JSSC PGT Syllabus 2022, Check detailed syllabus and exam pattern here!

Subject 

Syllabus 

Hindi Language and Literature 

• Features of ancient hindi
• Development of bhraj and avadhi in literature 
• Development of khadi boli as a literary language
• Standardization of hindi language and nagri script
• Development of Hindi as a national language during independence movement 
• Development of Hindi as Official language of Union of India 
• Technical and purposeful expansion of Hindi 
• Major dialects of Hindi and their interrelationships 
• Grammatical structure of Standard Hindi 
• Introduction to languages and dialects spoken in Jharkhand

• History writing tradition of Hindi Language 
•  Major literary trends of hindi periods - Aadikal, Ritikaal, Bhaktikal, aadhunik Kaal
• The development of Hindi prose and the renaissance of the nineteenth century
• Major trends of modern hindi poetry.
• Tradition and realism of Hindi Novel
• Hindi story development and lead storyteller
• Tradition of Hindi Drama and Hindi Theater
• Development of major critics and criticism in Hindi 
• Other subjects of Hindi prose 
• Jharkhand’s Hindi literature 

• Kabir - Kabir rganthwali (Initial 100 pad)
• Surdas - Bhramrageet saar (initial 200 pad)
• Tulsidas - Ramcharitramanas (ayodhyakaand, kavitwaali- uttarakhand)
• Suryakant Tripathi Nirala - Raagviraag
• Jayshankar Prasad - Kaamyani
• Ramdhari Singh Dhinkar - Kurukshetra

• Bhartendu Harishchandra - Bharat Durdasha
• Jayshankar Prasad - Skandgupta 
• Mohan Rakesh - ashaadh ka ek din 
• Premchand - Godaan
• Fanishwarnath Renu - Maila Aanchal 
• Premchand - Mansarovar (1st part)
• Ramchandra Shukl - Chintamani (1st part) 

English Language and literature 

• Detailed study of Literary age
• First hand reading of texts 1798-1900.
• First hand reading of texts listed below
  • Shakespeare - As you like it , Henry IV Parts, Part I, II : Hamlet, The Tempest 
  • Milton - Paradise Lost 
  • Jane Austen - Emma
  • Wordsworths - The Prelude 
  • Dickens - David Copperfield 
  • George Eliot - Middlemarch 
  • Hardy - Jude the Obscure 
  • Yeats - Easter 1916 
  • The second coming - Byzantium 
  • A Prayer for my daughter - Leada and the Swan 
  • Sailing to Byzantium - Menu 
  • The Tower : Lapis Lazudili
  • Eliot : The Waste Land

Sanskrit Language and literature 

• Origin and development of sanskrit 
• History of literature 
• Ancient History of India 
• General study of following works 
  • Kathopnishad
  • Bhagavad Gita
  • Bush Charitam
  • Swapna Basvadattam
  • Abhigyanshakuntalam 
  • Meghdootam
  • Raghuvansham 
  • Kumarsambhavam
  • Mrichhkatikam
  • Kiratajuniyam
  • Shishupal Vaddham 
  • Uttar ramcharittam
  • Mudrakshash
  • Neshadhvitram 
  • Raj Tirangini 
  • Nitishaktam 
  • Kadambari
  • Harshcharitam
  • Danshkumarcharitam 
  • Prabodh Chandrodayam 
• Questions from following textbooks. 
  • Kathopnishad ek adhyaya - (shlok 10-15)
  • Bhagwad Gita adhyaya (shlok 13 -25)
  • Bush charitra ( SHlok 1-10 )
  • Swapna vasvadattam 
  • Abhigyan Shakuntalam ( 4th Para)
  • Meghdootam (shlok 1-10)
  • Kirantarjuiyam 
  • Uttar ramcharitam 
  •  Nitishaktam 
  • Kadambari
• Kautilya Arthshahtram 

Economics 

• Structure of Economics
• Economic choice 
• Investment decisions and employment
• Banking system
• Indian economy 
• Agricultural production
• Budget
• Foreign Trade
• Jharkhand’s Economy 

