Friday, July 18, 2014

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus Psychology-II

Psychology:  Issues and Applications  

1. Psychological Measurement of Individual Differences:
The nature of individual differences;  Characteristics and construction of standardized psychological tests;  Types of psychological tests;  Use, misuse and limitation of psychological tests;  Ethical issues in the use of psychological tests.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Psychology Paper-I

Foundations of Psychology 
1. Introduction:
Definition of Psychology; Historical antecedents of Psychology and trends in the 21st century; Psychology and scientific methods; Psychology in relation to other social sciences and natural sciences; Application of Psychology to societal problems.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus

Political Science and International Relations (PS&IR) Paper-I

Political Theory and Indian Politics: 

  1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.  
  2. Theories of the State: Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluralist, Post-colonial and feminist. 
  3. Justice: Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian critiques.  
  4. Equality: Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action. 
  5. Rights: Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; concept of Human Rights. 
  6. Democracy: Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy  representative, participatory and deliberative. 
  7. Concept of power, hegemony, ideology and legitimacy.  
  8. Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism. 
  9. Indian Political Thought : Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo, M.K. Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, M.N. Roy . 
  10. Western Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt. 

Indian Government and Politics: 

  1. Indian Nationalism: a.    Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle: Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non-cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and revolutionary movements, Peasant and workers’ movements. b.    Perspectives on Indian National Movement: Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical humanist and Dalit. 
  2. Making of the Indian Constitution: Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives.  
  3. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution: The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine. 
  4. (a) Principal Organs of the Union Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court. (b) Principal Organs of the State Government: Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts. 
  5. Grassroots Democracy: Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.  
  6. Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Women; National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission.  
  7. Federalism: Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes.  
  8. Planning and Economic Development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalilzation and economic reforms.  
  9. Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.  
  10. Party System: National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties; patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behaviour; changing socio- economic profile of Legislators 
  11. Social Movements: Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist movements.

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UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Physics Paper-II

1. Quantum Mechanics: 
Wave-particle dualitiy; Schroedinger equation and expectation values; Uncertainty principle; Solutions of the one-dimensional Schroedinger equation for a  free particle (Gaussian wave-packet), particle in a box, particle in a finite well, linear harmonic oscillator; Reflection and transmission by a step potential and by a rectangular barrier; Particle in a three dimensional box, density of states, free electron theory of metals; Angular momentum; Hydrogen atom; Spin half particles, properties of Pauli spin matrices.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Physics Paper-I

1. (a)   Mechanics of Particles: 
Laws of motion; conservation of energy and momentum, applications to rotating frames, centripetal and Coriolis accelerations; Motion under a central force; Conservation of angular momentum, Kepler’s laws; Fields and potentials; Gravitational field and potential due to spherical bodies, Gauss and Poisson equations, gravitational self-energy; Two-body problem; Reduced mass; Rutherford scattering; Centre of mass and laboratory reference frames.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Philosophy Paper-II

Socio-Political Philosophy 

1. Social and Political Ideals: Equality, Justice, Liberty.
2. Sovereignty: Austin, Bodin, Laski, Kautilya.
3. Individual and State: Rights; Duties and Accountability
4. Forms of Government: Monarchy; Theocracy and Democracy.
5. Political Ideologies: Anarchism; Marxism and Socialism
6. Humanism; Secularism; Multiculturalism.
7. Crime and Punishment: Corruption, Mass Violence, Genocide, Capital Punishment.
8. Development and Social Progress.
9.  Gender Discrimination: Female Foeticide, Land and Property Rights; Empowernment.
10. Caste Discrimination: Gandhi and Ambedkar

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Philosophy Paper-I

History and Problems of Philosophy:

1. Plato and Aristotle: Ideas; Substance; Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality.
2. Rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz):  Cartesian Method and Certain Knowledge; Substance; God; Mind-Body Dualism; Determinism and Freedom.
3. Empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume): Theory of Knowledge; Substance and Qualities; Self and God; Scepticism.
4. Kant: Possibility of Synthetic a priori Judgments; Space and Time; Categories; Ideas of Reason; Antinomies; Critique of Proofs for the Existence of God

