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Paper - I
Detailed Study of a Literary Age (19th Century)
The Paper will
cover the study of English Literature from 1798 to 1900 With special
reference to the works of William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelly,
Keats, Lamb, Thackeray, Dickens, Tennyson, Robert Browning. A.C.
Swinebume, D.G. Rossetti, Carlyle and Ruskin
The candidate
will be required to evince first-hand reading. The paper will be
designed to test candidates through understanding of the main
literary trends. during the period with reference to the authors
prescribed. Questions on the social and cultural background of the
period will be also set.
PAPER-II
This paper will
be designed to test candidates first-hand reading of the texts along
with their ability to examine literary problems critically.
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1. William Shakespeare |
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Twelfth Night, Henry IV Part I, |
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2. John Milton |
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Macbeth, The Tempest.
Paradise Lost Book I & II |
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3. Jane Austen |
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Pride
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4. W. Wordsworth |
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"Immortality Ode". Tintemabbey" |
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5. Dickens |
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Olevir Twist |
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6. Graham Green |
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The Mayer of Casterbridge |
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7. William Golding |
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Lord of the flies |
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8. W.B. Yeats |
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"The Second Coming", "Bizantium",
"Sailing to Bizantium" "A Prayer for my Daughter", "Leda
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9. George Bernard Shaw |
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Arms and the Men |
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10. D.H. Lawrence |
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Sons and Lovers. |
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11. R.K. Narayan |
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Swami & Friends |
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Defense & Strategic Studies |
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PAPER-I
Evolution of Strategic Thought
SECTION-A
1. Concept and theories of Conflict : -
(a)
Origin, perceptions, processes, escalation, goal achievement, etc.,
of conflicts in human societal relations and its relevance to
international conflicts.
(b) conflict as War: State beilllviuur, causes, correlates,
domestic sources, global structural sources, commer-cement and
termination, negotiation, ecology of warfare, etc.
(c) Concept of war and its relation with politics : Classical
thought and trends form Mechiaveli to Nuclear Agt
2. (a)
Kautilya's philosophy of war and his strategic contribution
(b) Sun tzu's thoughts on war.
(c) Thoughts of Jomini and Oausewitz 0n Strategy, Tactics,
Logistics, Principles of War and Nature of War.
3. War and
industrial society with reference to the views of Marx and engles.
4. Ccncepts
and Theories of Revolutionary War and Guerrilla Warfare with
reference to the views of Lenin, Mao- Tse Tung. Ute Guevara, Regis
Debray and Gaip.
5.
Economic bases of military power:
(a)
Economics of war.
(b) Linkages between comercial, financial, industrial, economics
and politico-military strengths anodweaknesses of a nation-state.
(c) Arms trade and theory of donor-recipient behaviour.
(d) Post-war economy and reeonslruction.
6. Theories or
Land, Sea and Air Warfare:
(a) Theories ofland warfare with reference to mobile defence,
use of tank, and machine warfare as propounded by Liddel Hart &
J.F.C. Fuller.
(b) Views of AT Mahan on the elements of sea power and naval
strategy.
(c) Continental doctrine of sea power.
(d) Heartland theory of Halford Mackinder.
(e) Heartland theories based on National Power.
(f) Theories of Air Power as propounded by G. Douhet, Mitchell
and Alexander de-Seversky.
SECTION-B
7. German
concept of total war with reference to views of Luddendorff;German
strategy in the Machine Age.
8. Military
strategy of Allied Powers during the World War II.
9. Sovie
militaiy strategy with reference to the views of Lenin, Trotsky,
Stalin and V.d. Sokolovsky.
10. Concept
and theories of deterrence:
(a)
Concept and theory of conventional deterrence.
(b) Concept and theories of nuclear deterrence with reference to
the views of Liddell Hart, Andre Beaufre, Y. Harkavi and Henry
Kissinger.
II. Concepts of Disarmament and Development Vs. Defence and
Development
12. Concept
and theories of Arms Control and Disarmament.
13. Concept
and theories of "Peace-Keeping'and' peace-Building".
14.
Theories of Conflict Resolution; methods of Conflict Resolution;
Gandhian techniques of Conflict Resolution.
PAPER-II
National Security
SECTION A
1. Conceptual
frame WOrK of National SecutiIy in the contemporary strategic
thinking.
2. Evolution
of National Security thinking and problematics.
3. Theories of
National Power:
(a)
Definitive framework of National Power.
(b) The imprecisior. of Power as a concept.
(c) Power profile of nation states.
(d) Non-power influence.
(e) Elements of National Power:
(i) Tangible elements: Geography, Population, Extent of
Territory, Natural Resources, Industrial Capacity, Financial
Capability, Scientific and Technological Capability, Military
Capability.
(ii) Intangible elements : Leadership, Bureaucratic and
Organizational Efficiency Type of Government, Social and Ethnic
Cohesiveness, National Character and Reputation, National Morale,
Public Support.
4. Concept and
models of lnternational Security:
(i) Conceptual framework of International Security during the
Cold War and Post-Cold war Periods.
(ii) Balance of Power.
(iii) Collective Security.
(iv) Collective Defence.
(v) Non-Alignment.
5. Concept and
theories of conventional and nuclear deterrence .
(i) Arms
proliferation as a constraint to National, Regional and
International Security.
(ii) Prospects for Arms control. International Terrorism:
Concept and dimension. Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency; Concepts
and dimensions, Co-relation between Foreign, Defence and domestic
policies.
SECTION B
10.
Historical legacy, geo-political and geo-strategical considerations
of India's Security.
11. National
Security problematics and India's quest for security:
(a) India
in 'the world strategic arena; contemporary trends.
(b) India's quest for secutiry vis-a vis Pakistan (till date);
Pakistan's conventional, nuclear and missile programmes and their
impact on India's defence. India's options.
(c) India-China boundary dispute; Positions and Polemics;
efforts for the etttlement of the boundary dispute; framwork . of
Cooperative Securtiy between India and China.
(d) India's mutuality of strategic and other interest with
Bangladesh Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Srilanka, Maldives and
Afghanistan.
(e) Role of extraregional powers in the Post Cold War South
Asian strategic milieu and India's security considerations.
(f) Need of Confidence and Security Building Measures for
India and its South Asian neighbours
12.Scicnce,
Technology and India's security:
(a)
India's scientific and technological base for National Defence.
(b) Need for India's imegrated science policy
(c) India's defecne industrialization and achievements.
(d) India's Research and development (R & D).
13.India's
nuclear policy and options:
(a)
India's need for nuclear power.
(b) India's nuclear breakthroughs.
(c) India's neclear options in a nuclearised world.
14. Indian
Ocean and India's security considerations:
(a) Strategic milieu in and around the Indian Ocean region.
(b) India's cocurity problems in relation to the Indian Ocean
region.
(c) India's martime security and its needs for naval power
projections.
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India's over-all security perspectives and defence preparedness.
16. Internal Security of lndia
(a)
Harmful internal threats and challenges-diminution, of social and
ethnic cohesiveness communalism; linguistic differences;
regionalism; rise of ethno. Nationlism; poor governability and
political instability; corruption in the various walks of national
life; ver-populations and ethnic migratin across the borders rising
but frustrated expectations of people at the root of insecurity;
ecological imbalances and economic problems.
