TELANGANA STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION: HYDERABAD

NOTIFICATION NO. 22/2017, Dt.02/06/2017

DEGREE COLLEGE LECTURERS IN RESIDENTIAL DEGREE COLLEGES(WOMEN)

(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)
PARA I:
1) Applications are invited Online from qualified women candidates through the
proforma Application to be made available on Commissions WEBSITE (www.tspsc.gov.in)
to the post of Degree College Lecturers in Residential Degree Colleges(women).

i. Submission of ONLINE applications from Dt. 06/06/2017

ii. Last date for submission of ONLINE applications Dt. 24/06/2017
iii. Hall Tickets can be downloaded 07 days before commencement of
Examination.
iv. The question paper of Preliminary (Screening Test) will be supplied in English
version only. The question paper of Main examination will be supplied in
English version only except languages.

2) The Preliminary (Screening Test) is of Objective Type and is likely to be held on

Dt.16/07/2017 and the Main Examination (Objective Type) is likely to be held on 12 OR
13 /08/2017. The Commission reserves the right to conduct the Examination either
COMPUTER BASED RECRUITMENT TEST (CBRT) or OFFLINE OMR based
Examination of objective type.

Before applying for the posts, candidates shall register themselves as per the One Time
Registration (OTR) through the Official Website of TSPSC. Those who have registered in
OTR already, shall apply by login to their profile using their TSPSC ID and Date of Birth as
provided in OTR.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates are requested to keep the details of the following
documents ready while uploading their OTR Applications.
i. Aadhar number
ii. Educational Qualification details i.e., SSC, INTERMEDIATE,
DEGREE, POST GRADUATION etc. and their Roll numbers, Year of
passing etc.
iii. Community/ Caste Certificate obtained from Mee Seva/ E Seva i.e.,
Enrollment number and date of issue for uploading in OTR.

3) The candidates who possess requisite qualification may apply online by satisfying
themselves about the terms and conditions of this recruitment. The details of vacancies are
given below:-
Age as on Scale
Sl. No. of
Name of the Post 01/07/2017 of Pay
No. Vacancies
Min. Max. Rs.
Degree College Lecturers in Mahatama
1 Jothiba Phule Telangana Backward Classes 36
Welfare Residential Degree Colleges(Women). 40,270-
93,780
Degree College Lecturers in Telangana Social 18-44*
2 510
Welfare Residential Degree Colleges(Women).
TOTAL 546

(The Details of Vacancies department wise i.e., Community and Gender wise (General
/ Women) may be seen at Annexure-I.)

IMPORTANT NOTE: The number of vacancies are subject to variation on intimation being
received from the appointing authority

4) EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess the qualifications from a recognized University/ Institution
as detailed below or equivalent thereto as specified in the relevant Bye Laws/ Service
Regulations, indented by the Residential Educational Institutions Societies as on the Date
of Notification.
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Sl.
Name of the Post Educational Qualifications
No.
Degree College Lecturers
in Mahatama Jothiba Academic Qualifications
Phule Telangana
1
Backward Classes Welfare i) Good academic record in Post Graduation in the
Residential Degree relevant subject (as shown in Annexure-A) with
Colleges(Women). A minimum of 55% marks of an equivalent Grade
of B in the 7 point scale with letter Grades
O,A,B,C,D,E and F obtained from the Universities
recognized in India.

ii) Should have passed National Eligibility Test (NET)

for lecturers conducted by UGC/CSIR or similar
Test accredited by the UGC or SLET conducted
by PSC/ Universities of the State.

iii) If a candidate possesses Ph.D., or equivalent is

exempted from passing National Eligibility Test
Degree College Lecturers (NET) for lecturers conducted by UGC/CSIR or
in Telangana Social similar Test accredited by the UGC or SLET
2
Welfare Residential conducted by the PSC/ Universities of the
Degree Colleges(Women). State.

Note:
1. In case of candidates belonging to
SC/ST/Differently abled category, the
Minimum % of marks shall be 50%
(instead of 55%)
2. A relaxation of 5% marks may be provided
(from 55% to 50%) to the Ph.D. Degree
holder who passed Master Degree prior to
19-09-1991.

ANNEXUREA
SUBJECTS FOR THE POST OF DEGREE COLLEGE LECRURERS
Subjects in PG / Graduation

1. English: M.A. English or its equivalent Degree

2. Telugu: M.A. Telugu or its equivalent Degree
3. Maths: M.Sc., Mathematics or its equivalent Degree
4. Physics: M.Sc Physics or its equivalent Degree
5. Chemistry: M.Sc Chemistry or its equivalent Degree
6. Statistics: M.Sc Statistics or its equivalent Degree
7. Computer Science: Msc.Computer Science/ MCA or its equivalent Degree
8. Botany: M.Sc., Botany or its equivalent Degree
9. Zoology: M.Sc. Zoology or its equivalent Degree
10. Micro-Biology: M.Sc. Micro-Biology or its equivalent Degree
11. Electronics: M.Sc. Physics(with Electronics specialization) or its equivalent Degree
12. Geology: M.Sc. Geology or its equivalent Degree
13. Genetics: M.Sc. Genetics or its equivalent Degree
14. Bio-Technology: M.Sc. Bio-Technology or its equivalent Degree
15. Food Science: M.Sc. Food Science/Technology/Science and Technology or its
equivalent Degree
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16. Bio-Chemistry: M.Sc. Bio-Chemistry or its equivalent Degree

17. Nutrition & Dietetics: M.Sc. Applied Nutrition or its equivalent Degree
18. History: M.A. History or its equivalent Degree
19. Economics: M.A. Economics or its equivalent Degree
20. Political Science: M.A. Political Science or its equivalent Degree
21. Public Administration: M.A. Public Administration or its equivalent Degree
22. Journalism: M.A. Journalism or its equivalent Degree
23. Psychology: M.A. Psychology or its equivalent Degree
24. Sociology: M.A. Sociology or its equivalent Degree
25. Commerce: M.Com or its equivalent Degree
26. Business Administration: MBA or its equivalent Degree

5) AGE: Minimum 18 years & Maximum 44* years. The age is reckoned as on 01/07/2017
(Rule- 12(1)(a)(v) of State and Subordinate Service Rules).

Minimum Age (18 years): A Candidate should not be born after 01/07/1999.

Maximum Age (44 years): A candidate should not be born before 02/07/1973.

The Upper Age limit will be relaxed as per Rules and will be calculated on the above lines.

*As per G.O. Ms. No. 329 GA(Ser.A) Dept., Dt. 27/07/2015 read with G.O. Ms. No. 264
GA(Ser.A) Dept.,Dated: 26-07-2016, the upper age limit is raised up to 10 years.

N.B.: 1) No person shall be eligible if he/she is less than 18 years of age.

2) No person shall be eligible if he/she crossed 58 years of age (Superannuation
age).

Age Relaxations: The upper age limit prescribed above is however relaxable in the
following cases:

Sl. Relaxation of age

Category of candidates
No. permissible
1 2 3
1. Retrenched temporary employees in the State Census 3 Years
Department with a minimum service of 6 months.
2. Telangana State Government Employees (Employees 5 Years based on the length
of TSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are not of regular service.
eligible).
3. Ex-Service men 3 years & length of service
rendered in the armed
forces.
4. N.C.C.(who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.) 3 Years & length of service
rendered in the N.C.C.
5. SC/ST and BCs 5 Years
6. Physically Handicapped persons 10 Years

6) (a) FEE: (Remittance of Fee) Each applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (RUPEES TWO
HUNDRED ONLY) towards Online Application Processing Fee. This apart, the applicants
have to pay RS. 120/- (RUPEES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONLY) towards
Examination Fee. However, the following category of candidates belonging to
Telangana State only are exempted from payment of Examination fee.
a) SC, ST, BC & PH.
b) Unemployed applicants in the age group of 18 to 44 years (They have to submit
declaration at an appropriate time to the Commission that they are unemployed).
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N.B.:- BCs, SCs and STs belonging to other states are not exempted from payment of
Application processing Fee and Examination Fee and they are not entitled for any
kind of reservation.
b) Mode of Payment of Fee:
The Fee mentioned at Para-I(6)(a) is to be paid online through SBI ePay duly
following online instructions once the application form details are submitted by filling
TSPSC ID, date of birth and other particulars.
The fee once remitted, shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances.
Failure to pay the examination fee, application fee, wherever applicable will entail total
rejection of application. The list of Banks providing service for the purpose of online
remittance of fee is given in ANNEXURE II.

PARA-II: CENTRES FOR THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION:

1) The Screening Test will be held at HYDERABAD (including HMDA Jurisdiction) only
or all erstwhile District head quarters. However, the Commission reserves the right
either to increase or decrease the number of Centres.
2) The Main (Objective Type)Examination will be held at HYDERABAD (including HMDA
Jurisdiction) only
3) However, the Commission reserves the right to abolish / create new centre or centres for
administrative reasons. Request for change of the centre will not be entertained.

