Civil Service Topper Divyadharshini

In her first attempt, this 24-year old law graduate from the School of Excellence in Law, Chennai couldn't clear the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary but in her second attempt, she emerged the first ranker! Daughter of V Shanmugam, a customs consultant and homemaker S. Padmavathy, Divyadharshini was working at SBI for the past six months. She shares her journey.

Q.How did you hear the good news?  
A.I was in office when the results were declared, and a friend informed me of the results. It came as a shock! At first I did not believe but it but confirmed it through my brother. It took a while to realise that it was not a dream.

Q.Who is the inspiration behind your success?
A. My mentor Prabhakaran sir (Director of Prabhas IAS Academy) and my parents. All have given me ample confidence, motivation and have placed belief in me.

Q.How different was it in the second attempt? What made you crack it?
A.I think one year’s consistent preparation made the difference between the two attempts.

Q.What were your optional subjects and why did you choose them?
A.Prelims – I chose Public Administration due to easy availability of books and study materials, availability of guidance and above all my interest.
Mains - I chose Public Administration and law, as law was my graduation subject and I felt comfortable with the syllabus.

Q.How was the interview? Can you recall any questions from the board members?
A.The interview board was cordial. I answered to my satisfaction. There were one or two questions for which I didn’t know the answer but I was frank with the board and told them the truth that I did not know.

The questions were based on my profile and were based on the RTI Act, Lokpal Bill etc.

Q.How good are coaching institutes and what to be cautious of if you choose one?
A.Coaching centres are a guiding light but it all ultimately comes down to your individual effort. Attending mock tests would help a lot to ascertain where we stand. Choosing the right centre would have to be made cautiously.

There are many money sucking institutes and we need to be careful not to get into their hands and waste our money and time

Q.Do you have any priority areas where you would like to see you making a difference in the administrative services?
A.IAS gives a wider scope to serve the society and make a difference. I think bridging the rural – urban developmental divide would help in the longer run.

Q.Your message to future CSE aspirants…
A.I would like to wish them all the very best for the exam. It’s a way to go forward with confidence and belief in yourself. It’s not too easy but neither too hard. Right amount of effort would pay good results

Q.What was your strategy for optionals, GS and Essay?
A.Optional - I covered the entire syllabus and prepared concrete points for each topic and always revised before exams. Notes are really helpful especially during exam times.

GS - In addition to prelims preparation, adding personal view and analysis of the questions

Essay - I think there is no need to special preparation for essay. Preparation for general studies help in writing the essay paper. Newspaper reading builds ideas which helps in essay.

Study Materials used
Public administration
Books by Lakshmikanth and Maheshwari
Solved previous years question papers
Journals by Indian Institute of Public Administration on current topics like RTI and Civil Society
Law
Constitution by Jai Narayan Pandey and M P Jain
Contracts by Avatar Singh
Torts by Atchudhan Pillai
International Law by Kapoor and Agarwal
Indian Economy
Dutt & Sundaram, Economic & Politically Weekly, Yojna
Indian Polity
DDBasu, NCERT
Science & Technology
Spectrum, NCERT
Indian History
NCERT, Bipan Chandra
Geography
NCERT, Atlas
Current Affairs
The Hindu, Frontline, India Year Book

Civil Services Exam 2010

The Civil Services Examination is the most important and prestigious examination amongst various examinations conducted by the UPSC. It attracts largest number of candidates from the entire length and breadth of the country. The selected candidates are appointed to the higher Civil Services of the country.

Following are the important highlights of the Civil Services Examination, 2010, for which final result has been declared yesterday:

= A total number of 5,47,698 candidates applied for this examination, 2,69,036 candidates appeared for the Preliminary examination, which was conducted on May 23, 2010.

= 12,491 candidates qualified for the Main written examination held in October- November, 2010. 2589 candidates were short listed for the Personality Test conducted in March-April, 2011.

= Finally, 920 candidates (717 male and 203 female) have been recommended for appointment to the IAS, IFS, IPS and other Central Services.

=  S.Divyadharshini (Roll NO.014421), a female candidate, has topped the Civil Services Examination, 2010. She has done B.A., B.L.(Hons.) from Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. This is her second attempt.

= The second ranker is Sweta Mohanty (Roll NO.316736). She has done B.Tech (Computer Science) from GRIET, JNTU, Hyderabad. This is her third attempt.

=  RV Varun Kumar (Roll No.021490), is the topper among male candidates. He has secured overall third rank. He has done BDS from Ragas Dental College, Chennai. This is his third attempt.

= The Top 25 candidates consist of 20 males and 5 females.

= Educational qualification wise the top 25 candidates comprise of 15 candidates belonging to Engineering; 5 candidates belonging to Commerce, Management, Humanities, Science & Social Sciences; and 5 candidates belonging to Medical Science background.

= Out of the Top 25 candidates, 8 have made to the merit list in their first attempt, 4 in second attempt, 9 in third attempt, 3 in fourth attempt and 1 in fifth attempt.

= Of the 920 candidates recommended, 28 are physically challenged candidates ; 14 orthopaedically challenged; 5 visually impaired and 9 hearing impaired.

Civil Services Exam 2010 Toppers

Chennai-based law graduate S Divyadharshini has topped the prestigious Civil Services Examination 2010 for which the results were announced today.

The second position was also secured by a woman, Sweta Mohanty, a computer engineer, while R V Varun Kumar, a dentist from Chennai, got the third rank.

A total of 920 candidates, including 203 women, have been selected for the Civil Services, which attracts the largest number of candidates from the entire length and breadth of the country.

Divyadharshini, who has done BA, BL (Hons) from Dr Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, cleared the exam in her second attempt. Mohanty cleared the exam in her third attempt.

Kumar, the topper among men, has done his BDS from Ragas Dental College in Chennai. This is his third attempt.

An elated Divyadharshini said she was surprised to find herself topping the exam as she was not expecting it. "I was expecting some result but not as a topper," she said.

As congratulatory messages poured in, she said the achievement was the result of "tedious" exercise and hard work of one year coupled with luck.

The top 25 candidates consist of 20 men and five women -- 15 of whom are engineers, five belonging to Commerce, Management, Humanities, Science and Social Sciences; and five belonging to medical science background.

Of the top 25, eight have made to the merit list in their first attempt while four made it in their second attempt, nine in third attempt, three in fourth attempt and one in fifth attempt.

Among those selected, 28 are physically challenged candidates while 14 are  orthopaedically challenged, five visually impaired and nine hearing impaired.

A total number of 5,47,698 candidates applied for this examination and 2,69,036 candidates appeared for Preliminary examination, which was conducted on May 23, 2010.

12,491 candidates qualified for the main written examination held in October- November 2010.

2,589 candidates were shortlisted for the personality test conducted in March-April 2011 out of which 920 were selected.

They have been recommended for appointment including 428 General (including 19 Physically Challenged), 270 OBCs (including 8 Physically Challenged candidates), 148 Scheduled Castes (including one Physically Challenged candidate) and 74 Scheduled Tribes candidates.

There are 151 vacancies in IAS, 35 vacancies in IFS and 150 in IPS.

