Category: RPSC Exams

RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER

SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION PLANNING FOR THE POST OF STATISTICAL OFFICER

(AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT) 

EXAMINATION PATTERN:

Pattern of Question Paper : 

1. Objective Type Paper. 

2. Maximum Marks : 100 

3. Number of Questions : 100 

4. Duration of Paper : Two Hours. 

5. All Questions carry equal marks. 

6. There will be Negative Marking.

 

:SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:

1. Descriptive Statistics: Types of Data, Collection, Classification, Tabulation and Diagrammatic Presentation of data. Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis. 

2. Correlation and Regression: Karl Pearson and Rank correlation coefficients, Multiple and Partial Correlation, Linear Regression. Method of Least Squares. 

3. Probability: Classical and Axiomatic approaches of probability, Conditional Probability, Bayes theorem, Simple problems on Probability. Random variable and Mathematical Expectations with applications, Chebychev’s inequality . 

4. Probability Distributions: Uniform, Binomial, Negative Binomial, Poisson, Exponential, Rectangular, Normal, Gamma, Cauchy, Beta Distributions with properties and applications. Central limit theorem. 

5. Sampling Distributions: Chi-square, t and F Distributions and their applications. 

6. Multivariate Analysis: Multivariate Normal Distribution, Hotelling’s T² distribution. Discriminant, Principal Component and Factor Analysis. Multiple Regression Analysis, Multicollinearity. Wishart’s distribution and its properties. 

7. Theory of Estimation: Point and Interval estimation, Properties of estimator, Methods of Estimation – Least Squares and Maximum Likelihood estimates, Cramer-Rao inequality. Confidence intervals and confidence limits. 

8. Testing of Hypothesis: Concept of Hypothesis, Types of error in testing, Critical Region and level of significance, p values, Neyman Pearson Lemma. One and two tailed tests based on small and large samples. 

9. Non-Parametric Tests: Run, Sign, Median, and Kolmogorov- Smirnov one and two sample tests. 

10. Design of Sample Survey: Sampling Unit, Sampling frame, Sampling fraction, Sampling with and without replacement, Population Parameter and Sample estimator, efficiency, accuracy and precision, sampling and non sampling errors, Simple random sampling, Probability proportion to Size with replacement, Sampling with varying probability- with and without replacement, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling, multistage sampling, ratio and regression methods of estimation. 

11. Design of Experiments: Analysis of variance for one way and two way classified data, Transformation of data, Uniformity trials, Principles of Design of experiments .Completely Randomized Design, Randomized Block Design, Latin Square Design, missing plot techniques. 2ⁿ factorial experiments, Complete and Partial confounding. Split Plot and Strip Plot designs, BIB and PBIB designs. Analysis of covariance. 

12. Time Series Analysis: Components, Measurements of Trend, Seasonal, Cyclical and irregular variations, Autocorrelation, Auto regression, Periodogram. 

13. Index Number: Uses, types and limitations of index numbers, construction of index numbers, simple and weighted aggregate method, Simple and weighted average price-relatives, Chain base index numbers, Base shifting, Splicing and Deflating of Index numbers, Cost of Living index numbers. 

14. Vital Statistics: Collection of vital statistics, Measurement of population, Measures of Mortality and Fertility rates, life tables, Population growth, Gross reproduction Rate, Net reproduction Rate. 

15. Statistical Organization in India: CSO, NSSO, National Income Statistics, Population Census. 

16. Agriculture Statistics: Importance of Statistics in Agriculture, Agricultural statistical system in India, Agricultural Census, Livestock Census, Land use statistics. Agriculture Survey. National Agricultural Production Index, Crop production Index. 

17. Statistical Genetics: Physical basis in inheritance, Analysis of segregation, Detection and Estimation of Linkage for qualitative characters. Genetic Variance and its partitioning. Correlation between Relatives. Heritability, Repeatability and Genetic correlation. 

 

RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER 

SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF STENOGRAPHER COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2019 

EXAMINATION PATTERN:

Stenographer Selection Process

• Written Exam
• Typing Test
• Document Verification

Exam Type	Parts	Subjects Name	Total Marks	Exam Duration
Phase I
Objective Type	Part 1	General Knowledge	100	3 Hours
		Everyday Science
	Part 2	General Hindi	100	3 Hours
		General English
Phase II
Typing Test	Part 1	English Typing Test (Shorthand)	100	10
		Computer Typing Test in English		60
	Part 2	Hindi Typing Test (Shorthand)	100	10
		Computer Typing Test in Hindi		70

Pattern of Question Paper: Each paper-

1. Objective Type Question Paper. 

2. Maximum Marks : 100 

3. Number of Questions : 150 

4. Duration of Paper : Three Hours. 

5. All Questions carry equal marks. 

6. There will be Negative Marking. 

 

:SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:

PHASE – I 

प्रश्न – पत्र प्रथम

(सामान्य ज्ञान, दैनिक विज्ञान और राजस्थान का सामान्य ज्ञान) 

सामान्य ज्ञान और राजस्थान का सामान्य ज्ञान – 

1. राज्य स्तरीय, राष्ट्रीय एवं अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मुद्दे: समसामयिक घटनाएँ एवं तथ्य, राष्ट्रीय एवं अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रमुख संगठन एवं संस्थाएँ । 
2. भारत का भूगोल एवं प्राकृतिक संसाधन: भारत की भौतिक दशाएँ, प्रमुख भौतिक विभाग, जलवायु, वनस्पति एवं मृदा, प्राकृतिक संसाधन, वन्य जीव एवं संरक्षण, पर्यावरण संरक्षण, प्रमुख उद्योग एवं आर्थिक विकास । 
3. राजस्थान का भूगोल एवं प्राकृतिक संसाधन: राजस्थान की भौतिक दशाएँ, प्रमुख भौतिक विभाग, वनस्पति एवं मृदा, प्राकृतिक संसाधन-खनिज, वन, जल, पशु, वन्य – जीव एवं संरक्षण, पर्यावरण संरक्षण । 
4. राजस्थान में कृषि एवं सामाजिक – आर्थिक विकास: प्रमुख फसलें, कृषि आधारित उद्योग, प्रमुख सिंचाई परियोजनाएँ, लघु उद्योग, हस्त शिल्प, राज्य सरकार द्वारा संचालित विभिन्न आर्थिक-सामाजिक योजनाएँ एवं कार्यक्रम, प्रमुख उद्योग, ऊर्जा के विभिन्न स्त्रोत, राजस्थान की जनसंख्या (2011), पंचायती राज एवं उनकी भूमिका । 
5. राजस्थान का इतिहास: प्राचीन सभ्यताएँ, मध्यकालीन राजस्थान के उज्ज्वल पक्ष, राजस्थान की रियासतें एवं ब्रिटिश संधियाँ, 1857 एवं राजस्थान, किसान एवं जनजाति आन्दोलन, प्रजामण्डल आन्दोलन, एकीकृत राजस्थान, महिलाओं की राजनीतिक चेतना के विकास में भूमिका । 
6. राजस्थान की संस्कृति एवं विरासत: राजस्थान के प्रसिद्ध ऐतिहासिक एवं सांस्कृतिक स्थल, लोक साहित्य, लोक कला, लोक नाटय, लोक देवी-देवता, लोक संगीत, लोक वाद्य, लोक नृत्य, मेले, त्योहार, रीति-रिवाज, आभूषण, मध्यकालीन राजस्थान में जल संसाधन, राजस्थान के प्रमुख किले, मन्दिर एवं हवेलियाँ, सन्त एवं सूफी सन्त, राजस्थान की चित्र शैलियाँ, पर्यटन, विरासत संरक्षण के उपाय । 