PARA-III: HOW TO APPLY:

A) HOW TO UPLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM:
(i) The Applicants have to read the User Guide for Online Submission of Applications
and then proceed further.
I STEP: The Candidate has to visit the WEBSITE http://www.tspsc.gov.in and fill the
OTR application if not registered earlier to obtain TSPSC ID. While filling the same,
the candidates have to ensure that there are no mistakes in it. The Commission
bears no responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the candidates.
II STEP: The candidates have to visit the website http://www.tspsc.gov.in to submit
Application and Click on the Link with Notification Number and Name, provide
TSPSC ID and Date of Birth to proceed further.
Candidate has to verify the details fetched from various databases pertaining
to qualification, caste, Aadhar etc, and displayed on the screen. If the displayed
details are correct he/she has to click Yes on confirm button. If any details are not
displayed or need to be changed, he/she should click No on confirm button. If
details are not displayed a text box will open and candidate has to feed the details
manually. Required documents have to be uploaded by clicking the upload button.
In addition to the details obtained from OTR database, Notification specific details
such as Examination Centre opted, required qualification, university details,
eligibility and accepting declarations etc. are to be filled by the candidate. Preview
and Edit facility is available to make changes and submit for proceeding to Next step
of making online payment of fee.
III STEP:-Immediately on entering the above details, the applicant will get payment gateway
of SBI ePay.
IV STEP:-The applicant should pay the prescribed fee as specified through any of the four
modes of payment online. Separate instructions have to be followed for each mode
of payment.
V STEP:-After payment of fee, the PDF Application will be generated which contains the
particulars furnished by the candidates. The ID No in the PDF Application form has
to be quoted for future reference/correspondence.
i) Candidate shall note that, the details available with OTR database at the time of
submitting the application will be considered for the purpose of this notification.
If, any changes are made by the candidate to OTR database at a later date will
not be considered for the purpose of this Notification.
ii) Hand written/ Typed/ Photostat copies/ outside printed Application Form will not
be accepted and liable for rejection.
iii) The applicants should be willing to serve anywhere in Telangana State.
iv) For any Technical problems related to Online submission and downloading of
Hall-Tickets please contact 040-23120301 or 040-23120302(Call Time: 10.30
A.M to 1.00 P.M & 1.30 P.M to 5.30 P.M) or mail to [email protected]
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NOTE:
1. The Commission is not responsible, for any discrepancy in Bio-data particulars while
submitting the application form through Online. The applicants are therefore, advised to
strictly follow the instructions and User guide in their own interest before submitting the
application.
2. The particulars furnished by the applicant in the Application Form will be taken as final,
and data entry is processed, based on these particulars only by Computer. Candidates
should, therefore, be very careful in Uploading / Submitting the Application Form
Online.
3. Incomplete/incorrect application form will be summarily rejected. The information if any
furnished by the candidate subsequently in any form will not be entertained by the
Commission under any circumstances. Applicants should be careful in filling-up the
application form and submission. If any lapse is detected during the scrutiny, the
candidature will be rejected even though he/she comes through the final stage of
recruitment process or even at a later stage.
4. Before Uploading/Submission of Application Form, the Candidates should carefully
ensure his/her eligibility for this examination. No relevant column of the application form
should be left blank, otherwise application form will not be accepted.

PARA- IV GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Applicant must compulsorily fill-up all relevant columns of application and submit
application through website only. The particulars made available in the website shall
be processed through computer and the eligibility decided in terms of notification.
2. The applications received online in the prescribed proforma available in the website
and within the time shall only be considered and the Commission will not be held
responsible for any kind of discrepancy.
3. Applicants must upload his/her own scanned photo and signature through J.P.G
format.
4. The applicants should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated
or suppress any material information while making an application through website.
5. All the essential certificates issued by the competent authority of Telangana State
shall compulsorily be kept with the applicants to produce as and when required to
do so. Failure to produce the required certificates on the day of verification will lead
to disqualification.
6. Important The claim of the candidates with regard to the date of birth, educational
/ technical qualifications, experience and community are accepted only provisionally
on the information furnished by them in their application form and is subject to
verification and satisfaction of the Commission. Mere admission to any test or
interview or inclusion of the name of a candidate in a Merit List will not confer on the
candidate any right for appointment. The candidature is therefore, provisional at all
stages and the Commission reserve the right to reject candidature at any stage of
the selection even after the advice has been made.
7. This Recruitment is entrusted to TSPSC along with Finance Clearance vide G.O.
Ms. No. 46 Finance (HRM-II) Department, Dt. 07/04/2016 and G.O. Ms. No. 94
Finance (HRM-VII) Department, Dt. 03/08/2016.

The following certificates must be kept ready by the candidates for the purpose of
verification and also at the time of making Online application.
i. Aadhar Card.
ii. Proof of Educational Qualifications.
iii. Date of Birth Certificate / S.S.C
iv. School Study Certificate
v. Declaration by the Unemployed (For claiming exam fee exemption)
vi. No Objection Certificate from Employer (if anywhere employed)
The following Certificates should be obtained from Govt. of Telangana State in prescribed
proforma for the purpose of verification.
i. Community Certificate.
ii. Non-Creamy Layer Certificate as per Form- VIIB / Creamy Layer Certificate as per
Form- VIIC.
iii. Certificate of Residence / Nativity (where the Candidates not studied in School /
Private Study)
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The following Certificates (whichever is applicable) should be obtained from Competent

Medical authority for the purpose of verification.
iv. a) Medical Certificate for the Blind
b) Certificate of Hearing Disability and Hearing Assessment
c) Medical Certificate in respect of Orthopedically Handicapped Candidates

PARA-V:- IMPORTANT LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE RECRUITMENT

PROCESS:
1. Vacancies: The recruitment will be made to the vacancies notified before the
examination only. There shall be no waiting list as per G.O. Ms. No. 81 General
Administration (Ser.A) Department, Dated 22/02/1997. If additional vacancies are
reported by the Government an addendum to that effect will be issued.
Note: The vacancies reported by the Residential Educational Institutions are in
Degree Colleges (Women). As such all these vacancies are earmarked for
women candidates only.
2. Recruitment:- The recruitment will be processed as per the Notification and also as per
the Byelaws / Service Regulations, B.O.G recommendations of the Residential
Educational Institution Societies and orders / Instructions issued by the Government
and also as decided by the Commission from time to time.
3. Constitutional Provisions:- The Commission is empowered under the provisions of
Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India read with relevant laws, rules,
regulations and executive instructions and all other enabling legal provisions in this
regard to conduct examination for appointment to the posts notified herein, duly
following the principle of order of merit as per Rule 3d(ix)(a) of the TSPSC Rules of
procedure read with reference to relevant statutory provisions and ensuring that the
whole recruitment and selection process is carried out with utmost regard to maintain
secrecy and confidentiality so as to ensure that the principle of merit is followed. A
candidate shall be disqualified for appointment, if he himself / she herself or through
relations or friends or any others has canvassed or endeavored to enlist for his
candidature, extraneous support, whether from official or non-official sources for
appointment to this service.
4. State Cadre Post:- The post is identified as State Cadre Post, hence reservation
for Local Candidates is not applicable
5. Employed:- The persons already in Government Service/ Autonomous bodies/
Government aided institutions etc., whether in permanent or temporary capacity or as
work charged employees are required to inform in writing to the Head of Office /
Department, as the case may be and required to submit the No objection from the
concerned Head of Office / Department to the Commission as and when required to do
so.
6. Penal Action:- The Commission is also empowered to invoke the penal provisions of
the A.P. Public Examinations (Prevention of Malpractices and Unfair means) Act 25/97
for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and as per the Rules of
Procedure of TSPSC published in Telangana Gazette No: 60 dated 28/12/2015 in
respect of this Notification.
7. Caste & Community: Community Certificate issued by the competent authority
(obtained from Government of Telangana State) in terms of G.O.Ms No. 58, SW (J)
Dept., dt: 12/5/97 read with G.O. Ms. No. 5 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2)
Dept., Dt. 08/08/2014, G.O. Ms. No. 11 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2)
Dept., Dt. 17/09/2014 and G.O. Ms. No. 2 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2)
Dept., Dt. 22/01/2015 should be submitted at appropriate time in respect of SC & ST
Candidates. In respect of candidates belonging to Backward Classes are required to
produce Community Certificate (BC-A, BC-B, BC-C, BC-D& BC-E) from Competent
Authority i.e., from Tahsildars in the State of Telangana not below the rank of Deputy
Tahsildar through e-seva/ mee-seva(G.O. Ms. No. 16 BCW(OP) Dept., Dt. 11/03/2015)
and orders and instructions issued by the Government from time to time. As per
General Rules for State and Subordinate Service Rules, Rule -2(28) Explanation: No
person who professes a religion different from Hinduism shall be deemed a member of
Schedule Caste.
8. Reservation:- (i)The Reservation and eligibility in terms of General Rule 22 & 22 (A)(3)
of State and Subordinate Service Rules are applicable.
(ii) Reservation to Disabled persons is subject to their eligibility to any of the above
category of posts and shall be subject to Telangana State and Subordinate
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Service Rules governing the posts. The required extent of deformity and the
genuineness of the Medical Certificate and in the case of ambiguity or doubt, the
same shall be referred to the Appellate Medical Boards as per the instructions of
the Government.
(iii) As per G.O.Rt.No.1274, G.A (Ser-B) Department, Dated 04-06-2016:
(a) Women staff shall only be recruited in all cadres of posts in the Schools/
Institutions meant for Girls, in terms of Sub-Rule (3) of rule 22-A of
Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules.
(b) Separate rosters in each cadre shall be maintained for Girls Schools /
Institutions.
(iv) Reservation to BC-E group will be subject to the adjudication of the litigation
before the Honorable Courts including final orders in Civil Appeal No: (a) 2628-
2637 of 2010 in SLP. No. 7388-97 of 2010, dated. 25/03/2010 and orders from the
Government.
9. Distance Education:- The Candidates who have obtained Degrees through Open
Universities / Distance Education mode are required to have recognition by the
University Grants Commission / AICTE / Distance Education Council as the case
may be. Unless such Degrees had been recognised by the relevant Statutory
Authority, they will not be accepted for purpose of Educational Qualification. The
onus of Proof of recognition by the relevant Statutory Authority that their Degrees /
Universities have been recognised, rests with the Candidate.

PARA-VI: Reservation to the Local candidates is not applicable as the selection will be
made on state-wide merit and allotment of zones will be made as per preference given by
the candidates.