(b) Low Intensity Conflicts (LIC) in India with special
reference to Jammu& Kashmir and the North-East region.
(c) Identification of the problems of Internal Security and
conditions for the use of military: Pros and cons. (d)
Imperatives of a comprehensive National security Strategy.
Non Chordata,
Chordata, Ecology Etholog, Biostatistics and Economic
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SECTION A
Non Chordata and Chordata
1. General
survey, classification and interrelationship of various phyla.
2. Protoza:
Locomotion, Nutrition, Reproductin and and human Paraste.
3. Porifera;
Conal system and Phylogeny.
4. Cnidaria;
Polymorphism: Coral reefs; Structure and affinities of Oenophora.
5.
Helminthes; Parastic adaptations and host-parasite relationship.
6. Annelida:
Adaptive rediation in Poychaeta.
7.
Arthopoda: Larval forms and parasitism in crustacea; mouth parts of
Insects; Vision and respiration in arthropods; Social life and
metamorphosis in insects.
8. Mollusea:
Torsion; Pearl formation.
9.
Echiondermata: General organization, larval forms and affinities.
10.
Chordata Origin: Lung fishes; Origin of tetrapods.
11.
Amphibia: Neoteny and parental care.
12. Reptilia:
Skuli types (Anapsid; Diapsid; Parapsid and Synapsid); Dinosaurs.
13. Aves:
Origin, aerial adaptations and migration; Flightless birds.
14.
Mammalia Prototheria and Metatheria: Skin derivatives of Eutheria
SECTION B
Ecology, Ethology,
Biostatistics, Microbiology and Economic Zoology
1. Ecology:
Abiotic and biotic factors; Inter and interaspecific relations,
ecological succession. Different types of biomes; Biogeochemical
cycles; Food web; Ozone layer and Biosphere; Puliution of air, water
and land,
2. Ethology:
Types of animal behaviour; Role of hormones and pheromones in
behaviour, Methods of studying animal behaviour; Biological rhythms.
3. Biostatistics:
Sampling methods, frequency distribution and measures of central
tendency, standard deviation, standard error, conrrelation and
regression, Chi-square and-test.
4. Economic
Zoology: Insects pests of corps (Paddy, Gram and Sugarcane) and
stored grains; Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac culture, Pisciculture,
Oyster culture and Rat control.
5. Microbial
morphology and Physiology of Baeteria and Virues,AIDS,Antibiotics.
PAPER-II
BIOLOGY,
GENETICS, EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS, CHEMISTRY, PHYLOGY AND
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY.
Section A
1. Cell Biology:
Cell membrance, Active transport and Sodium-potassium ATP ase Pump;
Mitochondria, Golgibodies; endoplasmic reticulum; ribosome and
lysosomes; Giant chrcmosomes, B-chromosomes & Prolaryotic and viral
chromosomes, Chromosome mapping.
Gene concept and
function: Watson-Crick model of DNA, Genetic code; Protein
synthesis, Sex chromosomes and sex determination.
2. Genetics:
Mendeliam expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Human
Chromosomal abnormalities, gene and diseases; Eugenics; Genetic
engineering; reeombinal DNA technology and gene cloning.s
3. Evolution and
systematics: Theories of evolution; sources and nature of organic
variation; natural selection; Hardy-Weinberg law; cryptic and
sematic colourational mimiery; isolating methanisms and their role;
insular fauna; concept of species and sub-species; principles of
taxonomy; Zoological nomenclature and International code; Fossils;
Geological eras; Phylogeny of horse and elephant; Origin and
evolution of man; principles and theroies of continental
distribution of animals; Zoogeographical relams of the world.
Section B
Biochemistry, Physiology and Developmental biology
1. Biochemistry:
Structure of carbohydrates, lipids (including saturated and
unsaturated fatty acids), amino acids, proteins and nucleic acid;
Glycolysis, Kerb's cycle, Oxidation and reduction oxidation
phosphorylatio, Energy conservation and release, ATP, C-AMP; Types
of Enzymes, mechanisn of enzymes action; Immunogloblins and
immunity; vitamins, Inorganic metabolism.
2. Physiology
(with special reference to mammals); Composition of blood, blood
grups in man, agglutionation; oxygen dioxide transport. hemoglobin,
breathing and its regulation; Formation of urea and urine, acid-base
balance and homoeostasis; thermo-regulation in man; Nerve impulse
conduction and transmission across synapse, neurotransmitters;
Vision, hearing and olfaction; Types of muscles; Digestion and
absorption of protein, carbohydrate, fat and nucleic acid, control
of secretion of digestive juices; Balanced diet of man. Steroid,
protein, peptide and amino-acid derived hormones, role of
hypothalamus. pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancrease, adrenal,
gonads and pineal organ and their relationships; physiology of human
reproduction, hormonal control of developmentin man; Pheromones in
mammals. 3. I)evelopmental Biology: Gametogensis, fertilization,
types of eggs, cleavage and gastrulation in Branchiostoma, frog and
chick; Fate maps of frog and chick; metamorphosis in frog;
forniation and falte of extra embryonic membrane in chick; amnion,
allantois and types of placenta in mammals, organizer phenomenon,
regeneration, Teratogenesis, organogenesis of brain eye and heart;
Aging.
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PAPER - I
Atomic
Structure: Bohr's model and its limitations, De-broglb equation,
Heisenberg unccrtainity principle, cpianutum mechancial operators
and the Schrodinger wave equation, physical significance of wave
function and its characteristics (nurmalized, orthogonal), radial
distribution and shapes of s, p, d and f-orbitals. particle in a
one-dimensionaI box, quantisation of electroenic energies
(qualitative treat ment of hydrogen atom).
Pauli's Exc1usion
principle, Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity, Aufbau principle.
E1ectronic
configuration of atoms, Long form of Periodic table including
transuraruum elements. Periodicity in properties of the elements
such as atomic and ionic radii, ionization potential, electron
affinity, e1ectronegatvity and hydration energy.
Nuclear and
Radiation Chemistry: structure of nucleus (shell model), nuclear
forces, nuclear stability-N/P ratio. nuclear binding energy.
kinetics, detection and measurement of radioactivity, Artificial
transmutation of elements and nuclear fission & fusion, radioactive
isotopes and their applications.
Chemical Bonding:
Valence bond theory (Heider-London and Pauling Slater theories),
hybridization VSEPR theory and shapes of simple inorganic molecules.
Molecular orbitial theory bonding, non-bonding and antibonding
molecular orbitals, molecular orbital energy leval diagrams for homo
and hetero nuclear diatomic molecules, bond order, bond length and
bond strength, sigma-and pi-bonds, hydrogen bond, characteristics of
covalent bond.
Chemistry of
s-and p-Block Elements: General properties of s-and p-block
elements, chemical reactivity of elements and group trends, chemical behaviour with respects to their hydrides, halides and oxides.
Chemistry of
Transition Elements: General characteristics, variable oxidation
states, complex formation, colour, magnetic and catalytic
properties. Comparative. study of 4d and 5d- transition elements
with their 3d analogues with respect to their ionic radi, oxidation
states and magnetic properties.