दैनिक विज्ञान 

(Everyday Science) 

1. तत्व, यौगिक एवं मिश्रण (Elements, compounds and mixtures) 
2. भौतिक एवं रासायनिक परिवर्तन (Physical and chemical changes) 
3. धातु एवं अधातु (Metals and non-metals) 
4. अम्ल, क्षार एवं लवण (Acid, base and salts), ब्लीचिंग पाउडर (Bleaching powder), खाने का सोडा (Baking soda) प्लास्टर ऑफ पेरिस (Plaster of paris), साबुन एवं अपमार्जक (Soaps and detergents) 
5. प्रकाश का परावर्तन एवं इसके नियम  (Reflection of light and its laws), लैंस के प्रकार (Types of lenses), मानव आँख (Human eye) 
6. विद्युत धारा (Electric current), ओम का नियम (Ohm’s law), विद्युत विभव (Electric potential), विद्युत धारा का तापीय प्रभाव (Heating effect of electric current), विद्युत मोटर (Electric motor) 
7. मानव मस्तिष्क (Human brain), हार्मोन्स (Harmones), मानव रोग कारण एवं निवारण (Human disease – Causes and cures) 
8. जंतुओं एवं पादपों का आर्थिक महत्व (Economic importance of animals and plants) 
9. बायो मास (Bio-mass), ऊर्जा के विभिन्न स्रोत (Sources of energy), पारिस्थितिक तंत्र (Ecosystem), मेन्डेल के आनुवंशिता के नियम (Mendel’s law of inheritance), गुणसूत्र (Chromosomes) 

 

प्रश्न – पत्र द्वितीय

(सामान्य हिन्दी एवं अंग्रेजी) 

सामान्य हिन्दी 

1. संधि और संधि विच्छेद 
2. समास, भेद, सामासिक पदों की रचना व विग्रह 3 उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय 
3. विलोम शब्द एवं अनेकार्थक शब्द 
4. विराम चिन्ह 
5. ध्वनि एवं उसका वर्गीकरण 
6. पारिभाषिक शब्दावली (अंग्रेजी भाषा के पारिभाषिक शब्दों के समानार्थक शब्द) 
7. शब्द शुद्धि (अशुद्ध शब्दों का शुद्धिकरण) 
8. वाक्य शुद्धि (अशुद्ध वाक्यों का शुद्धिकरण) 
9. मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ 
10. पत्र एवं उसके प्रकार – कार्यालयी पत्र के प्रारूप के विशेष सन्दर्भ में । 

 

General English 

1. Use of Articles and Determiners 

2. Tense/sequence of Tenses 

3. Voice : Active and Passive 

4. Narration : Direct and Indirect 

5. Use of Prepositions 

6. Translation of Ordinary/Common English sentences into Hindi and vice-versa 

7. Synonyms and Antonyms 

8. Comprehension of a given passage 

9. Glossary of official, Technical terms (with their Hindi version) 

10. Letter writing : Official, Demi-official, Circulars and Notices. 

Note : Questions on letter writing will also be objective regarding the structure of a letter. 

 

PHASE – I I

Steno typing test.

Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer 

Scheme of Examination and Syllabus for Sub Inspector/ Platoon Commander Competitive Examination-2019 

EXAMINATION PATTERN:

Paper No	Subject Names	Total Marks	Time Duration
Paper I	General Hindi	200	2 Hours
Paper II	General Knowledge & General Science	200	2 Hours

Pattern of Question Paper: Each paper-

1. Maximum Marks – 200 

2. Duration of Paper – 2 (Two) Hours 

3. There will be 100 questions of multiple choice (Objective Type), carrying equal marks. 

4. There will be negative marking. 1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

 

:SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:

PAPER-I

HINDI 

1. शब्द रचना: संधि एवं संधि विच्छेद, समास, उपसर्ग, प्रत्यय । 
2. शब्द प्रकार: (क) तत्सम, अर्द्धतत्सम, तद्भव, देशज, विदेशी । 

(ख) संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, क्रिया, अव्यय (क्रिया विशेषण, सम्बन्ध सूचक, विस्मयबोधक निपात) 

1. शब्द ज्ञान: पर्यायवाची, विलोम, शब्द युग्मों का अर्थ भेद, वाक्यांश के लिए सार्थक शब्द, समश्रुत भिन्नार्थक शब्द, समानार्थी शब्दों का विवेक, उपयुक्त शब्द चयन, सम्बन्धवाची शब्दावली। 
2. शब्द शुद्धि । 
3. व्याकरणिक कोटियाँ: परसर्ग, लिंग, वचन, पुरूष, काल, वृत्ति (mood) पक्ष (Aspect) वाच्य (Voice). 
4. वाक्य रचना । 
5. वाक्य शुद्धि । 
6. विराम चिह्नों का प्रयोग । 
7. मुहावरे / लोकोक्तियोँ । 
8. पारिभाषिक शब्दावली: प्रशासनिक, विधिक (विशेषतः) । 

 

PAPER II

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND GENERAL SCIENCE History, Art, Culture, Literature, Tradition & Heritage of Rajasthan 

• Major Landmarks in the History of Rajasthan, Major Dynasties, their Administrative and Revenue System. Socio-cultural Issues. 
• Freedom Movement , Political Awakening and Integration 
• Salient features of Architecture – Forts and Monuments 
• Arts, Paintings and Handicrafts. 
• Important Works of Rajasthani literature. Local Dialects 
• Fairs, Festivals, Folk Music and Folk Dances. 
• Rajsathani Culture, Traditions and Heritage. 
• Religious Movements, Saints & Lok devtas of Rajasthan. 
• Important Tourist Places. 
• Leading Personalities of Rajasthan. 

Indian History Ancient & Medieval Period: 

• Salient features and Major Landmarks of Ancient and Medieval India 
• Art, Culture, Literature and Architecture. 
• Major Dynasties, Their Administrative System. Socio-Economic Conditions, Prominent Movements. 

Modern Period: 

• Modern Indian history (from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present)- significant events, personalities and issues. 
• The Freedom Struggle & Indian National Movement- its various stages and important contributors and contributions from different parts of the country. 
• Social and Religious Reform movements in the 19th and 20th century. 
• Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country. 

Geography of World and India World Geography: 

• Broad Physical features. 
• Environmental and Ecological Issues. 
• Wildlife and Biodiversity. 
• International Waterways.
• Major Industrial Regions. 

Geography of India: 

• Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions. 
• Agriculture and Agro based Activities. 
• Minerals – Iron, Manganese, Coal, Oil & Gas, Atomic minerals. 
• Major Industries and Industrial development. 
• Transportation– major transport corridors. 
• Natural Resources. 
• Environmental Problems and Ecological Issues. 

Geography of Rajasthan 

• Broad physical features and Major physiographic divisions. 
• Natural Resource of Rajasthan- 
• Climate, Natural Vegetation, Forests, Wildlife and Biodiversity 
• Major irrigation projects. 
• Mines and Minerals. 
• Population. 
• Major Industries and Potential for Industrial Development. 