The following are the Present Zones in the Telangana State:

V Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam. (ADB, KRMN, WGL, KMM)
VI Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Nizamabad, Mahaboobnagar, Medak and
Nalgonda. (HYD, RRD, NZB, MBNR, MDK, NLG)

PARA-VII: SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:- The Scheme & Syllabus for the examination
has been shown in ANNEXURE-III.
PARA-VIII: PROCEDURE OF SELECTION:
The selection to these posts will be based on the Scheme & Syllabus shown at
Annexure-III
THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE POST WILL BE BASED ON MARKS SECURED IN THE
MAIN EXAMINATION EITHER ONLINE OR OMR BASED AND INTERVIEW /
DEMONSTRATION/VIVA-VOCE MARKS PUT TOGETHER.
1. The applicants will be subjected to a Preliminary (Screening Test) of Objective
Type for the purpose of short listing the number of candidates to be admitted to the
main examination (Objective Type) and the marks secured by the candidates in the
preliminary (Screening Test) will not be counted for the purpose of final selection as
preliminary examination is only a qualifying examination in terms of G.O.Ms.229,
GA(Ser.A) Dept., dated 30-06-2016 read with G.O.Ms.No.316, GA(Ser.A) Dept.,
dated 17-08-2016.
2. The candidates will be picked up for the main examination based on their
performance in preliminary examinations in the ratio of 1:15 in their respective
categories duly following the Rule of reservation.
3. Those candidates who qualify in the Main Examination (Objective Type) in order of
merit will be called for in 1:2 ratio for verification of Certificates and Interview/
Demonstration /viva-voce Community and Category wise for the vacancies
available. The minimum qualifying marks for Selection are OCs 40%, BCs 35%
SCs, STs and PHs 30%. The minimum qualifying marks are relaxable in the case of
SC/ST/BC/PH at the discretion of the Commission.
4. The selection to the post will be based on marks secured in the main examination
and Interview/ Demonstration /viva-voce marks put together.
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5. The candidates will be selected and allotted to the Residential Educational

Institutions Societies in Telangana State as per their rank in the merit list and as per
zonal preference for allotment of candidates against vacancies and for the
vacancies available. Selection will be made on State wide merit and allotment of
zones will be made as per preference given by the candidates against the
vacancies.
N.B.: Mere securing minimum qualifying marks does not vest any right in a
candidate for being considered for selection.
6. The appearance in all papers at the Written Examination as per rules is compulsory.
Absence in any paper/papers will automatically render his candidature as
disqualified.
7. Candidates have to produce Original documents and other particulars on the day of
verification itself. If candidate fails to produce any of the required certificates and if
the particulars furnished by him / her in the Application do not tally with the Original
documents produced by him / her, then his / her candidature will be
rejected/disqualified without any further correspondence. As candidature for the
recruitment is processed through Computer/Electronic devices based on the
particulars furnished in the Application Form, the candidate is advised to fill in all the
relevant particulars carefully.
8. While the Commission calls for preference of candidates in respect of posts/R.E.I.
Societies etc., in the application form, it is hereby clarified that the said preferences
are only indicative for being considered to the extent possible but not binding or
limiting the Commissions powers enjoyed under Article 315 and 320 of the
Constitution of India. Therefore, the Commission has the power to assign a
successful candidate to any of the notified posts for which he is considered by them
to be qualified and eligible, subject to fulfilling the selection criterion.
9. The appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their being found
medically fit in the appropriate Medical Examination, and if he/she is of sound
health, active habits free from any bodily defect or infirmity.
PARA-IX: DEBARMENT:
Candidates should make sure of their eligibility to the post applied for and that the
declaration made by them in the format of application regarding their eligibility is correct in
all respects. Any candidate furnishing in-correct information or making false declaration
regarding his/her eligibility at any stage or suppressing any information is liable to be
debarred for five years from appearing for any of the examinations conducted by the
commission, and summarily rejection of their candidature for this recruitment.
a) The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the State Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B
Extraordinary dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are
noticed at any stage of the Recruitment.
b) The Commission is vested with the constitutional duty of conducting recruitment and
selection as per rules duly maintaining utmost secrecy and confidentiality in this
process and any attempt by anyone causing or likely to cause breach of this
constitutional duty in such manner or by such action as to violate or likely to violate the
fair practices followed and ensured by the Commission will be sufficient cause for
rendering such questionable means as ground for debarment and penal consequences
as per law and rules and as may be decided by the Commission.
c) Any candidate is or has been found impersonating or procuring impersonation by any
person or resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his / her
candidature for selection or obtaining support of candidature by any means, such a
candidate may in addition to rendering himself/ herself liable to criminal prosecution, will
be debarred permanently from any exam or selection held by the Service Commission
in the country.
d) MEMORANDUM OF MARKS: - Memorandum of Marks will be issued on payment of
Rs.200/- (Rupees Two Hundred Only) through Online Payment in favour of the
Secretary, T.S. Public Service Commission, Hyderabad. Request for Memorandum of
Marks from candidates, will be entertained after one month from the date of publication
of the final results in TSPSC Website. The Memorandum of Marks will be issued to the
candidates for a period of 90 days only. Request for revaluation or recounting will not
be undertaken under any circumstances. Invalid, disqualified, ineligible candidates will
not be issued any Memorandum of Marks and fees paid by such candidates, if any, will
be forfeited to Government account, without any correspondence in this regard.
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In case of Off-line examination, if any candidate fails to mark the Booklet Series,
Roll Number etc., in the OMR Answer Sheet, the Commission reserves the right to
invalidate such Answer Sheets as Answer Sheets are valued by Optical Mark Scanner.
No request for reconsideration of such rejected/invalidated cases will be entertained
under any circumstances whatsoever.
PARA-X: - Please read the following Annexures appended to the Notification before filling
the application form.
i) Breakup of Vacancies
ii) Payment gateway
iii) Scheme and Syllabus
iv) Instructions to the Candidates
v) List of Communities
PARA XI: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Candidates are directed to follow the Commissions Website (www.tspsc.gov.in)
regularly to know the latest developments of this Recruitment and any changes/
Modifications/ Addendum/ Corrigendum, dates of Examination, calling of candidates for
verification of Certificates/ Interviews/ Results etc. Candidates are advised to go through
the Instructions to Candidates enclosed to this Notification at Annexure-IV.

PARA-XII: COMMISSIONS DECISION TO BE FINAL:

The decision of the Commission in all aspects and in all respects pertaining to the
application and its acceptance or rejection as the case may be, conduct of examination and
at all consequent stages culminating in the selection or otherwise of any candidate shall be
final in all respects and binding on all concerned, under the powers vested with it under
Article 315 and 320 of the Constitution of India. Commission also reserves its right to alter
and modify time and conditions laid down in the notification for conducting the various
stages up to selection, duly intimating details thereof to all concerned, as warranted by any
unforeseen circumstances arising during the course of this process, or as deemed
necessary by the Commission at any stage.

HYDERABAD Sd/-
DATE: 02 /06 /2017 SECRETARY
 ANNEXURE-I
(GENERAL RECRUITMENT)
DEGREE COLLEGE LECTURERS IN MJPTBC AND TELANGANA SOCIAL WELFARE RESIDENTIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIETY FOR WOMEN
Break-up of Vacancies
OC SC ST BC-A BC-B BC-C BC-D BC-E VH Grand
Society Subject State /Zone
W W W W W W W W W Total
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Telugu State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
English State
Zone VI 02 01 - 01 - - - - - 04
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Economics State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
History State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Pol.Science State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Commerce State
Zone VI 02 01 - 01 - - - - - 04
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Maths State
Zone VI 02 01 - - - - - - - 03
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
MJPTBCWREIS

Physics State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Chemistry State
Zone VI 02 01 - - - - - - - 03
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Botany State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Zoology State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Mic.Biology State
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Bio-Chemistry State
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Bio.Technology State
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - 01
Computer Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
State
Science Zone VI 02 01 - - - - - - - 03
Zone V - - - - - - - - - -
Statistics State
Zone VI 01 01 - - - - - - - 02
TOTAL 21 13 - 02 - - - - - 36
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OC SC ST BC-A BC-B BC-C BC-D BC-E VH HH

Society Subject State /Zone Total Grand Total
W W W W W W W W W W
Zone V 11 04 01 02 02 01 01 01 01 - 24
Telugu State 60
Zone VI 17 05 03 03 03 01 01 01 01 01 36
Zone V 11 04 01 02 02 01 01 01 01 - 24
English State 60
Zone VI 17 05 03 03 03 01 01 01 01 01 36
Zone V 03 01 - 01 - - - 0 01 - 6
Economics State 15
Zone VI 04 02 01 01 - - - 0 01 - 9
Zone V 03 01 - 01 - - - 0 01 - 6
History State 15
Zone VI 04 02 01 01 - - - 0 01 - 9
Zone V 03 01 - 01 - - - 0 01 - 6
Pol.Science State 15
Zone VI 04 02 01 01 - - - 0 01 - 9
Zone V 17 05 03 03 03 01 01 01 01 01 36
Commerce State 89
Zone VI 26 08 03 04 04 01 03 02 01 01 53
TSWREIS

Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
Maths State 30
Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 0 01 - 18
Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
Physics State 28
Zone VI 08 03 01 01 01 01 - 0 01 - 16
Zone V 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 0 01 - 18
Chemistry State 35
Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 - 0 01 - 17
Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
Botany State 30
Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 0 01 - 18
Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
Zoology State 30
Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 0 01 - 18
Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
Mic.Biology State 30
Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 0 01 - 18
Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
Statistics State 30
Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 0 01 - 18
Computer Zone V 06 02 01 01 01 - - 0 01 - 12
State 31
Science Zone VI 09 03 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 - 19
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OC SC ST BC-A BC-B BC-C BC-D BC-E VH HH

Society Subject State /Zone Total Grand Total
W W W W W W W W W W
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Electronics State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Geology State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Genetics State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Bio- Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
State 01
Technology Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Food Science State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Bio-Chemistry State 01
TSWREIS

Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Nutrition & Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
State 01
Dietetics Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Public Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
State 01
Administration Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Journalism State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Psychology State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
Sociology State 01
Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
Business Zone V - - - - - - - - - - -
State 01
Administration Zone VI 01 - - - - - - - - - 01
TOTAL 254 80 33 40 32 15 15 8 28 4 510

IMPORTANT NOTE: The number of vacancies are subject to variation on intimation being received from the appointing authority.
 ANNEXURE-II

List of Banks for making payment through SBI ePay.

