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Friday, April 24, 2009

General Studies- 2007

1. Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given the
Lists :
List-I
(Town)
A. Betul
B. Jagdalpur
C. Jabalpur
D. Ujjain
List II
(River nearer to lists)
1. Indravati
2. Narmada
3. Shipra
4. Tapti
Codes :
A B C D
a. 1 4 2 3
b. 4 1 2 3
c. 4 1 2 3
d. 1 4 3 2

2. Consider the following statements:
1. The national wide Scheme of the
National Child Labour Projects
(NCLP) is run by the Union Ministry
of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. Gurupadswamy Committee dealt with
the issues of child labour
Which of the statement given above is/ are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

3. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I ( Writer)
A. V S Naipaul
B. Salman Rushdie
C. Paul Scott
D. J G Farrell
List-II ( Book )
1. The Siege of Krishnapur
2. In a free State
3. Midnight children
4. Staying on
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 3 4 1
b. 4 1 2 3
c. 2 1 4 3
d. 4 3 2 1

4. The Song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India
inspired the Liberation Struggle of
Bangladesh and was adopted as the
National Anthem of Bangladesh.
Who wrote this song?
a. Rajni Kanta Sen
b. Dwijendralal Ray
c. Mukunda Das
d. Rabindra Nath tagore

5. Which of the following types is used by
computed tomography employed for
visualization of the internal structure of
human body ?
a. X Ray
b. South waves
c. Magnetic resonance
d. Radioisotopes

6. Consider the following statement in
respect of financial emergency under the
article 360 of the constitution of India
1. A proclamation of financial emergency
issued shall cease to operate at the
expiration of two months, unless
before the expiration of that period it
has been approved by the resolution of
both house of Parliament.
2. If any proclamation of financial
emergency is in operation, it is
competent for president of India to
issue directions for the reduction of
salaries and allowances of all or any
class of persons serving in connection
with the affair of the union but
excluding the judges of the Supreme
Court and the high courts.
Which of the statements given above is /
are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

7. Which of the constitution Amendment
Acts seeks that the size of the Council of
Ministers at the center and in a state must
not exceed 15 percent of the total numbers
in the Lok Sabha and the total number of
members of the legislative Assembly of
that state , respectively ?
a. 91st
b. 93rd
c. 95th
d. 97th

8. Consider the following statements:
1. The Series of International Paper Size
is based on A0 size whose area is 0.5
m2 ( approx)
2. The area of A4 size paper is 1/8th of
the A0 size paper.
Which of the following given above is/are
correct ?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

9. Consider the following statements :
1. The chairman of the committee on
public Accounts is appointed by the
speaker of the Lok Sabha.
2. The committee on Public Accounts
Comprise Members of the Lok Sabha ,
Members of Rajya Sabha, and a few
eminent persons of the industry and
Trade.
Which of the statements given above/are
correct.
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

10. Consider the following statements :
1. In India, Red Panda is naturally found
in the western Himalayan only.
2. In India , Slow Loris Lives in the dense
forest of the North East.
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

11. The First factory Act restricting the
working hours of women and children and
authorizing local governments to make
necessary rules was adopted during whose
time?
a. Lord Lytton
b. Lord Bentinck
c. Lord Ripon
d. Lord canning

12. What is the Galileo project which has been
in news recently ?
a. An intercountry programme of missile
shield developed by United State of
America.
b. A Project developed by India with
Assistance from Canada.
c. An Environmental Protection being
developed by Japan.
d. A Multi-satellite navigation project
being developed by the European
Union.

13. Near the end of the year 2006, which one
of the following countries was suspended
from the commonwealth after a military
coup?
a. Kenya
b. Myanmar
c. Fiji
d. Tanjania

14. Shahgarh area in Jaisalmer district of
Rajasthan was in news in the year 2006
because of which one of the following ?
a. Finding high quality gas reserves
b. Finding uranium deposit
c. Finding zinc deposit
d. Installation of wind power units

15. Which on the following is the correct
sequence in order of decreasing length of
the three structural parts given below of
small intestine in the human body?
a. Jejunum - Duodenum – ileum
b. ileum – Duodenum – Jejunum
c. jejunum – Ileum – Duodenum
d. ileum – Jejunum – Duodenum

16. Who among the following wrote the book
Bahubivah?
a. Raja Rammohan Roy
b. Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
c. Pandita Rambai
d. Rabindranath Tagore

17. In the Human Body which on the
following hormones regulates blood
calcium and Phosphate?
a. Glucagon
b. Growth Hormone
c. Parathyroid Hormone
d. Thyroxin

18. How do most insects respire
a. Through skin
b. Through gills
c. by Lungs
d. By Tracheal system

19. In Human Being, normally in which one of
the following parts, does the sperm
fertilize the ovum ?
a. Cervix
b. Fallopian Tube
c. Lower Part of Uterus
d. Upper Part of Uterus

20. Which one of the following parts of
Human brain is regulating center for
swallowing and vomiting?
a. Cerebellum
b. Cerebrum
c. Medulla Oblongata
d. Pons

21. Production of which one of the following
is a function of the Liver.
a. Lipase
b. Urea
c. Mucus
d. Hydrochloric acid

22. Which of the following countries recently
upgraded its defense agency to a full
defense ministery ?
a. Italy
b. Japan
c. Switzerland
d. Poland

23. Who among the following was chosen as
the FIFA world player of the year for the
year 2006?
a. Zinedine Zidane
b. Fabio Cannavaro
c. Ronaldinho
d. Thierry Henry

24. Which of the following is not a digestive
enzyme in the Human system?
a. Trypsin
b. Gastrin
c. Ptyalin
d. Pepsin

25. Which of the following light types of light
are strongly absorbed by plants :
a. Violet and Orange
b. Blue and Red
c. Indigo and Yellow
d. Yellow and Violet

26. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I
(Person)
A. John C Mather
B. Michael Griffin
C. Paul G Allen
D. Piers Sellers
List-II
(Known as)
1. Co-founder of Microsoft
2. Space walker
3. Administrator of NASA
4. Nobel prize winner , 2006 in Physics
Codes:
A B C D
a. 4 1 3 2
b. 2 3 1 4
c. 4 3 1 2
d. 2 1 3 4

27. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. Cosmic Background: Satellite
Programme Explorer ( COBE )
b. Falcon : Under sea cable system
c. Discovery : Space shuttle
d. Atlantis : Space station

28. Consider the following statements:
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1. China has the observer’s status at the
South Asean for Regional corporation.
2. India has the observer’s status at the
Shanghai corporation Organisation.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 or 2

29. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I
(Eminent Person)
A. Bhanu Bharti
B. Mike Pandey
C. Mohd. Zahur Khayyam
D. Vinda Karandikar
List-II
(Known as)
1. Music composer
2. Poet and Literature
3. Theatre Director
4. Wildlife Film maker
Code:
A B C D
a. 1 4 3 2
b. 3 2 1 4
c. 1 2 3 4
d. 3 4 12

30. Three identical vessels A , B and C are
filled with water , mercury and Kerosene
respectively up to an equal height. The
three vessels are provided with identical
taps at the bottom of the vessels. If the
three taps opened simultaneously, then
which vessel is emptied first?
a. Vessel B
b. All the vessels A , B and C will be
emptied simultaneously
c. Vessel A
d. Vessel C

31. In the latter half of the year 2006, in which
one of the following countries did a
military coup take place?
a. Cambodia
b. Laos
c. Thailand
d. Vietnam

32. Match List-I with List II and select the
correct answer using the code given the
Lists :
List-I
(Alumni Company)
A. BALCO
B. HINDALCO
C. Indian Alumni Company
D. NALCO
List II
(Location)
1. Hirakunda
2. Korba
3. Koraput
4. Renukoot
Codes :
A B C D
a. 3 1 4 2
b. 2 4 1 3
c. 3 4 1 2
d. 2 1 4 3

33. Which of the following is located in the
Bastar region ?
a. Bandhvagarh National Park
b. Dundeli Sanchary
c. Rajaji National Park
d. Indravati National Park

34. Which of the following National
Highways passes through Maharastra ,
Chattisgarh and Orissa.
a. NH-4
b. NH-5
c. NH-6
d. NH-7

35. In the Human Body, which structure is the
appendix attached to ?
a. The large intestine
b. The Small intestine
c. the gall Bladder
d. The Stomach

36. Consider the following statements :
1. Balaghat is known for its diamond
mines.
2. Majhgawan is known for its
manganese deposits.
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
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b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

37. Which one of the following States of India
has the lowest density of population?
a. Himanchal Pradesh
b. Meghalaya
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Sikkim

38. Match List-I with List II and select the
correct answer using the code given the
Lists :
List-I
(City)
A. Bankong
B. Phnom-Penh
C. Hanoi
D. Yangon
List II
(River)
1. Irrawaddy
2. Mekong
3. Menam ( Chao Phraya )
4. Red River
Codes :
A B C D
a. 3 2 4 1
b. 4 1 3 2
c. 3 1 4 2
d. 4 2 3 1

39. Consider the following statements:
1. Either of the two belts over the ocean
at about 300 to 350 N and S Latitudes is
known as Horse Latitude.
2. Horse Latitude are low pressure Belt.
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2.