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Medical Science-II

1.  General Medicine: 
Etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and principles of management (including prevention) of: - Tetanus, Rabies, AIDS, Dengue, Kala-azar, Japanese Encephalitis.
Etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and principles of management of:
Ischaemic heart disease, pulmonary embolism.
Bronchial asthma.
Pleural effusion, tuberculosis, Malabsorption syndromes, acid peptic diseases, Viral hepatitis and  cirrhosis of liver.
Glomerulonerphritis and pyelonephritis, renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, renovascular hypertension, complications of diabetes mellitus, coagulation disorders, leukemia, Hypo and hyper thyrodism, meningitis and encephalitis.
Imaging in medical problems, ultrasound, echocardiogram, CT scan,  MRI.
Anxiety and Depressive Psychosis and schizophrenia and ECT.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Medical Science Paper-I

1.  Human Anatomy: 
Applied anatomy including blood and nerve supply of upper and lower limbs and joints of shoulder, hip and knee.
 Gross anatomy, blood supply and lymphatic drainage of tongue, thyroid, mammary gland, stomach, liver, prostate, gonads and uterus
Applied anatomy of diaphragm, perineum and inguinal region.
Clinical anatomy of kidney, urinary bladder, uterine tubes, vas deferens.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Mechanical Engineering Paper-II

1. Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics and Turbine:

1.1 Basic concept of First –law and second law of Thermodynamics; concept of entropy and reversibility; availability and unavailability and irreversibility.
1.2 Classification and properties of fluids; incompressible and compressible fluids flows; effect of Mach number and compressibility; continuity momentum and energy equations; normal and oblique shocks; one dimensional isentropic flow; flow or fluids in duct with frictions that transfer.
1.3 Flow through fans, blowers and compressors; axial and centrifugal flow configuration; design of fans and compressors; single problems compresses and turbine cascade; open and closed cycle gas turbines; work done in the gas turbine; reheat and regenerators.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Mechanical Engineering Paper-I

1.  Mechanics: 
1.1 Mechanics of rigid bodies:
Equations of equilibrium in space and its application; first and second moments of area; simple problems on friction; kinematics of particles for plane motion; elementary particle dynamics.
1.2  Mechanics of deformable bodies:
Generalized Hooke’s law and its application; design problems on axial stress, shear stress and bearing stress; material properties for dynamic loading; bending shear and stresses in beams;. determination of principle stresses and strains - analytical and graphical; compound and combined stresses; bi-axial stresses - thin walled pressure vessel; material behaviour  and design factors for dynamic load; design of circular shafts for bending and torsional load only;  deflection of beam for statically determinate problems; theories of failure.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Mathematics Paper-II

(1) Algebra: Groups, subgroups, cyclic groups, cosets, Lagrange’s Theorem, normal subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphism of groups, basic isomorphism theorems, permutation groups, Cayley’s theorem.
Rings, subrings and ideals, homomorphisms of rings; Integral domains, principal ideal domains, Euclidean domains and unique factorization domains; Fields, quotient fields.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Mathematics Paper-I

(1)  Linear Algebra: Vector spaces over R and C, linear dependence and independence, subspaces, bases, dimension; Linear transformations, rank and nullity, matrix of a linear transformation.
Algebra of Matrices; Row and column reduction, Echelon form, congruence’s and similarity; Rank of a matrix; Inverse of a matrix; Solution of system of linear equations; Eigen values and eigenvectors, characteristic polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, Symmetric, skew-symmetric, Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, orthogonal and unitary matrices and their Eigen values.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Management Paper-II

1. Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making:
Descriptive statistics – tabular, graphical and numerical methods, introduction to probability, discrete and continuous probability distributions, inferential statistics-sampling distributions, central limit theorem, hypothesis testing for differences between means and proportions, inference about population variances, Chi-square and ANOVA, simple correlation and regression, time series and forecasting, decision theory, index numbers; Linear programming – problem formulation, simplex method and graphical solution, sensitivity analysis.

