APSC Combined Competitive Exam Syllabus ( Main )

1.AGRICULTURE

• PAPER ­ I
  Ecology   and   its   relevance   to   man,   natural   resources,   their   management   and   conservation,Physical and Social environment as factors of crop distribution and production.  Climatic elements as factors of crop growth impact of changing environments,  Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and humans.
  Cropping  patterns in  different agro climatic  zones of the county,  Impact of high yielding
  patterns, Concepts of multiple cropping, Multi­story ,Relay and  intercropping  and  their  importance in relation  to  food  production,  package of  practices  for  production  of  important  cereals, Pulses, Oilseed, Fibre, Sugar and  Commercial  crops  grown  during  Kharif  and  Rabi s easons  in different regions of the country.
  Important features, scope and propagation of various types of forestry plantations, such as
  extension / social forestry, agro­forestry and natural forests.
  Weeds—   their   characteristics,   dissemination   and   association   with   various   crops,   their
  multiplications, cultural,  biological and chemical control of weeds.
  Processes   and   factors   of   soil   formation,   Classification   of   Indian   soils   including   modern concepts,  Mineral  and  Organic  constituents  of  soils  and  their  role  in  maintaining  soil productivity problem,  Soils  extent  and  distribution  in  India  and  their  reclamation,  Essential Plant nutrient andother beneficial elements in soils and plants — their occurrence, factors affecting their distributions,functions  and   cycling   in  soil,  Symbiotic   and  non­symbiotic  nitrogen  fixation,  Principles  of  soilfertility and its evaluation for judical fertilizer use.
  Soil conservation planning on water shed basis, Erosion and run­off management in hilly, foot
  hills   and   valley   lands,   processes   factors   affecting   them,   Dry   land   agriculture   and   its   problems,Technology for stabilising agriculture production in rainfed agriculture area.
  Water use efficiency in relation to crop production criteria or scheduling irrigations, ways and
  means of reducting run off losses of irrigation water, Drainage of water logged soils.
  Farm   management,   scope   importance   and   characteristics,   Farm   planning   and   budgeting,Economics of different types of farming systems.
  Marketing and pricing of agricultural inputs and outputs, Price fluctuations and their cost, Role
  of cooperatives in agricultural economy, Types and system of farming and factors affecting them.Agricultural extension, its importance and role, Methods evaluation of extension programmes,
  Social­economic  survey  and  status  of big,  small and  marginal  farmers  and  landless  agriculturallabourers, The farm mechanization and its role in agricultural production and rural employment,Training programmes for extension workers, Lab to land programmes.
  
• PAPER ­ II
  Heredity  and variation,  Mendel’s Law of Inheritance,  Chromosomal theory of inheritance,
  Cytoplasmic inheritance, Sex linked, Sex influenced and Sex limited characters. Spontaneous and induced mutations, Quantitative characters.
  Origin and domestication of field crop, Morphology patterns of variations in varieties and
  related species of important field crops, Causes and utilization of variations in crop improvement.Application   of   the   principles   of   plant   breeding   to   the   improvement   of   major   field   crops,Methods   of   breeding   of   self   and   cross­pollinated   crops,   Introductions,   selection,   hybridization,Heterosis  and its exploitation,  Male sterility  and self  incompatibility,  Utilization  of Mutation and Polyploidy in breeding.
  Seed technology and importance, production, processing and testing of seeds of Crop plants,
  Role of National and State seed organisations in production, Processing and marketing of improved seeds.
  Physiology   and   its   significance   in   agriculture,   Nature,   Physical   properties   and   chemical constitution   of   protoplasm,   Inbibition   surface   tension,   Diffusion   and   osmosis,   Absorption   and translocation of water, Transpiration and water economy.
  Enzymes   and   plant   pigments,   photosynthesis,   modern   concepts   and   factors   affecting  the process, Aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
  Growth and development. Photo periodins and vernalization Auxim, Hormones and other plant
  regulators and their mechanism of action and importance in agriculture.
  Climatic requirements and cultivation of major fruits, Plans and vegetable crops, the package of
  practices  and  the  scientific   basis  for  the same,   Handling  and   marketing  problems   of  fruits  and vegetables, Principal  methods of preservation,  important  fruits and  vegetables  products, Processing techniques   and   equipment.   Role   of   fruits   and   vegetable   in   human   nutrition.Landscape and floriculture  including  raising  of  ornaments  plants and  design and  layout of  lawns and gardens.
  Diseases pests of field, vegetable, orchard and plantation crops of India and measures to control
  these, Causes and Classification of plant diseases, Principles of plant disease   control including
  exclusion,   eradication,  immunisation   and   protection,   Biological   control   of   pests   and   disease,Integrated   management   of   pests  and   disease,   Pesticides   and   their   formulations, Plant protection equipment — their care and maintenance.
  Strong pests of cereals and pulses, Hygiene of storage go downs, Preservation and remedial
  measure.
  Food production and consumption trends in India, National and International food policies,
  Procurement, distribution,  Processing and production constraints, Relation  of food production to national  dietary  pattern,  Major  deficiencies  of  calorie  and  protein,  Animal husbandry and Veterinary Science.