40. Which one among the following rivers is
the longest ?
a. Amazon
b. Amur
c. Congo
d. Lena

41. Which one among of the flowing rivers
originates at Amarkantak ?
a. Damodar
b. Mahanadi
c. Narmada
d. Tapi

42. Which one among the following major
cities is most eastwards located ?
a. Hyderabad
b. Bhopal
c. Lucknow
d. Benguluru (Bangalore)

43. Dalbergia Species is associated with which
one of the following :
a. Cashew nut
b. Coffee
c. Tea
d. Rosewood

44. Out of the Southern States : Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
Nadu, which shares boundaries with
maximum number of Indian state ?
a. Andhra Pradesh only
b. Karnataka Only
c. Each of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
d. Each of Tamil Nadu and Kerala

45. Through which one of the following
Straits, does a tunnel connect the united
Kingdom and France:
a. Davis Strait
b. Denmark Strait
c. Strait of Dover
d. Strait of Gibraltar

46. Consider the following statements:
1. The annul range of temperature is
greater in the Pacific Ocean than that
in the Atlantic Ocean.
2. The Annual range of temperature is
greater in the Northern Hemisphere
than that in the Southern Hemi sphere.
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

47. The Largest coral reef in the world is
found near the coast of which one of the
following countries?
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a. Australia
b. Cuba
c. Ghana
d. Philippines

48. In which state is the Guru Shikhar Peak
located :
a. Rajasthan
b. Gujarat
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Maharastra

49. Who wrote the book- ‘ The story of the
integration of Indian State’?
a. B N Rau
b. C Rajagopalchari
c. Krishna Menon
d. V P Menon

50. Which one of the Following aroused a
wave of popular indignation that led to the
massacre by the British at Jaliawala Bagh?
a. The Arm Act
b. The Public Safety Act
c. The Rowlatt Act
d. The Vernacular Press Act

51. Who is the Speaker of the First Lok
Sabha?
a. Hukam Singh
b. G V Mavalankar
c. K M Munshi
d. U N Dhebar

52. At which one of the following places did
mahatma Gandhi first start his satyagraha
in India?
a. Ahemdabad
b. Bardoli
c. Champaran
d. Kheda

53. Who Among the following started the
newspaper Shome Prakash?
a. Dayanand Saraswati
b. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c. Raja Rammohan Roy
d. Surendranath Banerjee

54. The ruler of which on of the following
states was removed from power by the
British on the pretext of misgovernance.
a. Awadh
b. Jhansi
c. Nagpur
d. Satara

55. Who Among the following Europeans
were the last to come to pre independence
India Traders ?
a. Dutch
b. English
c. French
d. Portuguese

56. Consider the following statement :
1. Robert Clive was the first Governor
General of Bengal
2. William Bentic was the first Governor
general of India
Which of the statement given above is /
are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 or 2

57. Which one of the Following was the first
fort Constructed by the British in India ?
a. Fort William
b. Fort St. George
c. Fort St. David
d. Fort St. Angelo

58. Consider the following statements:
1. Jawahar Nehru was in his fourth Term
as the Prime minister of India at the
time of his death.
2. Jawahar Nehru represented Rae
Bareilly constituency as a member of
parliament.
3. The First non congress Prime minister
of India assumed the office in the year
1977.
Which of the following statements given
above is are correct.
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 3 Only
c. 1 only
d. 1 and 3

59. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I
(Company)
A. Chevron
B. AT & T
C. AMD
D. Enercon GmbH
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List-II
( Major Area/product)
1. Wind Energy
2. Oil
3. Telephone, Internet
4. Micro-processor
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 1 4 3
b. 4 3 2 1
c. 2 3 4 1
d. 4 1 2 3

60. Which one of the following pairs is not
correctly matched ?
a. Williams Dickson : Motion Picture
Film
b. Charles Babbage : Programmable
Computer
c. Nicholas Stern : Construction
Technology
d. Brian Greene : String Theory

61. Which one of the following is called
Philosopher’s wool ?
a. Zinc Bromide
b. Zinc Nitrate
c. Zinc Oxide
d. Zinc Choloride

62. Which one of the following does not
contain silver ?
a. Horn Silver
b. German Silver
c. Ruby Silver
d. Lunar Caustic

63. Which one of the following types of glass
can cut off ultraviolet rays ?
a. Soda Glass
b. Pyrex Glass
c. Jena Glass
d. Crookes Glass

64. Which one of the following non metal is
not a poor conductor of electricity?
a. Sulphur
b. Selenium
c. Bromide
d. Phosphorus

65. Which one of the following is another
name of RDX ?
a. Cyanohydrin
b. Dextran
c. Cyclohexane
d. Cyclonite

66. Where are the headquarters of the
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)
located?
a. Dubai
b. Jeddah
c. Islamabad
d. Ankara

67. Which of the following cities has been the
venue of the Asean Games for the
maximum number of times from the years
1951 to the year 2006 ?
a. Delhi
b. Bangkok
c. Tokyo
d. Beijing

68. Where is Copacabana Beach located?
a. Buenos Aires
b. Hawaiian Islands
c. Rio de Janeiro
d. Valletta

69. Who was Leander Paes’s partner when he
won Double Final in the US open Tennis
Tournament?
a. Max Mirnyi
b. Martin Damm
c. Bob Bryan
d. Mike Brayan

70. Who among the following is considered as
the inventor of the World Wide Web
(WWW) ?
a. Edward Kasner
b. Bill Gates
c. Tim Berner Lee
d. Vinod Bham

71. Three dice (each having six faces with
each face having one number from 1 to 6
are rolled. What is the number of possible
outcomes such that at least one dice shows
the number 2 ?
a. 36
b. 81
c. 91
d. 116

72. All six letters of the name SACHIN are
arranged to form different words without
repeating any letter in any one word. The
words so formed are then arranged as a
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dictionary . what will be the position of the
word SACHIN in that sequence ?
a. 436
b. 590
c. 601
d. 751

73. Five balls of different colours are to be
placed in the three different boxes such
that any ox contains at least one ball. What
is the maximum number of different ways
in which this can be done?
a. 90
b. 120
c. 150
d. 180

74. Amit has five friends: 3 Girls and 2 boys .
Amit’s wife is also has five friends: 3 boys
and 2 girls. In How many maximum
number of different ways can they invite 2
boys and two girls such that two of them
are Amit’s friends and two are his wife’s?
a. 24
b. 38
c. 46
d. 58

75.
(Each small circle represent a different
station)
What is the maximum number of different
paths that exist between station A and the
station B.
a. 28
b. 31
c. 33
d. 35

76. Which one of the following Pairs is not
correctly matched?
a. T S Krishnamurthy : Former Chief
Election Commissioner of India
b. K C pant : Chairman , Tenth Finance
Commissioner of India
c. A M Khusro : Former Chairman,
Union Public Service Commission
d. R C Lahoti : Former Chief Justice of
India

77. Consider the Following Statements:
1. The Mode of removal of a judge of a
high court in India is same as that of
removal of a judge of the Supreme
Court.
2. After retirement from the office, a
permanent Judge of a High Court can
not plead or act in any Court or before
any authority in India.
Which of the statements given above is /
are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

78. Which one of the following is the correct
Chronological order of the Formation of
the following as full states of Indian
Union?
a. Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh –
Nagaland – Haryana
b. Nagaland – Haryana – Sikkim –
Arunachal Pradesh
c. Sikkim – Haryana – Nagaland-
Arunachal Pradesh
d. Nagaland – Arunachal Pradesh –
Sikkim – Haryana

79. Tarapur committee was associated with
which one of the following?
a. Special Economic Zone
b. Fuller capital Account convertibility
c. Foreign exchange reserves
d. Effect of oil prices on the Indian
Economy

80. Who among of the following served as the
chief economist of the International
Monetary Fund?
a. Ashok Lahiri
b. Sumantra Ghosal
c. Saumitra Chaudhuri
d. Raghuram Rajan

81. Where are Shevarory Hills located ?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu

82. Participatory Notes ( PNs) are associated
with which one the following ?
a. consolidate fund of India
b. Foreign Institutional Investors
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c. United Nations Development
Programme
d. Kyoto protocol.

83. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which
one of the following?
a. Environmental Protection
b. Olympic Games
c. Journalism
d. Civil Aviation

84. For which one of the following books did
Kiran Desai win the Man Boker Prize
2006.
a. The Secret River
b. In the country of Men
c. The inheritance of Loss
d. Mother’s Milk

85. Where was the first conference of the
Pugwash conference on Science and
World Affair held in the year 1957?
a. Minnowbrrok (USA )
b. Rhode Island ( USA )
c. Nova Scotia (Canada )
d. Nagasaki ( Japan )

86. Consider the following statements:
1. The repo rate is the rate which other
banks borrow from reserve Bank of
India.
2. A Value of 1 for Gini Coefficient in a
country implies that there is perfectly
equal income for every one in its
populations.
Which of the following statements given
above is / are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 or 2
d. Neither 1 or 2

87. MCA -21 is a major initiate taken up by
the Government of India in which one of
the following areas?
a. Foreign Direct investment in India
b. Attracting international tourism
c. e-governance
d. Modernization of Airports

88. How is Gabriel Garcia well known as
a. Known as research in agriculture
b. A renowned football coach
c. A great writer who won the noble prize
for Literature
d. Known for research in railway
engineering

89. Robert Webster is known for his work
associated with which one of the
following?
a. Cardiology
b. Influenza Virus
c. HIV/AIDS
d. Alzheimer

90. Wangari Maathai, the noble Prize winner
from Kenya is known for her contribution
to which one of the following ?
a. Journalism
b. International economics
c. Sustainable development
d. Child Development