5.Oriental Bank of 17.Lakshmi Vilas

STATE BANKGROUP 6.Punjab National Bank
Commerce Bank
18.Punjab & Sind
1.State Bank of India 6.United Bank of India 7.Union Bank of India
Bank
2.State Bank of Bikaner &
7.Vijaya Bank 19.IDBI Bank LIST C
Jaipur
3.State Bank of Hyderabad 8.City Union Bank 20.Indusind Bank 1.HDFC Bank
4.State Bank of Mysore 9. Catholic Syrian Bank 21.Syndicate Bank 2.ICICI Bank
3.Bank of Bahrain and
5.State Bank of Patiala 10.Federal Bank LIST B
Kuwait
6. State Bank of
11. ING Vysya Bank 1.Canara Bank 4.Citi Bank
Travancore
12.Jammu & Kashmir 2.Central Bank of
LIST - A 5.Indian Overseas Bank
Bank India
1.Bank of Maharashtra 13. KarurVysya Bank 3.Deutsche Bank 6.Karnataka Bank
2.Corporation Bank 14.South Indian Bank 4.Dhanalaxmi Bank 7.Ratnakar Bank
15.Tamilnadu Mercantile
3.Dena Bank 5.Kotak Bank
Bank
4.Indian Bank 16.DCB Bank

CHANNEL AMOUNT RS. PRICING IN RS.

Internet Banking
State Bank Group (6 Banks) All amounts Rs.3/-per transaction +Taxes
List-A (21 Banks) All amounts Rs.5/-per transaction +Taxes
All other Banks List-B (7 Banks) All amounts Rs.8/-per transaction +Taxes
List-C (7 Banks) All amounts Rs.12/-per transaction +Taxes
Debit Card
Up to 2000/- 0.75 % of the transaction amount + Taxes
All Banks
( Master/Mastreo/Visa/Rupay ) 2001/- &
1.00% of the transaction +Taxes
above
Credit card
All amounts 1.00% of transaction amount + Taxes
(Master/Visa/AMEX/Rupay)
IMPS Mobile payments All Amounts Rs. 7/- of the transaction Amount + Taxes
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ANNEXURE-III

Scheme and Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in Residential

Educational Institution Societies
Preliminary (Screening Test)

Scheme of Examination
No. of Duration
Written Examination (Objective Type) Marks
Questions (Minutes)
General Studies, General
Paper Abilities and Basic Proficiency 150 150 150
in English

Syllabus
Paper: General Studies, General Abilities and Basic Profeiciency in English

Section-I: General Studies

1. Current Affairs Regional, National & International.
2. Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
3. Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc.and
inclusive policies.
4. Society Culture, Civilization Heritage, Arts and Literature of India and Telangana
5. General Science; Indias Achievements in Science and Technology
6. Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation
Strategies and Sustainable Development.
7. Economic and Social Development of India and Telangana.
8. Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Telangana with special
emphasis on Telangana Statehood Movement and formation of Telangana state.

Section-II: General Abilities

9. Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.
10. Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education.
11. Teaching Aptitude

Section III: Basic Proficiency in English

i) School Level English Grammar:
Articles; Tense; Noun & Pronouns; Adjectives; Adverbs; Verbs;
Modals; Subject-Verb Agreement; Non-Finites; Reported Speech;
Degrees of Comparison; Active and Passive Voice; Prepositions;
Conjunctions; Conditionals.

ii) Vocabulary:
Synonyms and Antonyms; Phrasal Verbs; Related Pair of Words;
Idioms and Phrases; Proverbs.
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iii) Words and Sentences :

Use of Words ; Choosing Appropriate words and Words often
Confused; Sentence Arrangement, Completion, Fillers and
Improvement; Transformation of Sentences ; Comprehension;
Punctuation; Spelling Test; Spotting of Errors.
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Main Examination Scheme for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies

No. of Duration
Written Examination (Objective Type) Marks
Questions (Minutes)
Subject Discipline Knowledge/ Concerned
Paper 150 150 300
Subject (P.G. Level)
Interview/ Demonstration /viva-voce
30

Total 330

Concerned Subjects are:

1. Telugu 2. English 3. Mathematics 4.Physics

5. Chemistry 6.Botany 7.Zoology 8.Micro biology

9. Bio-Chemistry 10. History 11. Economics 12.Political Science

13. Commerce 14. Computer 15. Statistics 16.Genetics
Science
17.Geology 18. Nutrition & 19. PHYSICS 20. Psychology
Dietetics (with Electronics
Specialization)
21. Bio-Technology 22. Sociology 23. 24. Business
Communication Administration
and Journalism

25. Public Administration. 26. Food Science

NOTE: 1. PHYSICS (with Electronics Specialization) syllabus for the post of Electronics.
2. Communication and Journalism syllabus for the Post of Journalism.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
1. Paper-Telugu
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
2. Paper: English

I. Genres, Movements, Schools, Concepts.

Renaissance-Reformation, Metaphysical poetry, Neo-classicism, Puritanism,
Restoration, Romanticism,Victorian Age, Realism-Naturalism, Expressionism,
Symbolism, Modernism, Postmodernism.
Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Feminism, Postcolonialism, Diaspora, Race
Gender and Caste.
English Literary Criticism from Philip Sydney to Matthew Arnold
New Criticism, Formalism, Archetypal criticism, New Historicism,
Psychoanalytical criticism,Reader response criticism.
Literary Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Prose, Drama (origins and development,
elements, forms, types)

II. Writers and Texts

Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus
William Shakespeare Hamlet
John Milton Paradise Lost-Book 1
William Wordsworth Immortality Ode, Tintern Abbey
Robert Browning My Last Duchess, Andrea del
Sarto
Thomas Hardy Tess of the d Urbervilles
TS Eliot The Waste Land
G.B. Shaw Saint Joan
Virginia Woolf A Room of Ones Own
William Golding Lord of the Flies
Walt Whitman When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard
Bloomd,Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman
Toni Morrison Beloved
Mulk Raj Anand Untouchable
Kamala Das An Introduction, The Old
Playhouse
Girish Karnad Hayavadana
Salman Rushdie Midnights Children
Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart
Margaret Atwood Edible Woman
Derek Walcott Dream on Monkey Mountain

III English Language Teaching

1. ELT in India : (History and status of English in India; English as Second
Language, English asForeign Language, and English as Global Language).
2. Methods and Approaches: (Grammar Translation method, Direct method, Audio-
Lingual method;Structural approach, Communicative language teaching)
3. Teaching of Language Skills : (Teaching of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and
Writing Skills;Teaching of Grammar and Functional English; Teaching of
Vocabulary; Classroom techniques; Useof authentic materials) Teaching
literature.
4. Testing and Evaluation: (Principles, Types, Objectives of testing and evaluation)
5. Phonetics and Phonology; Syntax and Structure.

IV.Literary comprehension-(Excerpts from poetry and prose for comprehension)

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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies

3. Paper: Mathematics

I. Real Analysis
Finite, Countable and Uncountable sets Real Number system R Infimum and
Supremum of asubset of R Bolzano- Weierstrass Theorem- Sequences-
Convergence- Limit Superior and LimitInferior of a Sequence- Sub sequences- Heine-
Borel Theorem- Infinite Series Tests of Convergence-Continuity and Uniform
continuity of a real valued function of a real variable- Monotonic Functions- Functions of
Bounded Variation- Differentiability and Mean Value Theorems- Riemann Integrability-
Sequences and Series of Functions
II. Metric Spaces
Metric spaces Completeness- Compactness- Connectedness Continuity and
Uniform continuity ofa function from one metric space into another-Topological Spaces
Bases and Subbases Continuousfunctions
III. Elementary Number Theory
Primes and Composite numbers Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic Divisibility
Congruences Fermats theorem Wilsons Theorem Eulers Phi - Function
IV. Group Theory
Groups- Subgroups- Normal Subgroups- Quotient groups- Homomorphisms-
IsomorphismTheorems-Permutation groups- Cyclic groups- Cayleys theorem.Sylows
theorems - Their applications
V. Rings and Fields
Rings- Integral domain- Fields- Subrings - Ideals Quotient rings Homomorphisms
Prime ideals-Maximal ideals Polynomial rings Irreducibility of polynomials
Euclidean domains- Principalideal domains-Algebraic, Normal, Separable extensions of
fields- Galois Theory
VI. Vector Spaces
Vector Spaces, Subspaces Linear dependence and independence of vectors basis
and dimension Quotient spaces Inner product spaces Orthonormal basis Gram-
Schmidt process.
VII. Functional Analysis
Normed Linear Spaces- Banach Spaces -Inner Product Spaces- Hilbert Spaces-Linear
Operators- LinearFunctionals- Open Mapping Theorem- Closed Graph Theorem-
Uniform Boundedness theorem- Hahn Banach Theorem
VIII. Theory of Matrices
Linear Transformations Rank and nullity Change of bases- Matrix of a Linear
Transformation Singular and Non-singular matrices Inverse of a matrix
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a matrixand of a Linear Transformation Cayley-
Hamiltons theorem- Quadratic forms- Signature and Index
IX. Complex Analysis
Algebra of Complex Numbers The Complex Plane Complex Functions and Their
Analyticity Cauchy-Riemann equations Mobius transformations- Power Series-
Complex Integration CauchysTheorem Moreras Theorem Cauchys Integral
Formula Liouvilles Theorem Maximum ModulesPrinciple Schwarzs Lemma
Taylors Series Laurents Series-Calculus of Residues Evaluationof Integrals
X. Ordinary Differential Equations
Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) of First order and First degree Different
methods of solvingthem Exact Differential equations and Integrating factorsODE of
First order and Higher degree Equations solvable for p, x and y Clairauts equations
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Singular Solutions- Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients and

Variable Coefficients Variation of Parameters
XI. Partial Differential Equations
Formation of Partial Differential Equations (PDE) Lagrange and Charpits methods for
Solving firstorder PDEs Cauchy problem for first order PDEs- Classification of Second
Order PDEs GeneralSolution of Higher Order PDEs with Constant Coefficients
XII. Solid Geometry
The Plane- Right line- Sphere- Cones and Cylinders
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
4. Paper: Physics

