Amendment in MP PSC Examination Rules

As per the decision of Governor of Madhya Pradesh, makes the following amendments in the MP PSC Examination Rules 2008—

● The Preliminary Examination shall now comprise of two compulsory Papers of Objective Type (Multiple Choice Questions) of 200 marks each and of two hours duration. Paper-I and Paper-II will be of General Studies and General Aptitude Test respectively.

● This Examination is meant to serve as a screening test only. On the basis of marks obtained in this examination candidates shall be declared qualified for Main Examination. Detailed below is the new syllabus and pattern o f the Preliminary Examination—

First Paper : General Studies

1. General Science and Environment—Questions on General Science and Environment (Environmental Ecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change) will cover, general appreciation and understanding of Science including matters of every day observation and experience as may be expected of a well educated person who has not made a special study of any particular scientific discipline.

2. Current Events of National and International Importance— In current events Knowledge of significant National and International level will be tested.

3. History of India and Independent India—In History, questions of General knowledge related to social, economic and political aspects will be asked. Also, there will be questions on Indian National Movement and Development of Independent India.

4. (A) Geography of India—There will be questions of general knowledge relating to physical, social and economic geography. It will also include questions on Indian Agriculture and Natural resources. There will be questions pertaining to demography and Census of India.

(B) General Geographical awareness of world.

5. Indian Polity and Economy—Political system and constitution of the country, Panchayati Raj, social system, sustainable economic development, elections, political parties, plans, industrial development, foreign trade & economic and financial institutions.

6. Sports—Important games and sports tournaments, awards, personalities and renowned sports institutions of Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia and World.

7. Geography, History and Culture of Madhya Pradesh—There will be questions related to the development of Mountains, Rivers, Climate, Flora and Fauna, Minerals transportation in the Geography of Madhya Pradesh. It will also have questions relating to important dynasties of Madhya Pradesh, Contribution of important dynasties in the History and Culture of Madhya Pradesh. There will be questions on Tribals, Arts, Architecture, Fine Arts and Historical personalities of Madhya Pradesh.

8. Polity and Economy of Madhya Pradesh—Political system, Political parties and elections, Panchayati Raj, Social system and Sustainable economic development of Madhya Pradesh. This will also include questions on Industry, Plans, Economic programmes, Business, demography and Census of Madhya Pradesh.

9. Information and Communication Technology—Questions pertaining to characteristics, uses, and terminologies such as website, online, search engine, e-mail, video mail, chatting, video conferencing, hacking, cracking, virus and cyber crime.

10. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (No. 33 of 1989) and the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (No. 22 of 1955).

Second Paper : General Aptitude Test

1. Comprehension.
2. Interpersonal skill including communication skill.
3. Logical reasoning and analytical ability.
4. Decision making and problem solving.
5. General mental ability.
6. Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, order of magnitude etc. Class X level) Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. Class X level).
7. Hindi Language Comprehension Skill (Class X level).

Note—Question relating to Hindi Language Comprehension skill of Class X level will be tested through passages from Hindi Language only without providing English Translation thereof in the question paper.

REFERENCE BOOKS LIST FOR CIVIL SERVICES

GENERAL STUDIES

1. An Introduction to the Constitution of India - D.D.Basu
2. Our Contitution - Subhash Kashyap
3. Biology for VIII-X Std - NCERT
4. Physics for VIII-X Std - NCERT
5. Chemistry for VIII-X Std - NCERT
6. Anatomy & Physiology - Evelyn Pearce
7. Know your body - Reader's Digest
8. An Evolution of Indian Economy - I.C.Dhingra
9. Indian Economy - Dutta & Sundaram
10. Economic Survey of India - Govt. Of India
11. General Principles of World Geography - Charles Farro
12. Physical Geography of India for X - XII Std - NCERT
13. A Good School Atlas
14. Ancient India for XII Std - NCERT
15. Medieval India for XII Std - NCERT
16. Modern India - Bipin Chandra
17. History of Modern India - A.C.Banerjee
18. The Hindu & The Economic Times - Newspapers
19. Frontline & Political & Economic weekly - Periodicals
20. Yojana & World Focus & Chankya & Civil Service monthly magazine - Periodicals
21. Statistical Methods/General aptitude - S.C.Gupta/R.S.Agarwal
22. Guides like Tata Mc Graw Hill, Spectrum or Unique - For general reference




:: Commerce ::

Accounting:FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING--J.R.MONGA (CHAPTERS: 6-9)

COST ACCOUNTING:FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING --ANTHONY & WELSCH (CHAPTERS: 1, 6-7,10,13)
cost accounting; THEORY & problems--maheshwari & mittal (CHAPTERS: 1,5-9, 11,13-15)
AUDITING:PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF AUDITING--DINKAR PAGARE (CHAPTERS: 1-3, 7-16, 20-22, Section -2)

OR
STUDENTS' GUIDE TO AUDITING--TAXMANN (ARUNA JHA) (CHAPTERS: 1-2, 5-12, 16-17, 19,22)

Income Tax:STUDENTS' GUIDE TO Income Tax--v.K.Singhania
(CHAPTERS: 2-16)

OR
Systematic approach to INCOME TAX --Girish Ahuja (CHAPTERS: 2-17)
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & POLICY-- J.C.VAN HORNE (CHAPTERS: 5, 10,13)
THEORY OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT--EZRA SOLOMON (CHAPTERS: 1-2)
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; TEXT & PROBLEMS--KHAN & JAIN (ALL CHAPTERS)

FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS:INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM--M.Y.KHAN (CHAPTERS: 2-18)

OR
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & MARKETS--L.M.BHOLE (CHAPTERS: 1-13, 16-24)

PERIODICALS1. THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT (JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA)
2. THE ECONOMIC SURVEY (GOVT. OF INDIA PUBLICATION)
3. FINANCIAL/BUSINESS SECTION OF THE TIMES OF INDIA OR ANY OTHER DAILY NEWSPAPER

:: Geography ::

PAPER - I : SECTION A: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Geomorphology :

• Physical Geography by Strahler & Strahler
• Principles of Geomorphology by W.D. Thornbury
• Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Physical Geography in Diagrams by Bunnett
• Physical Geography by Savindra Singh
• Geomorphology by Savindra Singh

Climatology :

• Climatology by D.S.Lal
• General Climatology by Critchfield
• Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Physical Geography by Strahler & Strahler

Oceanography :

• Oceanography by Sharma & Vatal, NCERT
• Physical Geography by Savindra Singh

Biogeography :

• Physical Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Physical GEography by Strahler & Strahler

SECTION -B : HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Perspectives in Human Geography : Evolution of Geographic Thought by Majid Husain

Economic Geography :Economic Geography by Hertshorn & Alexander
Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple by Rupa Publisher
Agricultural Geography by Masjid Husain

Population Settlement Geography :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Urbanization & Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran
• Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publishers
• A Geography by Population by R.C. Chandna

Regional Planning: Regional Planning - by Chand & Puri

Environmental Geography:

• Environmental Geography by Savindra Singh
• Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna
• Environmental Geography by Saxena
• Models, Theories and Laws in Human Geography :
• Economic and Social Geography - Made Simple, Rupa Publisher
• Political Geography by R.D.Dixit

MAP QUESTIONS - Any School level atlas and the maps given in the above mentioned books.