91.
In the figure shown above , what is the
maximum number of different way in
which 8 identical balls can be placed In
small triangle 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 such that each
triangle contain at least one ball ?
a. 32
b. 35
c. 44
d. 56

92. 6 equidistance vertical lines are drawn on a
board. 6 equidistance horizontal lines are
also drawn on the board cutting the 6
vertical lines and the distance between any
two consecutive horizontal lines is equal to
that between any two consecutive vertical
lines. What is the maximum number of
square thus formed?
a. 37
b. 55
c. 126
d. 225

93. Each of the 3 persons is to be given some
identical items such that product of the
numbers of items received by each of the
three persons is equal to 30. In How many
maximum different ways can this
distribution be done.
a. 21
b. 24
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c. 27
d. 33

94. Six faces of a cube are numbered from 1 to
6, each face carrying one different number,
further
1. The Face 2 is opposite to the face 6
2. The Face 1 is opposite to the face 5
3. The Face 3 is between the face 1 and
face 5
4. The face 4 is adjacent to the Face 2
Which one of the following is correct?
a. The face 2 is adjacent to the Face 3
b. The Face 6 is between the face 2 and
the face 4
c. The Face 1 is between the face 5 and
the face 6
d. None of the above

95. Groups each containing 3 boys are to be
formed out of 5 boys – A , B , C , D and E
such that no one group contains both C
and D together. What is the maximum
number of different groups?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

96.
In how many maximum different ways can
3 identical balls be placed in 12 squares
(each ball be places in the exact center of
the squares) shown in the figure given
above such that they do not lie along the
same straight line ?
a. 144
b. 200
c. 204
d. 216

97. Consider the following statements :
1. North Atlantic Co-operation Council
(NACC) is the name of the new
organization which has replaced the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO).
2. The United States of America and the
United Kingdom became the members
of the NATO when it was formed in
the year 1949.
Which of the following given above is/are
correct ?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

98. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence in the decreasing order of
contribution of different sectors to the
Gross domestic product of India?
a. Service – Industry – Agriculture
b. Service – Agriculture – Industry
c. Industry – service – Agriculture
d. Industry – Agriculture – Service

99. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I
(Person)
A. Vishwapati Trivedi
B. Tulsi R Tanti
C. Shashi Ruia
D. S Bikachandani
List-II
(Company)
1. Essar Group
2. Info Edge India (which runs
naukri.com)
3. Indian Airline
4. Suzon Energy
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 4 1 3
b. 3 1 4 2
c. 2 1 4 3
d. 3 4 1 2

100. Which one of the following was associated
with Acharya Vinoba Bhave,s Bhoodan
Movement at the beginning of the
movement?
a. Udayagiri
b. Rapur
c. Pochampalli
d. Venkatagiri

101. Who among of the following bowlers have
taken more than 500 wickets in Test
Crickets?
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1. Wasim Akram
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Glen McGrath
4. Courtney Walse
Select the correct answer using the code
given below :
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 3 and 4 only
c. 1, 2, 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, 4

102. NASA’s Deep impact space mission was
employed to take detailed pictures of
which comet nucleus?
a. Halley’s comet
b. Hale-Bopp
c. Hyakutake
d. Temple 1

103. The Stilwell Road , built in 1940s , which
has recently in news connects with the
following ?
a. Agartala in India and Yangon in
Myanmar via Bangladesh.
b. Ledo in India and Kunming in China
via Myanmar.
c. Kalimpong in India and Lhasa in Tibat
via Bhutan
d. Imphal in India and Bangkok in
Thailand via Myanmar .

104. With the reference to the international
meeting held in the year 2006, Which of
the following Pairs is/are correctly
matched ?
1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU India Summit : Helsinki
4. UN Climate change conference :
Geneva
Select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 2, 3 and 4

105. Who among the following wrote the Book
– Ayodhya : 6 December 1992 ?
a. Chandra shekar
b. P V Narasimha Rao
c. Jasvant Singh
d. Arun Shorie

106. With reference to steel industry in India in
the recent times, considering the following
statements :
1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been
declared Mini Ratna.
2. Merger of IISCO with SAIL has been
completed.
Which of the statement given above is/ are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

107. Which one of the following is not a
member of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization?
a. Russia
b. Kazakhistan
c. Ukrain
d. Uzbekistan

108. Which of the following countries signed
the Tshwane Declaration in October,
2006?
a. China and South Africa
b. India and South Africa
c. South Africa & Botswana
d. Saudi Arabia and South Africa

109. Recently , the European Union and Other
Six Countries including India Signed the
International Thermonuclear Experimental
Reactor (ITER) Project . Which one of the
Following was not a signatory to it?
a. Canada
b. China
c. Japan
d. USA

110. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I
(Person)
A. Bhajan Sopori
B. Birju maharaj
C. Priyadarshini Govind
D. T V Gopalkrishanan
List-II
(Known as )
1. Bharatnatyam Dancer
2. Exponent of Santoor
3. Mridangam Maestro
4. Kathak Dancer
Codes:
12 of 15
A B C D
a. 2 1 4 3
b. 3 1 4 2
c. 2 4 1 3
d. 3 4 1 2

111. Which one of the following Himalayan
Passes was reopened around in the middle
of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between
India and China?
a. Chang La
b. Jara La
c. Nathu La
d. Shipki La

112. How is Steve Fossett known as ?
a. As a crocodile Hunter
b. For Completing the longest non stop
flight around the globe
c. For Swimming across Atlantic Ocean
d. For climbing to Mt. Everest without
any co climber

113. Basel II relates to which one of the
following?
a. International standard for safety in
civil aviation
b. Measure against cyber crimes
c. Measure against drug abuse by sport
person
d. International Standards for measuring
the adequacy of Bank’s capital.

114. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below
the lists:
List-I
(Person)
A. Nancy Pelosi
B. Margret Chan
C. Paskal Lamy
D. Steve Ballmer
List-II
(Position/Organization)
1. WTO
2. Speaker, US House of representatives
3. WHO
4. Microsoft
Codes:
A B C D
a. 2 1 3 4
b. 4 3 1 2
c. 2 3 1 4
d. 4 1 3 2

115. In which of the following cities is the
Global Automotive research center being
set up ?
a. Chennai
b. Hyderabad
c. Pune
d. Gurgaon

116. Consider the following statements :
1. Republic won majority in the US
House of representative Election hold
in the year 2006.
2. Republican Bobby Jindal , won a seat
in US House of representatives for the
second time.
Which of the following given above is/are
correct ?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

117. What is the broad area in which the noble
Prize winners for the year 2006 in
Physiology or Medicine, worked to get
prize?
a. Prevention of weakening due to aging
b. Flow of genetic information
c. Immunology and disease resistance
d. Adult stem cell research

118. In which one of the following districts ,
have been reserves of diamond-bearing
kimberlite been discovered in the recent
past.
a. Hoshangabad
b. Raipur
c. Sambalpur
d. Warangal

119. Which one of the following countries is
planning to construct a rival to the Panama
Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans?
a. Colombia
b. Costa Rica
c. Guatemala
d. Nicaragua

120. Consider the following statements :
1. In the Year 2006, India Successfully
tested a full fledged cryogenic stage in
rocketry.
2. After USA, Russia and China , India is
the only country to have acquired the
capability for use of cryogenic stage in
rocketry.
13 of 15
Which of the following given above is/are
correct ?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

121. Consider the following statements:
1. In the November 2006, DRDO
successfully conducted the interception
test using Prithvi II missile.
2. Prithvi II is a surface to surface missile
and can be deployed to guard the
metros against air attack .
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

122. What was the purpose of the Operation
Sukoon launched by Government of India?
a. Helping Indonesia in its efforts to
rehabilitate the victims of earthquake
in that country.
b. Evacuation the India national from
Lebanon during the conflict in the
middle east.
c. Assisting United Nations in its to help
the Civil war victims in the Darfur
region of North Africa.
d. Providing a relief package to farmers
after a spate of suicides by other
farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

123. Which one of the following is also known
as Top Slip ?
a. Simlipal National Park
b. Periyar Wildlife Sanchary
c. Manjira Wildlife Sanchary
d. Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and
National Park

124. Who among of the following is Chile’s
first women president ?
a. D Ortega
b. M Bachelet
c. E Morales
d. A Garcia

125. Consider the following statements :
1. The Judges (Inquiry) Bill 2006
Contemplates to establish a judicial
council which will receive complaints
against Judges of the Supreme Court
including the chief Justice of India,
High court Chief Justice and judges.
2. Under the protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act, 2005, a
woman can file a petition before a 1st
class Judicial Magistrate.
Which of the statement given above is/ are
correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

126. Where is the famous Vijaya Vitala temple
having its 56 carved pillars emitting
musical noted located?
a. Belur
b. Bhadrachalam
c. Hampi
d. Srirangam

127. The National Housing Bank was set up in
India as a wholly – owned subsidiary of
which one of the following?
a. Sate Bank of India
b. Reserve Bank of India
c. ICICI Bank
d. Life insurance Corporation of India

128. If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are
written, what is the total number of times
does the digit 6 appear?
a. 138
b. 139
c. 140
d. 141

129. Parimarajan Negi excelled in which one of
the following games ?
a. Billiards
b. Swimming
c. Chess
d. Weightlifting

130. A and B can complete work together in 5
Days. If A works at twice his speed and B
at half of his speed, this work can be
finished in 4 days. How many days would
it take for A alone to complete the Job.
a. 10
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18

