Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms,

Puducherry (DPAR Puducherry)

DPAR Puducherry Syllabus
Candidates are advised to go through the complete syllabus before starting their
preparation. The detailed syllabus of the DPAR Puducherry exam for the post of
Upper Division Clerk is shared below for the convenience of the candidates.
Written Exam Syllabus
The subject wise information of the syllabus is given below.
# General English
• Spot the Error
• Fill in the Blanks
• Synonyms/Homonyms
• Antonyms
• Spellings/Detecting Mis-spelt words
• Idioms & Phrases
• One-word substitution
• Improvement of Sentences
• Active/Passive Voice of Verbs
• Conversion into Direct/Indirect narration
• Shuffling of Sentence parts
• Cloze Passage,
# General Knowledge and Current Affairs
• Indian History
• Geography
• Political science
• Economics
• Societal affairs
• Important dates & events
• World-level current affairs
# Constitution of India
• Preamble, Articles 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21A, 39, 51A, 52, 53, 54, 239, 239A,
240, 309, 310, 311 and 324.
# Office Procedures
• Buying and selling
• Stock control
• Receipts and payments
• Petty cash
• Wages and salaries
• Filing
• Incoming and outgoing mail
• Work planning and scheduling