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IAS Syllabus 2014 for Preliminary, Main Exam


The UPSC exam calendar 2014 has been announced. The dates for IAS preliminary and mains civil service examination 2014 have also been announced. The Indian Administrative Services Examination is conducted in two parts. The first part of the exam is known as Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) while the second is the main examination.

The objective of the CSAT exam is to the test candidate’s ability for reasoning and critical thinking. IAS Syllabus for Preliminary Exam enlists important topics that need to be covered for General Science Paper I and II. The first section of the paper concentrates on current events of national and international importance while the second section of the paper focuses on comprehension, communication, interpersonal skills and general mathematical ability.

Since 2013 there has been a slight change in the pattern for IAS Civil Services Main Exam. There are four compulsory papers of General studies and there is only one optional paper instead of two and a compulsory essay paper.

To understand the IAS Syllabus in a better manner it is important to understand the Scheme of the civil services examination. Below is the paper pattern for the CSAT and Main Exam.

CSAT (Civil Service Aptitude Test):-


•Sections: General Science Paper I and General Science Paper II.
•Duration per section: 2 hours (120 minutes).
•Marks per section: 200 marks.
•Type of Questions: Objective type.

Civil Services Main Examination:-


•Type of Examination: Written Examination and interview.
•Four compulsory General Studies paper.
•One optional paper.
•Compulsory papers.

Following is IAS Syllabus for preliminary services examination. The exam consists of two compulsory papers of 200 marks each.

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER-I

•Duration:2 hours (120 minutes)
•Marks:200 marks
•Current events and affairs of national and international importance.
•Indian History and the Indian National Movement.
•India and World Geography: Physical, Social, Economic
•Indian Polity and Governance- constitution and political setup.
•System, Panchayati Raj, Public policies, rights and issues.
•Economic and Social Development, sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics and social sector initiatives.
•General issues on environmental ecology, biodiversity and climate change.

GENERAL STUDIES PAPER- II

•Duration: 2 hours (120 minutes)
•Marks: 200 marks
•Interpersonal and Communication Skills.
•Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability.
•Problem Solving and Decision making.
•General Mental Ability.
•Basic Numeracy (Numbers and their relations, order of magnitude,etc). (Class X level) Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency).


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VITEEE Syllabus 2015 | Physics | Chemistry | Mathematics | Biology

Your Search for VITEEE Syllabus rightly ends here. Vellore Institute of Technology has announced syllabus for its entrance exam. VITEEE Syllabus is similar to the syllabus prescribed for standard XI and XII by the State Board of Higher Secondary Education and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The syllabus forms the base and summit of preparation and planning your study according to this course of study will take you one step further towards your dream of securing admission at VITEE.

Following is a topic wise syllabus for each subject. You can also download PDF of VITEEE Syllabus for subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.

PHYSICS

•Electrostatistics
•Current Electricity
•Effects of Electric Current
•Electromagnetic induction and Alternating Current
•Electromagnetic waves and Waves Optics
•Atomic Physics
•Dual nature of Radiation and Matter
•Nuclear Physics
•Semiconductor Devices and their Applications

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CHEMISTRY

•Atomic Structure
•P,d,f- Block Elements
•Co-ordination Chemistry and Solid State Chemistry
•Thermodynamics, Chemical Equibrillium and Chemical Kinetics
•Electrochemistry
•Isomerism in Organic Compunds
•Alcohols and Ethers
•Carboynl Compunds
•Carboxylics Acids and their derivaties
•Organic Nitrogen compounds
•Biomolecules (Cabrohydrates,aminoacids and lipids)

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BIOLOGY

•Taxonomy
•Evolution
•Cell and Molecular Biology
•Reproduction
•Genetics
•Microbiology and Immunology
•Biochemistry
•Physiology:Plant and Human
•Biotechnology and its applications
•Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment
•Applied Biology and Human Welfare