131. Amit starts from a point A and walks to
another point B and then returns from B to
A by his car and thus takes a total time of
6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven
14 of 15
both ways in his car , he would have taken
2 hours less. How long would it take for
him to walk both ways?
a. 7 hours 45 minutes
b. 8 Hours 45 minutes
c. 8 hours 30 minutes
d. 8 hours 45 minutes

132. A person has to completely put each three
liquids , 403 liters of petrol , 465 liters of
diesel and 496 liters of mobile oil in
bottles of equal size without mixing any
the above three types of liquids such that
each bottle is completely filled.
What is the least possible number of
bottles required?
a. 34
b. 44
c. 46
d. None of the above

133. A Train completes a journey with a few
stoppages in between at an average speed
of 40 Km per hour. If the train had not
stooped anywhere, it would have
completed the journey at an average speed
of 60 Km per hour . On an average , how
many minutes per hour does the train stop
during the journey ?
a. 20 minutes per hour
b. 18 minutes per hours
c. 15 minutes per hours
d. 10 minutes per hours

134. Who among of the following have been
the Union Finance Minister of India ?
1. V P Singh
2. R Venkataraman
3. Y B Charan
4. Pranab Mukherjee
Select the correct answer using the code
given below :
a. 1 , 2 and 3 only
b. 1 , 3 and 4 only
c. 2 and 4 only
d. 1, 2 , 3 and 4

135. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence in the decreasing order of
production ( in million tones ) of the given
food grains in India ?
a. Wheat – Rice – Pulses – Coarse
Cereals
b. Rice – Wheat – Pulse- Coarse Cereals
c. Wheat – Rice – Coarse cereals – pulse
d. Rice – Wheat – Coarse Cereals – Pulse

136. Which one of the following pairs of
countries joined the European Union
2007?
a. Bulgaria and Romania
b. Bulgaria and Belgium
c. Romania and Slovenia
d. Hungary and Croatia

137. What was the average distance
(approximate) between the Sun and the
earth ?
a. 70 x 105 Km
b. 70 x 105 Km
c. 70 x 106 Km
d. 70 x 106 Km

138. Consider the following statements :
1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles
intersect, the intersected area will have
red colour.
2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles
intersect, the intersected area will have
blue colure.
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

139. Consider the following statements:
1. A flute of smaller length waves of
lower frequency.
2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of
longitudinal elastic waves only.
Which of the following statements given
above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

140. Four wires of same material and of
dimensions as under are stretched by a
load of same magnitude separately. Which
one of them will be elongated maximum.
a. Wire of 1m length and 2 mm diameter
b. Wire of 2m length and 2 mm diameter
c. Wire of 3m length and 1.5 mm
diameter
d. Wire of 1m length and 1 mm diameter

141. The average salary of 100 employees in an
office is Rs 16000 per month. The
management decided to raise salary of
every employee by 5 % but stooped a
transport allowance of Rs 800 per month
15 of 15
which was paid earlier to every employee.
What will be the new average monthly
salary?
a. Rs 16000
b. Rs 16500
c. Rs 16800
d. Cannot be known since data are
insufficient

142. Raghu Rai is well known for which one of
the following areas?
a. Research in Mathematics
b. Photography
c. Water harvesting
d. Pollution control

143. Which one of the following organizations
won the CSIR Award for Science and
Technology ( S & T ) Innovations for
Rural Development , 2006.
a. CLRI
b. IARI
c. NDDB
d. NDRI

144. Which one of the following cities does not
have the same clock time as that of the
others cities at any given instant ?
a. London ( UK )
b. Lisbon ( Portugal )
c. Accra ( Ghana )
d. Addis Ababa ( Ethiopia )

145. Which one of the following parts of the
pitcher plants becomes modified into a
pitcher?
a. Stem
b. Leaf
c. Stipule
d. Petiole

146. Assertion ( A). the Council of Ministers in
the Union of India is collectively
responsible both to the Lok sabha and The
Rajya Sabha
Reasons ( R ) : The Members of both the
Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are
eligible to be the Ministers of the Union.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true

147. Assertion (A): According to the wavell
Plan, the Number of Hindu and Muslim
members in the executive council were to
be equal.
Reason (R) : Wavell thought that this
arrangement would have avoided the
partition of India.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true

148. Assertion (A) : River Kalinadi is an east
following river in the Southern Part of
India.
Reason (R) : The Deccan Plateau is higher
along its western edge and gently slopes
towards the Bay of Bengal in the East.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true

149. Assertion (A) : There are no tea
plantations in any African country.
Reason (R) : Tea plants need fertile soil
with high humus.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true

150. Assertion (A) : A jet aircraft moving at
Mach Number equal to 1 travels faster at
an altitude of 15 km than while moving at
Mack Number equal to 1 near the sea
level.
Reason (R) : The velocity of sounds on the
temperature of surrounding medium.
a. Both A and R are individually true and
R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are individually true but
R is not the correct explanation of A
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Prelims: Mathematics Syllabus

1. Algebra : Elements of Set Theory; Algebra of Real and Complex numbers including Demovire's theorem; Polynomials and Polynomial equations, relation between Coefficients and Roots, symmetric functions of roots; Elements of Group Theory; Sub-Group, Cyclic groups, Permutation, Groups and their elementary properties.
Rings, Integral Domains and Fields and their elementary properties.

2. Vector Spaces and Matrices : Vector Space, Linear Dependence and Independence. Sub-spaces. Basis and Dimensions, Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces. Linear Transformation of a Finite Dimensional Vector Space, Matrix Representation. Singular and Nonsingular Transformations. Rank and Nullity.

Matrices : Addition, Multiplication, Determinants of a Matrix, Properties of Determinants of order, Inverse of a Matrix, Cramer's rule.

3. Geometry and Vectors : Analytic Geometry of straight lines and conics in Cartesian and Polar coordinates; Three Dimensional geometry for planes, straight lines, sphere, cone and cylinder. Addition, Subtraction and Products of Vectors and Simple applications to Geometry.

4. Calculus : Functions, Sequences, Series, Limits, Continuity, Derivatives.
Application of Derivatives : Rates of change, Tangents, Normals, Maxima, Minima, Rolle's Theorem, Mean Value Theorems of Lagrange and Cauchy, Asymptotes, Curvature. Methods of finding indefinite integrals, Definite Integrals, Fundamental Theorem of integrals Calculus. Application of definite integrals to area, Length of a plane curve, Volume and Surfaces of revolution.

5. Ordinary Differential Equations : Order and Degree of a Differential Equation, First order differential Equations, Singular solution, Geometrical interpretation, Second order equations with constant coefficients.

6. Mechanics : Concepts of particles-Lamina; Rigid Body; Displacements; force; Mass; weight; Motion; Velocity; Speed; Acceleration; Parallelogram of forces; Parallelogram of velocity, acceleration; resultant; equilibrium of coplanar forces; Moments; Couples; Friction; Centre of mass, Gravity; Laws of motion; Motion of a particle in a straight line; simple Harmonic Motion; Motion under conservative forces; Motion under gravity; Projectile; Escape velocity; Motion of artificial satellites.

7. Elements of Computer Programming : Binary system, Octal and Hexadecimal systems. Conversion to and from Decimal systems. Codes, Bits, Bytes and Words. Memory of a computer, Arithmetic and Logical operations on numbers. Precisions. AND, OR, XOR, NOT and Shit/Rotate operators, Algorithms and Flow Charts.

Prelims: Mechanical Engineering Syllabus

Statics :

Simple applications of equilibrium equations.

Dynamics :

Simple applications of equations of motion, work, energy and power.

Theory of Machines :

Simple examples of kinematic chains and their inversions.

Different types of gears, bearings, governors, flywheels and their functions.

Static and dynamic balancing of rigid rotors.

Simple vibration analysis of bars and shafts.

Linear automatic control systems.

Mechanics of Solids :

Stress, strain and Hookes Law. Shear and bending moments in beams. Simple bending and torsion of beams, springs and thin walled cylinders. Elementary concepts of elastic stability, mechanical properties and material testing.

Manufacturing Science :

Mechanics of metal cutting, tool life, economics of machining, cutting tool materials. Basic types of machine tool and their processes. Automatic machine tools, transfer lines. Metal forming processes and machines-shearing, drawing, spinning, rolling, forging, extrusion. Types of casting and welding methods. Powder metallurgy and processing of plastics.

Manufacturing Management :

Methods and time study, motion economy and work space design, operation and flow process charts. Cost estimation, break-even analysis. Location and layout of plants, material handling. Capital budgeting, job shop and mass production, scheduling, dispatching, Routing, Inventory.

Thermodynamics :

Basic concepts, definitions and laws, heat, work and temperature, Zeroth law, temperature scales, behaviour of pure substances, equations of state, first law and its corollaries, second law and its corollaries. Analysis of air standard power cycles, Carnot, Otto, diesel, Brayton cycles. Vapour power cycles, Rankine reheat and regenerative cycles, Refrigeration cycles-Bell Coleman, Vapour absorption and Vapour compression cycle analysis, open and closed cycle gas turbine with intercooling, reheating.

Energy Conversion :

Flow of steam through nozzles, critical pressure ratio, shock formation and its effect. Steam Generators, mountings and accessories. Impulse and reaction turbines, elements and layout of thermal power plants.