Zoology Main Exam Paper One

 Civil Service Zoology Main Exam Paper One
                                               PAPER – I
Section A
1. Non-chordata and chordate
(a) classification and relationship of various phyla upto sub-classes; Acoelomate and coelomate protostomas and Deuterostomes, Bilateria and Radiata; Status of Protista, Parazoa,onychophora andHemichordata; Symmetry.
(b)  Protozoa: Locomotion, nutrition, reproduction, sex; General features and life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis, Plasmodium and Leishmania.
(c) PoriferaL Skeleton, canal system and reproduction.
(d) Cnidaria: Polymorphism, defensive structures and their mechanism; coral reefs and their formation; metagenesis; general features and life history of Obelia and Aurelia.
(e) Platyhelminthes: Parasitic adaptation; General features and life history of Fasciola and Taenia and their Pathogenic symptoms.
(f) Nemathelminthe: General features, life history, parasitic adaptation of Ascaris and Wuchereria.
(g) Annelide: Coelom and metamerism; modes of life in polychaetes; general features and life history of Nereis, earthworm and leach.
 (h) Arthropode: Larval forms and parasitism in Crustacea: vision and respiration in arthropods (Prawn, cockroach and scorpion); modification of mouth parts in insects (cockroach, mosquito, housefly, honey bee and butterfly); metamorphosis in insects and its hormonal regulation, social behavior of Apis and termites.
(i) Mollusca: Fedding, respiration, locomotion, general features and life history of Lamellidens, Pila and Sepia, torsion and detorsion in gastropods
(j) Echinodermata: Feeding, respiration, locomotion, larval forms, general features and life history of
Asterias
(k) Protochordata: Origin of chordates; general features and life history of Branchistoma and Herdmania
(l) Pisces: Respiration, locomotion and migration.
(m) Amphibia: Origin of tetrapods, parental care, paedomorphosis.
(n) Reptilia: Origin of reptiles, skull types, status of Sphenodon and crocodiles
(o) Aves: Origin of birds, flight adaptation , migration.
( p) Mammalia:  Origin of mammals, dentition, general features of egg laying mammals, pouched- mammals, aquatic mammals  and primates, endocrine glands ( pituitary ,thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal , pancreas, gonads) and their inter relationship.
(q) Comparative functional anatomy of various systems of vertebrates (integument and its derivatives, endoskeleton, locomotory organs, digestive systems, respiratory systems, circulatory systems including heart and aortic arches, urino- genital systems ,brain and sense organs ( eye and ear).
Section B
1. Ecology
(a) Biosphere: Concept of biosphere; biomes , Bio- geochemical cycles ,human induced changes in atmosphere including greenhouse effect, ecological succession, biomes and ecotones, community ecology.
(b) Concept of ecosystem; structure and function of ecosystem, types of ecosystem, ecological succession, ecological adaptation.
(c) Population; characteristics, population dynamics, population stabilization.
(d) Biodiversity and diversity conservation of natural resources.
(e) Wildlife of India
(f) Remote sensing for sustainable development.
(g)  Environmental biodegradation, pollution and its impact on biosphere and its prevention.
II. Ethology
(a) Behaviour: Sensory filteing , responsiveness, sign stumile, learning and memory, instinct, habituation, conditioning, imprinting.
(b) Role of hormones in drive; role of pheromones in alarm spreading; crypsis, predatorv detection, predator tactics, social hierarchies in primates, social organization in insects.
(c) Orientation, navigation, homing, biological rhythms, biological clock, tidal, seasonal and circadian rhythms.
(d) Methods of studying animal behavior including sexual conflict, selfishness, kinship and altruism.. III III. Economic Zoology
(a) Apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, carp culture, pearl culture, prawn culture, vermiculture
(b) Major infectious and communicable diseases (malaria, filarial, tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS) their vectors, pathogens and prevention.
(c) Cattle and livestock diseases, their pathogen (helminthes) and vectors (ticks, mites, Tabanus, Stomoxys).
(d) Pests of sugar cane (Pyrilla perpusiella), oil seed (Achaea janata) and rice (Sitophilus oryzare).
(e) Transgenic animals.
(f) Medical biotechnology, human genetic disease and genetic counseling, gene therapy.
(g) Forensic biotechnology.
IV. Biostatistics
 Designing of experiments; null hypothesis; correlation, regression, distribution and measure of            central tendency, chi square, student t-test, F-test (one-way F-test).
v. Instrumental methods
(a).  Spectrophotometer, phase contrast and fluorescence microscopy, radioactive tracer, ultracentrifuge, gel electrophoresis, PCR, ELISA, FISH and chromosome painting.
(b) Electron microscopy (TEM, SEM).

Statistics Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Statistics Main Exam Paper Two Syllabus 
                            PAPER-II
 1. Industrial Statistics
Process and produc t control,general theory of control charts, different types of control charts for variables and attributes,X,R,d,p,np and c charts,cumulative sum chart.Single,double, multiple and sequential sampling plans for attributes.OC,ASN,AOQ and ATI curves,concepts of producer’s and consumer;s risks,AQL,LTPD and AOQL, Samplilng plans for variables,Use of Dodge-Roming tables
Concept of relianililty ,failure rate and reliability functions, reliability of series and parallel systems and other simple configurations, renewal density and renewal function,Failure models:exponential Weibull, normal,lognormal
Problems in life testing,censored and truncated experiments for exponential models
II Optimization techniques
Different types of models  in Operational Research, their construction and general methods of solution simulation and Monte-Carlo methods formulation of linear programming (LP) problem,simple LP model and its graphical solution, the simples procedure , the two-phase method and the M-technique with artificial variables, the duality theory of LP and its economic interpretation, sensitivity analysis transportation and assignment problems, rectangular games, two-person zero-sum games. Methods of solution (graphical and algebraic)
 Replacement of failing or deteriorating items, group and individual replacement policies, concept of scientific inventory management and analytical structure of inventory problems, simple models with deterministic and stochastic demand with and without lead time, storage models with particular reference to dam type
Homogeneous discrete-time Markov chains, transition probability matrix, classification of states and ergodic theorems, homogeneous continuous-time Markov chains ,poisson process, elements of queueing theory,M/M/1,M/M/K, G/M/1 and M/G/1 queues
Solution of statistical problems on computers using well-known statistical software package like SPSS.
III Quantitative Economics and Official Statistics
 Determination of trend, seasonal and cyclical cpmponents ,Box-Jenkins methods, tests for stationary series,ARIMA models and determination of orders of autoregressive and moving average components forecasting
 Commonly used index number-Laspeyre’s Paasche’s and Fisher’s ideal index numbers, chain base index number, uses and limitations of index numbers, index number of wholesale prices, consumer prices, agricultural production and industrial production, tests for index numbers-proportionality time-reversal , factor-reversal and circular
General linear model,ordinary least square aned generalized least squares methods of estimation problem of multicollinearity , consequences and solutions of multicollinearity, auto-correlation and its consequences, heteroscedasticity of disturbances and its testing,test for independence3 of disturbances,concept of structure and model for simultaneous equations, problem of identification-rank and order conditions of identifiability, two-stage least square method of estimation
Present official statistical system in India relating to population,agriculture , industrial production trade and prices, ethods of collection of official statistics, their reliability and limitations, oprinciple publications containing such statistics, various official agencies responsible for data collection and their main function
IV Demography and Psychometiry
Demographic data from census, registration ,NSS and other surveys , and their limitations and uses, definition, construction and uses of vital rates and ratios, measures of fertility, reproduction rates morbidity rate;standardized death rate, complete and abridge life tables, construction of life tables fromn vital statistics and census returns, uses of life tables, logostioc and other population growth curves, fifting a logistic curve, population projection, stable population quasi-stable population techniques in estimation of demographic parameters, morbidity and its measurement, standard classification by causes of death , health surveys and use of hospital statistics
   Methods of standardization of scales and tests, Z-scores, standard scores, T-scores, percentile scores, intelligence quotient and its measurement and uses, validity of test scores and its determination use of factor analysis ad path analysis in psychometry

Statistics Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Statistics Main Exam Paper One Syllabus
                            PAPER-1

1 PROBABILITY
 Sample space and events, probability mesure and probability space, random variable as a measurable function,distribution function of random variable, discrete and continuous type random variable, probability mass function, probability density function, vector-valued random variable, marginal and conditional distributions, stochastic independence of events and of random variables, exectation ad moments of random variable,conditional expectation , convergence of sequence of random variable in distribution, in probability ,in pth mean and lamost everywhere, their criteria and inter-relations Chebyshew’s inequality and Khintchine’s weak laws of large numbers, strong law of large numbers and Kolmogoroff’s theorems,probability generating function,moment generating function, characteristic function, inversion theorem, Linderberg and Levy forms of central limit theorem , standard discrete and continuous proability distributions.
II Statistical Inference
 Consistency, unbiasedness, efficiency,cufficiency, completeness, ancillary statistics, factorization theorem, exponential family of distribution and its properties, uniformly minimum variance unbiased (UMVU) estimation,Rao-Backwell and Lehmann-Schefee theorems, Cramer-Rao inequality for single parameter:Estimation by methods of moments, maximum likelihood,least squares,minimum chi-square and modified minimum chi-square,properties of maximum likelihood and other estimator asymptotic efficiency,prior and posterior distribution ,loss function risk function risk function and minimax estimator Bayyes estimators
Non-randomised and randomized tests, critical function,MP tests,Neyman-Pearson lemma,UMP tests, monotone likelihood ratio,similar and unbiased tests,UMPU tests for single parameter likelihood ratio test its asymptotic distribution.Confidence bounds and its relation with tests.
Kolmogoroff’s test for goodness of fit and its consistency,sign test and its optimality.Wilcoxon signed-ranks test and its consistency,Kolmogorov two-sample test ,run test, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and median test, their consistency and asymptotic normality.
 Wald’s SPRT and its properties,OC and ASN functions for tests regarding parameters for Bernoulli poisson, normal and exponential distribution .Wald’s fundamental identity
III.Linear Inference and Multivariate Analysis
Linear statistical models, theory of least squares and analysis of variance,Gauss-Markoff theory normal equations,least squares estimates and theior precision,test of significance and interval estimates based on least squares theory in one-way,two-way and three-way c;assified data,regression analysis linear regression , curvilimear regression and orthogonal polynomials, multiple regression, multiple and partial correlations, estimation of variance and covariance comp-onents, multivariate normal distribution Mahalanobis-D² and Hotelling’s T² statistics and their applications and properties, discriminant analysis canonical correlations,principal component analysis
IV Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments
An outline of fixed-population and super-population approaches, distinctive features of finite population sampling, probability sampling designs, simple random sampling with ad without replacement, stratified random sampling , systematic sampling and its efficacy, cluster sampling, two stage and multi-stage sampling, ratio and regression, methods of estimation involving one or more auxiliary variables,two-ohase sampling, probability proportional to size sampling with and without replacement, the Hansen-Hurwitz-Thompson estimators, non-negative variance estimation with reference to the Horvitz-Thompson estimator, non-sampling errors
         Fixed effects model (two-way classification) ,random and mixed effects models(two-way classification withn equal observation per cell),CRD,RBD,LSD and their analyses,incomplete block designs,concepts of orthogonality and balance,BIBD,missing plot technique, factorial experiments and 2n and 3², confounding in factorial experiments,split-plot and simple lattice designs,transformation of data Duncan’s multiple range test.