Indian Constitution, Political System & Governance 

Constitutional Development & Indian Constitution : 

Government of India Acts: 1919 and 1935, Constituent Assembly, Nature of Indian Constitution; Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State, Fundamental Duties, Federal Structure, Constitutional Amendments, Emergency Provisions, Public Interest Litigation (P.I.L.) and Judicial Review. 

Indian Political System and Governance : 

• Nature of Indian State, Democracy in India, Reorganization of States, Coalition Governments, Political Parties, National Integration. 
• Union and State Executive; Union and State Legislative, Judiciary 
• President, Parliament, Supreme Court, Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Planning Commission, National Development Council, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Central Information Commission , Lokpal, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Local Self Government & Panchayati Raj 

Public Policy & Rights 

• National Public Policy as a welfare state. 
• Various Legal Rights and Citizen Charter. 

Political and Administrative System of Rajasthan 

• Governor, Chief Minister, State Assembly, High Court, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, District Administration, State Human Rights Commission, Lokayukta, State Election Commission, State Information Commission. 
• Public Policy, Legal Rights and Citizen Charter. 

Economic Concepts and Indian Economy 

Basic Concepts of Economics 

• Basic Knowledge of Budgeting, Banking, Public Finance, National Income, Growth and Development 
• Accounting- Concept, Tools and Uses in Administration 
• Stock Exchange and Share Market 
• Fiscal and Monetary Policies 
• Subsidies, Public Distribution System 
• e-Commerce 
• Inflation- Concept, Impact and Control Mechanism 

Economic Development & Planning : – 

• 5 Year Plans – Objectives, Strategies and Achievements. 
• Major Sectors of Economy- Agriculture, Industry, Service and Trade- Current Status, Issues & initiatives. 
• Major Economic Problems and Government Initiatives. Economic Reforms and Liberalization 

Human Resource and Economic Development :- 

• Human Development Index 
• Poverty and Unemployment:- Concept, Types, Causes, Remedies and Current Flagship Schemes. 

Social Justice and Empowerment:- Provisions for Weaker Sections. 

Economy of Rajasthan 

• Macro overview of Economy. 
• Major Agricultural, Industrial and Service Sector Issues. 
• Growth, Development and Planning. 
• Infrastructure & Resources. 
• Major Development Projects. 
• Programmes and Schemes- Government Welfare Schemes for SC/ST/Backward Class/Minorities/Disabled Persons, Destitute, Women, Children, Old Age People, Farmers & Labourers. 

Science & Technology 

• Basics of Everyday Science. 
• Electronics, Computers, Information and Communication Technology. 
• Space Technology including Satellites. 
• Defence Technology. 
• Nanotechnology. 
• Human body, Food and Nutrition, Health care. 
• Environmental and Ecological Changes and its Impacts. 
• Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. 
• Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry with special reference to Rajasthan. 
• Development of Science and Technology in Rajasthan. 

Reasoning & Mental Ability Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive): 

• Statement and Assumptions, Statement and Argument, Statements and Conclusion, Courses of Action. 
• Analytical Reasoning. 

Mental Ability : Number series, Letter series, Odd man out, Coding-Decoding, Problems relating to Relations, Shapes and their sub sections. 

Basic Numeracy : 

• Elementary knowledge of Mathematical and Statistical Analysis. 

Number System, Order of Magnitude, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Simple and Compound Interest, Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart). 

Current Affairs 

• Major Current Events and Issues of State(Rajasthan), National and International 
• Importance 
• Persons and Places in recent news 
• Games and Sports related Activities 

RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER

SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION PLANNING FOR THE POST OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (CHEMISTRY)

(GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT) 

EXAMINATION PATTERN:

Pattern of Question Papers: 

1. Objective Type Paper 

2. Maximum Marks : 100 

3. Number of Questions : 100 

4. Duration of Paper : Two Hours 

5. All Questions carry equal marks 

6. There will be Negative Marking.

 

:SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:

1. Schrodinger wave equation, Quantum numbers, Aufbau Principle, Pauli’s exclusion Principle, Hund’s multiplicity rule, (n+l) rule, electronic configuration of elements, atomic and ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity and electronegativity. 

2.Chemical bonding:– Valence Bond Theory and its limitations, various types of hybridization and shapes of simple inorganic molecules and ions, VSEPR theory of NH₃, H₃O⁺, SF₄, H₂O, SnCl₂, ClF₃, XeO₄. Molecular Orbital Theory of Homonuclear and Heteronuclear diatomic molecules, multicentered bonding in electron deficient compounds, Hydrogen bonding and vander Waals forces. 

3. Chemistry of Transition elements:– Electronic configuration, variable oxidation states, magnetic properties, charge transfer spectra, metal atom clusters, Stereochemistry of Coordination Compounds, their IUPAC names, metal ligand bonding, Ligand field theory of complexes, CFSE, Jahn Teller effect, Spectral and magnetic properties of complexes, Metallic corrosion, its chemistry and prevention. Lanthanides and Actinides- magnetic and spectral properties and their applications in industry, super heavy elements. 

4. Chemistry of non transition elements:- Preparation, properties and bonding in diborane and higher boranes, Polyhedral borane anions and Carboranes, Borazines, Silicones and Silicates (structure and applications in Industry and Technology) phosphonitrilic compounds (Phosphazenes), Fullerenes, Interhalogen compounds and chemistry of noble gases. 

5. Nuclear and Radiochemistry:- Stability of nucleus, Nuclear reactions, Energetics of nuclear reaction, fission and fusion, fragmentation, Chemical effect of nuclear transformations, applications of radioisotopes, radiation hazards and protection. 

6. Inorganic Materials:- Chemical composition and manufacturing methods of Glass, Ceramics, High-Tech Advanced Inorganic materials, Superconductors, cement and marine chemicals. 

7. IUPAC Nomenclature of organic compounds, Stereochemistry and conformational analysis, D-L notation, R-S notation, E-Z notation, conformations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, Enantiotropic and diastereotopic atoms, groups and faces, Racemisation, Resolution, retention and Walden Inversion, Stereospecific and Stereoselective synthesis, Asymmetric synthesis. 

8. Electronic displacements and Aromaticity:- Inductive, electromeric, mesomeric and hyperconjugative effects, electrophiles, nucleophiles, free radicals, Resonance and its applications to organic compounds. Effect of structure on the dissociation constants of organic acids and bases. Hydrogen bond and its effects on the properties of organic compounds. Aromaticity, Huckel’s rule and its applications. Annulenes and Heteroannulenes. 

9. Reaction Mechanism:- Addition, substitution elimination and rearrangements (Carbon to carbon, carbon to nitrogen) Reactive intermediate like benzynes, carbenes and nitrenes. Non classical carbonium ion, neighbouring group participation. Some familiar name reaction. Aldol, Perkin, Stobbe, Dieckmann condensations, Hofmann, Schmidt, Lossen, Curtius, Beckmann and Fries rearrangement, Reformatsky, Wittig, Favorskii Shapiro and Baeyer-villiger reaction, Micheal addition. 

10. Spectroscopy-I:- Principles of Electronic, IR, NMR and Mass spectroscopy and their applications for structural elucidation of organic compounds. Spectroscopy-II:- Principles and applications of ESR, Raman, Mossbauer and photoacoustic and photoelectron spectroscopy. 

11. Chemical Kinetics:- Rates of chemical reactions, methods of determining rate laws, Arrhenius equation, Collision theory of reaction rates, Steric factor, theory of absolute reaction rates, Salt effect, Kinetics of photochemical and unimolecular reaction. 