Hydraulic turbines and pumps, specific speed, layout of hydraulic power plants.

Introduction to nuclear reactors and power plants, handling of nuclear waste.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning :

Refrigeration equipment and operation and maintenance, refrigerants, principles of air conditioning, psychrometric chart, comfort zones, humidification and dehumidification.

Fluid Mechanics :

Hydrostatics, continuity equation, Bernoulli's theorem, flow through pipes, discharge measurement, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer concept.

Prelims: Medical Science Syllabus

Human Anatomy

General principles and basic structural concept of gross anatomy of hipjoint, heart, stomach, lungs, spleen, kidneys, uterus, ovary and adrenal glands.

Histological features of parotid gland, bronchi, testis, skin, bone and thyroid gland.

Gross anatomy of thalamus, internal capsule, cerebrum, including their blood supply; functional localisation in cerebral cortex, cerebellum, spinal cord, eye, ear, throat, cranial nerves.

Embryology of vertebral column, respiratory system and their congenital anomalies.

Human physiology and biochemistry :

Neurophysiology: Sensory receptors, reticular formation, cerebellum and basal ganglia.

Reproduction: Regulation of functions of male and female gonads.

Cardiovascular system: Mechanical and electrical properties of heart including ECG : regulation of cardio-vascular functions.

GI System: bilirubin metabolism, liver function tests,

Haematology: haemogolobin synthesis, abnormal hemoglobins.

Respiration: regulation of respiration, digestion and absorption of fats, metabolism of carbohydrates.

Renal Physiology: tubular function, regulation of pH.

Nucleic acids: RNA, DNA, genetic code and protein synthesis.

Pathology and Microbiology : Principles of inflammation, principles of carcinogenesis and tumour spread, coronary heart disease, infective diseases of liver and gall bladder, pathogenesis of tuberculosis.

Immune system, immunological and serological tests for collagen vascular disease. Histological diagnosis by fluroscent microscopy.

Etiology and laboratory diagnosis of diseases caused by Salmonella. Vibrio. Meningococcus and hepatitis virus.

Life cycle and laboratory diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica, malarial parasite, ascaros/

Medicine :

Protein energy malnutrition.

Medical management of : Coma, cerebro-vascular accidents, status asthamaticus, cardio pulmonary arrest, status epilepticus, acute renal failure.

Clinical featues, etiology and treatment of : Coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, pneumonia, cirrhosis of liver, amoebic liver absess, peptic ulcer, pycolone-phiritis, leprosy, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus, poliomyelitis, meningitis, schizophrenia.

Surgery :

Principles of surgical management of severely injured and process of fracture healing. Malignant tumours of stomach and their surgical management. Signs, symptoms, investigation and management of fractures of femur, principles of pre-operative and post-operative care.

Clinical manifestations, investigations and management of : Hydrocephalus, Buerger's disease, appendicitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, spinabifida, brochogenic carcinoma, carcinoma breast, carcinoma colon.

Clinical manifestations, investigations and surgical management of : Intestinal obstruction, acute urinary retention, spinal injury, haemorrhagic shock, pneumothorax, pericardial tamponade, haemetemesis.

Preventive and Social Medicine

Principles of epidemiology, health care delivery.

Concept and general principles of prevention of disease and promotion of health. National health programmes, effects of environmental pollution on health, concept of balanced diet, family planning methods.

Prelims: Philosophy Syllabus

Section-'A'
Problems of Philosophy

1. Substance and Attributes : Aristole, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley's criticism, Nyaya-Viasesika, Buddhist criticism of Pudgala.

2. God, Soul and the World : Thomas Acquinas, St. Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Nyaya-Vaisesika, Sankara, Ramanuja.

3. Universals : Realism and Nominalism (Plato, Aristotle, Berkeley's criticism of abstract ideas, Nyay-Vaisesika, Buddhism).

4. Bases of Knowledge : Pramanavada in Carvaka, Nyaya-Vaisesika, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta.

5. Truth and Error : Correspondence Theory, Coherence theory, Pragmatic Theory; Khyativada (Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati).

6. Matter and Mind : Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkerley.
Section-B
Logic

1. Truth and Validity

2. Classification of sentences : Traditional and Modern.

3. Syllogism : Figures and Moods; Rules of Syllogism (General and special) validation by Venn Diagrames; Formal Fallacies.

4. Sentential Calculus : Symbolisation; Truth-Functions and their interdefinability; Truth Tables; Formal Proof.
Section-'C'
Ethics

1. Statement of fact and statement of value.

2. Right and Good; Teleology and Deontology.

3. Psychological Hedonism.

4. Utilitarianism (Bentham; J.S. Mill).

5. Kantian Ethics.

6. Problem of the freedom of will.

7. Moral Judgements : Descriptivism, Prescriptivism, Emotivism.

8. Niskamakarma : Sthitaprajna.

9. Jaina Ethics

10. Four Noble Truths and Eight fold path in Buddhism.

11. Gandhian Ethics : Satya, Ahimsa, Ends and Means.

Prelims: Physics Syllabus

1. Mechanics and Waves
Dimensional analysis. Newton's laws of motion and applications, variable mass systems, projectiles. Rotational dynamics-kinetic energy, angular momentum, theorems of moment of intertia and calculations in simple cases. Conservative forces, frictional forces. Gravitaional potential and intensity due to spherical objects. Central forces, Kepler's problem, escape velocity and artificial satellites (including GPS). Streamline motion, viscosity, Poiseuille's equation. Applications of Bernoulli's equation and Stokes' law.
Special relativity and Lorentz transformation-length contraction, time dilation, mass-energy relation.
Simple harmonic motion, Lissajous figures. Damped oscillation, forced oscillation and resonance. Beats, Phase and group velocities. Stationary waves, vibration of strings and air columns, longitudinal waves in solids. Doppler effect. Ultrasonics and applications.
2. Geometrical and Physical Optics.
Laws of reflection and refraction from Fermat's principle. Matrix method in paraxial optics- thin lens formula, nodal planes, system of two thin lenses. Chromatic and spherical aberrations. Simple optical instruments-magnifier, eyepieces, telescopes and microscopes.
Huygens' principle-reflection and refraction of waves. Interference of light-Young's experiment, Newton's rings, interference by thin films, Michelson interferometer. Fraunhofer diffraction-single slit, double slit, diffraction grating, resolving power. Fresnel diffraction-half-period zones and zone plate. Production and detection of linearly, circularly and elliptically polarised light. Double refraction, quarter-waves plates and half-wave plates. Polarizing sheets. Optical activity and applications. Rayleigh scattering and applications.
Elements of fibre optics-attenuation; pulse dispersion in step index and parabolic index fibres; material dispersion. Lasers, characteristics of laser light-spatial and temporal coherence. Focussing of laser beams and applciations.
3. Heat and Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and temperature. The zeroth law of thermodynamics. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics. Efficiency of Carnot engines. Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. Kinetic theory and the equation of state of an ideal gas. Mean free path, distribution of molecular speeds and energies. Trasport phenomena. Andrew's experiements-van der Waals equation and applications. Joule-Kelvin effect and applications. Brownian motion. Thermodynamic potentials-Maxwell relations. Phase transitions. Kirchhoff's laws. Black-body radiation-Stefan-Boltzmann law, spectral radiancy, Wien displacement law, application to the cosmic microwave background radiation, Planck radiation law.
4. Electricity and Magnetism
Electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss' law. Electric potential, van de Graff accelerator. Capacitors, dielectrics and polarization. Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's first and second rules, resistors in series and parallel, applications to two-loop circuits. Magnietic field-Gauss'law for magnetism, atomic and nuclear magnetism, magnetic susceptibility, classification of magnetic materials. Cirulating charges, cyclotron, synchrotron. Hall effect. Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Faraday's law of induction., Lenz's law. Inductance. Alternating current circuits-RC, LR, single-loop LRC circuits, impedance, resonance, power in AC circuits. Displacement current, Maxwell's equations (MKS units), electromagnetic waves, energy transport and Poynting vector.
5. Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Photoelectric effect, Einstein's photon theory. Bohr's theory of hydrogen atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment, quantisation of angular momentum, electron spin. Pauli exclusion principle and applications. Zeeman effect. X-ray spectrum, Bragg's law, Bohr's theory of the Mosley plot. Compton effect, Compton wavelength. Wave nature of matter, de Broglie wavelength, wave-particle duality. Heisenberg's uncertainty relationships. Schroedinger's equation-eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of (i) particle in a box, (ii) simple harmonic oscillator and (iii) hydrogen atom. Potential step and barrier penetration. Natural and artificial radioactivity. Binding energy of nuclei, nuclear fission and fusion. Classification of elementary particles and their interactions.
6. Electronics
Diodes in half-waves and full-wave rectification, qualitative ideas of semiconductors, p type and n type semiconductors, junction diode, Zener diode, transistors, binary numbers, Logic gates and truth tables, Elements of microprocessors and computers.