I. Mathematical Methods of Physics

Dimensional analysis, vector algebra and vector calculus. Linear algebra,
matrices, cayley- HamiltonTheorem. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Linear
ordinary differential equations of first & second order,special functions ( Hermite,
Bessel, Laguerre and Legendre functions). Fourier series, Fourier andLaplace
transforms. Elements of complex analysis, analytic functions; Taylor & Laurent
series: poles,residues and evaluation of integrals. Elementary probability theory,
random variables, binomial, Poissonand normal distributions. Central limit
theorem.
II. Classical Mechanics
Newtons laws. Dynamical systems, Phase space dynamics, stability analysis.
Central force motions.Two body collisions-scattering in laboratory and centre of
mass frames. Rigid body dynamics-momentof inertia tensor. Non-inertial frames
and pseudo forces. Variational principle. Generalizedcoordinates.Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian formalisms and equations of motion. Conservation laws andcyclic
coordinates. Periodic motion: small oscillations, normal modes. Special theory of
relativity-Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and mass-energy
equivalence.
III. Electromagnetic Theory
Electrostatics: Gausss law and its applications, Laplace and Poisson equations,
boundary valueproblems. Magneto statics: Biot-savart law, Amperes theorem.
Electromagnetic induction. Maxwellsequations in free space and linear isotropic
media; boundary conditions on the fields at interfaces.Scalar and vector
potentials, gauge invariance. Electromagnetic waves in free space. Dielectrics
andconductors. Reflection and refraction, polarization, Fresnels law,
interference, coherence anddiffraction. Dynamics of charged particles in static
and uniform electromagnetic fields. Charges particlesin inhomogeneous fields.
IV. Quantum mechanics
Wave-particle duality. Schrodinger equation (time-dependent and time-
independent). Eigenvalueproblems (particle in a box, harmonic
oscillator,etc..).Tunnelling through a barrier. Wave function incoordinate and
momentum representations. Commutators and Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Diracnotation for state vectors. Motion in a central potential: Orbital angular
momentum, angular momentumalgebra, spin, addition of angular momenta;
Hydrogen atom. Stem-Gerlach experiment. Timeindependent perturbation theory
and applications. Variational method. Time dependent perturbationtheory and
Fermis golden rule.Selactin rules. Identical practices. Pauli exclusion
principle.spin-statisticsconnection.
V. Themrdynamics and statistical Physics
Laws of thermodynamics and their significance. Thermodynamic potentials,
Maxwell relations,chemical potential, Phase equilibria. Phase space. Micro and
macro- states. Micro-canonical, canonicaland grand-canonical ensembles and
partition functions. Free energy and its connection withthermodynamic
quantities. Classical and quantum statistics. Bose and Fermi gases. Principle of
detailedbalance. Black body radiation and Plancks distribution law
VI. Electronics
Semiconductor devices (diods, junctions, transistors, field effect devices, homo-
and hetero junctiondevices), device structure, device characteristics, frequency
dependence and applications. Optoelectronicdevices (solar cells, photo
detectors, LEDs). Rectifiers and power supplies. Feedbackamplifiers and their
frequency response. Oscillators, Multivibrators. Operational amplifiers and
theirapplications, Digital techniques and applications (Logic circuits, registers,
 22

counters and Comparators).A/D and D/A converters. Microprocessors, micro

controller basics. Fundamentals of AMcommunication, FM communication and
Fibre optic communication and their techniques.
VII. Atomic & Molecular Physics
Quantum States of an electron in an atom. Electron spin. Spectrum of Helium
and alkali atom.Relativistic corrections for energy levels of hydrogen atom, hyper
fine structure and isotopic shift,width of spectrum lines, LS &JJ couplings.
Zeeman, Paschen-Bach & Stark effects. Frank-Condonprinciple. Electronic
rotational, vibrational and Raman spectra of diatomic molecules. Selection
rules.Lasers: spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein A & B coefficients.
Optical pumping, Populationinversion, rate equation. Modes of resonators and
coherence length.
VIII. Condensed Matter Physics
Bravais lattice. Reciprocal lattice. Diffraction and the structure factor. Bonding of
solids. Elasticproperties, Phonons, lattice specific heat. Free electron theory and
electronic specific heat. Responseand Relaxation phenomena. Drude model of
electrical and thermal conductivity. Hall Effect andthermoelectric power. Electron
motion in a periodic potential, band theory of solids; metals, insulatorsand
semiconductors. Super conductivity: Type-I and type-II super conductors.
Josephson junctions.Superfluidity. Defects and dislocations. Ordered phases of
matter: translational and orientation order,kinds of liquid crystalline order. Quasi
crystals.
IX. Nuclear and Particle Physics
Basics of radio activity. Basic nuclear properties; size, shape and charge
distribution, spin and parity.Binding energy, Semi-empirical mass formula, liquid
drop model. Nature of the nuclear force, form ofnucleon-nucleon potential,
charge independence and charge symmetry of nuclear forces.
Deuteronproblem. Evidence of shell structure, single-particle shell model, its
validity and limitations. Elementaryideas of alpha, beta and gamma decays and
their selection rules. Fission and fusion. Nuclear reactions.Reaction mechanism,
compound nuclei and direct reactions.
X. Mathematical Methods of Physics
Greens function. Partial differential equations (Laplace, wave and heat equations
in two and threedimensions). Elements of computational techniques: root of
functions, interpolation, and extrapolation,integration by trapezoid and Simpsons
rule, solution of first order differential equation using Rungekuttamethod. Finite
difference methods. Tensors. Introductory group theory.
XI. Classical Mechanics
Basic concepts of Dynamical systems, Poisson brackets and canonical
transformations. Symmetry,invariance and Noethers theorem. Hamilton-Jacobi
theory.
XII. Electromagnetic Theory
Dispersion relations in Plasma. Lorentz invariance of Maxwells equation.
Transmission lines andwave guides. Radiation-from moving charges and dipoles
and retarded potentials.
XIII. Quantum Mechanics
Spin-Orbit coupling, fine structure. WKB approximation. Elementary theory of
scattering: Phase shifts,partial waves, Born approximation. Relativistic quantum
mechanics: Klein- Gordon and Dirac equations.Semi- classical theory of
radiation.
XIV. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
First- and second-order phase transitions. Diamagnetism, paramagnetism and
ferromagnetism. Isingmodel. Bose-Einstein condensation. Diffusion equation.
Random walk and Brownian motion.Introduction to non equilibrium processes.
XV. Condensed Matter Physics
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Phase contrast microscopy, Thermo gravimetric analysis. Differential scanning

calorimetry. Theoryand applications of Massbauer effect. Electron Spin
Resonance (ESR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR), Chemical shift and
applications. X-ray diffraction technique, scanning electron microscopyand
transmission electron microscopy and their applications.
XVI. Nuclear and Particle Physics
Classification of fundamental forces. Elementary particles and their quantum
numbers (charge, spin,parity, isospin, strangeness, etc.). Quark model, baryons
and mesons. C, P, and T invariance. Applicationsof symmetry arguments to
particle reactions. Parity non-conservation in week interaction.
Relativistickinematics.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
5. Paper: Chemistry

Inorganic chemistry:
I. Atomic structure and chemical bonding structure and bonding in homo and
hetero nuclear molecules.Application of VSEPR, Valence Bond and Molecular
orbital theories in explaining the structures ofsimple molecules.
II. Chemistry of main group (I to VII & Nobel gases) elements.
III. Chemistry of transition elements and inner transition elements.
IV. General principles of metallurgy: Occurrence of metals , Concentration of ores -
levigation, magneticseparation, froth floatation, leaching , Extraction of crude
metal from concentrated ore-conversion tooxide, reduction of oxide to the metal ,
Thermodynamic principles of metallurgy-Ellingham
diagramlimitations,applications. Extraction of iron, copper and zinc from their
oxides, Electrochemicalprinciples of metallurgy, Oxidation and reduction,
Refining of crude metal-distillation, liquation poling,electrolysis, zone refining and
vapour phase refining, Uses of aluminium, copper, zinc and iron.Alloys: Inter-
metallic compounds
V. Concept of Symmetry in Molecules Symmetry Operations Symmetry
Elements : Rotational Axisof Symmetry and Types of Rotational Axes, Plane of
Symmetry and types of Planes, Improper RotationalAxis of Symmetry , Inversion
Center and Identity Element. Molecular Point Groups: Definition andNotation of
Point Groups, Classification Molecules in to C1, Cs, Ci, Cn, Cnv, Cnh , Dn , Dnh ,
Dnd,Sn. Td, Oh & Ih.
VI. Coordination Chemistry IUPAC nomenclature, bonding theories Werners
theory, EAN rule, VBT,Crystal Field Theory Crystal Field splitting patterns in
various geometries, Factors affecting onCFT. Calculation of CFSE John Teller
effect Isomerism in complexes. Spectral and magneticproperties of
Coordination complexes Russell Sanders coupling term symbols - charge
transferspectra of complexes.
VII. Stability of metal complexes Stepwise and overall stability constants Factors
affecting the stabilityof metal complexes - Chelate effect. Pearsons theory of
hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB).
VIII. Reaction mechanism of metal complexesInert and labile complexes Ligand
substitution reaction ofoctahedral complexes Acid hydrolysis, Base hydrolysis
Conjugate base mechanism Anationreactions Substitution reactions of
square planar complexes Trans effect Electron transfer reactions Inner and
outer sphere mechanisms.
IX. Metal carbonyls, Nitrosyls and Metallocenes - Structure and bonding.
X. Bio-inorganic chemistry- Metal complexes as oxygen carriers-Hemoglobin and
myoglobin-Oxygentransport Non heme proteins Hemerythrin and
hemocyanin.
XI. Analytical chemistry- Chromatography General principles involved in
separations by Paper, Thinlayer, Column Chromatography, GC and HPLC.
Physical Chemistry:
I. Solutions and colligative properties: Types of solutions, Expressing
concentration of solutions masspercentage, volume percentage, mass by
volume percentage, parts per million, mole fraction, molarityand molality,
Solubility: Solubility of a solid in a liquid, solubility of a gas in a liquid,
Henrys law,Vapour pressure of liquid solutions: vapour pressure of liquid-
liquid solutions. Raoults law as aspecial case of Henrys law -vapour
pressure of solutions of solids in liquids, Ideal and non-idealsolutions,
Colligative properties and determination of molar mass - Relative lowering
of vapour pressure,elevation of boiling point, Depression of freezing point,
Osmosis and osmotic pressure-reverse osmosisand water purification.
Abnormal molar masses - vant Hoff factor. Phase equilibria Phase rule
andits application to one component and two component systems
II. Acids and bases: Acids, bases and salts- Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry and
Lewis concepts of acids andbases. Ionisation of Acids and Bases
 25