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2014 Syllabus: Management Paper-I

The candidate should make a study of the concept and development of management as science and art drawing upon the contributions of leading thinkers of management and apply the concepts to the real life of government and business decision making keeping in view the changes in the strategic and operative environment.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Urdu Paper-II

Answers must be written in Urdu.

This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.

Section-A

1. Mir Amman Bagho-Babar

2. Ghalib Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib

3. Mohd. Husain Nairang-e-Khayal Azad

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Urdu Paper-I

Answers must be written in Urdu.

Section-A

Development of Urdu Language

a) Development of Indo-Aryan (i) Old Indo-Aryan (ii) Middle Indo Aryan (iii) New Indo Aryan

b) Western Hindi and its dialects Brij Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi Kannauji, Bundeli-Theories about the origin of Urdu Language

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Telugu Paper-II

Answers must be written in Telugu.
This paper will require first hand reading of the prescribed texts and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability, which will be in relation to the following approaches.
i) Aesthetic approach-Rasa, Dhwani, Vakroti and Auchitya-Formal and Structural-Imagery and Symbolism.
ii) Sociological, Historical, Ideological, Psychological approaches.

Section-A

1. Nannaya-Dushyanta Charitra (Adiparva 4th Canto verses 5-109)
2. Tikkana-Sri Krishna Rayabaramu (Udyoga parva -3rd Canto verses 1-144)
3. Srinatha-Guna Nidhi Katha (Kasi-khandam, 4th Canto, verses 76-133)
4. Pingali Surana-Sugatri Salinulakatha (Kalapurnodayamu 4 Canto verses, 60-142)
5. Molla-Ramayanamu (Balakanda including avatarika)
6. Kasula Purushothama Kavi-Andhra Nayaka Satakamu

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Telugu Paper-I

Answers must be written in Telugu.

Section-A

Language
1. Place of Telugu among Dravidian languages and its antiquity-Etymological history of Telugu, Telugu and Andhra.
2. Major linguistic changes in phonological, morphological, grammatical and syntactical levels, from Proto-Dravidian to old Telugu and from old Telugu to Modern Telugu.
3. Evolution of spoken Telugu when compared to classical Telugu-Formal and functional view of Telugu language.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Tamil Paper-II

Answers must be written in Tamil.
The paper will require first hand reading of the Text prescribed and will be designed to test the critical ability of the candidate.

Section-: A

Part: 1 Ancient Literature
(1) Kuruntokai (1-25 poems)
(2) Purananurui (182-200 poems)
(3) Tirukkural Porutpal : Arasiyalum Amaichiyalum (from Iraimatchi to Avaianjamai)
Answers must be written in Tamil

Section: A

Part: 1 History of Tamil Language
Major Indian Language Families-The place of Tamil among Indian languages in general and Dravidian in particular-Enumeration and Distribution of Dravidian languages.
The language of Sangam literature-The language of medieval Tamil: Pallava period only-Historical study of Nouns, Verbs, adjectives, adverbs Tense markers and case markers in Tamil.
Borrowing of words from other languages into Tamil-Regional and social dialects-difference between literary and spoken Tamil.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Sindhi Paper-II

Answers must be written in Sindhi (Arabic of Devanagari script).
This paper will require the first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability.

Section-A

References to context and critical appreciation of the texts included in this section.

(1) Poetry
a. "Shah Jo Choond Shair" : ed. H.I. Sadarangani, Published by Sahitya Akademi (First 100 pages)
b. "Sachal Jo Choond Kalam" : ed. Kalyan B. Advani Published by Sahitya Akademi (Kafis only)
c. "Sami-a-ja Choond Sloka" : ed. B.H. Nagrani Published by Sahitya Akademi (First 100 pages)
d. "Shair-e-Bewas" : by Kishinchand Bewas
("Saamoondi Sipoon" portion only)
e. "Roshan Chhanvro" : Narayan Shyam

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Sindhi Paper-I

Answers must be written in Sindhi (Arabic or Devanagari script).