Chemistry of
Lanthanides and Actinides: Lanthanide contraction, oxidation states,
Principles of separation of lanthanides and actinides. Magnetic and
spectral properties of their compounds.
Coordination
Chemistry: Werner's theory of cordination compounds, IUPAC system
of nomenclature, Effective Atomic Number (EAN), Isomerism in
coordination compounds. Valence bond theory and its limitations,
Crystal field theory, Crystal field splitting of d-orbilals in
octahedral, tetrahedral and square planar complexes. Dq and factors
affecting its magnitude, Calculation of Crystal field Stabilisation
Energies (CPSe) ford' to d9 weak and strong field octahedral
complexes, type of electronic transitions, selection rules for
electronic transitions, spectroscopic ground states ford to d10
systems.
Preparation.
Properties and Uses of the following Inorganic Compounds; Heavy
water, boric acid, diborane, hydrazine, hydrozylamine, potassium
dichromate, potassium permagnate, Ce (N)sulphate and titanium (Ill)
sulphate.
Polymers: Mo1ecular weight
of polymers by sedimentation, light scattering, visocity and osmotic
pressure. Number average and weight average molecular weights
elasticity and crystallinity of polymers. borazines, silicones and
phcsphonitrilic halide polymers.
Chemical
Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic functions, Laws of thermodynamic and
their application to various physico-chemical processes. Concept of
chemical potential, Gibbs Duhem equation, Classius-Clapeyron
equation, thermodynarnic treatment of Colligative properties.
Oternical
Kinetics: Order and molecularity of a reaction Ratelaws, diagram
of one and two component systems, Nemst distribution law,
Applications of disubution law.
Electrochemistry: Theory of strong electrolytes, Debye-Huckel theory of activity
coefficients, laws of electrolytic condition, transport number
deterimination of transport number (Hittorfs and moving boundary
method). Applications of conduclionce for determining the solubility
and solubility product ionic equilioria, ionic product of water, pH,
acid-base indicators, common ion effect, buffer solutings, buffer
index, buff capacity, solubility product and applications in
analysis.
SolId State
Chemistry: Classification of
solids, seven crystal systems, elements of symmetry in crystals,
space lattice and unit cell classification of crystals on the basis
of bond types-ionic solids, metallic solids. covalent solids, and
molecular solids. The close packing of spheres-hexagonal close
packing, cubic close packing and body centered cubic ,acking,
coordination number and radius ratio effect bragg's law of X-ray
diffraction, powder pattern method, crystal structure of NaCI mid
KCl.
Surface Chemistry: Stability of and origin of charge on colloids, Electrokinetic
potential. Physical and chemical adsorption, various types of
adsorption isotherms. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis,
enzyme cataiysis (Michelis-Menton) equation.
Molecular
Spectra: Rotational Spectra: Rigid and non-rigid rotator models,
Determination of bond distance of watomic molecules, linear
triatomic molecules, isotopic substitution.
Vibrational-Rotational
Spectra: Harmonic and anharmonic vibrations, vibrational energies of
diatomic molecules, zeropoint energy, evaluation of force constant.
Fundamental freqencies, overtones, hot bands, degree of freedom of
polyatomic molecules. Concept of group frequencies.
Raman spectra: Electronic transitions. Frank-Condon principle, phosphores cence
and ffuorescence.
PAPER - II
General Organic Chemistry:
Electronic
displacement-inductive, electromeric and mesomeric effects,
Conjugation and hyperconjugation. Resonance and its application to
organic compounds. Electrophiles, nucleophiles, carbocations
caroanious and free radicals, Organic acids and bases. Effects of
structure on the strength of organic acids and bases. Hydrogen bond
and its effect on the properties of organic compounds.
Concept of
Organic Reaction Mechanism: Mechanism of addition, substitution,
elimination reactions and molecularre-arrangements. Mechanism of
electophdic and nucleophilic aromatic substitution.
Mechanism of the
following reactions: Aldol
condensation, Claisen condensation, Beckmann re-arrangement, perking
reaction, Reimer-Tiemann reaction, Cannizzaro's reaction, Friedel-Craft's
reaction, Reformatisky's reaction and Wagner.Meerwain
re-arrangement.
Aliphatic
Compounds: Chemistry of simples organic compounds belonging to
following classes with special reference to the mechanisms of the
reactions involved therein: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alkyl
halides, alcohols, ethers, thiols, aldehydes, ketones, a,b -
unsaturated cabonyl compounds, acids and their derivatives, amines,
aminoacids, hydroxy acids, unsaturated acids and dibasic acids.
Synthetic uses of
malonic ester, acetoacetic ester, Grignard's reagent, carbene, diazo
methane and phosphoranes.
Carbohydrates:
Classification, configuration and Ecneral reactions of simples
monosaccharides. Osazone formation, mutarotation, pyranose and
furanose structures. Chain liengtheing and chain shortening in
aldoses and ketoses. Interconversion of glucose and fructose.
Stereochemistry
and Conarmations: Elements of symmetry, optical and geometrical insomerism in simpleorganic compounds. Absolute configuratios (R&S),
Configurations of geometrical is omers, E &z notations,
Conformations of mono and disubstituted cyclohexanes. Boat and chair
forms.
Aromatic
Compounds: Modern structure of benzene; concept of aromaticity.
Huckel rule and
its simple application to non-benzenoid aromatic compounds.
Activating and deactivating effect of substitutent groups, directive
influence. Study of the compounds containing following groups
attached to the alkyland benzene ring halogen hydroxy, nitro and
amino groups. Sulphonic acids, benzaldehyde, salicyldehyde,
acetophenone. Benzoic, salicylic, phthalic, cinnamic and mandelic
acids.
Naphthalene &
Pyridine: Synthesis, structure and important reactions.
Alkaids: General
methods of structure elucidation of alkalodis,chemistry of nicotine.
Organic Polymers:
Mechanism of polymerization, polymers of industrial. importance,
synthetic fibers.
Chemistry of
Iiving Cells: A brief introduction, chemical constituents,cell
membrane, acid base balance. Diffusion and active transport. Donnan
membraance equilbria Enzymes and Coenzymes: -Nomenclature and
characteristics, factors which affect enzymes.
NMR Spectrosopy: Priniciple of PMR. chemical shift, spin-spin coupling,
interpretation of PMR spectra of simple organic molecules.
Evaluation of
Analytical Data: Errors, Accuracy and precision, Relative and
standard deviation, rejection of doubtful observations, t-test,
Q-test.
Solvent
Extraction: Distribution law. Craig concept of counter-current
distribution, important solvent extraction systems.
Chromatography:
Classification of chromatographic techniques, general principles of
absorption, partition ion exchanges, paper and thin layer
chromatography.
Environmental
Chemistry: Air pollutants and their toxic effect, depletion of ozone
layer. Effects of oxides of nitrogen, fluoro chloro carbons and their
effect on ozone layer. Green house effect, Acid rain.
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PAPER-I
MECHANICS, THERMAL PHYSICS AND WAVES & OSCILLATIONS
1. Mechanics:
Conservation law Collisions, impact paramete., scattering
cross-section. centre of mass and lab systems with transformation of
physical quantities, Rutherford Scattering. Motion of a rocket under
constant force field, rotating frames of reference, Coriolis force.
