UPPSC PCS 2020 Exam - Notifications, Dates, Application, Eligibility, Syllabus
Updated on 20th Feb, 2021
Application Date 05 Feb, 2021 - 05 Mar, 2021
About UP PCS 2021
UP PCS Exam 2021- Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released the UP PCS notification 2021 on February 5, 2021. Candidates who meet the UPPSC PCS eligibility criteria can fill the UP PCS application form 2021 from February 5. Last date for submission of UPPSC PCS form online is March 5, 2021. The exam authorities have released the application form of the UP PCS Exam in online mode at uppsc.up.nic.in. The last date to apply for UP PCS Exam 2021 was June 2 while candidates could complete their application form till June 4.
Candidates who qualify for the UP PCS 2021 mains exam, will be eligible to appear for an interview process followed by a final recruitment process. The final result of UP PCS 2021 will be declared on the basis of the candidate's performance in the mains exam and interview. The final result will be calculated out of a total of 1550 marks (1400 in written exam and 150 interviews).
What is UP PCS 2021 exam?
UPPSC Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services is conducted for recruitment to various posts like Statistical Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Block Development Officer, Deputy Collector, etc. UP PCS Exam 2021 will be held in three stages - Preliminary exams (concluded), Main exam, and personality test.
UPPCS Prelims 2021 consists of objective type & multiple choice questions and the main exam is a descriptive written exam followed by a Viva- Voce (Personality Test). A total of 200 candidates will be selected through the Combined State / Upper Subordinate Services Examination 2021.
What's new in UP PCS Exam 2021?
- Five subjects namely Arabic, Persian, Social Work, Defense, and Agricultural Engineering have been removed from the main examination.
- The total number of subjects to 29 instead of 33 subjects as in the previous years.
- Candidates number selected for UP PCS Main Exam 2021 is 13 times the vacant posts.
- Also, the number of candidates selected for personal interviews will be twice to the vacant post.
- Candidates belonging to the Economically Weaker (EWS) category can avail of a 10% reservation.
UP PCS 2021 Highlights
| Full Exam Name | UPPSC Commission Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services Exam |
| Short Exam Name | UP PCS |
| Conducting Body | Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission |
| Frequency of Conduct | Vacancy Based |
| Languages | English, Hindi |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Application Fee (General) | 125 Rs [Online] |
| Mode of Counselling | UP PCS Preliminary Exam offline |
| Number of Seats | 416 Seats |
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UP PCS 2021 Important Dates
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UP PCS (Session 2021)
Upcoming Dates and Events
02 Mar, 2021
Fee payment last date - Start Date | Mode: Online
05 Feb, 2021 - 05 Mar, 2021
Application | Mode: Online Ongoing
Past Dates and Events
05 Feb, 2021
Advertisement | Mode: Online
UP PCS Preliminary Exam (Session 2021)
Upcoming Dates and Events
13 Jun, 2021
Exam | Mode: Offline
Candidates appearing for UP PCS exam 2021 must meet the eligibility criteria. UP PCS eligibility criteria is different for all posts. The table below specifies the UP PCS exam eligibility and academic requirements.
Age Limit- Candidates age must be 21 years to 40 years. They must have not been born earlier than July 2, 1980, and not later than July 1, 1999. Relaxation for PH candidates: The maximum age limit is 55 years i.e. they must have not been born before July 2, 1965.
For SC/ ST and OBC Candidates of UP: The maximum age limit is 45 years i.e. they must have not been born before July 2, 1975. This is also applicable to skilled players of U.P. of Classified Games, State Govt. Employees of U.P. including Teachers/Staff of the Basic Shiksha Parishad of U.P. and Teachers / Staff of the Government Aided Madhyamik Vidyalayas of U.P. In addition, applicants of Group- 'B' posts for the Emergency Commissioned Officers / Short Service Commissioned Officers / Ex-Army Personnel's of U.P. who have rendered five years’ service in Army will also have a relaxation of five years.
UP PCS Exam 2021 Education Qualification
Post | Academic Qualification |
Sub Registrar, Assistant Prosecuting Officer (Transport) | Law Graduate |
District Basik Shiksha Adhikari / Associate DIOS and Other equivalent administrative posts, District Administrative Officer | Post Graduate Degree |
District Cane Officer, U.P. Agriculture Service Group “B” (Development Branch) | Agriculture Graduate |
District Audit Officer (Revenue Audit) | Commerce Graduate |
Assistant Controller Legal Measurement (Grade-I) / Assistant Controller Legal Measurement (Grade-II) | Degree in Science with Physics or Mechanical Engg. as a subject |
Assistant Labour Commissioner | Degree in Arts with Sociology or Economics as a subject or Commerce/Law |
District Programme Officer | Degree in Sociology or Social Science or Home Science or Social Work |
Senior Lecturer, DIET | Post Graduate Degree with B.Ed |
District Probation Officer | Post Graduate Degree in Psychology or Sociology or Social Work or any qualification equivalent thereto or Post Graduate Diploma in any Branch of Social Work from any recognized Institute of social work |
Designated Officer / Food Safety Officer | (1) Post Graduate Degree in Chemistry as one of the subjects from a University established by law in India or a qualification recognized by the Government as equivalent thereto |
Statistical officer | Post Graduate Degree in mathematics or Mathematical Statistics or Statistics or Agricultural Statistics from a university recognized by Law in India or equivalent qualification recognized by the Government. |
Labour Enforcement Officer | Bachelor's degree with Economics or Sociology or commerce and Post Graduate Diploma or Post graduate Degree in Law / Labour relation / Labour welfare / Labour Law / Commerce / Sociology / Social work / Social welfare / Trade Management / Personnel Management. |
Distt. Horticulture officer Group-2 Grade-1 | B.Sc (Agriculture / B.Sc (Horticulture) Degree from a recognized University or Institute. |
| Extension Service officer Group-2 | B.Sc or B.Sc. (Ag.) followed by 15 month Post-graduate Diploma Course from Govt. Fruit Preservation and Canning Institute, Lucknow or any other recognized Institute, OR 3 years diploma in Hotel Management and Catering from a recognized Institute, or M.Sc. in Food Technology. Or M.Sc. Degree in Horticulture, with special paper in Food Processing |
Assistant Conservator of Forest | A Bachelor's degree with at least one of the subject namely Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geology, Forestry, Statistics or a Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or Bachelor's degree in Engineering from a University established by Law in India or a Foreign University approved by the Central Government from time to time, or a qualification recognized by the Government as equivalent thereto. A candidate who has |
Range Forest Officer | Bachelor's Degree with two or more of the subjects, namely Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Forestry, Geology, Agriculture, Statistics, Horticulture and Environment or Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture or Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Bachelor's degree in Veterinary Science from a University established by Law in India or possess a qualification recognized by the Government as equivalent thereto. A candidate who has: |
| Tax assessment officer | Bachelor's degree in Commerce or Economics with 55% marks |
| Law officer (Public Works Department, Geology and Mining Department) | Bachelor's degree in law from a university established by law in India. And Registration in the concerned Bar council or the affiliated Bar Association. Recognized by the Bar Council of India and two years practice experience certificate issued/certified by Bar Council/Bar Association |
| Law Officer (Mandi Parisad) | Graduate in Law with Registered in Bar Counsel Recognized by Bar Counsel of India and Certificate of 5 year Practice given by Bar Counsel /Bar Association. |
| Marketing officer/ Secretary Group-II (Mandi Parisad) | Graduate in Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing, Science, Commerce, Economics or Agriculture Economics from a recognized university |
| Account and Audit Officer (Mandi Parisad) | Graduate in Commerce with Accountancy as one of the subjects and having at least five years experience in Accounts work in a responsible capacity |
| Senior Sugarcane Development Inspector | Post Graduate degree in Agriculture Science and “CCC” Certificate in Computer Operation |
| Veterinary and Welfare officer | Graduate in Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc. and A.H.) or equivalent degree recognised by the Government. |
Minimum physical standards applicable under UP PCS 2021:
For Assistant Conservator of Forest and Range Forest Officer: Height, Chest girth and expansion as specified for the post. Relaxation is applicable to Gorkhas, Nepalis, Assamese, Meghalayan Tribal, Laddakhese, Sikkimese, Bhutanese, Garhwalis, Kumaunis, Nagas and Arunachal Pradesh candidates. Male candidates are required to appear for a walking test of 25 km to be completed in four hours. Female candidates must do walk 14 km in four hours.
Marital Status: Candidates with more than one wife or spouse are not eligible. Female candidates married to a person who already has a spouse are also not eligible to appear for UP PCS exam
Mode of Application : Online
Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Debit Card | Other
UP PCS 2021 Application Form has been released on February 5, 2021, by UPPSC in online mode. The last date for UP PCS registration 2021 is March 5, 2021. However, the payment of the application fee was March 2, 2021. Candidates can check the steps to fill the application of UP PCS 2021 in the three steps below. These are the steps for reference purposes only.
Document Required for UP PCS exam form 2021-
Candidates must keep the scanned images of a recent photo and signature ready.
- Format of Image: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tif, .png
- Image Dimensions: 3.5 cm by 6.0 cm
- File Size: not more than 50 KB
- The signature must not be in Capitals or initials
Steps to Apply Online for UP PCS Exam 2021
Step 1– Basic Registration
Step 2- Pay Application Fee
Step 3- Uploading of photo and signature
UP PCS 2021 Application Fee Details:
Category | Exam Fee | On-line processing fee | Fee Payable |
Unreserved/Economically weaker sections/ Other Backward Class | 100 | 25 | 125 |
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe | 40 | 25 | 65 |
Handicapped | Nil | 25 | 25 |
Dependents of Freedom Fighters | As per their category | 25 | As per category |
Important Guideline for UP PCS application form:
- Candidates need NOT send hard copy of the filled-in application form or any other document/certificate/testimonial to the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission.
- It is advisable to take printout of the application form of UP PCS 2021 for reference and any communication with the UPPSC.
How to correct mistakes in the UP PCS Online form?
This can be done before March 3, 2021. Types of mistakes and the process to rectify them are as follows
1. Mistakes in exam name and type of recruitment, Registered Mobile Number, E-mail ID, Aadhaar Number etc: Candidates are advised to submit new UP PCS application form 2021. It is to be noted that the fee earlier paid will neither be adjusted nor refunded.)
2. Mistake in Category: In this instance, candidates must fill new application form as the fee will differ. The earlier fee will not be refunded.
3. Details other than the ones mentioned above: A chance to modify the application form of UP PCS 2021 will be given to be completed by March 5, 2021. The steps to modify the UP PCS 2021 application form are as follows
- Click on 'Modify Submitted Application' under 'Online application process' in Candidate Segment.
- The 'Candidate Personal Details' will be displayed on the screen. Candidates must enter their Registration No., Date of Birth, Gender, Domicile and Category.
- After filling the Verification code, they must click on the 'proceed' button following which for 'Authentication' of the candidate will be done through OTP (One Time Password).
- The OTP will be sent to the registered mobile no. of the candidate who must use it to fill the option box displayed on the screen.
- After the candidate has filled in the OTP and clicks on the 'proceed' button his / her previously submitted UP PCS application form 2021 will be displayed on the screen.
- Candidates must make the required changes and submit the form
The UP PCS 2021 login window can be used for the following:
- View Application Status option - to check the current status of the candidate.
- Result option - to see their result status of periodically.
- Interview/Exam Schedule option - to see the interview and examination schedule details periodically
- Answer Sheet Option- to download key answer sheet.
- Admit Card/Hall Ticket option - to download their admit card
- List of Rejected Candidate option – to view the rejected candidate list.
- Syllabus option - to view the syllabus of the particular examination.
UP PCS 2021 Application form for Mains exam:
Candidates who have qualified in the prelims exam of UP PCS 2021 can fill the application form for the Main exam. The roll no used for the Prelims exam of UP PCS 2021 will be used for the Main exam also. The process is much easier as most of the details need not be filled in. The application fee will have to be paid online through net banking or debit/credit cards or other online modes.
The UP PCS application fee for mains
Category | Exam Fee | On-line processing fee | Fee Payable |
Unreserved/Economically weaker sections/ Other Backward Class | 200 | 25 | 225 |
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe | 80 | 25 | 105 |
Handicapped | Nil | 25 | 25 |
Dependents of Freedom Fighters | As per their category | 25 | As per category |
Documents to be enclosed along with the Main exam application of UP PCS 2021:
Candidates are required to enclose self-attested copies of the following documents along with the application of the UP PCS Main exam. These documents are as follows
- High School or equivalent examination certificate
- Mark sheets, Certificates & Degrees
- Category Certificate if applicable
- Certificate of being handicapped in that Subcategory issued by prescribed Medical Officer/Specialist and countersigned by the Chief Medical Officer in case of PwD candidates
Application Fees
| Category | Quota | Mode | Gender | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OBC, General | Online | Transgender, Female, Male | ₹ 125 | |
| ST, SC | Online | Transgender, Female, Male | ₹ 65 | |
| ST, EWS, General, SC, OBC | PWD | Online | Transgender, Female, Male | ₹ 25 |
UP PCS 2021 Syllabus
UP PCS Preliminary Exam Syllabus
General Studies-I
General Studies-I: Unit 01
Current events of national and international importance |
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History of India and Indian national movement |
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| Social, economic, and political aspects of Indian history |
| Nature and character of the freedom movement, growth of nationalism, and attainment of Independence |
India and world geography-physical, social, economic geography of India and the World |
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| General understanding of world geography |
| Physical, social, and economic geography of India |
Indian polity and governance-constitution, political system, Panchayati raj, public policy, rights issues, etc |
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| Country's political system including Panchayati raj and community development, broad features of economic policy in India and Indian culture |
Economic and social development-sustainable development, poverty inclusion, demographics, social sector initiatives, etc |
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| Problems and relationship between population, environment, and urbanisation |
General issues on environmental ecology, biodiversity, and climate change |
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General science |
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| General appreciation and understanding of science including matters of every day observation and experience |
General Studies-II
General Studies-II: Unit 01
Comprehension |
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Interpersonal skills including communication skills |
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Logical reasoning and analytical ability |
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Decision making and problem solving |
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General mental ability |
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Elementary mathematics (upto class-X level) |
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| Arithmetic: (i) Number systems-natural numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers, real numbers, divisors of an integer, prime integers, L.C.M. and H.C.F. of integers and their Interrelationship, (ii) average, (iii) ratio and proportion |
| Arithmetic: (iv) Percentage, (v) profit and loss, (vi) simple and compound interests, (vii) work and time, (viii) speed, time, and distance |
| Algebra: (i) Factors of polynomials, L.C.M. and H.C.F. of polynomials and their interrelationship, remainder theorem, simultaneous linear equations, quadratic equations |
| Algebra: (ii) Set theory-set, null set, subsets and proper subsets of a set, operations (union, intersections, difference, symmetric difference) between sets, Venn diagram |
| Geometry: (i) Constructions and theorems regarding triangle, rectangle, square, trapezium and circles, their perimeter and area, (ii) volume and surface area of sphere, right circular cylinder, right circular cone and cube |
| Statistics: Collection of data, classification of data, frequency, frequency distribution, tabulation, cumulative frequency. Representation of data-bar diagram, pie chart, histogram, frequency polygon, cumulative frequency curves (ogives) |
| Statistics: Measures of central tendency-arithmetic mean, median, and mode |
General English (upto class-X level) |
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| Comprehension |
| Active voice and passive voice |
| Parts of speech |
| Transformation of sentences |
| Direct and indirect speech |
| Punctuation and spellings |
| Words meanings |
| Vocabulary and usage |
| Idioms and phrases |
| Fill in the blanks |
General Hindi (upto class-X level) |
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UP PCS Main Exam Syllabus
General Hindi
Essay
Essay: Unit 01
Literature and culture |
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Social sphere |
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Political sphere |
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Science, environment, and technology |
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Economic sphere |
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Agriculture, industry, and trade |
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National and international events |
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Natural calamities, landslide, earthquake, deluge, drought, etc |
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National development programmes and projects |
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General Studies-I
General Studies-I: Unit 01
History of Indian culture |
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| Salient aspects of art forms, literature, and architecture from ancient to modern times |
Modern Indian history (from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1947) |
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| Significant events, personalities, and issues, etc |
The freedom struggle |
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| Various stages and important contributors/ contributions from different parts of the country |
Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country (till 1965 A.D.) |
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History of the world |
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| Events from 18 century to middle of the 20 century such as French revolution of 1789, Industrial revolution, World Wars, redraw of national boundaries, socialism, Nazism, Fascism, etc-their forms and effect on the society |
Salient features of Indian society and culture |
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Role of women in society and women's organization |
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| Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies |
Meaning of liberalization, privatization, and globalization and their effects on economy, polity, and social structure |
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Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism, and secularism |
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Distribution of major natural resources of world |
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| Water, soils, forests in reference to south and south-east Asia with special reference to India |
| Factors responsible for the location of industries (with special reference to India) |
Salient features of physical geography |
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| Earthquake, Tsunami, volcanic activity, cyclone, ocean currents, winds, and glaciers |
Oceanic resources of India and their potential |
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Human migration |
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| Refugee problem of the world with focus on India |
Frontiers and boundaries with reference to Indian sub-continent |
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Population and settlements |
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| Types and patterns, urbanization, smart cities and smart villages |
Specific knowledge of Uttar Pradesh |
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| History, culture, art, architecture, festival, folk-dance, literature, regional languages, heritage, social customs, and tourism |
| Geography-human and natural resources, climate, soils, forest, wildlife, mines, and minerals, sources of irrigation |
General Studies-II
General Studies-II: Unit 01
Indian constitution |
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| Historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basis structure, role of supreme court in evolution of basic provisions of constitution |
Functions and responsibilities of the union and the states |
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| Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein |
Role of finance commission in centre-state financial relations |
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Separation of powers, dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions |
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Emergence and use of alternative dispute redressal mechanisms |
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Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other major democratic countries |
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Parliament and state legislatures |
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| Structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers and privileges, and concerned issues |
Structure, organization and functioning of the executive and the judiciary |
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| Ministries and departments of the government, pressure groups and formal/ informal associations and their role in the polity |
| Public interest litigation (PIL) |