12. Thermodynamics:- First law, relation between Cp and Cv, enthalpies of physical and chemical changes, temperature dependence of enthalpies, second law, entropy, Gibbs and Helmholtz functions, evaluation of entropy and Gibbs function. Third law of thermodynamics, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation. 

13. Electrochemistry and Ionic equilibria:- Theory of strong electrolytes, Debye-Huckel theory of activity coefficient, equilibria in electrochemical cells, cell reactions, Nernst equation, applications of cells, e.m.f. measurements, concentration cells. Fuel cells, electrolysis. 

14. Water analysis and Treatment of Waste- Water quality standards and their analysis- hardness, alkalinity, turbidity, TDS, D.O., B.O.D., C.O.D., Nitrates, Fluorides and sulphates. Water pollutants classification, their effect and control of pollutant sources. Treatment of Industrial waste water desalination, water management in arid and non-arid region. 

15. Heavy metal pollution, instrumental technique of analysis of heavy metals in aqueous systems, pesticides as water pollutants, purification and treatment of water, water pollution laws and standards. Sources, detrimental effects and control of soil and air pollution, fertility management of soils, physical and chemical analysis of soil pollution. Greenhouse Effect, acid rain, ozone hole phenomenon, thermal inversion. 

16. Definition of terms- Mean, Median, precision, standard deviation, relative standard deviation. Accuracy, absolute error, relative error, types of errors, statistical evaluation of data, indeterminate errors. 

17. Principle and process of solvent extraction, the distribution law and the partition coefficient, batch extraction, continuous extraction and counter current extraction, applications of solvent extraction. 

18. Principle, instrumentation and applications of:- (i) Gas Chromatography (ii) Ion exchange chromatography (iii) Thin layer chromatography (iv) Paper chromatography (v) HPLC 

19. Principles and applications of AAS, DTA, TGA, polarography, RIA (RadioImmunoAssay) and NAA (Neutron Activation Analysis). 

20. Introduction to Computers and Computing- Basic structure and functioning of computers with a PC as an illustrative example. Memory, I/O devices. Secondary storage. Computer language. Operating systems with DOS as an example. Introduction to UNIX and WINDOWS. Data Processing, principles of programming. Algorithms and flow-charts. 

 

RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,AJMER

SYLLABUS & PLANNING FOR THE POST OF VETERINARY OFFICER

(पशु चिकित्सा अधिकारी, पशुपालन विभाग के पद हेतु संवीक्षा परीक्षा का पाठयक्रम) 

(ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT) 

Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) is the premier commission of the government of Rajasthan, for organizing recruitment exams, procedures for recruiting employees, officers to various departments of the government. It organizing all competion exam like RAS, RJS, Officers and Technical post exam etc. approximately in all Government Department.

-:Examination Plan:-

The Exam Pattern for Veterinary Officer Posts. The RPSC Written Exam will consist of two parts Part A is General Knowledge and Part B is Techincal Knowledge. All the contestants who are dreaming to part of Rajasthan Govt jobs for Veterinary Officer you must follow below selection procedure.

• Written Exam
• Personal Interview
• Document Verification

Parts / Name of the Subject	No of Marks	Questions	Total Marks	Duration
Part A -General Knowledge (Rajasthan History, Culture, Geography)	50	150	300	3 Hours
Part B -Veterinary Science	100

Educational Qualification:

Bachelor Degree in Veterinary Science/ Animal Husbandry  or equivalent qualifications. Working Knowledge of Hindi and Knowledge Rajasthani Culture.

-:SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION:-

PART-A 

General Knowledge of Rajasthan: 

Language & Literature: Dialects of Rajasthani language, literature of Rajasthani language and folk literature. 

Religious Life: Religious communities, saints and sects in Rajasthan. Folk deities of Rajasthan. 

Performing Art: Classical music and classical dance, folk music & Instruments; folk dances & drama. 

Visual Art: Handicrafts of Rajasthan, historical architecture – forts, palaces and temples. Tradition: Costume and ornaments, social customs of Rajasthan. Festivals and fairs in Rajasthan. Various tribes and their customs. Historical Sites and tourist places. 

Geography of Rajasthan : Broad physical features- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains & Desert; Major rivers and lakes; Climate, Major soil types and distribution; Major forest types and distribution; Demographic characteristics; Dairy farming, Desertification, Droughts & Floods, Deforestation. 

Inhabitation and home tract of different breeds of livestock in Rajasthan. Animal fairs of Rajasthan. Common wildlife species found in Rajasthan and places for their conservation. 

राजस्थान का सामान्य ज्ञान 

1. विभिन्न बोलियों का सामान्य ज्ञान। 

2. प्रमुख साहित्यकारों की प्रमुख रचनाएं।

3. लोक देवता एवं लोक देवियां। 

4. संत एवं सम्प्रदाय। 

5. पर्व, त्यौहार एवं मेले। 

6. लोक साहित्य, लोक वाद्य, गीत एवं नृत्य, लोक कथा, कठपुतली कला।

7. विभिन्न जातियां एवं जन जातियां।

8. वेश-भूषा एवं आभूषण- स्त्री-पुरूषों के। 

9. चित्रकारी एवं हस्त शिल्प: चित्रकारी की विभिन्न शैलियां, भिति-चित्र, प्रसतर-शिल्प काष्ठ कला, भृच्छिल्प (मिट्टी के बर्तन, खिलौने व अन्याजवट की वस्तुएँ) नक्काशी (हाथी दाँत, पीतल, लकड़ी व अन्य धातुओं पर नक्काशी), उस्ता (ऊंट के चमड़े पर-चित्रकारी, रंगी-छपाई, धातु-शिल्प, हस्त, औजार, नमदे-गलीचे आदि)।

10. स्थापत्य-दुर्ग, महल, हवेलियां, छतरियां, बावड़ियां, मंदिर, मस्जिद आदि। 

11. संस्कार एवं रीति-रिवाज।

 

PART-B 

Unit-I 

• Livestock production systems of different agroclimatic zones. 
• Body conformation and identification, dentition and ageing of animals. 
• Transport of animals by different means. 
• Common farm management practices. 
• Common vices of animals, their prevention and care. 
• Livestock resources and their management. 
• Organic livestock production. 
• Housing for various livestock species. 
• Important breeds of domestic animals. 
• General management and feeding of farm animals. 
• Importance of grassland, pastures and fodders in livestock production. 
• Rabbit farming, its scope and care as well as management practices involved. 
• Present scenario of indian poultry industry. 
• Common breeds of poultry. 
• Poultry farm management and concept of intensive poultry production. 
• Commercial poultry production and Hatchery management. 
• Backyard poultry production and concept of self local market. 
• Marketing of animals and avian products including value addition. 
• Milk Industry in India. 
• Composition, nutritive value and Physico-chemical properties of Milk. 
• Milk processing plant and its management. 
• Organic milk products. 
• Legal and BIS standards of Milk and Milk products. 
• Management of abattoirs, BIS Standards on organization and layout of abattoirs. Ante-mortem, Post- mortem examination, dressing, evaluation, grading and fabrication of dressed carcass. 
• HACCP concept in abattoir management. Introduction to wool, fur, pelt and speciality fibers processing. 
• Retrospect and prospect of meat industry in India. 
• Nutritive value of meat, fraudulent substitution of meat, preservation of meat and aquatic foods. 
• Formulation and development of meat and sea foods. 
• Physico- chemical and microbiological quality of meat, aquatic food and food products. Laws governing national, international trade of meat and meat products. 