Section-A

1. (a) Origin and evolution of Sindhi language-views of different scholars.
(b) Significant linguistic features of Sindhi language, including those pertaining to its phonology, morphology and syntax.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Santhali Paper-II

(Answers must be written in Santhali)

Section A

This paper will require in-depth reading of the following texts and the questions will be designed to test the candidates’ critical ability.

Ancient Literature 
            Prose

(a)    Kherwal Bonso Dhorom Puthi – Majhi Ramdas Tudu “Rasika”.
(b)   Mare Hapramko Reyak Katha – L. O. Scrafsrud.
(c)    Jomsim Binti Lita – Mangal Chandra Turkulumang Soren.
(d)   Marang Buru Binti – Kanailal Tudu.

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2014 Syllabus: Santhali Paper-I

(Answers must be written in Santhali)

Section A

Part – I  History of Santhali Language.
I. Main Austric Language family, population and distribution.
II. Grammatical structure of Santhali Language.
III. Important character of Santhali Language : Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Translation, Lexicography.
 IV.      Impact of other languages on Santhali.
 V.      Standardization of Santhali Language.
 Part – II  History of Santhali Literature.
I. Literary trends of the following four periods of History of Santhali Literature
 (a)    Ancient literature before 1854.
(b)   Missionary period : Literature between 1855 to 1889 AD.
(c)    Medieval period: Literature between 1890 to 1946 AD.
(d)   Modern period: Literature from 1947 AD to till date.
 II. Writing tradition in History of Santhali literature.

Section B

Literary forms – Main characteristics, history and development of following literary forms.
Part – I Folk Literature in Santhali – folk song, folk tale, phrase, idioms, puzzles, and Kudum.
Part – II  Modern literature in Santhali
(a)    Development of poetry and prominent poets.
(b)   Development of prose and prominent writers.
(i)        Novels and prominent Novelists.
(ii)       Stories and prominent story writers.
(iii)      Drama and prominent Dramatist.
(iv)     Criticism and prominent critics.
(v)      Essay, sketches, memoirs, travelogues and prominent writers.

UPSC Civil Services Examination 2014 Syllabus: Sanskrit Paper-II

Question from Group 4 is to be answered in Sanskrit only. Question from Groups 1, 2 and 3 are to be answered either in Sanskrit or in the medium opted by the candidate.

Section-A

General study of the following groups:-
Group 1 a) Raghuvamsam-Kalidasa
b) Kumarasambhavam-Kalidasa
c) Kiratarjuniyam-Bharavi
d) Sisupalavadham-Magha
e) Naisadhiyacaritam-Sriharsa
f) Kadambari-Banabhatta
g) Dasakumaracaritam -Dandin
h) Sivarajyodayam-S.B. Varnekar
Group 2 a) Isavasyopanisad
b) Bhagavadgita
c) Sundarakanda of Valmiki’s   Ramayana
d) Arthasastra of Kautilya

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Sanskrit Paper-I

There will be three questions as indicated in the question paper, which must be answered in Sanskrit. The remaining questions must be answered either in Sanskrit or in the medium of examination opted by the candidate.

Section-A

1. Significant features of the grammar, with particular stress on Sanjna, Sandhi, Karaka, Samasa, Kartari and Karmani vacyas (voice usages) (to be answered in Sanskrit).
2. (a) Main characteristics of Vedic Sanskrit language.
(b) Prominent features of classical Sanskrit language.
(c) Contribution of Sanskrit to linguistic studies.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Punjabi Paper-II

Answers must be written in Punjabi in Gurumukhi Script.

This paper will require first-hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate’s critical ability.

Section-A

a) Sheikh Farid The complete Bani as included in the Adi Granth.

b) Guru Nanak Japu Ji Baramah, Asa di Var

c) Bulleh Shah Kafian

d) Waris Shah Heer

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Punjabi Paper-I

Answers must be written in Punjabi in Gurumukhi Script.