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MATHEMATICS

•Application of Matricies and Determinants
•Complex numbers
•Analytical Geometery of two dimensions
•Vector Algebra
•Analytical Geometery of three dimensions
•Diffrential Calculus
•Integral Calculus and its applications
•Differential Equations
•Probability Distributions
•Discrete Mathematics


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CLAT Syllabus 2015


Common Law Admission Test is a national level examination administered by selected National Law Universities in India. The exam is a single level test for admission to undergraduate (LLB) and post graduate (LLM) courses. Admission is done on the basis of rank performance of candidates. Following is  a detailed CLAT Syllabus for LLB and LLM exam.  Before this is important to understand the pattern of the exam.

 




Pattern of CLAT Undergraduate Programme


Total Marks
200
Total Number of Questions
200
Duration
Two hours
Subject wise areas with weightage
English including comprehension
40 marks
General Knowledge and current affairs
50 marks
Mathematics
20 marks
Logical Reasoning
45 marks
Legal Aptitude and Awareness
45 marks



Pattern of CLAT Post Graduate Programme

Total Marks
200
Duration of Exam
Two hours
Subject Areas
Law of Contract, Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Constituional Law,Legal Theory
Total Number of Questions
Objective Type
100 questions of one mark each
Essay
Two questions of 100 marks each

I English including Comprehension: The intention of this section is to test aspirants proficiency and command over the English language through grammar and comprehension based questions. In comprehension section you will be assessed on the basis of understanding of central theme and meaning of words in the passage. The grammar questions of this section focus on

• Synoymns
• Antonymns
• Analogies
• Idioms and Pharses
• Sentence Improvement
• Cloze Test
• English usage and errors

II General Knowledge and Current Affairs:  Questions in the section test candidates general knowledge and awareness in

• Economics
• Science
• Technology
• Sports
• Persons and Places
• Books and Authors

III Elementary Maths: This section contains Class 10 elementary maths. This section includes questions in

• Number Systems
• Surds and Indices
• Square Roots
• Fractions and Decimals
• H.C.F. and L.C.M
• Simplification
• Logarithms
• Interest
• Percentage
• Profit and Loss
• Mensuration- Areas and Volumes

Legal Aptitude: This section test candidates aptitude in law. The questions in this section  comprise of legal propositions/ principles and a set of facts to which the said proposition/ principle has to be applied to arrive at a most reasonable conclusion.

• Legal Terms
• Torts and Contracts
• Civil and Criminal Law
• Constitution
• Historic Law Based Questions etc.

Logical Reasoning: The purpose of this section is to check candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include logical reasoning questions in

• Direction and Distance Test
• Analogy test
• Classification test
• Number and Series Test
• Statements Assumption
• Statements Conclusion
• Statements Arguments 
• Statements Action 


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PSTET Syllabus 2014

PSTET Syllabus can be broadly classified as follows

• PSTET Syllabus for Paper I (Classes I to V) Primary Section
• PSTET Syllabus for Paper II (Classes VI to VII) Upper Primary Section)

The syllabus for the exam is sectionwise analogy of topics.  The course of study broadly specifies the topics that need to be covered under section. Topics like Child Pedagogy, Langugages, maths, science and environmental science are familiar to teaching aspirants as they form part of the syllabus of Bachelors and diploma courses in teaching.

Please note that the questions in paper I will be based on the topics prescribed for Class IV. However the standard of difficulty as well as linkages could be upto the secondary stage.