PAPER - II : GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
Section A
Physical Setting :

• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• A Geography of India by Gopal Singh

Resources : Economical Geography - A Study of Resources by Guha and Chattoraj (NCERT books)

Agriculture:

• Agriculture Geography by Majid Husain
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• India Year Book, published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Hindu's Survey on Agriculture.

Industry:

• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography by Sharma & Coutinho
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• Hindu's Survey on Industry
• Transport, Communication and Trade
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• India Year Book published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Section B:
Cultural Setting :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Geography of Population by R.C.Chandna
• NCERT Books
  
  Settlements :
  
• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Urbanization and Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran
• Regional Development and Planning
• Regional Planning and Development by Chand and Puri
• India Year Book
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Political Aspects : Modern Political Geography of India by B.L. Sukhwal.

Contemporary Issues :

• Environmental Geography by Savinder Singh
• India disasters - Report
• Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna
• Environmental Geography by Saxena

Map Questions for paper II : Any School level Atlas & the maps in the above mentioned books.

NOTE : Current Articles on various syllabus topics in different magazines and newspapers will be quite useful for Paper - II.

PAPER - II : GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
Section A:
Physical Setting :

• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• Economic and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• A Geography of India by Gopal Singh

Resources : Economical Geography - A Study of Resources by Guha and Chattoraj (NCERT books)

Agriculture

• Agriculture Geography by Majid Husain
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• India Year Book, published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Hindu's Survey on Agriculture.

Industry

• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography by Sharma & Coutinho
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram
• Hindu's Survey on Industry
• Transport, Communication and Trade
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by C.B. Mamoria
• Economical and Commercial Geography of India by Sharma & Coutinho
• India Year Book published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Section B:

Cultural Setting :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Geography of Population by R.C.Chandna
• NCERT Books

Settlements :

• Human Geography by Majid Husain
• Urbanization and Urban Systems in India by Ramachandran
• Regional Development and Planning
• Regional Planning and Development by Chand and Puri
• India Year Book
• Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram

Political Aspects : Modern Political Geography of India by B.L. Sukhwal.

Contemporary Issues :

• Environmental Geography by Savinder Singh
• India disasters - Report
• Environmental Awareness by R.C.Chandna
• Environmental Geography by Saxena

Map Questions for paper II : Any School level Atlas & the maps in the above mentioned books.

NOTE : Current Articles on various syllabus topics in different magazines and newspapers will be quite useful for Paper - II.

GEOGRAPHY (PRELIMINARY)

Cartography Topic :

• Laboratory Techniques and Fieldwork (NCERT)
• Fundamentals in Cartography by R.P. Mishra and A.Ramesh.
• Cartography by R.L.Singh

Section A,B,D & E

• Consult the recommended books for Main Examinations.

Section C :

• Geography of the World: World Regional Geography by Wheeler and Kostbade

Section F :

• Techniques of Geographical AnalysisSee Cartography Topic
• School level Atlas
• Physical Geography by Goh Cheng Leong
• Human & Economic Geography by Leong & Morgan

:: PSYCHOLOGY ::

1. Psychology XI & XII Std NCERT
2. Introduction to Psychology Morgan & King
3. Psychology Robert A Baron
4. Social Psychology Baron & Byrne
5. The Psychology of Small Groups Shaw
6. Inner World Sudhir Kakar
7. Achieving Society David McClelland
8. Theories of Personality Hall & Lindzey
9. Systems & Theories of Psychology Krawiec & Chaplin
10. Abnormal Psychology & Modern Life James.C. Coleman

:: Public Administration ::

Paper I:Chapter-I: IntroductionMohit Bhattacharya: New Horizons of Public Administration
Nicholas Henry : Public Administration and Public Affairs
Special Issues of Indian Journal of Public Administration

Chapter-II: Theories of AdministrationD. Ravindra Prasad, V.S. Prasad and P. Satyanarayana : Administrative Thinkers
D. Gvishiani Organisation and Management: A Critique of Western Theories.

Chapter-III: Structure of Public Organisations :R.K. Jain : Public Sector Undertakings; and
Mohit Bhattacharya : New Horizons of Public Administration

Chapter-IV: Administrative BehaviourPaul Hersey : Organisational Behaviour

OR
Stephen P. Robbin : Organisational Behaviour

Chapter-V: Accountability and Control:Mohit Bhattacharya : New Horizons of Public Administration
Special Issues of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Accountability

Chapter-VI: Administrative Law:Massey :Administrative Law

OR
M.P. Jain :Administrative Law

Chapter-VII: Administrative Reforms:P.R. Dubbashi : Administrative Reforms
G.E. Gaiden :Administrative Reforms


Chapter-VIII: Comparative Public Administration:Ferrel Heady : Public Administration-A Comparative Perspective

OR
R.K. Arora : Comparative Public Administration

Chapter-IX: Development Administration:Ferrel Heady : Public Administration - A Comparative Perspective

OR
R.K. Arora : Comparative Public Administration

Chapter-X: Public Policy :IGNOU Lessons on Public Policy
R. K. Sapra : Public Policy

Chapter-XI: Personnel Administration:O Glenn :Stahl : Public Personnel Administration
S. L. Goel : Personnel Administration in India.

Chapter-XII: Financial AdministrationM. J. K. Thavaraj :Public Financial Administration

OR
G.S. Lal :Financial Administration in IndiaIGNOU Lessons on Financial Administration

Paper II:Chapter-I: Evolution of Indian Administration
B.N. Puri Administrative History of India (Vol. I, II and III)

Chapter-II: Constitutional FrameworkD. D. Basu An Introduction to the Constitution of India

Chapter-III: Union Government and AdministrationA. Avasthi Central Administration

Chapter-IV: State Government and AdministrationJ.D. Shukla State Administration

Chapter-V: District AdministrationT.N. Chaturvedi District Administration; and
Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on District Administration

Chapter-VI: Local GovernmentS.R. Maheswari Local Government in India

Chapter-VII: Public Sector in IndiaR. K. Jain Public Sector Undertakings
Annual Survey on Public Sector of Department of Public Enterprises

Chapter-VIII: Public ServicesS.L. Goel Personnel Administration in India

Chapter-IX: Control of Public ExpenditureM. J. K. Thavaraj Financial Administration
IGNOU Lessons on Financial Administration

Chapter-X: Administrative ReformsP.R. Dubbashi Administrative Reforms
S. R. Maheswari Administrative Reforms
Special Issue of Indian Journal of Public Administration on Administrative Reforms

Chapter-XI: Machinery for PlanningA. Avasthi Central Administration

Chapter-XII: Administration of Law and OrderK. K. Sharma Law and Order Administration in India
K. J. Guha Roy, District Policing

Chapter-XIII: Welfare AdministrationAnnual Reports of Department of Social Welfare


Chapter-XIV: Major Issues in Indian AdministrationSpecial Issue of Indian Journal Public Administration on Indian Administration, Retrospect and Prospect and on Good Governance.

