Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan — Limited Departmental Exam
The KVS LDE is the Limited Departmental Examination of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan — a promotion route written by serving employees rather than an open recruitment test. RankRacer maps it as 6 subjects and 29 topics drawn from the central government rule-books: the CCS service rules, the General Financial Rules and DFPR, the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, the RTI Act, and the Constitution and parliamentary practice, alongside a General English subject.
| Criteria | Details |
|---|---|
| Who Can Appear | This is a departmental promotion examination (LDCE) — it is written by serving government employees, not by open-market applicants. |
| Detailed Conditions | Feeder grade, minimum qualifying service, and age conditions are fixed by the conducting authority in each notification cycle. RankRacer does not reproduce them — read the official notification for the cycle you are applying to. |
Seven topics: CCS (Pension) Rules 2021, CCS (Leave) Rules 1972, CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964, CCS (CCA) Rules 1965, CCS (LTC) Rules, Fundamental Rules & Supplementary Rules, and the POSH Act 2013.
Six topics: General Financial Rules 2017, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules 2024, the Suspense Manual, the Manual of Goods Procurement, the CPWD Works Manual, and the Make in India Order 2017.
Five topics: the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, Record Management, the Allocation of Business Rules, the Transaction of Business Rules, and e-Office Procedure.
Five topics: general provisions of the Right to Information Act, obligations of public authorities, Information Commissions, appeals and penalties, and the RTI Rules 2012.
Six topics: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, the Union Executive, Parliament, Parliamentary Committees, and Parliamentary Procedures.
Comprehension, grammar and precis writing. Listed as a subject for this exam; no topic breakdown is mapped on RankRacer yet.
It is the Limited Departmental Examination of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. Being an LDE, it is a promotion examination written by serving employees rather than an open-market recruitment exam. On RankRacer it is mapped to 6 subjects and 29 topics covering service rules, financial rules, office procedure, the RTI Act, and the Constitution and Parliament.
Six: Service Rules (7 topics), Financial Rules (6 topics), Office Procedure (5 topics), RTI Act (5 topics), Constitution & Parliament (6 topics), and General English. General English is listed as a subject but has no topic breakdown mapped yet.
Not necessarily. RankRacer's map for the KVS LDE currently carries the same rules-based core as the other departmental exams — service rules, financial rules, office procedure, RTI, and the Constitution. If the notified syllabus for the post you are applying to includes material beyond these subjects, that material is not mapped here yet; follow the official notification.
This page maps the KVS LDE/LDCE syllabus in full — 6 subjects covering the rules, manuals and Acts the exam is built on. Niti, RankRacer's AI tutor, can take your questions on them. No account needed to ask.