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RAS Syllabus (Main): संस्कृत (Code No. 36)

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Urdu (Code No. 35)

Urdu Paper-I

Prose & Poetry

(A) Prose:

1. Bagh-o-Bahar-Meer Amman
2. Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e-Ghalib (Edited by Dr.Khaliq Anjuman)
3. Muquddam-e-Sher-o-Shairi (By Hali)
4. Umraojan Ada-Mirza Hadi Ruswa
5. Wardat-Premchand
6. Intikhab-e-Ghubhar-e-Khatir (Published by U.P.Urdu Academy)
7. Mazameenee-Rashid-Rashid Ahmed Siddique

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RAS Syllabus (Main): हिन्दी (Code No. 34)

हिन्दी प्रथम प्रश्न पत्र

अ- हिन्दी भाषा का इतिहास-प्राचीन एवं मध्यकालीन आर्य भाषाएं, हिन्दी का उद्भव एव विकास, हिन्दी एवं उसकी बोलियों का सामान्य परिचय, हिन्दी का
शब्द भंडार 
आ- हिन्दी साहित्य का इतिहास- काल विभाजन, नामकरण एवं प्रत्येक काल की

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RAS Syllabus (Main): English (Code No. 33)

English Paper-I

Drama and Poetry :

1. Marlowe 'Doctor Faustus'
2. Shakespeare 'Hamlet', 'The Merchant of Venice'
3. Donne 'The Good Morrow'. 'The Sun Rising', 'The Ecstasy'
4. Milton 'L Allegro', II Penseroso', 'Lycidas'
5. Dryden 'Absalom and Achitophel'
6. Pope 'The Rape of the Lock'
7. Sheridan 'School for Scandal'
8. Wordsworth 'Tintern Abbey'
9. Shelley 'Ode to the West Wind', 'To a Skylark'
10.Keats 'Ode to a Nightingale', 'Ode to Autumn', 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'
11.Browing 'My Last Duchess', ''The Last Ride Together'
12.Shaw 'Arms and the Man'
13.Yeats 'Sailing to Byzantium', Lapis Lazuli'. Wild Swans at Coole'
14.T.S. Eliot 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Pruforck', 'Gerontion'

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About UPSC:

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is a constitutional body in India authorized to conduct examinations for appointment to the various Civil Services of India. The Indian Constitution (Part XIV – Services Under the Union and the states – article no. 315 to 323) provides for a Public Service Commission for the union and a Public Service Commission for each state.

Analytical Reasoning

1. I have a total of Rs. 1000. Item A costs Rs. 110, item B costs Rs. 90, item C costs Rs. 70, item D costs Rs. 40 and item E costs Rs. 45. For every item D that I purchase, I must also purchase two numbers of items B. For every item A, I must buy one of item C. For every item E, I must also buy two of item D and one of item B. For every item purchased l earn 1000 points and for every rupee not spent I earn a penalty of 1500 points. My objective is to maximize the points I earn.
What is the number of items that I must purchase to maximize my points?
(a) 13
(b) 14
(c) 15
(d) 16

2. Four friends Ashok, Bashir, Chirag and Deepak are out for shopping. Ashok has less money than three times the amount that Bashir has. Chirag has more money than Bashir. Deepak has an amount equal to the difference of amounts with Bashir and Chirag. Ashok has three times the money with Deepak. They each have to buy at least one shirt, or one shawl, or one sweater, or one jacket that are priced Rs. 200, Rs. 400, Rs 600, and Rs. 1000 a piece, respectively. Chirag borrows Rs. 300 from Ashok and buys a jacket. Bashir buys a sweater after borrowing Rs. 100 from Ashok and is left with no money. Ashok buys three shirts.
What is the costliest item that Deepak could buy with his own money?
(a) A shirt
(b) A shawl
(c) A sweater
(d) A jacket

Logical Reasoning

3. Statements:
All books are cakes.
All cakes are apples.
Conclusions:
I. Some cakes are books
II. No cake is book.
III. Some apples are books
IV. All apples are books
(a) Only I follows
(b) Either I or II follows
(c) Only I and III follow

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Management (Code No. 32)

Management Paper-I

A. General :

Meaning : Nature and importance of management; Evolution of Management thought; Approaches to the study of Management.