 

Unit-II 

• Chromosome numbers and types in livestock and poultry. 
• Mitosis, meiosis and gametogenesis. 
• Mendelian principles and modified mendelian inheritance. 
• Chromosomal aberrations. 
• Gene and genotypic frequency. 
• Quantitative genetics. 
• Breeding and selection techniques for optimal production. 
• Breeding methods for improvement of farm animals. 
• Conservation of germplasm. 
• Current livestock and poultry breeding programme in the state and country. 
• Evolution of veterinary and animal husbandry extension in india. 
• Concept of sociology, social change and factors of change. Social groups, its types and functions. 
• Difference in livestock production practices of rural, urban and tribal communities. Concept of community development. 
• Role of animals in economy, health and social psychology of different societies. 
• Various types of farming in rural india with respect to livestock production. 
• Animal husbandry programme, planning and evaluation. 
• Various animal husbandry extension programs in india. 

 

Unit-III 

• Common feeds and fodders of Rajasthan and their nutritional importance. 
• Feeding standards and nutritional requirements of domestic animals. 
• Importance of nutrients in animal production and health. 
• Proximate and detergent system of analysis. 
• Digestion, absorption and metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and Protein in ruminants and non-ruminants. 
• Balanced ration, computation of ration and feeding of dairy cattle, buffaloes for various physiological phases of life. 
• Formulation and feeding of sheep and goat during different phases of life. 
• Formulation and Feeding of poultry, swine and equines for various categories. Conservation and preservation of fodders, improvement of poor quality roughages and processing of feed and fodders for improvement of nutritive value. 
• Anti-nutritional factors and common adulterants in feeds and fodders. 
• Feed additives, supplements and growth stimulants in the ratio of livestock and poultry. 

Unit-IV 

• General Principle of milk, meat, environment and environmental hygiene, food safety and public health. 
• Veterinary epidemiology and zoonoses of various common diseases including new, emerging, re-emerging and occupational zoonoses. 

 

Unit-V 

• Pharmacology of drugs acting on various body systems and pathogens along with veterinary neuropharmacology and chemotherapy. 
• Study of fundamentals of toxicology, diagnosis and treatment of various toxicities. 

 

Unit-VI 

• Introduction, morphology, growth and nutrition of bacteria. 
• Nomenclature, sources and transmission of infection, Pathogenicity, virulence and infection. 
• Resistance and susceptibility of host, bacteraemia, septicaemia, toxaemia, Plasmids, Antibiotic resistance. 
• Introduction, Classification morphology, growth, nutrition, reproduction in fungi. Introduction to viruses: General properties, Replication, cultivation and purification of viruses. 
• Study of various pathogenic bacteria and fungi, their morphology, isolation, growth, pathogenicity and diagnosis of various bacterial and fungal diseases of animals. Classification and characteristics of various DNA and RNA viruses causing diseases in livestock and poultry, laboratory diagnostics techniques. 

 

Unit-VII 

• Types of Parasitism. 
• Commensalism, symbiosis and predation, Types of hosts. 
• Immunity against parasitic infections. 
• Standardized nomenclature of animal parasitic diseases. 
• General description of helminth parasites, Classification, life cycle in relation to transmission, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and control of various helminthes of animals and birds. 
• General description, classification, life cycle, transmission, pathogenesis and control of various insects and arachnida affecting domestic animals and birds. 
• Classification, life cycle in relation to transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and control of protozoan diseases of animals and poultry. 

Unit-VIII 

• Introduction, causes of diseases, Pathology of disturbances in circulation and growth. Causes and mechanism of cell injury, pigmentations. Inflammation, classification, various cell types and their functions, mediators, wound healing. 
• Pathology of autoimmune diseases. 
• General characteristics and classification of neoplasms. 
• Post-mortem techniques, Collection, preservation and despatch of morbid materials for diagnosis. 
• Diseases affecting the Digestive System, Respiratory System, Musculo-skeletal System, Cardio-vascular System, Haematopoietic System, Lymphoid System, Urinary System, Reproductive System, Nervous System, Endocrine System, Skin and Appendages, Ear and Eye. 
• Pathogenesis, gross and microscopic pathology of various bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic diseases of animals and poultry. 
• Pathological changes in nutritional and metabolic diseases. 
• Pathogenesis, gross and microscopic pathology of heavy metal toxicities. 

 

Unit-IX 

• Concept of animal diseases, methods of clinical examination of various body parts of individual animals. Aetiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of diseases : 
• General and systemic diseases of domestic animals and poultry. Diseases of digestive system, respiratory system, cardiovascular system, uro-genital system, lymphatic system, emergency medicine and critical care. 
•  Metabolic disorders/production and deficiency diseases of animals. Management of common clinical poisonings, role of alternative, integrated/ethno-veterinary medicine in animal disease management and infectious diseases of bacterial, fungal, rickettsial and viral origin. 
• Veterinary jurisprudence and ethics with respect to vetero- legal role of veterinarians. Rules, regulations and laws of animal welfare. Laws relating to poisons and adulteration of drugs. Livestock importation act. Code of Conduct and Ethics for veterinarians-the regulations made under Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984. Orientation to veterinary clinics including hospital setup, laboratory diagnosis and record keeping. 

Unit-X 

• Basic principles of surgery, preparation of operation theatre, operative sites and instruments for surgery. 
• Types of wounds and fractures and their correction in domestic animals. 
• Types of suture materials and their use. 
• Surgical procedures for abscess, hematoma, cysts, tumors, necroses, and treatment of burns. 
• Common anesthesia and anesthetic techniques used in domestic animals. 
• Chemical restraint of domestic animals. 
• Types of lameness in domestic animals and their correction. 
• Common surgical problems and their surgical correction in domestic animals (example; debudding, horn cancer, tail gangrene, paraphimosis, dermoid cyst, hoof trimming, preparation of teaser, ovario-hysterectomy rumenotomy, atresia ani, repair of hernia etc.). Advances in surgery- intramedullary pinning, laparoscopic surgery. 

 

Unit-XI 

• Hormones in animal reproduction and their clinical use. 
• Estrus cycle in different animal species and signs of estrus. 
• Maternal recognition of pregnancy in different animal species, methods of pregnancy diagnosis in different species. 
• Estrus synchronization in domestic animals, embryo transfer in large and small ruminants. Infertility in male and female domestic animals. 
• Parturition in domestic animals, diseases and accidents of gestation. 
• Causes of dystocia in different animal species and their correction. 
• Postpartum complications in different animal species. 
• Teratology. Procedures of semen collection, processing and artificial insemination in cattle, buffalo and other species. 
• Advanced reproductive techniques like IVF, GIFT, SCNT, Cloning etc. 
• Animal birth control programs. 

RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER

SYLLABUS FOR SCREENING TEST FOR THE POST OF VICE PRINCIPAL/ SUPERINTENDENT  I.T.I.

(TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) 

Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) is the premier commission of the government of Rajasthan, for organizing recruitment exams, procedures for recruiting employees, officers to various departments of the government. It organizing all competion exam like RAS, RJS, Officers and Technical post exam etc. approximately in all Government Department.

-:Examination Plan:-

All the contestants who are dreaming to part of Rajasthan Govt jobs for Vice Principal ITI/Superintendent ITI you must follow below selection procedure.

