Zoology Preliminary

Civil Service Zoology Preliminary  Examination Syllabus
1 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 chromosome and gene, chemistry of genetic components
 (e) Mendel’s laws of inheritance, linkage and genetic recombination;cytoplasmic inheritance.
 (f) Function of gene: replication, transcription ad translation; mutations (spontaneous and artificial); Recombinant DNA: Principle and application.
(g) Sex determination in Drosophila and man; sex linkage in man.
II SYSTEMATIC
(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, Echimodermata,Minior phyla (Bryozoa,Phoronida and Chaetognatha ) and Hemichordate.
(b) Structure reproduction 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 Orytolagus): 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 source and role’ colloids and hydrogen ion concentration: biological oxidation. Electron transport and role of ATP energetic, glycolysis citric acid cycle; vertebrate hormones: their type, sources and functions; pheromones and their role.
b) Neuron and nerve impulse –conduction and transmission across synapses; neurotransmitters 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 mammals; 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; adaption of aquatic terrestrial and aerial fauna;intra-and interspecific animal relationship ; 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 mollusks of India
 c) Non-poisonous and poisonous snakes of India
 d) Venomous animals-centipede , wasp, honey bee.
e) Diseases caused by aberrant chromosomes/genes in man; genetic counseling;DNA as a tool for forensic investigation
PART B-MAIN EXAMINATION
 The main examination is intended to assess the overall intellectual traits and depth of understanding of candidates rather the merely the range of their information and memory.
 The scope of syllabus for the optional subject papers for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than the bachelors degree and lower than the masters degree the case of Engineering and law, the level corresponds to the bachelor’s degree

Statistics Preliminary

Civil Service Statistics Preliminary examination Syllabus
PROBABILITY
Random experiment, sample space, event, algebra of events, probability on a discrete sample space, basic theorems of probability and simple examples based theorem, conditional probability of an event , independent events, Bayes’ theorem and its application, discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions, expectation, moments, moment generating function, joint distribution of two or more random variables, marginal and conditional distributions, independence of random variables, covariance, correlation, coefficient, distribution of function of random variables. Bernoulli, binomial, geometric, negative binomial, hyper geometric, poisson, multinomial, uniform , beta, exponential , gamma, Cauchy, normal, longnormal and bivariate normal distributions, real-life situations where these distributions provide appropriate models, Chebyshev’s inequality, weak law of large numbers and central limit theorem for independent and identically distributed random variables with finite variance and their simple applications.
STATISTICAL METHODS
Concept of a statistical population and a sample, types of data, presentation and summarization of data, measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis, measures of association and contingency, correlation, rank correlation, interclass correlation, correlation ratio, simple and multiple linear regression, multiple and partial correlations (involving three variables only), curve-fitting and principle of least squares, concepts of random sample, parameter and median (for continuous distribution only) , censored sampling (concept and illustrations).
 STATISTICAL METHODS
Unbiasedness, consistency , efficiency, sufficiency, Completeness, minimum variance unbiased estimation,Rao-Blackwell theorem, Lehmann-Scheffe theorem, Cramer-Rao inequality and minimum variance bound estimator, moments maximum lilkehood, least squares and minimum chi-square methods of estimation, properties of maximum likehood and other estimators , idea of a random interval, confidence intervals for the parameters of standard distributions, shortest confidence intervals , large sample confidence intervals.
Simple and composite hypotheses, two kinds of errors, level of significance , size and power of a test, desirable properties of a good test, most powerful test, Neyman-Pearson lemma and its use in simple example , uniformly most powerful test, likelihood ratio test and its properties and applications
   Chi-square test, sign test,Wald-Wolfowitz runs test, run test for randomness, median test,Wilcoxcon test and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test
Wai’s sequential probability ratio test,OC and ASN function, application to binomial and normal distributions. Loss function, risk function , minimax and Bayes rules
Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments: Complete enumeration vs. sampling , need for sampling basic concepts in sampling, designing large-scale sample surveys, sampling and non-sampling errors simple random sampling, properties of a good estimator, estimation of sample size, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling , ratio and  regression methods of estimation under simple and stratified random sampling, double sampling for ratio regression methods of estimation two-stage sampling with equal-size first-stage units.
  Analysis of variance with equal number of observations per cell in one, two and three-way classification , analysis of covariance in one and two-way classifications, basic principles of experimental designs, completely randomized design, randomized block design, latin square design , missing plot technique, 2n factorial design, total and partial confounding, 32 factorial experiments, split-plot design and balanced incomplete block design

Sociology Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Sociology Preliminary Syllabus
UNIT-1: BASIC CONCEPT
 Society,community,Association,Institution .Culture –culture change, diffusion , cultural tag, Cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, acculturation
 Social Group-Primary ,secondary and reference groups.
 Social Structure ,social system , social action
 Status and role conflict , role set
 Norms and values-conformity and deviance
Law and customs
 Socio-cultural processes:Socialization,assimilation , integration , co-operation , competition, conflict, accommodation, social distance, relative deprivation
UNIT-II MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND KINSHIP
 Marriage: type and norms, marriage as contract a, 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 behavior, market (free) economy and controlled (Planned economy
UNIT-VI :INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN SOCIETY
 Rural-Urban Continuum, urban growth and urbanization-town , city and metropolis; basis features of industrial society; impact of automation on society; industrialization 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 socialization; Political modernization, pressure groups; caste and politics
 UNIT-IX: WEAKER SECTION 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, alit Movement

