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Mechanical Engineering : Preliminary Examination

Statics: Simple applications of equilibrium equations.

Dynamics: Simple applications .of equations of motion, work, energy and power.

Theory of Machines: Simple examples of kinematic chains and their inversions. Different types of gears, bearings, governors, flywheels and their functions. Static and dynamic balancing of rigid rotors.
Simple vibration analysis of bars and shafts. Linear automatic control systems.

Mechanics of Solids: Stress, strain and Hookes Law. Shear and bending moments in beams. Simple bending and torsion of beams, springs and thin walled cylinders. Elementary concepts of elastic stability, mechanical properties and material testing.

Manufacturing Science: Mechanics of metal cutting, tool life, economics of machining, cutting tool materials. Basic types of machine tool and their processes. Automatic machine tools, transfer lines. Metal forming processes and machine - shearing, drawing, spinning, rolling, forging, extrusion. Types
of casting and welding methods. Powder metallurgy and processing of plastics.

Manufacturing Management: Methods and time study, motion economy and work space design, operation and flow process charts. Cost estimation, break¬even analysis. Location and layout of plants, material handling, Capital budgeting, job shop and mass production, scheduling, despatching, Routing Inventor).

Thermodynamics: Basic concepts, definitions and laws, heat, work and temperature. Zeroth law, temperature scales, behaviour of pure substances, equations of state, first law and its corollaries, second law and its corollaries. Analysis of air standard power cycles, carnot, otto, diesel, brayton cycles. Vapour power cycles, Rankine reheat and regenerative cycles, Refrigeration cycles - Bell Coleman, Vapour absorption and Vapour compression cycle analysis, open and closed cycle gas turbine with intercooling, reheating.

Energy Conservation: Flow of steam through nozzles, critical pressure ratio, shock formation and its effect. Steam Generators. Mountings and accessories. Impulse and reaction turbines, elements and layout of thermal power plants.

Hydraulic turbines and pumps, specific speed, layout of hydraulic power plants.

Introduction to nuclear reactors and power plants, handling of nuclear waste.

Refrigeration and air conditioning: Refrigeration equipment and operation and maintenance, refrigerants, principles of air conditioning, psychorometric chart, comfort zones, humidification and dehumidification.

Fluid Mechanics: Hydrostatics, continuity equation, Bernoullis theorem, flow through pipes, discharge measurement, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer concept.

Medical Science : Preliminary Examination

Human Anatomy: General principles and basic structural concept of Gross Anatomy of hipjoint, heart, stomach, lungs, spleen, kidneys, uterus, ovary and adrenal glands.

Histological features of parotid gland, bronchi, testis, skin, bone and thyroid gland.

Gross anatomy of thalamus, internal capsule, cerebrum including their blood supply; functional localisation in cerebral cortex, cerebellum, spinal cord, eye, ear, throat, cranial nerves.

Embryology of vertebral column, respiratory system and their congenital anomalies.

Human Physiology and Biochemistry: Neurophysiology: Sensor} receptors, reticular formation, cerebellum and basal ganglia.

Reproduction: Regulation of functions of male and female gonads.

Cardiovascular System: Mechanical and electrical properties of heart including E.C.G.; regulation of cardiovascular functions.

Gl System: bilirubin metabolism, liver function tests. Haematology: haemoglobin synthesis, abnormal haemoglobins. Respiration: Regulation of respiration. Digestion and absorption of fats. Metabolism of carbohydrates.

Renal Physiology: Tubular functions, regulation of pH. Nucleic acids: R.N.A., D.N.A, genetic code and protein synthesis.

Pathology and Microbiology:
Principles of inflammation.
Principles of carcinogenesis and tumour spread.
Coronary heart disease.
Infective diseases of Liver and gall bladder Pathogenesis of tuberculosis.

Immune system, immunological and serological test for collogen vascular disease. Histological diagnosis by fluroscent microscopy.

Etiology and laboratory diagnosis of diseases caused by Saemonella, Vibrio, Meningococcus and hepatitis virus.

Life cycle and laboratory diagnosis of Entamoeba; malarial parasite, Ascaris.