2.ANTHROPOLOGY

PAPER ­I

• Group A : Introduction to Physical Anthropology
  Definition and Scope of Physical Anthropology.
  A general study of the animal skeleton.
  Man’s   place   in   the   animal   kingdom,   Classification   of   the   mammals   and   their
  characteristic  features,   Classification   of primates   and  their  characteristic  features.  Living
  primates—   their   distribution   and   significant   characteristics,   Living   anthropoids—their
  distribution   and   significant   characteristics.   Position   of   man   in   the   order   Primate.
  Distinguishing characteristics of man.
• Group B : Human Evolution :
  General principal of organic evolution. Lamarckism and Darwinism.
  General idea of human evolution. Fossil evidences of human evolution.
  A general study of the following fossil types :
  Dryopithecus,   Ramapithecus,   Australopithecinae,   Pithecanthroupus,   Sinanthroupus,
  Neanderthals, Cro­Magnon, Grimaldi and Chancelade man.
• Group C : Elements of Genetics and Race :
  Elementary knowledge of Genetics and Heredity. Biological basis of inheritance cell,
  Chromosome, gene, cell divns.
  Mendel’s law  of Inheritance
  Definition   and   genetic   concept   of   race,   Principal   criteria   for   racial   classification:
  stature, skin, colour, head hair, head form, nose form, face form, eye, ABO blood groups.
  Role of heredity and environment in the formation of races.
  Major groups of human races — their characteristics and distribution.
  Racial, Elements in India, Racial elements in North East India.
• Group D : Prehistory
  Definition, aims and scope of prehistory.
  Geological time scale. Climatic fluctuation during the Pleistocene period—glacial and
  interglacial, pluvial and interpluvial periods.
  Relative and absolute methods of dating.
  Prehistoric tool types and technology, tool families.
  Palaeolithic cultures, main division of European and Indian Paleolithic cultures and
  their distinctive features, including chronological sequence.
  A brief outline of the post­ pleistocene Mesolithic culture development in Europe.
  Characteristics of Neolithic culture and economy; Neolothic tool types and industries,
  Neolithic economic patterns— domestication of plants and animals.
  A brief introduction of Metal Age.
  

PAPER ­II

Social and Cultural Anthropology

• Group A : Social Anthropology :
  Scope of Social Anthropology and its relationship with other branches of anthropology
  and   other   disciplines   (e.g.   sociology,   political,   science,   history,   linguistics).   Uses   and
  applications of social anthropology— a brief introduction.
  Concept of a society, basic features of human society, characteristic features of folk /
  primitive society.
  Social institutions :
  (a) Marriage — Definition, forms (monogamy) and polygamy)
  Regulation   (exogamy   and   endogamy),   rules   of   residence   after   marriage,
  preferential marriage (cousin marriage, sorrorate, levirate filial inheritance), ways
  of acquiring mates, marriage payments (bride price and down).
  (b) Family — Definition, types functions.
  (c) Kinship — Terminology, usages and behaviour­patterns.
  (d) Unilateral descent groups (lineage and clan) Definitions, types, functions.
• Group B : Cultural Anthropology
  Concept of culture in anthropology—meaning and definitions, material and nonmaterial
  culture, culture and society (the relationship between the two concepts), culture is
  learned (enculturation / socialization).
  Material culture and subsistence economic pursuits of   primitive peoples—gathering,
  hunting, fishing, pastoralism, agriculture (including shifting cultivation).
  Culture change—culture contact and acculturations, evolution and diffusion (a brief and
  general idea).
• Group C : Religion in Primitive/Non­literate Societies.
  Definition   and   concept   of   religion   in   primitive   society.   Magic—different   types   of
  magic, Relation between magic and religion, Divination, spell and prayer.
  A general outline of Animatism, Animism, Fetishism, Taboo, Man Toterism.
• Group D : Indian Society and Regional Ethnography of North East India :
  The concepts of tribe and caste. A brief outline of tribal populations of India.
  Caste system in India—salient features, changing aspects of caste in India.
  Introduction to North East India–the area and its distinctive tribal populations (their
  general) pattern of distribution and important socio­economic characteristics.
  A Study  of material  culture and social­economic life of any one of the following
  Scheduled Tribes of Assam.
  (i) The Mishing (Miri) (iv) The Karbi (Mikir)
  (ii) The Tiwa (Lalung) (v) The Dimasa.
  (iii) The Bodo Kachari