Public Administration Preliminary

Civil Service Public Administration Preliminary Syllabus
INTRODUCTION
Meaning, scope and significance. Evolution and status of the disciple, Comparative Public Administration and Development Administration .Public and Private Administation: State versus market debate. New Public Administration. New Public Management perspective
 BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES
 Organization, hierarchy, unity of command , Span of control, Authority ad Responsibility Co-ordination, Centralization and Decentralization ,Delegation,Supervision,Line and Staff
 THEORIES OF ADMINISTRATION
 Scientific Management (Taylor and the Scientific Management Movement) ,Classical Theory (Fayol, Urwick,Gulick and others) Bureaucratic Theory (Weber and this critics). Ideas of Mary Parker Follett and C.I.Barnard; Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others). Behavioral Approach, Systme approach
 ADMINISTATIVE BEHAVIOUR
 Decision making with special reference to H Simon, communication and control. Leadership theories. Theories of motivation (Maslow and Herzberg).
 ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROL
 The concept of Accountability and control: Legislative, executive and judicial control. Citizen and Administration :Role of civil society, people’s participation and Right to Information
 ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
 Comparative administrative features of USA,Great Britain and Japan
 PERSONEL ADMINISTRATION
Role of civil Service in developing societies; position classification,Recruitment,Training ,Promotion, Pay and Service conditions.Reklations with the Political Excecutive;Administrative Ethics
FINANCIAL ADMINISTATION
 Budget: Concepts and forms. Formation and execution of budget, deficit financing public debt Accounts and Audit
UNION GOVERNMENT AND  ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA,BRITISH LEGACY
 Constitutional context of Indian Administration;The President, Prime minister commission; Finance Commission; Election Commission; Comptroller and Auditor-General of India Public enterprises:Patterns,role performance and impact of liberalization
CIVIL SERVICES IN INDIA
Recruitment to All India and Central Services. Union Public Service e Commission; Training of Civil Servants. Generalists  and Specialists Minister-Civil Servant relationship
 STATE AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
 Governor, Chief Minister, Secretariat, Chief Secretary,Directorates,District Collector: changing role
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT
panchayati Raj and Urban local Government: Main features, structures, finances and problem areas 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments

Psychology Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Psychology Preliminary Syllabus
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
 Concept and definition of psychology. Nature and scope. Branches of psychology. Application of psychology to society and social problems
 METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
 Characteristics of psychological studies, Observation .Survey method, Clinical and case study method Experimental method. Application of the method
 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
 Measures of central tendency and dispersion .Correlation. Level of measurement. Reliability and validity. Application in test construction
PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Structure of nerve impulses, synapse and neuro transmitters. Central and peripheral nervous system-structure and neural control of behavior. Hemispheric specialization. Endocrine system and hormonal control of behavioue.Application of hemispheric knowledge to diagnostic purposes
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
 Individual Differences: Heredity andenvironment.Life span development .Role of early experience and mastering of developmental tasks. Sensitive or critical periods of development in human cycle and its application
 PERCEPTION
 Perceptual process. Perceptual organication.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.)
 LEARNING
 Classical conditioning ad operant conditioning.Modelling and observational learning. Transfer training. Learning and motivation. Application of the above to the improvement of arcade performance in education
MEMORY
 Physiological basis of memory.Momory and forsetting.Measuremet 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
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
 INTELLIGENCE AND APTITUDE
 Definition and concept. Theories and models of Intelligence. Measurement of intelligence apticude.Exceptional intelligence. Mental retaradation.Concept of multiple, emotional and artificial intelligence ad their application
 MOTICATION AND EMOTION
Definition and Concept of instinct, needs, drives ad motives. Theories of motivation and application (drive reduction theory, Maslow’s motivational hierarchy). Social motivation Achievenet, Power, Affiliation motives and influence of early experiences. Physiological basis emotion. Theories of emotion (James-Lange and Cannon-Brad theories, cognitive physiological theory
 PERSONALITY
Concepts and Definition of personality. Study of personality (Trait, type and, eclectic approach Development of personality (Freud,Erikson,Biological and socio-cultural determinants). Measurement of Personality (Projective tests, pencil-paper tests).Application of personality profiles in fitting person to a job
ADJESTMENT 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
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
 Socio- cultural factor and behavior. Development of attitudes stereotypes and prejudices Measurement of Attitudes (Thurstone, Likert attitude scale Bogardus Social Distance scale) Strategies for reducing prejudice and changing attitude. Person perception, implicit personality theory and integrating impressions. Application of person perception to impression management
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)

Political Science Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Political Science Preliminary Syllabus
SECTION –A
1.Political Science: Nature and 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, Society, Sovereignty, Power, Citizenship, Nation, Global order and Imperialism
4. Political Ideas: Rights, Liberty, Equality, justice, Rule of Law, Civil Society Swaraj, Revolution, Democratic Participation
5. Democracy: Meaning and Theories of Democracy, Electroal system, Forms of Representation & particiopation, Political accountability
6.Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism, Gandhism
 7. Party System and Political Process: Theories of Party System, Nationaol 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 decentralization
9. Bureaucracy Concept: Theories, Weber and critiques of bureaucracy
10 Theories of Development: Meaning and various approaches. Concept and Theories of under development Debates in the Third World
 11. Social Movements: Meaning, Theories & Forms, Role of Environmental Feminist Peasant & worker movements, Role of Non-Government organization
 12. Nationalism and Internationalism:
 13. Major theories of International relations: Realist Marxist, Systems & Decision making & Game theory.
 14. State & the Global order: Neo-Liberalism, globalization, structural adjustment, regional economic integration, nature and Impact of globalization.
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 system in the third world
3. Typologies of constitutions; Basic features of these constitutions & governments: Incluiding 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 politic al 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 Interest 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 Contemporary 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: Panchanyti Raj and Municipal Government, structure power & functions. Political realities, significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments, role of women in Panchayats
 15. Bureaucracy and development: Post-colonial India; its changing role in the context of liberates after, bureaucratic Accountability.
16. Challenges to Indian Democracy
a) Communalism Regionalism violence, criminalilsation and corruption
b) Regional disparities, environmental degradation, illiteracy, Mass Poverty, Population, growth, caste oppressions and socio-economic inequalities among backward classes.