Sociology Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Sociology Main Exam Paper Two Syllabus 
                                 PAPER-II
 Indian Society:Structure and Change
A Introducting Indian Society
 (i) Perspectives on the study of Indian Society
(a) Indology (G.S.Ghurye).
 (b) Structural functionalism(M.N.Srinivas)
(c) Marxist Sociology(A.R.Desai)
 (ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society
 (a) Social background of Indian nationalism
 (b) Modernization of Indian tradition
(c) Protests and movements during the colonial period
(d) Social reforms
B Social Structive
(i) Rural and Agrarian Social Structure
(a) The idea of Indian village and village studies
(b) Agrarian social structure-evolution of land tenure system,land reforms
(iii) Caste System:
 (a) Perspective on the study of caste systems:G.S. Ghurye,M.N Srinivas,Louis Dumont,Andre Beteille
(b) Features of caste system
 (c) Untouchability –forms and perspectives.
 (iii) Tribal communities in India:
 (a) Definitional problems
(b) Geographical spread
 (c) Colonial policies and tribes.
 (d) Issues of Integration and autonomy
 (iv) Social Classes in Indaa:
 (a) Agrarian class structure
 (b) Industrial class structure
 (c) Middle classes in India
 (v) Systems of Kinship in India:
 (a) Lineage and descent in India
 (b) Types of kinship systems
 (c) Family and marriage in India
 (d) Household dimensions of the family
 (e) Patriarchy,entitlements and sexual division of labour
(vi)Religion and Society
(a) Religious communities in India
(b) Problems of religious minorities.
C Social Changes in India:
(i) Visions of social Change in India
 (a) Idea of Development Palnning and mixed economy
(b) Constitution ,law and social change
(c) Education and social change
 (ii) Rural and Agrarian transformation in India:
(a) Programmes of rural development,Community Development Progrqmme,Cooperatives,poverty alleviation schemes.
 (b) Green revolution and social change
 (c) changing modes of production in Indian agricuolture
 (d) Problems of rural labour ,bondage,migration
 (iii) Industrialisation and Urbanisation in Inda:
 (a) Evolution of modern industry in Inda
 (b) Growth of urban settlements in Inda
 (c) Working class: structure,growth,class mobilization
(d) Informal sector,child labour
(e) Slums and deprivation in urban areas.
(iv) Politics and Society
(a) Nation, democracy and citizenship|
(b) Political parties,pressure groups,social and political elite.
 (c) Regionalism and decentralization of power
(d) Secularisation
(v) Social Movements in modern India
 (a) Peasants and farmers movement
(b) Women’s movement
(c) Backward classes & Dalit movement
 (d) Environmentl movements.
 (e) Ethnicity and Identity movements
(vi) Population Dynamics:
 (a) Population size ,growth,composition and distribution
(b) Components of population growth:birth,death ,migration
(c) Population policy and family planning
 (d) Emerging issues:ageing,sex retios,child and infant mortality,reproduce tive health
(vii) Challenges of social Transformation
(a) Crisis of development:displacement,environmental problems and sustainability
(b) Poverty,deprivation and inequalities
(c) Vioklence against women.
(d) Caste conflicts
 (e) Ethnic condlicts,communalilsm,religious revivalism
(f) 1lliteracy and disparities in education

Sociology Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Sociology Main Exam Paper One  Syllabus                                                                                 
                                                        PAPER-I
 FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY
1. SOCIOLOGY-The Discipline
a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology
b) WScope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences
c) Sociology and common sense.
 2. Sociology as science:
 (a) Science,scientific method and critique
b) Majhor theoretical strands of research methodology
(c) Positivism and its critique
 (d) Fact value and objectivity
 (e) Non-positivist methodologies
3) Research Methods and Analysis
 (a) Qualitative and quantitative methods
(b) Techniques of data collection
(c)Variables,sampling,hypothesis,reliability and validity
4) Sociological Thinkers
(a) Karl Marx-Historical materialism,mode of production,alienation , class struggle
(b) Emle Durkheim-Division of labour,social fact,suicide ,religion and society
c) Max Weber-Social action,ideal types, authority ,bureaucracy,protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism
(d) Talcolt Parsons-Social system,pattern variables
(e) Robert K. Merton-Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance ,reference group
(f)Mead-Self and identity
5. Stratification and Mobility
(a) Concepts – equality, inequality, hierarchy , exclusion, poverty, and deprivation
(b)Theories of social stratification –Structural functionalist theory, Marxist theory,Werberian theory
 (C0 Dimensions-social stratification of class, status groups ,gender ,ethnicity and race
(d) Social monility-open and closed systems,types of mobility,sources and causes of mobility.
6 Works and Ec onomics Life
(a)Social organization of work in different types of society-slave society,feudal society,industrial /capitalist socisty
(b) Formal and informal organization of work
 (c) Labour and society
 7) Politics and Society
 (a) Socialogical theories of power
(b) Power elite,bureaucracy,pressure groups , and  political parties
(c)Nation ,state,citizenship,democracy,civil society,ideology
(d) Protest,agitation ,social movements,collective action,revolution
8) Religion and Society
 (a) Sociological theories of religion
(b) Types of religious practices:animism,monism,pluralism,sects, cults
(c) Religion in modern society:religion and science,secularization,religious revivalism fundamentalism
9) Systems of Kinship
(a) Family ,household,marriage
(b) types and forms of family
(c) Lineage and descent
(d) Patriarchy and sexual division of labour
 (e) Contemporary trends
10 ). Social change in Modern Society
(a) Sociological theories of social change.
(b) Development and dependency
c) Agents of social change
(d) Education and social change
(e) Science, technology and social change

Public Administration Main Exam Paper Two

                                PAPERII
Indian Administration
Section -A  
1. Evolution of Indian Administration:Kautiya’s Arthasgastra; Mughal administration;Legacy of British rule in politics and administration-Indianization of public services,reveue administration district administration ,local self-government.
2. Philosophical and Constitutional framework of government:Salient features and value preises; Constitutionalism;Political culture;Bureaucracy and democracy;Bureaucracy and development.
 3. Public Sector Undertakings:public sector in modern India;Forms of Public Sector Undertakings; Problems of autonomy,accountability and control;Impact of liberalization and privatization.
 4, Union Government and Administration:Executive,Parliament,Judiciary-structure,functions work processes;Recent trends;Intragovernmental relations;Cabinet Secretariat;Prime Minister’s Office;Central Secretariat; Ministries and Departments;Boards; Commissions; Attached offices; Field organizations
5. Plans and Priorities:Machinery of planning;Role ,composition and function of te planning commission and the National Development Council;’Indicative ‘planning;Process of plan formulation at Union and state levels;Constitutional Amedments (1992) and decentralized planning for economic development and social justice
6 State Government and Administration:Union-State administrative ,legislative and financial relations; Role of the Finance Commission;Governor;Chief Ministaer;Council of Ministers;Chief Secretary ;State Secretariat ;directorates.
7 District Administration since Independence:Changing role of the collector;Union-state-local relations;Imperatives of development management and law and order administration;District administration and democratic decentralization
8 Civil Service:Constitutional position;Structure,recruitment,training and capacity-building Good governance initiatives;Code of conduct and discipline;Staff associations;Political right Grievance redressal mechanism;Civil service neutrality;Civil service activism
9 Financial Management:Budget as a political instrument;Parliamentary control of public expenditure Role of finance ministry in monetary and fiscal area;Accounting techniques;Audit;Role of Controller General of accounts and Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
 10 Administrative Reforms since Independence:Major concerns;Important Committees and Commissions; Reforms in financial management and human resource development;Problems of  implementation
11.Rural Development :Institutions and agencies since independence;Rural development programmes foci and strategies;Decentralization and panchayati Raj;73rd Constitutional amendment.
 12. Urban Local Government:Municipal governance:main feature,structures,finance and problem areas; 74th Constitutional Amendment;Global-local debate;New localism;Development dynamics, politics and administration with special reference to city management
13. Law and Order Administration:British legacy:National Police Commission;Investigative agencies; Role of central and state agencies including paramilitary forces in maintance of law and order and countering insurgency ad terrorism; Criminalisation of politics and administration;Police-public relations;Reforms in police
14 Significant issues in Indian Administration:Values in public service ;Regulatory Commissions; National Human Rights Commission,problems of administration in coalition regimes;Citizen-administration interface;Corruption and administration;Disaster management.