:: Sociology ::

:: Paper I ::

1 Herton and Hunt, Sociology, Mcgraw- Hill International, Singapore 1984

2 Abrahamson Mark, Urban Sociology, Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1980

3 Haris C. C., The Sociology Enterprises : A Disscussion of Fundamental Concept, St. Martin Press Inc., New York, 1980

4 Wilson John, Introduction to Social Movements, Basic Books, NY , 1998.

5 Hamilton , Malcom, B. The Sociology of Religion, Routledge, London , 1995.

6 Williams, Malcom, Science and Social Science : An Introduction, Routledge, London , 2000.

7 D.K.S. Roy, Social Development and the Empowerment of Mariginalised Groups: Perspectives and Strategies, Sage, New Delhi - 2001

8. Harris C.C., The Family, Allen and Unwin, London - 1977

9 Andreas Hess, Concept of Social Stratification, European and American Models, Palgrave, Houndmills, NY , 2001

10 Giddens, Anthony, Capitalisation and Modern Social Theory, University Press Cambridge, 1971

11 Smelser, N.J.The Sociology of Economic Life, Prentice Hall, New Delhi - 1988.

12 Haralombos, M, and Heald, R,M. Sociology : Themes and Perspectives, Oxford. Delhi - 1980.

13 Randall Collins, Theoretical Sociology, Harcourt Brace and Company, Florida, 1996.

14 Bottomore. T.B. Sociology : A GFuide of problem and Literature Allen and Unwin, London - 1972.

15 Etzioni, Amitali, Modern Organization, Prentice Hall, NY, 1995

16 Cuff, Sharrock, and Francis, Perrspective in Sociology, Routledge, NY 1995
:: Paper II ::

1 Mandelbaum, David, Society in India, University of California, Press Berkreley, 1970

2 Srivnivas M N Caste in Modern India and Other Essays, Asia Publishing House, Bombay -1962

3 Srinivas M N Social Change in Modern India, Berkeley,University of California Press 1966.

4 Srinivas and Shah, The Myth of the self sufficiency of the Indian Village, The Economic weekly, 12:1375-1378

5 Beteille Andre Sociology, Oxford, New Delhi - 2002

6 Beteille Andre, The idea of Natural, Inequality and other Essays, Oxford, Delhi - 1987.

7 Beteille Andre, Essay in Contemporary Sociology, Oxford, Delhi - 1987.

8. Beteille Andre, Social Inequality of Indian Penguine, London, 1978.

9 Singh Yogender Cultural Change in India, Rawat, Jaipur, 2002.

10 Singh Yogender, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Thompson Press, New Delhi - 1973.

11 Unnithan T K , Indra Dev and Singh, Y, (eds) Towards a Sociology of Culture in India, Prentice Hall, new Delhi - 1965.

12 Gupta, Dipasnkar, Interrograting Caste, Penguine, New Delhi - 2000.

13 Shah A M Family in Contempory India, Orient Longman, New Delhi - 2001.

14 Chandrani and Chandrani, Essay in Rural Sociology, Rawat, Jaipur -2000.

15 Desai, Neera, and Krishnaraj, Women and Society in India,New Delhi - 1990.

16 Singer Milton and Cohen B.S. Structure and chasnge in Indian Society, Weener Grin Foundation for Anthropological Research 1968.

17 Sharma K L (ed) Sociolo Inequilities in Indian , Profiles of Caste Class, Power and Sociol Mobility, Rawat, Jaipur 19945.

18 Gallenter Masrc, Competing, Inequalities, Oxford, NY 1998.

19 Joshi, P C Sociol Science and Development: Quest for Relevence, Hasr-Anand Publication, Delhi 1995.

:: History ::

Modern India1.Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra
2.Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar
3.Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty
4.The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty
5.VAID's Fundamentals of History Series
a.Administrative History Pravin Kumar
b.Constitutional History Pravin Kumar
c.Social History Pravin Kumar
d.Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar

6.Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare
7.India's Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others
8.Gandhi B.R. Nanda
9.Gandhi Judith Brown
10. Freedom Struggle (NbT) Bipan Chandra & others

Medieval India1. Medieval India (NCERT) Satish Chandra
2. Medieval India (Macmillan) Satish Chandra
3.The Wonder That was India (Vol.2) S.A.A. Rizvi
4.The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib
5.The Mughal Empire J.F. Richards
6.Urban Dynamics H.C. Verma
7.The Marathas Gordon

Ancient India1. Ancient India (NCERT) Prof. R.S. Sharma
2. The Wonder That was India A.L. Basham
3. Ancient India - An Introductory Outline D.N. Jha
4. History of India, Vol. I Romila Thapar
5. Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion)
6. Material culture & Social Formation in Ancient India R.S. Sharma
7. Indian Feudalism R.S. Sharma
8. Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya Romila Thapar
9. A History of South India K.A. Nilkantha Sastri
10Ancient India and Indian Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India

World History1.The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev
2.Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others
3.The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison
4.Western Civilizations Burns & others
5.Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm
6.Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm
7.Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm
8.Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm
9.Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore
10.Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson
11.Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig
12.Europe Since 1870 James Joll.

Others: For concepts and knowledge:
1. What is History E.H. Carr
2. Historian's Craft Marc Block
3. The Past and the present Lawrence Stone

:: Philosophy ::

1. Dr. C.D. Sharma (Indian Philosophy)
2. Dr. Deo Raj (Indian Philosophy)
3. Dr. Ya Mashiha (Western Philosophy)
4. Dr. Daya Krishna (Western Philosophy)
5. Dr. Franckena Thilly (Western Philosophy)
6. Dr. B.K. Lal (Contemporary Western Philosophy)
7. Dr. Irvin M. Copi
8. Dr. Divakar Pathak (Indian Ethic)
9. Dr. Dr. V.P. Verma (Western Ethic)
10. Dr. B.N. Singh (Ethics)
11. Lilly (Ethics)
12. By Franckena Thilly
13. Dr. C.D. Sharma
14. Dr. Dayakrishna
15. Dr. Ya Mashiha
16. Dr. B.K. Lal 6. Dr. Lakshmi Saxena
17. Dr. C.D. Sharma
18. Dr. Deo Raj
19. Dr. Hiriyanna
20. Dr. Radha Krishnan
21. Ashok Verma (Symbolic logic)
22.Dr. J.P. Sood Vol IV 2.Dr. Shiv Bhanu Singh
23. Dr. Gauba
24. Dr. Ya Mashiha
25. John Hick
26. Dr. V.P. Verma
27.Six ways of knowing by D.M. Datta.