Physics Preliminary

Civil Service Physics Preliminary Examination 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 inertia and calculations in simple cases. Conservative forces, frictional forces. Gravitational potential and intensity due to spherical objects. Ventral forces, Kepler’s problem, escape velocity and artificial satellites (including GPS). Streamline motion, viscosity, and Poiseuille’s equation. Applications of Bernoulli’s equation and Stokes’ law
 Special relativity and Lorentz transformation-length contraction, time dilation, mass-energy relation
 beats, Phase and group velocities. Stationary waves, vibration of strings and air Colums, longitudinal waves in solids. Doppler effect.Ultrasonics and applications
 2. Geometrical and Physical Optics
Laws of reflection ad 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, talescopes and microscopes
Huygens’ principle-reflection and refraction of waves. Interference of light-Young’s experiment , Newton’s rings, interference by thin films, Michelson interferometer.Fraunofer 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 polarized light. Double refraction, quarter waves plates and half-wave plates. Polarizing sheets.Optiical activity and applications. Raman & 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. Focusing of laser beams and applications.
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. Transport phenomena. Andrew’s experiments-Van der Waals equation and applications. Joule Kelvin effect 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 potential, van de Graff accelerator. Capacitors, dielectrics and polarization. Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s first and second rules, resistors in series and parallel, applications tom two-loop circuits. Magnetic field-Gauss’ law for magnetism, atomic and nuclear magnetism, magnetic susceptibility, classification of magnetic materials. Circulating charges, cyclotron, and 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 pointing vectors
Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Photo electric ,Einstein’s photon theory.Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom.Stern-Gerlach experiment, quantization 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 eigen functions 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 type and n type semiconductors, junction diode,zener diode, transistors, binary numbers, Logic gates and truth tables, Elements of microprocessors and computers

Philosophy Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Philosophy Preliminary Syllabus
Section-A: Problems of Philosophy
1. Substance and Attributes: Aristotle, 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 Sankaea, 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; Khyaticad (Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati)
6. Matter and Mind: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkeley
Section –B: Logic
 1. Truth and Validity
2. Classification of sentences: Traditional and Modern
3. Syllogism: Figures and Moods; Rule of syllogism (General and special) validation by venn Diagrammes; Formal Fallacies
4.Sentential Calculus: Symbolisation; Truth-Functions and their inter-definability; Truth Tables; Formal Proof
 Section-C: Ethicws
 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 judgments: Descriptivism, Prescriptivism, Emotivism.
8 Niskamakarma: Sthitaprajna
 9. Jaina Ethics
 10. Four noble Trusts and Eight fold path in buddism
 11. Gandhian Ethics:Satya,Ahimsa,Ends and Means

Medical Science Preliminary

Civil Service Medical Science Preliminary 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 localization 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 function of male and female gonad
 Cardiovascular system: Mechanical and electrical properties of heart including ECG:regulation of cardio-vascular functions.
 GI System: nilirubin metabolism, liver function tests
Hematology: hemoglobin synthesis, abnormal hemoglobins.
 Respiration: regulation of respiration, digestion and absorption of fates, 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.
 lmmune 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, Ascaris
 MEDICINE:
 Protein energy malnutrition
Medical management of: Coma, including cerebro-vascular accidents, status asthmaticus , cardio pulmonary arrest, status epuilepticus, acute renal failure
Clinical features, etiology and treatment of :Coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, pueumonia, cirrhosis of liver, amoebic liver absess, peptic, ulcer, pycolonephritis, 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 , Spina bifida,Bronchogenic carcinoma , Carcinoma breast Carcinoma colon
Clinical manifestations ,investigations ad surgical management of : Intestinal onstruction,Acute urinary retention, Spinal injury ,Hemorrhagic shock ,Pueumothoeax, pericardial tamponade, haemetemesis.
Preventive and Social Medicine
 Principle of epidemiology
Health care delivery
Concept and General Principles of prevention of disease and promotion of health
 National Health Programmes
Effects environmental Pollution on health
 Concept of balanced diet
 Family planning methods.

Mechanical Engineering Preliminary

Civil Service Mechanical Engineering Preliminary Syllabus
 Statics: Simple applications of equilibrium equations Dynamics: Simple applications of equations of motion, work, energy and power
Theory of Machines: Simple example of kinematic chains and their inversions. Different types 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, economic of machining, cutting tool materials. Basic types of machine tool their processes. Automatic machine tools, transfer lines .Metal forming processes and machine-shearing, drawing, spinning, rolling, forging, extrusion. Types of casting and welding methods. Power metallurgy and processing of plastics
manufacturing Management: Methods and time study, motion economy and work space design operation and flow process charts. Cost estimation, breakeven 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 temperature,Zeroth law temperature scales, behavior 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 cycle, Rankine reheat and regenerative cycle, Refrigeration cycles-Bell Coleman, Vapour absorption and Vapour compression cycle analysis, open and closed cycle gas turbine with intercooling, reheating
Energy Conservation :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 reactors and power plants, handling of nuclear waste.
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning: Refrigeration equipment and operation and maintenance refrigerants, principles of air conditioning, psychorometric 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

Mathematics Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Mathematics Preliminary Syllabus
1, Algebra: Elements of set Theory; Algebra of Real and Complex numbers including DeMoivre’s theorem; Polynomials and Polynomial equations relations between Coefficients and Roots, symmetric functions of roots; Elements of Group Theory; Sub-Group ,Cyclic groups ,Permutation, Group and their elementary properties.Rings,Integral Domains and Fields and their elementary properties
2. Vector Spaces and Matrices: Vector Space, Linear Dependence and Indepence .Sub-spaces. Basis and Dimensions. Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces. Linear Transformation of a Finite Dimensional vector Space, Matrix Representation. Singular and Non –singular Transformations. Rank and Nullity
Matrices:Addition,Multiplication,Determinants of a Matrix, Properties of Determinants of order n,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 to area, Length of a plane curve, Volume and Surface of revolution.
 5. Ordinary Differential Equations: Order and Degree of a Differential Equation, First order different Equations, Singular solution, Geomerical interpretation, second order equations with constant coefficients.
Mechanics: Concept of particle, lamina, rigid body, displacement, 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, Law’s of motion; motion of particle in a straight line; Simple Harmonic Motion; motion under conservative forces; Motion under gravity ;Projectile; Escape velocity; Motion of artificial satellites
7. Element 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.Precision.AND, OR, XOR, NOT and Shit/Rotate operators Algorithms and Flow Charts.