• Written Exam
• Personal Interview

Finally you must know the RPSC Group Instructor/Surveyor Exam Pattern for Exam. With the help of RPSC Vice Principal ITI Exam Structure only you know how to prepare. Also you will get clear picture regarding entire syllabus and topics which will cover in RPSC Exam Syllabus for Vice Principal ITI & Group Instructor Vacancies.

Post	Subject	Questions	Marks	Duration
Vice Principal I.T.I. / Superintendent	Civil Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Mechnical Engineering / Computer Science / Electronics & Communication Engineering / Information Technology	100	100	2 Hours

 

Educational/Technical Qualification & Experience:

Second Class Degree in Civil/Mechanical/Electrical/Information Technology/Computer Science/Electronics and Communication Engineering or equivalent qualifications. One year professional experience is mandatory.

-:SYLLABUS:-

CIVIL ENGINEERING 

Engineering Materials & Construction Technology : 

Selection of sites for construction of various types of buildings. 

Requirements and design criteria for foundations; construction details of walls, masonry, floors, staircases, arches, roofs, doors and windows. 

Requirements for Fire Protection, Ventilation and Air Conditioning and Acoustics. 

Water supply and drainage. Building materials : Stones, bricks, cement, lime, paints and timber. 

 

Surveying : 

Chain and compass surveying; leveling; Temporary & Permanent adjustments of level instrument & Theodolite. 

Use of Theodolite, Tacheometry, Triangulation and Traversing; contours and contouring; Simple, Circular, compound and Transition curves and their setting outs. 

Theory of Errors and Survey adjustment. EDM Surveys, Photogrammetry and Basics of Remote Sensing. 

 

Geo-technical Engineering : 

Classification of soil as per I.S. Code. 

Field identification tests for soils; water Content, specific Gravity, Void Ratio; Porosity, Degree of Saturation; Unit Weight, Density Index and their inter-relationship. Determination of various properties of soils, grain size distribution, Atterberg/consistency limits, etc. 

Soil permeability and its determination in the laboratory and field; Darcy’s Law, Flow nets-its construction and uses. 

Compaction and consolidation of soil and quality control, soil stabilization methods; New mark’s chart and its uses. Elements of shear strength parameters and their determination. Bearing capacity of shallow foundation, Earth pressures on retaining wall; Stability of slopes, Pile Foundations. 

 

Structural Mechanics : 

Stress and Strains, Elastic constants, Factor of Safety, Relation among elastic constants. Bending moment and shear force diagrams for cantilever, simply supported, overhanging, fixed & continuous beams subjected to static loads; concentrated, uniformly, distributed and uniformly varying loads. Theory of simple bending. 

Deflection of cantilever, simple supported, fixed and continuous beams. Two and Three hinged arches. 

 

Steel Structures : 

Design of ordinary and plate girder beams, Design of members of Roof trusses, Riveted and welded joints, Axially and Eccentrically loaded columns, Grillage, Gusseted & Slab base Foundation. Provisions of IS:800 and IS:875. 

 

Reinforced Concrete Structures : 

Provisions of latest IS:456, Design of beams singly and doubly reinforced, Design of shear reinforcement; Design of slabs simply supported, spanning in two directions and T-beam slabs, Flat Slabs. Design of columns axially and eccentrically loaded; Design of isolated and combined column footings; Design of simple RCC cantilevers and Retaining walls. Reinforcement in overhead & Underground water tanks. Limit state method for Design, Pre-stressed concrete. 

 

Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources Engineering : 

Hydraulic pressure at a point and its measurement, Buoyancy, conditions of equilibrium of floating bodies; fluid properties; Fluid Flow conditions; Bernoulli’s Theorem; Navier-Stokes equation, Flow through orifices, Notches, and weirs; Laminar & Turbulent flow through pipes, flow through open channels, Hydraulic jump. Hydraulic turbines & pumps. 

Hydrograph Analysis, Abstractions (Interception, infiltration, evaporation, and Transpiration), Floods/Drought, Frequency Analysis, Groundwater Hydrology. 

Reservoirs and Dams; overflow structures, Irrigation canals, Groundwater and well Irrigation; water-logging. 

 

Environmental Engineering : 

Per Capita requirement of water for urban and rural areas; Forecast of population. 

Sources, water quality standards for public water supplies; various methods of purification; Distribution network with all the ancillaries; systems of drainage; Layout of sewerage systems; Flushing of sewers; sewage treatment; Rural sanitation. 

Environmental Management aspects.  Air Pollution 

 

Highway and Bridges : 

Principles of highway planning; classification of Roads, Alignment, Geometric Design, Traffic Engineering; pavement design for flexible & rigid pavements; paving materials and highway construction, maintenance of different types of roads. Highway drainage and Arboriculture; Types of bridges; choice of type of bridge, Economical considerations of fixing spans, causeways & Culverts. 

 

Construction Planning and Management 

Functions of construction management, Various aspects of construction project planning, project scheduling and controlling.

CPM and PERT, Project cost control. 

 

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

Generation of emf and torque in rotating machines. 

D.C. motors and generators and their general characteristics, speed control methods of D.C. motors. 

Single-phase and three phase transformers & their equivalent circuits, phasor diagram, losses, regulation and efficiency. 

Three-phase and single-phase induction motor, equivalent circuits, starters, speed control methods of three phase induction motor. 

Synchronous motors & alternators. 

Steady state analysis of d.c. and a.c. network, network theorems, Laplace transform, transient response, network functions, ABCD parameter, Z-parameter, Y-parameter & h- parameter, network synthesis. 

Three-phase networks. 

Open & closed loop systems, mathematical modeling of dynamic linear systems, transfer functions, block diagrams, signal flow graph, time response analysis, stability of control systems, compensating networks, state variable analysis. 

Basic methods of measurement, indicating instruments, measurement of voltage, current power, energy, resistance, inductance, capacitance, frequency, time and flux, current and potential instrument transformers, transducers, cathode ray oscilloscope & digital instruments. 

Semiconductor devices and analysis of electronic circuits, oscillators and feedback amplifiers, modulation and demodulation circuits, wave shaping circuits and time base generators, multi-vibrators. 

Binary system, logic gates, flip-flops, registers, counters, combinational and sequential circuits. 

Power generating plants, transmission & distribution systems, load curves, tariffs, basic ideas of power system stability, swing equation, equal area criterion, grid substations, earthing, power system protection, relays, circuit breakers, symmetrical & non- symmetrical fault analysis, voltage & frequency control. 

Conversion of a.c. to d.c. and d.c. to a.c. controlled rectifiers, speed control techniques for drives & traction systems. Electrical heating, welding & illumination. 

Introduction to 8085/8086 microprocessor, computer architecture, C/C++, JAVA & MATLAB programming. 

 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 

Engineering Thermodynamics: 

Laws of Thermodynamics 

Gas Power Cycles: Diesel, Otto, Dual combustion, Brayton, Joule cycle, Stirling and Ericsson cycles. 

Vapour Power Cycle. 

Thermal efficiency and work ratio. 

Refrigeration Cycles/Processes: Brayton air refrigeration cycle, simple vapor compression cycle, Vapour absorption system. 

Compressors: Introduction & Application, Classification, construction of single stage and multi-stage compressors, work done in single stage and multi-stage, 

 

Manufacturing Technology: 

Press working of sheet metal: Types of presses and operations. 

Die materials, Construction details of die set. 

Machine tools and operations. 

Cutting tools & materials : single point tool, cutting speed, feed and depth of cut. 

Metal Cutting: Orthogonal cutting, velocity relationships, force and power. 