B. Process of Management :

Planning : Concept, importance, Types; process, Decision making process, Budgeting: meaning, importance and types. Organisation : Concept; Importance; Principles; Types of structures; Span of Control; Authority, responsibility and accountability; concepts of delegation, centralization and de-centralisation.
Direction: Concept; Importance; Leadership theories; Motivation:  Meaning, importance, contribution of Maslow, Herzberg, McGreagor and McCleland; Management by Objectives; Management by
exception.
Coordination: Meaning; Importance; Techniques; Communication: concept, process and importance.
Control: Concept; importance; process; Techniques of control.

 C. Environment :

Internal: Group Dynamics; Organisational Change; Organisational Conflict, Organisational Development.
External: National income analysis and its use in business forecasting;
Regulatory policies: Monetary, Fiscal and Planning and their impact on business decisions. Demand Analysis and Forecasting; Cost analysis; Pricing decisions under different market structures.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Anthropology (Code No. 31)

Anthropology Paper-I

1. Meaning, nature and scope of Anthropology.

2. Main branches of Anthropology and relationship of Anthropology with other sciences.

3. Human Evolution, Emergence of Man and Variation.
(a) Foundation of the theory of organic evolution : Lamarckism, Neo- Lamarckism, Darwinism and Synthetic theory.
(b) Human Evolution : Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions.
(c) The Order Primate : Its evolutionary tendencies (i.e. characteristics), classification and distribution. A comparative study of primates with special reference to the anthropological aspects of man.
(d) Fossil evidence for human evolution: Dryopethecus, Ramapithecus Australopithrecines, Homo erectus, Pithecanthropines, Homosapiens, Noanderthalensis and Homo sapiens.
(e) Genetics: Definition : The Mendelian principles and their application to human populations.
(f) Human Variation : Racial differentiation of man and bases of racial classification-morphological, serological and genetic. Role of heredity and environment in the formation of races.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Zoology (Code No. 30)

Zoology Paper-I

Non-Chordata & Chordata :

1. Classification on Non-Chordata with diagnostic features and examples of all phyla and their sub-division upto classes.

2. Systematic position, structural organization, biological function, and life history of the following types :-
(i) PROTOZOA : Paramedium Monocystis, Plasmodium & Tryponosome.
(ii) PORIFERA : Sycon, Canal system in sponges.
(iii) COELENTERATA : Obelia, Aurelia, Polymorphism, Alternation of Generation.
(iv) PLATYHELMINTHES : Fasciola, Taenia, Parasitic adaplations.
(v) ASCHELMINTHES : Ascaris.
(vi) ANNELIDA : Pheretima, Nereis and Hirudinaria.
(vii) ARTHROPODA : Palaemon, Periplaneta and Palamneus, Social organization in termites and bees.
(viii) MOLLUSCA : Pila and Unio (=Lamellidens).
(ix) ECHINODERMATA : Asterias.

3. Classification of Protochordata and Chordata with diagnostic features, examples and sub-division upto orders.

4. PROTOCHORDATA : (A) Systemic position, structural organization, biological functions and life history of Herdmania, Brachiostoma, Balanolossus.
(B) Ascidian tadpole larva and Retrogressive wetamorganosis.
(C) Salient features of Petromyzon & ammocete larva.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Statistics (Code No. 29)

Statistics Paper-I

1. Probability :

Classical and Axiomatic definitions of Probability, Addition theorem of probability, conditional probability, statistical independence and multiplication theorem of probability, Baye's theorem.
Discret and continuous random variables, probability mass function, probability density function and cumulative distribution function. Joint, marginal and conditional distribution of two variables.
Mathematical expectation of functions of one and two random variables, addition and multiplication theorems on expectation, moments, measure of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis.
Moment generating function and cumulant generating function, characteristic function and its properties (without proof), variance and covariance of linear combination of random variable, Chebyshev's inequality, convergence in probability, weak law of large numbers and simple form of central limit theorem.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Sociology (Code No. 28)

Sociology Paper-I

Development of Sociology as a discipline, Its relationship with other disciplines, : Science and Social behaviour, the problem of objectivity, the scientific methods and design of sociological research, techniques of data collection and measurement including participant and non-participant observation, interview schedules and questionnaires.

Pioneering contributions to sociology : The seminal ideas of Durkheim, Weber and Mars.