Public Administration Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Public Administration Main Exam Paper One
                                                PAPER-I
 ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY
SECTION-A
 1. Introduction: Meaning scope and significance of Public Administration; Wilson’s vision of Public Administration; Evolution of the discipline and its present status; Mew public Administration ; Public Choice approach; Challenges of liberalization, Privatization, Globalization; Good Governance: concept and application; New Public Management
2.Administrative Thought: Scientific Management and Scientific Management movement; Classical Theory; Weber’s bureaucratic mode;-its critique and post- Weberian Developments; Dynamic Administration (Mary parker Follett); Human School (Elton Mayo and Others); Function of the Executive (C.I Barnard); Simon’s decision-making theory; Participative management (R.Likert, C. Argyris, D.NcGregor)
 3. Administrative Behavior: Process and techniques of decision-making; Communication; Morale; Motivation Theories-content, process and contemporary; Theories of Leadership; Traditional and Modern.
4. Organizations: Theories-systems ,contingency; Structure and forms: Ministries and department corporation, Companies, Boards and Commissions; Ad hoc and advisory bodies; Headquarters and Field relationships; Regulatory Authorities; Public-Private Partnerships
 5. accountability and control: Concepts of Accountability and Control; Legislative, Executive and Judicial control over administration ;Citizen and Administration; Role of media, interest groups voluntary organizations; civil society; Citizen’s  Charters; Right to Information; Social audit.
6. Administrative Law: Meaning, scope and significance; Dicey on Administrative law; Delegated legislation; Administrative Tribunals.
Section -B
7. Comparative Public Administration: Historical and sociological factors affecting administrative systems; Administration and politics in different countries; Current status of Comparative Public Administration; Ecology and administration; Riggsian models and their critique.                                              8. Development Dynamics: Concepts of development; Changing profile of development administration; ‘Anti-development thesis’; Bureaucracy and development; Strong state versus the market debate; Impact of liberalisation  on administration in developing countries; Women and development-the self –help group movement
9. Personnel administration: Importance of human resource development ; Recruitment, traning ,career advancement , position classification, discipline, performance appraisal, promotion , play and service condition ; employer-employee relation, grievance redressal mechanism; code of conduct; Administrative ethics.
10. Public Policy: Models of policy-making and their critique; Processes of conceptualization, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review and their limitation ; State theories and public policy formulation.
11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement :  Organisation and methods , Work study and work management; e-governance and information technology; management aid tools like network analysis, MIS, PERT, CPM.
12. Financial Administration : Monetary and fiscal policies; Public borrowings and debt Budgets-types and forms; Budgetary process ; Financial accountability; Accounts and audit.

Psychology Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Psychology Main Exam Paper Two
PAPER-II
Psychology: Issues and Application
Section-A 1. Psychological Measurement of Individual Differences: The nature of individual differences Characteristics and construction of standardized psychological tests; Types of psychological tests; Use, misuse and limitation of psychological tests; Ethical issues in the use of psychological tests.
2. Psychological well begin and Mental Disorders: Concept of health-ill health; positive health,  well being; Causal factors in mental disorders(Anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia and delusional disorders; personality disorders, substance abuse disorders); Factors influencing positive health, well being, life style and quality of life; Happiness disposition
3. Therapeutic Approaches: Psychodynamic therapies; Behavior therapies; Client centered therapy: Cognitive therapies; Indigenous therapies (Yoga, Meditation); Bio-feedback therapy; Prevention and rehabilitation of the mentally ill; Fostering mental health
4. Work Psychology and Organizational  Behavior: Personnel selection and training ;Use of psychological tests in the industry;Traini9ng and human resource development; Theories of work motivation Herzberg ,Maslow, Adam Equity theory, Porter and Lawler, Vroom; Leadership and participatory management; Advertising and marketing; Stress and its management; Ergonomics; consumer psychology; Managerial effectiveness; Transformational leadership; Sensitivity training; Power and politics in organizations
5Application of Psychology to Educational Field: Psychological principles underlying effective teaching learning process; Learning styles; Gifted, retarded earning disabled and their training; Training for improving memory and better academic achievement; Personality development and value education, Educational vocational guidance and Career counseling; Use of Psychological tests in educational institutions; Effective strategies in guidance programmes
6Community Psychology: Definition and concept of community Psychology’ Use of small groups in social action; Arousing community consciousness and action for handling social problems; Group decision making and leadership for social change; Effective strategies for social change
7 Rehabilitation Psychology: Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention programmes-role of psychologists; Organizing of survives for rehabilitation of physically, mentally and socially challenged persons including old persons, Rehabilitation of persons suffering from substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, criminal behavior; Rehabilitation of victims of violence ,Rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS victims, the role of social agencies
Section-B
 8 Application of Psychology to disadvantaged group: The concepts of disadvantaged deprivation Social, Physical ,cultural and economic consequences of disadvantaged and deprived groups ;Educating and motivating the disadvantaged towards development; Relative and prolonged deprivation
9. Psychological problems of social integration: The concept of social integration; The problem of caste, class, religion and language conflicts and prejudice; Nature and manifestation of prejudice between the in group and out group; Causal factors of social conflicts and prejudices; Psychological strategies for     handling the conflicts ad prejudices; Measures to achieve social integration
10 Application of Psychology in Information Technology and Mass Media: The present scenario of information technology and the mass media boom and the role of psychologists; Selection and training of psychology professionals to work in the field of IT and mass media; Distance learning through IT and mass media; Entrepreneurship through e-commerce; Multilevel marketing; Impact of TV and fostering value through IR and mass media; Psychological consequences of recent developments in Information Technology
11. Psychology and Economic development: Achievement motivation and economic development Characteristics of entrepreneurial behavior; Motivating and training people for entrepreneurship and economic development; Consumer rights ad consumer awareness, government policies for promotion of entrepreneurship among youth including women entrepreneurs
12. Application of psychology to environment and related fields: Environmental psychology-effects of noise, pollution and crowding; Population psychology: psychological consequences of population explosion and high population density; Motivating for small family norm; Impact of rapid scientific and technological growth on degradation of environment.
13 Application of psychology in other fields:
 (a) Military Psychology
Devising psychological tests for defense personnel for use in selection, Training, counseling; training psychologists to work with defense personnel in promoting positive health; Human engineering defense
(b) Sports Psychology
Psychological interventions in improving performance of athletes and sports. Persons participating in individual and Team Games
 (c) Media influences on pro and antisocial behavior
 (d) Psychology of terrorism
14 Psychology of gender:
 Issues of discrimination, Management of diversity; Glass ceiling effect ,Self fulfilling prophesy Women and Indian society

Psychology Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Psychology Main Exam Paper One
                      PAPER-I
 FOUNDATION OF PSYCHOLOGY
SECTION-A
1. Introduction: Definition of Psychology; Historical antecedents of Psychology and trends in the 21st century; Psychology and scientific methods; Psychology in relation to other social sciences and natural sciences; Application of Psychology to social problems
2. Methods of Psychology: Types of research: Descriptive, evaluative, diagnostic and prognostic; Methods of Research: Survey, observation, case-study and experiments; Characteristics of experimental design and non-experimental design, Quasi-experimental designs; Focused group discussions, brain storming , grounded theory approach
 3. Research Methods: Major steps in Psychological research (problem statement, hypothesis formulation, research designs, sampling ,tools of data collection ,analysis and interpretation and report writing ), Fundamental versus applied research; Methods of data collection (i9nterview observation ,questionnaire); Research designs (Ex-post facto and experimental): Application of statistical technique (t-test, one way ANOVA correlation, regression and factor analysis ); Item response theory
4. Development of Human Behavior : Growth and development; Principles of development, Role of Genetic and environmental factors in determining human behavior; Influence of cultural factors in socialization; Life span development – Characteristics,
Development tasks, promoting psychological well- being across major stages of the life span
5. Sensation, Attention and Perception: sensation: Concepts and threshold, absolute and difference thresholds, signal-detection and vigilance; Factors influencing attention including set and characteristics of stimulus; Definition and concept of perception, biological factors in perception; perceptual organization-influence of past experiences, perceptual defence-factors influencing. Space and depth perception, size estimation and perceptual readiness; The plasticity of perception; Extrasensory perception; Culture and perception, subliminal perception.
6. Learning: Concepts and theories of learning (Behaviorists, Gestaltalist and information processing models); The process of extinction, discrimination and generalization; programmed learning, probability learning, self instructional learning, concepts; types and the schedules of reinforcement escape, avoidance and publishment, modeling and social learning.
7. Memory: Encoding and remembering; short term memory, Long term memory, Sensory memory, Iconic memory, Echoic memory: The Multistore model, levels of processing; Organization and Mnemonic techniques to improve memory; Theories of forgetting: decay, interference and retrieval failure: Metamemory; Amnesia: Anterogreade and retrograde.
Section-B                                                                                                               8. Thinking and Problem Solving: Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; concept formation processes; Information processing Reasoning and problem solving, Facilitating and hindering factors in problem solving, Methods of problem solving: creative thinking and fostering creativity; Factors influencing decision making and judgment; Recent trends.
9. Motivation and Emotion: Psychological and Physiological basis of motivation and emotion; Measurement of motivation and emotion; Effects of motivation and emotion on behavior; Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; Factors influencing intrinsic motivation; Emotional competence and the related issues.
10. Intelligence and Aptitude: Concept of Intelligence and aptitude, Nature and theories of intelligence- Spearman, Thurstone, GullfordVernon, Sternberg and J. P; Das; Emotional Intelligence, Social intelligence, Measurement of Intelligence and aptitude, Concept of IQ, deviation IQ Constance of IQ; Measurement of multiple intelligence; Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence.                                                                                                                          11. Personality:  Definition and concept of personality; Theories of personality (psychoanalytical, socio-cultural, interpersonal, developmental, humanistic, behaviouristic, trait and type approaches); Measurement of personality (protective tests, pencil-paper test); The Indian approach to Personality; Training  for personality development; Latest approaches like big 5 factor theory; The notion of self in different traditions.                          12. Attitudes, Values and Interests : Definition `of attitudes, values and interests; Components of attitudes; Formation and maintenance of attitudes; Measurement of attitudes, values and interests; Theories of attitude change; Strategies for fostering values; Formation of stereotypes and prejudices; Changing others behavior; Theories of attribution; Recent trends.
13. Language and Communication: Human Language-Properties, structure and linguistic hierarchy Language acquisition-predisposition, critical period hypothesis; Theories of language development –Skinner and Chomsky; Process and types of communication-Effective communication training –Skinner and Chomsky; Process and types of communication-effective communication training
14. Issues and Perspectives in Modern Contemporary Psychology: Computer application in the Psychological laboratory and psychological testing:  Artificial Intelligence; Psychocybernetics; Study of consciousness-sleep-wake schedules; dreams, stimulus deprivation, meditation, hypnotic/drug induced states; Extrasensory perception; Intersensory   perception, Simulation studies.