3.ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY SCIENCE

PAPER ­ I

1. Animal Nutrition :
   Energy Sources, energy metabolism and requirements for maintenance and production of
   milk, meat, eggs and work, Evaluation of feeds and sources of energy.
   I.  Advanced studies in Nutrition—Protein— sources of protein metabolism and synthesis,
   protein quantity and quality in relation to requirements, Energy protein ratios in ration.
   II. Advanced   studies  in  Nutrition  Minerals—Sources,   functions,  requirements   and  their
   relationship of the basic mineral nutrients including trace elements.
   III. Vitamins,   Hormones   and   Growth   stimulating   substances,   Sources,   functions,
   requirements and inter­relationship with minerals.
   IV. Advanced   Ruminant   Nutrition­Dairy   Cattle­Nutrients   and   their   metabolism   with
   reference to milk production  and its composition.  Nutrients requirements  for calves
   heifers dry and milking cows and buffaloes. Limitations of various feeding system.
   V. Advanced   Non­Ruminant   Nutrition   Poultry­Nutrients   and   their   metabolism   with
   reference to poultry, meat and egg product. Nutrients requirements and feed formulation
   and broilers at different ages.
   VI. Advanced Non­Ruminant Nutrition Swine— Nutrients and the metabolism with special
   reference to growth and quality of meat production, Nutrient requirements and feed
   formulation for baby growing and finishing pigs.
   VII.Advanced   Applied   Animal   Nutrition—Critical   review   and   evaluation   of   feeding
   experiments, Digestibility and balance studies, Feeding standards and measures of feed
   energy,   Nutrition   requirements   for   growth   maintenance   and   production,   Balanced
   rations.
2. Animal physiology :
   I. Growth and Animal production — Prenatal and postnatal, growth maturation, growth
   curves, measures of growth factors affecting growth conformation, body composition
   meat quality.
   II. Milk production and Reproduction and Digestion— Current status of hormonal control
   of mammary, development milk secret and milk ejection composition of milk of cows
   and buffaloes. Male and female reproduction organs, their components and function,
   Digestive organs and their functions.
   III. Environmental Physiology—Physiological relations and their regulation, mechanisms of
   adoption,   environmental   factors   and   regulatory   mechanism   involved   in   animal
   behaviour, methods and controlling climatic stress.
   IV. Semen   quality,   preservation   and   Artificial   insemination   components   of   semen,
   composition   of   spermatozoa   chemical   and   physical   properties   of   ejaculated   semen,
   factors,  affecting,  semen,  preservation   composition   of diluents.  Sperm concentration
   transports of diluted semen. Deep Freezing techniques in cows, sheep and goats, swine
   poultry.
3. Livestock Production and Management:
   I. Commercial   Dairy   Farming–   Comparison   of   dairy   farming   in   India   with   advanced
   countries. Dairying under mixed farming and as a specialised farming. Economic dairy
   farming, Starting of the dairy farm, Capital and land requirement. Organisation of the
   dairy farm. Procurement of goods, Opportunities in diary farming factors determining
   the efficiency of dairy animal Herd recording, hudgeting cost of milk production, Pricing
   policy, Personnel Management.
   II. Feeding practices of dairy cattle— Developing practical and economic ration for dairy
   cattle, Supply of greens throughout the year, Field and fodder requirements of dairy
   farm, Feeding regimes for day and young stock and bulls, heifers and breeding animals
   new trends in feeding young and adult stock Feeding records.
   III. General problems of sheep, goat pigs and poultry management.
   IV. Feeding of animals under drought conditions.
4. Milk Technology :
   I. Organization of milk procurement, Collection and transport of raw milk.
   II. Quality testing and grading raw milk, Quality storage grade of shole milk, Skimmed
   milk and cream.
   III. Processing,  packaging,  storing,  distribution,   marketing   defects  and  their  control  and
   nutritive properties of the following milks — Pasteurized standardized toned, double
   toned sterilized homogenised reconstituted filed and flavoured milks.
   IV. Preparation  of  cultured   milks,  cultures  and  their  management,  Vitamin   D soft curd
   acidified and other special milks.
   V. Legal   standards,   Sanitation   requirement   for   clean   and   safe   milk   for   the   milk   plant equipment.

PAPER ­ II

1. Genetics   and   Animal   breeding   probability   applied   to   Mendelian   inheritance,   Hardy
   Weiberg Law. Concept and measurement of in breeding and heterozygosity, Wrights approach in
   contract to Malecots Estimation  of parameters  and measurements,  Fishers theorem of natural
   selection,   polymorphism.   Polygenic   systems   and   inheritance   of   quantitative   traits,   Casual components of variation.  Biometrical models and covariance between relatives. The theory of Pathooefficient applied to  quantitative genetic analysis. Heritability, Repeatability and Selection
   models.
   I.   Population Genetics  applied to animal Breeding— Population  Vs  individual   and
   population size and factors changing it. Gene numbers and their estimation in farm animals,  gene requency   and   zygotic   frequency   and   forces   changing   them,   mean   and   variance   approach  to equilibrium  under   different  situations  subdivision  of  phenotypic  variance,  estimation of additive, non  additive  genetic  and  environmental  variances in  Animal  population, Mendelism and blending
   inheritance, Genetic nature of differences  between species, races, breeds and other sub­specific
   grouping and the grouping and the origin of group of differences resemblance  between relativesII. Breading Systems : Heritability repeatability genetices and environmental corelations,
   methods   of   estimation   and   the   precision   of   estimates   of   animal   data,   Review   of   biometrical relations between relatives. Mating systems inbreeding out breeding  and uses  phenotypic assertive mating   aids   to   selections,   Family   structure   of   animal   populations   under  non ­random mating systems, Breeding   for   threshold   traits. Selection index its   precision, General and specific combining ability. Choices of affective  breeding plans.
   Different types of methods of selection, their effectiveness and limitations, selection indices
   construction  of selection  in retrospect evaluation  of genetic gains  though selection  correlated
   response in animal experimentations.
   Approach to estimation of general and specific combining ability, Dilate fractional daillete
   crosses reciprocal recurrent selection inbreeding and hybridirization.
2. Health and Hygiene : Anatomy of Ox and Fowl, Histological technique, freezing paraffin
   embedding etc. Preparation and staining of blood films.
   I. Common histological stains, Embryology of a cow.
   II. Physiology of blood and its circulation, respiration, excretion, endocrine glands in health
   and disease.
   III. General knowledge of pharmacology and therapeutics of drugs.
   IV. Vety­Hygienes with respect of water, air and habitation.
   V. Most   common   cattle   and   poultry   diseases,   their   mode   of   infection,   prevention   and
   treatment   etc.   Immunity   General   principles   and   problems   of   meat   inspecting
   jurisprudence of Vet practice.
   VI. Milk Hygiene.
3. Milk Product Technology : Selection of raw materials assembling, production, processing,
   storing   distributing   and   marketing,   Milk   products   such   as   Butter,   Ghee,   Khoa,   Chana
   Cheese. Condensed evaporated died milk and baby foods, Ice cream and Kulfi, by products
   whey products, butter, milk, lactose and casein, Testing, Grading Judging milk products– ISI
   and Agmark specifications, legal standard quality control nutritive properties, Packaging,
   processing and operational control costs.
4. Meat Hygiene
   I. Zoonosis Diseases transmitted from animals to man.
   II. Duties and role of Veterinarians in a slaughter house to provide meat that is produced
   under ideal hygiene conditions.
   III. By­products from slaughter house and their economic utilsation.
   IV. Methods of collection preservation and processing of hormonal glands for medicinal use.
5. Extension
   I. Extension Different methods adopted to educate farmers under rural conditions.
   II. Utilisation of fallen animals for profit extention education etc.
   III. Define  Trysem  :  Different   possibilities   and   methods   to   provide  self­employment   to
   educated youth under rural conditions.
   IV. Cross breeding as a method of upgrading the local cattle.