Motion of rigid bodies, Dynamics of rotating bodies, Motion of
charged particles under electric and magnetic fields, Lorentz force,
Moment of inertia, Tneorem of narallel and perpendicular axes.
Moment of inertia of sphere, ring cylinder, disc. angular momentum,
Torque and Precession of a top, Gyrosope. Central forces, Motion
under inverse square law, kepler's Laws, Motion of Satellites
(including geostationary). Galilean Relativity, special Theory of
Relativity. Michelson-Morley experiment, Lorentz
Transformations-addition theorem of velocities. Variation of mass
with velocity, mass-Energy equivalence. fluid dynamics, stearnlines,
Reynold number, Viscosity, Poiseulle's formula fer the flow of
liquid through narrow tubes, turbulance, Bemoalli'sEquation with
simples applications.
2. Thermal
Physics: Laws of thermodynamics,Entropy,Carnots cycle,
isothermal and adiabatic changes, thermodynamic potentials,
Helmbothzand Gibbs functions, Maxwell's relations. The
c1ausius-CIapeyom equatien, Reversible Camotd cycle, Head Engine and
Bffeciency, Joule-Kelvin effect, Stefan-Boltzmann Law. Kinetic
Theory of gases, Maxwell's Ditribution Law of velocities.
Equipartition of energy, specific heats of gases, mean free path,
Browniar, Motion. Black Body radiatiun, specific heat of solides,
Enistein and Debye theories, Wein's Law Plancks's law solar
constant, Shah's theory of thermalionization and Stellar Spectra.
Production of law temperatures using adiabatic demagnetization and
dilution refrigeration. Ccncept of negative temperature.
3. Waves and
Oscillations:
Oscillations,
simple harmonic motion. Example of simple harmonic motion: Mass,
spring and LC circuits. Stationary and traveling waves, Damped
harmonic motion, Forced oscillation and Resonance. Sharpness of
resonance, Waves, Two peryendicular simple hamonic motions-Lissajous
figures, Fourie analysis of periodic waves-square and triangular
waves. Phase and Group velocities, Beats, Huygen's principle,
Division of amplitude anc wavefront Fresnel biprism, Newton's rings,
Michelson interf'ermeter Fabry-Perot iteterferometer. Diffraction-Fresfiel
and Fraunhofel. Difffllction as Fourier Transformation. Fresnel and
Fraunhofer diffraction by rectangular and CIrcular apertures.
Diffraction by straightedge, Single and multiple sltis. Resoiving
power of grating and Optical Instruments. Rayleigh Criterion,
Polarizaticn, production and cetcction of polarized light (linear,
circular and ellipitical. Brewster's law, Huyghen's theory of double
refraction, optical rotation, polarimeters. laser sources
Helium-Neon, Ruby, Nd. YAG and semi-conductor diodes).Concept of
spatial and tepmporal coherence. Holography. Theory and
applications.
PAPER -II
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, MODERN PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS
1. Electricity
and Magnetism: Coulomb's Law, Electric Field. gauss's law,
Electric potential. Poission and Laplace equations for homogeneous
dielectrics, uncharged conducting sphere in a uniform field.
Electric field due to a point charge aad infinitt: conducting place.
Current electricity: Kirchoff's laws and its applications:
Wheatstone bridge,
Kelvin's double bridge, Carey-Foster bridge. Bio-Savart law and its
applications. Ampere's circuitual law and its applications,
Magnetic- induction and field strength, Magnetic shell, Magntic
field on the axis of a circular coil. Helmhclz coil. Electromagnetic
induction, Faraday's and Lenzs low, Self and Mutual inductances,
Alternating currents. L.C.R. circuits, series and parallel resonance
ciruits, quality faetcr, Maxwell's equations and electromagnctic
waves. Tramsverse nature of electromagnetic Waves, Poynting vector,
Magnetic fields in matter: Dia Para, Feno, Antiferro and
Ferrimagnetism (qualitiative approach only). Hysteresis.
2. Modern Physics
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Bohr's theory cf hydrogen atom electron spin, Optical and X-ray
Spectra, Stem-Gerlach experiment and spatial quantization. Vector
model of the atom, spectral tenns, fine Structure of spectha1 lines.
J-J and L-S couplIings. Zeeman effects, Pauli's exclusion principle,
spectral terms of two equivalent and non-equivalenl electrons. Gross
and fine stucture of electronic band spectra. Raman effect,
Photoelectric effect Comption effecet, de Broglies wave. Wave
Particle duality Uncertainity principle. Postulateof quatum
mechanics. Scrodinger wave equation ,vith application to (i)
particle in a box,(ii ) motion across a stem potenital. (iii) one
dimcnsional harmonic osciliator, Eigen values and Eiger. functions.
Radioactivity, Allpha beta gamma radiation.. Elementary theory of
the alphadecay. Nuclear bindinl! energy. Mass spectroscopy, Semi
empirical mass formula. Nuclear fission and fusion. Elementary
Reactor physics, Elementary particles and their classification
strong weak and electromgnetic interactions. particles accelerators
cyclotron Linear accelerators. Eementary ideas of Supenconductivity.
3.
EIectronics: Band theory of Solids, conductors. insulators and
semiconductors. Intrinsic and exutrinsic semiconducts P.N.
Junctions. Thermisteor, Zener diodes, reverse and forward biased
P.N. Junction Solar cell. Use of diodes and.transistors for
rectification amplication, oscilation modulation and detection of
f.f. waves Transistor reciver. Televisoin. Logic Gates and their
truth tables, some applications.
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PAPER-I
Linear
Algebra: Vecter space, bases, dimension of a flnitely generatcl
space, Linear transformation Rank and nullity of a linear
transformation. Cayley Hamiliton theorem, Eigenvalues and
Eigenvectors. matrix of a linear transformation. Rowand column
reduelion. Echelon fonn. Equivalence, Congruence and similiarity.
Reduciion to canonical form. OrthogonaI, symmetricaI, skew
symmetrical, unitary, hermitian and skew-Humilian matrires-their
eigenvalues, orthogonal and unitary reduction of quadratic and
Hermitian forms. Positive quadratic forms. Simultaneous redaction.
Calculus:
Rcal numbers, limits, continuity differentiability. Mean-vallie
theorems, Taylors theorem, indeterminate fors, Maxima and Minima
Curve Tracing. Asymptotes. functions of several variables, partial
deri vatives, maxima and minima Jacobian. Definite and
indefinite'lntegrals Double and triple Integrab (techniques only),
application to beat and Gamma Functions. Areas. Volumes Centre of
gravity.
Ana1ytica1 Geometry of Two and three Dinlensions :
First and second
degree equations in two dirnensiollsin Cartesian and polar
coordinates. Plane, sphere, paraboloid, Ellipsoid, hyperboloid one
and two sheets and their dementary properties. Curves in space.
curvature and torsion. Frenet's formulae.
Differential
equations: Orders and Degree of a differential equation
differential equations of first order and first degree, variables
separable. homogeneous, linear, and exact differential equations.
Differential equations with constant coeffidents. The complementary
function and the particula integral of eAX, cosax, sinax, xm, eax
coshx, eax sinbx.