Political Science Main Exam Paper Two

civil service Political Science Main Exam Paper Two
               PAPER-II
 COMPARATIVE POLITICWS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
SECTION-A: COMPARATIVE ANALUSIS AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1. Approaches to the study of comparative politics: traditional approaches; political economy, political sociology or political system approaches; Nature of political process in te Third World
2. The Modern State: Evolution, the contemporary trends in the advanced industrial countries and the third world
3. Development: Strategies and contemporary discourse.
 4. Concepts of international politics: Power, national interest, balance of power, national security collective security and peace
 5. Theories of International politics: Marxist, Realist, Systems, Decision-making and Game Theory
6. Determinants of foreign policy: domestic compulsions, geopolitics, geoeconomics and global order.
 7. Origin and contemporary relevance of the Gold War, nature of the post-cold war global order
8. Major issues of world politics: Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnam War, Oil Crisis, Afghan Civil War Gulf War, Collapse of the Soviet  Union, Yugoslav Crisis
9. Non-alignment: Concept and movement; Third World movements for global justice, on-alignment in the post cold war era
 10.The evolution of the international economic system-from Breton woods to WTO ,the North-South dimension
11.International organizations UN and its specialized agencies: International Court of jusice;ILO ,UNICEF,WHO, UNESCO
12 Regional, organizations such as the ASEAN,APEC, EU,SAARC, NAFTA
13 Contemporary Global Concerns:Democracy,Human Rights, Ecology, Gender Justice, Global commons, Communications
section-B:India and the World
 1. Indian Foreign policy: Historical origins, determinants; the institutions of policy-making; continuity and change
2. India and the Non -Alignment movement: Evolution and contemporary relevance, Socio-political basis of non-alignment-domestic and global
3. Major issues in Indian foreign policy: Sino-Indian Border War (1962); Indo-Pakistan War (1971 ) and the liberation of Bangladesh; IPKF in Sri Lanka; India as military nuclear power (1998)
4 Conflict and co-operation in south Asia: India’s relations with Pakistan, Sri Lanka ,Bangladesh, Nepal. Regional co-operation and SAARC. Kashmir question in India’s foreign policy
5. India’s relation with Africa and Latin America
6. India and South East Asia; ASEAN
7 India and the major powers: USA, EU, China, Japan and Russia
8. India and the UN System: India’s role in UN peace keeping and global disarmament.
 9. India and the emerging international economic order; multilateral agencies-ATO, IMF, IBRD, ADB
10 India and the question of nuclear weapons: NPT and CTBT

Political Science Main Exam Paper One

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
                                               PAPER-1
 POLITICAL THEORY AND INDIAN POLITICS
SECTION-A
 1. Political theory: meaning and approaches
2. Theories of the State: Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, post-colonial and feminist
3. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.
5. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of right; concept of Human Rights
6. Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy-representative participatory and deliberative
7. Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.
 8. Political ldeologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.
 9. Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions; Sir syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo,M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar ,M.N. Roy

Physics Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Physics Main Exam Paper Two Syllabus
Section-A
1.    Quantum Mechanics : Wave – particle duality ; Schroedinger equation and expectation values; Uncertainty principle; solutions of the one-dimensional Schroedinger equation for a free particle (Gaussian wave –packet), particle in a box, particle in a finite well, linear harmonic oscillator; Reflection and transmission by a step potential and by a rectangular barrier; particle in a three dimensional box ,density of states, free electron theory of metals; Angular momentum; Hydrogen atom; spin half particles, properties of pauli spin matrices.
2.    Atomic and Molecular Physics: Sterm-Gerlach experiment, ekections spin fine structure of hydrogen atom; L-S coupling-J coupling; Spectroscopic notation of atomic ;Zeeman effect; Frank-Condon principle and applications; Electmentary theory of rotational, vibrational and electronic spectra of diatomic molecules; Raman effect and molecular structure; Laser Raman Spectroscopy; Importance of neutral hydrogen atom; molecular hydrogen and molecular hydrogen ion in astronomy; Fluorescence and phosphorescence; elementary theory and applications of NMR and FPR ;Elementary ideas about Lamb shift and its significance
3. Nuclear and Particle Physics: Basic nuclear properties-size, binding energy, angular momentum parity , magnetic moment; Semi-empirical mass formula and applications, Mass parabolas; Ground state of deuteron, magnetic moment and non-central forces; Meson theory of nuclear forces; Salient features of nuclear forces; Shell model of the nucleus-successes and limitations; Violation of parity in beta decay; Gamma decay internal conversion; Elementary ideas about Mossbauer spectroscopy’s-value of nuclear reactions; Nuclear and fusion; energy production in stars; Nuclear reactors
 Classification of elementary particles and their interactions; Conservation laws; Quark structure of hadrons; Field quanta of electroweak and strong interactions; Elementary ideas about Unification of forces; Physics of neutrinos
4. Solid State Physics ,Devices and Electronics: Crystalline and amorphous structure of matter ;Different crystal systems, space groups ;Methods of determination of crystal structure; X-ray diffraction ,scanning and transmission electron microscopies; Band theory of solids-conductors insulators and semiconductors; Thermal properties of solids. specific heat, Debye theory; Magnetism: dia, para and ferromagnetism; Elements of superconductivity ,Meissner effect, Josephson junctions and applications; elementary about high temperature superconductivity
Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors; p-n-p and n-p-n transistors; Amplifiers and oscillators; Op-amps; FET, JFET and MOSFET; Digital electronics –Boolean identities, De Morgan’s laws, logic gates and truth tables; Simple logic circuits; Thermistors, solar cells; Fundamentals of microprocessors and digital computers.

Physics Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Physics Main Exam Paper One Syllabus
                                          PAPER-1
SECTION-A
1.(a) Mechanics of Particles:
 Laws of motion;concervation of energy and momentum, applications to rotating frames, centripetal and Coriolis accelerations; Motion under a central force; Conservation of angular momentum, Kepler’s laws; Fields and potentials; Gravitational field and potential due to spherical bodies Gauss and Poisson equations,gratitational self-energy ;Two –body problem; Reduced mass;Rutheerford scattering; Centre of mass and laboratory reference frames.
 (b) Mechanics of Rigid Bodies
System of particles; Centre of mass, angular momentum, equations of motion; Conservation theorems for energy, momentum and angular momentum; Elastic and inelastic collisions; Rigid body; Degrees of freedom. Euler’s theorem, angular velocity ,angular momentum, moments of intertia,theorems of parallel and perpendicular axed, equation of motion for rotation; Molecular rotations (as rigid bodies): Di and tri-atomic molecules; recessional motion; top ,gyroscope
(c) Mechanics of Continuous Media
Elasticity, Hooke’s law and elastic constants of isotropic solids and their inter-relation; Streamline (Laminar)flow,viscosity, Poiseuille’s equation, Bernoulli’s equation, Stokes’ law and applications
(d)Special Relativity
Michelson-Morley experiment and its implications; Lorentz transformations-length contraction time dilation ,addition of relativistic velocities, aberration and Doppler effect, mass-energy relation simple applications to a decay process; Four dimensional momentum vector; Covariance of equations of physics
2. Waves and Optics
(a) Waves
Simple harmonic motion, damped oscillation, forced oscillation and resonance; Beats; Stationary waves in a string; Pulses and wave packets; Phase and group velocities; Reflection and Refraction from Huygen’s principle
(b) Geometrical 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 aberration
(c) Interference:
 Interference of light-Young’s experiment, Newton’s rings, interference by thin films, Michelson interferometer; Multiple beam interference and Fabry-Perot interferometer
(d) Diffraction
Fraunhofer diffraction-single slit, double slit, diffraction grating, resolving power; Diffraction by a circular aperture and the Airy pattern; Fresnel diffract tion:half-period zones plates, circular aperture
(e)Polarization and Modern Optics:
 Production and detection of linearly and circularly polarized light; Double refraction, quarter wave plate; Optical activity; Principles of fiber optics,attenuation;Pulse dispersion in step index and parabolic index fibres;Material dispersion, single mode fibres;Lasers-Einstein A and B coefficients Ruby and He-Ne lasers; Characteristics of laser light-spatial and temporal coherence; Focusing of laser beams; Three-level scheme for laser operation; Holography and simple applications
Sections-B
3. Electricity and Magnetism
(a) Electrostatics and Magneto statics
Laplace and poisson equations in electrostatics and their applications; Energy of a system of charge multiple expansion of scalar potential; Method of images and its applications; Potential and field due to a dipole, force and torque on a dipole ion an external field;Dielectrics,polarization;Solutions to boundary-value problems-conducting and dielectric spheres in a uniform electric field; Magnetic shell, uniformly magnetized sphere; Ferromagnetic materials,hysteresis,energy loss
(b) Current Electricity

Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications;Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law,Faraday’s law, Lenz’ law; Self-and mutual-inductances; Mean and rms values in AC circuits;DC and AC circuits with R,L, and C components; Series and parallel resonances; Quality factor; Principle of transformer.
(C) Electromagnetic  Waves and Blackbody Radiation
Displacement current and Maxwell’s equations in vacuum,’Poynting theorem vector and scalar potentials; Electromagnetic field tensor, covariance of Maxwell’s equations; Wave equation in isotropic dielectrics, reflection and refraction at the boundary of two dielectrics;Fresnel;s relations; Total internal reflection ;Normal and anomalous dispersion;Ryleigh scattering Blackbody radiation and Planck’s radiation law, Stefan-Boltzmann law, Wien’s displacement law and Rayleigh –Jean’s ‘law
4. Thermal and Statistical Physics:
 (a) thermodynamics
Laws of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes , entropy ;Isothermal, adiabatic isobaric, isochoric processes and entropy changes; Otto and Diesel engines, Gibbs’ phase rule and chemical potential; Vander Waals equation of state of a real gas, critical constants;Maxwell-Boltzman distribution of molecular velocities, transport phenomena, equipartition and virial theorems; Dulong petit, Einstein , and Debye’s theories of specific heat of solids; Maxwell relations and applications; Clausius- Clapeyron equation; Adiabatic demagnetization, Joule-Kelvin effect and liquefaction of gases
(b) Statistical Physics
Macro and micro states, statiscal distributions, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions ,applications to specific heat of gases and blackbody radiation; Concept of negative temperatures.

Philosophy Main Exam Paper Two

PAPER –II
SECTION-A:SOCIO-POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
1. Social and political ldeals: Equality, Justice, Liberty.
2. Sovereignty: Austin, Bodin, Laski, Kaultiya
3. Individual and State: Rights; Duties and Accountability
4. Forms of Government: Monarchy; Theocracy and Democracy.
5. Political ideologies: anarchism; Marxism and Socialism
6. Humanism; Secularism; Multiculturalism
7.Crime and Punishment: Corruption, Mass Violence, Genocide, Capital Punishment
8 Development and Social Progress.
9 Gender Discrimination: Female Foeticide, Land and Property Rights; Empowerment
10 Caste Discrimination: Gandhi and Ambedkar
 Section-B: Philosophy of Religion
1. Notions of God: attributes; Relation to Man and the World.(Indian and Western)
2. Proofs for the Existence of God and their Critique (Indian and Western)
3. Problem of Evil
4. Soul: Immorality; Rebirth and Liberation
5. Reason, Revelation and Faith
6. Religious Experience: Nature and Object (Indian and Western).
 7. Religion without God
 8 Religion and Morality
9 Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Absolute Truth
 10 Nature of Religious Language: Analogical and Symbolic;Vognitivist and Non-cognitive

Philosophy Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Philosophy Main Exam Paper One
                                                                            PAPER-1
 Section-A :History and Problem of Philosophy
1. Plato and Aristotle: Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality.
 2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz): Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom
3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume): Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God skepticism.
 4. Kant: Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgements;Space an Time ;Categories; Ideas of Reason; Antinomies; Critique of Proofs for the Existence of God
 5. Hegel: Dialectical Method; Absolute Idealism
6. Moore,Russel and Early Wittgenstein :Defence of Commonsense; Refutation of Idealism; Logical Atomism; Logical Constructions; Incomplete Symbols; Picture Theory of meaning; Saying and Showing
7 Logical Positivism: Verification Theory of Meaning:Rajection of Metaphysics; Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions
8. Later Wittgenstein: Meaning and Use; Language-games; Critique of Private Language.
9 Phenomenology (Husserl): Method; Theory of Essences; Avoidance of Psychologism
10 Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger): Existence and Essence; Choice, Responsibility and Authentic Existence; Being-in-the-world and Temporality
11. Quine and Strawson: Critique of Empiricism; Theory of basic particulars and persons
Section-B
12. Carvaka: Theory of Knowledge; Rejection of Transcendent Entities
13. Jainism: Theory of Reality; Saptabhaoginaya; Bondage and Liberation
14. Schools of Buddhism: Pratityasamutpada, Ksanikavada, Nairatmyavada
15. Nyaya-Vaiuesika:theory of Categories; Theory of Appearance; Theory of Pramana;Self,Liberation;God;Proofs for the Existence of god; Theory of Causation; Atomistic Theory of Creation.
16 Samkhya:Prakrti;Purusa;Causation;Kaivalya
18 Mimamasa:theory of Knowledge
19 Schools of Vedanta: Brahman;luvara;Atman;Jiva;Maya; Avidya;Adhyasa; Moksa; Aprthaksiddhi ; Pancavidhabheda
20 Aruobindo: Evolution,Involution;Integral Yoga

Medical Science Main Exam Paper One

MEDICAL SCIENCE
                                           PAPER-I
SECTION-A
 1. Human Anatomy: Applied anatomy including blood nerve supply of upper and lower limbs and joints of shoulder, hip and knee. Gross anatomy, blood supply and lymphatic drainage of tongue thyroid, mammary gland stomach, liver, prostate, gonads and uterus, applied anatomy of diaphragm perineum and inguinal region. Clinical anatomy of kidney, urinary bladder, uterine tubes, vas deferens.
Embryology: Placenta and placental brrier.Development of heart, gut ,kidney ,uterus ,ovary ,testis and their common congenital abnormalities
Central and peripheral autonomic nervous system: Gross and clinical anatomy of ventricles of brain ,circulation of cerebrospinal fluid; Neural pathways and lesions of coetaneous sensations , hearing and vision; Cranial nerves, distribution and clinical significance; Components of autonomic nervous system
2 Human Physiology: Conduction and transmission of impulse,lechanism of contraction neuromuscular transmission, reflexes .control of equilibrium ,posture and muscle tone, descending pathways, functions of cerebellum, basal ganglia, physiology of sleep and consciousness.
Endocrine system: Mechanism of action of hormones, Formation, secretion, transport, metabolism, functions and regulations of secretion of panctreas and pituitary glands
 Physiology of reproductive system: menstrual cycle, lactation, pregnancy
Blood: Development, regulations and fate of blood cells
 Cardio-vascular output, blood pressure, regulation of cardiovascular functions
3. Biochemistry:
 Organ function tests-liver, kindney, thyroid
Protein synthesis
Vitamins and minerals
Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Radio-immunoassays(RIA)
4. Pathology
Inflammation and repair; disturbances of growth and cancer, Pathogenesis and histopathology of rheumatic and ischemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus. Differentiation between benign malignant, primary and metastatic malignancies, pathogenesis and histopathology of bronchogenic carcinoma, carcinoma breast, oral cancer cervix ,leukemia,Etiology,pathogenesis and histopathology of – cirrhosis liver;glomerulonephritis,tuberculosis, acute osteomyelitis
5 Microbiology:
Humoral and cell mediated immunity
Diseases caused by and laboratory diagnosis of
a) Meningococcus,Salmonella
b) Shigella,Herpes,Dengue,Polio
c) HIV/AIDS,Malaria,E. Histolytica,Giardia
d) Canada,Cryptococcus,Aspergillus
6. Pharmacology:
 Mechanism of action and side effects of the following drugs
a) Antipyretics and analgesics,Antibiotics,Antimalaria,Antikala-azar,antidiabetics
b) Antihypertensive,Antidiuretics,General and cardiac vasodilators, Antiviral,Antiparasitic ,Antifungal ,Immunosuppressant’s
c) Anticancer
7. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Forensic examination of injuries and wounds; Examination of blood and seminal stains; poisoning sedative overdose, hanging ,drowning ,burns,DNA and finger print study