Law Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Law Preliminary Syllabus
 1) JURISPRUDENCE
1.Nature and concept of law
2. Schools of Jurisprudence: Analytical, Historical, Philosophical, Sociological & Natural
3. Administration of Justice: Theories of punishment
4. Sources of Law: Custom, Precedent and Legislation
5. A few basic Legal concepts
 (i) Rights and Duties
(ii) Legal Personality
(iii) Ownership and Possession
(II) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF INDIA
1.Salient feature of the Indian Constitution
2. Preamble.
3. Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties
4. Constitutional position and power of President and Governors.
 5. Supreme Court and High Courts: Jurisdiction, powers, appointment and transfer of judges
6. Union Public Service Commission and State Public Service Commissions: Powers and functions
7. Distribution of Legislative and Administrative powers the Union and the States
 8. Emergency Provision
9.Amendment of the Constitution
(III) International Law
1. Nature and definition of International Law
 2. Sources: Treaty, Custom, General Principles of Law recognized by civilized nations and subsidiary means of determination of law
 3. State Recognition and State Succession
 4. The United Nations, its objective , purpose and principle organs; Constitution ,role and jurisdiction of International Court of Justice
5 .Protection of Human Rights
 (i) Provisions in the UN Charter
 (ii) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
(iii) International Covenants of Civil and Political Rights, 1966
(iv) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,1966
 (IV) TORTS
 1. Nature and Definition of Tort
2. Liability based on fault and strict liability
3. Vicarious Liability including State Liability
4. Joint Tort feasors
5. Negligence
6. Defamation
7. Conspiracy
8. Nuisance.
9. False imprisonment
10.Malicious Prosecution
V) CRIMINAL LAW
1. General Principles of criminal liability: Mens rea and actus reus
2. Preparation and criminal attempts
3. General Exceptions
4. Joint and constructive liability
5. Abetment
6. Criminal Conspiracy
7. Sedition
8. Murder and culpable homicide
9. Theft, extortion, robbery and dacoity
10. Misappropriation and Criminal Breach of Trust
(VI) LAW OF CONTRACT
`1. Definition of contract.
 2. Basic elements of contract: Offer. Aceptance, consideration, contractual capacity
3. Factors vitiating consent.
 4. Void, Voidable, illegal and unenforceable agreements
5. Wagering agreements.
6. Contingent contracts
 7 Performance of contracts
8 Dissolution of contractual obligations: frustration of contracts
9.Quasi-contracts.
 10.Remedies for breach of contract

Indian History Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Indian History Preliminary Syllabus
Section-A
1. Prehistoric cultures of India
2. Indus Civilization.Origins.The Mature Phase: extent, society, economy and culture, contacts with other cultures. Problems of decline.
 3. Geographical distribution and characteristics of pastoral and farming communities outside the Indus region, from the Neolithic to early iron phases.
 4. Vedic society. The Vedic texts; changes from Rig Vedic to later Vedic phases. Religion; Upanishad thought. Political and social organization; evolution of monarchy and Varna system.
 5. State formation and urbanization, from the Mahajanapadas to the Nandas.Jainism and Buddhism Factors for the spread of Buddhism
6.The Mauryan Empire. Chandragupta; Megasthenes.Ashoka and his inscriptions; his dhamma, administration, culture and art. The Arthasastra.
 7. Post-Mauryan India, BC 200-AD 300.Society: Evolution of jatis.The Satavahanas and state formation in Peninsula.Sangam texts and society.Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Parthians, Kushanas; Kanishka.Contact with the outside world .Religion: Saivism, Bhagavatism, Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism; Jainism Culture and art.
 8. The Guptas and their successors (to c.750 AD). Changes in political organization of empire. Economy and society. Literature and science. Arts.
 Section-B
 9.Early Medieval India. Major dynasties; the Chola Empire. Agrarian and political structures. The Rajaputras.Extent of social mobility.Postion of women. The Arabs in Sind and the Ghaznavides
10.Cultural trends, 750-1200, Religious conditions: importance of temples and monastic institution Sankaracharya; Islam; Sufism. Literature and Science.Alberuni’s “India” Art and architecture.
11. Thirteenth and fourteenth Centuries: Ghorian invasions causes and consequences. Delhi sultanate under the “Salve”Rulers.Alauddin Khalji: conquests: administrative, agrarian and economics measures. Muhammad bin Tughlug’s innovations.Firuz Tughluq and the decline of the Delhi Sultanate. Growth of commerce and urbanization. Mystic movements in Hinduism and Islam Literature.Architecture, Technological changes.
12. The fifteenth and early 16th Century: major Provincial dynasties; Vijayanagara Empire. The Lodis, First phase of the Mughal Empire: Babur, Humayun.The Sur Empire and administration. The Portuguese. Monotheistic movements: Kabir; Guru Nanak and Sikhism; Bhakti.Growth of regional literatures .Art and Culture
13. The Mughal Empire, 1556-1707.Akbar: conquests, administrative measures, jagir and mansab systems; policy of sulh-ipkul.Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb: expansion in the Deccan; religions policies.Shivaji.
 14. Culture: Persian and regional literatures. Religions thought: Abul Fazl; Maharashtra dharm.Painting Architecture.Economy: conditions of peasants and artisans, growth in trade; commerce with Europe Social stratification and status of women.
 15. Decline of Mughal Empire, 1707-61.Causes behind decline. Maratha power under the Peshwas Regional states. The Afghans. Major elements of composite culture.Sawai Jai Singh, astronomer Rise of Urdu language.
 Section-C
 16 British expansion: the Carnatic Wars, conquest of Bengal. Mysore and its resitance to British expansion: The three Anglo-Maratha Wars. Early structure of British raj: Regulating and Pitt’s India Acts
17 Economic Impact of the British Raj: Drain of Wealth (Tribute); land revenue settlements (zamindari, ryotwari, mahalwari); De-industrialization; Railways and commercialization of agriculture; Growth of landless labour.
 18 Cultural encounter and social changes: Inroduction of western education and modern ideas. India Renaissance, social and religious reform movements; growth of Indian middle class; The press and its impact: rise of modern literature in Indian languages. Social reforms measures before 1857
19. Resistance to British rule: Early uprisings; The 1857 Revolt-causes, nature, course and consequences
20 Indian Freedom struggle-the forts phase: Growth of national consciousness; Formation of Associations; Establishment of the Indian National Congress and its Moderate phase;- Economic Nationalism;Seadeshi Movement; The growth of Extremism and the 1907 split in Congress; the Act of 1909-the policy of Divide and Rule; Congress-League Pact of 1916.
21.Gandhi and his thought;Gandhian techniques of mass mobilization-Khilafar and Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience and Quit Movement; Other strands in the national Movement Revolutionaries , the Left,Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.
 22. Separatist Trends in Indian nationalist politics- the Muslim League and the Hindu Mahasabha; The post-1945 developments; Partition and Independence
23. India independent to 1964.A parliamentary, secular, democratic republic (the 1950 Constitution). Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision of a developed, socialist society. Planning and state-controlled industrialization .Agrarian reforms. Foreign policy of /non-alignment. Border conflict with China and Chinese aggression.