:: Anthropology ::

Paper I (Part I) (Upto Topic 7)1. Beattie : Other Cultures
2. Beals & Hoijer: An Introduction to Anthropology
3. Haviland : An Introduction to Anthropology
4. Vaid : Economy and Social Relations
5. U.S. Mishra : An Introduction to Social-Cultural Anthropology (in Hindi)
6. Mishra & Hasnain : Unifying Anthropology
7. Honigman : The World of Man
8. Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology
9. Majumdar & Madan : An Introduction to Social Anthropology
10.Sagar Preet : Basic Concepts in Sociology and
Anthropology
11. Abhik Ghosh : Meetings with the Other (on Fieldwork Techniques)

Paper I (Part II)1. Harrison et. al : Human Biology
2. Shukla & Rastogi : Physical Anthropology & Human Genetics
3. Stein & Rowe : An Introduction to Physical Anthropology.
4. Vaid & Pandey : Jaivik Manavshastra (in Hindi)
5. B. Janusch : Origins of Man
6. Virender Kumar : Evolution of Genus Homo
7. Surender Nath : Forensic Anthropology
8. Surender Nath : Nutritional Anthropology
9. M. Harris : Rise of Anthropological Theory
10. U.S. Misra : Anthropological Thought (in Hindi)
11. Herskovits : Cultural Anthropology
12. Booklet by Jawahar Publishers, New Delhi

Paper II1. NCERT : Indian Society, Social Change
2. Bhattacharya, D.K. : An Outline of Indian Prehistory
3. Srinivas : Caste in India & Other Essays
4. Srinivas : Social Change in Modern India
5. Y. Singh : Modernisation of Indian Tradition
6. Vidyarthi & Rai : Tribal Cultures of India
7. N. Hasnain : Indian Anthropology
8. N. Hasnain : Tribal India
9. R.C. Verma : Indian Tribes
10. Vaid : Who Cares for Tribal Development (Hindi & English)
11. A.L. Basham : The Wonder that was India
12. G.S. Bhatt : Bharatiya Samajik Vichar (in Hindi)
13. Sagar Preet : Reservation for Backward Classes a Perspective

:: Political Science ::

:: Prelims ::
1. Political Theory —Eddy Ashirvatham
2. Political Theory—O.P. Gauba
3. Political Theory—Amal Ray, Mohit Bhattacharya.
4. Comparative Politics —R. Chilkote
5.Political Theory —Amal Ray & Mohit Bhattachary.
6.Introduction to Indian Constitution —D.D. Basu
7.India's Struggle for Independence —Bipan Chandra.
8. Introduction to Indian constitution —D.D. Basu.
9. Our Parliament —S.C. Kashyap
10. Our Constitution —S.C. Kashyap
11. Comparative Govt. & Politics — V.N. Khanna
12. Comparative Govt. & Politics —K.R. Bombwal

:: Mains ::
Paper I Section A1.(a) A History of Political thought
—Subrata Mukherjee, Susheela Ramaswamy(b) A History of Political thought —J.P. Suda
(c) For Manu & Kautilya : Foundations of Indian Political thought
— V.R. Mehta2.(a) Modern Political Theory —S.P. Verma
(b) Modern Political Theory —Madan Gandhi
3.(a) Political Theory —Eddy Ashirvatham
(b) Political Theory —J.C. Johri
(c) Political Theory —Ray & Bhattacharya
(d) Political Theory —O.P. Gauba
Paper I Section B1.(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —J.C. Johri
(a) Comparative Govt. & Politics —Ronald Chilkote
2.(a) Modern Indian Political Thinkers —V.P. Verma
(b) Foundations of Indian Political Thought —V.R. Mehta
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —A.S. Narang
(c) Indian Govt. and Politics —J.R. Siwach
(c) Indian Govt and Politics —M.P. Singh, Himanshu Roy
(d) Politics in India —Rajani Kothari
(e) Govt. and Politics of India —W.H. Morris Jones

Paper II Section A
1.(a) Theoretical aspects of International Politics
—Mahendra Kumar
(b) Politics among Nations —Morganthu
(c) International Politics —Schuman
Paper II Section B
1.(a) International Politics —Bookhives
(b) Regular issues of Frontline & World Focus (magazine)

Majority of Books referred for both mains and Prelims Syllabus are availabe in Hindi Medium (Good one is Fadia) also.

:: Agriculture  ::

1. Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
2. Soil Science - D.K Das Or Brady
3. Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy
4. Plant Breeding By B.D. Singh
5. Genetics By B.D.Singh
6. Physiology By Pandey & Singha
7. Indroduction To Horticulture - Kumar
8. Handbook Of Agriculture By ICAR
9. Agricultural Extension Education in India
10. Pathology - Singh
11. Entomology - Vasantha Raj & David
12. The Hindu - Survey Of Indian Agriculture
13. Agricuture Statistics
14. Special Issue of Agriculture by The Hindu

:: Pali Literature ::

• Pali Grammar - L.N. Tiwari
• History of Indian Literature (Vol. II) - Winternitz
• Origin of Pali Literature (Vol. I & II) - B.C. Lal
• Compendium of Abidhamma Philosophy - B. Jagdish Kashyap
• Pali Essays - Hari Shanker Shukia

:: Botany ::

• Cell Biology: De Robertis & Ambrose and Easy or Powar
• Genetics: Strickberger or Vir Bala Rastogi
• Physiology and Biochemistry: Salisbury and Ross or Fritz and Noggle
• Ecology: Vir Bala Rastogi and M.S. Jayaraj and P.D. Singh
• Economic Botany: Kochar or Verma
• Microbiology: Powars's two books on microbiology are more than enough.
• Pathology: Singh's book along with a foreign author
• Cryptograms: B.R. Vasista (alage and fungi), P.C. Vashishta (Pteridophytes gymnosperms) Pandey and Trivedi (both volumes)
• Embryology: Bhojwani and Bhatnagar
• Plant Anatomy: Esau or B.P. Pandey
• Taxonomy: Nair along with Datta

:: Chemistry ::

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

• Atomic Structure - Principle of physical chemistry - Puri, Sharma & Pathwa
• Advance Inorganic Chemistry - J.D. Lee
• Chemical Periodicity, Chemical bonding,Coordination compound- Maden, Malik, Tuli
• Theoretical principles of inorganic chemistry - G.S. Manku,
• Extradiction of metals, Principle of inorganic chemistry - Puri, Sharma, Jauhar.
• Rest all the chapters - An advance inorganic chemistry - J.D. Lee
• Pollution and its control - A text book of environmental chemistry and pollution - S.S. Dara.