Prelims: Physics Syllabus

Prelims: Polotical Science

Section-A
1. Political Science :
Nature & scope of the discipline, relationship with allied disciplines like History, Economics, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology.
2. Meaning of Politics :
Approaches to the study of Politics.
3. Key Concepts :
State, Soceity, Sovereignty, Power, Citizenship, Nation, Global order and Imperialism.
4. Political Ideas :
Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rule of Law. Civil Soceity Swaraj, Revolution, Democratic Participation.
5. Democracy :
Meaning and Theories of Democracy, Electoral system, Forms of Representation & Participation, Political accountability.
6. Political Ideologies :
Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism, Gandhism.
7. Party System and Political Process :
Therories of Party System, National and regional parties, Political Parties in the Third World. Patterns of coalition politics, interest and pressure groups.
8. Forms of Government :
Parliamentary and Presidential. Federal & unitary Modes of decentralisation.
9. Bureaucracy Concept :
Theories, Weber and critiques of Bureaucracy.
10. Theories of Development :
Meaning and various approaches. Concept and Theories of underdevelopment Debates in the Third World.
11. Social Movements :
Meaning, Theories & Forms, Role of Environmental Feminist Peasant & workers movements, Role of Non Government organisation.
12. Nationalism and Internationalism :
13. Major theories of International relations :
Realist Marxist, Systems & Decision making & Game theory.
14. State & the Global order :
Neo-Liberalism, globalisation, structural adjustment, regional economic integration, Nature and Impact of globalisation.

Section-B
Indian Government and politics
1. Approaches to the study of Governments :
Comparative historical, legal institutional, political economy and political sociology, approaches.
2. Classification of Political systems :
Democratic and Authoritarian, characteristics of Political systems in the third world.
3. Typologies of constitutions : Basic features of these constitutions & governments : including U.K., USA. France, Germany, China, and South Africa.
4. Constitutional development :
in India during British Rule-A historical perspective.
5. Constituent Assembly :
philosophical and socio-economic dimensions. Salient features of the Indian Constitution.
6. Nature of Indian federalism :
Centre-state relations, legislative, administrative, financial and political; politics of regional move and National Integration.
7. Fundamental Rights :
Constitutional provisions and political dynamics. Judicial Interpretations and socio political realities; Fundamental Duties.
8. The Union Executive :
President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Constitutional provisions & framework and political trends.
9. Parliament :
Powers and functions of the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha; Parliamentary Committees; Functioning of the Parliamentary system in India.
10. The Judiciary : The Supreme Court , Judicial Review Judicial Activism, Public Intrest Litigation; Judicial Reforms.
11. The State Executive :
Governor, Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers; Constitutional Provisions and Political trends.
12. Indian Party System :
Evolution and Contemporay trends; coalition government at the Centre and States, pressure groups in Indian politics.
13. The interaction of Government & Scientific & Technology business :
Previous and now their inter relationship and changing roles in Society, Elites, Role of Pressure groups class and voluntary associations in society.
14. Local Government & Politics :
Panchayti Raj and Municipal Government, structure power & functions. Political realities, significance of 73rd and 74th Amendements, role of women in Panchayats.
15. Bureaucracy and Development : Post-colonial India; its changing role in the context of liberatis after, bureauratic Accountability.
16. Challenges to Indian Democracy :

a) Communalism Regionalism violence, criminalisation and corruption.
b) Regional disparities, environmental degradation, illiteracy, Mass Poverty, Population, growth, caste oppressions and socio economic inequalities among backward classes.

Prelims: Psychology Syllabus

1. Introduction to psychology :
Concept and definition of psychology. Nature and Scope. Branches of psychology. Application of psychology to soceity and social problems.
2. Methods in Psychology :
Characteristics of psychological studies, Observation. Survey method, Clinical and case study method. Experimental method. Application of the method.
3. Quantitive Analysis :
Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Correlation. Levels of measurement. Reliability and validity. Application in test construction.
4. Physiological Psychology :
Structure of neuron, nerve impulses, synapse and neurotransmitters. Central and peripheral nervous system-structure and neural control of behaviour. Hemispheric specialisation. Endocrine system and hormonal control of behaviour. Application of hemispheric knowledge to diagnostic purposes.
5. Development of human behaviour :
Individual Differences : Heredity and environment. Life span developent. Role of early experience and mastering of developmental tasks. Sensitive or critical periods of development in human life cycle and its application.
6. Perception :
Preceptual processes. Perceputal organsiation. Perception of form, colour, depth and time. Perceptual readiness and constancy. Role of motivation, social and cultural factors in perception. Application of knowledge of perception to skill development (e.g. for certain jobs like that of driving, airline pilots etc.)
7. Learning :
Classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Modeling and observational learning. Transfer of training. Learing and motivation. Application of the above to the improvement of academic performance in education.
8. Memory :
Physiological basis of memory. Memory and forgetting. Measurement of memory (Recall, Recognition, Relearning). Short term and long term memory. Theories of forgetting (Decay and Interference theories and Repressive forgetting). Application of Mnemonic devices etc, to improving memory.
9. Cognition and Language :
Concept of formation. Nature and development of thinking. Language and thought and acquisition of language. Problem solving. Creative thinking and its applications.
10. Intelligence and Aptitude :
Definition and concept. Theories and models of Intelligence. Measurement of intelligence and aptitude. Exceptional intelligence. Mental retardation. Concepts of multiple, emotional and artificial intelligence and their application.
11. Motivation and Emotion :
Definition and concept of instinct, needs, drives and motives. Theories of motivation and their application (drive reduction theory, Maslow's motivational hierarchy). Social motivation: Achievement, power, affiliation motives and influence of early experiences. Physiological basis of emotion. Theories of emotion (James-Lange and Cannon-Brad theories, cognitive physiological theory).
12. Personality :
Concepts and Definition of personality. Sutdy of personality (Trait, type and eclectic approaches) Development of personality (Freud, Erikson, Biological and socio-cultural determinants). Measurement of Personality (Projective tests, pencil-paper tests). Application of personality profiles in fitting a person to a job.
13. Adjustment and Stress :
Concept and definition. Factors affecting adjustment (frustration and conflict). Sources of stress and reactions to stress. Coping with stress. Application of stress management techniques.
14. Social Behaviour :
Socio-cultural factors and behaviour. Development of attitudes, stereotypes and prejudice, Measurement of Attidutes (Thurstone, Likert attitude scale and Bogardus Social Distance scale). Strategies for reducing prejudice and changing atitude. Person perception, implicit personality theory and integrating impressions. Application of person perception to impression management.
15. Application of Psychology :
Health and mental health (yoga, meditation and relaxation therapies). Education (Programmed learning,. self instructional learning and learning styles). Community (self help through group cohesiveness and leadership). Industry (Assessment centre approach in selection, recruitment and training). Environment (man-nature interaction, personal space concept, pollution reduction) Information technology (Application to commercial, educational and health areas).

Prelims: Public Administration Syllabus

1. Introduction : Meaning, scope and significance. Evolution and status of the discipline. Comparative Public Administration and Development Administration. Public and Private Administration: State versus market debate. New Pubic Administration. New Public Management perspective.
2. Basic concepts and principles : Organisation, hierarchy, Unity of command, Span of control, Authority and Responsibility, Co-ordination, Centralization and Decentralization, Delegation, Supervision, Line and Staff.
3. Theories of Administration : Scientific Management (Taylor and the Scientific Managment Movement), Classical Theory (Fayol, Urwick, Gulick and others) Bureaucratic Theory (Weber and his critics). Ideas of Mary Parker Follett and C.I. Barnard; Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others). Behavioral Approach, Systems approach.
4. Administrative Behaviour : Decision making with special reference to H. Simon, communication and control, leadership theories. Theories of motivation (Maslow and Herzberg)
5. Accountability and Control : The concepts of Accountability and control : Legislative, executive and judicial control. Citizen and Administration: Role of civil society, people's participation and Right to Information.
6. Administrative Systems : Comparative administrative features of USA, Great Britain, France and Japan.
7. Personnel Administration : Role of Civil Service in developing societies; position classification, Recuritment, Training, Promotion, Pay and Service conditions. Relations with the Political Executive; Administrative Ethics.
8. Financial Administration : Budget: Concepts and forms. Formulation and execution of budget, deficit financing and public debt, Accounts and Audit.
9. Union Government and Administration in India. British legacy : Constitutional context of Indian Administration; The President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers; Central Secretariat; Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office, Planning Commission; Finance Commission; Election Commission; Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. Public enterprises: Patterns, role performance and impact of liberalization.
10. Civil Services in India : Recruitment to All India and Central Services. Union Public Service Commission; Training of Civil Servants. Generalists and Specialists. Minister-Civil Servant relationship.
11. State and District Administration : Governor, Chief Minister, Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Directorates, District Collector: changing role.
12. Local Government : Panchayati Raj and Urban local Government: Main features, structures, finances and problem areas. 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendements.

Prelims: Sociology Syllabus

Unit I :

Basic Concepts :
Society, community, association, institution. Culture-culture change, diffusion, Cultural-tag, Cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, acculturation.
Social Groups-primary, secondary and reference groups.
Social structure, social system, social action.
Status and role, role conflict, role set.
Norms and values-conformity and deviance.
Law and customs.
Socio-cultural processes :
socialisation, assimilation, integration, cooperation, competition, conflict, accommodation, Social distance, relative deprivation.

Unit II :

Marriage, Family and Kinship :
Marriage : types and norms, marriage as contract, and as a sacrament.
Family : types, functions and changes.
Kinships : terms and usages, rules of residence, descent, inheritance.

Unit III :

Social Stratification :
Forms and functions; Caste and Class. Jajmani system, purity and pollution, dominant caste, sanskritisation.

Unit IV :

Types of Society :
Tribal, agrarian, industrial and post-industrial.

Unit V :

Economy and Society :
Man, nature and social production, economic systems of simple and complex societies, non-economic determinants of economic behaviour, market (free) economy and controlled (planned) economy.