Geology Preliminary

Civil Service Examination Geology Preliminary Syllabus
 Part-I
 (a) General Geopogy: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, and continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics.
(b) Gemorphology: Basic concepts. External and internal processes .Rock weathering .Cycle of erosion Fluvial landforms ad 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 betis Unconformities. Study of folds, joints, faults, foliation and lineations.Overthrusts and nappe structures. Stages of rock deformation. Construction of block diagrams.Sterographic and equal area nets.Solultions of simple problems by stereographic net. Topographic maps and their interpretation. Use of clinometers compass in the field Measurements of bed, foliation, folds joints faults and lineations in the field. Principles of geological mapping. Effect 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 Nicoleprism.Pleochroism, double refraction, extinction angle, birefringence and twinning in crystals, isotropic, uniazial 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.Gemston.es.
 (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 alunimium, 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) ligneous 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 group, anorthosities and alkaline rocks.
Sedimentary petrology: Sedimentary process and products. Classification of sedimentary rocks Sedimentary structure. Residual deposits-their mode of formation, characteristics 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, arrenaceous, calcareous and basic rocks.Metasomatism
Part-IV
 (a) Paleontology: Habits and habitats of animals. Fossils and fossilization. Mode of preservation. Application of fossils, Study of morphology and geological history of Forminiferida, 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 out time of stratigraphy of India. Brief study of Dharwar, Vindhyan and Gondwana Super groups and Siwalik Group with reference to their major subdivisions, lithology, fossils, area distribution and economic importance.

Geography Preliminary

Civil Service Geography Preliminary Exam Syllabus
 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; Earth-quakes; Weathering; Landform 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) Bio-geography: 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 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 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 urbanization; morphology and functional classification of towns; million-cities and mega-cities.
SECTION-C:Gepgraphy of the World
i) Major Natural Regions:characteristics,economic base and human adaption
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
 SWCTION-D:Geography of India
 i) Physical Setting:Landforms,drainage, climate, soils and natural vegetation
ii) Economic Base: Minerals and 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 Indian, Greeks, Romans and Arabs
ii) Ore-Modern Period: Contribution of Verenius, Kant, Humboldt and Ritter
 iii) Modern Period: Dichotomy of determinism and possibilism; contributions of Ratzel, Semole, Huntington and La Blache.
 iv) Recent Period: Quantitative 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

Electrical Engineering Preliminary

Electrical Engineering Preliminary Exam Syllabus
 Electrical Circuits-Theory and Applications: Circuit components, network graphs, KCL,KVL; circuit analysis methods: nodal analysis, mesh analysis; basic network theorems and application 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 system based on convolution differential/difference equation. Fourier transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform, Transfer function. Sampling and recovery of singles.
Control Systems: Elements of control systems; block-diagram representations; open-loop & close loop systems; principles and applications of feedback.LTI systems time domain and transform doma analysis.Stability: Routh Hurwitz criterion, root-loci Nyquist’s criterion.Bode-plots, Design of lead- lag compensators; Proportional, PI, PID controllers.
E.M.Theory: Electrostatic and magneto static field; 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 bahaviour of materials: Conductivity; free electrons and band-theory; intrinsic and extrinsic semi-conductor, p-n junction; solar cells, super conductivity, Dielectric behavior of materials: polarization phenomena; piezo-electric phenoment Magnetic materials: behavior and application
Analog Electronics: Diode circuits: rectifiers, filters, clipping and clamping, zener diode and voltage regulation. Bipolar and field effect transistors (BJT,JEET and MOSFET):characteristics, biasing and small signal equivalent circuits. Basic amplifier circuits; differential amplifier circuits. Amplifiers analysis, frequency response. Principle of feedback; OP AMP circuits; filters; oscillators.
Digital electronics: Boolean algebra; minimization 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 System: 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 scheme (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:sourcecoding, 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 navigations
Computers and Microprocessors: Computer organization: number representation and arithmetic functional organization, machine instructions, addressing modes, ALU, hardwired and Micro programmed control memory organization. Elements of microprocessors:8-bit microprocessors-architecture instruction set, assembly level programming , memory,1/0 interfacing, microcontrollers and application
Measurement and Instruments:  Error analysis ;,measurement of current voltage, power, energy power-fact, resistance, inductance,caoacitance and frequency; bridge mesurenebts.Electronic measuring instruments: multimeter,CRO digital coltmeter,frequency counter, Q-meter, spectrum analyser, distortion-meter.Transdcers:thermocouple, thermistor,LVDT, strain-gauges, piezo-electric crystal. Use of transducers in measurement of non-electrical quantities. Data-acquisition systems.
 Energy Conversion: Singlepphase transformer: equivalent circuit, phasor-diagram, tests regulation and efficiency; three-phase transformer, auto transformer. Principles of energy conversion-d.c.generatiors 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 motot.Synchronous generators: performance characteristics, regulation, parallel operation. Synchronous motors: starting characteristics, applications; synchronous condenser.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 effect; per-unit quantities; bus admittance and impedance matrices; load flow; voltage control and power 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, thruster, triac,GTO and MOSFET, static characteristics, principles of operation; triggering circuits; phase controlled rectifiers; bridge converters-fully controlled and held controlled, principles of thruster 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: water cleaning, photo-lithography, wet and dry etching, oxidation, diffusion, ion-implantation, and CVD and LPCVD techniques for deposition of poly-silicon, silicon, silicon-nitride and silicon dioxide; metallization and passivation.

