KAS Subject-wise Questions

100 questions from 2025 classified against KAS's own official syllabus. This is one sitting's worth of classification, not the full archive — for every year's questions, browse year-wise instead.

Paper-II (A)1. Indian Economy — Post-Reform Reforms, NITI Aayog, National Income, Sectoral Composition & Five Year Plans

3 questions

Paper-II (A)2. Agriculture Sector — Land Reforms, Technological Change, Pricing, Food Security & PDS

3 questions

Paper-II (A)3. Industrial Policy, Public Sector Enterprises & Industrialization

3 questions

Paper-II (B)4. Energy Requirement and Efficiency (Renewable/Non-renewable Resources, Nuclear Policy)

4 questions

Paper-II (A)4. Infrastructure in Indian Economy (Energy & Power, Transport, Telecom, Water Supply)

1 questions

Paper-II (B)5. Environmental Science (Biodiversity, Climate Change, Forest & Wildlife Law, Pollution)

8 questions

Paper-II (A)5. Population Trends, Poverty, Unemployment & Development Indicators (HDI/PQLI)

3 questions

Paper-II (A)6. Indian Public Finance, Government Budgeting, Tax System, Banking & GST

2 questions

Paper-II (A)7. India's Foreign Trade & Balance of Payments

2 questions

Paper-II (A)8. Economy of Kerala State — Overview, Infrastructure, Co-operative Sector & IT Sector

3 questions

Paper-II (A)9. Kerala Model of Development (Land Reforms, Decentralisation, Social Security, Health & Education Achievements)

8 questions

Paper-II (B)1. Science and Technology — Nature, Scope, National S&T Policy, Prominent Indian Scientists

3 questions

Paper-II (B)2. Information & Communication Technology (ICT), e-Governance, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

4 questions

Paper-II (B)3. Technology in Space and Defence (ISRO, DRDO)

3 questions

Paper-II (D)2. Language Proficiency (English) — Synonyms

1 questions

Paper-II (D)1. Language Proficiency (English) — Tenses

2 questions

Paper-II (D)17. Language Proficiency (English) — Connectives

1 questions

Paper-II (D)16. Language Proficiency (English) — Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

1 questions

Paper-II (D)19. Language Proficiency (English) — Prepositions

1 questions

Paper-II (D)3. Language Proficiency (English) — Phrasal Verbs

1 questions

Paper-II (D)21. Language Proficiency (English) — Pronouns (9 types)

2 questions

Paper-II (D)14. Language Proficiency (English) — Punctuation

1 questions

Paper-II (D)5. Language Proficiency (English) — Error Correction

1 questions

Paper-II (D)20. Language Proficiency (English) — Concord

1 questions

Paper-II (D)12. Language Proficiency (English) — Question Tag

1 questions

Paper-II (D)7. Language Proficiency (English) — Adverbs

1 questions

Paper-II (D)6. Language Proficiency (English) — Adjectives

1 questions

Paper-II (D)9. Language Proficiency (English) — Active Voice

1 questions

Paper-II (D)15. Language Proficiency (English) — Idioms and Phrases

1 questions

Paper-II (D)4. Language Proficiency (English) — Antonyms

1 questions

Paper-II (D)22. Language Proficiency (English) — Word Order and Sentence Order

1 questions

Paper-II (D)8. Language Proficiency (English) — Reported Speech

1 questions

Paper-II (EI)12. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — പിരിച്ചെഴുതല്‍ (Word Separation)

2 questions

Paper-II (EI)1. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — പദശുദ്ധി (Word Purity / Correct Usage)

7 questions

Paper-II (EI)5. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — പര്യായം (Synonym)

4 questions

Paper-II (EI)4. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — ഒറ്റപ്പദം (Single-word Substitution)

3 questions

Paper-II (EI)6. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — വിപരീത പദം (Antonym)

2 questions

Paper-II (EI)10. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — സ്ത്രീലിംഗം-പുല്ലിംഗം (Gender)

1 questions

Paper-II (EI)11. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — വചനം (Number — Singular/Plural)

1 questions

Paper-II (EI). Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — General (no single numbered sub-item names sentence-idea comprehension)

1 questions

Paper-II (EI)13. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — ഘടക പദം (Compound-word Analysis)

1 questions

Paper-II (EI)2. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — വാക്യശുദ്ധി (Sentence Correctness)

2 questions

Paper-II (EI)15. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — ഔദ്യോഗിക ഭാഷാ പദാവലി, വിപുലനം, സംഗ്രഹം (Official Vocabulary, Expansion & Summary)

2 questions

Paper-II (EI)7. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — ശൈലികള്‍, പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലുകള്‍ (Idioms and Proverbs)

3 questions

Paper-II (EI)3. Language Proficiency (Malayalam) — പരിഭാഷ (Translation)

1 questions

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