4.BOTANY

PAPER ­I

1. Morphology  : External morphology of vegetative and reproductive structures, Micro and
   Megasporogenesis,   Fertilization,   Post   fertilization   changes   leading   to
   formation   and   development   of   embryo,   Endosperms,   Seeds   and   fruits,
   Dehiscence of fruits and seed dispersal.
2. Anatomy : Cell as a unit of life. Ultrastructure, cell formation. Tissue system and their
   classification with special reference to anatomical and physiological aspects,
   Secondary   growth   including   anomalous   types,   Types   of   stele   and   their
   evolution from simple to complex forms, Comparison of vascular anatomy of
   root­stem transition region with that of stem or root.
3. Cryptogams Algae :   Variations in structure and reproduction in the main classes,   their   relationship and tends of evolution with particular reference to the following types :
   Myxophyceae : Nestoc, Anabaena
   Chlorophyceae : Volvox, Chlorella, 
      Ulothrix, Cosmarium,
      Chaetophora, Chara
      hydrodictyon, Oedo­gonium
   Bacillariophyceae : General account
   Xanthophyceae : Vaucheria
   Phaeophyceae : Extrocarous, Dictyota,Fucus
   Rhodophyceae: Batrachospermun,Polysiphonia
   Economic uses of Algae
   (Fungi) : Classification, distinguishing features and reproduction in different types with
   particulars reference to the following :
   Phycomycetes  : Phytophthora,Cystopus
   Ascomycetes : Saccharomyces,Penicillium Eryshiphae
   Basidiomycetes : Ustilago, Puccinia,Psalliota
   Fungi­Imperfacti : Helminthosporium,Fusarium,
   (Lichens) : Classification and economic uses.
   (Bryophytes): Structure, reproduction, sporophytic evolution, comparative study and
   interrelationships of bryophytes with special reference to the following types:
   Marchantia, Anthoceros, Sphagnum.
   (Pteriodophyhtes) : A general account,  Classification comparative morphology, anatomy and
   reproduction   in   the   Pteridophytes   including   evolutionary   tendencies   with
   particular reference to the following types : Lycopodium, Isoeties, Marsilea.
   (Gymnosperms)  : General classification, comparative study on morphology, anatomy and
   reproduction.   Representative   type   study   on   Cycas,   Pinus,   Gnetum,
   Knowledge of fossil formation and fossil gymnosperms.
   (Angiosperms)   : Principles   of   classification,   Merits   and   demerits   of   old   systems   of
   classification, Origin and evaluation of angiosperms, Critical studies on the
   following families : Poaceae,   Liliaceae   Musaceae,   Arecaceae,   Orichidaceae,   Brassicaceae,
   Cucurbitaceae,   Erassicaceae,   Tiliaceae,   Malvaceae,   Rutaceae,   Fabaceae,
   Apicaceae, Lamiaceae, Epocynaceae, Asteraceae, and Buphoribiaceae.

PAPER ­II

• Physiology  : Absorption and conduction of water and salts, Transpiration, Mechanism of
  opening and cb­sing of stomata, Major and minor  elements and their role in
  plant nutrition,Methods of determination of essentiality of elements, Micro
  and macro nutrients, Photosynthesis in mechanism and importance, Factors
  affecting   the   process,   Nitrogen   metabolism   respiration,Fermentation
  ­metabolism   and   importance,   Factors   affecting   them,   Growth   and
  development,   Plant   hormones,   their   function   and   uses   physiology   of
  reproduction­photoperiodism and vernalization plant movements.
• Ecology : Basic   concepts   of   Ecology,   Ecological   factors,   Concepts   of   plant
  community, Plant succession and invasion, Development of community and
  their association.
  Phytogeographical regions of India & Flora of Assam.
• Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding  : Cytoplasm, Nucleus and other cell inclusions 
  and structure of chromosome, cell divisions and
  Plant Breeding  Polyploidy, Mendel’s Laws, pre and post Mendelian concept of inheritance,
  Linkage   and   crossing   over,   Chromosome   theory   of   heredity,   mutation,
  Principles and methods of plant breeding.
• Evoluation  : General concept, evidences of evolution. Theories of evolution.
• Economic Botany : Botanical names, process of cultivation and manufacture of products and
  uses of the following plants of human welfare:
  Cereals : Rice, Wheat, Maize
  Legumes : Soyabeen, Pea, Gram, Ground­nut.
  Oil : Mustard, Coconut, Castor
  Fibre : Cotton, Jute
  Beverage  : Tea
  Sugar : Sugar­cane
  Drugs : Cinchona, Atropa, Belladona, Rauolfia.