Economics Preliminary

Civil Service Exam Economics Preliminary Syllabus
Part-1 General economics
1) Micro-economics(a) Production: Agent of Production; Costs and Supply; lsoquants (b) Consumption and Demand; Elasticity concept (c) Market Structure and concepts of equilibrium; (d) Determination of prices;(e) Components ad 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) Market Structure and concept 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 l velocity of money (b) Banks ad credit creation; banks and portfolio management,(c) Ventral Bank and control over money supply (d) Determination of the price level,(e) Inflation, its causes and remedies (f) Public Finance and profit
Money ,Banking and Public Finance(a) Concepts of Money and measure of money supply; Velocity of money (b) Banks and credit creation; Bank ad 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.
International Economics:
 (1) Theories of International Trade-comparative costs-Huckster-Ohlin-Gains from Terms of Trade
(2) Free Trade and Protection
3)Balance of payments accounts and Adjustment
4) Exchange rate under free exchange markets
 Evolution of the International Monetary system and World Trading order=Gold Standard-the Brettonwoods system
 IMF and the Word Bank and their associates
 Floating rates-GAT and WTO
Growth and Development:(1) Meaning and measurement of growth, distribution and Welfare;(2) Characteristics of under development;(3) Stages of Development (4) Source of growth capital, Human capital,population,productivity,Trade and aid, on-economic factors growth strategies ,
5) Planning in a mixed economy-Indicative planning and growths
6) Economic Statistics: Types of averages-measures  of dispersion-correlation-Indies number ;type 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-Effect of British Rule with reference Drain theory and Laissez Faire policy
 2. Major problems, their dimensions, nature and broad causes; Mass poverty-Unemployment and types-Economic effect of population pressure-Inequality and types thereof-Low productive 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-Distribution changes-Regional disparities.
 4. Economics 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.

Commerce Preliminary

Civil Service Exam Preliminary Commerce Syllabus
Part-1:Accounting and Auditing
Nature, Scope and Objectives of Accounting-Accounting as an Information System-Users of Accounting Information
 Generally Accepted Principles of Accounting-The Accounting equation-Accrual Concept –Other concepts and conventions. Distinction between capital and revenue expenditure. Accounting Standard and their application-Accounting standards relating to fixed assets, depreciation, Inventory, recognition of revenue
Final Accounts of Sole Proprietors, Partnership Firms and Limited Companies-Statutory provision Reserves, Provisions and Funds.
 Final Accounts of non-profit organizations
Accounting problems related to admission ad retirement of partner ad dissolution of a firm
Accounting for Shares and Debentures-Accounting Treatment of Convertible Debentures.
 Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements Ratio analysis and interpretation .Ratios relation to short term liquidity, long term solvency and profitability-Importance of the rate of return on investment (ROI) in evaluating the overall performance of a business entity-Cash-flow Statement ad Statement of Source and Application of Funds-Societal obligations of Accounting
 Auditing:
 a) Nature, objectives and basic principles of auditing
b) Techniques of Auditing-physical verification, examination of documents and vouching , direct confirmation , analytical review.
 c) Planning an audit, audit programmers, workings papers, Audit process
d) Evaluation of internal controls
e) Test checking and sampling
 f) Broad outlines of company audit
 g) Audit of non-corporate enterprises
h) Internal ad management audit
Part-II:Business Organization
 Distinctive feature of different forms of business organization
 Sole proprietor:Partnerships-characteristics,Registration,Partnership deed, Rights and duties Retirement ,Dissolution
Joint Stock Company-Concept, characteristics, types.
Cooperative and State ownership forms of organizations.
 Types of securities and methods of their issue
Economic functions of the capital market, stock exchanges, Mutual Funds, Control and regulation of capital market.
Business combinations: control of Monopolies. Problems of modernization of industrial enterprises Social Responsibility of business.
Foreign Trade- Procedure and financing of import and export trade. Incentives for export promotion financing of foreign trade
Insurance-Principles and practice of Life, Fire, Marine and General Insurance.
Management :Management functions-Planning-strategies, Organising-leavels of authority Staffing, Line function and staff function,Leadership,Communication,Motivation,Directing-Principles Strategies
Coordination-Concept, types, methods
 Control-Principles, performance standards, corrective action. Salary and wage administration-job evaluation
Organization Structure-Centralization ad decentralization-Delegation of authority-span of control-Management by Objectives and Management by Exception
Management of change; Crisis Management
Office Management-scope and principle ; system and routines; handling of records-modern aids to Office management; office equipment and machines; Automation and Personal computers
 Impact of Organization and Methods (O & M)
Company Law: Joint stock companies-incorporation; documents ad formalities-Doctrine of indoor management ad constructive notice
 Duties and powers of the board of directors of a company
 Accounts and Audit of Companies
company Secretary-role and functions-qualifications for appointment