Marx: Historical materialism, alienation, class and class struggle; Durkheim: division of labour, social fact, religion and society: Webber: Social action, types of authority, bureaucracy, rationality, Protestant ethnic and the spirit of capitalism ideal types.

The individual and society, individual behaviour, social interaction, society and social group, social system, status and role; culture, personality and socialization; conformity, deviance and social control : role, conflict Social stratification and mobility: Inequality and stratification: different conceptions of class; theories of stratification, caste and class: class and society: types of mobility; open and closed models of mobility.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Public Administration (Code No. 27)

Public Administration Paper-I

I. Basic Premises : Meaning, scopes nature and significance of Public Administration: Its role in developed and developing societies. Evolution of Public Administration as a discipline and its relationship with political science, psychology, economics and Law; Ecology of administration -asocial, economic, cultural, political and legal. New Public Administration.

II. Theories of Organization" Scientific management (Taylor and his associates): The Bureaucratic theory of organization (Weber): Classical theory of Organizations (Henri Fayol, Luther Gullic and others), The Human Relations Theory of Organization(Elton Mayo and his Colleagues), Behavioural approach, Systems Approach: Organizational Effectiveness.

III. Principles of Organization - Hierarchy, Unity of Command, Authority and Responsibility, Coordination. Span of Control, Supervision, Centralization and Decentralization, Delegation.

IV. Administrative Behaviour - Decision making with Special Reference to the contribution of Herbert Simon, Theories of leadership; Communication, Morale, Motivation (Maslow and Harzberg).

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Psychology (Code No. 26)

Psychology Paper-I

1. Place of psychology in the family of social and behavioural sciences,. Nature, Scope and methods of psychology.

2. Nervous system; central and peripheral. Endocrine glands in context of human behaviour. Localisation of brain functions.

3. Attention and perception: Meaning, kinds and determinants of attention, Filteration,; Shifts; Division; Distraction, Fluctuation, Span of attention, Pattern recognition, Form perception, Figure-ground, Organizational principles of perception, Depth and Distance perception, Size perception, perception of motion, Illusion: Kinds, Theories, Factors, influencing perception.

4. Emotion: Characteristics of emotional behaviour, Expressions of emotions. Role of nervous system and endocrine glands in emotions. Theories of Emotion: James Lange and Cannon Bard.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Political Science & International Relations (Code No. 25)

Political Science & International Relations Paper-I

Part-I

1. Nature and Scope o Political Science : Traditional and Contemporary Approaches,; Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism; System Approach and Marxian Approach to Political Analysis.
2. Emergence and Nature of the Modern State : Sovereignty, Monistic and Pluralistic perspectives, Power, Authority and Legitimacy.
3. Political Thought : Manu, Kautilya, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Marsiglio of Padua Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Motesquieu, Rousseau, Bentham, Mil, Green, Hegel, Marx, Lenin and Mao.
4. Concepts : Liberty, Equality, Justice, Law, Revolution, Social Change, Secularism, Political Socialisation, Political Culture, Political Development, Political Modernisation.
5. Democracy, Authoritarianism, Fascism and Marxism.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Physics (Code No. 24)

Physics Paper-I

1. Mechanics - Conservation Laws. Collisions, impact parameter, centre of mass and lab systems with transformation of physical quantities, Rutherford Scattering. Rotating frame of reference, coriolis force, motion of rigid bodies, moment of inertia, angular momentum, torque and precession of top.
Central forces, motion under inverse square law, Kepler's Law, motion of satellites, Special Theory of Relativity, Michelson-Morely experiment, Lorentz Transformations-addition of velocities, Time dilation and length contraction, variation of mass with velocity, mass-energy equivalence.

2. Oscillations and Wave Motion - (a) Oscillations, simple harmonic motion, damped harmonic motion, force oscillation and resonance. Wave equation, harmonic solutions, plane and spherical waves, superposition of waves, beats, stationary waves, phase and group velocities. Conditions of interference, Newton's rings and Michelson's interferometer. Diffraction-Fresnel and Fraunhofer, diffraction by plain transmission grating, Rayleigh criterion, resolving power of grating and telescope Polarisation : Plane, circular and elliptically polarized light, its production and detection.
(b) Maxwell's equations : maxwell's equations and their application to plane electromagnetic wave. Poynting vector. Lasers, He-Ne and Ruby lasers, spatial and temporal coherence, elementary ideas about holography and laser applications.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Philosophy (Code No. 23)

Philosophy Paper-I

1. Veda and Upanisad : The development of Vedic thought-polytheism, henotheism, monotheism and monism; The nature of Reality atman and Brahman, their identity, the concept of self -realization.