Physical Chemistry

• Principals of Physical Chemistry (Gaseous state, Thermodynamics, Phase rule, solutions, Colligative properties, Electro Chemistry, Catalysis, Colloids) - Puri,
• Sharma & Pathawa
• Chemical kinetics - Advance physical chemistry - Gurdeep Raj
• Photo chemistry - A text book of physical chemistry (Vol. - IV) - K.L. Kapoor
• Advance physical chemistry - Gurdeep Raj

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

• Bonding and shape of organic molecules, Stereo chemistry of carbon compound - Reactions and reagents - O.P. Agarwal
• A guide to mechanism in organic chemistry - Peter Sykes
• Rest all the chapters - A text book of organic chemistry - Bahl & Bahl

:: Physics ::

1. Classical Mechnism -Gupta, Kumar & Sharma - Takewale & Puranik -H.Goldstein
2. Mechanics - Kleppner & Kolenkov -D.S. Mathur
3.Wave/Spl.Relatively - D.S. Mathur/Kleppner&Kolenkov
4. Special Relativity-R.Resnic -Gupta & Goyal
5. Optics-Ajay Ghatak-B.S. Agarwal
6. Electrodyanamics - David Griffiths
7. EM Theory -Chopra&Agarwal/Satya Prakash
8. Thermal Physics - P.K Chakraborty - Satya Prakash, Singhal & Agarawal -Statistical Physics -B.B laud
9. Quantum Physics- Resnick & Eisberg
10. Concept of Mordern Physics - Arthut Bevser
11. Quantum Mechanics -Ghatak & Loknathan/Chatwal & Anand/Satya Prakash
12. Atomic & Molecular Spectra -Rajkumar
13. Nuclear Physics -S.B Patel
14. Solid State Physics -Kittel
15. Electronics -Allon Mottershed
16. Objective Physics -H.C. Verma/TMH

Others:

• Physics Vol I&II by David Haliday and Resnick (for basic concepts)
• Mechanics - D.S. Mathur, B.S. Agarwal
• Waves and Oscillations - Brijlal & Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal
• Optics - Brijlal& Subramanyam, B.S. Agarwal, Ajoy & Ghatak
• Thermal Physics - Singal, Agarwal & Prakash, B.S. Agarwal, Shah & Srivastava
• Electricity & Magnetism: D.C. TAyal, B.S. Agarwal, Griffith
• Any fundamental book on electrical engineering like B.L Thareja (Vol 1) or Vincent Del Tero
• Modern Physics - A Beiser (Concepts of modern physics), S.L. Gupta, B.S. Agarwal, J.B. Rajan
• Electronics - Milman & Halkias, S. Ramnam, Ryder or Bolstead, Malvina
• Properties of Matter - B. Aggarwal
• Atomic Physics - J. B. Rajan
• Fundamental of Magnetism electricity - B.N. Basudeva
• A Text Book of Suond - Khanna & Bedi
• Nuclear Physics - D.C. Tayal
• Introduction of Electrodynamics - Griffith
• Advanced Level Physics - Nelkon & Parkar
• University Physics - Zeemasky
• Numerical Problems - B. Lal & Subrahmanyam
• Quantum Mechnaics - A Ghatak
• A Dictionary of Physics - Goldstein

:: Management Optional ::

• Organisational Design: Khandwala; Madhukar Shukla
• Organisational Behaviour: Luthans and Robbins- for some portions Blanchart is also good.
• Strategic Cost Management: Business Today supplements
• Economics: Any good economics book
• Management: Terry and Franklin; Koontz and Donnel; Koontz and Weihrich
• Strategic Management: Michael Porter
• Marketing: Kotler and any one Indian author book(Saxena/Ramaswami etc.)
• Financial: Pandey/Chandra/Khan & Jain/Bearley
• Operations: Adams/Taha
• HRD: Mammoria/Monappa/Prasad/Flippo

:: Mathematics ::

Paper-I

1. Linear Algebra - K.C. Prasad, K B Datta
2.Calculus - Santhi Narayan
3.Analytic Geometry - Shantinarayan, HC Sinha, DK Jha and Sharma
4.Ordinary Differential eqs:- MD Raising Lumina, Golden seris-NP Bali
5. Dynamics, Statitics and Hydrostatics - M.Ray
6. Vector analysis - Shantinarayan

Paper-II

1.Algebra - K C Prasad, KB Datta
2. Real Analysis - Shantinarayan,Royden
3. Complex Analysis - GK Ranganath
4. Linear Programming - SD sharma
5.Partial Diff.eqs. - Singhania
6. Numerical analysis and Computer Progg. - V. Rajaraman, SS Shasri
7. Mechanics & Fluid dynamics - AP Mathur, Azaroff leonid

Other Important Books

• Modern Algebra - A. R. Vashisth
• Algebra - J. N. Sharma and S. N. Goyal
• Linear Algebra - Schaum Series (Lipshutz) or Sharma and Vashisth
• Matrices - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or Vashisth
• Calculus - I. A. Menon
• Coordinate Geometry - R. L. Soni
• Solid Mechanism - Kazmioo
• Mathematics Dictionary - James
• Differential Equations - Schaum Series (Frank Ayres) or N.M. Kapur or Raisinghania
• Numerical Analysis - S.S. Sastry
• Complex Analysis - Schaum Series or J.N. Sharma
• Operations Research - Kanti Swaroop or Manmohan
• Differential Calculus - Gorakh Prasad
• Analytical Solid Geometry - Shanti Narayanan
• Text Book of Coordinate Geometry - Rai Ballabh
• Mechanism - D. S. Mathur
• Statistical Mechanism - Carson Horg

:: Statistics ::

1. An Introduction to Probability Theory & Mathematical Statistics -V K Rohtagi
2. Fundamentals of Statistics (2 Vol.)- A M Goon, M K Gupta and B Dass Gupta
3. Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications - Paul Meyer
4. Sampling Techniques-William G. Cochran
5. Sampling Theory of Surveys with applications - B. V Sukhatme & B V Sukhatme
6. An Outline of Statistical Theory (2 Vol.) -A M Goon, M K Gupta and B .Dass Gupta
7. Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics-A C Gupta and V K Kapoor
8. Fundamentals of Applied Statistics-S C Gupta and V K Kapoor

:: Economics ::

1. An Introduction to Economics - A.W. Stonier and D.C. Hauge
2. Monetary Theory and Public Policy - Kenneth Kurihara
3. Outline of Monetary Economics - A.C.I. Day
4. Public Finance - H.L. Bhatia
5. Modern Banking - R.S. Sayers
6. Indian Economy - Mishra and Puri
7. Macro Economic Analysis - Edward Shepiro
8. Indian Economy - R. Dutt and KPM Sundaram
9. Economic Growth and Development - Mayer and Baldwin
10. Public Finance - K.K. Andley and Sundharam
11. International Economics - Bo Soderston
12. National Income Accounting - Bakerman
13. Economics Choice - Koutsweanik
14. Banking - S.B. Gupta
15. International Trade - Bo Soderston
16. The Economic Times and Economical and Political Weekly.
17. Dictionary of Economics - Ghaham Bannock; T.E. Baxter, Ray Rees (Penguin)
18. Economics (Read Relevant Chapters) - Paul A. Samuelson
19. The Hindu: Survey of Agriculture & Survey of Industry

APGENCO Trainee Assistant Engineers Syllabus

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Indian Air Force EKT Question Paper 2010