Medicine

Protein energy malnutrition
Medical management of:
Coma, including cerebro-vascular accidents, status asthmaticus, cardio pulmonary arrest, status epilepticus, acute renal failure.

Clinical features, etiology and treatment of: Coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, pneumonia, cirrhosis of liver, amoebic liver absess, peptic ulcer, pycolonephritis, leprosy, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus, poliomyelitis, meningitis, schizophrenia.

Surgery
Principles of surgical management of severely injured.

Process of fracture healing.
Malignant tumours of stomach and their surgical management.

Signs, symptoms, investigation and management of fractures of femur.
Principles of pre-operative and post-operative care.

Clinical manifestations, investigations and management of: Hydrpcephafus, Buergers disease, Appendicitis, Benign prostatic hypertrophy, Spina bifida, Bronchogenic carcinoma, Carcinoma breast, Carcinoma colon.

Clinical manifestations, investigations and surgical management of: Intestinal obstruction Acute, urinary retention, Spinal injury, Haemorrhagic shock, Pneumothorax, pericardia! tamponacie, haemetemesis.

Preventive and Social Medicine
Principles of epidemiology.
Health care delivery.
Concept and general principles of prevention of disease and promotion of health.
National health programmes.
Effects environmental Pollution on health.
Concept of balanced diet.
Family planning methods.

Philosophy : Preliminary Examination

Section A: Problems of Philosophy

1. Substance and Attributes: Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Berkeleys criticism, Nyaya - Viasesika, Buddhist criticism of Pudgala.

2. God, Soul and the World: Thomas Acquinas, St. Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Nyaya-Vaisesika, Sankara, Ramanuja.

3. Universals: Realism and Nominalism (Plato, Aristotle, Berkeleys criticism of abstract ideas, Nyay-Vaisesika, Buddhism).

4. Bases of Knowledge: Pramanavada in Carvaka, Nyaya-Vaisesika, Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta.

5. Truth and Error: Correspondence Theory, Coherence theory, Pragmatic Theory; Khyativada (Anyathakhyati, Akhyati, Anivacaniyakhyati).

6. Matter and Mind: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Berkeley.

Section B: Logic

1. Truth and Validity.
2. Classification of sentences: Traditional and Modern.
3. Syllogism: Figures and Moods; Rules of syllogism (General and special) validation by Venn Diagrammes; Formal Fallacies.
4. Sentential Calculus: Symbolisation; Truth-Functions and their inter-definability; Truth Tables; Formal Proof.

Section C: Ethics
1. Statement of fact and statement of value.
2. Right and Good; Teleology and Deontology.
3. Psychological Hedonism.
4. Utilitarianism (Bentham; J.S. Mill).
5. Kantian Ethics.
6. Problem of the freedom of will.
7. Moral judgments: Descriptivism, Prescriptivism, Emotivism.
8. Niskamakarma: Sthitaprajna.
9. Jaina Ethics
10. Four Noble Truths and Eight fold path in Buddhism.
11. Gandhian Ethics: Satya, Ahimsa, Ends and Means.

Physics : Preliminary Examination

1. Mechanics and Waves
Dimensional analysis. Newtons laws of motion and applications, variable mass systems, projectiles. Rotational dynamics-kinetic energy, angular momentum, theorems of moment of inertia and calculations in simple cases. Conservative forces, frictional forces. Gravitational potential and intensity due to spherical objects. Central forces, Keplers problem, escape velocity and artificial satellites (including GPS). Streamline motion, viscosity, Poiseuilles equation. Applications of Bernoullis equation and Stokes law.

Special relativity and Lorentz transformation-length contraction, time dilation, mass-energy relation.
Simple harmonic motion, Lissajous figures. Damped oscillation, forced oscillation and resonance. Beats, Phase and group velocities. Stationary waves, vibration of strings and air columns, longitudinal waves in solids. Doppler effect. Ultrasonics and applications.

2. Geometrical and Physical Optics.
Laws of reflection and refraction from Fermats principle. Matrix method in paraxial optics- thin lens formula, nodal planes, system of two thin lenses. Chromatic and spherical aberrations. Simple optical instruments-magnifier, eyepieces, telescopes and microscopes.