Vector
Analysis: Vector Algebra, Differentiation of Vector function of
a scalar variable, Gradient, divegence and curl in Cartesian,
cylindrica1 and spherical coordinates and their, pysical
interpretation. Higher ordr derivatives. Vector identities and
vector eqations, Gaus and Stokes' theorems.
Tensor
Analysis: Dfinetion of a Tensor, Trarsformation of coordinates,
contravariant and convariant tensors. Addition and muitiplication of
tensors, contraction of tenscrs. Inner product, fundamental tensors,
Christoffel symbols. conyariant differentiation. Cradlent curl and
divergence in tensor notation.
Statics:
Equilibrium of a system of particics, work and potential energy.
Friction.
Commun catenary.
Principle of Virtual work. stability of equilibrium.Equilibrium of
forces in three dimensions.
Dynamics:
Degrec of freedom and constraints, Rectilinear motion, Simple
harmonic motion in a plane. projetiles, Ccnstrained motion, work and
enery Motion uner impuIsive forces, kepler's laws. Orbits under
central forces. Motion of varying mass. Motion under resisting
medium.
Hydrostatics:
Pressure of hevy fluids. Equilibrium of fluids under given system.
of forces. Centre of pressure. Thrust on curved surfaces.
Equilibrium of Floating bodies, stability of equilibrium and
Pressure of gases, problem relating to atmosphere
PAPER-II
Algebra:
Groups, subgroups, normal subgroups homomorphism of groups, quotient
groups, Basic isomorphism theorems, Sylow therems. Permutation
Groups . .
Cayley's
theorem: Rings and ideals, Principal ideal domains. Unique
factorization domains and Euclidean domains, Field Extension, Finite
fields.
Real Analyis:
Metric spaces,
their topology with specia1 reference to R" sequenne in metric
space. Cauchy sequence, ccmpleteness. Completion continuous
functions, Uniform continuity, properties of continuous functions on
Compact sets, Riemann Stieltjes Integral, 'Improper integrals and
their conditions of existence. Difierentiation of functions of
several variables. Implicit funetion theorem, maxima and minima.
Absolute and
Conditional convergence of series of real and Complex terms,
Rearrangement of series, Uniform convergence, infinite products.
Continuity, differentability and integrability for series, Multiple
integarls.
Complex
Analysis: Analytic functions, Cauchy's theorem, Cauchy's
Integral formula, power series, Taylor's series, Singularities,
Cauchys' Residue theorem and Contour integration.
Partial
Differential Equations: Formation of partial differential
equations, types of integrals of partial differential equations of
first order Charpits method, Partial differential equation with
constant coefficients.
Mechanics:
Generalised coordinats, Constraints, holonumic and nonholonomic
systems, D'Alembert's Principle and Langntnges' equations, Moment of
inertia, Metion of rigid hodies in two dimensions.
Hydrodynamics:
Equation of continuity, momentum and energy, inviscid flow theory
Two dimensional motion, streaming motion, Sources and Sinks.
Numerical
Analysis: Transcendental and polynomial Equations-Methods of
tabulation, bisection regula-falsi, secants and Nwton-Rephson and
order of its convergence. Interpolation and numerical.
Difff'rentiation-polynomial interpolation with equal or unequal step
size Numerical differentiation formulae with error terms.
Numerical integration of Ordinary difierential Equations :
Equations:
Euler's method,
multistep-predictors Corrector methods-Adams' and Milne's method,
convergences and stability, Runge-Kutta Methods.
Operational
Research: Mathematical Programming-Definition and some
elementary properties of convex sets, simplex methods, rectangular
games and their solutions.
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GENERAL GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, STRUCTRUAL GEOLOGY, PALAEONTOLOGY
AND STRATIGRAPHY -
(i) General
Geology: Origin and interior of the Earth. Geological Time scale
Dating of rocks by varicus methods and age of the earth.
Radio-activity and its application to geological problcms.
Volcanoes, causes and products, volcanic belts. Earth quak secauses,
effects, distributions and its relation to volcanic belts.
Geosynclines and
their classification, island arcs, deep sea trenches and mid-oceanic
ridges; Sea-floor spreading and plate tectonics; isostasy.
Mountains-types and orgin Origin of continents and oceans. An
outline of ccntinental drift. Origin and evolution of himalaya.
Neotectioncis.
(ii)
Geomorphology: Basic concepts and significance, Geomorphic
processes and parameters. Mass movement, Geomorphic cycles and their
interpfctation, Relief featues, topography and its relation to
structures lithology. Major landforms, Drainage system, Geomorphic
features of Indian subcontinent, Himalaya glaciers.
(iii)
structural Geology: Stress and strain ellipsoid, and rock
deformation.
Mechanics of
folding, faulting and Thrusting. Linear and planar structures and
their genetic significance. Petrofabric analysis, its graphic
representation and application to geological problems. Tectonic
frame work of India, Himalayan tectonics.
(iv)
Palaentology: Micro-and macro-fossils. Modes of preservation and
utility of fossils. General idea about classification and
nomenclature. Organic evolution and the bearing of palaeontological
studies on it.
Morphology,
CIassification and geological history including evolutionary trends
of brachipods, bivalves, gastropods, ammonoids, trilobites,
echinoids and corals.
Principal groups
of vertebrates and their main morphological characters. Vertebrate
life through ages. Dinosaurs. Detailed study of evolution of horses,
elephants and man. Gondwana flora and its importance. Types of
microfossilas and their significance with special reference to
petroleum exploration.
(v)
Stratigraphy: Principles of stratirphy, stratigraphic
classification and nomenclature. Standard stratigraphical scale.
Detailed study of various of horses, elephants and man. Gondwana
ftora and its importance. Types of microfossils and their
significance with special reference to petroleum exploration.
(v)
Stratigraphy: Principles of stratigraphy, stratigraphic
classification and nomenclature. Standard stratigraphical scale.
Detailed study of various geological system of lndian sub continent
General statigraphy of Uttaranchal Himalaya.
Boundary
problems in stratigraphy: Pre-cambrian and Cambrian, permian-Triassic,
cretaceous Tertiary and Neogene-Quateruary .Correlation of the major
Indian formations with their world equivalents. And outline of the
stratigraphy of various geological systems. Brief study of climates
and igneous activites in Indian sub-continent during geological
past. Palaeogeographic reconstructions. Recent reseaches in
Himalayan Geology.
PAPER-II
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
(i)
Crystallography: Crystalline and non-crystalline substances,
space group.
Lattics symmetry.
classification of crystals, forms and their habits, Weiss and
Miller's symbol of Crystallograhic notation. Symmetry element and
forms of the normal class of all crystal systems. Twinning in
crystals. Crystal irregularities. Application of X -Rays for crystal
studies.
(ii) Optical
Mineralogy: General principles of optics, isotropism and
anisotropism, concepts of opitical indicatnx, Pleochrosim,
Birefringence and interference colours; and exinction. Optical
orientation in crystals, dispersion, optical accessories.
(iii)
Mineralogy: Elements of crystal chemistry, types of bon dings,
ionic radii,
co-ordination
number, isomorphism. polymorphism and pseudomorphism. Structural
classification of silicates. Detailed study of rock forming
minerals, their physical, chemical and optical properties and ues,
if any. Study of the alteration products of these minerals.
