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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Geology (Code No. 16)

I. Physical Geology and Geomorphology :

Solar system, the earth, its origin, age and internal constitution. Weathering and erosion. Geological work of river, glacier, wind, ocean and ground water. Types, products and distribution of volcanoes. Causes, effects and distribution of earthquakes.

Morphology of continents and oceans. Elementary idea of isostasy, continental drift, sea floor spreading and plate tectonics. Iceages, past climates and coral reefs. Land forms, their types and relation to lithology and deformation Geomorphological sub division of India.

II. Structural Geology and Geotectonics and Structure and Tectonics of India:

Dip, strike, pitch and plunge; Clinometer Compass. Determination of top of beds. Description and classification of folds, faults, unconformities and joints. Cleavage, schistosity, foliation and lineation. Igneous intrusives and extrusive bodies. Overlap, offlap, outliers and inliers. Major tectonic sub divisions of India and their characteristics. Origin of Himalayas, Indoganetic plains and deserts in India.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Geography (Code No. 15)

Section 'A' : Fundamentals of Geography :
(i) Physical Geography
(ii) Human Geography
(iii) Economic Geography
(iv) Cartography & Surveying

Section 'B' ; Geography of the World :
(i) Land forms; Climates ; Soils; Vegetation and Natural Regions.
(ii) Population ; Growth and distribution; Races of mankind; Transhumance and International migrations.
(iii) Hunting ; Food gathering, Fishing; Lumbering; Livestock-raising; Agriculture; Minerals and Energy resources ; Industries.
(iv) Regional Study of S.E. Asia, S.W. Asia, Japan, China; U.S.A. & Russia.

Section 'C' : Geography of India :
(i) Physiography; Climate ; Soils and Vegetation.
(ii) Fisheries; Forestry; Livestock-raising ; Irrigation and Agriculture.
(iii) Minerals; Energy Resources and Industries.
(iv) Population; Human Settlements; Trade and Transportation.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Electronics & Tele-Communication Engineering (Code No. 14)

Networks :

Networks graph; matrices; Laplace transform, convolution; Fourier series; nodal and mesh analysis; time and frequency domain responses; two-port network parameters; network functions.

Control Systems:

Transfer functions; block diagram reduction techniques; signal flow graphs; basic control components; transient and steady-stage response analysis; stability of linear systems; Routh Hurwitz criterion; Root-loci; frequency response; Nyquist criterion; Bode plot; Nichol's chart; PID control.

Semiconductor Devices:

Electronic transport phenomena; p-n junctions; characteristics and equivalent circuits of semiconductor diodes, BJTs, JEETs and MOSFETs. Analog Circuits: Biasing of transistors and FETs; amplifiers; single-and multi- tage; feedback; differential; operational; power; oscillators; LC, crystal, relaxation; function generators and wave-shaping circuits; power supplies.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Electrical Engineering (Code No. 13)

• Steady state analysis of d.c. and a.c. network; newtork theorems; network functions, Laplace techniques; transient response; frequency response; Three-phase networks; Inductively coupled circuits.
• Mathematical modelling of dynamic linear systems. Transfer functions, block diagrams, stability of control systems.
• Electrostatic and magnetostatic field analysis; Maxwell's equations. Wave equations and electromagnetic waves.
• Basic methods of measurement. Standards, error analysis, Indicating instruments, cathoderay oscillosciope, Measurement of voltage; current; power resistance, inductance, capacitance, frequency, time and flux.
• Semi-conductor devices and analysis of electronic circuits; single and multistage audio, and radio, small signal and large signal amplifiers. Oscillators and feedback amplifiers. Waveshaping circuits and time base generators. Multivibrators and digital circuits. Modulation and demodulation circuits. Transmission line at audio, radio and U.H. frequencies, Wire and Radio communication.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Economics (Code No. 12)

Part - I

1. National Income Accounting : National Income : Concepts, Components, Measurement and Inter-relationship. National Income Deflator.

