Kerala Higher Secondary School Teacher (Junior) Botany Question Paper and Answers in PDF Format

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• Total Questions: 100
• Total Exam Time : 75 Minutes
• Medium of Exam: Malayalam/ English
• Difficulty Level: Same as the Original PSC Test

Notification Number	Name of the Post	Department
716/2025	Higher Secondary School Teacher (Junior) Botany	Kerala Higher Secondary Education

Students can download the HSST (Junior) Botany questions and answers in the PDF format from here.

Part / Module	Syllabus Category	Key Topics & Details	Marks
Module I	Microbial Diversity and Cryptogams	Phycology, Mycology, Plant Pathology, Bryology, Pteridology, Gymnosperms, Microbiology, and Palaeobotany.	10
Module II	Anatomy, Embryology and Plant Breeding	Angiosperm Anatomy, Microtechnique, Embryology, Palynology, Plant Breeding, and Evolution.	10
Module III	Taxonomy, Ecology and Economic Botany	Principles of Taxonomy, Morphology, Economic Botany, Ethnobotany, Phytogeography, Forest Botany, and Environmental Biology.	10
Module IV	Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics	Structure and function of cell organelles, DNA replication, Molecular nature of genes, Mendelian genetics, and Human genetics.	10
Module V	Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Biostatistics	Nitrogen metabolism, Photosynthesis, Stress physiology, Biochemistry (Enzymes/Vitamins), Biophysics (Microscopy/Electrophoresis), and Biostatistics.	10
Module VI	Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Computers	Tissue culture, Transgenic biology, Sequence databases (NCBI/EMBL), Tools (BLAST/Clustal-W), and Computer applications in biology.	10
Module VII	Recent Developments	Recent developments in the field of Botany.	10
Part II	Teaching and Research Aptitude	Nature and objectives of teaching, Evaluation systems, Research characteristics, Ethics, and Thesis writing.	10
Part III	Indian Constitution and Kerala Renaissance	Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, Social Welfare Legislations; Socio-Religious reform movements and leaders of Kerala Renaissance.	10
Part IV	GK and Current Affairs	General Knowledge and Current Affairs.	10
Total Marks			100

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Department	Kerala Higher Secondary Education
Name of Post	Higher Secondary School Teacher (Junior) Botany
Monthly Salary of an HSST Botany Teacher	45,600 - 95,600/- Indian Rupees
Number of HSST Botany vacancies	Anticipated Vacancies
Last Date To Apply	04-02-2026
Written Test Date of HSST Botany
Date Of Downloading Hall Tickets
HSST Botany PSC Exam Cut-Off Mark
Date Of Publishing Rank List of HSST Botany

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1. Master's Degree in the Botany with not less than 50% marks from any of the Universities in Kerala or a qualification recognized as equivalent thereto in the respective subject by a University in Kerala

2. (1) B.Ed in the Botany acquired after a regular course of study from any of the Universities in Kerala or a qualification recognized as equivalent thereto by a University in Kerala.

   (2) In the absence of persons with B.Ed. Degree in the Botany subject, B.Ed Degree acquired in the concerned faculty as specified in the Acts and Statutes of any of the Universities in Kerala.

   (3) In the absence of persons with B.Ed. Degree as specified in items (1) and (2) above, persons with B.Ed. Degree in any subject acquired after a regular course of study from any of the Universities in Kerala or a qualification recognized as equivalent thereto by any of the Universities in Kerala.

3. Must have passed the State Eligibility Test (SET) for the post of Higher Secondary School Teacher conducted by Government of Kerala or by the agency authorized by the State Government.

The age limit for a general category applicant is 20 to 40. Refer to the table below for the upper age relaxation for OBC and SC/ST applicants.

S.NO.	CATEGORIES	EXTENT OF AGE CONCESSION
1	General Category	0 years
2	OBC	3 years
3	SC/ST	5 years

Students can check the complete list of Kerala PSC Exam Mock Test and Study Materials from this link.

1. https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/2026-01/noti-716-721-25.pdf
2. https://www.hseportal.kerala.gov.in/hse/public/institutions
3. https://thulasi.psc.kerala.gov.in/thulasi/
4. https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/shortlists
5. https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/HSST-Botany.pdf