Civil Engineering Preliminary

Civil Service Civil Engineering Preliminary Syllabus
PART-A
1 Engineering Mechanics: Units and Dimensions,SI Units,Vectors,Concept of Force, Concept of particle and rigid body. Concurrent, non-concurrent and parallel forces in a plane,  moment of force and Varignon’s theorem, free body diagram, conditions of equilibrium, principle of virtual work equivalent forces system.
First and Second Moments of area, Mass moment of Inertia
 Static Friction Inclined plane and bearings
 Kinematics and Kinetics: Kinematics in Cartesian ad polar co-ordinates, motion under uniform and non-uniform acceleration, motion under gravity.kinetics of particle Momentum and Energy principles,D’ Alembert’s principle, Collision of elastic bodies, rotation of rigid bodies, simple harmonic motion.
2. Strength of Materials: Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, Shear force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, Shear Stress distribution across cross sections, beams of uniform strength, Leaf spring, Strain Energy in direct stress bending and shear.
 Deflection of beams: Macaulay’s method, Mohr’s moment area method, conjugate beam method unit load method. Torsion of Shafts, Transmission of power, closecoiled helical springs, Elastic stability of Colums: Euler’s, Rankine’s and Secant formulae. Principal Stresses and Strains in two dimensions, Mohr’s Circle. Theories of Elastic Failure, Thin and Thick cylinders: Stresses due to internal and external pressures-Lame’s equation.
 3. Structural Analysis: Analysis of pin jointed plane trusses, deflection in trusses. Three hinged and two hinged arches, ribs shortening, temperature effects, influence lines in arhes.Analysis of propped cantilevers, fixed beams, continuous beams and rigid frames. Slope deflection, moment distribution Kani’s method and Matrix method: Force and Displacement methods. Rolling loads and influence lines for determinate beams and pin jointed trusses.
Part-B
Geo-technical Engineering: Types of soil, field identification and classification, phase relationships consistency limits, particle size distribution, Classification of soil, structure and day mineralogy
Capillary water and structural water, effective stress and pore water pressure, Darcy’s Law, factor affecting permeability, determination of permeability, permeability of stratified soil deposits
Seepage pressure, quick sand condition, compressibility and consolidation, Terzaghi’s theory of one-dimensional consolidation, consolidation test. Compaction of soil, optimum moisture content Proctor Density.
Sub-surface exploration, methods of boring, sampling, types of sampler, field tests.
 Shear strength of soils, Mohr-Coulomb failure theory, shear test, Earth pressure at rest, active and passive pressures, Rankine’s theory,Coulomb’s wedge theory, earth pressure on retaining wall
Bearing capacity,Terzaghi and other important theories, net ad gross bearing pressure, Immediate and consolidation settlement.
Load carrying capacity of pile groups
Stability of slope-Conventional method of slices, stability numbers.
 Transporation Engineering: highway alignment, choice of layout and capacity of highways, location survey, geometric design of highways-various elements, curves, grade separation and segregation traffic, intersection design, highway materials and testing sub grade and pavement components, types pavements , road drainage, elements of airport engineering
Railway engineering-elements of permanent track-rails, sleepers, ballast and rail fastenings tractive resistance, elements of geometric design-gradients and grade compensation on curves, and transition curves and vertical curves, stresses in railway tracks, points and crossings, signaling and interlocking , maintenance of railway track. Culverts and small bridges
 Part-C
 Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties, fluid statics, forces on plane and curved surfaces, stability of floating and submerged bodies.
 Kinematics: Velocity, streamlines, conticuity equation, accelearations, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential and stream function, flownet, separation.
 Dynamics: Euler’s equation along streamline, control volume equation , continuity, momentum, energy and moment of momentum equation from control volume equation, applications to pipe flow moving vanes, moment of momentum , Dimensional analysis
Boundary layer on a flat plate, drag and lift on bodies. Laminar and Turbulent Flows. Laminar and specific energy and specific force, critical depth, Friction factors and roughness coefficients, flow in transitions, free overfall, weirs, hydraulic jump, surges, gradually carried flow equations , surface profiles moving hydraulic jump.
Part-D: environmental Engineering
 Water Supply: estimation of surface and subsurface water resources, predicting demand for water impurities of water and their significance, physical , chemical and bacteriological analysis, water borne diseases, standards for potable water.
 Intake of water: Pumping and gravity schemes, water treatment: principles of coagulation flocculation and sedimentation; slow-, rapid-, pressure-, filters; chlorination, softening, removal of taste odour and salinity
Water storage and distribution: Storage and balancing reservoir types, location and capacity Distribution systems: layout , hydraulics of pipe lines , pipe fittings, valves including check and pressure reducing valves. Meters, analysis of distribution systems, leak detection, maintenance of distribution systems, pumping stations and their operations
 Sewerage systems: Domestic and industrial wastes, storm sewage-separate and combined systems flow through sewers, design of sewers , sewer appurtenances, manholes, inlets, junctions , siphon pluming in public buildings.
 Sewage characterization: BOD, COD, solids, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and TOC.Standards of disposal in normal water course and on land
 Sewage treatment: working principles, unit’s chambers, sedimentation tank, tricking filters, oxidation ponds, activated sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sludge, recycling of waste water.
Construction Management: Elements and principles of Activity on Arrow (AOA) and Activity on Node (AON) networks and work breakdown structure.Interfaces.Ladder networks. Activity time. Time computations ad floats.ATC and PTC trade-off. Work study and sampling .Scheduling principles material schedules.ABC and EOQ analysis of inventory. Budgeting with barcharts.Working capital PERT, probability of completion
Elements of Engineering Economics, methods of appraisal, present worth, annual cost, benefit cost, incremental analysis. Economy of scale and size. Choosing between alternatives including levels of investments .Project profitability.