Medical Science Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Medical Science Main Exam Paper Two
                                                                                                               PAPER-II
 Section-A
 1. General Medicine:Etiology,clinical features, diagnosis and principles of management (including prevention)of:Tetanus,Rabies,aIDS ,dengue,Kala-azar,Japanese Encephalitis.
 Etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and principles of management of Ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary embolism and Bronchial asthma.
 Pleural effusion, tuberculosis, Malabsorption syndromes, acid peptic diseases, viral hepatitis and cirrhosis of liver.
Glomerulonerphritis and pyelonephritis,renal failure, nephritic syndrome,renocascular hypertension, complications of diabetes mellitus, coagulation disorders,leukemia,Hypo and hyper thyrodism, meningitis and encephalitis
lmaging in medical problems,ultrasound,echocardiogram,CT scan,MRI.
Anxiety and Deoressive Psychosis and schizophrenia and ECT
2. Pediatrics:Immunization,Baby friendly hospital ,congenital cyanotic heart disease, respiratory distress syndrome,broncho-pneumonias,kernicterus,IMNCI classification and management PEM garding and management.ARI and Diarrhea of under five and their management
3. Dermatology: Psoriasis, Allergic dermatitis, scabies, eczema, vitiligo, stevan Johnson’s syndrome Lichen Planus.
4. General Surgery: Clinical features,causes,diagnosis and principle of management of cleft palate hare lip
 Laryngeal tumor, oral and esophageal tumours
Peripheral arterial diseases,varicose,veins,coarctation of arota
Tumors of Thyroid ,Adrenal Glands
Abscess,cancer,fibroadenoma and adenosis of breast
Bleeding peptic ulcer, tuberculosis of bowel,ulceratgive colitis ,cancer stomach.
Renal mass, cancer prostate
Haemothorax, stones of Gall bladder, Kidney, Ureter and Urinary Bladder.
 Management of surgical conditions of Rectum,Anus and Anal canal, Gall bladder and Bile ducts Splenomegaly ,cholecystitis,portal hypertension, liver abscess,peritionitis,carcinoma head of pancreas.
 Fractures of spine, Colles’ fracture and bone tumors
Endoscopy
Laparoscopic Surgery
5. Obstetrics and Gynecology including Family Planning
diagnosis of Pregnancy
Labour management, complications of 3rd stage,Antepartum and postpartum haemorrhage, resuscitation of the newborn, Management of abnormal lie and difficult labour,Management of small for date or premature newborn
 Diagnosis and management of anemia.Preclampsia and Toxaemias of pregnancy, Management of post menopausal Syndrome
Intra-uterine devices,pills,tubectomy and vasectomy. Medical termination of pregnancy including legal aspects.
 Cancer cervic
Leucorrhoea, pelvic pain, infertility, dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) ,amenorrhoea,Fibroid and prolapsed of uterus
6. Community Medicine (Preventive and Social Medicine):
 Principles, methods, approach and measurements of Epidemiology
Nutrition, nutritional diseases/disorders & Nutrition Programmes.
Health information Collection, Analysis and Presentation
Objectives, components and critical analysis of National programmes for control/eradication of : Malaria,Kala-azar,Filaria and Tuberculosis,
HIV/AIDS,STDs and Dengue
Critical appraisal of Health care delivery system
Health management and administration :Techniques, Tools ,Programme Implementation and Evaluation
Objective,Component,Goals and Status of Reproductive and child Health ,National Rural Health Mission and Millennium Development Goals
management of hospital and industrial waste

Mechanical Engineering Main Exam Paper Two

PAPER-II
1. Thermodynamics ,gas Dynamics and Turbine:
 1.1 Basic concept of First law and second law of Thermodynamics; concept of entropy and reversibility availability and unavailability and irreversibility
1.2 Classification and properties of fluids; incompressible and compressible fluids flows; effect of Mach number and compressibility; continuity momentum and energy equations; normal and oblique shocks; one dimensional isentropic flow; flow or fluids in duct with frictions that transfer
1.3 Flow through fans, blowers and compressors; axial and centrifugal flow configuration; design fans and compressors; single problems compresses and turbine cascade; open and closed cycle turbines; work done in the gas turbine; reheat and regenerators
2. Heat Transfer:
 2.1 Conduction heat transfer-general conduction equation-Laplace, Possession and Fourier equations Fourier law of condition; one dimensional steady state heat conduction applied to simple solid and hollow cylinder & spheres
 2.2 Convection heat transfer-Newton’s ;law of convection; free and forces convection; heat transfer during laminar and turbulent flow of an incompressible fluid over a flat plate; Concept of Nusselt number, hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layer their thickness; print number; analogy between heat and momentum transfer-Reynolds, Colum ,Prandtl analogies; heat transfer during laminar and turbulent flow through horizontal tubes; free convection from horizontal and vertical plated
2.3 Black body radiation-basic radiation laws such as Stefan –Boltzmann ,Planck distribution, Wein’s displacement etc.
 2.4 Basic heat exchanger analysis; classification of heat exchangers.
3. I.C. Engines:
 3.1 Classification, thermodynamic cycles of operation; determination of break power, indicated power mechanical efficiency, heat balance sheet, interpretation of performance characteristics ,petrol, gas and diesel engines.
3.2 Combustion in SI and CI engines, normal and abnormal combustion; effect of working parameters on knocking, reduction of knocking; Forms of combustion chamber for SI and CI engines; rating of fuels; additives; emission.
3.3 Different systems of IC engines-fuels; lubricating; cooling and transmission systems. Alternate fules  in IC engines.
 4. Steam Engineering:
 4.1 Steam generation-modified Rankine cycle analysis; Modern steam boilers; steam at critical and supercritical pressures; draught equipment; natural and artificial draught; boilder fuels solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. Steam turbines-Principle; types;compounding;impulse and reaction turbines axial thrust
4.2 Steam nozzles-flow of steam in convergent and divergent nozzle; pressure at throat for maximum discharge with different initial steam conditions such as wet, saturated and superheated ,effect of variation of back pressure; supersaturated flow of steam inn nozzles, Wilson line
4.3 Rankine cycle with internal and external irreversibility; reheat factor; reheating and regeneration, methods of governing; back pressure and pass out turbines
4.4 Steam power plants-combined cycle power generation; heat recovery generation (HRSG) fires and unfired, co-generation plants
 5. Refrigeration and air-conditioning
5.1 vapour compression refrigeration cycle on p-H & T-s diagrams; co-friendly refrigerants- R 134a, 123; System like evapoarators, condensers, comprewssor, expansion devices. Simple vapors absorption systems
5.2 Psychometric-Properties; processes; charts; sensible heating and cooling; humidification and dehumidification effective temperature; air-conditioning load calculation; simple duct design

Mechanical Engineering Main Exam Paper One

Civil Service Mechanical Engineering Main Exam Paper One Syllabus
                                                              PAPER-I
1 Mechanics:
 1.1 Mechanics of rigid bodies: Equation of equilibrium in space and its application; first and second moments of area; simple problems of friction; kinematics of particles for plane motion ;elementary particle dynamics
1.2 Mechanics of deformable bodies: Generalized Hooke’s law and its application; design problems on axial stress, shear stress and bearing stress’ material properties for dynamic loading; bending shear and stresses in beams; determination of principle stresses and strains-analytical and graphical; compound and combined stresses; bi-axial stresses-thin walled pressure vessel; material behavior and design factors for dynamic load; design of circular shafts for bending ad torsional load only; deflection of beam for statically determinate problems; theories of failure
2 Engineering Materials: Basic concepts on structure of solids; common ferrous and non-ferrous materials and their applications; heat-treatment of steels’ on-metals-plastics, ceramics,      composite materials and nano-materials.
 3. Theory of Machines: Kinematic and dynamic analysis of plane mechanisms. Cams, Gears and epicyclic gear trains,flywheels,governors, balancing of rigid rotors, balancing of dingle and multi-cylinder engines, linear vibration analysis of mechanical systems (single degree of freedom),Critical speeds and whirling of shafts.
4 Manufacturing Science
4.1 Manufacturing Process: Machine tool engineering-Merchant’s force analysis; Taylor’s tool life equation ;conventional machining;NC and CNC machining process; jigs and fixtures
Non-conventional machining-EDM,ECM ,ultrasonic, water jet machining etc, application lasers and plasmas; energy rate calculations
Forming and welding processes-standard processes
Metrology-concept of fits and tolerances; tools and gauges; comparators; inspection of length position; profile and surface finish.
4.2 Manufacturing Mangemtn:System desing:factory location-simple OR models; Plant layout methods based; applications of engineering economic analysis and break-even analysis for product selection, process selection and capacity planning;pre-determined time standards
System planning; forecasting methods based on regression and decomposition, design and balance of multi model and stochastic assembly lines; inventory managemet-probabikstic inventory models of order time and order quality determination; JIT systems; strategic sourcing; managing inter plant logistic
System operations and control: Scheduling algorithms for job shops ;applications of statistical methods for product and process quality control-applications of control charts for mean ,range percent defective, number of defectives and defects per unit; quality cost systems; management resources,organixations and risks in projects
 system improvement: Implementation of systems, such as total quality management, develop and managing flexible ,lean and agile organization

Management Main Exam Paper Two

 Civil Service Management Main Exam Paper Two Syllabus
                                                          PAPER-II
SECTION-A
1. Algebra:Groups,subgroups,cyclic groups,cosets,Lagrange’s Theorem, normal subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphism of groups, basic isomorphism theorems, permutation groups,Cayley’s theorem
Rings,subrings and ideals,homomorphisms of rings; Integral domains,principla ideal domains Euclidean domains and unique factorization domains;Fields,quotient fields
2. Real Analysis: Real number system as an ordered field with least upper bound property; Sequences limit of a sequence, Cauchy sequence, completeness of real line; Series and its convergence, absolute and conditional convergence of series of real and complex terms, rearrangement of series.
 Continuity and uniform continuity of functions, properties of continuous functions on compact sets.
Riemann integral, improper integrals; Fundamental theorems of integral calculus. Uniform convergence, continuity, differentiability and inerrability for sequences and series of functions; Partial derivatives of functions of several (two or three) variables, maxima and minima.
3. Complex Analysis :Analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Cauchy’s theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula, power series representation of an analytic function, Taylor’s series; Singularities Laurent’s series; Cauchy’s residue theorem; Contour integration
4. Linear Programming: Linear programming problems, basic solution, basic feasible solution and optimal solution, Graphical method and simple’s method of solutions; Duality
Transportation and assignment problems.
5 Partial differential equations: Family of surface in three dimensions and formulations of partial differential equations; Solution of quasilinear partial differential equations of the first order, Cauchy’s method of characteristics; Linear partial differential equations of the second order with constant coefficients, canonical form;Wquation of a vibrating string ,heat equation,Laplce equation and their solutions
6. Numerical Analysis and Computer Programming: Numerical methods: Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations of one variable by bisection,Regula-Falsi and Newton-Raphson methods; Solution of system of linear equations by Gaussian elimination and Gauss-Jordan (direct), Gauss- Seidel (iterative)methods. Newton’s (forward and backward)interpolation, Lagrange’s interpolation
numerical integration: Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s rules, Gaussian quadrature formula
Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations: Euler and Runga Kutta-methods
 Computer Programming: Binary system; Arithmetic and logical operations on number; Octal and Hexadecimal systems; Conversion to and from decimal systems; Algebra of binary numbers
Elements of computer systems and concept of memory; Basic logic gates and truth tables, Boolean integers
Algorithms and flow charts for solving numerical analysis problems
7 Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics: Generalized coordinates; D’ Alembert’s principle and Lagrange’s equations; Hamilton equations; Moment of inertia; Motion of rigid bodies in two dimensions
Equation of continuity; Euler’s equation of motion for inviscid  flow’ Streamn-lines ,path of a particle potential flow; Two-dimensional and axisymmetric motion; Sources and sinks, vortex motion ;Navier-Stokes equation for a viscous fluid