Following is detailed PSTET Syllabus for Paper I (Classes I to V) Primary Section

I. Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Primary School Child): 15 Questions

  • Concept of development and its relationship with learning.
  • Principles of the development of children.
  • Influence of Heredity & Environment.
  • Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers).
  • Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives.
  • Concepts of child-centered and progressive education.
  • Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
  • Multi Dimensional Intelligence.
  • Language & Thought.
  • Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice.
  • Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language ,caste,gender, community, religion etc.
  • Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment,Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
  • Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.

b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs: 5 Questions

  • Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
  • Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, 'impairment' etc
  • Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

c) Learning and Pedagogy: 10 Questions

  • How children think and learn; how and why children 'fail' to achieve success in school performance.
  • Basic processes of teaching and learning; children's strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
  • Child as a problem solver and a 'scientific investigator'.
  • Alternative conceptions of learning in children; understanding children's 'errors' as significant steps in the learning process.
  • Cognition & Emotions.
  • Motivation and learning.
  • Factors contributing to learning- personal & environmental.

II. Language-I (Punjabi): 30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension: 15 Questions

Reading unseen passages- two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discourse).

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

  • Learning and acquisition
  • Principles of language Teaching
  • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
  • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
  • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
  • Language Skills
  • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
  • Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
  • Remedial Teaching

III. Language- II (English): 30 Questions

a) Comprehension: 15 Questions

Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15Questions

  • Learning and acquisition.
  • Principles of language Teaching.
  • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool.
  • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
  • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders.
  • Language Skills.
  • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
  • Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
  • Remedial Teaching.

IV Mathematics: 30 Questions

Content 25 Questions

Geometry, Shapes & Spatial Understanding, Numbers, Addition and Subtraction,Multiplication, Division, Measurement, Weight, Time, Volume, Data Handling, Patterns, Money, LCM &HCF,Decimal and Fractions.

b) Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions

  • Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children's thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
  • Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
  • Language of Mathematics
  • Community Mathematics
  • Evaluation through formal and informal methods
  • Problems of Teaching
  • Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
  • Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching


V Environmental Studies: 30 Questions

Content: 25 Questions

  • Our Surroundings
  • Parts of Body (internal & external)
  • Natural Resources
  • Our Punjab
  • Solar System
  • Basic needs
  • Food, resources and care
  • Water
  • Air
  • Habitats, types
  • Clothes, dresses &their care
  • Group songs
  • Festivals (school, family & national)
  • Health, good habits & personal hygiene
  • Looking after the trees, plants & animals
  • Living and nonliving
  • Parts of plants
  • Geographical features and changes
  • Days and Nights
  • Disposal of solid waste
  • Local Bodies (Rural & urban)
  • Transportation, communication and its development
  • Pollution
  • National property
  • Weather & climate
  • Community Buildings
  • Diseases
  • First Aid
  • Disaster management

b) Pedagogical Issues: 5 Questions

  • Concept and scope of EVS
  • Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
  • Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
  • learning Principles
  • Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
  • Approaches of presenting concepts
  • Activities
  • Experimentation/Practical Work
  • Discussion
  • CCE
  • Teaching material/Aids
  • Problems

Following is the detailed PSTET Syllabus for Paper II (Classes VI to VII) Upper Primary Section)

The questions in Test Paper II will be based on the prescribed syllabus of Punjab state for (Classes VI to VIII) but the level of difficulty and linkages could be upto senior secondary level.

I. Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 Questions

a) Child Development (Elementary School Child): 15 Questions

  • Concept of development and its relationship with learning
  • Principles of the development of children
  • Influence of Heredity & Environment
  • Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
  • Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
  • Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
  • Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
  • Multi Dimensional Intelligence
  • Language & Thought
  • Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice
  • Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
  • Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School- Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
  • Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.
  • b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs:  5 Questions
  • Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
  • Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, 'impairment' etc
  • Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
  • c) Learning and Pedagogy: 10 Questions
  • How children think and learn; how and why children 'fail' to achieve success in school performance.
  • Basic processes of teaching and learning; children's strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
  • Child as a problem solver and a 'scientific investigator.'
  • Alternative conceptions of learning in children; understanding children's 'errors' as significant steps in the learning process.
  • Cognition & Emotions.
  • Motivation and learning.
  • Factors contributing to learning- personal & environmental.

