SSC JHT Part II Syllabus

SSC JHT Part II: topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   English Grammar & Usage

   ~20 marks

   • Parts of Speech — Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections, Determiners, Articles
   • Tenses — Present, Past, Future (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous), Sequence, Concord
   • Active/Passive Voice, Direct/Indirect Speech, Transformation, Reporting Verbs, Modals, Conditionals
   • Sentence Correction, Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Sentence Transformation, Rearrangement, Para Jumbles
   • Modals, Auxiliaries, Phrasal Verbs, Subject-Verb Agreement, Concord, Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles
   • Clauses, Phrases, Relative Pronouns, Subordinating Conjunctions, Punctuation, Capitalization
   • Fill in the Blanks, Cloze Test, Sentence Completion, Omission, Editing, Functional Grammar
2. 2

   English Vocabulary

   ~15 marks

   • Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, Homonyms, Heteronyms, Confusables, Register, Collocations, Connotation, Denotation
   • Idioms, Phrases, Proverbs, Sayings, One-word Substitution, Foreign Words/Phrases, Borrowed Words, Etymology
   • Word Formation, Roots (Greek, Latin), Affixes (Prefix, Suffix), Spelling, Pronunciation, Etymology, Phonetics
   • Analogies, Odd One Out, Word Pairs, Pairs of Words, Frequently Confused Words
   • Specialized Vocabulary — Scientific, Legal, Medical, Commercial, Banking, Insurance, IT, Defence, Government, Journalism
   • Spelling Rules, Spelling Errors, Homophones, Mispronunciations, Dictionary Use
   • Practical Vocabulary — Curriculum, Examination, Career, Daily Life, Travel, Shopping, Health, Technology, Social Media
3. 3

   English Reading Comprehension & Composition

   ~15 marks

   • Reading Comprehension — Factual, Inferential, Literary, Scientific, Social, Discursive, Argumentative, Editorial, News, Reports
   • Summary, Title, Central Idea, Inference, Drawing Conclusions, Précis Writing, Note-Making
   • Composition — Letter (Formal, Informal, Business, Application, Complaint, Editor), Report, Paragraph, Essay, Notice, Article, Email, Blog, Resume, Cover Letter
   • Comprehension Questions — Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Long Answer, Reference to Context, Vocabulary from Context, Tone, Style, Author's View
   • Functional English — Notices, Advertisements, Invitations, Greetings, Apologies, Complaints, Requests, Suggestions, Warnings, Instructions
   • Data Interpretation — Tables, Charts, Graphs, Factual Passages, News Articles
4. 4

   Verbal Ability

   ~10 marks

   • Para Jumbles, Sentence Rearrangement, Paragraph Completion, Odd Sentence Out, Sentence Ordering
   • Cloze Test, Fill in the Blanks (with options), Sentence Completion, Multiple Choice Fillers
   • Functional Grammar, Editing, Omission, Dialogue Completion, Transformation, Punctuation, Capitalization
   • Vocabulary from Context, Reference to Context, Tone, Style, Inference, Connotation
   • Verbal Analogy, Classification, Series, Coding, Odd One Out, Word Formation, Etymology
   • Speech, Debate, Group Discussion, Role Play, Interview, Conversation, Slogan, Caption, Tagline
5. 5

   English Literature & Literary Awareness

   ~10 marks

   • Literary Forms & Genres — Poetry (Lyrical, Narrative, Dramatic, Epic, Sonnet, Ballad, Ode, Elegy), Prose (Novel, Novella, Short Story, Essay), Drama (Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy, Farce, Melodrama), Satire, Allegory, Parable, Fable
   • Literary History — Old English, Middle English, Renaissance (Elizabethan, Metaphysical, Cavalier), Neo-Classical (Augustan, Restoration, 18th Century), Romantic, Victorian, Modern (20th Century), Postmodern, Contemporary, Indian English Literature, Common Wealth, Postcolonial
   • Notable Authors & Works — Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, Hardy, Eliot, Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence, Forster, Orwell, Tagore, R.K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand, Raja Rao, Naipaul, Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Vikram Seth, Anita Desai
   • Literary Movements — Renaissance, Humanism, Reformation, Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Imagism, Modernism, Postmodernism, Stream of Consciousness, Absurdism, Magic Realism, Existentialism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, Subaltern Studies
   • Literary Terms — Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole, Irony, Sarcasm, Satire, Parody, Allusion, Imagery, Symbol, Motif, Theme, Tone, Mood, Foreshadowing, Flashback, Point of View, Stream of Consciousness, Interior Monologue, Free Indirect Discourse, Unreliable Narrator
6. 6

   English Language Awareness (Phonetics, Etymology, etc.)