Salient features of the representation of people's act |
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Appointment to various constitutional posts, powers, functions, and their responsibilities |
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Statutory, regulatory, and various quasi-judicial bodies including NITI Aayog, their features and functioning |
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Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design, implementation and information communication technology (ICT) |
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Development processes |
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| The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), self help groups (SHGs), various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders |
Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the centre and states and the performance of these schemes |
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| Mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections |
Issues relating to development and management of social sector/ services relating to health, education, human resources |
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Issues relating to poverty and hunger, their implication on body politic |
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Important aspects of governance |
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Transparency and accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential, citizens, charters and institutional measures |
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Role of civil services in a democracy in the context of emerging trends |
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India and its relationship with neighbouring countries |
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Bilateral, regional, and global groupings, and agreements involving India and/ or affecting India's interest |
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Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests-Indian Diaspora |
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Important international institutions, agencies their structure, mandate, and functioning |
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Specific knowledge of Uttar Pradesh regarding political, administrative, revenue and judicial system |
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Current affairs and events of regional, state, national, and international importance |
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General Studies-III
General Studies-III: Unit 01
Economic planning in India, objectives and achievements |
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Role of NITI Aayog, pursuit of sustainable development goals (SDG's) |
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Issues of poverty, unemployment, social justice, and inclusive growth |
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Components of government budgets and financial system |
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Major crops, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems, storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce, e-technology in the aid of farmers |
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Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices, public distribution system |
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| Objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping, issues of buffer stocks and food security, technology missions in agriculture |
Food processing and related industries in India |
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| Scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management |
Land reforms in India since independence |
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Effects of liberalization and globalization on the economy, changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth |
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Infrastructure |
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| Energy, ports, roads, airports, railways, etc |
Science and technology |
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| Developments and applications in everyday life and in national security, India's science and technology policy |
Achievements of Indians in science and technology, indigenization of technology |
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Developments of new technologies, transfer of technology, dual and critical use technologies |
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Awareness in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT) and space technology, computers, energy resources, nanotechnology, microbiology, biotechnology |
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Issues relating to intellectual property rights (IPR) and digital rights |
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Environmental security and ecosystems, conservation of wildlife, biodiversity, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment |
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Disaster as a Non-traditional security and safety challenge, disaster mitigation and management |
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Challenges of international security |
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| Issues of nuclear proliferation, causes and spread of extremism, communication networks, role of media and social networking, basics of cyber security, money laundering, and human trafficking |
India's internal security challenges |
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| Terrorism, corruption, insurgency and organized crimes |
Role, kind, and mandate of security forces, higher defence organizations in India |
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Specific knowledge of Uttar Pradesh economy |
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| Overview of Uttar Pradesh economy: State budgets. Importance of agriculture, industry, infrastructure and physical resources. Human resources and skill development. Government programmes and welfare schemes |
Issues in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and animal husbandry |
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Law and order and civil defence with special reference to Uttar Pradesh |
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General Studies-IV
General Studies-IV: Unit 01
Ethics and human Interface |
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| Essence, determinants and consequences of ethics in human action, dimensions of ethics, ethics in private and public relationships |
| Human values-lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators, role of family, society, and educational institutions in inculcating values |
Attitude |
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| Content, structure, function, its influence and relation with thought and behaviour, moral and political attitudes, social influence and persuasion |
Aptitude and foundational values for civil service |
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| Integrity, impartiality and nonpartisanship, objectivity, dedication to public services, empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections |
Emotional intelligence |
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| Concept and dimensions, its utility and application in administration and governance |
Contributions of moral thinkers and philosophers from India and world |
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Public/ civil service values and ethics in public administration |
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| Status and problems, ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions, laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance, accountability and ethical governance, strengthening of moral values in governance |
| Ethical issues in international relations and funding, corporate governance |
Probity in governance |
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| Concept of public service, philosophical basis of governance and probity, information sharing and transparency in government |
| Right to Information, codes of ethics, codes of conduct, citizen's charter, work culture, quality of service delivery, utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption |
Case studies on above issues |
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Agriculture-Paper-I
Agriculture-Paper-I: Unit 01
Ecology and its relevance |
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Natural resources and their conservation management |
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Environmental factors of crop distribution and production |
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Climatic elements as factor of crop growth |
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Impact of environment of changes on cropping pattern |
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Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and human |
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Cropping patterns in different agro climatic zones of Uttar Pradesh |
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Impact of high yielding and short duration varieties on shifts in cropping patterns |
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Concepts of multiple, multi-storey, relay and intercropping and their importance in relation to sustainable crop production |
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Package of practices for production of important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre, sugar and cash crops grown during Kharif and Rabi seasons in different regions of Uttar Pradesh |
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Important features, scopes and propagation of various type of forestry plants with reference to |
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| Agro, forestry and social forestry, weeds, their characteristics, dissemination, association with various field crops and their multiplication, cultural, biological and chemical control |
Processes and factors of soil formation |
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Classification of Indian soils including modern concepts |
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Mineral and organic constituent of soils and their role in maintaining soil productivity |
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Problems soils, extent and distribution in India and their reclamation |
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Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants, their occurrence, factors affecting their distribution, function and cycling |
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Symbiotic and non symbiotic nitrogen fixation |
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Principles of soil fertility and its evaluation for judicious fertilizer use |
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Soil conservation planning on water shed basis, erosion and run off management in hills, foothills and valley lands and factors affecting them |
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Dry land agriculture and its problems |
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Technology for stabilising agriculture production in rainfed agriculture area of Uttar Pradesh |
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Necessity and scope of organic farming |
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Water use efficiency in relation to crop production |
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Criteria for scheduling irrigations, ways and means of reducing run off losses of irrigation water |
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Drainage of water-logged soils |
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Farm management its scope, importance, and characteristics, farm planning and budgeting |
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Economics of different types of farming systems |
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Marketing and pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs, price fluctuations and their cost |
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Role of cooperatives in agricultural economy |
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| Types, and system of farming and factors affecting them agricultural extension, its importance and role, method of evaluation of extension programmes, diffusion, communication and adoption of innovations |
| People's participation and production and motivation |
Farm mechanization and its role in agricultural production and rural employment |
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Training programme for extension workers and farmers, extension systems and programmes |
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Training and visits |
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KVK, KGK, NATP, and IVLP |
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Agriculture-Paper-II
Agriculture-Paper-II: Unit 01
Heredity and variation, Mendel's law of inheritance, chromosomal theory of inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance, sex linked, sex influenced, and sex limited characters |
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Spontaneous and induced mutations |
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Role of chemicals in mutation |
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Origin and domestication of field crops |
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Morphological patterns of variations in varieties and related species of important field crop |
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Cause and utilization of variation in crops improvement |
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Application of the principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major field crops, methods of breeding to self and cross-pollinated crops |
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Introduction, selection, hybridization, male sterility and self incompatibility, utilization of mutation and polyploidy in breeding |
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Seed technology and its importance, production, processing, storage and testing of seeds |
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Role of national and state seed organization in production, processing and marketing of improved seeds |
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Physiology and its significance in agriculture, physical properties and chemical constitution of protoplasm, inhibition, surface tension, diffusion and osmosis |
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Absorption and translocation of water, transpiration, and water economy |
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Enzymes and plant pigments, photosynthesis-modern concepts and factors effecting the process |
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Aerobic and anaerobic respiration, growth and development |
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Photoperiodism and vernalization |
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Plant growth regulators and their mechanism of action and importance in crop production |
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Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, vegetable and ornamental crops |
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| Package of practices and the scientific basis for the same |
Pre and post harvest physiology of fruits and vegetables crops, principles and methods of preservation of fruits and vegetables |
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Processing techniques and equipment |
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Landscape and floriculture including raising of ornamental plants |
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Garden and its parts, design and layout of gardens, diseases and pests of vegetables, fruits and ornamental crops of Uttar Pradesh and measures to control plant diseases |
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Integrated management of pests and diseases |
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Pesticides and their formulations, plant protection equipment, their care and maintenance |
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Storage pest of cereals and pulses |
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| Hygiene of storage, godowns, preservation and remedial measures, food production and consumption trends In India, national, and International food policies, procurements, distribution, processing and production constraints |
Zoology-Paper-I (Non-chordata and chordata)
Zoology-Paper-I (Non-chordata and chordata): Unit 01
Animal diversity |
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| General survey, classification and interrelationships of following phyla |
Protozoa |
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| Locomotion, nutrition and reproduction, human parasitic protozoa and diseases |
Porifera |
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| Canal system; skeleton and reproduction |
Cnidaria |
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| Polymorphism; coral reefs; metagenesis |
Platyhelminthes |
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| Parasitic adaptations and host-parasite relationships |
Annelida |
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| Adaptive radiation in polychaeta |
Arthopoda |
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| Larval forms and parasitism in crustacean; appendages of prawn; vision and respiration in arthropoda; social life and metamorphosis in insects |
Mollusca |
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| Respiration, pearl formation |
Echinodermata |
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| General organization, larval forms and affinities |
Chordata |
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| Origin; origin of tetrapods |
Pisces |
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| Respiration; migration; lung fishes |
Amphibia |
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| Neoteny and paedogenesis; parental care |
Reptilia |
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| Skull type; dinosaurs |
Aves |
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| Aerial adaptations, migration, respiration, flightless birds |
Mammalia |
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| Dentition; prototheria and metatheria; skin derivatives of eutheria |
Zoology-Paper-I (Ecology, ethology, biostatistics, and economic zoology)
Zoology-Paper-I (Ecology, ethology, biostatistics, and economic zoology): Unit 01
Ecology |
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| Abiotic and biotic factors; interspecific and intraspecific relations, ecological succession; different types of biomes; biogeochemical cycles; food web; ozone layer and biosphere; pollution of air, water, and land |
Ethology |
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| Types of animal behaviour; role of hormones and pheromones in behaviour; methods of studying animal behaviour; biological rhythms |
Biostatistics |
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| Sampling methods; frequency distribution and measures of central tendency; standard deviation and standard error; correlation and regression; chi- square and t-tests |
Economic zoology |
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| Insect pests of crops (paddy, gram, and sugarcane) and stored grains; apiculture, sericulture, lac culture; pisciculture and oyster culture |
Zoology-Paper-II (Cell biology, genetics, evolution, and systematics)
Zoology-Paper-II (Cell biology, genetics, evolution, and systematics): Unit 01
Cell biology |
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| Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, electron microscopic structure of eukaryotic cells; cell membrane-structure, functions, and transport mechanisms, cell organelles-structure and function; cytoskeleton; cell cycle |
| Cell division-mitosis and meiosis; spindle formation and chromosome movement |
Genetics |
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| Mendelian laws of inheritance; structure of eukaryotic chromosome; giant and lamp-brush chromosomes; linkage; concept of gene, gene mapping; sex chromosomes and sex determination; sex linked traits |
| Gene interactions (codominance, multiple alleles, lethal genes, epistatic and hypostatic genes, polygenic inheritance); variation-its types and sources; chromosomal and gene mutations |
| Human genetic diseases (sickle cell anaemia, Down's, Turner's, and Klenefelter's syndromes); regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes |
| Recombinant DNA technology-basic principles, tools, vectors, and applications; transgenic animals |
Evolution |
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| Origin of life-theories and experimental evidence; evolution-theories; natural selection; variation; calculating allele frequencies (Hardy Weinberg method); concept of species and sub-species; mechanisms of speciation, island species |
| Crypsis-overview and varieties of crypsis |
Systematics |
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| Principles of taxonomy; zoological nomenclature; fossils; geological eras; phylogeny of horse and elephant; origin and evolution of man; continental distribution of animals; zoogeographical realms of the world and their characteristic fauna |
Zoology-Paper-II (Biochemistry, physiology, and development biology)
Zoology-Paper-II (Biochemistry, physiology, and development biology): Unit 01
Biochemistry |
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| Structure, classification, and biological functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, Watson and Crick model of DNA; genetic code; protein-biosynthesis; biological oxidations; high energy compounds; electron transport chain |
| Oxidative phosphorylation; glycolysis and Krebs/ TCA cycle; enzymes-nomenclature, classification, factors affecting enzyme activity and mechanism of action, vitamins-dietary sources, biochemical functions, deficiency symptoms, hyper vitaminosis A |
| Innate and acquired immunity; immune cells; immunoglobulins; cytokines (interleukins) |
Physiology (with special reference to Mammals) |
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| Homeostasis; open and closed circulatory system, neurogenic and myogenic hearts; blood composition, functions clotting and blood-groups; oxygen and carbon dioxide transport; the cardiac cycle, neural and hormonal regulation of heart rate |
| Mechanism of breathing and its regulation, formation of urine; homeostatic functions of kidney; thermoregulation in thermoconformer and thermoregulator animals; nerve impulse-axonal and synaptic transmission; neurotransmitters |
| Digestion and absorption of carbohydrate, protein, fats, and nucleic acid, control of secretion of digestive juices; muscle-types, structure, and mechanism of contraction; structure and functions of human eye and ear; the mechanism of photoreception |
| Hearing and balance; hormones-endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine; types of hormone; mechanisms of hormone action; types of hormone receptors; roles of hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal, gonad and pineal hormones |
| Regulation of menstrual cycle; Menarche and menopause |
Development biology |
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| Gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage and gastrulation in branchiostoma, frog and chick; types of eggs; fate maps of gastrula of frog and chick; metamorphosis in frog and insects and its hormonal control; formation of extra embryonic membrance in chicks |