(iv)
Petrology: Magma, its generation, nature and composition. Simple
phase diagrams of binary and ternary systems and their
significance.; Bown's Reaction. Principle. Magmatic differentiation
and assimilation. Texture and structure and their petrogenetic
significance. Classification of igneous rocks. Petrography and
petrogenesis of important rock types of India granites, alkaline
rock, charnockites, anorthosite and Deccan basalts. Processes of
formation of sedimentary rocks. Diagenesis and lithification.
Textures and structures and thcir petrogentic significance.
Classification of sedimentary rocks: clastic and no e1astic. Heavy
minerals and their significance. Elementary concept of depositional
environments, sedmentary, facies and provenance. petrography of
cornmon rock types. Metamorphic processes and types of metamorphism.
Metamorphic grades, zones and facies. ACF, AKF and AFM diagrams.
Textures, structures and nomenclature of metamorphic rocks.
Petrography and petrogenis of important rock types.
(v) Economic
Geology: Ore, Ore mineral and gangue tenor of ores, Processes of
Formation of mineral deposits. Common forms and structures of ore
deposits. Control of ore deposition. Metallogenetic epochs and
Provinces. Study of important metalliferous and non-metalliferous
deposits, oil and natural gas fields, and coal fields ofIndia,
Mineral wealth of India Mineral economics. National mineral policy.
Conservation and utilization of minerals.
(vi) Applied
Geology: Essentials of prospecting and exploration techniques.
Principal methods
of mining. Sampling. ore dressing and mineral beneficiation.
Geological coilsiderations in Engineering, works: Dam, Thmels,
Bridges and Roads. Natural hazards and their mitigation.
Elements of
soil and groundwater geology and geochemistry. use of aerial
photographs and satellite immageries in geological investigations.
Water resources Of Uttaranchal; Himalayan Environment.
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SECTION-A
Ecology and its
relevance to man, natural resources, their managment and
consetvation, Environment factors of crop distribution and
production. Climatic elements as factor of crop growth, impact of
changing environment of cropping pattern. Environmental pollution
and associated hazards to crops, animals and humans.
Cropping,
patterns in different agro-climatic zones of Uttaranchal, Impact of
high yielding and short duration varieties on shifts in cropping
patterns. Concepts of multiple cropping, rnultistory, of practices
for production of important cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibre, sugar
and cash crops grown during kharif and rabi seasons in different
regions of Uttaranchal.
Important
features, scope and propagation of various types of forestry plants
with reference to agro-forestry and social forestry.
Weeds, their
characteristics, dissemination and association with various field
crops; their multiplications; cultural, biological and chemical
control of weeds.
Processes and
factors of soil formation, classification on Indian soils including
modern concepts. Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their
role in maintaning soil productivity. Problem soils, extent and
distributionin India and their reclamation. Essential plant
nutrients and other beneficial element in soils and plants, their
occurrence, factors affecting their distribution. functions. and
cycling in spil. Symbiotic and nin-symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Principles of soil fertility and it evatuation for judicial
fertilizer use.
Soil conservation
planning on water shed basis, Erosion and run of management in
hillyfoot hills and valley lands; process and factors affecting
them. Dry land agriculture and its problems. Technology for
stabilizing agriculture production in minfed agriculture area of
Uttaranchal.
SECTION-B
Water use
efficiency in relation to crop production, criteria for scheduling
irrigations, ways and means of reducing run-off losses of irrigation
water. Drainage of water-logged soils.
Farm management,
scope importimce anc characteristics, from planning and budgeting.
Economics of different types offarm ing systems.
Marketing and
princing of agriculture inputs and outputs, price fluctuations and
thein cost, role of co-operatives in agricultural economy tyges and
systems of farming and factors affecting them.
Agricultural
extension, its importance and role, methods of evaluation of
extension programmes, diffusion, communications and adoption of
innovations. people's participation and motivation. Farm
mechanization and its role in agricultural production and rural
empolyment. Training programmes for extension workers and formers.
Extension systems and programmes Training & Visits, KVK. KGK, NATP
and IVLP.
PAPER-II
SECTION-A
Heredity and
variation. Mendels law of inheritance. Chrommosomal theory of
inhertiance. Cytoplasmic inheritance. Sex linked, sex influenced and
sex limited characters. Spontaneous and induced mutations. Role of
chemical in mutation. Origin and domestication of field crop.
Morphological patterns of variations in variooes and related species
of important field crops. Causes and utilization of variations in
crop improvement.
Application of
the principles of plant breeding to the improvement of major - field
crops, methods of breeding of self and cross-pollinated crops.
Introduction, slelection,hybridization. Male sterlity and self
incompatability, utilization of mutation and polyploidy in breeding.
Seed technology
and its importance, production. processing storage and testing of
seeds. Role of national and state seed organizations in production.
Processing and narketing of improved seeds.
Physiology and
its significance in agriculture, physical properties and chemical
constituion of protoplasm, inhibition, surface tension, diffusion
and osmosis. absorption and translocation of water, transpiration
and water economy.
SECTION-B
Enzymes and plant
pigments. Photosyntilesis modem concepts and factors affection the
process. aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Growth and developments.
photoperioriism and vernalization. Plant growth regulators and their
mechanism of action & importance in crop production.
Climatic
requirement's and cultivation of major fruits and vegetable crops;
package of praetices and the scientific basis for the same. Pre and
post harvest physiology of fruits and vegetables. Principal methods
of preservation of fruits and vegetables. Processing techniques and
equipments Landscape and Aoriculture including raising of ornamental
plants. Design and layout of lawns and gardens.
Diseases and
pests of vegetable, fruits and plantation crops of Uttraranchal and
measures to control plant diseases. Integrated management of pests
and diseases. Pesticides and their formulations, plant protection
equipment, their care and maintenance.
Storage pests of
cereals and pulses. Hygiene of storage godowns, preservation and
remedial measures.
Food
production and consumption trends in India. National and
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Microbiology,
Pathology, Plant Diversity, Morphogenesis Microbiology:-
Microbial
diversity, elementary idea of microbiology of air, water and soil a
general account of microbial infection and immunity; applicationof
microbiology with reference to agriculure, industry medicine and
environment.
Plant Pathology:
Important plant diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi
and nematodes with special reference to root blot of crueifers,
tabacco mosaic, leaf curl of papaya, citrus canker, leaf blight of
paddy, rust of tea, rust of wheat, smut of barley, late bight of
potaio, red rot of sugarcane and wilt of arhar.
Plant Diverslity: Classification, structure, reproduction, life cycles and economic
importance of viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi, bryophyte pterodophytes and gymnosperms including fossils morphology of root
stem, leaf, flower and seed secondary growth embryology
microspogenesis and male gametophyte, megas porogenesis and female
gametophyte, fertilization, embryo and endosperm development;
apomixes and experimental embryology, principle of faxonomy, modem
systems of classification of angiosperms, rules of botanical
nomenciature, biosystematics; distinguishing features of the
families Ranunculaceae, Brassicaceae, caryophyllaceae, Malvaceae,
Rutaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Apiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Rubiaceae,
Solanaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Acanthaceae, Verbenaceae, Lamiaceae,
Asteraceae,:
Apocyanaceae,
Euphorbiaceae, Arecaceae, Poaceae and Orchidaceae.