Section-A

a) Origin of Punjabi language : different stages of development and recent development in Punjabi language : characteristics of Punjabi phonology and the study of its tones: classification of vowels and consonants.

b) Punjabi morphology : the number-gender system (animate and inanimate), prefixes, affixes and different categories of Post positions: Punjabi word formation: Tatsam. Tad Bhav, forms: Sentence structure, the notion of subject and object in Punjabi: Noun and verb phrases.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination Syllabus: Oriya Paper-II

Answers must be written in Oriya.
Critical Study of texts -
The paper will require first hand reading of the text and test the critical ability of the candidate.

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Oriya Paper-I

Answers must be written in Oriya.

Section-A

History of Oriya Language
(i) Origin and development of Oriya Language-Influence of Austric, Dravidian, Perso-Arabic and English on Oriya Language.
(ii) Phonetics and Phonemics : Vowels, Consonants Principles of changes in Oriya sounds.
(iii) Morphology : Morphemes (free, bound compound and complex), derivational and inflectional affixes, case inflection, conjugation of verb.
(iv) Syntax : Kinds of sentences and their transformation, structure of sentences.
(v) Semantics-Different types of change in meaning Euphemism.
(vi) Common errors in spellings, grammatical uses and construction of sentences.
(vii) Regional variations in Oriya Language (Western, Southern and Northern Oriya) and Dialects (Bhatri and Desia)

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014 Syllabus: Nepali Paper-II

Answers must be written in Nepali.

This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed below and questions will be designed to test the candidate’s critical acumen.

Section-A

1. Santa Jnandil Das-Udaya Lahari

2. Lekhnath Poudyal-Tarun Tapasi

(Vishrams III, V, VI, XII, XV, XVIII only)

UPSC Civil Services Main Examination 2014: Nepali Paper-I

Answers must be written in Nepali.

Section-A

1. History of the origin and development of Nepali as one of the new Indo-Aryan Languages

2. Fundamentals of Nepali Grammar and phonology:

(i) Nominal forms and categories :-

Gender, Number, Case, Adjectives, Pronouns, Avyayas

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) New Delhi shall conduct interview for the Posts of Stores Officer in Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) from 4th to 8th August 2014 from 10.00 A.M to 05.00 P.M on each date. The written test for the above said post was held on 27.04.2014 in the Afternoon Session from 12.30 P.M to 02.30 P.M. and Result was declared on 3 June 2014. Read UPSC Press Release in this regard. Log on to www.upsc.gov.in

UPSC Recruitment Result Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central)/Assistant Welfare Commissioner/Assistant Director in Grade-V

Result Details for 57 posts of Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central)/Assistant Welfare Commissioner/Assistant Director in Grade-V of Junior Time Scale of Central Labour Services, Ministry of Labour and Employment. CBRT was held on 04.08.2013. Check your details on www.upsc.gov.in

UPSC: Recruitment Result: Senior Administrative Officer Grade-II in DRDO

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) New Delhi declared Recruitment Result ADVERTISEMENT NO. 07/2013 ITEM No.03 (VACANCY NO. 13050703425) DATED 25.05.2013 for the Posts of Senior Administrative Officer Grade - II in Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Total 8 candidates made to the final list. Check your results, log on to www.upsc.gov.in

UPSC: Recruitment Result: Meteorologist Grade II (Electrical, Electronics/Instrumentation)

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi, declared Recruitment Result [ADVT. NO. 07/2013 (ITEM NO. 12, VACANCY NO. 13050712625) Dated 25.05.2013] for the Post of Meteorologist Grade-II (Electrical & Electronics or Instrumentation). Total 11 candidates made it to the Final List based on Competitive Written Test and Interview held by UPSC. Check your results, log on to www.upsc.gov.in 

UPSC: Recruitment Result Meteorologist Grade-II

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), New Delhi declared the list of candidates  [ADVT. NO. 07/2013 (ITEM NO. 15, VACANCY NO. 13050715225) DATED 25.05.2013] for appointment to the post of Meterologist Grade-II. 28 candidates has made to the final list. Check your results, log on to www.upsc.gov.in

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