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November 16, 2024
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Optional Subject Papers I & II
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(PAPER-I)
Administration Theory 1. Introduction :
PAPER-II
Indian Administration
AGRICULTURE
PAPER-I
PAPER-II
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE
PAPER-I
1. Animal Nutrition:
2. Animal Physiology :
3. Animal Reproduction :
4. Livestock Production and Management:
5. Genetics and Animal Breeding:
6. Extension:
PAPER-II
1. Anatomy, Pharmacology and Hygiene:
2. Animal Diseases:
3. Veterinary Public Health:
4. Milk and Milk Products Technology:
5. Meat Hygiene and Technology:
ANTHROPOLOGY
PAPER-I
PAPER-II
BOTANY
PAPER-I
1. Microbiology and Plant Pathology:
2. Cryptogams:
3. Phanerogams:
4. Plant Resource Development:
5. Morphogenesis:
PAPER-II
1. Cell Biology:
2. Genetics, Molecular Biology and Evolution:
3. Plant Breeding, Biotechnology and Biostatistics:
4. Physiology and Biochemistry:
5. Ecology and Plant Geography:
CHEMISTRY
PAPER-I
1. Atomic Structure:
2. Chemical bonding:
3. Solid state:
4. The gaseous state and Transport Phenomenon :
5. Liquid State:
6. Thermodynamics:
7. Phase equilibria and solutions:
8. Electrochemistry:
9. Chemical kinetics:
10. Photochemistry:
11. Surface phenomena and catalysis:
12. Bio-inorganic chemistry:
13. Coordination chemistry:
14. Main Group Chemistry:
15. General Chemistry of ‘f’ Block Element:
PAPER-II
CIVIL ENGINEERING
PAPER-I
1. Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis.
1.1 Engineering Mechanics:
1.2 Strength of Materials:
1.3 Structural Analysis:
2. Design of Structures: Steel, concrete and masonry structures.
3. Fluid Mechanics, open channel flow and Hydraulic Machines:
4. Geotechnical Engineering:
PAPER—II
1. Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management
2. Surveying and Transportation Engineering
3. Hydrology, Water Resources and Engineering:
4. Environmental Engineering
5. Environmental pollution:
COMMERCE AND ACCOUNTANCY
PAPER-I
Accounting and Finance Accounting, Taxation & Auditing
1. Financing Accounting:
2. Cost Accounting:
3. Taxation:
4. Auditing:
Financial Management, Financial Institutions and Markets
1. Financial Management:
2. Financial Markets and Institutions:
PAPER-II
Organisation Theory and Behaviours, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Organisation Theory and Behaviour
Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations
ECONOMICS
PAPER—I
PAPER-II
Indian Economy in Pre-Independence Era:
Indian Economy after Independence:
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER-I
1. Circuits—Theory:
2. Signals and Systems:
3. E.M. Theory:
4. Analog Electronics:
5. Digital Electronics:
6. Energy Conversion:
7. Power Electronics and Electric Drives:
8. Analog Communication:
PAPER II
1. Control Systems:
2. Microprocessors and Microcomputers:
3. Measurement and Instrumentation:
4. Power Systems: Analysis and Control:
5. Power System Protection:
6. Digital Communication:
GEOGRAPHY
PAPER I
Physical Geography:
Human Geography:
PAPER II
GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
GEOLOGY
PAPER I
1. General Geology:
2. Geomorphology and Remote Sensing:
3. Structural Geology:
4. Paleontology:
5. Indian Stratigraphy:
6. Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology:
PAPER II
1. Mineralogy:
2. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:
3. Sedimenary Petrology:
4. Economic Geology:
5. Mining Geology:
6. Geochemistry and Environmental Geology:
HISTORY
PAPER I
1. Sources
2. Pre-history and Proto-history:
3. Indus Valley Civilization:
4. Megalithic Cultures:
5. Aryans and Vedic Period:
6. Period of Mahajanapadas:
7. Mauryan Empire:
8. Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas):
9. Early State and Society in Eastern India, Deccan and South India:
10. Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas:
11. Regional States during Gupta Era:
12. Themes in Early Indian Cultural History:
13. Early Medieval India, 750-1200:
14. Cultural Traditions in India, 750-1200:
15. The Thirteenth Century:
16. The Fourteenth Century:
17. Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries:
18. The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political Developments and Economy:
19. The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century- Society and culture:
20. Akbar:
21. Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century:
22. Economy and society, in the 16th and 17th Centuries:
23. Culture during Mughal Empire:
24. The Eighteenth Century:
PAPER-II
1. European Penetration into India:
2. British Expansion in India:
3. Early Structure of the British Raj:
4. Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule:
5. Social and Cultural Developments:
6. Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas:
7. Indian Response to British Rule:
16. Enlightenment and Modern ideas:
17. Origins of Modern Politics:
18. Industrialization:
19. Nation-State System:
20. Imperialism and Colonialism:
21. Revolution and Counter-Revolution:
22. World Wars:
23. The World after World War II:
24. Liberation from Colonial Rule:
25. Decolonization and Underdevelopment:
26. Unification of Europe:
27. Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World:
LAW
PAPER-I
Constitutional and administrative Law:
International Law:
PAPER II
Law of Crimes: —
Law of Torts
Law of Contracts and Mercantile Law
Contemporary Legal Developments
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PAPER- I
Political Theory and Indian Politics:
Indian Government and Politics
PAPER-II
India and the World
MANAGEMENT
PAPER I
1. Managerial Function and Process:
2. Organisational Behaviour and Design:
3. Human Resource Management:
4. Accounting for Managers:
5. Financial Management:
6. Marketing Management:
PAPER-II
1. Quantitative Techniques in Decision-making:
2. Production and Operations Management:
3. Management Information System:
4. Government Business Interface:
5. Strategic Cost Management:
6. International Business:
MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
1. Linear Algebra:
2. Calculus:
3. Analytic Geometry:
4. Ordinary Differential Equations:
5. Dynamics and Statics:
6. Vector Analysis:
PAPER II
1. Algebra:
2. Real Analysis:
3. Complex Analysis:
4. Linear Programming:
5. Partial Differential Equations:
6. Numerical Analysis and Computer Programming:
7. Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER I
1. Mechanics:
1.1 Mechanics of Rigid Bodies:
1.2 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies:
2. Engineering Materials:
3. Theory of Machines:
4. Manufacturing Science:
4.1 Manufacturing Process:
4.2 Manufacturing Management:
PAPER II
1. Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics Turbine:
2. Heat Transfer:
3. Engines:
4. Steam Engineering:
5. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning:
MEDICAL SCIENCE
PAPER I
1. Human Anatomy:
2. Human Physiology:
3. Biochemistry:
4. Pathology:
5. Microbiology:
6. Pharmacology:
7. Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
PAPER-II
1. General Medicine
2. Paediatrics
3. Dermatology
4. General Surgery
5. Obstetrics and Gynaecology including Family Planning
6. Community Medicine (Preventive and Social Medicine)
PHILOSOPHY
PAPER-I
History and Problems of Philosophy
PAPER-II
Socio-Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
PHYSICS
PAPER-I
1. (a) Mechanics of Particles:
2. Waves and Optics:
3. Electricity and Magnetism:
4. Electromagnetic Waves and Blackbody Radiation:
5. Thermal and Statistical Physics:
PAPER-II
1. Quantum Mechanics:
2. Atomic and Molecular Physics:
3. Nuclear and Particle Physics:
4. Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics:
PSYCHOLOGY
PAPER-I
Foundations of Psychology
PAPER-II
Psychology: Issues and applications
1. Psychological Measurement of Individual Differences:
2. Psychological well being and Mental Disorders:
3. Therapeutic Approaches:
4. Work Psychology and Organisational Behaviour:
5. Application of Psychology to Educational Field:
6. Community Psychology:
7. Rehabilitation Psychology:
8. Application of Psychology to disadvantaged groups:
9. Psychological problem of social integration:
10. Application of Psychology in Information Technology and Mass Media:
11. Psychology and Economic development:
12. Application of Psychology to environment and related fields:
13. Application of psychology in other fields:
(a) Military Psychology
(b) Sports Psychology
(c) Media influences on pro and anti-social behaviour.
(d) Psychology of Terrorism.
14. Psychology of Gender:
SOCIOLOGY
PAPER– I
FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIOLOGY
1. Sociology – The Discipline:
2. Sociology as Science:
3. Research Methods and Analysis:
4. Sociological Thinkers:
5. Stratification and Mobility:
6. Works and Economic Life:
7. Politics and Society:
8. Religion and Society:
9. Systems of Kinship:
10. Social Change in Modern Society:
PAPER–II
INDIAN SOCIETY : STRUCTURE AND CHANGE
A. Introducing Indian Society:
(i) Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society:
(ii) Impact of colonial rule on Indian society:
B. Social Structure:
(i) Rural and Agrarian Social Structure:
(ii) Caste System:
(iii) Tribal Communities in India:
(iv) Social Classes in India:
(v) Systems of Kinship in India:
(vi) Religion and Society:
C. Social Changes in India:
(i) Visions of Social Change in India:
(ii) Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India:
(iii) Industrialization and Urbanisation in India:
(iv) Politics and Society:
(v) Social Movements in Modern India:
(vi) Population Dynamics:
(vii) Challenges of Social Transformation:
STATISTICS
PAPER–I
1. Probability:
2. Statistical Inference:
3. Linear Inference and Multivariate Analysis:
4 .Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments:
PAPER II
1. Industrial Statistics
2. Optimization Techniques:
3. Quantitative Economics and Official Statistics:
4. Demography and Psychometry:
ZOOLOGY
PAPER–I
1. Non-chordata and Chordata:
2. Ecology:
3. Ethology:
4. Economic Zoology:
5. Biostatistics:
6. Instrumentation methods:
PAPER II
1. Cell Biology:
2. Genetics:
3. Evolution:
4. Systematics:
5. Biochemistry:
6. Physiology (with special reference to mammals):
7. Developmental Biology:
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