Unit VI :

Industrial and Urban Society :
Rural-Urban Continuum, urban growth and urbanisation-town, city and metropolis; basic features of industrial society; impact of automation on society; industrialisation and environment.

Unit VII :

Social Demography :
Population size, growth, composition, and distribution in India; components of population growth-births, deaths and migration; causes and consequences of population growth; population and social development; population policy.

Unit VIII :

Political Processes :
Power, authority and legitimacy; political socialisation; political modernisation, pressure groups; caste and politics.

Unit IX :

Weaker Sections-and Minorities :
Social justice-equal opportunity and special opportunity; protective discrimination; constitutional safeguards.

Unit X :

Social Change :Theories of change; factors of change; science, technology and change. Social movements-Peasant Movement, Women's Movement, Backward Caste Movement, Dalit Movement.

Prelims: Zoology Syllabus

I. Cell structure and function:

(a) Prokaryote and eukaryote.

(b) Structure of animal cell, structure and functions of cell organelles.

(c) Cell cycle-mitosis, meiosis.

(d) Structure and contents of nucleus including nuclear membrane, structure of chromsome and gene, chemistry of genetic components.

(e) Mendel's laws of inheritance, linkage and genetic recombination; cytoplasmic inheritance.

(f) Function of gene: replication, transcription and translation; mutations (spontaneous and artificial); Recombinant DNA: principle and application.

(g) sex determination in Drosophila and man; sex linkage in man.

II. Systematics :

(a) Classification of non-chordates (up to sub-classes) and chordates (up to orders) giving general features and evolutionary relationship of the following phyla:

Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nematheliminthes, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Minor Phyla (Bryozoa, Phoronida and Chaetognatha) and Hemichordata.

(b) Structure reprodcution and life history of the following types:

Amoeba, Monocystis, Plasmodium, Paramaecium, Sycon, Hydra, Obelia, Fasciola, Taenia, Ascaris, Neanthes, Pheretima, Hirudinia, Palaemon, Buthus, Periplaneta, Lamellidens, Pila, Asterias and Balanoglossus.

(c) Classification of chordates (up to orders), giving general features and evolutionary relationship of the following:

Protochordata; Agnatha; Gnathostomata-Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia.

(d) Comparative functional anatomy of the following based on type animals (Scoliodon, Rana, Calotes, Columba and Oryctolagus): integrument and its derivatives, endoskeleton, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system including heart and aortic arches, urinogenital system; brain and sense organs (eye and ear); endocrine glands and other hormone producing structures, (Pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, gonads) their function.

III. Vertebrate Physiology and Biochemistry :

(a) Chemical composition of protoplasm; nature and function of enzymes; vitamins, their sources and role; colloids and hydrogen ion concentration; biological oxidation, electron trasport and role of ATP, enegetics, glycolysis, citric acid cycle; vertebrate hormones: their type, sources and fucntions; pheromones and their role.

(b) Neuron and nerve impulse-conduction and transmission across synapses; neurotrasmitters and their role, including acetyl cholinesterase activity.

(c) Homeostasis; osmoregulation; active transport and ion pump.

(d) Composition of carbohydrates, fats, lipids and proteins; steroids.

IV. Embryology :

(a) Gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage; gastrulation in frog and chick

(b) Metamorphosis in frog and retrogressive metamorphosis in ascidian; extra-embryonic membranes in chick and mammal; placentation in mamals; Biogenetic law.

V. Evolution :

(a) Origin of life; principles, theories and evidences of evolution; species concept.

(b) Zoogeographical realms, insular fauna; geological eras.

(c) Evolution of man; evolutionary status of man.

VI. Ecology, Wildlife and Ethology :

(a) Abiotic and biotic factors; concept of ecosystem, food chain and energy flow; adaptation of aquatic, terrestrial and aerial fauna; intra-and inter-specific animal relationships; environmental pollution: Types, sources, causes, control and prevention.

(b) Wildlife of India; endangered species of India; sanctuaries and national parks of India.

(c) Biological rhythms.

VII. Economic Zoology :

(a) Beneficial and harmful insects including insect vectors of human diseases.

(b) Industrial fish, prawn and molluscs of India.

(c) Non-poisonous and poisonous snakes of India.

(d) Venomous animals-centipede, wasp, honey bee.

(e) Diseases causd by aberrant chromosomes/genes in man; genetic counselling; DNA as a tool for forensic investigation.

Prelims: Economics Syllabus

General Economics
1) Micro-economics : (a) Production : Agents of Production; Costs and Supply; Isoquants (b) Consumption and Demand; Elasticity concept (c) Market Structure and concepts of equilibrium; (d) Determination of prices; (e) Components and Theories of Distribution (f) Elementary concepts of Welfare economics : Pareto-optimality-Private and social products-consumers surplus.
2) Macro-economics : (a) National Income concepts; (b) Determinants of National Income Employment (c) Determinants of consumption, savings and Investment (d) Rate of Interest and its determination (e) Interest and profit.
3) Money, Banking and Public Finance : (a) Concepts of Money and measures of money supply; velocity of money (b) Banks and credit creation; Banks and portfolio management. (c) Central Bank and control over money supply (d) Determination of the price level. (e) Inflation, its causes and remedies. (f) Public, Finance-Budgets-Taxes and non-tax revenues-Types of Budget deficits.
4) International Economics : (a) Theories of International Trade-comparative costs-Heckscher-Ohlin-Gains from Trade-Terms of Trade. (b) Free Trade and Protection. (c) Balance of Payments accounts and Adjustment. (d) Exchange rate under free exchange markets. (e) Evolution of the International Monetary System and World Trading order-Gold Standard-the Brettonwoods system. IMF and the World Bank and their associates. Floating rates-GATT and WTO
(5) Growth and Development : (a) Meaning and measurement of growth; Growth, distribution and Welfare; (b) Characteristics of underdevelopment; (c) Stages of Development; (d) Sources of growth-capital, Human capital, population, productivity, Trade and aid, non-economic factors; growth Strategies, (e) Planning in a mixed economy-Indicative planning-Planning and growth.
(6) Economic Statistics : Types of averages-measures of dispersion-correlation-Index numbers; types, uses and limitations.

Part-II
Indian Economics
1. Main features; Geographic size-Endowment of natural resources, Population; size, composition quality and growth trend-Occupational distribution-Effects of British Rule with reference to Drain theory and Laissez Faire policy.
2. Major problems, their dimensions, nature and broad causes; Mass poverty-Unemployment and its types-Economics effects of population pressure-Inequality and types thereof-Low productivity and low per capita income, Rural-urban disparities-Foreign Trade and payments imbalances. Balance of Payments and External Debt- Inflation, and parallel economy and its effects-Fiscal deficit.
3. Growth in income and employment since Independence-Rate, Pattern, Sectoral trends-Distributional Changes-Regional disparities.
4. Economic Planning in India : Major controversies on planning in India-Alternative strategies-goals and achievements, shortfalls of different plans-planning and the Market.
5. Broad Fiscal, monetary, industrial trade and agricultural policies-objectives, rationale, constraints and effects.

Prelims: Electrical Engineering Syllabus

Electrical Circuits-Theory and Applications

Circuit components, network graphs, KCL, KVL; circuit analysis methods : nodal analysis, mesh analysis; basic network theorems and applications; transient analysis : RL, RC and RLC circuits; sinusoidal steady state analysis; resonant circuits and applications; coupled circuits and applications; balanced 3-phase circuits. Two port networks, driving point and transfer functions; poles and zeros of network functions.

Signals & Systems

Representation of continuous-time and discrete-time signals & system's ; LTI systems; convolution; impulse response; time-domain analysis of LTI systems based on convolution and differential/difference equations. Fourier transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform, Transfer function. Sampling and recovery of signals.

Control Systems

Elements of control systems; block-diagram representations; open-loop & closed-loop systems; principles and applications of feed-back. LTI systems : time domain and transform domain analysis. Stability : Routh Hurwitz criterion, root-loci, Nyquist's criterion. Bode-plots, Design of lead-lag compensators; Proportional, PI, PID controllers.

E.M. Theory

Electro-static and magneto-static fields; Maxwell's equations; e.m. waves and wave equations; wave propagation and antennas; transmission lines; micro-wave resonators, cavities and wave guides.

Electrical Engineering Materials

Electrical/electronic behaviour of materials : conductivity; free-electrons and band-theory; intrinsic and extrinsic semi-conductor, p-n junction; solar cells, super-conductivity. Dielectric behaviour of materials : polarization phenomena; piezo-electric phenomena. Magnetic materials: behaviour and application.

Analog Electronics

Diode circuits: rectifiers filters, clipping and clamping, zener diode and voltage regulation. Bipolar and field effect transistors (BJT, JFET and MOSFET) : Characteristics, biasing and small signal equivalent circuits. Basic amplifier circuits; differential amplifier circuits. Amplifiers : analysis, frequency response. Principles of feedback; OPAMP circuits; filters; oscillators.

Digital Electronics

Boolean algebra; minimisation of Boolean function; logic gates, digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS). Combinational circuits : arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers and decoder's. Sequential circuits : latches and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Comparators, timers, multivibrators. Sample and hold circuits; ADCs and DACs. Semiconductor memories.