5.CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

PAPER ­I

• A. CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (ORGANIC) :
  Pulp and paper, sugar, fermentation product— industrial alcohol, rectified spirit, beers,
  wines and liquors, Oils and fats processing and hydrogenation, Soap and detergent, plastics
  polymerization,   types   and   methods,   polythyline,   polypropylene,     polystyrene.   Polyvinyl
  esters, p­f, u­f and m­f, synthetic fibersnyl, lyester, acrylic and cellulose.
  Petroleum refining and petrochemical– refining of petroleum, cracking and reforming,
  sources   of   raw   materials   and   their   preparation   for   petrochemicals   from  natural   gas   and petroleum,   fractions,   conversion   of   raw   materials   to   olefins   synthesis   gas   and   BTX, separation processes of hydrocarbons for petrochemical synthesis.
• B. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (THERMODYNAMICS) : 
  First   and   second   laws   of   the   thermodynamics—   internal   energy   enthalpy,   absolute
  temperature entropy, work function and free energy.
  Heat capacity and specific heat, reversible and irreversible processes, Ideal and non­ideal
  gases,   equations   of   state,   Heat   effects   accompanying   phase   change,   standard   heats   of
  formation, reaction and combustion, Physical equilibrium, Rule equilibrium state, criteria of
  equilibria, fugacity, Gibbs— Duhem equation, Van­darwal’s equation.
  Chemical equilibria­criteria, equilibrium conversion, equilibrium constant.
  Refrigeration
• C. CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING :
  Kinetic, classification of reaction, rate of reaction, effect of temperature, energy of activation,
  order and modularity of reactions.
  Batch reactors—integral and differential methods of analysis of data for constant volume and
  variable   volume   batch   reactors,   Xero,   first   and   second   order   and   catalytic   reactions,
  reversible and irreversible reactions, half life period, series and parallel reactions, Reactor
  design— principles, mass and energy balances, design expressions for batch, tubular and
  constant stirred tank reactors, multireactor system.
  Catalysts­properties, selection and preparation of solid catalysts, mechanism heterogenous
  catalysis.
• D. MECHANICAL OPERATIONS :
   Size reduction of solids — equipments, laws of communition, poorer requirement.
  Mechanical separation processed, Screening, Settling, Floatation, Classification, Filtration,
  Sedimentation and thickening, Electrostatic, Magnetic and Centrifugal Separations.
  Mixing and agitation, fundamentals, equipments, power requirements.
  Storage and conveying, mechanical and pneumatic conveyors elevators, principles of storage
  of solids.

PAPER ­II

• A. INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESS CONTROL :
  Elements and types of instruments statice and dynamic characteristics, Time constant,
  Order of instruments, Response of instruments.
  Instruments   of   measurement   for   temperature,   pressure   flow,   liquid   level   and
  composition analysis.
  Process control—simple system analysis, block diagram linearization, first and higher
  order   systems,   frequency   response,   distributed   parameter   systems,   dead   time,   feedback
  control serve and regulator control, closed loop response optimization  of control system
  response, stability test.
  Simple instrumentation diagrams for process equipments.
• B. MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS :
  Molecular diffusion —laws of diffusion, analogy between momentum, heat and mass
  transfer.
  Interphase mass, transfer mass, transfer coefficients, gas­liquid and liquid— equilibria.
  Principles, equipments and design methods for various mass transfer operation viz, gas
  absorption & stripping, liquid extraction, leaching, distillation, crystallization, humidification
  & dehumidification.
• C. HEAT TRANSFER OPERATIONS
  Conduction­steady and unsteady state conduction one dimensional system.
  Convection—film   concept   individual   film   coefficients,   overall   heat   transfer
  coefficients, heat transfer in boiling liquids, condensation.
  Radiation— black body concept, Kirchoff’s Law, emissivity, absorptivity, view factor.
  Furnaces—classification, combustion, calculation.
  Heat transfer equipments— double pipe and shell and tube heat exchangers, coolers,
  condensers, evaporators—their construction, operation and design principles.

