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(Syllabus) PHYSICS - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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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. (b) Mechanics of Rigid Bodies: System of particles; Centre of mass, angular momentum, equations of motion; Conservation theorems for energy, momentum and angular momentum; Elastic and inelastic collisions; Rigid body; Degrees of freedom, Euler’s theorem, angular velocity, angular momentum, moments of inertia, theorems of parallel and perpendicular axes, equation of motion for rotation; Molecular rotations (as rigid bodies); Di and tri-atomic molecules; Precessional motion; top, gyroscope. (c) Mechanics of Continuous Media: Elasticity, Hooke’s law and elastic constants of isotropic solids and their inter-relation; Streamline (Laminar) flow, viscosity, Poiseuille’s equation, Bernoulli’s equation, Stokes’ law and applications. (d) Special Relativity: Michelson-Morley experiment and its implications; Lorentz transformations-length contraction, time dilation, addition of relativistic velocities, aberration and Doppler effect, mass-energy relation, simple applications to a decay process; Four dimensional momentum vector; Covariance of equations of physics.

(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - Basic Numeracy - Compound Interest

Basic Numeracy
Compound Interest

In compound interest, the interest is added to the principal at the end of each period and the amount thus obtained becomes the principal for the next period. The process is repeated till the end of the specified time.

If

 P = Principal
R = Rate per cent per unit time
Time = n years
A = Amount; CI = Compound Interest

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(Syllabus) PHILOSOPHY - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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PHILOSOPHY

PAPER - I

History and Problems of Philosophy:

1. Plato and Aristotle: Ideas; Substance;  Form and Matter; Causation; Actuality and Potentiality.
2 . 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
5. Hegel: Dialectical Method; Absolute Idealism
6. Moore, Russell and Early Wittgenstein: Defence of Commonsense; Refutation of Idealism; Logical Atomism; Logical Constructions; Incomplete Symbols; Picture Theory of Meaning; Saying and Showing.
7. Logical Positivism: Verification Theory of Meaning; Rejection of Metaphysics; Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions.
8. Later Wittgenstein: Meaning and Use; Language-games; Critique of Private Language.
9. Phenomenology (Husserl): Method;  Psychologism.
10. Existentialism (Kierkegaard, Sartre, Choice, Responsibility and Authentic Existence; Being-in-the –world and Temporality.
11. Quine and Strawson: Critique of Empiricism; Theory of Basic Particulars and Persons.

(Syllabus) MEDICAL SCIENCE - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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MEDICAL SCIENCE

PAPER - I

1. Human Anatomy: 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. Embryology: Placenta and placental barrier. Development of heart, gut, kidney, uterus, ovary, testis and their common congenital abnormalities. Central and peripheral autonomic nervous system : Gross and clinical anatomy of ventricles of brain, circulation of cerebrospinal fluid; Neural pathways and lesions of cutaneous sensations, hearing and vision; Cranial nerves, distribution and clinical significance; Components of autonomic nervous system.

2. Human Physiology: Conduction and transmission of impulse, mechanism of contraction, neuromuscular transmission, reflexes, control of equilibrium, posture and muscle tone, descending pathways, functions of cerebellum, basal ganglia, Physiology of sleep and consciousness. Endocrine system: Mechanism of action of hormones, formation, secretion, transport, metabolism, function and regulation of secretion of pancreas and pituitary gland. Physiology of reproductive system: Menstrual cycle, lactation, pregnancy. Blood: Development, regulation and fate of blood cells. Cardio-vascular, cardiac output, blood pressure, regulat ion of cardiovascular functions;

(Syllabus) MATHEMATICS - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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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.

2. Engineering Materials: Basic concepts on structure of solids; common ferrous and non-ferrous materials and their applications; heat-treatment of steels; non-metals- plastics, ceramics, composite materials and nano- aterials.

3. Theory of Machines: Kinematic and dynamic analysis of plane mechanisms. Cams, Gears and epicyclic gear trains, flywheels, governors, balancing of rigid rotors, balancing of single and mul t icyl inder engines, l inear vibrat ion analysis of mechanical systems (single degree of freedom), Critical speeds and whirling of shafts.

(Syllabus) MANAGEMENT - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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MANAGEMENT

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.

PAPER – I

1. Managerial Function and Process: Concept and Foundations of Management,  ; Managerial Functions – Planning, Organizing, Controlling; Decision making; Role of Manager, Managerial skills; Entrepreneurship ; Ma n ageent of innovation ; Managing in a global environment, Flexible Systems Management; Social responsibility and managerial ethics; Process and customer or ientat ion; Manager ial processes on direct and indirect value chain.

2. Organisational Behaviour and Design: behaviour; The individual processes – personality, values and attitude, perception, motivation, learning and reinforcement, work stress and stress management; The dynamics of organizat ion behaviour – power and politics, conflict and negotiation, leadership process and styles, communication; The Organizational Processes - decision making, job design; Classical,  proaches to organizational design; Organizational theory and design - organizational culture, managing cultural diversity, change and development ; Knowledge Based Enterpr ise – systems and processes; Networked and virtual organizations.