Communication Systems

Fourier analysis of signals : amplitude, phase and power spectrum, auto-correlation and cross-correlation and their Fourier transforms. Analog modulation systems : amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation systems, spectral analysis; superheterodyne receivers. Pulse code modulation (PCM), differential PCM, delta modulation. Digital modulation schemes : amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK). Multiplexing : time-division, frequency-division. Additive Gaussian noise : characterization using correlation, probability density function, power spectral density, Signal-to-noise ratio calculations for AM and FM. Elements of digital communication systems : source coding, channel coding; digital modulation & demodulation. Elements of Information theory, channel capacity. Elements of satellite and mobile communication; principles of television engineering; radar engineering and radio aids to navigation.

Computers and Microprocessors

Computer organization : number representation and arithmetic, functional organization, machine instructions, addressing modes, ALU, hardwired and microprogrammed control, memory organization. Elements of microprocessors : 8-bit microprocessors -architecture, instruction set, assembly level programming, memory, I/O interfacing, microcontrollers and applications.

Measurement and Instrumentation

Error analysis; measurement of current voltage, power, energy, power-factor, resistance, inductance, capacitance and frequency; bridge measurements. Electronic measuring instruments: multimeter, CRO, digital voltmeter, frequency counter, Q-meter, spectrum-analyser, distortion-meter. Transducers: thermocouple, thermistor, LVDT, strain-guages, piezo-electric crystal. Use of transducers in measurement of non-electrical quantities. Data-acquisition systems.

Energy Conversion

Single-phase transformer : equivalent circuit, phasor-diagram, tests, regulation and efficiency; three-phase transformer; auto transformer. Principles of energy conversion-d.c. generators and motors: Performers characteristics, starting and speed control armature reaction and commutation; three-phase induction motor; performance characteristics, starting and speed control. Single-phase induction motor. Synchronous generators: performance characteristics, regulation, parallel operation. Synchronous motors: starting characteristics, applications; synchronous condensor. FHP motors, permanent magnet and stepper motors, brushless d.c. motors, single-phase motors.

Power Systems

Electric power generation : thermal, hydro, nuclear. Transmission line parameters: steady-state performance of overhead transmission lines and cables. Distribution systems : insulators, bundle conductors, corona and radio interference effects; per-unit quantities; bus admittance and impedance matrices; load flow; voltage control and power factor correction. Economic operation. Principles of over current, differential and distance protection; solid state relays, circuit breakers, concept of system stability. HVDC transmission.

Power Electronics and Electric Drives

Semiconductor power devices : diode, transistor, thyristor, triac, GTO and MOSFET, static characteristics, principles of operation; triggering circuits; phase controlled rectifiers; bridge converters-fully controlled and half controlled; principles of thyristor chopper and inverter. Basic concept of speed control of DC and AC motor drives.

Elements of IC Fabrication Technology

Overview of IC Technology. Unit steps used in IC fabrication : wafer cleaning, photo-lithography, wet and dry etching, oxidation, diffusion, ion-implantation, CVD and LPCVD techniques for deposition of poly-silicon, silicon, silicon-pnitride and silicon dioxide; metallisation and passivation.

Prelims: Geography

Section-A
Physical Geography

i) Geomorphology
Origin of the earth; Geological Time Scale; Interior of the earth; Types and characteristics of rocks; Folding and Faulting; Volcanoes; Earthquakes; Weathering; Landforms caused by fluvial, aeolian and glacial actions.
ii) Climatology
Structure and composition of atmosphere; Temperature; Pressure belts and Wind systems; Clouds and rainfall types; Cyclones and anti-cyclones; Major climatic types.
iii) Oceanography
Ocean relief; Temperature; Salinity; Ocean deposits; Ocean currents, El Nino and La Nino; Waves and tides.
iv) Biogeography
Origin and types of soils; Major biomes of the world; Ecosystem and food chain; Environmental degradation and conservation.

Section-B
Human Geography
i) Man and Environment Relationship
Growth and development of Human Geography; Concepts of Determinism and Possibilism.
ii) Population
Races of mankind and tribes; growth and distribution of world population; migration; population problems of developed and developing countries.
iii) Economic Activities
Food gathering and hunting; pastoral herding; fishing and forestry; Types of agriculture-shifting, subsistence, commercial and plantation; Mining, Power; Manufacturing -locational factors of textile, iron and steel, sugar and fertilizer industries; Tertiary activities-trade, transport, communication and services.
iv) Settlements
Origin, types and patterns of rural settlements; Processes of urbanisation; morphology and functional classification of towns; million-cities and mega-cities.

Section-C
Geography of the World
i) Major Natural Regions : Characteristics, economic base and human adaptation.
ii) Regional Geography of Developed Countries : Canada, U.S.A., Western Europe, Russia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
iii) Regional Geography of Developing Countries : S.E. Asia, S.W. Asia, China, Southern Africa and Brazil.
iv) Regional Geography of South Asia.

Section-D
Geography of India
i) Physical Setting
Landforms, drainage, climate, soils and natural vegetation.
ii) Economic Base
Minerals & energy resources, aquatic resources, forest resources; irrigation, agriculture and industries; trade and commerce.
iii) Population
Growth, distribution and density; demographic characteristics.
iv) Environmental problems, developmental issues and regional planning.

Section-E
Geographical Thought
i) Ancient Period : Contributions of Indians, Greeks, Romans and Arabs.
ii) Pre-Modern Period : Contribution of Verenius, Kant, Humboldt and Ritter.
iii) Modern Period : Dichotomy of determinism and possibilism; contributions of Ratzel, Semple, Huntington and La Blache.
iv) Recent Period : Quantitive Revolution; Radicalism, Behaviouralism and Humanism.

Section-F
Techniques of Geographical Analysis
i) Maps : Scale and types, uses.
ii) Diagrams : Types and uses
iii) Projections : Types, characteristics and uses.
iv) Remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS) : Aerial photographs and imagery, GIS.

Prelims: geology Syllabus

Part-I

(a) General Geology : Solar System. The Earth : its origin, age and internal constitution. Volcanoes-types, distribution geological effects and products. Earthquakes-intensity, magnitude, distribution, causes and effects. Elementary ideas about isostasy, geosynclines, mountain building, continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics.

(b) Geomorphology : Basic concepts. External and internal processes. Rock weathering. Cycle of erosion. Fluvial landforms and drainage patterns. Landforms of aeolian, marine, glacial and 'Karst' landscapes. Elements of Remote Sensing.

(c) Structural and field Geology : Primary and secondary structures. Dip and strike of beds. Unconformities. Study of folds, joints, faults, foliation and lineations. Overthrusts and nappe structures. Stages of rock deformation. Construction of block diagrams. Stereographic and equal-area nets. Solutions of simple problems by stereographic net.

Topographic maps and their interpretation. Use of clinometer compass in the field Measurements of bed, foliation, folds joints, faults and lineations in the field. Principles of geological mapping. Effects of topography on outcrops. Drawing of sections.
Part-II

(a) Crystallography : Elements of crystal structure. Laws of crystallography, Symmetry elements of normal classes of seven crystal systems.

Properties and interaction of light and crystalline matter. Petrological microscope and accessories. Construction and use of Nicole prism. Pleochroism, double refraction, extinction angle, birefringence and twinning in crystals, Isotropic, uniaxial and biaxial minerals.

(b) Mineralogy : Physical, chemical and optical properties of the following common rock forming minerals: quartz, feldspar, mica, pyroxene, amphibole, olivine, garnet, chlorite, carbonates, aluminosilicates. Structure of silicates and crystal chemistry of minerals. Gemstones.

(c) Economic Geology :Ore, ore mineral and gangue. Classification of ore deposits. Important processes of their formation. Occurrence, origin and distribution in India of the ores of aluminium, chromium, copper, gold, lead, zinc, iron, manganese and radioactive elements. Deposits of minerals use as abrasives, refractories and in ceramics, deposits of coal and petroleum. Elements of prospecting for mineral deposits.
Part -III

(a) Igneous Petrology :Origin of magma and formation of igneous rocks. Bowen's reaction principle. Crystallisation of binary systems. Classification of igneous rocks. Textures and structures of igneous rocks. Composition, origin and mode of occurrence of granite, syenite, diorite, mafic and ultramafic groups, anorthosites and alkaline rocks.

(b) Sedimentary Petrology : Sedimentary process and products. Classification of sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary structures. Residual deposits - their mode of formation, chacteristics and types, Clastic deposits- their classification, mineral composition and texture. Elementary ideas about the origin and characteristics of quartz arenites, arkoses and graywackes. Siliceous and calcareous deposits of chemical and organic origin.

(c) Metamorphic Petrology :Types and factors of metamorphism. Zones, grades and facies of metamorphism. Regional and contact metamorphism. Textures and structures of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphism of argillaceous, arenaceous, calcareous and basic rocks. Metasomatism.
Part-IV

(a) Paleontology :Habits and habitats of animals. Fossils and fossilization. Modes of preservation. Application of fossils, Study of morphology and geological history of Foraminiferida, Brachipoda, Bivalvia, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Trilobita, Echinoidea and Anthozoa.

Mammals of Siwalik Group. A brief study of Gondwana flora.

(b) Stratigraphy and Geology of India :Fundamental laws of stratigraphy. Stratigraphic classification lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic. Geological time scale.

Physiographic divisions and outline of stratigraphy of India. Brief study of Dharwar, Vindhyan and Gondwana Supergroups and Siwalik Group with reference to their major subdivisions, lithology, fossils, areal distribution and economic importance.

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