Chemistry Preliminary

                                                            CHEMISTRY
 Section-A (Inorganic Chemistry)
 1. Atomic structure: Schrodinger wave equation, significance of Ψ and Ψ2 quantum numbers and their significance, radial and angular probability, shapes of orbital’s, relative energies of atomic orbitals as a function of atomic number. Electronic configuration of elements; Aulbau principle, Hund’s multiplicity rule, Pauli Exclusion Principle.
 2. Chemical periodicity: Periodic classification of elements, salient characteristics of s, p, d and f block elements. Periodic trends of atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization potential, electron affinity and electro negativity in the periodic table
3.Chemical bonding: Types of bonding, overlap of atomic orbital’s, sigma and pi bonds, hydrogen and metallic bonds. Shapes of molecules, bond order, bond length, V.S.E.P.R. theory and bond angles. The concept of hybridization in the periodic table
4. Oxidation states and oxidation number: Oxidation and reeducation, oxidation numbers, common redox reactions, ionic equations. Balancing of equations for oxidation and reduction reactions.
 5. Acids and bases: Bronsted and Lewis theories of acids bases. Hard and soft acids and bases. HSAB principle, relative strengths of acids and bases the effect of substituent’s and solvents on their strength.
 6. Chemistry of elements:
 (i) Hydrogen: Its unique position in the periodic table, isotopes, ortho and Para hydrogen, industrial production, heavy water.
 (ii) Chemistry of s and p block elements: Electronic configuration, general characteristic properties, inert pair effect, allotropy and catenation. Special emphasis on solution of alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid ammonia.Preparation,Properties and structures of boric acid, borates, boron nitrides, borohydride (diorama), carbonates, oxiders and oxyacids of nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur and chlorine; interhalogen compounds, polyamide ions, pseudohalogens, fluorocarbons and basic properties of halogens. Chemical reactivity of noble gases, preparation structure and bonding of noble gas compounds.
(iii) Chemistry of d block elements: Transition metals including lanthanides , general characteristic properties , oxidation states, magnetic behavior , colour.First row transition metals and general properties of their compounds (oxides, halides and sulphides); lanthanide contraction.
 7 .Extraction of metals: Principles of extraction of metals as illustrated by sodium magnesium aluminum, iron, nickel, copper, silver and gold.
 8. Nuclear Chemistry: Nuclear reactions; mass defect and binding energy, nuclear fission and fusion Nuclear reactors; radio isotopes and their applications.
 9. Coordination compounds: Nomenclature, isomerism and theories of coordination compounds and their role in nature and medicine
 10. Pollution and its control: Air pollution, types of air pollutants; control of air and water pollution; radioactive pollution
 Section-B (Organic Chemistry)
 1. Bonding and shapes of organic molecules:electronegativity, electron displacements-inductive, mesmeric and hyper conjugative effects; bond polarity ad bond polarizability, dipole moments of organic molecules; hydrogen bond; effects of solvent and structure on dissociation constants of acids and bases; bond formation, fission of covalent bonds: homolysis and heterolysis; reaction intermediates-carbocations, carbanions, free radicals and carbines; generation, geometry and stability ; nucleophiles and electrophilic.
 2. Chemistry of aliphatic compounds: Nomenclature alkanes-synthesis, reactions (free radical halogenations)- reactivity and selectivity, suphonation-detergents; cycloalkanes-Bayer’s strain theory; alkanes and alkynes- synthesis, electrophilic addition; reactions, Markownilov’s rule, peroxide effects, 1-3-dipolar addition, nucleophilic addition to electron-deficient alkenes; polymerization; relative acidity; synthesis and reactions of alkyl halides, alkanols, alkanals , alkanones, alkanoic acids, esters, amides, nitriles, amines , acid anhydrides, a,B-unsaturated ketones, ethers and nitro compounds.
3. Stereo chemistry of carbon compounds: Elements of symmetry, chiral and achiral compounds Fischer Projection formulae; optical isomerism of lactic and tartaric acids, enantiomerism and diastereo isomerism; configuration (relative and absolute);  conformations of alkanes up to four carbons, cyclohexane and dimethyl cyclo-hexanes-their potential energy D,L- and R,S-notations of compounds containing chiral centres; projection formulae- Fischer , Newman and sawhorse of compounds containing two adjacent chiral centres; meso and di-isomers, erythro and threesomes; racemization and resolution; examples of hemitropic, enantiotopic and diasteretopic atoms and groups in organic compounds, geometrical isomers;Eand Z notations. Stereo chemistry of SN1, SN2, E2 and E2 reactions
4. Organometallic compounds: Preparation and synthetic uses of Grignard reagents, alkyl lithium compounds.
 5. Active methylene compounds: Diethyl malonate, ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl cyanoacetate-applications in organic synthesis , tautomerism (keto-enol)
 6.Chemistry of aromatic compounds:aromaticity; Huckel’s rule; electrophonic aromatic substitution nitration , suplhonation, halogenations (nuclear and side chain), Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acyalation substituent’s effect; chemistry and reactivity of aromatic haliders , phenols , nitro-, diazo , diazonium and sulphonic acid derivatives, benzyne reactions.
7. Chemistry of biomolecules(i) Carbohydrates: Classification, reactions, structure of glucose D,L,-configuration , osazone formation; fructose and sucrose; step-up  step-down of aldoses and ketoses , and their interconversions,(ii) Amino acids: essential amino acids, zwitterions, isoelectric point, polypeptides; proteins; methods of synthesis of an amino acids,(iii) Elementary idea of lils, fast, soaps and detergents.
 8. Basic principles and applications of UV, cisible, IR and NMR spectroscopy of simple organic molecules.
Section-C (Physical Chemistry)
 1. Gaseous state: Deviation of real gases from the equation of state for an ideal gas, Vander Waals and Virile equation of state, critical phenomena,princilple of corresponding states, equation for reduced state.Liquification of gases , distribution of molecular speed, collisions, between molecules in a gas; mean free path , specific heat of gases.
2. Thermodynamics:
 (i) First law and its applications: thermodynamic systems, states and processes work , heat and internal energy,Zeroth law of thermodynamics, various types of work dome on a system in  various physical and chemical processes, joule-Thomson effect, inversion temperature. Heat capacities and temperature dependence of enthalpy and energy changes
(ii)Second law and its applications: spontaneity of a process, entropy changes in various processes, free energy functions, criteria for equilibrium , relation between equilibrium constant and thermodynamic quantities
 3. Phase rule its applications Equilibrium between liquid, solid and vapours of a pure substance clausius-Clapeyron equation and its applications. Number of components, phases and degree of freedom; phase rule and its applications; simple systems with one (water and sulphur) and two components (lead-silver, salt hydrates). Distribution law, its modifications, limitatyions and applications
4. Solutions: Solubility and its temperature dependence, partially miscible liquids, upper and lower critical solution temperatures, vapour pressures of liquids over their mixtures, Raoult’s and Henry’s laws, fractional and steam distillations
5. Colligative Properties: dilute solutions and colligative properties, determination of molocular weights using colligative properties
6. Electrochemistry:lons in solutions , ionic equilibria, dissociation constants of acids and bases hydrolysis, pH and buffers, theory of indicators and acid –base titrations, Conductivity of ionic solutions, its vatiation with concentration, Ostwald’s dilution law,Kohlrausch Law and its application. Transport number and its determination.Faraday’slaws of electrolysis , galvanic cells and measurements of their e.m.f., cell reactions, standard cell, standard reduction potential , Nernst equation, relation between thermodynamic quantities and cell e.m.f., fuel cells potentiometric titrations
7 Chemical kinetics: Rate of chemical reaction and its dependence on concentrations of the reactants rate constant and order of reaction and their experimental determination; differential and integral rate equations for first and second order reaction, half-life periods; temperature dependence of rate constant and Arrhenius parameters; elementary ideas regarding collision and transition state theory
8 Photochemistry: Absorption of light, laws of photochemistry, quantum yield, the excited state and its decay by radiative, non-radiative and chemical pathways; simple photochemical reactions
9 Catalysis: Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and their characteristics, mechanism of heterogeneous catalysis; enzyme catalysed reactions(Mirchaelis-Menten mechanism)
 10. Colloids: the colloidal state, preparation and purification of colloids and their characteristic properties; lyophilic and lyophilic colloids and coagulation; protection of colloids; gels. Emulsions surfactants and micelles.