(Syllabus) URDU - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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URDU

PAPER-I

(Answers must be written in Urdu) - Section-A : Development of Urdu Language
a) Development of Indo-Aryan (i) Old IndoAryan (ii) Middle Indo Aryan (iii) New Indo Aryan
b) Western Hindi and i ts dialects Br i j Bhasha Khadi Boli, Haryanavi Kannauji, Bundeli-Theories about the origin of Urdu Language
c) Dakhani Urdu-Origin and development, its significant linguistic features.
d) Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language-and its distinctive features. Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary.

Section-B
a) Genres and their development : (i) Poetry : Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai, Jadid Nazm,
(ii) Prose : Novel, Short Story, Dastan, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography.

(Syllabus) TELUGU - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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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, Tenugu and Andhra.
2. Major linguistic changes in phonological, morphological, grammatical and Dravidian to old Telugu and from old Telugu to Modern Telugu.
3. Evolut ion of spoken Telugu when compared to classical Telugu-Formal and functional view of Telugu language.
4. Influence of other languages and its impact on Telugu.
5. Modernization of Telugu language. (a) Linguistic and literary movements and thei r role in modernizat ion of Telugu. (b) Role of media in modernization of Telugu (Newspapers, Radio, TV etc.) mechanisms in coining new terms in Telugu in various discourses including scientific and technical.
6. Dialects of Telugu-Regional and social variations and problems of standardization.
7. Syntax-Major divisions of Telugu sentences-simple, complex and comp of nominlization and relativization-Direct and indirect reporting-conversion processes.
8. Translation-Problems of translation, cultural, social and idiomatic-Methods of translation-Approaches to translation-Literary and other kinds of translation-various uses of translation.

(Syllabus) TAMIL - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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TAMIL

PAPER-I

(Answers must be written in Tamil) : Section-A
Part: 1 History of Tamil Language Major Indian Language Fami l ies-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.

Part: 2 History of Tamil Literature Tolkappiyam-Sangam Literatue-The division of Akam and puram-The secular characteristics of Sangam Literature-The dev e l o p m e n t o f E t h i c a l l i t e r a t u r e - Silappadikaram and Manimekalai.

Part: 3 Devotional literature (Alwars and Nayanmars) The bridal mysticism in Alwar hymns-Minor literary forms (Tutu, Ula, Parani, Kuravanji) Social factors for the development of Modern Tamil literature: Novel, Short story and New Poetry-The impact of various political ideologies on modern writings.

(Syllabus) SINDHI - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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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.
(c) Major dialects of the Sindhi language.
(d) Sindhi vocabularly-stages of its growth, including those in the pre-partition and post-partition periods.
(e) Historical study of various Writing Systems (Scripts) of Sindhi.
(f) Changes in the structure of Sindhi language in India, after partition, due to influence of other languages and social conditions.

(Syllabus) SANTALI - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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SANTALI

PAPER-I

(Answers must be written in Santali) : Section-A
Part-I History of Santali Language
I. Main Austric Language family, population and distribution.
II. Grammatical structure of Santali Language.
III. Important character of Santali Language : Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Translation, Lexicography.
IV. Impact of other languages on Santali.
V. Standardization of Santali Language.

(Syllabus) SANSKRIT - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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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 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.
3. General Knowledge of:-
(a) Literary history of Sanskit,
(b) Principal trends of literary criticism
(c) Ramayana,

(Syllabus) RUSSIAN - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

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RUSSIAN

PAPER-I

Answers must be written in Russian except in the case of question regarding translation from Russian to English. (Language and Culture): Section-A
i. Modern Russian Language : Lexicology, Lexicography and Semantics, linguistics
ii. Translation from Russian into English and vice-versa.

Section-B
i. Socio-political and economical development of the Russian Federation : Patriotic war of 1812, October Revolution, Perestroika and Glasnost, disintegration of USSR. Regional & Cultural variations of the Russian Federation.

(Syllabus) Punjab PSC (Main) : Combined State Civil Services Exam - Sociology

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SOCIOLOGY

PART-I
Fundamentals of Sociology

1. Sociology - The Discipline:
(a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of sociology.
(b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences.
(c) Sociology and common sense.
2. Sociology as Science:
(a) Science, scientific method and critique.
(b) Major theoretical strands of research methodology.
(c) Positivism and its critique.
(d) Fact value and objectivity.
(e) Non- positivist methodologies.
3. Research Methods and Analysis:
(a) Qualitative and quantitative methods.
(b) Techniques of data collection.
(c) Variables, sampling, hypothesis, reliability and validity.
4. Sociological Thinkers:
(a) Karl Marx—Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle.
(b) Emile Durkheim—Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society.
(c) Max Weber—Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.
(d) Talcolt Parsons—Social system, pattern variables.
(e) Robert K. Merton—Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups.
(f) Mead—Self and identity.
5. Stratification and Mobility:

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