| Types of placenta in mammals, organiser phenomenon, organogenesis of brain, eye, and heart; regeneration; genetic control of development |
Chemistry-Paper-I
Chemistry-Paper-I: Unit 01
Atomic structure |
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| De-Broglie equation, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, quantum mechanical operators and the Schrodinger wave equation, physical significance of wave function and its characteristics (normalized orthogonal) |
| Radial distribution and shapes of s, p, and d orbitals, particle in one-dimensional box, quantization of electronic energies (qualitative treatment of hydrogen atom), Pauli's Exclusion principle |
| Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity |
| Aufbau principle, electronic configuration of atoms, long form of periodic table including translawrencium elements |
| Periodicity in properties of the elements such as atomic and ionic ionization potential, electron affinity, eletronegativity and hydration energy |
Nuclear and radiation chemistry |
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| Nuclear forces, nuclear stability, N/P ratio, nuclear binding energy, artificial transmutation of elements and nuclear reactions, nuclear fission and fusion, kinetics of radioactive decay, radioactive isotopes and their applications |
| Radiocarbon dating |
| Elementary ideas of radiation chemistry |
Chemical bonding |
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| Valence bond theory (Heitler-London and Pauling-Slater theories), hybridization, VSEPR theory and molecular orbital energy level diagrams for homo and hetero nuclear diatomic molecules, bond order, bond length and bond strength, sigma and pi bonds |
| Hydrogen bond, characteristics of ionic compounds, lattice energy, born-haber cycle, characteristics of covalent bond |
Chemistry of s-and p-block elements |
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| General properties of s-and p-block elements, chemical reactivity of elements and group trends |
| Chemical behaviour with respect of their hydrides, halides, and oxides |
Chemistry of transition elements |
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| General characteristics, variable oxidation states, complex formation, colour, magnetic and catalytic properties, comparative study of 4d and 5d transition elements with 3d analogues with respect to their ionic radii |
| Oxidation states and magnetic properties |
Chemistry of lanthanides and actinides |
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| Lanthanides contraction, oxidation states, principles of separation of lanthanides and actinides |
| Magnetic and spectral properties of their compounds |
Coordination chemistry |
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| Werner's theory of coordination compounds |
| IUPAC system of nomenclature, effective atomic number (EAN), isomerism in coordination compounds |
| Valence bond theory and its limitations |
| Crystal field theory |
| Crystal field splitting of d-orbitals in octahedral, tetrahedral, and square planar complexes |
| Δ Value and factors affecting its magnitude, calculation of crystal field stabilization energies (CFSE) for d1 to d9 weak and strong field |
| Octahedral complexes, spectrochemical series electronic spectra of d transition metal complexes, types of electronic transitions, selection rules for electronic transitions |
Bioinorganic chemistry |
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| Essential and trace elements in biological processes, metalloporphyrins with special reference to haemoglobin and myoglobin, biological role of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions with special reference to calcium ion |
Preparation, properties, and uses of the inorganic compounds |
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| Heavy water, boric acid, diborance, hydrazine, hydroxylamine, potassium dichromate, potassium permanganate, Ce (IV) sulphate and titanium (III) sulphate |
Polymers |
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| Molecular weight of polymers by sedimentation, light scattering viscosity and osmotic pressure methods, number average and weight average molecular weights, elasticity and crystallinity of polymers, borazines: Silicons and phosphonitrillic halide polymers |
Chemical thermodynamics |
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| Thermodynamic functions, first and second laws of thermodynamics, heats of formation neutralization and combustion, Hess's Law of heat summation, variation of entropy with change of temperature, pressure and volume, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation |
| Criteria of equilibrium and spontaneity, application of thermodynamics to various physico-chemical processes, concept of chemical potential Gibbs-Duhem equation |
| Classius-Clapeyron equation |
| Thermodynamic treatment of colligative properties of dilute solutions |
Chemical kinetics |
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| Order and molecularity of reaction, rate constant and specific rate constant, zero-order, first order and second order reactions, half life period |
| Methods for determining the order of a reaction, temperature coefficient, Arrhenius equation, energy of activation, collision theory of reaction rate |
| Steady state approximations |
| Transition state theory of reaction rates, kinetics of side, reversible and consecutive reactions |
Phase equilibria |
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| Phase, components, degrees of freedom, phase diagram of one component (water and sulphur) and two component (Pb-Ag) systems, Nernst's distribution law, Applications of distribution law |
Electrochemistry |
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| Theory of strong electrolytes, Debye-Huckel theory of activity, coefficient laws of electrolytic conduction, transport number and its determination by Hittorf's method and moving boundary method |
| Electrodes and electrode potential, hydrogen electrode, Calomel electrode |
| EMF of galvanic cells, concentration cells with and without transference, liquid junction potential and fuel cell |
Solid state chemistry |
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| Elements of symmetry in crystals, space lattice and unit cell |
| The close packing of spheres, hexagonal close packing, cubic close packing and body centered cubic packing, coordination number and redus ratio effect |
| Bragg's law of X-ray diffraction, powder pattern method of crystalline structure of NaCl, KCl, and ZnS |
Surface chemistry |
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| Coagulation, Hardy-Schulze rule, stability of colloids and origin of charge on colloids, electrokinetic potential, adsorption, various types of adsorption isotherms, catalysis, enzyme catalysis (Michelis-Menten equation) |
Spectra |
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| Raman spectra: Raman effect, stokes and antistokes lines and their intensity difference |
| Rule of mutual exclusion |
| Electronic spectra, electronic transitions, Frank condom principle, phosphorescence and fluorescence |
Equilibrium |
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| Equilbrium in physical and chemical process, dynamic nature of equilibrium, law of chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constant, factors affecting equilibrium, Lechatelier's principle, strong and weak electrolytes, common ion effect |
| Ionization of polybasic acids, acid strength, concept of pH and hydrolysis of salts, buffer solutions, Henderson's equation, solubility and solubility product of sparingly soluble salts |
Chemistry-Paper-II
Chemistry-Paper-II: Unit 01
General organic chemistry |
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| Hyperconjugation, delocalisation and their applications, electrophiles, nucleophiles, hydrogen bonding, and aromaticity, and antiaromaticity |
Reaction mechanism |
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| General methods of study of mechanism of organic reactions: Kinetic isotope effect, crossover experiment, intermediate trapping, and thermodynamic vs. kinetic control of reactions |
| Reactive intermediates: Generation, geometry, nature, (electrophilic or nucleophilic character), reactions and stability of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes and benzynes |
| Addition reactions: Electrophilic addition to carbon-carbon double bond with bromine and carbenes, hydroboration-oxidation, oxymercuration-demercuration, addition of peracids (formation of oxiranes) and iodolactonisation |
| Addition reactions: 1, 2 and 1, 4 addition of conjugated diene with bromine, free radical addition of HBr. Nucleophilic addition to carbonyl group with carbon, oxygen, sulphur, and nitrogen nucleophiles |
| Elimination reactions: E1, E2, and E1 cb reaction mechanism, orientation in E2 reaction (Saytzeff and Hofmann), cope elimination |
| Substitution reactions: (a) SN1, SN2 mechanism, (b) electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions: Orientation and reactivity in monosubstituted benzenes |
Reactions and rearrangements |
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| Reactions: Aldol condensation, Claisen condensation, Knoevenagel reaction, Witting reaction, Michael addition, Mannich reaction, Perkin reaction, Riemer- Tiemann reaction, Cannizzaro reaction and Benzoin condensation |
| Rearrangements: Pinacol-Pinacolone, Hoffman, Beckmann, Curtius rearrangements and rearrangement given by carbocations |
Stereochemistry |
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| Optical activity due to chiral centre, R-S nomenclature of compounds having chiral centre (one or two chiral centres) |
| Properties of enantiomers and diastereomers, separation of racemic mixture using chemical method |
| Geometrical isomerism: E-Z nomenclature, conformation of open-chain compounds (n-butane, 2-fluoroethanol, 1,2-ethanediol, 1,2- difluoroethane) cyclohexane and monosubstituted, and disubstituted cyclohexanes |
Spectroscopy |
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| UV spectroscopy: Types of electronic transitions, chromophore, auxochrome, bathochromic and hypsochromic shift, Woodward-Fieser rule for the calculation of ʎmax conjugated polyenes and carbonyl compounds |
| Infrared spectroscopy: Factors affecting vibrational frequencies |
| 1H NMR spectroscopy: Basic principles, chemical shift, spin-spin interaction and coupling constant. Problems based on UV, IR, and 1HNMR spectroscopy of simple organic compounds |
Organic polymers |
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| Mechanism of polymerization, polymers of industrial importance (polyamides, polyesters, Orlon, PVC, teflon, SBR, NBR) |
Carbohydrates |
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| Chemistry of monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), ring structure of glucose and fructose, mutarotation, epimerisation, amadori rearrangement, disaccharides (maltose and sucrose) |
Pericyclic reactions |
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| Classification and examples, Woodward-Hoffmann rule, electrocyclic reactions and cycloaddition reactions ([2+2] and [4+2] cycloaddition reaction) |
Heterocyclic compounds |
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| Preparations, aromaticity and reactions of pyrrole, furan, and thiophene |
Environmental chemistry |
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| Air pollutants and their toxic effects, depletion of ozone layer, oxides of nitrogen, fluorocarbons and their effect on ozone layer, greenhouse effect, acid rain |
Physics-Paper-I
Physics-Paper-I: Unit 01
Mechanics |
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| Conservation law, collisions, impact parameter, scattering cross-section, centre of mass and lab systems with transformation of physical quantities, Rutherford scattering |
| Motion of a rocket under constant force field |
| Rotating frames of reference, Coriolis force, motion of rigid bodies, dynamics of rotating bodies |
| Inertia tensor, moment of inertia, moment of inertia of sphere, ring cylinder, disc |
| Angular momentum |
| Torque and precession of a top |
| Gyroscope |
| Central forces, motion under inverse square law |
| Kepler's laws |
| Motion of satellites (including geostationary) |
| Elastic constants and their interrelationship, Galilean relativity |
| Special theory of relativity |
| Michelson-Morely experiment, Lorentz transformations-addition of velocities |
| Variation of mass with velocity |
| Mass-energy equivalence |
| Fluid dynamics |
| Streamline and turbulent flow, Reynolds number, viscosity, Poiseuille's formula for the flow of liquid through narrow tubes, Bernoulli's equation with simple applications |
Thermal physics |
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| Laws of thermodynamics, entropy, Canot's cycle, isothermal and adiabatic changes, thermodynamic potentials, Helmholtz and Gibbs functions |
| Maxwell's relations |
| The Clausius-Clapeyron equation, reversible cell, Joule-Kelvin effect, Stefan Boltzmann law, kinetic theory of gasses, Maxwell's distribution law of velocities, equipartition of energy, specific heats of gases, mean free path, Brownian motion |
| Black Body radiation, specific heat of solids, Einstein and Debye theories |
| Weins law, Planck's law, solar constant |
| Saha's theory of thermal ionization and stellar spectra, production of low temperatures using adiabatic demagnetization and dilution refrigeration |
| Concept of negative temperature |
Waves and oscillations |
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| Simple harmonic motion, mass, spring and LC circuits |
| Stationary and progressive waves, damped harmonic motion, forced oscillation and resonance, sharpness of resonance, wave equation, harmonic solutions, plane and spherical waves, superposition of waves |
| Two perpendicular simple harmonic motions |
| Lissajous figures, Fourier analysis of periodic waves-square and triangular waves |
| Phase and group velocities, beats |
Optics |
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| Huygen's principle, division of amplitude and wave front, Fresnel Biprism, Newton's rings, Michelson interferometer, Fabry-Perot inter-ferometer |
| Diffraction-Fresnel and Fraunhoffer's diffraction as a Fourier transformation |
| Fresnel and Fraunhoffer's diffraction by rectangular and circular apertures |
| Diffraction by straight edge, single and multiple slits |
| Resolving power of grating and optical instruments |
| Rayleigh criterion |
| Polarization, production and detection of polarized light (linear, circular and elliptical) Brewster's law, Huygen's theory of double refraction, optical rotation, polarimeters |
| Laser sources (Helium-Neon, Ruby, and semi conductor diode) |
| Concept of spatial and temporal coherence |
| Holography, theory and application, Doppler effect |
Physics-Paper-II
Physics-Paper-II: Unit 01
Electricity and magnetism |
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| Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss's law and applications, electric potential, Poisson and Laplace equations for homogeneous dielectric, uncharged conducting sphere in a uniform field, point charge and infinite conducting plane |
| Bio-Savart law and applications |
| Ampere's circuital law and its applications, magnetic induction and field strength, magnetic shell, magnetic field on the axis of circular coil, Helmholtz coil, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Lenz's law, self and mutual inductances |
| Current electricity, Kirchhoff's laws and its applications; Wheatstone bridge, Kelvin's double bridge, Carey foster's bridge, alternating currents, LCR circuits, series and parallel resonance circuits, quality factor |
| Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves |
| Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, Poynting vector, magnetic fields in matter |
| Dia, para, ferro, antiferro, and ferrimagnetism (qualitative approach only) |
| Hysteresis |
Modern physics |
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| Bohr's theory of hydrogen atom, electron spin, Stern-Gerlach experiment and spatial quantization, vector model of the atom spectral terms, optical and X-ray spectra, fine structure of spectral lines |
| J-J and L-S coupling, Zeeman effect |
| Pauli's exclusion principle, spectral terms of two equivalent and non-equivalent electrons |
| Gross and fine structure of electronic band spectra |
| Raman effect, photoelectric effect, Compton effect |
| De-Broglie waves |
| Wave Particle duality, uncertainty principle, postulates of quantum mechanics |
| Schrodinger wave equation and application |
| Particle in a box, motion across a step potential, one dimensional harmonic oscillator, eigen values and eigen functions |
| Radioactivity, alpha, beta, and gamma radiations |
| Elementary theory of the alpha decay |
| Nuclear binding energy |
| Mass spectroscopy, semi empirical mass formula |
| Nuclear fission and fusion |
| Elementary reactor physics, elementary particles and their classification, strong and weak interactions |
| Particle accelerators, cyclotron |
| Linear accelerators |
| Elementary ideas of superconductivity |
Electronics |
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| Classification of solids into conductors, insulators and semiconductors on the basis of energy bands |
| Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, p-n junction, reverse and forward based p-n junction, thermistor, Zener diode, solar cell |
| Use of diodes and transistors for rectification, amplification, oscillation, modulation and detection of RF waves |
| Transistor receiver |
| Boolean algebra, logic gates and their truth table, some applications, adder and subtractor |
Mathematics-Paper-I
Mathematics-Paper-I: Unit 01
Linear algebra and matrix |
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| Vector spaces, sub spaces, basis and dimensions, quotient |
| Space, coordinates, linear transformation, rank and nullity of a linear transformation, matrix representation of linear transformation, linear functionals, dual space, transpose of a linear transformation, characteristic values, annihilating polynomials |
| Cayley-Hamilton theorem, inner product spaces, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, orthogonal vectors, orthogonal complements, orthonormal sets and bases, Bessel's inequality of finite dimensional spaces, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalisation process |
| Rank of matrix, echelon form, equivalence, congruence and similarity, reduction to canonical form, orthogonal, symmetrical, skew-symmetrical, Hermitian and skew-Hermitian matrices, their eigen values |
| Orthogonal and unitary reduction of quadratic and Hermitian form, positive definite quadratic forms, simultaneous reduction |
Calculus |
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| Limits, continuity, differentiability, mean value theorems, Taylor's theorem, indeterminate forms, maxima and minima, tangent and normal, asymptotes, curvature, envelope and evolute, curve tracing |
| Continuity and differentiability of function of several variables interchangeability of partial derivatives, implicit functions theorem, double and triple integrals (techniques only) |
| Application of beta and gamma functions, areas surface and volumes, centre of gravity |
Analytical geometry of two and three dimensions |
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| General equation of second degree, system of conics, confocal conics, polar equation of conics and its properties |
| Three dimensional coordinates, plane, straight line, sphere, cone, and cylinder |
| Central conicoids, paraboloids, plane section of conicoids, generating lines, confocal conicoids |
Ordinary differential equations |
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| Order and degree of a differential equation, linear, and exact differential equations of first order and first degree, equations of first order but not of first degree, singular solutions, orthogonal trajectories |
| Higher order linear equations with constant coefficients, complementary functions and particular integrals |
| Second order linear differential equations with variable coefficients: Use of known solution to find another, normal form, method of undetermined coefficients method of variation of parameters |
Vector and tensor analysis |
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| Vector algebra, differentiation and integration of vector function of a scalar variable gradient, divergence and curl in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates and their physical interpretation, higher order derivates |
| Vector identities and, vector equations, Gauss and Stoke's theorems, curves in space, curvature and torsion, Serret-Frenet's formulae |
| Definition of tensor, transformation of coordinates, contravariant and covariant tensors, addition and outer product of tensors |
| Contraction of tensors, inner product tensor, fundamental tensors, Christoffel symbols, covariant differentiation, gradient, divergence and curl in tensor notation |
Statics and dynamics |
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| Virtual work, stability of equilibrium |
| Catenary, Catenary of uniform strength, equilibrium of forces in three dimensions |
| Rectilinear motion, simple harmonic motion, velocities and accelerations along radial and transverse directions and along tangential and normal directions, motion in resisting medium, constrained motion, motion under impulsive forces, Kepler's laws |
| Orbits under central forces, motion of varying mass |
Mathematics-Paper-II
Mathematics-Paper-II: Unit 01
Algebra |
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| Groups, cyclic groups, subgroups, cosets of a subgroup, Lagrange's theorem, normal subgroups, homomorphism of groups, factor groups, basic Isomorphism theorems, permutation groups, Cayley's theorem |
| Rings, subrings, ideals, integral domains, fields of quotients of an integral domain, Euclidean domains, principal ideal domains, polynomial rings over a field, unique factorization domains |
Real analysis |
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| Metric spaces and their topology with special reference to sequence, convergent sequence, Cauchy sequences, Cauchy's criterion of convergence, infinite series and their convergence, nth term test, series of positive terms, ratio and root tests |
| Limit comparison tests, logarithmic ratio test, condensation test, absolute and conditional convergence of general series in R, Abel's Dirichlet's theorems |
| Uniform convergence of sequences and series of functions over an interval, Weierstrass M-test, Abel's and Dirichlet's tests, continuity of limit function |
| Term by term integrability and differentiability |
| Riemann's theory of integration for bounded functions, integrability of continuous functions |
| Fundamental theorem of calculus |
| Improper integrals and conditions for their existence, ע-test |
Complex analysis |
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| Analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy's theorem, Cauchy's integral formula, power series representation of an analytic function |
| Taylor's series |
| Laurent's series, classification of singularities, Cauchy's residue theorem, contour integration |
Partial differential equations |
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| Formation of partial differential equations |
| Integrals of partial differential equations of first order, solutions of quasi linear partial differential equations of first order, Charpit's method for non-linear partial differential equations of first order |
| Linear partial differential equations of the second order with constant coefficients and their canonical forms, equation of vibrating string |
| Heat equation |
| Laplace equation and their solutions |
Mechanics |
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| Generalized coordinates, generalized velocities, holonomic and nonholonomic systems, D'Alembert's principle and Lagrange's equations of motion for holonomic systems in a conservative field, generalized momenta, Hamilton's equations |
