodiode, phototransistor
• SCR and TRIAC (basic concepts)

Analog Circuits

• Operational amplifiers: inverting and non-inverting amplifiers
• Summing, integrator and differentiator circuits
• Comparators and Schmitt trigger
• Oscillators (RC, LC, crystal)
• Rectifiers and filters

Network Theory

• KVL and KCL
• Mesh and nodal analysis
• Network theorems
• Resonance in RLC circuits
• Frequency response of simple filters

3.

 Digital Electronics & Microprocessors

Digital Electronics

• Number systems and conversions
• Logic gates and Boolean algebra
• Karnaugh maps
• Combinational circuits
• Sequential circuits: flip-flops, counters and shift registers

Microprocessors & Microcontrollers

• 8085/8086 architecture and instruction set basics
• Addressing modes, interrupts and timing
• 8051 microcontroller fundamentals
• Introduction to ARM architecture
• Memory interfacing (conceptual)

4.

Communication Systems

• Analog communication: AM, FM, PM, modulation index, bandwidth, demodulation, noise
• Digital communication: sampling, quantization, PCM, DPCM, DM
• Digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK
• Error detection and correction (parity, CRC - basics)
• SNR and BER concepts
• Antennas: parameters and types
• Wave propagation: ground, sky and space wave
• Optical fibre communication and satellite communication
• Wireless and mobile communication: cellular concepts, frequency reuse, handoff
•  Evolution of mobile networks: 2G to 5G
• Multiple access techniques: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDMA

5.

Computer Science & Networking Systems

• OSI and TCP/IP models
• IP addressing, subnetting and CIDR
• Routing protocols: RIP and OSPF (basic concepts)
• Switching techniques
• Network devices: router, switch, hub
• Wireless standards: Wi-Fi (802.11 family), Bluetooth, NFC
• Programming fundamentals: logic building, data types, loops, functions
• Object-oriented concepts
• Data structures and algorithms (conceptual)
• Operating systems: process, memory and file systems (basics)

6.

Cyber Security & Legal Framework

• Cyber threats: malware, phishing, ransomware
• Network security: firewalls, IDS/IPS
• Authentication and access control
• Security protocols: HTTPS, SSL/TLS (basic concepts)
• Cryptography: symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hashing, digital signatures
• IT Act, 2000 and cyber offences relevant to policing
• Introduction to post-quantum cryptography

7.

IT Systems & e-Governance

• Web application basics
• Client-server architecture
• Cloud computing fundamentals
• Data centres, backup and disaster recovery
• Government IT systems, interoperability and APIs (basic concepts)

8.

Database Management Systems

• Database system architecture and data models
• Relational databases and SQL concepts
• Database design and normalization
• Integrity constraints
• Transaction processing and concurrency control
• Storage, indexing and file organization
• DatabaseSetilyeD

9.

IoT, Embedded Systems & Mechatronics

• IoT architecture and M2M communication
• Embedded and real-time systems
• Surveillance and access control systems: CCTV, ANPR, RFID
• Drone technology
• Robotics fundamentals
• Sensors and actuators
• Basics of hydraulics and pneumatics

10.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Automation

• Fundamentals of Al and its components
• Al techniques and applications in engineering and government systems
• Big data and analytics in law enforcement
• Advantages, limitations and ethical concerns of AI