Morphogenesis:
Correlation, polarity, symmetry, totipotency, differentiation and
regeneration of tissues and organs; morphogenetic factors, methods
and appli.cations of cell tissue, organ and protoplast culturer;
somaclonal variations, somatic hybrid& and cybrids.
PAPER-II
Cell Biology, Genetics, Physiology and Biochemistry, Ecology and
Economic
Cell Biology:
Cell as structural and functional unit of life
ultrastructure of eukaryotic and p'rokaryotic cells, structure and
function of plasmamembrance, endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplasts,
mitochondria, ribosomes, golgi bodies and nucleus; cell
cycle-mitosis and meiosis, chromosomal morphology and chemistry,
numerical and structural changes in chromosomes and their
cytological and genetical effect.
Genetics:
Mendel's law of inheritances, interaction of genes, linkage and
crossing over, genetic recombination in fungi, cyanobacteria,
bacteria and viruses, gene mapping, sex linkage, determination of
sex, cytoplasmic inheritance of plastids; develoment of genetics and
gene concept, genetic code molecular genetics-DNA as genetic
material, structure and replication of DNA role of nucleic acids in
protein synthes is (transcription and translation) and regulation of
gene experssion; mutation and evolution DNA damage and repair, gene
amplification, gene rearrangement; oncogene; genetic engineering.
restriction enzyme, cloning vectors (p BR 322, P Ti, lambda phase),
gene transfer, recombinant DNA, genomic libraries, application of
genetic engineering in human welfare.
Physiology and
Biochemistry: Water relations of plants-absorption, conduction
of water and transpiration; mineral nutrition and ion transport
translocation of photosynthates, essential micro and macroelements
and their function; chemistry and classification of carbohydrates
photosynthesis-mechanism and importance factors af- N fecting
photosynthesis, c3 and c4 carbon fixation cycle, photo respiration
plant
repiration and
fermentation Kreb's cycle: proteins and amino acids, engymes and
co-enzymes, mechanism of enzyme action secondary metabolites
(alkaloids, steroids, terpenes,lipids)
Ecology:
Concept of ecology and environment, environmental faetorincluding
biotic and abiotic population and community dynamics structure and
function of different ecosystems; Biogeochemical cycles, gaseous
cycles, pollution and control, latitudinal and altiudinal variation
in vegetation with special reference to the Himalaya Applied
ecologysoil and water conservation; management of agriculture and
forests; role of remote sensing in ecology. Threatened plants and
conservation of biodiversity. Convention of biological diversity.
Economic
Botany: Centres of origin on some crop plants viz maize, rice,
wheat, sugarcane, potato, groundnut, mango, citrus etc cereals and
legumes of economic importance, common fruits and vegetables, fibre,
medicinal and timber yielding-plant of western Himalaya general
account of medicinal and aromatic plants.
Ethnobotany:
A general account, improvement of crops through plant breeding,
hybridization, selection, mutations, transgenic seed etc.
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SECTION A :
A.
ANIMAL NUTRITION
1 . Energy
Nutrition: Energy sources, energy metabolism. Requirement of
energy for maintenance and Production of milk, Meat, eggs and work
energy evaluation of foods.
2. Protein
Nutrition: Sources of protein, digestion and metabolism of
protein, evaluation, requirements of protein for maintenance and
production, Energy protein ration in a ration.
3. Mineral
Nutrition: Sources function, deficiency symptoms, requirement
for animals and their relationship with vitamins.
4 Vitamins:
Sources function, deficiency symptoms, requirements and
interreationship with minerals feed additives.
5. Applied
Nutrition: Evaluation of feeding experiments, digestibility and
balance studies. Feeding standards measures energy and proteins for
ruminants and unruminants, Nutrient -requirement for growth,
Maintenance and production, Balanced ration.
6. Ruminant
Nutrition: Nutrient and their metabolism with referenceto milk
production and its composition Nutrient requirements and feed
formulation for calves, heifers, dry and milking cows and buffal.oes.
7. Non-rumiant
Nutrition: Nutrient and their metabqIism with special reference
to meat an egg production. Nutrient requirements and feed
formulation for layer, broler and pig.
8. Common
Feeds and Fodders and their Nutrition: Characteristic for hil
region. Conventional and non-conventional feeds.
B.
Animal Physiology
1. Growth and
Animal Production: Parental and Post natal growth, matunition,
growth curves, measures of growth, factors affecting growth, body
composition and meat quality.
2. Milk
Production: Hormonal control of mammary development. Milk
secretion and milk ejection, composition of milk of cow and
buffaless.
3. Animal
Reproduction: Male and female reproductive organ, their
components and functions.
4. Digestive
Physiology: Organs of digestion and their functions. Digestion
of carbohydrates, protein and fatein ruminants and non-ruminants.
5.
Environmental physiology: Physiology relations and their
regulation mechanism of adaption, environmental factors and
regulatory mechanism involved in animal behaviour. Method of
controlling climatic stress.
6. Semen
Quality Preservation and Artificial Insemination: Components of
semen, composition of spermatozoa, physical and chemical properties
of ejaculated semen, semen preservation, composition of dilutents.
Sperm concentration, transport of diluted semen, deep freezing
techniques.
SECTION-B
C. Livestock Production and Management
1. Commercial
Dairy Farming: Comparison of dairy farming in India with
advanced countries. Dairying under mixed farming and as specialized
farming. economic dairy fanning. starting of dairy farm capital and
land requirements, organization of dairy farms, procurement of
goods. opportunities in dairy farming, factors determining the
efficiency of dairy animals, herd recording. budgeting, cost of
millk production, pricing policy. personnel management.
2. General
Managements: Managements of livestock pregnant and Milking cows,
newly born calves). livestock records. principles of clean milk
production economics of livestock farming Housing for livestock and
poultry. General problems of sheep. goat. pigs. rabbits and poultry
management.
3. Feeding
Management: Developing practical and economic rations for dairy
cattle. supply of green fodder throughout the year. Land and fodder
requirement of dairy farms. feeding regimes for dry, young stock,
bulls, heiferes and breeding animals.
4. Management
of Animals under Drought Conditions : Feeding and management of
animal under drought, flood and other natural calamities.
D. Milk and Milk Products Technology
1. Milk
Technology: Organization of rural milk procurement, collection
and transport of raw milk.
Quality, testing
and grading of raw milk. Quality, storage, grade of whole milk,
skimmed milk and cream. Processing, packing, storing, distributing,
marketing defects and their control and nutritive properties of the
following milk. Pasteurized, standardized, Toned, double toned,
sterilized, homogenized, reconstituted, recombined and flavoured
milk. Culture and their management, Yoghurt, Dahi, Lassi, srikhand,
legal standards, sanitation, requirement for clean and safe milk and
for the milk plant equipments.
2. Milk
Product Technology: Section of raw materials, assembling,
production, processing, storing, distributing and marketing milk
products such as butter, ghee, khoa, chenna, cheese, condensed,
evaporated, dry milk, baby food, ice-cream and kulfi. Testing,
grading, judging of milk products. BIS and Agmark specificition,
legal standards, quality control and nutritive properties. Packing,
processing and operational control cost.
3. Milk
ByproductsTechnology: Why products, butter milk, lactese and
caein.