Huygens principle-reflection and refraction of waves. Interference of light-Youngs experiment, Newtons rings, interference by thin films, Michelson interferometer. Fraunhofer diffraction-single slit, double slit, diffraction grating, resolving power. Fresnel diffraction-half-period zones and zone plate. Production and detection of linearly, circularly and elliprically polarised light. Double refraction, quarter-waves plates and half-wave plates. Polarizing sheets. Optical activity and applications. Raman & Rayleigh scattering and applications.

Elements of fibre optics-attenuation;, pulse dispersion in step index and parabolic index fibres; material dispersion. Lasers, characteristics of laser light-spatial and temporal coherence. Focusing of laser beams and applications.

3. Heat and Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium and temperature. The zeroth law of thermodynamics. Heat and the first law of thermodynamics. Efficiency of Carnot engines. Entropy and the second law of. thermodynamics. Kinetic theory and the equation of state of an ideal gas. Mean free path, distribution of molecular speeds and energies. Transport phenomena. Andrews experiments-van der Waals equation and applications. Joule-Kelvin effect and applications. Brownian motion. Thermodynamic potentials-Maxwell relations. Phase transitions. Kirchhbffs laws. Black-body radiation-Stefan-Boltzmann law, spectrai radiancy, Wien displacement law, application to the cosmic microwave background radiation, Planck radiation law.

4. Electricity and Magnetism
Electric charge, Coulombs law, electric field, Gauss law. Electric potential, van de Graff accelerator. Capacitors, dielectrics and polarization. Ohms law, Kirchhoffs first and second rules, resistors in series and parallel, applications to two-loop circuits. Magnetic field-Gauss law for magnetism, atomic and nuclear magnetism, magnetic susceptibility, classification of magnetic materials. Circulating charges, cyclotron, synchrotron. Hall effect. Biot-Savart law, Amperes Saw, Faradays law of induction., Lenzs law. Inductance. Alternating current circuits-RC, LR, single-loop LRC circuits, impedance, resonance, power in AC circuits. Displacement current, Maxwells equations (MKS units), electromagnetic waves, energy transport and Poynting Vector.

5. Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Photoelectric effect, Einsteins photon theory. Bohrs theory of hydrogen atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment, quantisation of angular momentum, electron spin. Pauli exclusion principle and applications. Zeeman effect. X-ray spectrum, Braggs law, Bohrs theory of the Mosley plot. Compton effect, Compton wavelength. Wave nature of matter, de Broglie wavelength, wave-particle duality. Heisenbergs uncertainty relationships. Schroedingers equation-eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of (i) particle in a box, (ii) simple harmonic oscillator and (iii) hydrogen atom. Potential step and barrier penetration. Natural and artificial radioactivity. Binding energy of nuclei, nuclear fission and fusion. Classification of elementary particles and their interactions.

6. Electronics
Diodes in half-waves and full-wave rectification, qualitative ideas of semiconductors, p type and n type semiconductors, junction diode, Zener diode, transistors, binary numbers, Logic gates and truth tables, Elements of microprocessors and computers.

Political Science : Preliminary Examination

Section-A

1. Political Science: Nature & scope of the discipline, relationship with allied disciplines like History, Economics, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology.
2. Meaning of Politics: Approaches to the study of Politics.
3. Key Concepts: State, Society, Sovereignty, Power, Citizenship, Nation, ) Global order and Imperialism.
4. Political Ideas: Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rule of Law. Civil Society Swaraj, Revolution, Democratic Participation.
5. Democracy: Meaning and Theories of Democracy, Electoral system, Forms of Representation & Participation, Political accountability.
6. Political Ideologies: liberalism, Neoliberalism, Marxism, Socialism, Fascism, Gandhism.
7. Party System and Political Process: Therories of Party System, National and regional parties, Political Parties in the Third World. Patterns of coalition politics, interest and pressure groups.
8. Forms of Government: Parliamentary and Presidential. Federal & unitary Modes of decentralisation.
9. Bureaucracy Concept: Theories, Weber and critiques of Bureaucracy.
10. Theories of Development: Meaning and various approaches. Concept and Theories of underdevelopment Debates; in the Third World.
11. Social Movements: Meaning, Theories & Forms, Role of Environmental Feminist Peasant & workers movements, Role of Non Government organisation.
12. Nationalism and Internationalism:
13. Major theories of International relations: Realist Marxist, Systems & Decision making & Game theory.
14. State & the Global order: neo-Liberalism, globalisation, structural adjustment, regional economic integration, Nature and Impact of globalisation.