II. Language-I (Punjabi): 30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension: 15 Questions

Reading unseen passages- two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions



  • Learning and acquisition.
  • Principles of language Teaching.
  • Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool.
  • Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
  • Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders.
  • Language Skills.
  • Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
  • Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
  • Remedial Teaching.

III. Language- II (English): 30 Questions

a) Comprehension: 15 Questions

Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

IV. (a) Mathematics and Science: 60 Questions

(i) Mathematics: 30 Questions

Content: 25 Questions

  • Number System
  • Knowing our Numbers
  • Playing with Numbers
  • Whole Numbers
  • Negative Numbers and Integers
  • Fractions
  • Exponents; surds, squares, cube, square root, cube root
  • Profit & Loss
  • Compound Interest
  • Discount
  • Algebra
  • Introduction to Algebra; Algebraic identities, polynomials
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Geometry
  • Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
  • Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
  • Symmetry: (reflection)
  • Constructions (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
  • Quadrilateral
  • Mensurations; circle, sphere, cone, cylinder, triangles
  • Data handling, statistics

b) Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions

  • Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
  • Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
  • Language of Mathematics
  • Community Mathematics
  • Evaluation
  • Remedial Teaching
  • Problems of Teaching

(ii) Science: 30 Questions

a) Content: 25 Questions

  • Food
  • Sources of food
  • Components of food
  • Cleaning food
  • Materials
  • Materials of daily use
  • Air
  • Water
  • Change of matter
  • Structure of Atom
  • Molecule
  • Compounds
  • Metals & Nonmetals
  • Carbon
  • Soil
  • Acids, base, salt
  • The World of the Living organisms, micro organism and diseases
  • Food; production & management
  • Moving Things People and Ideas
  • Effect of population growth & human activities on environment
  • The Universe
  • Force
  • Motion
  • Work & Energy
  • Electric current and circuits
  • Magnets & magnetism
  • Light
  • Sound
  • Natural Phenomena
  • Natural Resources
  • Sources of energy
  • Environmental concerns; regional & national
  • Pollution

 b) Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions

  • Nature & Structure of Sciences
  • Natural Science/Aims & objectives
  • Understanding & Appreciating Science
  • Approaches/Integrated Approach
  • Observation/Experiment/Discovery(Method of Science)
  • Innovation
  • Text Material/Aids
  • Evaluation- cognitive/psychomotor/affective
  • Problems
  • Remedial Teaching

 V. Social Studies/ Social Sciences: 60 Questions

a) Content: 50 Questions

(i) History: 20 Questions

  • When, Where and How
  • The Earliest Societies
  • The First Farmers and Herders
  • The First Cities
  • Early States
  • New Ideas
  • The First Empire
  • Contacts with Distant lands
  • Political Developments
  • Culture and Science
  • New Kings and Kingdoms
  • Sultans of Delhi
  • Architecture
  • Creation of an Empire
  • Social Change
  • Regional Cultures
  • The Establishment of Company Power
  • Rural Life and Society
  • Colonialism and Tribal Societies
  • The Revolt of 1857-58
  • Women and reform
  • Challenging the Caste System
  • The Nationalist Movement
  • India After Independence

(ii) Geography: 15 Questions

  • Geography as a social study and as a science
  • Planet: Earth in the solar system
  • Globe
  • Environment in its totality: natural and human environment.
  • Air
  • Water
  • Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication.
  • Resources: Types- Natural and Human
  • Agriculture

(iii) Social and Political Life (Civics): 15 Questions

  • Diversity
  • Government
  • Local Government
  • Making a Living
  • Democracy
  • State Government
  • Understanding Media
  • Unpacking Gender
  • The Constitution
  • Parliamentary Government
  • The Judiciary
  • Social Justice and the Marginalized

Pedagogical issues: 10 Questions

  • Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
  • Class Room Processes, activities and discourse
  • Developing Critical thinking
  • Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
  • Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
  • Sources - Primary & secondary
  • Projects Work
  • Evaluation

NATA Syllabus 2014

There is no predefined syllabus as such for the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA). The topics that form part of the syllabus have evolved over the past few years.  Topics and concepts revolve around the sections of Drawing and Computer Aesthetic Sensitivity. The objective of this syllabus is to ascertain the candidate’s ability to draw and sense of perception and application in keeping with principles of architecture. Following is recommended course of study for the NATA exam.