Part A: General Engineering

1. The probability of hitting a target from one gun 9/10, from another gun is 7/10. If both gun are fired at the same time, the probability of hitting the target is
(A) 2/20 (B) 63/100
(C) 16/20 (D) 63/20
2. If the three vectors a, b and c are coplanar , then the missed product a x b. c is
(A) Zero (B) Non-Zero
(C) Unity (D) Non of these
6. When a body hits an obstacle, the force with which it hits the obstacle depends upon its
(A) average velocity
(B) velocity at the instant of collision
(C) initial velocity
(D) all of these
7. The wavelength of visible light is of the order of
(A) 1μm (B) 100 μm
(C) 1mm (D) 1 Å
8. Whenever a source of sound moves towards an observer
(A) the frequency heard by the observer is less than that of the source
(B) the frequency heard by the observer is greater than that of the source
(C) the frequency heard by the observer is unchanged
(D) the wavelength of sound heard is greater than that of the sound emitted
9. Moving electric charges will interact with
(A) electric field only
(B) magnetic field only
(C) both of these
(D) none of these
10. Gamma radiation is most similar to
(A) sound waves (B) X-ray
(C) Alpha particles (D) neutrons
11. The fundamental particle responsible for keeping the nucleus together is
(A) meson (B) anti proton
(C) positron (D) muon
12. Air contains 21% oxygen by volume and the rest nitrogen. If the barometer pressure is 740 mm of Hg the partial pressure of oxygen is close to
(A) 155 mm of Hg
(B) 310 mm of Hg
(C) 465 mm of Hg
(D) 162 mm of Hg
13. In the electrolytic cell
(A) electrical energy is converted into chemical energy
(B) chemical energy is converted into electrical energy
(C) mechanical energy is converted into potential energy
(D) potential energy is converted into kinetic energy
14. The force required to maintain a body at constant speed in free space is equal to
(A) the mass of the body
(B) zero
(C) the weight of the body
(D) the force required to stop it
15. If the length of a spring is halved, the spring constant becomes
(A) half (B) 1/4th
(C) double (D) four times
16. The coefficient of static friction depends on
(A) the material of the bodies in contact
(B) the quality of surface finish of the bodies
(C) the presence of foreign matter between the surface
(D) all of these
17. The units of angular impulse in SI system are
(A) Nms (B) Ns
(C) Nm/s (D) Ns/m
19. Stainless steel contains iron and
(A) Chromium and nickel
(B) Chromium and carbon
(C) Nickel and carbon
(D) Chromium and manganese
20. The property of material by which it offers resistance to scratching or indentation is called
(A) Brittleness
(B) Hardness
(C) Toughness
(D) Resilience
21. The failure of a material due to repeated stressing is known as
(A) Creep
(B) Fracture
(C) Fatigue
(D) Brittle Fracture
22. The electric device which blocks DC but allows AC is called
(A) Capacitor
(B) Inductor
(C) Amplifier
(D) Transducer
23. When a charge is moved from one point to another in an electric field, the work done is
(A) independent of the path
(B) zero along the direction of the field
(C) measured in Joules per metre
(D) measure in Volt per metre
24. A capacitor with lowest leakage is
(A) Paper (B) Ceramic
(C) Polyester (D) Mica
25. A zener diode operates
(A) In an extremely high forward bias
(B) In an extremely low reverse bias
(C) In an extremely low forward bias
(D) In a reverse bias higher than laid down voltage
26. The specific gravity of a lead acid cell is often used as a measure of its
(A) Rate of discharge
(B) Operating temperature
(C) State of charge
(D) Life expectancy
27. An uniformly distributed load is one which
(A) Acts at a point on a beam
(B) Spreads uniformly over the whole length of a beam
(C) Varies uniformly over the whole length of a beam
(D) loads the beam from one end only
28. A steam engine device which keeps the speed of the engine, all loads, constant is known as
(A) Flywheel
(B) Eccentric
(C) Connecting rod
(D) Governor
29. The refrigerant hiving the lowest freezing point is
(A) Ammonia
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Freon – 11
(D) Freon – 22
30. Heat and work are
(A) Path functions
(B) Properties of a substance
(C) Point functions
(D) Absolute units

PART B-1 AE (M): MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1. An impulse turbine
(A) Makes use of a draft tube
(B) Always operates submerged
(C) Converts the pressure head into velocity head through the vanes
(D) Is most suited for low head installations
2. Power required to drive a centrifugal pump is directly proportional to
(A) Diameter of its impeller
(B) Square of diameter of its impeller
(C) Cube of diameter of its impeller
(D) Fourth power of diameter of its impeller
3. The locus of the common point on the two meshing spur gears is known as
(A) Addendum circle
(B) Duodenum circle
(C) Pitch circle
(D) Base circle
4. When there is a reduction in amplitude over every cycle of vibration then the body is said to have
(A) Free vibration
(B) Forced vibration
(C) Damped vibration
(D) Natural vibration
5. For machining at high speed the tool material should have
(A) Wear resistance
(B) Red hardness
(C) Toughness
(D) All of these
6. MIG welding is
(A) A gas welding process
(B) An electric resistance welding process
(C) A electric resistance welding process
(D) A forge welding process involving high temperatures and low pressures
7. The ability of sand to permit the metal to shrink when it solidifies is known is
(A) Plasticity (B) Permeability
(C) Collapsibility (D) Cohesiveness
8. Rivets are generally specified by
(A) Overall length
(B) Shank diameter
(C) Thickness of plates to be jointed
(D) Diameter of head
9. Which of the following is steady flow compressor
(A) Reciprocating compressor
(B) Centrifugal compressor
(C) Voot blower
(D) Vane blower
10. A closed cycle gas turbine works on
(A) Carnot cycle (B) Rankine cycle
(C) Brayton cycle (D) Joule cycle
11. Thermal conductivity of solid metals
(A) Decreases with rise in temperature
(B) Does not vary with temperature
(C) Increases with rise in temperature
(D) Remains constant with rise in temperature
12. During adiabatic saturation process, air property which remains constant, is known as
(A) Wet bulb temperature
(B) Dry bulb temperature
(C) Relative humidity
(D) Specific humidity
13. Bell-Coleman cycle as applied to refrigeration operates
(A) On open air system
(B) On vapour compression system
(C) On vapour absorption system
(D) On none of these
14. The gears in which axes of the shaft connected by them, intersect, are known as
(A) Spur gears (B) Bevel gears
(C) Spiral gears (D) Gear train
15. Shot peening
(A) Is done at re-crystallization temperature
(B) Changes the crystalline structure at materials
(C) Improves the fatigue life of small parts
(D) Refines the grain structure
16. In a bomb calorimeter the heat released by the fuel is absorbed by
(A) Atmospheric air
(B) Water
(C) Metal container
(D) Bomb, water and metal container
17. Nitriding is done
(A) On low carbon steels only
(B) To impart blue colour to steels
(C) To improve machinability
(D) To increase surface hardness
18. The extent of cold work that a metal can withstand depends on
(A) Purity of metal
(B) Carbon percentage
(C) Ductility
(D) Room temperature
19. Which engine has the highest air fuel ratio
(A) Petrol engine (B) Gas engine
(C) Diesel engine (D) Gas turbine
20. Annealing of steels is done to
(A) Remove internal stresses
(B) Produce soft core under hard surface
(C) Produce hard core under soft surface
(D) Introduce capacity to withstand shocks