6.CIVIL ENGINEERING

PAPER -I

• (A) Theory and Design of Structures
  Theory
  Principles of superposition, reciprocal theorem, unsymmetrical bending.
  Determinate and indeterminate structures, simple and space frames, degree of freedom,
  virtual work energy theorem deflection of trusses, redundant frames, three moment equation, slop
  deflection and moment distribution methods, column analogy, Energy methods, approximate and
  unmercial methods.
  (a) Moving loads :
  Shearing force and Bending moment diagrams, Influence lines for simple and continuous
  beams and frames.
  Analysis of determinate and indeterminate arches, spandrel graced arch.
  Matrix methods of analysis, stiffness and flexibility matrices, Elements of plasric analysis.
  (b) Steal Design :
  Factors of safety and load factors. Design of tension, Compression and flexural members,
  Built up beams and plate girders, Semi-rigid and rigid connections.
  Design of stanchions, slab and gussated bases, crane and gantry girders, roof trusses,
  industrial and multistroyed buildings, water tanks.
  Plastic design of continuous frames and portals.
  (c) R. C. Design :
  Design of slabs, simple and continuous beems, colums, footings — single and combined ,
  reft foundation, elevated water tanks, encased beems and column, ultimate load design.
  Methods and systems of prestressing, anchoranges, losses in prestress.
  Design of prestressed girders, ultimate load design.
• (B) Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering :
  Dynamics of fluid flow — Equation of continuity, energy and momentum, Bernoullis
  theorem, Cavitation velocity potential and steam function, rotational and irrotational flow, Free
  and forced vertices , flow net.
  Dimensional analysis and its application to practical problems.
  Vis cous flow-Flow between static and moving parallel plates, flow through circular tubes,
  film lubrication, velocity distribution in Laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer.
  Incompressible flow through pipes- Laminar and turbulent flow, critical velocity, losses,
  stamton diagram. Hydraulic and energy grade lines, siphons, pipe network , forces on pipe bends.
  Compressible flow Adia batic and isenthropic flow, Subsonic and supersonic velocity,
  Mech number shock waves, Water Hammer.
  Open channel flow — uniform and non-uniform flow, best hydraulic cross-section,
  Specific energy and critical depth gradually varied flow, Classification of surface profiles,
  Control sections, Standing wave flume, Surges and waves, Hydraulic jump.
  Design of canals — Un- linked channel in alluvium, the critical tractive stress, principles of
  sediment transport regime theories, lined channels, hydraulic design and cost analysis, drainage
  behind lining.
  Canal structures- Designs of regulation work, cross drainage and communication works —
  cross regulators, head regulator canal falls aqueducts, matering flumes etc., canal outlets.
  Diversion Head works — principles of design of different parts of impermeable and
  permeable foundations, Khosle’s theory, Energy dissipation- sediment exclusion.
  Dams – Design of rigid dams, earth dams, force acting on dams, stability analysis.
  Design of spillways.
  Walls and Tube Wells.
• (C) Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering : soils, Mechanics— Origin and
  Classification of soils, Atterburg limits void ratio, moistrue contents, permeability, laboratory and
  field tests, Seepage and flow nets, flow under hydraulic structures, uplift and quic and conditon,
  Unconfined and direct shear tests, triaxial test, earth pressure theories, stability of slopes,
  Theories of soils consolidation, rate of settlement. Total and effective stress analysis, pressure
  distribution in soils, Boussinesque and wasterguard theories. Soil stabilization.
  Foundation Engineering, Bearing capacity of folltings, piles and wells, design of retaining
  walls, sheet res end caissons.

PAPER -II
Note : A candidate shall answer questions only from any two parts.

• Part A : Building Constructions :
  Building Materials and Constructions – timber, stone, brick, sand surkhi, mortar concrete,
  paints and varnishes plastics etc.
  Detailing of walls, floors , roofs, ceilings, stair cases, doors and windows, finishing of
  building plastering, pointing painting, etc. Use of building codes, ventilation, air conditioning,
  lighting and acoustics.
  Building estimates and specifications, Construction scheduling – PERT and CPM methods.
• Part B : Railways and Highways Engineering :
  (A) Railways : Permanent way ballast, sleeper, chairs and fastenings, points and crossing
  different types of turn outs cross-over sitting out of points.
  Maintenance of track super elevating, creep of rain, ruling gradients, track resistance,
  tractive effort, curve resistance.
  Station yards and machinery, station buildings, platform sidings, turn tables.
  Signals and interlocking, level crossing.
  (B) Roads and Runways : Classification of roads, Planning geometric design.
  Design of flexible and rigid pavements, subbase and wearing surfaces.
  Traffic engineering and traffic surveys, intersection road signs, signals and markings.
• Part C : Water Resources Engineering
  Hydrology-Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, evaporation, transpiration and infiltration,
  hydrographs, units hydrograph, flood estimation and frequency.
  Planning for water Resources – Ground and surface water resources, surface flows, Single
  and multi-purpose projects storage capacity, reservoir losses, reservoir silting, flood routing,
  Benefit cost ratio, General principles of optimisation.
  Water requirements for crops— quality of irrigation, water, consumptive use of water,
  water depth and frequency of irrigation, duty of water irrigation methods and efficiencies.
  Distribution system for canal irrigation, Determination or required channel capacity,
  channel losses, Alignment of main and distributory channels.
  Water-logging— Its causes and control, design of drainage system, soil salinity.
  River training— Principles and Methods.
  Storage Works —Types or dams (including earth dams) and their characteristics, Principles
  of design, criteria for stability, Foundation treatment, Joints and galleries, Control of seepage.
  Spilways— Different types and their suitability anery dissipation, Slpilway crest gates.
• Part D : Sanitation and Water Supply :
  Sanitation: Site and Orientation of buildings, ventilation and damp proof course, house
  drainage conservancy and waterborne system of waste disposal sanitary appliances latrines and urinals.
  Disposal of sanitary sewage industrial waste, storm sewage- separate and combined
  system. Flow through-sewers, design of sewers, sewer appertenances manholes, inlets, junctions, syphon ejection etc.
  Sewer treatment— working principles, units, chambers, sedimentation tank etc., Activated
  sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sluge.
  Rural sanitation, Environmental pollution and ecology.
  Water supply—Estimation of water resources, ground water hydraulics predicting demand
  of water, Impurities of water, physical, chemical and bactriologycal analysis, water borne
  diseases.
  In take of water— Pumping and gravity schemes.
  Water treatment— Principles of settling, coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation,
  Slow, rapid and pressure filters, softening, removal of taste, odour and salinity.
  Water Distribution — Layouts, storage, hydraulic pipelines, pipe fitting, pumping station and
  their operations.

