JKSSB Finance Accounts Assistant (FAA) Syllabus and Exam Pattern

JKSSB Finance Accounts Assistant (FAA) Syllabus and Exam Pattern for the 2026 recruitment cycle has been released along with the notification. The syllabus remains consistent with the previous cycle, focusing heavily on Accountancy and General Knowledge of J&K.

JKSSB Finance Accounts Assistant Exam Pattern 2026

Subject-Wise Weightage (Marks Distribution)

Detailed Syllabus 2026

1. General Knowledge (Special Reference to J&K) – 30 Marks

• Current Events: National and International importance.
• J&K UT Specific: History, Economy, Geography (Weather, Climate, Crops, Rivers, Lakes, Flora, Fauna), Heritage & Culture, Important Tourist Destinations, J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.
• India: Political & Physical divisions, Indian Culture, Heritage & Freedom Struggle, Transport & Communication, Demography (Census), Important Rivers & Lakes.
• Environment: Ecology, Bio-diversity, Weather, Climate, Crops.

2. Accountancy and Book Keeping – 30 Marks

• Introduction to Financial Accounting and its terms.
• Accounting Equation and Journal.
• Voucher Approach in Accounting.
• Bank Reconciliation Statement.
• Financial Management/Statements.
• Partnership Accounts.
• Ledger Accounts.
• Cash Book, Financial Audit.
• Elements of Double Entry Book Keeping.
• Trial Balance.
• Trading Account.
• Profit Loss Account and Balance Sheet.
• Concept of Social Accounting, Social Audit, and Cash-based Single Entry System.
• Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
• Indian Financial Management System.
• Taxation, Tax Laws (Direct, Indirect).
• Cost Management-Budgetary Control.
• Cost Accounting.
• Developments in Accounting.

3. General English – 10 Marks

• Tenses, Rearranging of jumbled sentences.
• Narration, Modals, Articles.
• Comprehension with blanks (Phrases, Pronouns, Homonyms/Homophones).
• Clauses, Synonyms and Antonyms.
• Pairs of words and their use in meaningful sentences.
• Idioms and phrases.
• Uses of Prepositions, Active & Passive Voice.

4. Statistics – 10 Marks

• Primary and Secondary Data.
• Methods of collecting Data.
• Preparation of Questionnaires.
• Tabulation and Compilation of Data.
• Measures of Central Tendency.
• Theory of Probability.
• Attributes- Basic concepts and their applications.
• Theory of Index Numbers: Tests of Index numbers (Wholesale and Consumer Price Index).
• Demography: Census, Vital Statistics (Measures of fertility, Mortality, etc.).

5. Mathematics – 10 Marks

• Simple / Compound Interest.
• Linear Equations with two variables.
• Permutations / Combinations & Binomial Theorem.
• Limits & Derivatives.
• Set Theory- Basic Concepts and Applications.
• Relations and Functions.
• Matrices & Determinants.
• Probability.
• Coordinate & Three-dimensional Geometry.
• Vectors.

6. General Economics – 10 Marks

• Introduction of Economics: Basic concept and Principles.
• Fiscal & Monetary Policy: Meaning, Scope, and Methodology.
• Theory of Consumer Demand using Indifference Curve Technique.
• Demand Analysis.
• Factor Pricing: Marginal Productivity Theory & Ricardian Theory of Rent.
• Pricing under various forms of Market.
• Factors of Production & Laws of Production.
• Concept of Economic Growth and its measurement (GDP, GNP, NNP, PI, DPI).
• Role of RBI.

7. General Science – 10 Marks

• Newtons Laws of Motion, Mass, Weight, Acceleration, Velocity, Speed etc.
• Electric Current, Power, Energy, Voltage.
• Chemical Equation, Metals, Non-metals.
• Various sources of energy (Conventional and Non-conventional).
• Nutrition, Respiration, Excretion, Transportation in plants/animals.
• Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.
• Vitamins, Diseases related to vitamin deficiency.
• Ecosystem – Components, Food chains, Food webs.
• Environmental pollution, Ozone layer depletion, Green House Effect.

8. Knowledge of Computers – 10 Marks

• Basic Applications of Computer and its components.
• Fundamentals of computer sciences.
• Hardware & Software, Concepts of Open Source Technologies.
• Input & Output Devices.
• Operating system (Windows, Linux, etc.).
• Knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, PDF, Internet, and E-mail.
• Concept of Computer Virus and latest Anti-Virus.
• Role of Information Technology in Governance.