Q1 : The Rowlatt Act was passed in
(a) 1905
(b) 1913
(c) 1919
(d) 1925
Q2 : Vivekanand established Ramakrishna Mission in
(a) 1892
(b) 1897
(c) 1937
(d) 1939
Q3 : Eritrea which became Member of the UN in 1993 is in the continent of
(a) Africa
(b) Europe
(c) Asia
(d) None of these
Q4 : For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
(a) Literature, Peace and Economics
(b) Physics and Chemistry
(c) Physiology or Medicine
(d) All the above
Q5 : Who authored the Book "India's Legal System: Can it be saved?"
(a) N. A. Palkhiwala
(b) Fali S. Nariman
(c) Khuswant Singh
(d) H. R. Bhardwaj
AP PSC Syllabus : Group - IV Services (Intermediate Standard)
SCHEME AND SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF HOSTEL WELFARE OFFICERS
GRADE-II IN AP SOCIAL WELFARE SUB SERVICE UNDER GROUP-IV SERVICES
(INTERMEDIATE. STANDARD)
Paper
Subject
No.of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Duration
1.
GENERAL STUDIES
150
150
150 Minutes
2.
CONCERNED SUBJECT
150
150
150 Minutes
SYLLABUS
PAPER-I: General Studies, Mental Ability and Language Ability
(I) Current Affairs of National importance
(II) History and Geography of Andhra Pradesh
(III) Mental Ability
(IV) Language Ability : Intended to test the candidates proficiency in the use of language ability for comprehension, summarization, idiomatic usage, vocabulary and usage detection of mistakes, absurdities
PAPER-2 (CONCERNED SUBJECT)
FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION
i) Nature and Scope of Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education.
ii) Idealism; Naturalism; Pragmatism; Realism; Existentialism;
iii) Gandhi; Tagore; Aurobindo; Vivekananda; Jiddu Krishna Murthy;
iv) Socialization and Education; Social change and Education; Culture and Education; Modernization and Education; Equality of Educational opportunities; Education of Weaker Sections.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
I. INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.
Relationship between Educational Psychology.
Nature and Scope of Educational Psychology.
Methods of Educational Psychology
2. Growth and Development.
Principles of Growth and Development.
Stages of Development-Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence and aspects of development - Physical, Mental, Social and Emotional and its Educational implications to classroom teaching and education.
AP PSC Syllabus : Group - I Services Reference Books
Section I
History and Cultural Heritage of India with Emphasis on 20th Century History of India
1. R.C. Majumdar – Raya Choudhari & Datta – Advanced History of India.
2. D.D. Kosambi – An Historical Outline of Indian Culture and History.
3. A.R. Desai – Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
4. Sumit Sarkar – Writing Social History.
5. S.C. RayaChoudhary – Social Cultural and Economic History of India. (Earliest Times to Present Times)
6. M.N.Srinivas – Social Change in Modern India.
7. Bipin Chandra – Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.
8. K.N. Panikar – Culture and Ideology in Colonial India.
9. Kenneth Jones – Social and Religious Reform Movement in India.
10. V.A. Narayan – Social Reforms in Modern India.
11. Tarachand – A History of the Freedom Movement in India Vol. I & II.
12. Sumit Sarkar – Modern India.
13. A.R. Desai – Peasants Struggle in India.
14. R.S. Sarma- Indian Feudalism – Comprehensive History of India – Vol. 10 to 12.
15. N.V. Bhattacharya – Medieval Movements in India.
16. Romila Thapar – Ancient Indian Social History.
17. K.A. Nilakanta Sastry – A History of South India.
18. Romila Thapar – History of India – Vol. I & II.
19. R.S. Sharma – Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India.
20. A.L. Bashom – The Cultural History of India.
21. A.L. Srivastavan – History of India from 1000 to 1707.
22. S.R. Sharma – Mughul Rule in India.
23. J.L. Mehta – Advanced Studies in the History of Medieval India – Vol. I & II.
24. Bipin Chandra _ Nationalisam and Colonialism in Modern India.
25. Omredt Gail – Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society. The Non-Brahman movement in Western India.
26. V. Geetha and Rajadurai – Towards Non-Brahmin Millenium.
27. O.Hanlon Rosalind – Caste, Conflict and Ideology, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Low
Caste Protest in 19th Century Western India.
28. Dananjaya Keer – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Life History.
29. R.P.Tripathi & A.R. Desai – Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
30. Bipin Chandra – Essays in Contemporary India.
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1. On the basis of the results of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2017 held by the Union Public Service Commission from 28th October, 2017 to 3rd November, 2017, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Personality Test for selection to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other Central Services (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’).
2. Candidature of these candidates is provisional subject to their being found eligible in all respects. The candidates will be required to produce the original certificates in support of their claims pertaining to age, educational qualifications, community, physical handicap and other documents such as TA Form, etc. at the time of their Personality Test. The formats of SC/ST/OBC and PH certificates and TA Form, etc. can be downloaded from the website of the Commission. They are, therefore, advised to keep the said documents ready with them.
3. Personality Test of these candidates is likely to commence from 19th Feb, 2018. Personality Tests will be held in the Office of the Union Public Service Commission at Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069. The e-Summon Letter of Personality Test of candidates being called for Interview may be downloaded from the Commission’s Website http://www.upsc.gov.in from 18th Jan, 2018. The candidates who are not able to download e-Summon Letter for Personality Test, should immediately contact the office of the Commission through letter or on Phone Nos. 011-23385271, 011-23381125, 011-23098543 or Fax No. 011-23387310, 011-23384472. No paper Summon Letters will be issued for the Personality Test/Interview by the Commission. The date and time of Personality Test will not be intimated to the qualified candidates individually.
4. No request for change in the date and time of the Personality Test intimated to the candidates will be entertained.
5. At the time of filling up of Detailed Application Form (DAF), Cadre Preferences were not obtained from the candidates qualified for Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2017 and it was inter alia mentioned in Column 18 of DAF that the Revised Cadre Policy was under consideration in the Government (Department of Personnel & Training) for the All India Services. The Government has since issued the Cadre Allocation Policy on 05.09.2017, which is available on the DoP&T’s website. In accordance with this Revised Cadre Allocation Policy all the candidates, who have qualified for Personality Test (Interview), are requested to fill up the Addendum to DAF Online for submitting their Zones & Cadre Preferences. The Addendum to DAF will be made available on the Commission’s website from 16/01/2018 to 29/01/2018 (06:00 P.M.). Candidates are advised to visit the website of Department of Personnel & Training at the link http://persmin.gov.in/AIS1/QrvCA.asp for perusing the Cadre Allocation Policy-2017. They are also advised to go through the details of the Cadre Allocation Policy 2017 extremely carefully before submitting their preferences for Zones as well as Cadres there under. The preferences once opted and submitted cannot be modified or changed at a later stage. Therefore, the candidates are advised to exercise due diligence while filling up the preferences for Zones as well as Cadres there under. If a candidate fails to submit the Addendum to DAF by last date/time, it will be considered that the candidate has no preference to make for Zones & Cadres and no request shall be entertained in this regard.
6. No request for any type of change/modification of information already supplied in DAF would be entertained by the Commission. However, wherever necessary the candidates are advised to notify changes in their address/contact details only, if any, to the Commission immediately through letter, email (csm-upsc@gov.in) or Fax at numbers indicated above within 7 days of publishing this Press Note.
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