| Moments and products of inertia, principal axes, moment of inertia about a line with direction cosines (l, m, n), momental ellipsoid, motion of rigid bodies in two dimensions |
Hydrodynamics |
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| Equation of continuity, velocity potential, stream lines, path lines, momentum and energy |
| Inviscid flow theory: Euler's and Bernoulli's equations of motion |
| Two dimensional fluid motion, complex potential, momentum and energy, sources and sinks, doublets and their images with respect line and circle |
Numerical analysis |
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| Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations of one variable by bisection, Regula-Falsi and Newton-Raphson methods and order of their convergence |
| Interpolation (Newton's and Lagrange's) and numerical differentiation formula with error terms |
| Numerical integration: Trapezoidal and Simpson's rules |
| Numerical solutions of ordinary differential equations: Euler's method |
| Rune-Kutta method |
Geography-Paper-I (Physical geography)
Geography-Paper-I (Physical geography): Unit 01
Geomorphology |
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| Origin and structure of the earth, earth movements, plate tectonics and mountain building, isostasy; volcanism; weathering and erosion; cycle of erosion, evolution of landforms; fluvial, glacial, aeolion |
| Marine and karst rejuvenation and polycyclic land form features |
Climatology |
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| Composition and structure of atmosphere, insolation and heat budget atmospheric pressure and winds; moisture and precipitation; air masses and fronts cyclone: Origin, movements, and associated weather |
| Classification of world climates Koppen and Thomthwaite |
Oceanography |
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| Configuration of ocean floor, salinity, ocean currents, tides ocean deposits and coral reefs |
Soil and vegetation |
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| Soils-genesis; classification and world distribution, soil-vegetation symbiosis; biotic communities and succession |
Ecosystem |
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| Concept of ecosystem, structure and functioning of ecosystem, types of ecosystem; major biomes; man's impact on the ecosystem and global ecological issues |
Geography-Paper-I (Human geography)
Geography-Paper-I (Human geography): Unit 01
Evolution of geographical thought |
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| Contributions of Indian, German, French, British, and Soviet geographers; traditional paradigms: Determinism, possiblism, regionalism, and contemporary paradigms of geography-positivism and quantitative revolution, models and systems in geography |
| Recent trends in geographic thought with special reference to behavioural radical, humanism, post-modernism in feminism and ecological paradigms |
Human geography |
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| Human habitat in major natural regions; emergence of man and races of mankind; cultural evolution and stages; major cultural realms, growth and distribution of population; international migration |
| Demographic transition and contemporary population problems |
Settlement geography |
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| Concept of settlement geography; rural settlements-nature; origin, types, and patterns; urban settlements: Origin, patterns, processes, and consequences, central place theory; classification of towns; hierarchy of urban centres; morphology of towns |
| Urban settlements: Rural-urban nexus, umiand and urban finges; futuristic trends |
Economic geography |
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| Fundamental concepts; concepts of resources-classification, conservation, and management; nature and types of agriculture, agricultural land use; location theories; world agricultural regions; major crops; mineral and power resources: Occurrence, reserve |
| Mineral and power resources: Utilization and production patterns; world energy crisis and search for alternatives; industries-theories of industrial location, major industrial regions; major industries-iron and steel |
| Paper, textiles |
| Petrochemicals, automobiles, ship building-their location patterns, international trade, trade blocks, trade routes; ports and global trade centres; globalization and world economic development patterns; concepts and approaches to sustainable development |
Political geography |
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| Concept of nation and state; frontiers, boundaries and buffer zones; concepts of heartland and rimland; federalism, contemporary world geopolitical issues |
Geography-Paper-II (Geography of India-physical and human geography)
Geography-Paper-II (Geography of India-physical and human geography): Unit 01
Physical features |
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| Geological systems and structure-relief and drainage, soils and natural vegetation; soil degradation and deforestation, origin and mechanism of Indian monsoon, climatic region, physiographic region |
Wildlife, national park, sanctuaries, biospheric reserves, biodiversity hotspots |
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Wetland, tourism |
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| Resource and economy, natural hazards, disasters and management, environmental issues |
Population and settlements |
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| Distribution and growth, structural characteristics of population, rural settlements-types, patterns and morphology, urban settlement-criteria and classification of urban settlement, hierarchy and umland, urbanisation, urban policy, urban planning |
| Urban settlement-role of small towns, smart city and smart village |
Political organization |
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| Historical perspective on unity and diversity, states reorganization; regional consciousness and national integration, geographical basis of centre-state relations, international boundaries of India and related geopolitical issues |
| India and the geopolitics of Indian ocean, India and the SAARC |
Geography-Paper-II (Geography of India-economic and regional geography)
Geography-Paper-II (Geography of India-economic and regional geography): Unit 01
Agriculture |
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| Salient features of Indian agriculture, problem of wastelands and their reclamation, cropping patterns and intensity, agricultural efficiency and productivity, impact of green revolution, agricultural regions, agro-ecological regions |
| Land holding patterns, land reforms, crop combination regions, modernization of agriculture and agricultural planning |
Resources |
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| Distributional patterns, reserves and production trends, complementarity of minerals, energy resources-coal, petroleum, hydropower, multipurpose river valley projects, energy crisis and search for alternatives, marine resources and biotic resources |
Industries |
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| Industrial development, major Industries-iron and steel, textiles, paper, cement, fertilizers, sugar and petrochemicals, industrial complexes and regions, industrial policy |
Transport and trade |
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| Railways and roads networks, problems and prospects of civil aviation and water transport; inter-regional trade international trade, major ports and trade centres |
Regional development and planning |
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| Problems of regional development and planning strategies, multi-level planning, planning regions, planning for metropolitan, tribal, hilly, drought-prone regions, watershed management, regional disparities in development |
| Five year plans and planning for sustainable development |
Economics-Paper-I (Economics theory)
Economics-Paper-I (Economics theory): Unit 01
Equilibrium in economics, consumer behaviour |
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| Cardinal and ordinal approaches, consumer equilibrium, price effect, law of demand, elasticity of demand and its types, consumer's surplus |
Theory of production |
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| Production function, laws of returns, producer's equilibrium, cost curves and revenue curves |
Market structure |
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| Price determination under perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, duopoly, oligopoly |
Pricing of factors of production |
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| Wages, rent, interest and profit, macro theories of distribution-Ricardo, Marx, Kaldor |
Welfare economics |
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| Pareto optimality, compensation principle-Kaldor, Hicks, Scitovsky, social welfare function |
National income |
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| Concept, components and methods, theories of employment, income and interest rate determination-classical, Keynesian and post- Keynesian (ISLM) approaches, theories of trade cycles |
Money |
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| Quantity theory of money-various versions (including Don Patinkon, Milton Friedman), theory of money supply, money multiplier, theories of Inflation-types and control |
Monetary and banking system |
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| Central bank, commercial banks, money and capital markets-functions, creation and control, techniques of monetary management |
Measures of economic development |
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| Process of economic development of developing countries-Myrdal and Kuznets |
Planning and economic development |
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| Changing role of planning and markets, public-private partnership |
Theories of economic growth |
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| Harrod and Domar models, Lewis model of development, stages of growth-Rostow, balanced and unbalanced growth theories |
Human capital and economic growth |
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| Research and development and economic growth, low level equilibrium trap, critical minimum effort thesis |
Public finance |
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| Public goods and externalities, public expenditure-theories and effects, theories of taxation, incidence, impact and shifting of taxes, effects of taxation |
Fiscal policy and economic development |
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| Types of budget deficits and their effects on the economy, public debt and its management |
Theories of international trade |
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| Comparative advantage, terms of trade and offer curve, gains from trade, trade as an engine of growth |
Theories of exchange rate determination, balance of payments adjustment |
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| Alternative approaches, free trade vs. protection, tariffs and quota, foreign debt and debt management, international monetary and trade institutions |
Economics-Paper-II (Indian economy)
Economics-Paper-II (Indian economy): Unit 01
Basic characteristics of under development and Indian economy |
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| National income and per capita income: Pattern, trends, aggregate and sectoral composition, etc, income inequalities and regional imbalances in India |
Population growth and economic development |
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| Censuses of India, characteristics of India's population, demographic dividend and population policy, human resource development in India |
| Urbanisation and economic development in India, gender and development |
Infrastructure and economic development in India |
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| Recent strategy and performance, urban infrastructure development and private public partnership, energy sector-sources of energy: Conventional and non-conventional energy, energy crisis |
Natural resources in India and economic development, ecological imbalances and environmental pollution, environmental degradation and measures to control |
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Indian agriculture |
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| Production and productivity, changes in cropping pattern, institutional reforms in agriculture, new agricultural strategy, agricultural credit and subsidies, food processing, agricultural price policy, food security, WTO and Indian agriculture |
Industrial growth and structure in India |
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| Strategy of industrialization, privatization, disinvestment, MSMEs, industrial policy resolutions and changes therein, foreign capital, technology and growth of Indian industry, labour reforms in India |
Services sector and its development in India |
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| Its importance and performance, international comparisons |
Monetary institutions of India |
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| RBI, commercial banks, banking and non-banking financial institutions, objectives and techniques of monetary policy in India, role of RBI under new regime, e-banking in India |
Budgetary trends and fiscal policy in India |
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| Trend of major sources of public revenue and public expenditure of the union government and government of Uttar Pradesh |
Various deficits in the union budget and fiscal consolidation |
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| Indian tax structure, GST in India, FRBM act, fiscal federalism and centre-state financial relations in India |
Foreign trade of India |
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| Volume, composition and direction, balance of payments position, foreign trade policy and measures, convertibility of Rupee, agri- export zones, SEZ etc |
Indian economy and WTO |
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| Issues and progress |
| Implications of TRIPs, TRIMs, GATS, etc on Indian economy, foreign capital in India, FDI (single brand and multi brand), FII, etc |
| Make in India, start ups programmes |
Economic planning in India rationale |
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| Performance and evaluation, decentralized planning, NITI Aayog: Its functions and working, relation between planning and market for growth and development, Swadeshi approach |
Rural development and transformation in India |
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| Various programmes, MGNREGA, skill development programme: Mission and achievements |
New economic policy |
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| Second generation reforms, poverty and unemployment Nexus in India, poverty alleviation programmes, rural wages and rural employment, progress of economic reforms in India, recent initiatives by the union government |
Sociology-Paper-I (General sociology)
Sociology-Paper-I (General sociology): Unit 01
Fundamentals of sociology and study of social phenomena |
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| Emergence of sociology, its nature and scope |
| Methods of study; problems of objectivity and issues of measurement in social science; sampling and its types-research design: Descriptive, exploratory, and experimental |
| Techniques of data collection: Observation, interview schedule, and questionnaire |
Theoretical perspectives |
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| Functionalism: Radcliffe Brown, Malinowski and Merton, conflict theory: Karl Marx, Ralf Dahrendorf and Lewis Coser |
| Symbolic interactionism: C.H. Cooley, G.H. Mead, and Herbert Blumer, structuralism: Levi Strauss, S.F. Nadel, Parsons, and Merton |
Pioneers In sociology |
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| A Comte-positivism and hierarchy of sciences |
| H Spencer-organic analogy and the doctrine of evolution |
| K. Marx-dialectical materialism and alienation |
| E. Durkheim-division of labour, sociology of religion |
| Max Weber-social action and ideal type |
Social stratification and differentiation |
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| Concept, theories of stratification: Marx, Weber, Davis, and Moore, forms of stratification, caste and class. Status and role, social mobilities: Types, occupational mobility, intra-generational and inter-generational mobilities |
Marriage, family, and kinship |
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| Types and forms of marriage, impact of social legislation on marriage, family: Structure and functions; changing patterns of family; family decent and kinship: Marriage and sex roles in modern society |
Social change and development |
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| Concept, theories, and factors of social change, social movement and change |
| State intervention |
| Social policy and development programme, strategies of rural transformation: Community development programme |
| I.R.D.P., TRYSEM and Jawahar Rojgar Yojana, inclusive and sustainable development |
Economic and political syste |
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| Concept of property, social dimensions of division of labour |
| Types of exchange. Industrialisation, urbanisation, and social development, nature of power: Personal and community, elite, class |
| Modes of political participation-democratic and authoritarian |
Religion, science, and technology |
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| Concept, role, and religious belief in traditional and modern societies |
| Ethos of science, social responsibility and control of science; social consequences of science and technology |
Population and society |
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| Population size, trends, composition, growth by migration, population problems in India, population education |
Sociology-Paper-II (Indian social system)
Sociology-Paper-II (Indian social system): Unit 01
Bases of Indian society |
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| Traditional Indian social organisation: Dharma, Doctrine of Karma. Ashram Vyavastha, Purushartha and Sanskars; socio-cultural dynamics: Impact of Buddhism, Islam, and the west. Factors responsible for continuity and change |
Social stratification |
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| Caste system: Origin, structural, and cultural views. Changing patterns of caste; caste and class: Issues of equality and social justice; agrarian and industrial class structure in India, emergence of middle classes |
| Classes among the tribes, emergence and growth of dalit consciousness |
Marriage, family, and kinship |
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| Marriage among different ethnic groups and its changing trends and future; family: It's structural and functional aspects and their changing pattern, impact of legislations and socio-economic changes on marriage and family |
| Kinship: Regional variations in kinship system and its changing aspects |
Economic and political system |
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| Jajmani system, land tenure system, social and economic consequences of land reforms, liberalization and globalization; social determinats of economic development, green revolution, functioning of democratic political system |
| Political parties and their composition, structural change and orientation among political elites, decentralisation of power and political participation, political implications of development |
Education and society |
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| Dimensions of education in traditional and modern societies, educational inequalities and change; education and social mobility |
| Problems of education among the weaker sections of society |
Tribal, rural, and urban social organisation |
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| Distinctive features of tribal communities and their distribution; tribe and caste, processes of change: Acculturation, assimilation, and integration |
| Problems of tribals: social identity, socio-cultural dimensions of village community; traditional power structure, democratisation and leadership, community development programme and Panchayti raj, new strategies for rural transformation |
| Problems of tribals: Change in kinship, caste and occupation in urban areas |
| Class structure and mobility in urban community; ethnic diversity and community integration, urban neighbourhood, rural urban differences, demographic and socio-cultural practices |
Religion and society |
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| Size, growth, and regional distribution of different religious groups; inter religious interaction and its manifestations, problems of conversion, community tensions, secularism, minority status and religious fundamentalism |
Population dynamics |
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| Socio-cultural aspects of sex, age, marital status, fertility and mortality |
| Socio-psychological, cultural and economic problems of population explosion, population policy and family welfare programme; determinants of population growth |
Women and society |
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| Demographic profile of women, changes in their status; special problems-dowry, atrocities, discrimination; welfare programmes for women and children, domestic violence act-2005, sexual harassment at workplace-2013 |
Dimensions of change and development |
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| Social change and indices of modernisation, sources of social change: Endogenous and exogenous, processes of social change: Sanskritisation, westernisation, secularisation and modernisation, agents of change: Mass media, education and communication |
| Agents of change: Problems of modernization and planned change, strategy and ideology of planning |
| Five year plans |
| Poverty alleviation programme |
| Environment, unemployment and programme for urban development; social movement with special reference to social reform, peasant, backward classes, women and Dalit movements |
Philosophy-Paper-I (History and problems of philosophy)
Philosophy-Paper-I (History and problems of philosophy): Unit 01
Plato |
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| Theory of ideas |
Aristotle |
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| Form, matter, and causation |
Descartes |
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| Method, soul, God, mind-body dualism |
Spinoza |
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| Substance, attributes, and modes, pantheism |
Leibnitz |
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| Monads, God |
Locke |
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| Theory of knowledge, rejection of innate ideas, substance and qualities |
Berkeley |
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| Refutation of abstract idea, refutation of matter, refutation of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, idealism |
Hume |
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| Theory of knowledge, scepticism, self, causality |
Kant |
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| Apriori and aposteriori knowledge, analytic and synthetic judgements, possibility of synthetic apriori judgement, space, time, categories, ideas of reason, criticism of the proofs for the existence of God |
Hegel |
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| Dialectical method, absolute idealism |
Moore |
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| Defence of common sense, refutation of idealism |
Russell |