Tool Life, Economics of machining. 

Capstan and Turret Lathes; boring and broaching machine. 

Indexing head; milling operations. 

Grinding machines and operations; Grinding Wheels. 

Cutting Fluids, 

Introduction to NC and CNC machines. 

FMS. 

Foundry technology. 

Welding technology. 

Metrology: Dimensional and Geometrical accuracy, Standardization, Limits, fits and tolerances, Design of gauges. 

 

Fluid Mechanics & Machines: 

Basics of fluid mechanics, Buoyant force, stability of floating and submerged bodies, kinematics of Fluid flow, Dynamics of fluid flow, Dimensional Analysis and Dynamic Similitude, Viscous flow, turbulent flow, Concept of boundary layers, Analysis of pipe flow. 

Impact of Free Jet, Homologous units, specific speed, theory of Turbomachines, efficiencies. 

Methods of classifications, Reaction, impulse and mixed flow turbines, their efficiencies, characteristics, and principles of governing. 

Draft tube, cavitation, water hammer and surge tanks. 

Centrifugal and Reciprocating pumps, air vessels, operating characteristics of these pumps. Miscellaneous machines: Hydraulic accumulator, hydraulic press, lift, ram, coupling and torque converter. 

 

Kinematics of Machines: 

Links and pairs; kinematics chains; Mechanisms and machines; Inversion; Absolute and relative motions.

Instantaneous centres: Acceleration analysis; Cam profiles & different types of followers; cams with specified contours. 

Fundamental laws of gearing; Types of gears, Gears trains, Belts, rope and chain drives. Efficiency of power transmission 

 

Dynamics of Machines: 

Concept of free body and its equilibrium; 

Static & Dynamic force analysis; 

Fluctuation of energy and speed; 

Fly wheels & governors. 

Balancing of rotating masses, 

Power Screw; 

Plate and Cone clutches; 

band and block brakes; 

Gyroscopic action and Gyroscopic torque. 

Friction. 

 

Industrial Engineering: 

Introduction to Industrial Engineering & productivity, Functions of Management, Organizational Structure, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Personnel Management, Wage, Incentives & Payment Systems, Labor relations & Legislations, Cost & Cost Control. Depreciation, budget and budgetary control. Types of forecasting, Facilities Location & Layout Planning, Scheduling, routing, sequencing, Aggregate Production planning, Capacity planning, Inventory Control, Material requirement Planning, Manufacturing Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning Work Study: Methods study, time study, Work Measurement & Design. Ergonomic aspects in industrial design. Industrial Safety. Work & Job design, Job Evaluation & Merit Rating. CPM and PERT. JIT, Supply Chain, Group Technology, Computer aided process planning. 

 

Mechanics of Solid:

Concepts and analysis of stresses and strains; mechanical properties; ductile and brittle materials; members in uniaxial state of stress. 

Transformation of stresses, members subjected to axi-symmetric, torsional and flexural loads; deflection in beams, members subjected to combined loads; elastic stability of columns. 

Eccentric loading. 

 

Machine Design: Design for strength, Stress concentration. 

Introduction of various design considerations like strength, stiffness, weight, cost, factor of safety, space etc. 

Fatigue consideration in Design, design of welded joints, riveted joint, screwed joints, helical and leaf springs, shafts, Couplings, brakes and clutches. 

Design of machine members subjected to combined steady & alternating stresses like Bolts and shafts, curved members like crane hooks, crankshafts, camshafts and connecting rod, gear tooth, sliding & journal bearings.Wear and dynamic load consideration. Design of fly-wheel and rotary devices. 

 

Automobile Engineering: 

Transmission system, steering system, suspension systems, tyres, springs and shock absorbers, brakes and their actuations, ignition systems, Automotive pollution and its control strategies. 

Legal aspects. 

 

Turbo Machines: 

Gas Turbines, Cycles, inter cooling, reheating and reheat, compounding.

Impulse and reaction turbines. 

Performance of Practical Gas Turbine Cycles, Compressor and turbine efficiencies. 

Heat exchanger simple cycle and series and parallel flow cycles, Centrifugal and Axial Flow Compressors. 

Steam Turbines, Steam nozzles, Velocity diagrams, main blade dimensions, thrust; theoretical power and torque, special constructional features of steam turbines, Condensers: performance of condenser; vacuum efficiency. 

 

Heat Transfer: 

Heat transfer processes; thermal conductivity of solids, liquids and gases; boundary conditions, one dimensional heat conduction, critical thickness of insulation; fins, Convection, appropriate non dimensional numbers; flow over flat plate; free and forced convection. 

Heat Exchangers: Different types of heat exchangers; arithmetic and logarithmic mean temperature differences; heat transfer coefficient for parallel, counter and cross flow type heat exchanger; effectiveness of heat exchanger. 

Thermal Radiation: Kirchoff’s law; radiation intensity, heat exchange between two black bodies, between gray bodies. 

 

Internal Combustion Engines:

Ideal and actual cycles of operation, fuels, Combustion SI and CI engines, carburetors and fuel injection systems for SI engines, fuel injection systems for diesel engines, lubrication systems, cooling systems, supercharging, scavenging, engine performance, testing and exhaust emission characteristics, exhaust pollution, special engines and computer simulation of two stroke and four-stroke engines. 

Abnormal combustions, knocking and pre-ignition. 

 

Refrigeration & Air-conditioning: 

Air Refrigeration & Heating System, air-craft air conditioning systems. 

Heat Pump cycle. 

COP, Vapor compression refrigeration: Simple cycle, factors affecting performance of vapor compression cycle, actual vapor compression cycle. 

Suitability of refrigerants for different applications. 

Vapor Absorption Refrigeration System. 

Psychrometry and Psychrometric properties, relations, charts and uses, evaporative cooling, air washers and air cleaners, human comfort, factors affecting comfort. 

Solar Radiation: Distribution of solar radiation, passive heating and cooling of buildings. Ducting System. 

Comfort air-conditioning. 

 

Power Plant Engineering: 

Steam Power Plants: Layout and site selections. 

Fuel storage and handling. 

Cooling towers. 

Diesel & Gas Turbine Power Plants: General layout, elements, fields of use, comparison with steam power plants. 

Comparison. 

Nuclear Power Plants: Nuclear materials, waste disposal, fuels, coolants, moderating and reflecting materials, cladding materials, Disposal of nuclear waste, Nuclear reactors, location of nuclear power plants, comparison of nuclear plants with thermal plants. Enrichment, safety and control. Hydro-electric Power Plants, Power Plant Economics, performance and operating characteristics of power plants, Combined cycle plants, co- generation and trigeneration, peak load and base load power plants. 

 

Product Design: 

Principles of modern design, Human factors in design and applied ergonomics. 

Product design methods. 

Legal issues in product design and design resources. 

 

Operations Research: 

History of OR, General methodology of OR, Linear optimization models, simplex algorithms, duality; dual linear programming, Sensitivity; Integer programming, Assignment models, Transportation problems, Transshipment models, Theory of Games. Queuing Theory. Application to industrial problems. Sampling method. 

 

Vibrations:

Fundamentals of vibration: Free vibration, Forced vibration, single degree of freedom. Natural frequency, Principle of conservation of energy, Principles of virtual work. Damping. 

Forced vibrations: Harmonic excitation, Mechanical impedance, Critical speed, Vibration Isolation, whirling of shafts. 

Two degrees of freedom systems. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (I.T.) 