Ionisation constant of water and its ionic product- pH

scaleionisationconstant of weak acids and weak bases-relation between
Ka and Kb. Di and poly basicacids and di and poly acidic Bases-Factors
affecting acid strength-Common ion effect in the ionizationof acids and
bases-Hydrolysis of salts and pH of their solutions. Buffer solutions.
III. Thermodynamics: Brief review of concepts of I and II laws of
thermodynamics. Concept of entropy.Entropy as a state function.
Calculation of entropy changes in various processes. Entropy changes
inan ideal gas. Entropy changes on mixing of ideal gases. Entropy as a
function of V and T. Entropy asa function of P and T. Entropy change in
isolated systems- Clausius inequality. Entropy change ascriterion for
spontaneity and equilibrium.Third law of thermodynamics.Evaluation of
absolute entropiesfrom heat capacity data for solids, liquids and
gases.Standard entropies and entropy changes of
chemicalreactions.Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies (A and G). A and G
as criteria for equilibrium andspontaneity. Physical significance of A and
G. Driving force for chemical reactions- relative signs of?H and ?S.
Thermodynamic relations. Gibbs equations. Maxwell relations.
Temperature dependenceof G. Gibbs- Helmholtz equation. Pressure
dependence of G. Chemical potential: Gibbs equations fornon-equilibrium
systems. Material equilibrium. Phase equilibrium. Clapeyron equation and
ClausiusClapeyron equation.Conditions for equilibrium in a closed
system.Chemical potential of ideal gases.Ideal-gas reaction equlibrium-
derivation of equilibrium constant. Temperature dependence ofequilibrium
constant - The Vant hoff equation.
IV. Electrochemistry: Conductance and its applications, Derivation of Nernst
equation. Chemical andconcentration cells (with and without
transference).Liquid junction potential derivation of theexpression for L J
P its determination and elimination. Applications of EMF measurements:
Solubilityproduct, potentiometric titrations, determination of transport
numbers, equilibrium constantmeasurements. Decomposition potential
and its significance.Electrode polarization its causes
andelimination.Concentration over potential.Concept of activity and activity
coefficients in electrolyticsolutions.The mean ionic activity
coefficient.Debye-Huckel theory of electrolytic solutions.Debye-Huckel
limiting law.Calculation of mean ionic activity coefficient.Limitations of
Debye-Huckeltheory. Extended Debye-Huckel law. Theory of electrolytic
conductance.Derivation of Debye-Huckel-Onsager equation its validity
and limitations. Concept of ion association Bjerrum theory of
ionassociation (elementary treatment) - ion association constant Debye-
Huckel-Bjerrum equation.
V. Quantum chemistry: Black body radiation-Plancks concept of
quantization-Plancks equation, averageenergy of an oscillator. Wave
particle duality and uncertainty principle - significance for
microscopicentities.Emergence of quantum mechanics. Wave mechanics
and Schrdinger wave equation.Operators - operator algebra:
Commutation of operators, linear operators, Complex functions,
Hermitianoperators. Operators and. Eigen functions and Eigen values.
Degeneracy. Linear combination ofEigen functions of an operator.Well
behaved functions. Normalized and orthogonal functions.Postulates of
quantum mechanics.Physical interpretation of wave function.Observables
and operators.Measurability of operators.Average values of
observables.The time dependent Schrodinger equation.Separation of
variables and the time-independent Schrodinger equation.Theorems of
quantum mechanics: Real nature of the Eigen values of a Hermitian
operator - significance.Orthogonal nature of the Eigen values of a
Hermitian operator-significance of orthogonality.Expansionof a function in
terms of Eigen values.Eigen functions of commuting operators -
significance.Simultaneous measurement of properties and the uncertainty
principle.Particle in a box- Particle in one and three dimensional box. Plots
of ?and ?2 discussion, Degeneracyof energy levels. Comparison of
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classical and quantum mechanical particles. Calculations using

wavefunctions of the particle in a box-orthogonality, measurability of
energy, position and momentum,average values and probabilities.
VI. Chemical kinetics: Theories of reaction rates - Collision theory, Transition
state theory, Reactioncoordinate, activated complex and the transition
state. Thermodynamic formulation of transition statetheory. Unimolecular
reactions and Lindemans theory.
VII. Complex reactions - Opposing reactions, parallel reactions and
consecutive reactions. Chain reactions- general characteristics, steady
state treatment - H2 - Br2 reaction. Derivation of rate law. Effect
ofstructure on reactivity- Linear free energy relationships. Hammett and
Taft equations substituent (sand s*) and reaction constant ( ? and ?* )
with examples.Michealis-Menten mechanism of enzyme catalyzed
reactions - derivation of kinetic equation and itsapplications.
VIII. Photochemistry: Electronic transitions in molecules - The Franck Condon
principle. Electronicallyexcited molecules- singlet and triplet states.
Radiative life times of excited states-theoretical treatment.Measured
lifetimes. Quantum yield and its determination. Actinometry - ferrioxalate
and uranyl oxalateactinometers. Derivation of fluorescence and
phosphorescence quantum yields. E-type delayedfluorescence- evaluation
of triplet energy splitting (?EST). Laws of photo chemistry, Photo
physicalprocesses, photo physical kinetics of unimolecular reactions.
Calculation of rate constants of variousphoto physical processes, State
diagrams, photochemical primary processes. Types of
photochemicalreactions- electron transfer, photo dissociation, addition,
abstraction, oxidation and isomerisationreactions with examples. Effect of
light intensity on the rates of photochemical reactions.Photosensitization.
Quenching-Stern Volmer equation. Experimental set up of a
photochemical reaction.Introduction to fast reactions- Principles of flash
photolysis.
IX. Solid state chemistry: General characteristics of solid state. Classification
of crystalline solids basedon different binding forces, probing the structure
of solids: X-ray crystallography, Crystal lattices andunit cells. Bravais
lattices- primitive and centred unit cells, Number of atoms in a unit cell
(primitive,body centred and face centred cubic unit cell), Close packed
structures: Close packing in one dimension,in two dimensions and in three
dimensions- tetrahedral and octahedral voids- formula of a compoundand
number of voids filled- locating tetrahedral and octahedral voids, Packing
efficiency in simplecubic, bcc and in hcp, ccp lattice. Calculations involving
unit cell dimensions density of the unit cell.Imperfections in solids-types of
point defects-stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric
defects.Magneticproperties of solids- classification of magnetic materials,
Magnetic susceptibility, Langevindiamagnetism, Weiss theory of para
magnetism. Magnetic properties of solids - classification ofmagnetic
materials, Magnetic susceptibility, Langevin diamagnetism, Weiss theory
of para magnetism
X. Electronic properties of metals, insulators and semi conductors: Electronic
structure of solids, Bandtheory, band structure of metals, insulators and
semiconductors. Electrons holes and excitons. Thetemperature
dependence of conductivity of extrinsic semi conductors.
Photoconductivity andphotovoltaic effect.
XI. Superconductivity. Occurrence of superconductivity. Destruction of
superconductivity by magneticfields-Meisner effect. Types of
superconductors. Theories of super conductivity- BCS theory.
Organic Chemistry:
I. IUPAC nomenclature of organic molecules. Isomerism classification of
isomers.
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II. Classification, preparations and properties of alkane, alkenes, alkynes, cyclo

alkanes, aromatichydrocarbons, halogen compounds, hydroxy compounds,
carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids andits derivatives.
III. Stereo chemistry: Molecular representations (Wedge, Fisher, Newman and
Saw-horse projectionformula) their description and interconversions.
Stereoisomers classification- configuration- R,SNomenclature,criteria for
chirality, Axial chirality of allenes, spiranes, alkylidenes, Cycloalkanes,chiral
biaryls - Atropisomerism. Planar chirality of ansa compounds and trans-
cyclooctene.Helicalchiral compounds.Determination of absolute configuration
by chemical correlation methods.Determination of configuration in E,Z-
nomenclature. Spectral and chemical methods for determinationof E, Z-
configuration, including aldoxime and ketoximes. Asymmetric synthesis:
Topicity, pro-chirality,stereoslectivity, enatioselectivity and
diastereoselectivity. Asymmetric aldol reaction and Diels alderreaction.
IV. Introduction to conformational isomerism, Klyne - Prelog terminology for
conformers and torsionangles, dihedral angle, Steric strain and the concept of
dynamic stereoisomerism. Study of conformationsof acyclic compounds like
ethane, butane, dihalobutanes, halohydrin, ethylene glycol, butane-2, 3-diol,
amino alcohols and 1,1,2,2-tetrahalobutanes. Study of conformations of cyclic
compounds -cyclo pentane, cylohexane, cyclohexanone, and its derivatives.
V. Nature of bonding in organic molecules and aromaticity, delocalized chemical
bonding, conjugation,cross conjugation, resonance, hyperconjugation,
tautomerism, Huckels Rule and the concept ofaromaticity- Aromaticity, non-
aromaticity and anti aromaticity. Aromaticity of benzenoid and
nonbenzenoidcompounds, alternant and non-alternant hydrocarbons,
Azulenes, Fulvenes and Annulenes.Metallocenes- Ferrocene.
VI. Reactive intermediate: Generation, detection, structure, stability and reactivity
of carbocation, carbanion,free radical, carbene and nitrene. Molecular
rearrangements: definition and classification, molecularrearrangements
involving 1). Electron deficient carbon: Wagner - Meerwein, Pinacol-
Pinacolone, allylicand Wolf rearrangement. 2). Electron deficient Nitrogen:
Hofmann, Lossen, Curtius, Schmidt andBeckmann rearrangements. 3)
Electron deficient Oxygen: Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. 4). Base
catalysedrearrangements: Benzylic acid, Favourski, Tran annular, Sommlett-
Hauser and Smile rearrangement.
VII. Organic reaction mechanism: Mechanism, stereochemistry and energy profile
diagram of Additionreactions to polar and non polar double bonds.
Substitution reactions: Mechanism, rate law,stereochemistry and factors
affecting on aliphatic and aromatic reactions. Elimination reactions-
mechanism,rate law, stereochemistry, orientation and factors affecting on E1,
E2, E1CB, pyrolyticsyn elimination and a-elimination, elimination vs
substitution. Detection of reaction mechanism byproduct isolation, isotopic
labelling, chemical trapping and crossover experiments.
VIII. Oxidation- Swern, Cr (VI) oxidants, Oxidative cleavage of 1,2-diols - Periodic
acid and Lead tetraacetate.
IX. Reductions - Wilkinsonss catalytic hydrogenation, LiAlH4, NaBH4, BH3, AlH3
and DIBAL.
X. Synthetic strategies: Target selection, terminology, disconnection approach,
C-C bond disconnections.
XI. Heterocyclic chemistry: importance as drugs, nomenclature, classification
based on size of the ring,number and nature of hetero atoms. Synthesis and
reactivity of Pyrrole, furan, Thiophene, pyridine,Indole, Benzothiophene,
Quinoline, Isoqunolines.
XII. Alkaloids and Terpenoids- importance as drugs, isolation of natural products
by steam distillation,solvent extraction and chemical methods. Structure
determination and synthesis of papverine, nicotineand quinine. General
methods in the structure determination of Terpenes, isoprene rule, special
isoprenerule, structure determination of a-Terpeniol and camphor.
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XIII. Organic photochemistry: photochemical energy, Frank-Condon principle,