Mathematics Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Mathematics Main Exam Paper Two Syllabus
                                                             PAPER-I
SECTION-A
1. Linear Algebra: Vector spaces over R and C, linear dependence and independence, subspaces bases,dimension;Linear transformation ,rank and nullity, matrix of a linear transformation
Algebra of Matrices; Row and Colum reduction, Echelon form, congruence’s and similarity; Rank of a matrix; Inverse of a matrix; Solution of system of linear equations; Eigen values and eigen vectors, characteristic polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton theorem,Symmetric,Skew-symmetric Hermitian,Skew-hermitian,orthogal and Unitary matrices and their eigenvalues.
2. Calculus: Real numbers, functions of a real variable ,limits,continuity,differentiability ,mean value theorem, Taylor’s theorem with remainders, indeterminate forms, maxima and minima, asymptotes; Curve tracing; Functions of two or three variables:limits,continuity,partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Lagrange’s method of multipliers ,Jacobian
Riemann’s definition of definite integrals; Indefinite intergrals;Infinite and improper integrals Double and triple integrals (evaluation techniques only); Areas, surface and volumes.
3. Analytic Geometry: Cartesian and polar coordinates in three dimensions, second degree
equation in three variables, reduction to canonical forms,straihnt lines, shortest distance between two skew lines; Plane, sphere,cone,cylinder,paraboloid,ellipsoild,hyperboloid of one and two sheets and their properties.
4 Ordinary Differential Equations: Formation of differential equations; Equations of first order and first degree, integrating factor; Orthogonal trajectory; Equations of first order but not of first degree,Clairaut’s equation, singular solution.
Second and higher order linear equations with constant coefficients, complementary function particular integral and general solution.
 Second order linear equations with coefficients, Euler-Cauchy equation; Determination complete solution when one solution is known using method of variation of parameters.
Laplace and Inverse Laplace transforms and their properties; Laplace transforms of elementary function. Application to initial value problems for 2nd order linear equations with constant coefficients.
5.Dynamics & Statics: Rectilinear motion, simple harmonic motion, motion in a plane, projectiles constrained motion; Work and energy ,conservation of energy;Kepler’s laws, orbits under central forces
Equilibrium of a system of particles; Work and potential energy,friction;common catenary;Principle of virtual work; Stability of equilibrium ,equilibrium of forces in three dimensions.
 6 Vector Analysis: Scalar and vector fields, differentiation of vector field of a scalar variable; Gradient divergence and curl in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates; Higher order derivatives; Vector identities and vector equations
Application to geometry: Curves in space, Curvature and torsion;Serret-Frenet’s formulae. Gauss and Stokes’ theorems, Green’s identities

Law Main Exam Paper One

  Civil Service Law Main Exam Paper One Syllabus
SECTION-A: CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
1. Constitution and Constitutionlism :The distinctive feature of the Constitution
2. Fundamental rights-Public interest litigation;legal Aid;Legal service authority.
3. Relationship between fundamental rights, directive principle and fundamental duties
4. Constitutional position of the President and relation with the Council of ministers
5. Governor and his Powers
6. Supreme Court and High Courts
(a) Appointments and transfer.
 b) powers, functions and jurisdiction
7 Centre, State and local bodies
(a)Distribution of Legislative Powers between the Union and the States
(b) Local bodies
(c)Administrative relationship among Union, State and Local Bodies
 (d) Eminent domain-State property-common property-community property
8. Legislative powers, Privileges and immunities
9. Services under the Union and the States
 Recruitment and conditions of services; Constitutional safeguards; Administrative tribunals.
(b) Union Public Service Commission and State Public Service Commissions-Power and function
(c) Election Commission-Power and functions
10.Emergency provisions
11. Amendment of the Constitution
12 Principle of natural Justice-Emerging trends and judicial approach
13 Delegated legislation and its constitutionality
14 Separation of power and Constitutional governance
15 Judicial review of administrative action
16 Ombudsman:Lokayukta,Lokpal etc
 Section-B:International Law
 1. Nature and Definition of International Law.
 2. Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law.
 3. State Recognition and state succession
4. Law of the sea: Inland Waters, Territorial sea, Contiguous Zone, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone, High Seas
 5 Individuals: Nationality, statelessness; Human rights and procedures available for their enforcement
6 Territorial jurisdiction of States, Extradition and Asylum
7 Treaties: Formation, application, termination and reservation
8 United Nations: Its principal organs, powers, functions and reform
9 Peaceful settlement of disputes-different modes.
10 Lawful resources to force: aggression self-defence, intervention
11. Fundamental principles of international humanitarian law- International conventions and contemporary developments.
 12. Legality of the use of nuclear weapons; ban testing of nuclear weapons; Nuclear-non proliferation treaty, CTBT
13. International terrorism, State sponsored terrorism, Hijacking, International Criminal Court.
14. New International Economic order and Monetary Law: WTO, TRIPS, GATT, IMF, World Bank
15 Protection and Improvement of the Human Environment: International Efforts.

Management Main Exam Paper Two

Civil Service Management Main Exam Paper Two Syllabus
PAPER-II
SECTION-A
1. Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making: Descriptive statistics-tabular, graphical and numerical methods, introduction to probability, discrete and continuous probability distributions ,inferential statistics-sampling distributions ,central limit theorem, hypothesis testing for differences between means and proportions, inference about population variances, Chi-square and ANOVA, simple correlation and regression, time series and forecasting ,decision theory, index numbers; Linear programming-problem formulation, simplex method and graphical solution, sensitivity analysis
2. Production and Operation Management: Fundamentals of operations management; Organizing for production;Aggregae production planning, capacity planning, plant design: Process planning plant size and scale of operations, Management of facilities; Line balancing; Equipment replacement and maintenance; Production control; Supply chain management-vendor evaluation and audit .Quality management; Statistical process control ,six sigma; Flexibility and agility in manufacturing systems; World class manufacturing; Project management concepts R & D management, Management of service operations; Role and importance of materials management, value analysis ,make or buy decision; Inventory control ,MRP;Waste management.
3 Management Information System: Conceptual foundations of information systems; Information theory; Information resource management; Types of information systems; Systems developments .Overview of systems and design; System development management life-cycle, Designing for online and distributed environments; Implementation and control of project; Trends in information technology; Managing data resources-Organizing data;DSS and RDBMS;Enterprise Resource planning (ERP),Expert systems-Business architecture,e-Governance;Information systems planning, Flexibility in information systems; User involvement; Evaluation of information systems
4 Government Business Interface: State participation in business, Interaction between Government Business and different Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India; Government’s policy with regard to Small Scale Industries; Government clearances for establishing a new enterprise; Public Distribution System; Government control over price and distribution; Consumer Protection Act (CPA) and The Role of voluntary organizations in protecting consumer’rights;New Industrial Policy of the Government: liberalization ,deregulation and privatization; Indian planning system ; Government policy concerning development of Backward areas/regions; The Responsibilities of the business as well as the Government to protect the environment ;Corporate Governance; Cyber Laws
5Strategic Management: Business policy as a field of study; Nature and scope of strategic management ,Strategic intent, vision ,objectives and policies; Process of strategic planning and implementation; Environmental analysis and internal analysis; SWOT analysis; Tools and techniques for strategic analysis-Impact matrix: the experience curve.BCG matrix, GEC mode ,Industry analysis, Concept of value chain; Strategic profile of a firm; Framework for analyzing competition; Competitive advantage of a firm; Generic competitive strategies; Growth strategies-expansion. Integration and diversification; Concept of core competence, Strategic flexibility; Reinventing strategy; Strategy and structure; Chief Executive and Board; Turnaround management; Management of strategic change; Strategic alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy ad corporate evolution in the Indian context
6 International Business :International Business Environment: Changing composition of trade in goods and services; India’s Foreign Trade: Policy and trends; Financing of International trade; Regional Economic Cooperation;FTAs; Internationalization of service firms; International production; Operation Management in International combines; International Taxation; Global competitiveness and technological developments; Global e-Business ;Designing global organizational structure and control; Multicultural management; Global business strategy; Global marketing strategies; Export Management; Export-Import procedures; Joint Ventures;Foregin Investment: Foreign direct investment and Foreign portfolio investment; Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions; Foreign Exchange Risk Exposure Management; World Financial Markets and International Banking ;External Debt Management; Country Risk Analysis