7.CHEMISTRY

PAPER I

• Unit I : Wave Particle Duality : Particle nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric
  effect, photon, wave nature of electron, X­ray and electron diffraction; de Broglie’s
  hypothesis,   Atomic   orbitals,   quantum   numbers   and   electronic   configuration   of
  atoms.
  
• Unit II : Nature of Chemical Bonding :  Ionic bond­crystal lattice, lattice energy, Bond
  Haber cycle, ionic radii, Fajan’s rule and polarization, Covalent bond. Molecular
  orbitals—LCAO­MO   approach­bonding,   antibonding   and   non   bonding   orbitals.
  Hybridization, Bonding and physical properties—solubility, melting point, boiling
  point and thermal decomposition.
  
• Unit III : Gaseous   State   of   Matter   :  Gas   laws   and   behaviour   of   ideal   gases,   Kinetic
  molecular theory of ideal gases, Molecular speeds and their distribution, Deviation
  from ideal behaviour real gases, causes deviation, Van der Waal’s equation of state
  of real gases, critical constants,  equation of corresponding states, Collision number
  and mean free path, Heat capacity of gases. Determination of molecular weights of
  gases.
  
• Unit IV : Chemical Thermodynamics I :  Zeroath Law, Concept of temperature, Basic
  thermodynamics   concept­system,   surroundings,   universe,   closed   and   isolated
  systems,  Thermodynamic  functions  of  states  and  variables,  The second  law  of
  thermo   dynamic   Concept   of   entropy   reversible   and   irreversible   processes   and
  entropy, The chemical potential.
  
• Unit V : Chemical thermodynamics  II  :  Energy  and  the  first  law of  thermodynamics,
  Properties of the energy, Changes in energy in relation to changes in properties of
  the system, Cp and Cv joule Thompson effect, Application  of first law of the
  thermodynamic to chemical reaction, The heat of reactions and enthalpy, Partial
  molar quantities, Gibb’s energy.
  
• Unit VI : Properties of Liquids and Solids :  Condensed phases, liquefaction of gases,
  liquefaction of air, Coefficients of thermal expansion and compressibility, Heats of
  fusion,   vaporisation   and   sublimation,   Vapour   pressure,   surface   tension   and
  viscosity,     Capillary   action,   Structural   differences   between   solids,   liquids   and
  gases.
  
• Unit VII : Systems of variable composition :
  Chemical Equilibrium :
  The   Gibb’s   energy   of   a   mixtures,   the   chemical   potentials   of   pure   ideal   gas,
  chemical   potential   of   an   ideal   gas   in   a   mixtures   of   ideal   gases,   Chemical
  equilibrium in a mixture. The chemical equilibrium in a mixtures of ideal gases,
  Chemical equilibrium in mixture of real gases. The equilibrium constants Kx and Kc ,  The temperature dependence of the equilibrium constant, Chemical reactions
  and the entropy of the universe, The Gibb’s Duhem equation.
  
• Unit VIII : The Ideal Solution and the Colligative properties :
  Kinds of solution, definition of ideal solution, Colligative properties, The freezing
  point  depression.  Solubility   elevation  of  the  boiling   points,  Osmotic  pressures,
  Raolt’s   Laws   and   determination   of   molecular   weights   based   on   colligative
  properties.
  
• Unit IX : Chemical Kinetics :  Rate Laws, Order and molecularity of chemical reactions.
  Determination   of   a   order   of   a   reaction,   Dependence   of   rate   of   reaction   on
  temperature,   Consecutive   and   complex   reaction,   Free   radical   reactions
  mechanisms,   Reactions   in   solution.   Catalysis­Acid   base   catalysis,   Enzyme
  catalysis,   The   activation   energy   and   the   collision   theory   of   reaction   rates,
  Unimolecular reaction, The theory of absolute reaction rates.
  Gibb’s energy and entropy of activation, Reactions in solution­ ionic reactions, salt
  effects.
  
• Unit X : Surface Phenomena : Surface energy and surface tension, Magnitudes of surface
  tension, Measurement of surface tension, Thermodynamic formulation, Bubbles,
  Liquid   and   solid   interfaces,   Surface   tension   and   absorption,   Surface   films,
  Absorption and solids, Physical absorption and Chemical absorption, Colloids and
  colloidal properties, Collodial electrolytes, Soaps and detergents, Emulsions and
  foams.
  Text Book : 1. S. R. Palit : Physical Chemistry.
  2. G. W. Castellan : Physical Chemistry.
  Narosa Publishing House.

PAPER ­II
INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

• Unit I : Structure of the Atom :  Important sub atomic particles, Bohr’s model of the
  hydrogen atom. Sommerfelds modification. Qunatum numbers and orbitals. Pauli’s
  exclusion   principle   electronic   configuration   of   atoms.   Hund’s   rule.   Aufbau
  principle.   Dual   nature   of   matter   and   radiations,   de   Broglies   relationship,
  Heisenberg’s   uncertainly   principle,   Schrodinger’s   wave   equation   and   quantum
  mechanical description of an atom, Significance of quantum numbers.
  
• Unit II : Periodic Laws and Periodic Properties of Elements :  Short and long forms of
  periodic tables. The modern classification of elements into 18 groups, types of
  elements   based   on   electronic   configuration.   Periodicity   of   properties   valency,
  atomic size ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity, density, melting
  and boiling points, General group study, Position of hydrogen in the periodic table.
  The   noble   gases,   The   transition   elements   properties   in   relation   to   electronic
  configuration.
  