Geography 

• Geomorphology
• Climatology
• Soils and vegetations 
• Oceanography 
• Ecosystem 
• Human and Economics Geography
• Development of Geographical thought 
• Human geography 
• Settlement Geography 
• Political geography 
• Economic geography 
• Indian Geography 

• Physical aspects
• Human aspects
• Resources
• Transport and Trade
• Settlements 
• Regional development and Planning 
• Geography of Jharkhand 

• World Geography 
• Geographical analysis and techniques 

History 

• Early Indian History 
• Early Pastoral and agricultural communities 
• The Indus civilisation 
• Evolution of North Indian society 
• Teachings of Mahavira and Buddha 
• Rise of Magadha 
• Post Mauryan Period
• India in Gupta period 
• Themes in early Indian cultural history
• India (750 -1200)
• The 13th century 
• The 14th century 
• The 15th and early 16th century 
• Akbar 
• Mughal Empire
• Economy and society 
• First half of 18th century 
• Establishment of British Rule in India 
• Colonial Economy
• Resistance to colonial rule 
• Socio-cultural impact of colonial rule 
• Economy (1858-1914)
• Early Indian nationalism 
• Inter-war economy of India
• Nationalism under Gandhi’s leadership 
• Literary and cultural movements 
• Towards freedom 
• First phase of Independence 
• Enlightenment and modern ideas
• Origin of modern Politics 
•  Industrialisation
• Nation- State system 
• Imperialism and colonialism 
• Revolution and counter revolution 
• World wars 
• Cold war
• Colonial Liberation 
• Decolonisation and underdevelopment 
• Unification of Europe
• Soviet Disintegration and the Unipolar world

Physics

• Mechanics
• Thermal Physics
• Waves and Oscillation
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Modern Physics
• Electronics 

Chemistry 

• Atomic Structure
• Gaseous states 
• Solid state 
• Thermodynamics 
• Chemical kinetics and catalysis 
• Electrochemistry 
• Transition and inner transition metals and complexes 
• Non-aqueous solvents 
• Photochemistry 
• Hard and soft acids and bases 
• Structure and binding 
• Mechanism of organic reactions
• Stereochemistry of Organic compounds 
• Organometallic compounds 
• Organic synthesis via enolates 
• Carbohydrates 
• Polymers
• Organic Compounds
• Reactions
• Spectroscopy 

Mathematics 

• Linear Algebra
• Calculus
• Analytic geometry 
• Differential Equations
• Dynamics, Statics and Hydrostatics 
• Vector Analysis
• Algebra
• Complex analysis 
• Operations Research 
• Mathematical modeling 
• Partial differential equations 
• Probability
• Mechanics and fluid dynamics 
• Discrete Mathematics 
• Logic

Commerce 

• Accounting as a financial information system 
• Important provisions of the Income Tax Act 1961
• Nature and functions of Cost Accounting
• Significance of attest function 
• Concept and scope of financial management 
• Organisation and deficiencies of Indian money market structure of assets and liabilities of commercial banks 
• Provision of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
• Organization theory 
• Industrial relations 

Biology

Zoology

• General survey 
• Protozoa 
• Porifera
• Coelenterata 
• Helminths
• Anneliada
• Arthopoda 
• Mollusea
• Echinodermata
• Pisces
• Amphibia
• Reptiles
• Aves
• Environment 
• Animal 
• Ecosystem 
• Ethology
• Biostatistics 
• Economics Zoology 
• Cell biology, Genetics, evolution & systematics 
• Biochemistry, Physiology and Embryology 
• Physiology 
• Embryology 

Botany

• Microbiology 
• Cryptogams
• Phanerogams
• Plant utility and exploitation 
• Morphogenesis
• Cell Biology 
• Genetics and Evolution
• Physiology and Biochemistry 
• Ecology 

Paper

Subject

No. of Questions

Total Marks

Total Time 

1

General Knowledge and Hindi

100 

100

3 hrs

2

Subject Related Questions

150 

300

3hrs

Total

250 

400 

6 hrs