Section-B

Indian Government and Politics

1. Approaches to the study of Governments: Comparative historical, legal institutional, political economy and political sociology, approaches.
2. Classification of Political systems: Democratic and Authoritarian, characteristics of Political systems in the third world.
3. Typologies of constitutions; Basic features of these constitutions & governments: including U.K., USA. France, Germany, China, and South Africa.
4. Constitutional development: in India during British Rule-A historical perspective.
5. Constituent Assembly: philosophical and socio-economic dimensions. Salient features of the Indian Constitution.
6. Nature of Indian federalism: Centre-state relations, legislative, administrative, financial and political; politics of regional move and National Integration.
7. Fundamental Rights: Constitutional provisions and political dynamics. Judicial Interpretations and socio political realities; Fundamental Duties.
8. The Union Executive: President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Constitutional provisions & framework and political trends.
9. Parliament: Powers and functions of the Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha; Parliamentary Committees; Functioning of the Parliamentary system in India.
10. The Judiciary: The Supreme Court, Judicial Review Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation; Judicial Reforms.
11. The State Executive: Governor, Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers; Constitutional Provisions and Political trends.
12. Indian Party System: Evolution and Contemporary trends; coalition government at the Centre and States, pressure groups in Indian politics.
13. The interaction of Government & Scientific & Technology business: Previous and now their inter relationship and changing roles in Society, Elites, Role of Pressure groups class and voluntary associations in society.
14. Local Government & Politics: PanchayH Raj and Municipal Government, structure power & functions. Political realities, significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments, role of women in Panchayats.
15. Bureaucracy and Development: Post-colonial India; its changing role in the context of liberatis after, bureaucratic Accountability.
16. Challenges to Indian Democracy:
a) Communalism Regionalism violence, criminalisation and corruption.
b)* Regional disparities, environmental degradation, illiteracy, Mass Poverty, Population, growth, caste oppressions and socio economic inequalities among backward classes.

Psychology : Preliminary Examination

1. Introduction to Psychology:
Concept and definition of psychology. Nature and Scope. Branches of psychology. Application of psychology to society and social problems.

2. Methods in Psychology:
Characteristics of psychological studies, Observation. Survey method, Clinical and case study method. Experimental method. Application of the method.

3. Quantitative Analysis:
Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Correlation. Levels of measurement. Reliability and validity. Application in test construction.

4. Physiological Psychology:
Structure of neuron, nerve impulses, synapse and neurotransmitters. Central and peripheral nervous system-structure and neural control of behaviour. Hemispheric specialisation. Endocrine system and hormonal control of behaviour. Application of hemispheric knowledge to diagnostic purposes.

5. Development of human behaviour:
Individual Differences: Heredity and environment Life span development. Role of early experience and mastering of developmental tasks. Sensitive or critical periods of development in human life cycle and its application.

6. Perception:
Perceptual process. Perceptual organisation. Perception of form, colour, depth and time. Perceptual readiness and constancy. Role of motivation, social and cultural factors in perception. Application of knowledge of perception to skill development (e.g. for certain jobs like that of driving, airline pilots etc.)

7. Learning:
Classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Modelling and observational learning. Transfer of training. Learning and motivation. Application of the above to the improvement of academic performance in education.

8. Memory:
Physiological basis of memory. Memory and forgetting. Measurement of memory (Recall, Recognition, Relearning). Short term and long term memory. Theories of forgetting (Decay and Interference theories and Repressive forgetting). Application of Mnemonic devices etc, to improving memory.