2. Non-vedic Schools of thought :
(a) Charvaka epistemology and metaphysics.
(b) Jainism- anekatavada, syadvada, dravya guna and paryaya, the classification of dravyas, bondage and liberation.
(c) Buddhism- pratitysamutpada, anatmavada, ksanikavada (momentariness), nirvana.

3. Nyaya, Vaisesika and Purva Mimamsa:
Nyaya system : prama, pramana and its types, paratah pramanyavada;
anyathakhyati vada, asatkaryavada, proofs for the existence of God Vaisesika metaphysics: the types of padarthas (categoris), paramanuvada.
Purvamimamsa : arthapatti and anupalabdhi as independent sources of knowledge, svatahpramanyavada, akhyati and viparitakhyati.

4. Samkhya and Yoga : purusa and prakrti-
Proofs for their existence, plurality of purusa, the doctrine of evolution, satkaryavada, bondage and liberation, the nature of yoga and astanga yoga satkaryavada, bondage and liberation, the nature of yoga and astanga yoga.

5. Vendnta - Samkara and Ramanuja:
Brahman and the world according to Samkara and Ramanuja, mayavada and its critique, bondage and liberation according to Samkara and Ramanuja.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Mining Engineering (Code No. 22)

Mining Engineering Paper-I

1. Mining Methods, Surface and Underground: Open cast methods of Mining layout, development and design, drilling and blasting, loading and transportation mechanized quarrying, continuous mining systems. Mining of dimensional stone.
Underground method of working coal by longwall, Bord and Pillar, mining of thickseams, trends of new development in coal mining.
Underground mining methods for metalliferous deposits, development and stoping, handling of broken ore, waste material, stope mechanization and mine filling.

2. Mining Machinery : Use of different types of power in mines, drilling machines, wire ropes, rope haulages, conveyors and locomotive. Face machinery-side discharge loader (SDL), load haul and dump (LHD), cutter loaders, continuous miners. Machines for raises, winzes and tunnels. Mine pumps- types and application.

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RAS Syllabus (Main): Mechanical Engineering (Code No. 21)

Mechanical Engineering Paper-I

1. THERMODYNAMICS Thermodynamics- Heat, work and temperature, First and second Law of Thermodynamics and their applications. Carnot, Otto, Diesel, Dual, Sterling, Joule Cycles. Vapour power cycles like Rankine, reheat and regenerative cycle.

2. HEAT TRANSFER - Steady State, one dimensional heat conduction, convertive heat transfer, Thermal boundary layer. Heat Exchangers. Heat transfer by radiation, Introduction to two phase heat transfer i.e. boiling and condensation.

3. THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION - Combustion phenomenon in spark ignition and compression ignition engines, operating characteristics and energy balance. Gas turbine and modification in the operating of simple cycle. Steam turbines, velocity diagram, reheat factor, Unconventional power systems, Nuclear power and MHD systems, solar energy utilization. Selection of site for steam, hydro, nuclear, power plants. Modern high pressure and high duty boilers, draft and dust removal equipments.

Now-a-days, Data Interpretation Tests have become an important part of all competitive examinations. Decision-making forms the core of all managerial & administrative activities. Since the complexity of business environment makes the process of decision-making difficult, the decision-maker cannot rely entirely upon his/ her observations, experience or evaluation to reach a decision. Decisions have to be based upon data, which exhibit relationship, indicate trends and show rates of change in terms of relevant variables.

Similarly, in our daily life we come across figures, statistics and statements of all sorts. These could be anything ranging from India’s exports of various commodities to different countries to the study plans of a student. In fact, rarely can we do without figures and facts. Figures, statistics, statements, etc. relating to any event are termed as Data. But data as such is of very little use unless it is organized. Officers take decisions on the basis of available information or data. Unless data is properly collected, analyzed and presented, it may not be useful for decision making. Raw data may not be easily comprehensible, and it becomes essential to classify and present it in a meaningful manner. This act or organizing and interpreting data to get meaningful information is known as Data Interpretation.