4. Import and Export of livestock and LivestockProducts.
PAPER-II
SECTION-A
A. Genetics and Animal Breeding:
1. Animal
Genetics: Mitosis and meiosis, Mendeli~m inhertiance, deviations
to Mendalian genetics, Expression of genes, Linkage and crossing
over, sex determination sex influenced and sex limited characters,
Blood groups and . polymorphism, chromosomal aberrations, Gene and
its struture, DNA as a genetic material, Genetic code and protein
syntheiss, Recombination DNA technology, mutationtype of mutations
methods for detecting mutations and mutation role.
2. Population
Gepetics Applied to Animal Breeding: Quantitative Vs qualitative
traits, Hard weinbery law, Population VsIndividual, Gene and
genotype frequency. Forces charging gene frequency, random drift and
smal population, Indreeding, methods of estimating inbreeding
coefficient, systems of inbreeding. Effective.population size,
Breeding value, estimatio of breeding value, dominance and epistatic
deviation, partitioning of variation, genotype environment
correlation and genotype environoment interaction.
3. Breeding
System: Heritability, repeatability and genetic and phenotypic
correlation their methods of estimation and precision of estimates.
Aids to selection anc their relative merits, individual, pedigrea,
family and within family selection progen) testing, methods of
selection, basis of selection response to selection and its measure
selection differential sireinder, selection index, recurrent and
reciprocal recurrent selection, establishment of new breed,
inbreeding, out breeding, upgrading hybridizatior crossbreeding, out
crossing. Approach to livestock breeding policy for hill areas.
B. Health and
Hygiene:
1. Anatomy of
ox and fowl. Histological techniques Freezing, paraffin
embedding etc, Preparation and staining of blood film. 2. Commor
histological stain and embryology of cow. 3. Physiology of blood and
its circulation, digestion: respiration, excretion, endocrine gland
in health and diseases . .4. Qeneral knowledge of Pharmacology and
therapetics of drugs. 5. Veterinary hygiene with respect of water,
air and habitation environmental hygiene. 6. Milk hygiene, meat
hygiene.
SECTION-B
C. Animal Diseases
1. Immunl'y
and Vacclination: Approach to disease management. Quarantine.
Types of immunity and vaccines Principles and methods ofimmunization
of animals against specific diseases, herd immunity, disease free
zones, zero disease concept, chemoprophylaxis.
2. Diseases of
Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep and Goats: Etiology, symptoms. diagnosis,
Prevention and control and treatment of the following diseases;
Metabolic diseases Mineral deficiency disease of livestock: Plant
and other toxicites Anthrax, haemorrahagic septicaemia, black
quarter, mastits, tuberculosis, Johnes diseases, Foot and mouth
diseases, Rinderpest rabies, piroplasmosis, Trypnasomiasis
Faciolisis tympanitis. Diseases of new born calf.
3. Disease of
Poultry: Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, control and
treatments of Ranikhet disease, Fowl pox, Avian leacosis complex.
Marek's disease and gumboro disease.
4. Disease
of Swine: Swine fever, Hogcholera.
5. Disease
of Dog: Canine distemper, parvo diseases, Rabies in pets in
relation to human health.
D. Veterinary
Public Health :
1. Zoonoses
Classification, definition, role of animals and birds in
transmission of zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic diseases caused by
varieus agents and their control.
2. Veterinary
Jurisprudence. Rule and regulations for improvement of animals
quality and prevention of animal diseases. Materials and methods
for collection of samples for veterolegal investigation.
Presentation of cruelity to animals. 3. Duties and role of
veterinanian in slaughter house to provide meat that is produced
under ideal hygienic conditions.
4.
Byproducts form slaughter houses and their economic utilization
5. Method
of collection, preservation and processing of hormonal glands for
medicinal use.
E. Extension:
Basic philosophy, objectives, concept and principles of extension, different methods adopted to educate fanners under rural conditions.
Generation to technology, its transfer and feed back. Problems and
constraints in transfer of technology. Animal husbandry to
programmers for rural development
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Probaoility
Theory andBtatistical Applications
Group A-Probability Theory.
Sample Space and
Events, Classical and Axiomatic Definitions of Probability,
Properties of Probability Measure, Conditional Probability,
Independence of Events, Bayes' Theorem and its Applications.
Random Variable
and its Distribution Function, Elementary Properties of Distribution
Function, Discrete and continuous Random Variables, Bivariate
Distribution and Associated Marginal and Conditional Distributions.
Expectation.
Moments, Moment Generating and Characteristic Functions, Markov and
Chebyshev Inequalities, convergence in Probability, Weak Law of
Large Numbers and Central limit Theorem for Independently and
Identically distributed Random Variables.
Some Standard
Discrete and Continuous Distributions, viz. Binomial, Poisson,
Hypergeometric, Geometric, Negative Binomial, Multinomial, Uniform,
Normal, Exponential, Gamma, Beta and Cauchy, Bivariate Normal
Distribution.
Group B- Statistical Applications
Linear Regression
and Correlation, Product Moment Correlation, Rank Correlation;
Intra-Class Correlation and Correlation Ratio, Multiple and partial
Correlation and Regression for three Variables.
Principles of
Experimental Design, One-way and Two-way Analysis of Variance with
equal Number of Observations per Cell, Completely Randomized Design,
Randomized Block Design, Latin Square Design, 22 and 23 Factorial
Experiments, Missing Plot Technique.
Sources of
Demographic Data, Stable and Stationary Populations, Measures of
Fertility and Mortality. Life Tables, Simple Population Growth
Modles and Population Projection Techniques.
Index Numbers and
their Uses, Index Numbers due to Laspeyre, Pasche, Marshall-Edgwowth
and Fisher, Tests for Index Numbers, Construction of price Index
Number and Cost-Living Index Number. Time Series and its Components,
Determination of Trends and Seasonal Indices, Periodogram and
Correlogram Analysis, Variate Difference Method.
PAPER-II
Statistical
Inference and Management
Group A- Statistical Inference
Properties of
Estimators. Consistency. Unbisedness, Efficiency, Sufficiency and
Completeness, Cramer-Rao Bound. Minimum Variance Unbiased
Estimation, Rao-Blackwell Theroem.
Estimation
Procedures, Method of Moments and Method of Maximum Ukelihood,
Properties of
Estimators, Interval Estimation.
Simple and
Composite Hypothesis, Two kinds of Errors, Critica1 Region, Level of
Significance, Size and Power function, Unbiased Tests, Most
Powerfull and Uniformly most Powerful Tests, Neymen-Pearson Lemma
and its applications,
Likelihood Ratio
Tests.
Tests based on t,
x2, z and F- distributions, Large Sample Tests; Variall.Ce
Stabilizing Transformations.
Distributions of
order Statistics and Range, Non-parametric Tests, viz Sign Test,
Median Test, Run Test, Wilcoxon-Mann- Whitney Test.
Group B-
Statistical Management
Nature of
Operations Research Problems, Linear Programming Problem and the
Graphical Solution in simple Cases. Simplex Method, Dual of Linear
Programming Problem, Allocation and Transportation Problems.
Zero-sum
two-person game, Pure and Mixed Strategies, Value of a Game,
Fundamental
Theorem, Solution of 2 x 2 Games.
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