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| Theory of descriptions, incomplete symbols, logical atomism: Atomic facts |
Wittgenstein |
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| Elementary propositions, picture theory of meaning, distinction of saying and showing |
Logical positivism |
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| Verification theory, rejection of metaphysics, linguistic theory of necessary propositions |
Phenomenology |
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| Husserl phenomological method, intentionality of consciousness |
Existentialism |
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| Kierkegaard and Sartre-existence and essence, freedom and choice, responsibility and authentic existence |
Quine |
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| Radical translation |
Strawson |
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| Theory of person |
Carvaka |
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| Theory of knowledge, materialism |
Jainism |
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| Theory of reality. Syadvada and Saptabhanginaya bondage and liberation |
Buddhism |
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| Pratityasamutpada, Ksanikavada, Nairatmyavada, schools of Buddhism |
Sankhya-yoga |
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| Prakriti, Purusa, theory of causation, liberation, Ashtanga-yoga, Cittabhumi, Ishvara |
Nyaya-Vaisesika |
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| Pramanas, self, liberation, nature of God and proofs for existence of God, categories, theory of causation, atomism |
Mimamsa |
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| Theory of knowledge, Prama, Pramanas, Svatahpramanyavada |
Vedanta |
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| Sankara, Ramauja and Madhva (Brahma, Isvara, Atma, Jiva, Jagata, Maya, Avidya, Adhyasa, Moksha) |
Philosophy-Paper-II (Socio political philosophy and philosophy of religion)
Philosophy-Paper-II (Socio political philosophy and philosophy of religion): Unit 01
Social and political ideals |
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| Equality, justice, liberty |
Sovereignty |
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Individual and state |
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Democracy |
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| Concept and forms |
Socialism and marxism |
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Humanism |
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Secularism |
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Multiculturalism |
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Theories of punishment |
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Violence, non-violence, Sarvodaya |
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Gender-equality |
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Scientific temper and progress |
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Philosophy of ecology |
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Religion |
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| Theology and philosophy of religion |
Religion and morality |
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Notions of God |
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| Personalistic, impersonalistic, natuaralistic |
Proofs for the existence of God |
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Immortality of soul |
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Liberation |
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Religious knowledge |
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| Reason, revelation and mysticism |
Religion without God |
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Problem of evil |
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Religious tolerance |
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Geology-Paper-I (General geology, geomorphology, structural geology, palaeontology and stratigraphy)
Geology-Paper-I (General geology, geomorphology, structural geology, palaeontology and stratigraphy): Unit 01
General geology |
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| Origin of the universe, planets of the solar system |
| Interior of the earth |
| Dating of rocks by various methods and age of the earth, volcanoes: Their types, causes, and products, volcanic belts |
| Earthquakes: causes, effects, and distribution |
| Island arcs, deep sea trenches and mid-oceanic ridges |
| Continental drift, sea-floor spreading and plate tectonics |
| Origin of continents and oceans |
Geomorphology |
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| Weathering and erosion geomorphic processes, geomorphic cycles |
| Topography and its relation to structures and lithology |
| Drainage patterns and their significance |
| Geomorphic features of India |
| Aeolian, fluvial, glacial, coastal, and Karst processes and landforms |
Structural geology |
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| Concept of Stress and strain, strain markers, strain in 2- and 3- dimensions and their significance |
| Geometry and classification of folds, faults, joints |
| Types and significance of unconformities, linear and planar structures, and their significance |
| Major tectonic features of India |
Palaeontology |
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| Micro and mega-fossils, index fossils, derived fossils and their significance, modes of preservation of fossils |
| Morphology, evolutionary trends and geological distribution of bivalves, gastropods, ammonoids, brachiopods, trilobites, echinoids and corals |
| Vertebrate life through ages |
| Evolution of horse and elephant, Gondwana flora and their palaeontogical significance |
Stratigraphy |
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| Principles of stratigraphy, stratigraphic classification, nomenclature, geological time scale |
| Study of geological systems of India in terms of lithology, distribution, fossil contents and economic importance (Dharvar supergroup, Cuddapah supergroup, Vindhyan supergroup, Gondwana supergroup, Deccan traps, Siwalik supergroup) |
Geology-Paper-II (Crystallography, mineralogy, petrology, economic geology and applied geology)
Geology-Paper-II (Crystallography, mineralogy, petrology, economic geology and applied geology): Unit 01
Crystallography |
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| Crystalline and non-crystalline solids, space groups, space lattice, classification of crystals in 32 classes of symmetry, Miller, Weiss notations and Harman Mauguin symbols, axial character |
| Symmetry elements and forms present in the normal class of cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic systems, twinning and twin laws, crystal defects, applications of X-ray diffraction techniques in crystallography |
Optical mineralogy |
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| General principles of optics, isotropism and anisotropism, properties of minerals in plane polarized light and between crossed polars, concepts of optical indicatrix |
| Dispersion in minerals |
Mineralogy |
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| Elements of crystal chemistry, types of bondings, ionic radii, coordination number, isomorphism, polymorphism and pseudomorphism, structural classification of silicates |
| Physical, chemical, and optical properties of rock-forming minerals (olivien pyroxene, amphiboles, feldspars, feldspathoids, silica, garnets, mica and alumino-silicate group) |
Petrology |
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| Magma its generation and physical properties one, two, and three component phase diagrams (silica, albite-anorthilte, periclase-silica, diopside-albite anorthite systems) and their significance |
| Bowen's reaction principle, magmatic differentiation and assimilation |
| Texture, structure, and classification of igneous rocks |
| Petrology of some igneous rocks (granite, basalts, alkaline rocks, ultramafic rocks, anorthote and chamockites) with Indian examples |
| Process of formation of sedimentary rocks, diagenesis and lithification |
| Textures and structures of sedimentary rocks and their significance |
| Classification of sedimentary rocks (clastic and non-clastic) |
| Heavy minerals and their significance, elementary concepts of depositional environments, sedimentary facies and provenance |
| Petrography of important sedimentary rocks (conglomerate, breccia, sandstone greywacke, shale, limestone and B.H.Q.) |
| Wentworth's scale |
| Metamorphic processes and types of metamorphism |
| Metamorphic grades, zones and facies, ACF, AKF, and AFM diagrams |
| Texture, structures, and nomenclature of metamorphic rocks, anatexis |
| Petrography and petrogenesis of important metamorphic rocks |
| Description of zeolite, greenschist, amphibolite granulite and eclogite facies rocks |
Economic geology |
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| Ore mineral, gangue and tenor |
| Processes of formation of mineral deposits |
| Common forms and structures of ore bodies, classification of ore deposits |
| Control of ore localization |
| Metallogeny |
| Study of important metallic and non-metallic mineral deposits |
| Oil and natural gas deposits, and coal fields of India, mineral resources of Uttar Pradesh |
| Mineral economics |
| National mineral policy |
| Conservation and utilization of minerals |
Applied geology |
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| Essentials of prospecting and Exploration techniques |
| Principal methods of mining |
| Sampling, mineral beneficiation |
| Geological considerations in engineering works, dams, tunnels, bridges and roads |
| Elements of soil and groundwater geology |
| Use of aerial photographs and satellite imageries in geological investigations |
Psychology-Paper-I (Basic psychology processes)
Psychology-Paper-I (Basic psychology processes): Unit 01
Psychology |
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| Introduction-overview of the subject matter, place of psychology in science, theoretical approaches: S-R humanistic, cognitive, information processing |
Methods |
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| Methods of data collection natural observation, interview, case study, tests, scales and questionnaires |
Biological bases of behaviour |
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| Outline of central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, localization of functions in the brain, hemispheric specificity, nerve impulse and its conduction, receptor system |
| Endocrine system and its role in physical growth and personality make up |
Origin and development of behaviour |
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| Genetic bases, environmental factors, child rearing, deprivation, cultural factors, motor and skill development, language development |
Attention and perceptual processes |
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| Classical psychophysics and signal detection theory |
| Attentional processes, selective attention and sustained attention, perceptual organization, perception of form, colour, and depth |
| Perceptual-constancy, the stability-instability paradox, perceptual sensitivity and perceptual defence |
Learning processes |
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| Conditioning: Classical instrumental and observational, verbal learning, methods and processes, extinction, discrimination and generalization |
Memory |
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| Encoding; structural, phonological and semantic dual encoding, sensory memory, STM,LTM including episodic, semantic and procedural, constructive memory, theories of forgetting |
Problem solving, reasoning, and thinking |
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| Process and determinants of problem solving, inductive, and deductive reasoning, hypothesis testing, language and thought; Whorfian view-point and its critique, information processing in thinking |
Emotions |
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| Nature and development, theories of emotion; physiological, cognitive and opponent-process, indicators of emotion, recognition of emotion |
Motivation |
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| Criteria of motivated behaviour, motivation: Processes and types, measurement of motivation, extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation |
Individual differences in psychological functions |
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| General mental ability, theoretical approaches: Spearman, Thurstone, Guilford, Jensen, Vernon, Sternberg, J.P Das and Piaget, creativity and creative thinking |
Psychology-Paper-II (Psychology in the applied settings)
Psychology-Paper-II (Psychology in the applied settings): Unit 01
Psychology as an applied science |
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| Applied versus basic science, nature and fields of psychology, social community, industry, school, health, and environment |
Individual differences and measurement |
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| Nature and sources of individual differences, psychological scaling, test construction and standardization, reliability and validity, norms, cross-validation |
Assessment of personality |
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| Issues in personality assessment, self-report measures projective techniques, response styles; familiarity with important personality measures like TAT. Rorschach and MMPl |
Psychological disorders and mental health |
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| Classification of psychological disorders (DSM-IV), symptoms and etiology of psychoneurotic, psychotic and psychosomatic disorders; coping with stress and mental health |
Social problems and psychology |
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| Attitude and prejudice, cognitive and motivational roots, reducing social prejudice, social conflicts; causes and resolution |
Social influence |
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| Influence, control and power, basis of influence; social facilitation, leadership in group, group factors in performance |
Psychology in industry and organisation |
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| Personnel selection, training and performance appraisal, job attitudes and job behaviour, motivational patterns in organizations, organisational communication, organisational effectiveness |
Psychology in school setting |
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| School as an agent to socialization; learning; motivational and emotional problems of school children, factors influencing academic achievement; interventions for improving school performance, education of specific categories of children |
Psychology in the clinical setting |
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| Nature and goals of psychotherapy, psychoanalytic persens-centered therapy, group and behaviour therapies, community mental health, iIIness prevention and health promotion |
Environmental psychology |
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| Role of environment in behaviour, personal space, effects of noise pollution, crowd and atmospheric pollution, interventions for reducing adverse impacts. |
Botany-Paper-I (Microbiology, pathology, plant diversity, morphogenesis)
Botany-Paper-I (Microbiology, pathology, plant diversity, morphogenesis): Unit 01
Microbiology |
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| Microbial diversity elementary idea of microbiology of air, water, and soil, a general-account of microbial infection and immunity, application of microbiology with reference to agriculture, industry medicine, and environment |
Plant pathology |
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| Mode of infection, defence mechanism, control of plant diseases, important plant diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and nematodes with special reference to tobacco mosaic, leaf curl of papaya, cirtrus canker, rust of wheat, smut of barley |
| Late blight of potato, red rot of sugarcane, ear cockle of wheat, ergot of bajara, stem gall of coriander and wilt of arhar |
Plant diversity |
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| Classification, structure, reproduction, life cycles and economic importance of viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms including fossils |
Morphology |
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| Morphology of root, stem, leaf, flower and fruits, secondary growth |
Embryology |
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| Microsporogenesis and male gametophyte, megasporogenesis and female gametophyte, fertilization, embryo and endosperm development |
Taxonomy |
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| Principles of taxonomy, systems of classification of angiosperms (Bentham and Hooker, Takhtajan), rules of botanical nomenclature, chemotaxonomy distinguishing features of families-Ranunculaceae, Magnoliaceae, Brassicaceae, Malvaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae |
| Chemotaxonomy distinguishing features of families-Apiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Asteraceae, Rubiaceae Apocyanaceae, Solanaceae, Acanthaceae, Varbenaceae, Lamiaceae Euphorbiaceae, Arecaceae, Orchidaceae, Poasceae |
Morphogenesis |
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| Correlation, polarity, symmetry, totipotency, differentiation and regeneration of tissues and organs; methods and applications of cell tissue, organ and protoplast cultures, somaclonal variations, somatic hybrid and cybrids |
Botany-Paper-II (Cell biology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, ecology and economic botony)
Botany-Paper-II (Cell biology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, ecology and economic botony): Unit 01
Cell biology |
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| Cell as structural and functional unit of life, ultra structure of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, structure and functions of plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplasts, mitochondria, ribosomes, golgibodies, and nucleolus: Cell cycle |
| Nucleolus: Mitosis and meiosis, chromosomal morphology and chemistry, numerical and structural changes in chromosomes and their cytological and genetically effects |
Genetics |
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| Mendel's law of inheritance, interaction of genes, linkage and crossing over, genetic recombination in fungi, cyanobacteria, bacteria and viruses, gene mapping, sex linkage, determination of sex, cytoplasmic inheritance of plastid |
| Gene concept, genetic code |
Molecular genetics |
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| Molecular genetics-DNA as genetic material |
| Structure and replication of DNA, role of nucleic acids in protein synthesis (transcription and translation) and regulation of gene expression, mutation and evolution, DNA damage and repair, gene amplification |
| Gene rearrangement, oncogene, genetic engineering-restriction enzyme, cloning vectors (pBR 322, PTi lambda phage), gene transfer, recombinant DNA, application of genetic engineering in human welfare |
Physiology and biochemistry |
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| Water relations of plants, absorption, conduction of water and transpiration; mineral nutrition and ion transport, translocation of phyotosynthates, essential micro- and macroelements and their function, chemistry and classification of carbohydrates |
| Photosynthesis-mechanism, factors affecting photosynthesis, C3 and C4 carbon fixation cycle, photorespiration; plant respiration and fermentation, enzymes and coenzymes |
| Mechanism of enzyme action: Secondary metabolites (alkaloids, steroids, terpenes, lipids), nitrogen fixation and nitrogen metabolism, structure of protein and its synthesis |
Plant growth |
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| Growth, movements and senescence, growth hormones and growth regulators their structure, role and importance in agriculture and horticulture; physiology of flowering, sexual incompatibility, seed germination and dormancy |
Ecology |
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| Scope of ecology, ecological factors, plant communities and plant succession, concept of biosphere, ecosystem-structure and functions, abiotic and biotic components, flow of energy in the ecosystem, applied aspects of ecology |
| Natural resources and their conservation, endangered, threatened and endemic taxa, pollution and its control |
Economic botany |
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| Plants as sources of food, fibre, timber, drugs, rubber, beverage, spices, resin and gums, dyes, essential oils, pesticides and biofertilizers, ornamental plants, energy plantation and petrocrops |
Law-Paper-I (Constitutional law and administrative law)
Law-Paper-I (Constitutional law and administrative law): Unit 01
Constitution |
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| Constitutional law, constitutional conventions; constitutionalism |
Salient features of Indian constitution and its nature |
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Federalism |
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| Presidential and parliamentary form of government; separation of powers; rule of law |
Fundamental rights |
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| Nature and its relationship with directive principles of state policy and fundamental duties, fundamental rights and human rights with special reference to right to equality, right to speech and expression |
| Right to life and personal liberty, religious, cultural, and educational right, right to constitutional remedies, right to information, right to free and compulsory education and right of women and children |
Constitutional position of the president and relations with the council of ministers |
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Constitutional position of governor and their powers |
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The supreme court and high courts |
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| Their powers and jurisdiction; public interest litigation |
Distribution of legislative powers between the union and states |
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| Administrative and financial relations between union, states, and local bodies |
Principles of natural justice |
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| Emerging trends and judicial approach |
Delegated legislation |
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| Its constitutionality and judicial and legislative controls |
Services under the union and states |
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| Recruitment, conditions of service and constitutional safe guard; union public service commission and state public service commission; powers and functions |
Emergency provisions |
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Election commission |
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| Power and functions |
Parliamentary privileges and immunities |
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Amendment of the constitution |
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Ombudsman |
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| Lokpal, Lok Ayukt, etc |
Law-Paper-I (International law)
Law-Paper-I (International law): Unit 01
Nature of international law |
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Source |
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| Treaty, custom, general principles of law recognized by civilized nations, subsidiary means for the determination of law |
Relationship between international law and municipal law |
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| Provisions in Indian constitution for promotion of international peace and security, and legislation for giving effect to international agreements |