Jablonski diagram, Electronictransitions, photosensitization, quenching,
quantum efficiency, quantum yield, photochemistry ofcarbonyl compounds
n?p* and p?p* transitions. Norrish type-I and Norrish type-II cleavages.
Paterno-Buchi reactions, Photoreduction, photochemistry of enones-
hydrogen abstraction, rearrangements ofa,-unsaturated ketones and
cyclohexadienones, photochemistry of p-benzoquinones, Dienes -
photochemistry of 1,3- butadiene, (2+2) additions, Di-p-methane
rearrangement, photochemistry ofaromatic compounds, excited states of
benzene and its 1,2-, 1,4- additions.
XIV. Pericyclic reactions: Classification, Stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions,
Molecular Orbitals andSymmetry of ethelene, 1,3-butadiene, 1,3,5-hexatriene,
allylic, 1,3-pentadienyl and 1,3,5- heptatrienylp- systems. Analysis of
pericyclic reactions by PMO, FMO and orbital correlation methods.
XV. Basic principles, concepts of UV, IR, H1NMR, C13NMR and Mass
spectroscopic methods structuredetermination of organic compounds by
UV, IR, H1NMR, C13NMR and Mass spectroscopic methods.
XVI. Green chemistry: Principles of Green chemistry, and its approaches.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
6. Paper: Botany

I. Phycology, Mycology, Bacteria and Viruses

Phycology : Thallus organization ; cell ultra structure ; reproduction (vegetative, sexual,
asexual) ; criteriafor classification of algae : pigments, reserve food, flagella ;
classification, salient features of Chlorophyta,Charophyta, Xanthophyta, Bacillariophyta,
Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta ; algal blooms and toxic algae,algal biofertilizers ; algae
as food,and feed and role of algae in industry.
Mycology : General characters of fungi ; substrate relationship in fungi ; cell
ultrastructure ; unicellular andmulticellular organization ; cell wall composition ; nutrition
(saprobic, biotropic, symbiotic) ; reproduction(vegetative, asexual, sexual) ;
heterothallism ; heterokaryosis parasexuality ; Molecular aspects inclassification.
General account of Mastigomycotina, Zygomycotina, Ascomycotina, Basidiomycotina,
Deuteromycotina ;fungi in industry, medicine and as food ; fungal diseases in plants and
humans ; Mycorrhizae ; fungi asbiocontrol agents.
Bacteria- ultrastructure and biochemistry of cell wall, nutritional types,
reproduction,Plasmids.
Viruses- Characters and ultrastructure of virions and symptomatology and transmission
of plant viruses.Mollicuties general characters of spiroplasmas and phytoplasmas
Importance of microorganisms : Microbesin medicine, agriculture and environment.
II. Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Gymnosperms
Bryophyta : Morphology, structure, reproduction and life history ; distribution ;
classification., ofMarchantiales, Junger maniales, Anthoceratales, Sphagnales,
Funariales and Polytrcales ; economic andecological importance.
Pteridophyta : Morphology, anatomy and reproduction ; classification of Psilo psida,
Lycopsida, Sphenopsidaand Pteropsida; evolution of stele ; heterospory and origin of
seed habit; general account of fossil pteriodophyts.
Gymnosperms- Introduction and classification, Structure and reproduction of Cycadales,
Ginkgoales,Coniferales, Ephedrales, Welwitschiales and Gnetales.
III. Taxonomy Of Angiosperms
The species concept : Taxonomic hierarchy, species, genus, family and other
categories ; principles used inassessing relationship, delimitation of taxa and attribution
of rank.
Salient features of the International Code of Botanical nomenclature.
Taxonomic tools : Herbarium ; floras ; histological, cytological, phytochemical,
serological, biochemicaland molecular techniques ; computers and GIS.
Systems of angiosperm classification : Phenetic versus phylogenetic systems ;
cladistics in taxonomy ;relative merits and demerits of major systems of classification.
Study of the following families- Magnoliaceae, Malvaceae, Rutaceae, Apocynaceae,
Asclepiadaceae,Lamiaceae, Amaranthaceae and Poaceae.
IV. Plant Anatomy And Embryology
Shoot development: Organization of the shoot apical meristem (SAM); control of cell
division and cell tocell communication; control of tissue differentiation especially xylem
and phloem ; secretory ducts andlaticifers.
Phyllotaxy and leaf differentiation
Root Development: Organization of root apical meristem (RAM); vascular tissue
differentiation; homeoticmutants in Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum,
Male gametophyte: Structure of anthers; microsporogenesis, role of tapetum; pollen
development and geneexpression; male sterility; sperm dimorphism and hybrid seed
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production; pollen germination, pollen tubegrowth and guidance ; pollen storage ; pollen
allergy, pollen embryos.
Female gametophyte: Ovule development; megasporogenesis; organization of the
embryo sac, structure ofthe embryo sac cells.
Pollination, pollen pistil interaction and fertilization : Floral characteristics, pollination
mechanisms andvectors; self-incompatibility; double fertilization.
Seed development and fruit growth: Endosperm development during early, maturation
and desiccation stages;embryogenesis, cell lineages during late embryo development;
storage proteins of endosperm and embryo;polyembryony; apomixes; embryo culture;
fruit maturation.
Dormancy: Seed dormancy; overcoming seed dormancy; bud dormancy.
Senescence and programmed cell death (PCD): Types of cell death, PCD in the life
cycle of plants, metabolicchanges associated with senescence and its regulation;
influence of hormones and environmental factors onsenescence.Embryology related to
taxonomy.
V. Plant Resource Utilisation and Conservation
Origin, evolution, botany, cultivation and uses of (i) Food forage and fodder crops (ii)
fibre crops (iii)medicinal and aromatic plants and (iv) vegetable oil-yielding crops.
Ethnobotany Scope and objectives ofethnobotany.
Important fire-wood and timber yielding plants and non-wood forest products (NWFPs)
such as bamboos,rattans, raw materials for paper-making, gums, tannins, dyes, resins
and fruits.
Role of plants in Medicine- morphology, active principles and medicinal value of the
following plants-Andrographis, Asparagus, Phyllanthus, Gymnema.
Principles of conservation; extinctions; environmental status of plants based on
International Union forConservation of Nature.
Strategies for conservation in situ conservation : International efforts and Indian
initiatives ; protectedareas in India sanctuaries, national parks, biosphere reserves,
wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs forconservation of wild biodiversity.
Strategies for conservation ex situ conservation : Principles and practices; botanical
gardens, field genebanks, seed banks, in vitro repositories, cryobanks; general account
of the activities of Botanical Survey ofIndia (BSI), National Bureau of Plant Genetic
Resources (NBPGR), Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR), Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Department of Biotechnology
(DBT)for conservation, non-formal conservation efforts.
VI. -Plant Ecology
Climate, soil and vegetation patterns of the world: Life zones; major biomes and major
vegetation and soltypes of the world.
Vegetation organization: Concepts of community; analytical and synthetic characters of
community.
Population characters, interactions of species- positive and negative interactions of
species.
Ecological succession: types, changes involved in succession, concept of climax.
Biotic and abiotic interactions, habitat and niche, allopatric and sympatric spaciation.
Ecosystem organization: Structure and functions; primary production methods of
measurement of primaryproduction, ; energy dynamics (trophic organization, energy
flow Pathways, ecological efficiencies); foodchains, wood web and ecological pyramids,
global biogeochemical cycles of C,N, in terrestrial and aquaticecosystems.
Biological diversity: Concept and levels; speciation and extinction; IUCN categories of
threat; distributionand global patterns, hot spots; endemism, inventory.
Air, water and soil pollution: Kinds, sources, effects on plants and ecosystems.
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Climate change: Green house gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, CFCs: sources, trends and
role); ozone layer andozone depletion ; consequences of climate change (CO2
fertilization, global warming, sea level rise, UVradiation).
Ecosystem stability : Concept (resistance and resilience); ecological perturbations
(natural and anthropogenic)and their impact on plants and ecosystems ; ecology of
plant invasion ;Biogeographical zones of India, Flora of Telangana vegetational types.
VII. -Cell Biology
Ultrastructure and functions of cell organelles. Cell wall, Plasma membrane
Plasmodesmata, Chloroplast,Mitochondria, Plant Vacuoles, Nucleus, Ribosomes,Cell
cycle and apoptosis : Control mechanisms; role of cyclins and cyclin dependent
kinases; retinoblastomaand E2F proteins; cytokinesis and cell plate formation;
mechanisms of programmed cell death. Mitosis andmeiosis its significance
Other cellular organelles: Structure and functions of microbodies, Golgi apparatus,
lysosomes, endo plasmicreticulum.
Techniques in cell biology: Immuno techniques; in situ hybridization, FISH, GISH;
Electron microscopy.
VIII. Cytogenetics
Chromatin organization : Chromosome structure and Packaging of DNA, molecular
organization ofcentromere and telomere; nucleolus and ribosomal RNA genes ;
euchromatin and heterochromatin ; karyotypeanalysis ; banding patterns ; specialized
types of chromosomes ; polytene, lampbrush, B-chromosomes andsex chromosomes ;
molecular basis of chromosome pairing.
Structural and numerical alterations in chromosomes : Duplication, deficiency, inversion
and translocation; autopolyploids ; allopolyploids ; evolution of major crop plants.
Genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotic organelles : genetic recombination in phage ;
genetic transformation,conjugation and transduction in bacteria ; genetics of
mitochondria and chloroplasts cytoplasmic male sterility.
Gene structure and expression : Genetic fine structure ; cis trans test ; Benzers
experiment; introns andtheir significance ; RNA splicing ; regulation of gene expression
in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Mutations : Spontaneous and induced mutations ; physical and chemical mutagens ;
molecular basis of genemutations ; transposable elements in prokaryotes and
eukaryotes ; mutations induced transposons ; site-directedmutagenesis ; DNA damage
and repair mechanisms.
Plant Breeding: Principles and methods of plant breeding ; Marker assisted breeding.
Biostatistics : Mean, Variance, Standard deviation, Standard error, Studentt test, chi-
square and ANOVA.
Molecular cytogenetics : Nuclear DNA content; C-value paradox; cot curve and its
significance; restrictionmapping concept and techniques ; multigene families and their
evolution.
IX. Plant Physiology
Energy flow : Principles of thermodynamics, free energy and chemical potential, redox
reactions, structureand functions of ATP.
Fundamentals of enzymology : General aspects, allosteric mechanism, regulatory and
active sites, isoenzymes,kinetics of enzymatic catalysis, Michaelis Menton equation
and its significance.
Membrane transport and translocation of water and solutes: Plant water relations,
mechanism of watertransport through xylem, passive and active solute transport,
membrane transport proteins.
Signal transduction: Receptors and G-proteins, phospholipid signaling, role of cyclic
nucleotides, calciumcalmodulin cascade, diversity in protein kinases and phosphatases.
Photochemistry and photosynthesis: Photosynthetic pigments and light harvesting
complexes, photo oxidationof water, mechanisms of electron and proton transport,
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carbon assimilation the Calvin cycle, photorespirationand its significance, the C4