2. Price Theory : Indifference curve Approach. Consumer equilibrium. Cost curves. Determination of prices under different market structure. Pricing of factors of Production.

3. Money and Banking :Relationship between Money, Prices and output. Therories of the Demand for money and supply.

4. International Trade : The theory of comparative costs; Ricardian and Heckscherohlin. The balance of payments and the adjustment mechanism. Globalisation : Impact of Foreign Trade.

Part - II

Economic growth and development : Meaning and Measurement; Indicators of development. The Harrod-Domar Model and developing economies.

The administrative services require a specific type of personality who can perform the tasks of administration irrespective of multifarious challenges. Keeping all these challenges and requirements in mind, the UPSC looks for a perfect personality having the following attributes:

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Dairy Processing & Technology (Code No. 11)

Current status of dairy animals and milk production; utilization and consumption in India and Rajasthan. Milk plants and milk product factories in India and Rajasthan. Set up of State Cooperative Dairy Federations and their functions. Amul pattern of Cooperative dairying. Agencies engaged in dairy development like; NDDB, NCDFI, IDA and Educational & Research Institutions. Problems of milk supplies in cities. Recent development in Dairy and food industry.

Functions of Food in the Body, Food digestion, absorption and assimilation. Nutrient requirements, Composition of milk and fractions of major milk Constituents. Important properties of milk fat, milk proteins, lactose enzymes, vitamins and minerals. Chemical changes in milk during storage. Milk intolerance, anti-nutritional factors, food contaminants & toxic trace elements. Principles of cleaning & sanitization of dairy equipments and utensils. Contamination of milk and diseases transmitted through milk, Types of microorganisms in milk, spoilage of milk. Tests used to assess the microbial quality of milk and microbial standards. Market milk and its processing, packaging & marketing.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Computer Science (Code No. 10)

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Computer Engineering (Code No. 09)

1 Digital Electronics:

Introduction to number System and their conversions., Arithmatic with bases other than ten. Boolean Algebra and Simplification of boolean expressions. Standard form of boolean functions, Minterm Maxterm designation of functions. Simplification of function by karrnaugh maps. Logic gates and IC digital logic families. Combinational Circuits.

II Programming Languages:

Structured programming and object oriented programming. Abstraction, encapsulation, data hiding, Polymorphism, Scope rules., Parameter passing, run time environment, Static and dynamic storage management. Case studies of C and C++ languages.

III Data Structure and Algorithms:

Elementary and structured data types, Linear Structures: Arrays and Records, Stacks, Queues And Linked Lists, Strings Prefix, Postfix, infix expressions. Non Linear structures: generalized linked list, trees, graphs and their traversals. Built in data structures such as Records, Files, Sets and Pointers. Sorting and searching techniques.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Crop Husbandry with Horticulture (Code No. 08)

Definition and importance of crop husbandry, scope of crop husbandry, agroecological zones and geographical distribution of crops.

Elements of crop production, cropping system including concept of inter cropping, multiple cropping, relay cropping system including sequential cropping, multistoeyed cropping and their importance in relation to crop production. Crop rotation, soil erosion, soil conservation practices and structures. Soils and soil management. Soil fertility and productivity, essential plant nutrients, fertilizers and organic manures including biofertilizers.

 Soil plant water relationship, methods of irrigation and drainage, present status and sources of irrigation in the country and state of Rajasthan. Management of irrigation in major crops.

Types of weeds and weed control, types and use of herbicides.

Important crops of India, cultural practices for cereals, pulses, oil seed, fiber,sugar and tuber crop.