Computer Organization & Architecture: 

Digital Logic Family: Logic Gates, Logic functions, Design of Sequential and Combinational Logic Circuits, Number System and data representation. 

CPU Design: Design of ALU and Control Unit. Memory Organization, DMA, I/O organization. 

 

Discrete Mathematics: 

Fundamentals of Sets and Subsets, Propositional and Predicate Logic, Relation and Function, Permutation and Combinations, Trees and Graphs. 

 

Programming and Data Structures:

Programming in C: Array, Function, Recursion, Union, Structure, File, Parameter Passing. Data Structure: Stack, Queue, Linked List, Heap Sort, Binary Tree. 

 

Operating System: 

Processes, Threads, Inter Process Communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU Scheduling, Memory Management and Virtual Memory, File System, I/O System, Protection and Security. 

 

Computer Networks: 

Data Communication Model, Networking Hardware, Data Transmission (analog and digital), modulation, multiplexing. 

ISO/OSI Network Model: Architecture and Function of each layer of OSI Model, Wired and Wireless Transmission Media, LAN, MAN, WAN, Routing Protocols, Network Technologies (ATM, Frame Relay, DSL, ISDN). 

 

Database Management System: 

Basic DBMS Terminology, Database System versus File System, Keys, Entity Relationship Model, Relational Model, SQL Query Processing and Optimization, Transaction Processing, Locking Techniques, Database Recovery and Security, Distributed Database System. 

 

Network Management & Information Security:

Network Management: Standards, Functions, SNMPv1 Protocol. Cryptography Techniques and Encryption Algorithms (DES & RSA), Network Attacks, IPSec, Network Scanning, Security of web Browsers and Servers, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection System. 

 

Software Engineering: 

Software Development Paradigms and Models, Information Gathering, Software Requirement Specification, Software Process and Design, Modular Design, Process vs. Data Oriented Design, Software Testing: Functional and Structural, Testing Tools. Software Maintenance, Software Quality Assurance, Concept of Object Oriented Software Engineering. 

 

Data Warehousing & Mining: 

Data Warehousing: Introduction, Architecture, Implementation, OLAP, Data Cleaning, Data Reduction, Data Integration and Transformation, Data Compression. 

Data Mining: Data Mining Concepts, Data Mining Primitives, Architecture of Data Mining System, Data Mining Techniques, Mining Class Comparison, Mining Descriptive Statistical Measures, Associative Rule Mining, Apriori algorithm, Classification and Prediction, Mining of WWW. 

 

Web Design and Development: 

Introduction to Internet, WWW, Scripting for Web Browser Portability, Client Vs Server Side Web Development, HTML, DHTML, XHTML, Javascript and Introduction to PHP. 

 

Emerging Technologies in the field of IT: 

E-Commerce, Multimedia, Expert Systems, Machine Learning Techniques (Genetic Algorithm, BP algorithm & Fuzzy logic), Concept of Cyber Crimes and Cyber Laws. 

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 

Electronic Devices: 

Semiconductor Devices: intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors and their properties. p- n junction diode, Tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS, MOSFET, LED, p-I-n and avalanche photodiode, Basics of LASER and MASER. 

VLSI technology: integrated circuits fabrication process, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, CMOS process. 

Power Switching Devices: SCR, GTO, Power MOSFET, Basics of Optoelectronics 

 

Analog Circuits: 

Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and CMOS. 

Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. 

Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers.

Amplifiers: single-and multi-stage, differential and operational, feedback, and power. Frequency response of amplifiers. 

Simple op-amp circuits. 

Filters. 

Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations. 

Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timer. 

Power supplies. 

 

Digital circuits: 

Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS). 

Combinational circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs and PLAs. 

Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs. 

Semiconductor memories.

Microprocessor(8085): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing. 

 

Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation: 

Basic Concepts, Standards and error Analysis: Measurement of basic Electrical quantities and parameters; Electronic Measuring Instruments and their Principles of Working; analog and digital measurements, Comparison, Characteristics, Applications. 

Transducers, Electronic Measurements of Non Electrical Quantities like Temperature, Pressure, Humidity etc. 

Basics of Telemetry for Industrial use. 

 

Networks: 

Network graphs: matrices associated with graphs; incidence, fundamental cut set and fundamental circuit matrices. 

Solution methods: nodal and mesh analysis. 

Network theorems: superposition, Thevenin’s and Norton’s Theorem, Maximum power transfer Theorem, Wye-Delta transformation. 

Steady state sinusoidal analysis using phasors. 

Linear constant coefficient differential equations; time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits, Solution of network equations using Laplace transform: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits. 2-port network parameters: driving point and transfer functions. State equations for networks. 

 

Electromagnetics: 

Elements of vector calculus; Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems, Maxwell’s equations, Wave equation, Poynting vector. 

Plane waves: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and group velocity; skin depth. 

Transmission lines: characteristic impedance; impedance transformation; Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse excitation. 

Waveguides: modes in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cut-off frequencies;. Basics of propagation in dielectric waveguide and optical fibers its dispersion and attenuation characteristics; Basics of Antennas: Dipole antennas; radiation pattern; antenna gain. 

 

Signals and Systems: 

Definitions and properties of Laplace transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and FFT, z- transform. Sampling theorem. 

Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems: definitions and properties; causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, parallel and cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay. 

Signal transmission through LTI systems. 

 

Control Systems: 

Basic control system components; block diagram description, Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these systems. 

Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems; transient and steady state analysis of LTI control systems and frequency response. 

Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: root loci, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots. Elements of lead and lag compensation, elements of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID), PD, PI Control Systems. 

State variable representation and solution of state equation of LTI control systems. 

 

Communications – I: 

Random signals and noise: probability, random variables, probability density function, autocorrelation, power spectral density. 

Analog communication systems: amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation systems, superheterodyne receivers; signal-to- noise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) for low noise conditions. 

 

Communications – II: 

Digital communication systems: pulse code modulation (PCM), differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and probability of error calculations for these schemes. 

Fundamentals of information theory and Coding. 

Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA and GSM. 

Basics of Satellite Communication. 

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE 

1. Digital Logic: Number Systems, Representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point), Logic functions, Minimization, Combinational and Sequential circuits.
2. Computer Organization and Architecture: RAM and ROM, Microprocessor Architecture (8085, 8086), Machine instructions, Addressing modes, ALU, CPU, Control Unit, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Microcontrollers, interfacing, instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.
3. Programming: Assemblers, Compilers and interpreters, Programming in C – Functions, recursion, Parameter passing, Scope; Object Oriented Programming (C++ and Java)- Objects, Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Dynamic Binding, Access Modifiers.
4. Data Structures and Algorithms: Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked lists, Tree, Binary search trees, Heaps, Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic Programming Divide-and-conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths.
5. Operating System: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, I/O systems, Protection and security, Windows, Linux, Mobile OS, Android, RTOS.
6. Databases: ER-Model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), Transactions and concurrency control, Recovery and Failure.
7. Information Systems and software Engineering: Process and Life cycle Models, information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, UML, process specifications, input/output design, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance, MIS and ERP.
8. Computer Networks: ISO/OSI 7 layer stack, LAN Topologies and internetworking, Routing algorithms, congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP (v4 and v6), application layer protocols (ICMP, DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP); Network and Web Security.
9. Current Technologies: Scripting Languages, HTML, XML, JavaScript, PHP; Mobile Computing, Cloud Computing, Wireless Communication, Data Mining and information Retrieval.