• Unit III :Acids and Bases : Modern theories of acids and bases, Lewis concept, Bronstead
  and Lowry concept, Oxidation, reduction, reactions, Balancing of redox reactions
  by   ion   electron   and   oxidation   number   methods,   The   reactions   of   potassium
  permanagenate, potassium dichromate and potassium iodate per acids and per salts.
  
• Unit   IV   :   Radio­activity   :  Natural   and   artificial   radio­activity.   Laws   of   radio   active
  disintegration,   disintegration,   series   nuclear   stability,   packing   fraction,   binding
  energy, nuclear fission and fusion. Isotopes— principles of separation and uses.
  
• Unit V : Metals and non­metals : Metals­occurrence, general principle and technique, used
  in   metallurgy,   Alloys,   Properties   and   uses   of   alloys,   Intermetallic   compounds,
  Corrosion and protection of metals, Studies of non metals, Atomic structure and
  periodic, Studies of non metals, Atomic structure and periodic classification of non
  metal.   Allotropes   of   oxygen,   sulphur,   carbon   and   phosphorus,   Differences   in
  properties of metals and non metals, Metalloids, Oxides, oxyacids and hydrides.
  Classification and general properties.
  
• Unit   VI   :   Complex   and   Double   salts   :  Warner’s   theory   of   coordination   compounds,
  coordination number, Role of coordination compounds in analysis.
  
• Unit   VII   :   The   Chemistry   of   Carbon   Compounds   :  Carbon   and   hydridizartion,
  Hydrocarbons, Classes of organic compounds, Nomenclature of carbon compounds
  Stereochemistry of carbon, Homologous series, Isomerism in carbon compounds,
  Stereo­chemistry of carbon compounds, Asymmetric synthesis.
  
• Unit VIII : Hydrocarbons :  Alkanes, Alkenes, alkynes and arynes, General methods of
  preparation   and   general   properties,   Alicyclic   and   heterocyclic   compounds.
  Aromaticity–aromatic   antiaromatic   and   non   aromatic   compounds,   Polynuclear
  hydrocarbons naphthalene and anthracene.
  
• Unit IX : Derivative of Hydrocarbons : Functional groups and introduction of functional
  groups in hydrocarbons. Alcohols and phenols, Halogen derivatives, alderhydes
  and ketones, Nitro, Nitroso, Amino, azo, azoxy and hydrozo derivatives. Acids and
  multifunctional derivatives, Preparation, properties and uses of the derivatives, Oils
  and fats Vitamins and Hormones, Antibiotics (general idea).
  
• Unit   X   :   Carbohydrate,   Proteins   Dyes   and   Polymers   :  Carbohydrate­   Classificationmonosaccharides, disaccharides  and  polysaccharides  (glucose, sucrose and starch),configuration D and L, configuration of glucose, Mutarotation and epimerization,ring structures of glucose, Starchs and polypeptide unite in protein, classification of proteins, simple and conjugated proteins, Dyes — Colour and constitution of dyes,
  Classification, azo and triphenyl methane dyes, Dyeing of fabrics, Polymers and
  polymerization, Classification of polymers. Synthetic fibres — nylon, decron and
  polyester, Plastics and their uses, Scopes of polymer industries in Assam.
  Text Book : 1. Organic Chemistry : P. L. Soni
  2. Text Book of Inorganic Chemistry: A. K Dey
  3. Basic Inorganic Chemistry : F. A. Cotton.

8.COMMERCE AND ACCOUNTANCY

PAPER ­ I
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

• PART ­ I
  Accounting, Auditing and Taxation :
  Important provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Definition, Charge of Income Tax
  —Exemptions, Depreciation and Investment allowance, Simple problems of computation of
  Income under the various heads and determination of assessable Income Tax authorities.
  Nature   and   functions   of   Cost­Accounting­Cost   Classification   ­   Techniques   of
  segregating semi­variable costs in to fixed and variable components­ Job costing­FIFO and
  weighted average methods of calculating, equivalent units of production—Reconciliation of
  cost and financial  accounts— marginal  costing Costvolume­Profit Relationship,  Algebric
  formula and graphical representation Shutdown point— Techniques of cost control and cost
  reduction  ­ budgetary    control flexible budgets—Standard costing  and variance analysis,
  Responsibility accounting, bases of charging overhead and their inherent fallacy­costing for
  pricing decision.
  Significance   of   the   attest   function—   programming   the   audit   work,   Valuation   and
  Verification of liabilities, Audit of limited companies, Appointment status,   powers, duties
  and liabilities of the Auditor’s report, Audit of share capital and transfer of shares­special
  points in the audit of banking and insurance companies.
• PART ­II
  Business, Finance and Financial Institution
  Concept and Scope of Financial Managment, Financial goals of Corporations, Capital,
  Budgeting,   rules   of   the   thumb   and   Discounted   cash   flow   approaches,   Incorporating
  uncertainty   in   investment   decisions,   Designing   and   optimal,   Capital   structure   Weighted
  average cost of capital and the controversy surrounding the Modigliant Miller mode, sources
  of raising short term, intermediate and long term finance, Role of Public and convertiable
  debentures, Norms and guidelines regarding debt­equity ratios, Determinates of an optimal
  dividend policy­optimising models of James E. Walter and Johan Linter­Forms of dividend
  payment. Structure of working capital and the variable affecting the level of dif