The first topic of CSAT syllabus also deals with the comprehension but it is completely different from the English language comprehension skills. Actually the comprehensions are of two types i.e. the language comprehension and the critical comprehension. Critical comprehension question centres around gaining a better understanding of the text you are reading. As you comprehend a passage of text, words are decoded and associated with their meaning in your memory. The questions based on this topic will test the aspirant for his critical comprehension skills, his broad understanding of socio-cultural issues, economic development, environmental matters and general aspects of day today life. You can increase your critical comprehension by incorporating the basic fundamentals of reading with some added techniques. The candidates would have to answer questions based on a passage but the candidates would be expected to take into account their prior knowledge into the account.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Commerce (Code No. 07)

Part - I : Accounting

• Preparation of the Financial statements including statement of sources and uses of funds. Ratio analysis and interpretation : Ratios relating to short term liquidity, long terms solvency and profitability.
• Company Accounts : Issue and redemption of shares and debentures, Capitalisation of profits and issue of bonus shares; Accounting for depreciation including accelerated method of providing depreciation. Study of Indian Accounting standards : Accounting standards relating to Accounting Policy, Valuation of Inventory, Depreciation, Fixed Assets, Events occurring after Balance Sheet Date.
• Rate of Return on Investment (ROI) : Evaluation of the over-all performance of a business entity, Marginal costing and decision making.
• Auditing : Objects of auditing, Balance Sheet and continuous audit; Concept and objects of management audit; Company Audit : Appointment, rights, duties and liabilities of a Company Auditor.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Civil Engineering (Code No. 06)

1. Engineering materials & construction technology

Selection of site for the construction of various types of building: Planning & Orientation of Building. Bonds in Masonry, Damp Proof Course, Scaffolding, underpinning & Raking. Floors, Staircases, Roofs, Doors and Windows etc. Requirements of fire protection, Ventilation & air conditioning, and Acoustics. Building materials: Stones, Bricks, Timber, Lime, Cement, mortar, Plain & Reinforced Cement Concrete, Paints, Varnishes & Distemper.

2. Surveying

Generally adopted Scales, Chain and compass surveying: Levelling: Temporary & permanent adjustments of levels & Theodolite. Use of Theodolite, Tacheometry, Trigonometrical & Triangulation survey. Traversing & Traverse Adjustment; Contours and contouring: Simple Circular, Compound and Transition curves and their setting out: Theory of errors and survey adjustment.

3. Soil Engineering

Classification of soil as per I.S. Code, Field identification tests for soils; water content, specific gravity, voids ratio, porosity, degree of saturation; Unit weight, density index etc; and their inter-relationship, determination of various properties of soils as noted above as well as grain size distribution, consistency limits etc.

Soil permeability and its determination in the laboratory and field; Darcy's law, flow nets, its construction and uses. Compaction of soil and quality control, soil stabilization methods, Newmark's chart
and its uses.

Elements of shear strength parameters and their determination. Terzaghi's theory, Bearing capacity & Design Criteria for shallow foundation. Earth pressures on retaining wall; stability of simple slopes.

4. Structural mechanics

Stress and strains, elastic constants, factor of safety, relation among elastic constants. Bending moment and shear force diagrams for cantilever, simply supported and overhanging, Fixed & continuous beams subjected to static loads, concentrated uniformly, distributed and uniformly varying. Theory of simple bending. Shear Stress, Shear Center.

Deflection of cantilever, Simply supported fixed and continuous beams.

5. Steel structures

Design of ordinary and plate girder beams, roof trusses, welded joints, axially and eccentrically loaded columns, Grillage, Gusseted & slab base foundation. Provision of IS:800 and 875.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Chemistry (Code No. 05)

Section 'A'

Atomic number, Electronic configuration of elements, Aufbauprinciple, Hund's Multiplicity Rules, Paulis Exclusion Principle, long form of the Periodic Classification of elements; salient characteristics of 's', 'p', 'd' and 'f' block elements.

Atomic and ionic radii, ionisation potential, electron affinity and electronegativity; their variation with the position of the elements in the periodic table.

Natural and artificial radioactivity theory of nuclear disintegration; disintegration and displacement laws; radioactive series; nuclear bindings, energy, nuclear reaction, fission,, and fusion, radioactive isotopes and their uses.

Electronic Theory of Valency. Elementary ideas about sigma and pi-bonds, hybridization and directional nature of covalent bonds. Shapes of simple molecules bond order and bond length.