State recognition and State succession |
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Territory of states |
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| Modes of acquisition and loss of territory |
Sea |
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| Inland waters; territorial sea; contiguous zone; continental shelf; exclusive economic zone and ocean beyond national jurisdiction |
Air space and aerial navigation |
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Outer space |
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| Exploration and use of outer space |
Individuals |
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| Nationality, statelessness, fundamental principles of international humanitarian law-international conventions and contemporary development, human rights and its enforcement in municipal law: National human rights commission |
Jurisdiction of states |
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| Basis of jurisdiction and immunity from jurisdiction |
Extradition and asylum |
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Diplomatic and consular agents |
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Treaties |
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| Formation, application and termination |
State responsibility |
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United nations |
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| Purposes and principles; principal organs and their powers and functions |
Peaceful means for settlement of international disputes |
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Lawful recourse to force |
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| Aggression, self-defence and interventions |
Legality of the use of nuclear weapons |
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| Ban on testing of nuclear and chemical weapons; nuclear non-proliferation treaty, CTST |
International terrorism, state sponsored terrorism, international criminal court |
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New international economic order and monetary law |
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| WTO, TRIPS, GATT, IMF, and World bank |
Law-Paper-II
Law-Paper-II: Unit 01
Law of crimes |
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| (a) Concept of crimes, elements, preparations, and attempt to commit crime |
| (b) Indian penal code, 1860: (i) General exceptions, (ii) joint and constructive liability, (iii) abetment, (iv) criminal conspiracy, (v) offences against the state, (vi) offences against public tranquillity, (vii) offences against human body |
| (b) Indian penal code, 1860: (viii) Offences against property, (ix) offences against women, (x) defamation, (xi) protection of civil rights act, 1955, (xii) prevention of corruption act, 1988 |
Law of torts |
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| Nature of tortious liability |
| Liability based upon fault and strict liability |
| Statutory liability |
| Vicarious liability including state liability |
| General defences |
| Joint tort feasors |
| Negligence |
| Remedies |
| Defamation |
| Nuisance |
| Conspiracy |
| False imprisonment and malicious prosecution |
Law of contracts and mercantile law |
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| Nature and formation of contract / e-contract |
| Standard form of contract |
| Factors vitiating consent |
| Void, voidable, illegal, and unenforceable contracts |
| Performance of contracts |
| Dissolution of contractual obligations |
| Frustration of contracts |
| Quasi contracts |
| Remedies for breach of contract |
| Contract indemnity, guarantee and insurance |
| Contract of agency |
| Sale of goods and hire purchase |
| Formation, liability and dissolution of partnership |
| Negotiable instruments act, 1881 |
Contemporary legal developments |
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| Concept of public interest litigation and environmental law |
| Right to information act, 2005 |
| Alternative disputes resolution-concept, types, and prospect |
| Aims, objectives and salient features of the competition law, 2002 |
| Doctrine of plea bargaining |
| Offences under the information and technology act, 2000 specially civil liability (sections 43 to 64) and criminal liability (section 65 to 75) |
Animal husbandry and veterinary science-Paper-I
Animal husbandry and veterinary science-Paper-I: Unit 01
Animal nutrition |
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| Digestion of feed in ruminants and nonruminants nutrient requirements for milk production |
| Nutrient and their functions in animal body |
| Classification of feed stuffs, feeding standards, principles of rationing and computation of balance ration, conservation of fooder as silage and hay, treatment of poor quality roughages, role of enzymes in digestion |
| Minerals in feeds, sources, deficiency symptom, function, vitamins: Sources, function, and deficiency syndrome |
| Role of hormones in production and reproduction, metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, feed supplements and feed additive-function and deficiency syndrome |
| Use of probiotics and prebiotics in dairy animals and poultry nutritions; digestion trials, feeding of animals under stress conditions, feeding of calves, heifers, bulf and cows/buffaloes before and after parturition |
| Interrelationship of vitamins with mineral, evaluation of energy and protein-proximate analysis of feeds |
| Requirement and formulation of feeds for layers and broilers |
Animal physiology and environmental physiology |
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| Adoption, mechanism of acclimatization, growth, measures of growth, methods of controlling, stress due to temperature during winter and summer |
| Animal digestions and absorption of carbohydrates, protein and fats in ruminents and nonruminents |
| Male and female reproductive organ and function, physiology of milk secretion, ejection, holdup of milk |
| Spermatogenisms and oogenesis, collection of semen |
| Evaluation, dilution and preservative |
| Deep frozen semen, semen dilutors |
| A.I. methods, hormonal control of memory glance, effect of heat stress on production, reproduction, meat quality, parturition, distokia, retention of placenta |
Livestock management and production |
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| Comparison of dairy farming in India with developed countries |
| Dairying, commercial dairy farming, under mixed and specialized system, starting an organization of dairy farming, procurement of goods in dairy farming |
| Factors determing the efficiency of dairy animals, herd recording, budgeting, pricing policy, personnel management |
| Housing of dairy animal and poultry, management of livestock-dairy calves, heifers, milks, stud, bulf, maintenance of records |
| Milking system-method and principles, clean milk production, economics of dairy and poultry farming |
| General problems of cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, and poultry management |
| Gokul mission, N.D.P. package of common management practices for dairy, cost of milk production, and posture management |
Milk and milk products technology |
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| Procurement and transportation of milk |
| Reception and quality testing of milk, definition, composition and food value of milk |
| Physico-chemical properties of milk |
| Chilling, filtration, clarification, separation and standardization of milk |
| Homogenization, pasteurization and sterilization of milk |
| Packaging and distribution of milk |
| Defects in milk, their causes and prevention, standardized milk, toned milk, double toned milk, reconstituted milk, recombined milk, flavoured milk and filled milk |
| Cleaning and sanitization of dairy equipments |
| Culture and its propagation |
| Preparation, packaging, yield and composition of khoa, chhena, paneer, dahi, lassi, srikhand and kulfi |
| Manufacturing and grading of ghee |
| Production and quality testing of ice-cream, butter, cheese, condensed, evaporated and dry milk |
| BIS and FSSAI, standards of milk and milk products |
| Utilization of dairy by-products-whey, buttermilk, skim milk |
Animal husbandry and veterinary science-Paper-II
Animal husbandry and veterinary science-Paper-II: Unit 01
General genetics and animal breeding |
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| Role of livestock in national economy, relationship of plant with animal |
| Livestock and milk production statistics, heredity and variation, Mendel's law of inheritance, sex linked, sex influenced and sex limited heredity |
| Mutation |
| Cytoplasmic inheritance, conservation of germ plasma, breeds of cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep, pig and poultry |
| Coefficient of relationship, inbreeding coefficient, methods of selection, selection index |
| Method and system of breeding, collection, evaluation, dilution and preservation of semen |
| Methods of A.I. gene and genolipic frequency |
| Hardy Weinberg law; population versus individual gene and genotipic frequency, qualitative and quantitative traits |
Animal health and hygiene |
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| Anatomy of ox and fowl, histological techniques, freezing, paraffining embedding of tissues, storing and preparation of blood film, histological stain ed embryology of cow |
| Physiology of blood and its; circulation, digestion, respiration, excretion: Endocrine gland in health and diseases |
| General veterinary hygiene with respect of water, air, and habitat |
Animal diseases |
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| Immunity and vaccination, principles and methods of immunization, classification of diseases, diseases of cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat |
| Etiology, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of various disease, like Anthrax, H.S., B.Q., Mastits. T.B., Johnes disease, food and mouth disease, rinder pest, cow pox, faciolopsis, actinobacilosis, actinomycosis, trypanosomiasis |
| Pyroplasmosis, trichomoniasis, anaplasmosis, milk fever |
| Tympanitis, naval ill, diseases of poultry-etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment prevention and control of various disease, Ranikhet, fowlpox, fowltyphyd pullorum disease, coxidiosis, aviam Leusocis complex |
| Disease of swine: Swine fever hogeholera, manz |
Veterinary public health |
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| Zoonosis, classification definition, role of animals and birds in transmission of zoonotic disease, veterinary jurisprudence-rules and regulations for improvement of animals and animals product and prevention of animal diseases |
| Materials and methods for collection of samples for veterolegal, investigation |
| Duties and role of veterinarian in slaughter houses to provide meat under hygienic condition |
| By-products of slaughter houses and their economic utilization |
Extension |
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| Basic philosophy, objectives, concept and principles of extension, methods adopted to educate farmers under rural conditions |
| Transfer of technology and its feed back problems and constraints in transfer of technology in animal husbandry programmes for rural development |
Statistics-Paper-I (Probability theory and statistical application)
Statistics-Paper-I (Probability theory and statistical application): Unit 01
Probability theory |
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| Sample space and events, classical and axiomatic definitions of probability, laws of total probability, conditional probability, independence of events, theorem of compound probability, Baye's theorem and its applications |
| Random variable discrete and continuous |
| Distribution function; elementary properties of distribution function, bivariate distribution and associated marginal and conditional distributions |
| Mathematical expectation and conditional expectation, moments, moment generating and characteristic functions |
| Markov and Chebyshev inequalities, convergence in probability, weak law of large numbers and central limit theorem for independently and identically distributed random variables, some standard discrete and continuous distributions, viz, binomial, Poisson |
| Hypergeometric, geometric negative binomial, multinomial, uniform, normal, exponential, gamma, beta and Cauchy Bivariate normal distribution |
Statistical application |
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| Method of least squares correlation and linear regression, product moment correlation, rank correlation, intra-class correlation and correlation ratio, partial and multiple correlation and regression for three variables |
| One-way and two-way analysis of variance with equal number of observations per cell design of experiments-basic principles of design of experiment, completely randomized design, randomized block design, Latin square design, 2 and 2 factorial experiments |
| Missing plot technique sources of demographic data, stable and stationary populations, measures of fertility and mortality, life tables, simple population growth models |
| Index numbers and their uses, index numbers due to laspeyre, Paasche, Marshall- Edgeworth and Fisher, tests for index numbers, construction of price index number and cost of living index number |
| Time-series and its components, determination of trend and seasonal indices, periodogram and correlogram analysis, variate difference method |
Statistics-Paper-II (Statistical inference and management)
Statistics-Paper-II (Statistical inference and management): Unit 01
Statistical inference |
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| Properties of estimators, consistency, unbiasedness, efficiency, sufficiency, Cramer-Rao inequality for minimum variance unbased estimator, Rao-Blackwell theorem, estimation procedures, method of moments and method of maximum likelihood |
| Interval estimation simple and composite hypotheses, two Kinds of errors, critical region, level of significance size and power function, unbiased tests, most-powerful and uniformly most powerful tests, Neyman-Pearson Lemma and its application |
| Likelihood ratio test |
| Tests based on t, Chi-Square, Z and F-distributions |
| Large sample tests |
| Distributions of order statistics and range, non-parametric tests, Viz sign test, median test, run test, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test |
Statistical management |
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| Nature of operations research problems, linear programming problem and the graphical solution in simple cases, simplex method, dual of linear programming problem assignment and transportation problems, zero sum two-person game, pure and mixed strategies |
| Value of a game |
| Fundamental theorem, solution of 2x2 games, nature and scope of sample survey, sampling vs. complete enumeration, simple random sampling from finite populations with and without replacement, stratified sampling and allocation principles |
| Cluster sampling with equal cluster size |
| Ratio, product and regression methods of estimation and double sampling, two stage sampling with equal first stage units, systematic sampling |
| Statistical-quality control, charts for variables and attributes |
| Acceptance-sampling, OC, ASN and ATI curves, producers risk and consumer's risk |
| Concept of AQL, AOQL and LTPD, single and double sampling plans scaling procedures, scaling of test items test scores, theory of tests, parallel tests |
| True score, reliability and validity of tests |
Management-Paper-I
Management-Paper-I: Unit 01
Management concepts and evolution |
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| Concept and significance of management; management as science or art; distinction between management and administration; role and responsibilities of management; principle of management |
| Evolution of management thought-classical school, neo-classical school, modern management school |
Planning and decision making |
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| Planning-nature, type, significance, and limitations; plans objectives; policies; procedures; planning premises; forecasting, techniques of forecasting and limitation |
| Decision making-types, process; rational decision making and its limitations |
| Concept of bounded rationality |
Organization and organizational behaviour |
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| Organisation-concept, types, divisions and levels, span of management; authority and responsibility; authority types, sources, delegation of authority, principles and obstacles to delegation; centralisation and decentralization of authority |
| Organisational behaviour-concept and significance, individual and group behaviour |
| Organisational change, resistance to change; conflict management |
Directing |
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| Principles and techniques, motivation-Maslow, Herzberg, McClelland, McGregor, contingency theories; MBO |
| Leadership, types, traits of successful leader, various theories of leadership, communication-process, levels and types, barriers to communication, measures for effective communication, role of technology in communication |
Controlling |
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| Process; pre-requisites for effectives controlling, methods of controlling, budgetary and non budgetary methods, coordination, concept, techniques and barriers to coordination |
Business environment |
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| Interplay between business unit and environment, ethics and corporate governance; monetary policy, fiscal policy, foreign capital and foreign collaboration; strategy, concept levels, SWOT analysis core competency and synergy |
| Porter's five forces model and value chain analysis, BCG matrix |
Management-Paper-II
Management-Paper-II: Unit 01
Marketing management |
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| Concept of marketing, marketing mix; marketing research; marketing environment; marketing plan; market segmentation; market target and positioning; product strategies, product lifecycle; consumer behaviour; brand management; sales promotion, advertising |
| Management of sales force, pricing decision, marketing channel-retail management, internet marketing, customer relationship management, rural marketing in India; international marketing; marketing audit and control; ethics in marketing |
Production management |
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| Meaning and nature of production management; type of production systems; production planning and control, lean manufacturing and flexible systems; ranking, loading, and scheduling for different production system; site selection and plant location |
| Plant layout and material handling; production design, inventory management; supply chain management; enterprise resource planning; total quality management, six sigma, PERT and CPM, waste management |
Financial management |
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| Meaning and scope, estimating the firm's financial requirements; capital structure determination; cost of capital; working capital management; capital market, regulatory role of SEBI, venture capital, mutual fund; dividend policy |
| Net banking and NPA management; corporate restructuring, merger and acquisition; investment decision, risk analysis; lease financing; foreign exchange market |
Human resource management |
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| Nature of human resource management, scope of human resource management; job analysis and job design; recruitment and selection; training and development; career planning; 360 degree performance appraisal; worker's participation in management; ESOPs |
| Trade union in India; safety, welfare, strike, layoff, lock-out and reconciliation; HR audit; flexible working condition; work from home; voluntary retirement scheme (VRS); outsourcing |
Political science and international relations-Paper-I
Political science and international relations-Paper-I: Unit 01
Political theory |
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| Definition, nature, and scope of political science, approaches to the study of political science-traditional, behavioural, systems and Marxist state-definition, theories of origin and theories related to the functions-liberal, individualistic, socialistic |
Sovereignty |
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| Meaning, types, and theories |
Rights |
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| Meaning, kinds, and theories |
Liberty |
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| Meaning, kinds, and theories |
Justice |
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| Meaning, kinds, and theories; relation between equality and liberty |
Democracy |
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| Meaning, types, theories-liberal, socialist and Marxist |
Forms of government |
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| Democratic and authoritarian-unitary and federal, parliamentary and presidential |
Political institutions |
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| Legislature, executive, and judiciary |
| Political parties and pressure groups, electoral systems |
Political philosophy |
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| (a) Indian political thinkers: Manu, Kautilya, Gandhi, M.N. Roy, Ambedkar |
| (b) Western political thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Hegel, Green, Marx, Laski, Gramci, Hanna Arendt |
Indian government and politics |
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| Indian nationalism-causes for the rise of nationalism, Bang Bhang movement, non-cooperation movement and civil disobedience movement |
| Making of the Indian constitution-legacy of British rule, salient features of the constitution, fundamental rights, fundamental duties, directive principles of state policy. Amendment of the constitution |
| Union government-president, prime minister and council of ministers, parvument of the supreme court |
| State government-governor, chief minister and council of ministers, state legislature, high court |
| Centre-state relations |
| Local self government-municipality, municipal corporation, and 74 amendment. Panchayati raj and 73 amendment |
| Political process-caste, regionalism, linguism, communalism in politics, political parties, pressure groups and their role, national integration |
| Union public service commission, state public service commission, election commission, NITI Aayog, human rights commission |
Political science and international relations-Paper-II
Political science and international relations-Paper-II: Unit 01
International relations |
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| Meaning, nature, and scope |
Theories of international and relations |
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| Idealists, realist, systems and decision making theories |
Factors determining foreign policy |
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| National interest and ideology |
Means of national interest |
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| Nationalism, imperialism, colonialism |
Principles of balance of power and collective security |
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Role of international law and diplomacy in international relations |
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United Nation |
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| Organization and role |
Role and relevance of non-aligned movement |
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Regional organizations |
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| E.U., A.S.E.A.N., A.P.E.C., S.A.A.R.C |
New international economic order |
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| W.T.O., liberalization, privatization and globalization contemporary issues in international politics-human rights, environment, terrorism, nuclear proliferation |