9. Cognition and Language:
Concept of formation. Nature and development of thinking. Language and thought and acquisition of language. Problem solving. Creative thinking and its applications.

10. Intelligence and Aptitude:
Definition and concept. Theories and models of Intelligence. Measurement of intelligence and aptitude. Exceptional intelligence. Mental retardation. Concepts of multiple, emotional and artificial intelligence and their application.

11. Motivation and Emotion:
Definition and concept of instinct, needs, drives and motives. Theories of motivation and their application (drive reduction theory, Maslows motivational hierarchy). Social motivation: Achievement, power, affiliation motives and influence of early experiences. Physiological basis of emotion. Theories of emotion (James-Lange and Cannon-Brad theories, cognitive physiological theory).

12. Personality:
Concepts and Definition of personality. Study of personality (Trait, type and eclectic approaches) Development of personality (Freud, Erikson, Biological and socio-cultUral determinants). Measurement of Personality (Projective tests, pencil-paper tests). Application of personality profiles in fitting a person to a job.

13. Adjustment and Stress:
Concept and definition. Factors affecting adjustment (frustration and conflict). Sources of stress and reactions to stress. Coping with stress. Application of stress management techniques.

14. Social Behaviour:
Socio-cultural factors and behavioui. Development of attitudes, stereotypes and prejudice, Measurement of Attitudes (Thurstone, Likert attitude scale and Bogardus Social Distance scale). Strategies for reducing prejudice and changing attitude. Person perception, implicit personality theory and integrating impressions. Application of person perception to impression management.

15. Application of Psychology:
Health and mental health (yoga, meditation and relaxation therapies). Education (Programmed learning, self instructional learning and learning styles). Community (self help through group cohesiveness and leadership). Industry (Assessment centre approach in selection, recruitment and training). Environment (man-nature interaction, personal space concept, pollution reduction Information technology (Application to commercial, educational and health areas).

Public Administration : Preliminary Examination

1. Introduction: Meaning, scope and significance. Evolution and status of the discipline. Comparative Public Administration and Development Administration. Public and Private Administration: State versus market debate. New Pubic Administration. New Public Management perspective.

2. Basic concepts and principles; Organisation, hierarchy, Unity of command, Span of control, Authority and Responsibility, Co-ordination, Centralization and Decentralization, Delegation, Supervision, Line and Staff.

3. Theories of Administration: Scientific Management (Taylor and the Scientific Management Movement), Classical Theory (Fayol, Urwick, Gulick and others) Bureaucratic Theory (Weber and his critics). Ideas of Mary Parker Follett and CI Barnard; Human Relations School (Elton Mayo and others). Behavioral Approach, Systems approach.

4. Administrative Behaviour: Decision making with special reference to H Simon, communication and control, leadership theories. Theories of motivation (Maslow and Herzberg)

5. Accountability and Control: The concepts of Accountability and control: Legislative, executive and judicial control. Citizen and Administration: Role of civil society, peoples participation and Right to Information.

6. Administrative Systems: Comparative administrative features of USA, Great Britain and japan.

7. Personnel Administration: Role of Civil Service in developing societies; position classification, Recruitment, Training, Promotion, Pay and Service conditions. Relations with the Political Executive; Administrative Ethics.

8. Financial Administration: Budget: Concepts and forms. Formulation and execution of budget, deficit financing public debt, Accounts and Audit.

9. Union Government and Administration in India. British legacy: Constitutional context of Indian Administration; The President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers; Central Secretariat; Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Ministers Office, Planning Commission; Finance Commission; Election Commission.; Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. Public enterprises: Patterns, role performance and impact of liberlisation.

10. Civil Services in India: Recruitment to All India and Central Services, Union Public Service Commission; Training of Civil Servants. Generalists and Specialists. Minister-Civil Servant relationship.

11. State and District Administration: Governor, Chief Minister, Secretariat, Chief Secretary, Directorates, District Collector: changing role.

12. Local Government: Panchayati Raj and Urban local Government: Mam features, structures, finances and problem areas. 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments.

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