PART B-2 AE (M): AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

1. What mass of lead (sp gr = 11) will weigh as much as 8 gram of iron (Sp gr = when both are immersed in water
(A) 7.7 gram (B) 8.8 gram
(C) 10.0 gram (D) 1.1 gram
2. Which of the two forces are important in floating bodies
(A) inertial, pressure
(B) buoyancy, gravity
(C) gravity, inertial
(D) pressure, viscous
3. A dimensionless number which is a ratio of kinematics viscosity to thermal diffusivity is known as
(A) Prandtl Number
(B) Nusselt Number
(C) Reynold’s Number
(D) Stanton Number
4. Ozone is an
(A) isomer of oxygen
(B) allotrope of oxygen
(C) isobar of oxygen
(D) isotope of oxygen
5. Within a carburetor the velocity of air is maximum at
(A) inlet
(B) outlet
(C) venture
(D) does not change within a carburetor
6. A 50 Kg mass is accelerated from rest to 50 m/s. The force on it is
(A) 500 N
(B) 2,500 N
(C) 512 N
(D) Can not be determined from the given data
7. In vacuum the velocity of light depends on
(A) none of the following
(B) frequency
(C) temperature
(D) pressure
8. The source of solar energy is
(A) nuclear fission / fusion
(B) electromagnetic radiation
(C) chemical energy
(D) burning of hydrogen
9. The pressure of a real gas is less than the pressure of an ideal gas because of
(A) increase in the number of intermolecular collisions
(B) higher energy possessed by the molecules than the theoretical estimates
(C) inter-molecular forces
(D) finite size of molecules
10. Which of the following is dimensionless
(A) young’s modulus of elasticity
(B) stress (C) strain
(D) shear stress
11. Which of the following relations is incorrect One atmospheric pressure is nearly equal to
(A) 1013 bar
(B) 1013250 dynes/cm2
(C) 1.033kgf/cm2
(D) 735 mm of Hg
12. Which of the following is a scalar quantity
(A) velocity of a gear
(B) acceleration of a car
(C) force in friction
(D) area of a triangle
13. The Mach number at inlet of a gas turbine diffuser is 0.3. The shape of the diffuser would be
(A) converging (B) diverging
(C) diverging – converging
(D) converging – diverging
14. For adiabatic expansion with friction through a nozzle, the following remains constant
(A) entropy (B) static enthalpy
(C) stagnation enthalpy
(D) stagnation pressure
15. Separation of flow is caused by
(A) reduction of pressure in the direction flow
(B) decrease in the boundary layer thickness
(C) increase of pressure in the direction of flow
(D) adverse pressure gradient
16. A pilot tube senses
(A) stagnation pressure
(B) average pressure
(C) maximum pressure
(D) velocity head pressure
17. Which of the following materials has the higher value of Poisson’ ratio
(A) rubber (B) copper
(C) steel (D) concrete
18. During forced vertex flow
(A) velocity increases with radius
(B) velocity decreases with radius
(C) fluid rotates as a composite solid
(D) inertial forces are significant
19. Hooke’s law is valid within the limits of proportionality. The limit of proportionality depends on
(A) type of loading
(B) area of cross section
(C) type of material
(D) hardness of material
20. Euler’s equation of fluid motion can be integrated when it is assumed that
(A) the fluid is incompressible
(B) Bernoulli’s equation is satisfied
(C) flow is rotational
(D) velocity potential exits and the density is constant

PART B-3 AE (L): ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

1. In order for a 30 volt, 90 watt lamp to work properly in a 120 volt supply the required series resister in ohm is
(A) 10 (B) 20
(C) 30 (D) 40
2. According to Theremin’s theorem, any linear active network can be replaced by a single voltage source
(A) in series with a single impedance
(B) in parallel with a single impedance
(C) in series with two impedances
(D) in parallel with two impedances
3. The internal resistance of ammeter is
(A) very small (B) very high
(C) infinite (D) zero
4. Hay bridge is used mainly for the measurement of
(A) resistance (B) inductance
(C) conductance (D) capacitance
5. Which of the following is true about series resonance
(A) The reactance becomes zero and impedance becomes equal to resistance
(B) The current in the circuit becomes maximum
(C) The voltage drop across inductance and capacitance cancels each other
(D) All of the above statements are correct
6. A 3-Ф, 4 wire, 400/230 v feeder supplies 3-phase motor and an unbalanced lighting load. In this system
(A) all four wires will carry equal current
(B) neutral wire will carry no current
(C) neutral wire will carry both motor current and lighting load current
(D) neutral wire will carry current only when lighting load is switched on
7. Equalizing connections are required when paralleling two
(A) alternators
(B) compound generators
(C) series generators
(D) both (B) and (C)
8. An ideal transformer is one which
(A) has a common core for its primary and secondary windings
(B) has no losses and magnetic leakage
(C) has core of stainless steel and windings of pure copper metal
(D) has interleaved primary and secondary windings
9. The principle of operation of a 3-phase induction motor is most similar to that of a
(A) synchronous motor
(B) repulsion-start induction motor
(C) transformer with a shorted secondary
(D) capacitor-start, induction-run motor
10. In the forward region of its characteristic, a diode appears as
(A) an OFF switch
(B) a high resistance
(C) a capacitor
(D) an ON switch
11. The common-emitter forward amplification factor βdc is given by
(A) IC/IE (B) IC/Ib
(C) IE/IC (D) IB/IF
12. A common emitter amplifier is characterized by
(A) low voltage gain
(B) moderate power gain
(C) signal phase reversal
(D) very high output impedance
13. After VDS reaches pinch-off value VP in a JFET, drain current IO becomes
(A) zero (B) low
(C) saturated (D) reversed
14. An electronic oscillator
(A) needs an external input
(B) provides its own input
(C) is nothing but an amplifier
(D) is just a dc/ac converter
15. In an SCR, the function of the gate is to
(A) switch it off
(B) control its firing
(C) make it unidirectional
(D) reduce forward breakdown voltage
16. NAND and NOR gates are called ‘universal’ gates primarily because they
(A) are available everywhere
(B) are widely used in IC packages
(C) can be combined to produce AND, OR and NOT gates
(D) are the easiest to manufacture
17. Registers and counters are similar in the sense that they both
(A) count pulses
(B) store binary information
(C) are made from an array of flip-flops and gates integrated on a single chip
(D) are in fact shift register
18. A flip-flop
(A) is a sequential logic device
(B) is a combinational logic device
(C) remembers what was previously stored in it
(D) both (A) and (C)
19. An operational amplifier
(A) can be used to sum two or more signals
(B) can be used to subtract two or more signals
(C) uses to principle of feed back
(D) all of the above
20. TTL logic is preferred to DRL logic because
(A) greater fan-out is possible
(B) greater logic levels are possible
(C) greater fan-in is possible
(D) less power consumption is possible