Oxidation states and oxidation numbers. Common redox reactions; ionic equations.

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Botany (Code No. 04)

1. Origin of Life : Basic ideas.

2. Biological Evolution : General account of chemical and biological evolution and mechanism of speciation.

3. Cell Biology : Cell structure and functions of cell organelles; structure and composition of cell wall and cell membrane. Mitosis and meiosis and their significance.

4. Plant Anatomy: Origin, development, structure and function of primary and secondary tissues.

5. Genetics and Plant Breeding : Mendel's Laws of inheritance, concept of gene and genetic code; physical and chemical basis of heredity; Linkage, crossing over and sex determination; Mutation, polyploidy, hybrid vigour and their role in crop improvement.

6. Plant Diversity : Structure and evolutionary trends in plant forms :
(a) Algae to angiosperms.
(b) Ultra-structure, reproduction and economic importance of viruses, Mycoplasma and Bacteria.
(c) Structure, reproduction and economic importance of Lichens.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will hold a Common Examination for Recruitment to the post of Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff 2011 in different States and Union Territories.

Date of Exam: February 27, 2011

Syllabus of Written Exam: 

• Time Allowed (General Candidates): 2 Hours
• Time Allowed (Visually Handicapped): 2 Hours 20 mins
• Question Paper: Objective Type
• Negative Marking: 0.25 marks for each wrong answer

Topics:

Questions on General Intelligence and Reasoning will be non-verbal considering the functions attached to the post. Questions on Numerical Aptitude and General English will be simple, of a level that an average matriculate will be in a position to answer comfortably. Questions on General Awareness will be also of similar standard.

General Intelligence & Reasoning (25 Qs, 25 Marks)

It would include questions of non-verbal type. The test will include questions on similarities and differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discriminating observation, relationship concepts, figure classification, arithmetical number series, non-verbal series etc. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationship, arithmetical computation and other analytical functions.

Numerical Aptitude (25 Qs, 25 Marks)

This paper will include questions on problems relating to Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers, Decimals and Fractions and relationship between Numbers, Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion, Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, use of Tables and Graphs, Menstruation, Time and Distance, Ratio and Time, Time and Work, etc.

General English (50 Qs, 50 Marks)

Candidates' understanding the Basics of English Language, its vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, synonyms, antonyms and its correct usage, etc. his/her writing ability would be tested.

General Awareness (50 Qs, 50 Marks)

SSC Higher Secondary Level Data Entry Operator & LDC Exam Solved Paper

Exam Held On: 27-11-2010

General Intelligence:

Directions (1-9): In each of the following questions select the related letter/word/number/figure from the given alternatives.

1. 83: 25 ::29 : ?
(1) 25
(2) 16
(3) 49
(4) 36

2. VXZ : JLN : : GIK : ?
(1) QSA
(2) QRS
(3) OQS
(4) LMO

3. ABZY : CDXW : : EFVU : ?
(1) IJRQ
(2) KLPO
(3) MNST
(4) GHTS

4. Receptionist : Office : : Hostess : ?
(1) Crew
(2) Host
(3) Airport
(4) Aircraft

5. NUMBER : UNBMER : : Hostess : ?
(1) HOGST
(2) HOGTS
(3) HGOTS
(4) HGSOT

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RAS Pre-Syllabus: Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science (Code No. 03)

A. Animal Hasbandry:

A.1 General:

• Present status and future scope of livestock. Role of livestock in Indian economy and human health. Socio-economic aspects of livestock enterprises.

A.2 Genetics and Breeding:

• Elements of genetics and breeding as applied to improvement of animals. Indigenous breeds of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pigs, camel and poultry for production of milk, meat, wool, eggs & work.

A.3 Nutrition:

• Classification of feeds, proximate analysis of feeds. Conservation of feeds and fodders. Feeding standards. Functions of food. Characteristics of ideal ration. Feeding of calves, heifers, pregnant and milking
  animals. Rationing of poultry.