   ~5 marks

   • Phonetics — Sounds (Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs), IPA, Stress, Intonation, Pronunciation, Transliteration, Phonetic Transcription
   • Etymology — Greek, Latin, Old English, French, Sanskrit Roots, Borrowings, Semantic Shift, False Friends, Cognates
   • Register, Style, Genre, Discourse, Pragmatics, Politeness, Formality, Audience Awareness
   • Linguistics — Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Morphology, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Language Families, Indo-European, Germanic, English as World Language, Varieties of English (American, British, Indian)
   • Writing Styles — Narrative, Descriptive, Expository, Argumentative, Persuasive, Analytical, Comparative, Cause-Effect, Process, Definition, Classification
7. 7

   English Grammar

   ~2 marks

   Tenses, Voice, Narration, Articles, Modals

   • Tenses — Present, Past, Future (12 Tenses Total)
   • Active Voice and Passive Voice (Transformation Rules)
   • Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (Narration Rules)
   • Articles (A, An, The) — Rules, Omission, Insertion
   • Modals (Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Should, Would, May Have, Must Have)
   • Subject-Verb Agreement (Number, Person, Tense)
   • Common Errors in English (Spotting, Correction)
   • Sentence Improvement, Sentence Rearrangement
   • Conditional Sentences (Type 0, 1, 2, 3)
   • Infinitive, Gerund, Participle, Modal Auxiliaries
8. 8

   English Grammar

   ~2 marks

   Prepositions, Conjunctions, Tenses, Voice

   • Prepositions (Time, Place, Direction, Manner, Reason)
   • Conjunctions (Coordinating, Subordinating, Correlative)
   • Tenses — Mixed Tenses, Sequence of Tenses
   • Voice Change (Active-Passive for All Tenses)
   • Narration Change (Direct-Indirect for All Tenses)
   • Question Tags, Short Answers
   • Transformation of Sentences (Simple, Compound, Complex)
   • Degrees of Comparison (Positive, Comparative, Superlative)
   • Common Errors in English Grammar
   • Sentence Improvement with Multiple Corrections
9. 9

   Reading Comprehension

   ~2 marks

   Factual, Inferential, Literary

   • Factual Reading Comprehension (Direct Information)
   • Inferential Reading Comprehension (Logic, Reasoning)
   • Literary Reading Comprehension (Poetry, Fiction)
   • Editorial and Opinion-Based Passages
   • Scientific and Technical Passages
   • Business and Economic Passages (Banking, Economy)
   • Social and Cultural Passages
   • Passage-based Vocabulary Questions
   • Passage-based Tone, Mood, Inference
   • Passage-based Main Idea, Title, Theme
10. 10

    English Vocabulary

    ~2 marks

    Synonyms, Antonyms, One-Word, Idioms

    • Synonyms (Words with Similar Meanings)
    • Antonyms (Words with Opposite Meanings)
    • One-Word Substitutions (Compact Word for Phrase)
    • Idioms and Phrases (Common English Idioms)
    • Phrasal Verbs (Verb + Preposition Combinations)
    • Foreign Words and Phrases (Latin, French Origin)
    • Root Words, Prefixes, Suffixes (Etymology)
    • Confusables (Homophones, Homonyms, Homographs)
    • Spelling Correction, Commonly Misspelled Words
    • Word Usage, Word Meaning in Context, Idiomatic Usage
11. 11

    English Comprehension Skills

    ~2 marks

    Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, Fill Blanks

    • Cloze Test (Fill in the Blanks — Multiple Choice)
    • Para Jumbles (Sentence Rearrangement — 5-6 Sentences)
    • Sentence Rearrangement (4-5 Sentence Jumble)
    • Paragraph Completion (Last Sentence of Paragraph)
    • Fill in the Blanks (Single Blank, Double Blank, Triple Blank)
    • Sentence Completion (Beginning/End of Sentence)
    • Word-Substitution in Passages
    • Reading Comprehension — Factual Questions
    • Reading Comprehension — Inferential Questions
    • Reading Comprehension — Vocabulary in Context
12. 12

    Hindi to English Translation & Technical Translation

    ~5 marks

    • Hindi to English Translation — Official, Legal, Scientific, Literary
    • English to Hindi Translation — Government Documents, Notifications, Reports
    • Translation of Parliamentary Proceedings, Legislative Debates
    • Translation of Administrative Reports, Government Schemes, Policies
    • Translation of Speeches, Press Releases, Official Statements
    • Technical Translation — Science, Technology, Defense, Space, Nuclear
    • Literary Translation — Poetry, Prose, Novels, Short Stories
    • Translation of Constitutional and Legal Documents, Court Judgments
    • Use of Dictionaries, Glossaries, Translation Software, Tools
    • Quality Control in Translation, Editing, Proofreading, Terminology Management