Foreign policies of America, Russia, and China |
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India's foreign policy and relations with America, Russia and China |
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India's relations with neighbouring countries |
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Palestine problem and Arab-Israel conflict |
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Role of third world in international relations |
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North-south dialogue, south-south cooperation |
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Indian ocean |
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| Problems and prospects |
History-Paper-I
History-Paper-I: Unit 01
Sources and approaches to study of early Indian history |
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Early pastoral and agricultural communities |
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| The Archaeological evidence (Neolithic and Chalcaolithic cluture) |
The Indus civilization |
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| Its origin, nature and decline |
Patterns of settlement, economy, social organization and religion in India (c. 2000 to 500 B.C.) |
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| Archaeological perspectives |
Evolutions of north Indian society and culture |
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| Evidence of Vedic texts (Samhitas of Sutras) |
Teachings of Mahavira and Buddha, contemporary society |
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| Early phase of state formation and urbanization |
Rise of Magadha |
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| The Mauryan empire. Ashoka's inscriptions, his dharma and nature of the Mauryan state |
Post-Mauryan period in northern and peninsular India |
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| Political and administrative history |
| Society, economy, culture and religion |
| Tamilakam and its society and Sangam texts |
Changes in the Gupta and post-Gupta period (upto c. 750) |
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| Political history of northern and peninsular India |
| Samanta system and changes in political structure; economy; social structure; culture; religion |
Themes in early Indian cultural history, languages and texts |
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| Major stages in the evolution of art and architecture; major philosophical thinkers and schools; ideas in science and mathematics |
Major dynasties and political structures in north India from 750 A.D. to 1200 A.D. |
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| Rise of Rajput dynasties and the imperial Cholas |
Arab conquest of Sindh and the Ghaznavid empire |
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| Advent of Islam and Sufism Alberuni and his study of India science and civilisation |
India 750 A.D. – 1200 A.D. |
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| Economy, society, literature, major historical works, styles of architecture, religious thought and Institutions, growth of Bhakti movement |
The Ghorain invasions, economic, social and cultural consequences and the foundation of the Sultana |
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The Sultanate period and political dynasties |
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| Slaves, Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Syeds and Lodis; major historical sources including foreign travelers accounts; society and culture during the Sultanat period |
Rise of provincial dynasties |
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| Bahmani and Vijaynagar |
The Mughal period |
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| Babar, Humayun; Sur period: Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb, decline of the Mughal empire; society, culture, administration, economic changes; arrival of Europeon trading companies |
Shivaji, peshwas and rise of marathas |
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| The rise of Sikh power, third battle of Panipat |
Sources of Mughals period |
|---|
| Persian and indigenous; accounts of foreign travelers |
History-Paper-II
History-Paper-II: Unit 01
Establishment of British rule in India |
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| East India company and its relations with the regional powers |
Colonial economy |
|---|
| Tribute system, drain of wealth an “deindustrialization” |
| Fiscal and land revenue settlements (Zamindari, Ryotwari and Mahalwari settlements) |
| Administrative policies and structure of the British Raj upto 1857 (including constitutional developments) |
Resistance to colonial rule |
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| Early uprisings; causes, nature and impact of the Revolt of 1857, reorganization of the Raj in 1858 and after |
Socio-cultural impact of colonial rule |
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| Official social reform measures; Orientalist-Anglicist controversy; coming of English education and the press; Christian missionary activities; social and religious reform movements in Bengal and other part of the country |
Economic policies 1858-1914 |
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| Railways commercialization of Indian agriculture; growth of landless labourers and rural indebtedness; famines; India as market for British industry and drain theory |
Early Indian nationalism |
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| Social background; formation of political associations; peasant and tribal uprisings during the early nationalist era; foundation of the Indian national congress; the moderate phase of the Congress |
| Growth of extremism, anti-partitions; and Swadeshi movement, birth of Muslim league |
| The Indian councils act of 1909; the government of India act of 1919 |
Inter-war economy of India |
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| Industries and problem of protection; agricultural distress; the great depression; Ottawa agreements and discriminatory protection |
| The growth of trade unions; peasant movements |
Home rule movement nationalism under Gandhi's leadership |
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| Gandhi's thoughts, and methods of mass mobilization, and different movements; states people's movement and other strands of the national movement: (a) Revolutionary movements in India and abroad; (b) Swarajists, liberals, responsive cooperation |
| States people's movement and other strands of the national movement: (c) Emergence of Leftism in India, (d) Subhash Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army |
Growth of communalism |
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| Causes and developments, Muslim league, Hindu Mahasabha, etc.; women and national, movement |
Literary and cultural developments |
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| Tagore, Premchand, Subramanayam Bharti, Iqbal as examples only |
Towards freedom |
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| The act of 1935; Congress ministries, 1937-1939, the Pakistan movement |
Post-1945 upsurge (RIN mutiny, Telangana uprising, etc) |
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| Constitutional negotiations and the transfer of power; freedom and partition |
Renaissance, reformation and counter reformation, age of enlightenment |
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| Major ideas of enlightenment, Kant, Rousseau, etc; spread of enlightenment outside Europe, rise of socialist ideas |
Origins of modern politics |
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| European states system; American revolution; French revolution and its aftermath, (1789-1815) |
Industrialization |
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| Industrial revolution-causes and impact on society, industrialization in other countries |
Nation-state system, rise of nationalism in 19 century |
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| Unification of Germany and Italy: Disintegration of empires through the emergence of nationalities |
Imperialism and colonialism |
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| Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Asian conquest; types of empire: Settlement and non-settlement; Latin America, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia |
Revolutions and counter |
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| Revolutions-19 century, European revolutions; the Russian revolution of 1917-1921; Fascist counter-revolution, Italy and Germany; the Chinese revolution of 1949 |
World Wars (First and second) |
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| Causes and consequences and various developments |
Cold war |
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| Emergence of two blocs and other related developments |
| Emergence of third world and non-alignment; UNO and dispute resolution |
Colonies and liberation |
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| Latin America-Bolivia; Arab world-Egypt; South Africa-Apartheid policy and democracy; south-east Asia-Vietnam |
Decolonization and underdevelopment |
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| Break up of colonial empires; British, French, Dutch; factors constraining development: Latin America, Africa, Asia |
Soviet disintegration and the unipolar world |
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| Causes, consequences and other developments; globalization |
Anthropology-Paper-I
Anthropology-Paper-I: Unit 01
Anthropology |
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| Its meaning, scope, and development |
| Relationship with other disciplines: History, economics, sociology, psychology, political science, life sciences, medical sciences |
| Main branches of anthropology: Their scope and relevance |
Human evolution and emergence of man |
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| Organic evolution; theories of evolution, pre-Darwinian, Darwinian, and post-Darwinian period. Modern synthetic theory of evolution |
| Principles of systematic and taxonomy: Major primate taxa, systematics of hominoidea and hominidae; comparative anatomy of man and apes; skeletal changes due to erect posture and its implications |
| Origin and evolution of man: Phylogenetic status, characteristics and distribution of the following: Prepleistocence fossil primate-Oreopithecus, south and east African hominids-Pleasianthropus, Australopithecus Africanus, plesianthropus |
| Origin and evolution of man: Australopithecus robustus and related species |
Emergence of homo |
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| Homo erectus and contemporaries |
| Neanderthal man in Europe: La-Chapelle-aux-Saints (classical type). Mt. Carmelites (progressive type) |
| Rhodesian man |
| Homo sapiens sapiens (upper Pleistocene), Cromagnon man, Chancelade, and Grimaldi |
Human genetics |
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| Meaning, scope and branches, its relationship with other sciences |
| Methods for the study of genetic principles in man-family study (Pedigree analysis, twin study, foster child, co-twin method, cytogenetic method, immunological method, D.N.A. technology) |
| Mendelian genetics in man-family study, single factor, multi factor, polygenic inheritance in man, concept of genetic polymorphism and selection |
| Mendelian populations-Hardy-Weinberg law, inbreeding, genetic load, genetic implications of consanguineous and cousin marriages |
| Chromosomes and chromosomal aberrations in man; genetic counseling |
Concept of race |
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| Race and racism, racial classification; ethnic groups of mankind: Characteristics and distribution |
Ecological anthropology |
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| Concept and methods; biocultural adaptation |
Human growth and development |
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| Concept and factors affecting growth and development, methods of growth studies |
| Biological and socio-ecological factors influencing fecundity, fertility, natality, and mortality |
Applications of physical anthropology and human genetics |
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Principles of prehistoric archaeology |
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| Broad outlines of prehistoric cultures-(i) Palaeolithic, (ii) Mesolithic, (iii) Neolithic, (iv) Chalcolithic, (v) Copper-Bronze age |
| Dating methods: Relative and absolute |
The nature of culture |
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| Concept and characteristics of culture and civilization; ethnocentrism and cultural relativism |
| The nature of society: Concept of society; society and culture; social institutions; social groups; and social stratification |
| Marriage: Definition and universality; laws of marriage (endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy, hypogamy, incest taboo); types of marriage (monogamy, polygamy); functions of marriage; marriage regulations (preferential); marriage payments (bride wealth and dowry) |
| Family, household, and domestic group: Definition and universality; functions and types (from the perspectives of structure, blood relation, marriage, residence, and succession); impact of urbanization |
| Kinship: Consanguinity and affinity; principles and types of descent (unilineal, double, bilaterial, ambilineal); forms of descent groups (lineage, clan, phratry, moiety and kindred); kinship terminology (descriptive and classificatory) |
Economic organization |
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| Meaning, scope, and relevance of economic anthropology; formalist and substantivist debate; principles governing production |
| Distribution and exchange (reciprocity, redistribution, and market) in communities subsisting on hunting and gathering fishing, swiddening, pastoralism, horticulture, and agriculture |
Political organization |
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| Band, tribe, chiefdom, kingdom and state; concepts of power, authority, legitimacy; social control, law and justice in simple societies |
Religion |
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| Anthropological approaches to the study of religion (evolutionary, psychological, and functional) monotheism and polytheism; myths and rituals |
| Forms of magico-religious beliefs in tribal and peasant societies (animism, animatism, fetishism, naturalism, and totemism); religion, magic, and science distinguished, magico religious functionaries (priest, shaman, medicine man, sorcerer, and witch) |
Anthropological theories |
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| (i) Classical evolutionism-Tylor, Morgan, and Frazer |
| (ii) Diffusionism-British, German, and American |
| (iii) Functionalism-Malinowski, structural functionalism-Radcliffe-Brown |
| (iv) Structuralism-Levi-Strauss |
| (v) Culture and personality-Benedict, Mead, Linton, Kardiner, and Cora-du-Bois |
| (vi) Neo-evolutionism-Childe, White, Steward |
| (vii) Cultural materialism (Harris) |
Research methods in cultural anthropology |
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| Field work tradition in anthropology; distinction between technique, method and methodology; tools of data collection-observation, interview, schedule, questionnaire, case history, case study and genealogy; secondary sources of information |
| Controlled comparison and cross cultural study |
Anthropology-Paper-II
Anthropology-Paper-II: Unit 01
Emergence and development of the Indian culture and civilization |
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| Prehistoric (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic-Chalcolithic); Protohistoric (Indus civilization) |
Demographic profile of India |
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| Ethnic and linguistic elements in the indian population and their distribution |
The structure and function of traditional social system |
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| Vernasharam, Purushartha, Karma, Rina, and rebirth |
Caste system in India |
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| Structure and characteristics; Varna and caste, dominant caste, caste mobility, Jajmani system, tribe-caste continuum |
Sacred complex and nature-man-spirit complex |
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Impact of Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Christianity on Indian society including tribals |
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Emergence, growth and development of anthropology in India |
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| Contribution of early scholars-administrators |
| Contribution of Indian anthropologists to tribal-caste studies |
Aspect of Indian village |
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| Social, economic, polity, and religion, changing patterns of settlement and inter-caste relations |
| Sanskritization, westernization, and modernization |
| Panchayati raj and social change |
Tribal situation in India |
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| Linguistic and socio-economic characteristics of the tribal populations and their distribution, biogenetic variability |
| Problems of tribal communities: Land alienation, poverty, indebtedness, low literacy, poor educational facilities, unemployment, health, and nutrition |
| Developmental projects and their impact on tribal displacement and problems of rehabilitation, new forest policy and tribals |
| Impact of urbanization and industrialization on tribal populations |
Problems of exploitation and deprivation |
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| Problems of exploitation and deprivation of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and other backward classes |
| Constitutional safeguards for scheduled tribes and scheduled castes |
| Social change and contemporary tribal societies: Impact of modern democratic institutions, development programmes and welfare measure on tribals and weaker sections, and women participation |
| The concept of ethnicity: Ethnic conflicts and political developments, unrest among tribal communities; pseudo-tribalism; social change among the tribes during colonial and post-independent India |
History of administration of tribal areas |
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| Tribal policies, plans, programmes of tribal development and their implementation |
Role of N.G.O. in tribal development |
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Role of anthropology in tribal and rural development |
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Civil engineering-Paper-I
Civil engineering-Paper-I: Unit 01
Theory of structures |
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| Simple stress and strain, elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, shear force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, shear stress distributions across sections, beams of uniform strength |
| Deflection of beams: Macaulay's method, Mohr's moment area method, conjugate beam method, unit load method, elastic stability of columns, Castiglione's theorem I and II, unit load method of consistent deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses |
| Deflection of beams: Slope-deflection and moment distribution methods |
| Rolling loads and influences lines: Influence lines for shear force and bending moment at a section of a beam. Criteria for maximum shear force and bending moment in beams traversed by a system of moving loads |
| Rolling loads and influences lines: Influences lines for simply supported plane pin jointed trusses |
| Arches: Three hinged, two hinged, and fixed arches, rib shortening and temperature effects |
| Matrix methods of analysis: force method and displacement method of analysis of indeterminate beams and rigid frames |
| Plastic-analysis of beams and frames: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis statically method, mechanism method |
| Unsymmetrical bending: Moment of inertia, position of neutral axis and principal axes, calculation of bending stresses |
Design of concrete structures |
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| Concept of mix design |
| Reinforced concrete: Working stress and limit state method of design. Recommendation of BIS codes. Design of one-way and two-way slabs, stair-case, slabs, simple and continuous beams of rectangular, T and L sections |
| Compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity |
| Cantilever and counter-fort type retaining walls |
| Water tanks: Design requirements for rectangular and circular tanks resting on ground |
| Prestressed concrete: Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, analysis and design of sections for flexure based on working stress, loss of prestress. Earthquake resistant design of buildings as per BIS codes |
| Introduction to computer aided design of structure |
Steel structural |
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| Factors of safety and load factors |
| Riveted, bolted, and welded joints and connections |
| Design of tension and compression members, beams of built up section, riveted and welded plate girders, gantry girders, stancheons with battens and lacings |
Fluid mechanics |
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| Fluid properties, types of fluids and their role in fluid motion |
| Kinematics and dynamics of fluids flow: Velocity and acceleration, stream lines, equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential and stream functions |
| Continuity, momentum, energy equations Navier Stokes equation, Euler's equation of motion Bernoulli's equation. Applications to fluid flow problems e.g. pipe flow, sluice gates, weirs, etc |
| Laminar flow: Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate, laminar sub-layer, smooth and rough boundaries, submerged flow, drag and lift forces |
| Turbulent flow through pipes: characteristics of turbulent flow, velocity distribution and variation of pipe friction factor, hydraulic grade line and total energy line |
Hydraulics |
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| Uniform and non-uniform flows, momentum and energy correction factors, specific energy and specific force, critical depth, gradually varied flow, classification of surface profiles, control section, step method of integration of varied flow equations |
| Rapidly varied flow, hydraulic jump |
| Surges |
| Hydraulic machines and hydropower: Hydraulic turbines and their classification, choice of turbines, performance parameters, controls, characteristics, specific speed, principles of hydropower development |
Geotechnical engineering |
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| Soil types and structure, gradation and particle size distribution, Atterberg's limits |
| Flow through porous media: Effective stress and pore water pressure, permeability concept, field and laboratory determination of permeability, seepage pressure, quick sand condition |
| Compaction of soil: Laboratory and field tests. Compressibility and consolidation theory, consolidation settlement analysis. Shear strength determination Mohr coulomb theory |
| Stress distribution in soils Boussinesque and Westergaard's analysis, earth pressure theory and analysis for retaining walls, application for sheet piles and Braced excavation |
| Bearing capacity of soil: Approaches for analysis, fields tests, settlement analysis, stability of slopes |
| Foundation: Type and selection criteria for foundation of structures, design criteria for foundation, analysis of distribution of stress for footings and pile, pile group action, pile load tests |
| Subsurface exploration of soils, ground improvement and soil stabilisation techniques |
Civil engineering-Paper-II
Civil engineering-Paper-II: Unit 01
Construction technology, planning, and management |