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Section
Topics
Architecture awareness and aptitude
  • Design and drawing of geometrical and abstract shapes and patterns in pencil.
  • Architectural awareness and architectural terminology.
  • Identifying commonly used materials and objectives based on textural qualities and color.
  • Historical and contemporary buildings of Architectural importance.
  • Architects and works
  • Awareness of persons, place, buildings etc of architectural importance.
Aesthetic Sensitivity
  • Aesthetic sensitivity and drawing skills.
  • Analytical reasoning and mental ability
  • Elements of design: lines, forms mass solids
  • Generation of plans, elevation & 3D view of objects
  • Creating two dimensional and three dimensional compositions using shapes and forms.
  • Development of three dimensional and two dimensional objectives.
  • Visualizing different sides of three dimensional objectives.
  • Theory of Color
  • Principle of design, harmony and balance.
Creative Sensitivity and mental drawing
  • Scales and Proportion
  • (Free hand sketching of objectives and activities commonly seen in rural/urban and suburban context such as furniture, machine, landscape, buildings, kitchen, playground, market,railway platform, exhibition center etc.
  • Enlargement and reduction of drawings and mirror images etc).


COMDEK UGET Syllabus 2015

COMDEK UGET Syllabus is similar to the Class 12 syllabus prescribed by central and state boards for education. The subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology form the nitty-gritty of the course of study. Applicants seeking admission to any of these courses be it medicine, dentistry or engineering can refer to this syllabus for study. Combined Physics and Chemistry paper is compulsory for all candidates appearing for the exam. The Mathematics paper is compulsory for students seeking admission to B.Tech course and Biology is compulsory for MBBS and BDS candidates.


Physics
Class XI
Class XII
  • Physical and World Measurements
  • Kinematics
  • Laws of Energy
  • Work, Energy and Power
  • Motion of systems and particles of human body.
  • Gravitation
  • Properties of Bulk matter
  • Thermodynamics
  • Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory
  • Oscillations and Waves
  • Electrostatics
  • Current Electricity
  • Magnetic Effects and Current Magnetism
  • Electromagnetic induction and Alternating currents
  • Electromagnetic Waves
  • Optics
  • Dual nature of Matter and Radiation
  • Atoms and Nuclei
  • Electronic Devices


Chemistry
Class XI
Class XII
  • Some Basic concepts of Chemistry
  • Structure of Atom
  • Classification of elements and periodicity in properties
  • Chemical bonding and molecular structure
  • States of Matter: Gases and Liquids
  • Thermodynamics
  • Equilibrium
  • Redox Reactions
  • Hydrogen
  • s-Block Element (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals)
  • Some p-Block Elements
  • Organic Chemistry- Some basic principles and techniques
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Solid State
  • Solutions
  • Electrochemistry
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Surface Chemistry
  • General Principles of Processes of Isolation of Elements.
  • p-Block Elements
  • d and f Block Elements
  • Coordination Compounds
  • Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
  • Alcohols, Phenols and Ether
  • Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
  • Organic compunds containing nitrogen
  • Biomolecules
  • Polymers
  • Chemistry in everyday life.


Biology
Class XI
Class XII
  • Diversity in Living World
  • Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants
  • Cell Structure and Function
  • Plant Physiology
  • Human Physiology
  • Reproduction
  • Genetics and Evolution
  • Biology and Human Welfare
  • Biotechnology and Its Applications
  • Ecology and environment