PART B-4 AE (L): ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS

1. In a communication system, noise is most likely to get into the system
(A) at the transmitter
(B) in the channel
(C) in the information source
(D) at the destination
2. When modulation frequency is doubled, the modulation index is halved, and the modulating voltage remains constant, the modulation system is
(A) amplitude modulation
(B) phase modulation
(C) frequency modulation
(D) angle modulation
3. Impedance inversion may be obtained with
(A) a short – circuited stub
(B) an open – circuited stub
(C) a quarter – wave line
(D) a half – wave line
4. HIGH frequency waves are
(A) observed by the F2 layer
(B) reflected by D layer
(C) capable of use for long-distance communication on the moon
(D) affected by the solar cycle
5. Which one of the following terms does not apply to the Yagi-uda array
(A) Good band width
(B) Parasitic elements
(C) Folded diploe
(D) High gain
6. A duplexer is used
(A) to couple two different antennae to a transmitter without mutual interference
(B) to allow one antenna to be used for reception or transmission without mutual interference
(C) to prevent interference between two antennae when they are connected to receiver
(D) to increase the speed of the pulses in pulsed radar
7. Indicate which of the following system is digital
(A) Pulse – Position modulation
(B) Pulse – Code modulation
(C) Pulse – Width modulation
(D) Pulse – Frequency modulation
8. A forward error correcting code corrects errors only
(A) requiring partial retransmission of the signal
(B) requiring retransmission of entire signal
(C) using parity to correct to errors in all cases
(D) requiring no part of the signal to be transmitted
9. A typical signal strength received from a geosynchronous communication satellite is of the order of
(A) a few milli watts
(B) kilo watts
(C) watts
(D) few pico watts
10. Telephone traffic is measured
(A) with echo cancellers
(B) by the relative congestion
(C) in terms of the grade of service
(D) in erlangs
11. Positive logic in a logic circuit is one in which
(A) logic 0 and 1 are represented by 0 and positive voltage respectively
(B) logic 0 and 1 are represented by negative and positive voltages respectively
(C) logic 0 voltage level in higher than logic 1 voltage level
(D) logic 0 voltage level is lower than logic 1 voltage level
12. A half-adder can be made from
(A) two NAND gates
(B) a NOT gate and an OR gate
(C) an AND gate and an OR gate
(D) an AND gate and an X-OR gate
13. Which of the following devices has its characteristics very close to that of an ideal current source.
(A) Field effect transistor
(B) Transistor in common bas mode
(C) Zener diode
(D) MOSFET
14. The main use of a common base transistor amplifier is
(A) as voltage amplifier
(B) current amplifier
(C) for matching a high source impedance to a low load impedance
(D) for rectification of a.c. signal
15. A class-B amplifier is biased
(A) Just at cut-off
(B) nearly twice cut-off
(C) at mid point of load line
(D) so that IB equals jut IC
16. If the peak transmitted power in a radar system is increased by a factor of 16, the maximum range will be increased by a factor of
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
17. A high PRF will (indicate the false statement)
(A) make the returned echoes easier to distinguish from noise
(B) make target tracking easier with conical scanning
(C) increase the maximum range
(D) have no effect of the range resolution
18. A solution to the “blind speed” problem in a radar system is to
(A) change the Doppler frequency
(B) vary the PRF
(C) use mono pulse
(D) use MTI
19. The number of active picture elements in a television image depends on
(A) fly back time
(B) CRT screen size
(C) received band width
(D) FB ratio of receiver antenna
20. In a colour TV, the three primary colours are
(A) red, orange and blue
(B) red, blue and green
(C) red, green and yellow
(D) red, orange and green

PART B-5 AE (L): COMPUTER ENGINEERING

1. A logic gate is an electronic circuit which
(A) makes logic decision
(B) allows electron flow only in one direction
(C) works on binary algebra
(D) alternates between 0 and 1 values
2. NAND and NOR gates are called ‘universal’ gates primarily because they
(A) are available everywhere
(B) are widely used in IC packages
(C) can be combined to produce AND, OR and NOT gates
(D) are the easiest to manufacture
3. The ascending order of a data hierarchy is:
(A) bit-byte-record-field-file-data base
(B) byte-bit-field-record-file
(C) byte-bit-record-field-file-data base
(D) bit-byte-field-record -file-data base
4. A dumb terminal can do nothing more than communicate data to and from a CPU of a computer. How does a ‘smart’ terminal differ from dumb terminal
(A) it has a primary memory
(B) it has a cache memory
(C) it has a micro processor
(D) it has an input device
5. The main distinguishing features of fifth generation digital computer will be
(A) liberal use of micro processors
(B) artificial intelligence
(C) extremely low cost
(D) versatility
6. Which of the following terms is not used to refer to the recording density of a disk
(A) mega-density (B) single-density
(C) double-density (D) quad-density
7. The two kinds of main memory are
(A) primary and secondary
(B) random and sequential
(C) ROM and RAM
(D) central and peripheral
8. Which one of the following is not an octal number
(A) 29 (B) 75 (C) 16 (D) 102
9. Main problem with LCDs is that they are very difficult to read
(A) directly
(B) in bright light
(C) in dull light
(D) both (B) and (C)
10. Both computer instructions and memory addresses are represented by
(A) character codes
(B) binary codes
(C) binary word
(D) parity bit
11. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/an
(A) interpreter (B) simulator
(C) compiler (D) commander
12. All the keys on the IBM PC key board repeat as long as we hold them down. Such type of keys are known as
(A) typematic keys
(B) functional keys
(C) automatic keys
(D) alphabetic keys
13. What does the acronym ISDN stands for
(A) Indian Standard Digital Network
(B) Integrated Services Digital Network
(C) Intelligent Service Digital Network
(D) Integrated Services Data Network
14. Two basic types of operating system are
(A) sequential and direct
(B) batch and time sharing
(C) direct and interactive
(D) batch and interactive
15. Which of the following entity does not belong to word processing
(A) characters (B) words
(C) cells (D) paragraphs
16. A schema describes
(A) data elements
(B) records and filer
(C) record relationship
(D) all of the above
17. Which of the following is not a tool used to manage and control schedule performance
(A) CAD (B) PERT
(C) CPM (D) Gantt Chart
18. An expert system differs from a data base program in that only an expert system
(A) contains declarative knowledge
(B) contains procedural knowledge
(C) features the retrieval of stored information
(D) experts users to draw own conclusion
19. The virtual memory addressing capability of 80386 is
(A) 4 GB (B) 16 GB
(C) 64 GB (D) 64 TB
20. The 80486 microprocessor from Intel consists of
(A) a fast 32 bit CPU but no coprocessor
(B) a 32 bit CPU and an 80387 coprocessor only
(C) a 32 bit CPU, a 80387 coprocessor and memory management unit (MMU) only
(D) a 32 bit CPU, a 80387 coprocessor, memory management unit and a cache me

UPSC allows candidates to appear in interview in Languages opted for written exams

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided that candidates who opt for an Indian language medium other than Hindi for the written Civil Services exam can now give the interview in the same Indian language, English or Hindi.

The UPSC said in an affidavit submitted in the Bombay High Court that As per the recommendations of an expert committee, even those candidates who give the main exam in English can now choose for the interview English, Hindi or any other Indian language, opted by them for the compulsory Indian language paper in the written part of the test,

The affidavit was submitted in response to a PIL filed by a IAS aspirant .