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| Building materials: Physical properties of construction materials with respect to their use, stones, bricks, tiles, lime, cement, mortars, concrete |
| Timber: Properties, defects, and common preservation treatments, ferro cement, fibre reinforced cement high strength concrete. Use and selection of materials for various uses e.g. low cost housing, mass housing, high rise buildings |
| Building constructions: Masonry constructions using brick, stone construction detailing and strength characteristics. Paints, varnishes, plastics, water proofing and damp proofing materials, detailing of walls, floors, roofs staircases doors and windows |
| Building constructions: Plastering, pointing , flooring , roofing and construction features. Common repairs in buildings. Principle of planning of buildings for residents and specific use, building code provisions and use |
| Building constructions: Basic principles of detailed and approximate estimating, specifications, rate analysis, principles of valuation of real property. Machinery for earthwork, concreting and their specific uses |
| Building constructions: Factors affecting selection of construction equipments, operating cost of equipments. Construction activity, schedules, organizations, quality assurance principles |
| Building constructions: Basic principle of network, CPM and PERT uses in construction monitoring, cost optimization and resource allocation. Basic principles of economic analysis and methods |
| Building constructions: Project profitability-basic principles of financial planning, simple toll fixation criterions |
Surveying |
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| Common methods and instruments for distance and angle measurement for civil engineering works, their use in plane table, traverse survey, leveling, triangulation, contouring and topographical maps |
| Basic principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing |
| Introduction to geographical information system |
Highway engineering |
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| Principles of highway alignments, classification and geometrical design, elements and standards for roads |
| Pavement structure for flexible and rigid pavements, design principles and methodology |
| Construction methods and materials for stabilized soil, WBM, bituminous works and CC roads |
| Surface and sub-surface drainage arrangements for roads, culvert structures |
| Pavement distresses and strengthening by overlays |
| Traffic surveys and their application in traffic planning, typical design features for channelized, intersection rotary, etc, signal designs, standard traffic signs and markings |
Railway engineering |
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| Permanent way, ballast, sleeper, chair and fastenings, points crossings, different types of turn outs, cross-over, setting out of points, maintenances of track, super elevation, creep of rails, ruling gradients, track resistance, tractive effort |
| Curve resistance, station yards and station, station buildings, platform sidings turn outs, signals and interlocking, level crossings |
Water resources engineering |
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| Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation , transpiration, infiltration, overland flow, hydrograph, flood frequency analysis, flood routing through a reservoir, channel flow routing-Muskingam method |
| Ground water flow: Specific yield, storage coefficient, coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined aquifers, radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined conditions. Open wells and tube wells. Ground and surface water resources |
| Ground water flow: Single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity of reservoirs, reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation. Water requirements of crops, consumptive use, duty, and delta, irrigation methods and their efficiencies |
| Canals: Distribution systems for canal irrigation, canal capacity, canal losses, alignment of main and distributory canals, most efficient section, lined canals and their design, regime theory, critical shear stress, bed load |
| Water logging: causes and control, salinity |
| Canal structures: Design of head regulators, canal falls, aqueducts, metering flumes and canal outlets |
| Diversion head work: Principles and design of weirs on permeable and impermeable foundation, Khosla's theory |
| Storage works: Types of dams, design, principle of gravity and earth dams, stability analysis |
| Spillways: spillway types, energy dissipation |
| River training: Objectives of river training, methods of river training and bank protection |
Environmental engineering |
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| Water supply: Predicting demand for water, impurities of water and their significance, physical, chemical and bacteriological analysis, waterborne diseases, standards for potable water |
| Intake of water: Water treatments-principles of coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation, slow, rapid and pressure filters, chlorination, softening, removal of tests, odour and salinity |
| Sewerage systems: Domestic and industrial wastes, storm sewage, separate and combined systems, flow through sewers, design of sewers |
| Sewage characterisation: BOD,COD, solids, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and TOC. Standards of disposal in normal water course and on land |
| Sewage treatment: Working principle, units, chambers, sedimentation tank, trickling filters, oxidation ponds, activated sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sludge, recycling of waste water |
| Solid waste management: Collection and disposal in rural and urban contexts, management of solid waste |
| Environmental pollution: Sustainable development, radioactive wastes and disposal. Environmental impact assessment for thermal power plants, mines, river valley projects. Air and water pollution control acts |
Mechanical engineering-Paper-I
Mechanical engineering-Paper-I: Unit 01
Theory of machines |
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| Kinematic and dynamic analysis of planer mechanisms, belt and chain drives, gears and gear train, cams, flywheel and governors |
| Balancing of rotating and reciprocating masses, single and multi cylinder engines |
Mechanical vibrations |
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| Vibrating systems, single degree freedom systems, natural frequency, damped and forced vibrations, resonance, force transmissibility, two degree of freedom systems, vibration absorbers, whirling of shafts and critical speeds |
Mechanics of solids |
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| Stress and strain, elastic constants, uniaxial loading, thermal stress, two dimensional stress analysis, principal stresses, generalised Hook's law, total and distortion strain energy, theories of failures, bending and shear stresses in beams |
| Torsion of shafts, close coiled helical springs, thin and thick pressure versels, rotating discs, buckling of columns |
Engineering materials |
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| Basic concept of structure of solids, crystalline materials, crystal defects, alloys and binary phase diagrams, structures and properties of common engineering materials |
| Basics of polymers, ceramics and composite materials; iron-carbon equilibrium diagram, heat treatment of steels |
Manufacturing science |
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| Machine tool engineering, merchant's force analysis, Taylor's tool life equation, conventional machining, NC and CNC machining processes, jigs and fixtures, standard forming and welding processes |
Non conventional machining processes |
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| EDM, ECM, ultrasonic machining, water jet machining, etc, application of lasers and plasmas, energy rate calculations |
| Metrology: Concept of fits and tolerances, tools and gauges, comparators, inspection of length, position, profile and surface finish |
Manufacturing management |
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| Product development, value analysis, break-even analysis, forecasting techniques, operation scheduling, capacity planning, assembly line balancing, CPM and PERT, inventory control, ABC analysis, EOQ model, material requirement planning, job design |
| Job standards, method study and work measurements |
Quality management |
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| Quality analysis, control charts, acceptance, sampling, total quality management, operations research, linear programming, graphical and simplex methods, transportation and assignment models, single serve queueing model, value engineering |
Mechanical engineering-Paper-II
Mechanical engineering-Paper-II: Unit 01
Thermodynamics |
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| Laws of thermodynamics and their applications; T-ds equations, Maxwell and Clapeyron equation and their uses; availability and irreversibility |
Fluid mechanics |
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| Properties and classification of fluids, manometry, forces on immersed surfaces, stability of floating bodies, kinematics and dynamics of incompressible fluids |
| Laminar and turbulent boundary layer flows |
| Bernoulli's equation, fully developed flow through pipes |
Heat transfer |
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| Modes of heat transfer, one dimensional steady and unsteady conduction |
| Heat transfer through extended surfaces |
| Free and forced convective heat transfer, empirical correlations in laminar and turbulent flows, heat exchangers, radiation heat transfer laws, shape factor, heat exchange between black and gray surfaces |
Refrigeration and air conditioning |
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| Vapour compression, vapour absorption, steam jet and air refrigeration systems, desirable properties of refrigerants, eco-friendly refrigerants, analysis of compressors, condensers, expansion valves and evaporators |
I.C. engines |
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| Classification, thermodynamic cycles of operation, performance calculations, heat balance sheet, combustion in S.I. and C.I. engines, normal and abnormal combustion, knocking and detonation |
| Effect of variables on knocking and detonation, fuels used in S.I. and C.I. engines, fuel injection, carburetion and multi point fuels injection (MPFI) supercharging, engine cooling, emission and control, turboprop and rocket engines |
Steam engineering |
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| Modern steam generators, Rankine cycle, modified Rankine cycle and analysis, natural and artificial draught, flow of steam in convergent and divergent nozzles, pressure at throat for maximum discharge, super saturated flow in nozzles, Wilson line |
Turbo machines |
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| Classification, continuity, momentum and energy equations, flow analysis in axial and centrifugal compressors and turbines, dimensional analysis and modelling |
| Performance of pumps, compressors and turbines |
Power plant engineering |
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| Site selection for steam, hydro, nuclear, and gas power plants, dust removal equipments, fuel handling and cooling water system |
| Thermodynamic analysis of steam and gas turbine power plants, governing of turbines |
| Solar, wind and nuclear power plants, economic power generation |
Electrical engineering-Paper-I
Electrical engineering-Paper-I: Unit 01
E.M. theory |
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| Analysis of electrostatic and magetostatic fields, Laplace, Poisson, and Maxwell's equation |
| Electromagnetic wave equations |
| Poynting's theorem |
| Waves on transmission lines |
| Wave-guides |
| Microwave resonators |
Networks and systems |
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| Systems and signals, network theorems and their applications |
| Transient and steady-state analysis of systems |
| Transform techniques and circuit analysis, coupled circuits |
| Resonant circuits, balanced three-phase circuits |
| Network functions |
| Two-port network |
| Network parameters |
| Elements of network synthesis |
| Elementary active networks |
Electrical and electronic measurement and instrumentation |
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| Basic methods of measurement |
| Error analysis, electrical standards |
| Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy, power-factor, resistance, inductance, capacitance, frequency and lossangles |
| Indicating instruments |
| D.C. and A.C. Bridges, electronic measuring instruments |
| Multi-meter, digital voltmeter, frequency counter, Q-meter, oscilloscope, techniques, special purpose CRO's |
| Transducers and their classifications |
| Thermo-couple, thermistor, RTD, LVDT, strain-gauges |
| Piezoelectric transducers etc, application of transducers in the measurement of non-electrical quantities like pressure, temperature, displacement, velocity acceleration, flow-rate, etc; data-acquisition systems |
Analog and digital electronics |
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| Semiconductors, semiconductor diodes and Zener diode, bi-polar junction transistor and their parameters |
| Transistor biasing, analysis of all types of amplifiers including feedback and D.C. amplifiers; operational amplifiers and their application; feedback oscillators: Colpitts and Hartley types, waveform generators; multi-vibrators; Boolean algebra |
| Logic gates combinational and sequential digital circuits |
| Semiconductor memories |
| A/D and D/A converters; microprocessor |
| Number system and codes, elements of microprocessors and their important applications |
Electrical machines |
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| D.C. machines: Commutation and armature reaction, characteristics and performance of motors and generators; applications, starting and speed control |
| Synchronous generators: Armature reaction, voltage regulation, parallel operation |
| Single and three-phase induction motors: Principle of operation, performance characteristics, starting, speed control |
| Synchronous Motors: Principle of operation, performance analysis, hunting, synchronous condenser |
| Transformers: Construction, phasor diagram, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, performance, auto-transformers, instrument transformers. Three-phase transformers |
Material science |
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| Theory of semiconductors, conductors and insulators |
| Superconductivity |
| Various insulators used for electrical and electronic applications |
| Different magnetic materials, properties and applications |
| Hall effect |
Electrical engineering-Paper-II
Electrical engineering-Paper-II: Unit 01
Control engineering |
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| Mathematical modeling of physical dynamic systems |
| Block diagram and signal flow graph |
| Transfer function |
| Time-response and frequency-response of linear systems |
| Error evaluation, Bode plot, polar plot and Nichol's chart, gain margin and phase margin, stability of linear feedback control systems |
| Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria |
| Root locus technique |
| Design of compensators |
| State variable methods in system modeling, analysis and design |
| Controllability and observability and their testing methods |
| Pole placement, design using state variables feedback |
| Control system components (potentiometers, tachometers, synchros and servomotors) |
Industrial electronics |
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| Various power semiconductor devices |
| Thyristor and its protection and series-parallel operation |
| Single-phase and poly-phase uncontrolled rectifiers |
| Smoothing filters, D.C. regulated power supplies |
| Controlled converters and inverters, choppers |
| Cyclo-converters, A.C. voltage regulators |
| Application to variable speed drives |
| Induction and dielectric heating |
Electrical machines |
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| Fundamentals of electro-mechanical energy conversion: Analysis of electro-magnetic torque and induced voltages. The general torque equation |
| Three-phase induction motors: Concept of revolving field. Induction motor as transformer. Phasor diagram and equivalent circuit. Performance evaluation. Correlation of induction motor operation with basic torque relations |
| Three-phase induction motors: Torque-speed characteristics. Circle diagram, starting and speed-control methods |
| Synchronous machines: Generation of EMF; equivalent circuit, experimental determination of leakage and synchronous reactance's. Theory of salient-pole machines. Power equation. Parallel operation |
| Synchronous machines: Transient and sub-transient reactance's and time constants. Synchronous motor. Phasor diagram and equivalent circuit. Performance, V-curves. Power factor control, hunting |
| Special machines: Two-phase A.C. servomotors. Equivalent circuit and performance; stepper motors. Methods of operation, drive amplifiers. Half stepping. Reluctance type steppor motor, principles and working of universal motor |
| Special machines: Single-phase A.C. compensated series motor |
Electric drives |
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| Fundamentals of electric drive, rating estimation |
| Electric braking |
| Electro-mechanical transients during starting and braking, time and energy calculations |
| Load equalization |
| Solid-state control of D.C., three-phase induction and synchronous motors |
| Applications of electric motors |
Electric traction |
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| Various systems of track electrification and their comparison |
| Mechanics of train movement |
| Estimation of tractive effort and energy requirement |
| Electrification and their comparison, traction motors and their characteristics |
Power system and protection |
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| Types of power station: Selection of site. General layout of thermal, hydro, and nuclear stations. Economics of different types. Base load and peak load of stations. Pumped-storage plants |
| Transmission and distribution: A.C. and D.C. transmission systems. Transmission line parameters and calculations. Performance of short, medium, and long transmission lines, A-, B-, C-, D-parameters. Insulators |
| Transmission and distribution: Mechanical design of overhead transmission lines and Sag calculation, Corona and its effects, radio interference. EHVAC and HVDC transmission lines, underground cables. Per unit representation of power system |
| Transmission and distribution: Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis. Symmetrical components and their application to fault analysis. Load flow analysis using Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson methods. Fast de-coupled load flow |
| Transmission and distribution: Steady-state and transient stability. Equal area criterion, economic operation of power system, incremental fuel costs and fuel rate. Penalty factors |
| Transmission and distribution: ALFC and AVR control for real-time operation of inter-connected power system |
| Protection: Principle of arc extinction, classification of circuit breakers. Restriking phenomenon. Calculation of restriking and recovery voltages. Interruption of small inductive and capacitive currents, testing of circuit breakers |
| Relaying principles: Primary and back-up relaying, over current, differential, impedance, and direction relaying principles. Constructional details. Protection schemes for transmission line, transformer, generator, and bus protection |
| Relaying principles: Current and potential transformer and their applications in relaying. Traveling waves. Protection against surges, surge impedance |
Communication system |
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| Amplitude, frequency and phase modulation and their comparison, generation and detection of amplitude, frequency, phase and pulse modulated signals |
| Modulators and demodulators, noise problems, channel efficiency |
| Sampling theorem |
| Sound and vision broadcast, transmitting and receiving systems |
| Antennas and feeders |
| Transmission lines at audio, radio, and ultra-high frequencies |
| Fiber-optics and optical communication systems |
| Digital communications, pulse code modulation |
| Data communication, satellite communication |
| Computer communication system-LAN, ISDN, etc |
| Electronic exchanges |
| Microwaves: Electromagnetic waves, unguided media, wave guides. Cavity resonators and Microwave tubes, Magnetrons, Klystrons and TVVT. Solid-State microwave devices. Microwave amplifiers. Microwave receivers. Microwave filters and measurements |
| Microwaves: Microwave antennas |
English literature-Paper-I
English literature-Paper-I: Unit 01
The renaissance |
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| Elizabethan and Jacobean drama; metaphysical poetry; the epic and the mock-epic; Neo-classicism; Satire; the Romantic movement; the rise of the novel; the Victorian age |
Texts for detailed study |
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| William Shakespeare: Twelfth night, King Henry IV, Pt I, Macbeth and the tempest |
| John Donne: The following poems-'Canonization', 'Death be not proud', 'The good morrow' and 'The relic' |
| John Milton: Paradise lost, book-I |
| John Dryden: All for love |
| Alexander Pope: The rape of the lock |
| William Wordsworth: The following poems-'Tintern Abbey', 'Three years she grew', 'Michael' and 'Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour' |
| P B Shelley: To a Skylark' and 'Ode to the west wind' |
| Alfred Tennyson: Ulysses' and 'Lotos eaters' |
| Robert Browning: My last duchess' and 'The lost leader' |
| Francis Bacon: Of studies' and 'Of truth' |
| Charles Lamb: Dream children' and 'poor relations' |
Texts for non-detailed study |
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| Jane Austen: Pride and prejudice |
| Charles Dickens: Great expectations |
| Thomas Hardy: Far from the madding crowd |
| Mark Twain: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
English literature-Paper-II
English literature-Paper-II: Unit 01
Pre-raphaelite movement, modernism |
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| Poets of the thirties; the stream-of consciousness novel; Absurd drama; colonialism and post-colonialism; Indian writing in English; feminist approaches to literature |
Texts for detailed study |
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| William Butler Yeats: The following poems-'The second coming', 'Sailing to Byzantium', ' A prayer for my daughter', 'Meru' and 'Lapis Lazuli' |
| T.S. Eliot: The following poems-'The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock' and 'Journey of the Magi' |
| W.H. Auden: The following poems-'The unknown citizen' and 'In memory of W.B. Yeats' |
| Philip Larkin: The following poems-'Afternoons' and 'Deceptions' |
| Sylvia Plath: The following poems-'Mirror' and 'Daddy' |
| Derek Walcott: The following poems-'A far cry from Africa' and 'Sea grapes' |
| Nissim Ezekiel: The following poems-'Background, Casually', 'Night of the scorpion' |
| A.K. Ramanujan: The following poems-'Looking for a cousin on a swing', 'On the death of a poem' |
| John Osborne: Look back in anger |
| Eugene O'Neill: Desire under the elms |
| Girish Karnad: Hayavadana |
| Thomas Carlyle: Hero as a poet' |
| John Ruskin: The veins of wealth' (essay II from unto this last) |
Texts for non-detailed study |
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| Graham Greene: The power and the glory |
| William Golding: Lord of the flies |
| Raja Rao: Kanthapura |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne: The scarlet letter |
Urdu literature-Paper-I
Urdu literature-Paper-I: Unit 01
Development of Urdu language |
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