cycle, the CAM pathway, biosynthesis of starch and sucrose.
Respiration and lipid metabolism : Glycolysis, the TCA cycle, electron transport and
ATP synthesis, pentosephosphate pathway, glyoxylate cycle, alternative oxidase
system, structure and function of lipids, fatty acidbiosynthesis, synthesis of membrane
lipids, structural lipids and storage lipids and their catabolism.
Nitrogen fixation and metabolism : Biological nitrogen fixation, nodule formation and nod
factors, mechanismof nitrate uptake and reduction, ammonium assimilation.
Photobiology : Photochromes and cryptochromes, photophysiology of light induce
responses, cellularlocalization.
Plant growth regulators and elicitors : Physiological effects and mechanism of action of
auxins, gibberellins,cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic acid, brassinosteroids, polymines,
jasmonic acid and salicyclic acid.
The flowering process : Photoperiodism, endogenous clock and its regulation, floral
induction anddevelopment genetic and molecular analysis, role of vernalization.
Stress physiology : Plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress; mechanisms of biotic
and abiotic stresstolerance, HR and SAR, water deficit and drought resistance, salinity
stress, metal toxicity, freezing andheat stress, oxidative stress.
Coping with biotic stress: Chemical control, Biological control, IPM
X. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Plant Biotechnology Principles, scope and applications.
Plant cell and tissue culture : General introduction, scope, cellular differentiation, and
totipotency.
Organogenesis and adventives embryogenesis : Morphogenesis; somatic
embryogenesis.
Somatic hybridization : Protoplast isolation, fusion and culture.
Applications of plant tissue culture : Clonal propagation, artificial seed, production of
hybrids and somaclones, production of secondary metabolites / natural products,
cryopreservation and germplasm storage.
Recombinant DNA technology : Gene cloning principles and techniques, genomic / c
DNA libraries, vectors,DNA synthesis and sequencing, polymerase chain reaction, DNA
fingerprinting and DNA markers.
Genetic engineering of plants: Transgenic plants, Methods of gene transfer
Agrobacterium medicatedand microprojectile, chloroplast transformation, intellectual
property rights, ecological risks and ethicalconcerns.
Microbial genetic manipulation : Bacterial transformation, selection of recombinants and
transformants,genetic improvement of industrial microbes.
Genomics and proteomics : High throughput sequencing, genome projects,
bioinformatics, functionalgenomics, microarrays.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
7. Paper: Zoology

I. General Concepts:
1. Levels of structural organization - Unicellular, multi cellular and colonial forms,
Prokaryotic andEukaryotic cells, Levels of organization of tissues, Organs &
systems.
2. Acoelomata, Pseudocoelomata, Coelomata, Proterostomia and Deuterostomia.
3. Concepts of species and hierarchial taxa, Biological nomenclature, Classical
methods of taxonomy ofanimals.
II. Non-Chordata:
1. General characters and classification of invertebrates up to order level.
2. Protozoa - Locomotion, Nutrition and reproduction in protozoa, Protozoan
diseases of man Kalaazar, Amoebiasis, Malaria, Trypanosomiasis.
3. Porifera - Canal system in Porifera, Skeleton in Porifera, Reproduction in
sponges.
4. Coelenterata - Polymorphism, Metagenesis, Coral formation, Obelia.
5. Helminthes - Common Helminthic parasites of Man Fasciola hepatica,
Schistosoma, Taenia solium,Echinococus granulosus, Ascaris, Ancylostoma,
Trichinella their life cycles, Pathogenescity andclinical significance. Parasitic
adaptations in Helminths.
6. Annelida- Excretory system in Annelida, Coelom formation, Coelom and
coelomoducts, Metamerism.
7. Arthropoda - Mouthparts of insects, Ommatidium, Useful and harmful insects,
Metamorphosis ininsects, Apicultur and Sericulture in India, Crustacean larvae,
Peripatus.
8. Mollusca - Respiration, Torsion and Detorsion, Pearl formation.
9. Echinodermata - Echinoderm larvae, Water vascular system.
III. Chordata:
1. General characters and classification of chordates up to order level, Origin of
chordates, Phylogenyand affinities of Hemichordata, Retrogressive
metamorphosis.
2. Vertebrate integument and its derivatives, Comparative account of Digestive,
Respiratory, Circulatory,Excretory and Reproductive systems of vertebrates.
3. Pisciculture in India, Common edible fishes.
4. Origin and evolution of Amphibia, Neoteny or Paedogenesis.
5. Important snakes of India, Identification of Poisonous and non- Poisonous
Snakes, Poisonous Apparatus,Dinosaurs.
6. Flight adaptations and Migration in birds. Archeopteryx, Poultry.
7. Adaptive radiation in Mammals, Dentition in Mammals.

IV. Cell Biology:

1. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell, Plasma membrane-Ultra structure & function.
2. Structure and function of intracellular organelles - Nucleus, Mitochondria, Golgi
bodies, Lysosomes,Endoplasmic reticulum, Peroxisomes, Vacuoles,
Cytoskeleton and its role in motility.
3. Organization of genes and chromosomes Operon concept, unique and
repetitive DNA, structure ofchromatin and chromosomes, Heterochromatin,
Euchromatin, transposons.
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4. Cell division- Mitosis and meiosis, Cell cycle & its regulation.
5. DNA replication, Repair and Recombination Unit of replication, Replication
origin and Replicationfork, DNA damage and Repair mechanism, Recombinant
DNA technology, Transgenesis & Cloning.
6. Protein synthesis Genetic code, Initiation, Elongation and termination.
7. Regulation of gene expression Lac operon.
V. Genetics:
1. Mendel's law of inheritance Gene interactions, Epistasis and Linkage.
2. Gene mapping methods - Linkage-Complete and Incomplete linkage, Linkage
maps, Recombination,Mapping with molecular markers, Somatic cell hybrids.
3. Crossing over - Types (Somatic or mitotic crossing over and Germinal or meiotic
crossing over)theories about the mechanism of crossing over, Tetrad analysis
and cytological detection of crossingover.
4. Mutations - Types (Spontaneous and Induced), Causes and detection, Mutant
types (Lethal, Conditionalbiochemical, Loss of function, Gain of function,
Germinal versus somatic mutants), Molecular basisof mutations.
5. Chromosomal aberrations (Deletion, Duplication, Inversion and Translocation,
Ploidy and their geneticimplications), Autosomal abnormalities (Downs
syndrome, Trisomy-13, -18), Sex anamolies (Turnerssyndrome, Klinefelters
syndrome, Hermaphroditism).
6. Human genetics - Human karyotyping, Genetic disorders due to mutant genes
(Huntingtons chorea),Sickle-cell anaemia (SCA), Inborn errors of metabolism-
Pheynylketonuria, Alkaptonuria .
VI. System and Cell physiology:
1. Blood and Circulation - Blood corpuscles, Haemopoiesis, Plasma function, Blood
groups, Haemoglobin,Haemostasis.
2. Cardiovascular system - Neurogenic, Myogenic heart, Cardiac cycle,
Tachycardia and Bradycardia.
3. Respiratory system - Transport of gases, Exchange of gases, Mechanism of
respiration.
4. Nervous system - Neuron, Conduction of nerve impulse, Synaptic transmission,
Neurotransmitters.
5. Muscle - Ultra structure of skeletal muscle, Mechanism of muscle contraction.
6. Sense organs- Eye and Ear.
7. Excretory system - Structure & function of mammalian Kidney and Nephron,
Micturition.
8. Osmoregulation - Osmoregulation in Aquatic & Terrestial animals, Hormonal
control ofOsmoregulation.
9. Digestive system - Digestion, Absorption, Assimilation and Egestion.
10. Endocrinology and Reproduction - Endocrine glands, Types of hormones &
Mechanism of hormonalaction, Hormonal regulation of reproduction in mammals.
11. Outline classification of organic compounds (Carbohydrates, Proteins and
Lipids).
12. Order of protein structure - Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary;
Ramachandran plot.
13. Glycolysis (EMP), Krebs cycle (TCA CYCLE), Electron transport system
(Oxidative phosphorylation),Pentose phosphate pathway, Gluconeogenesis.
VII. Evolution:
1. Origin of life - Theories and Evidences of organic evolution, The modern
synthetic theory.
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2. Population genetics (Gene pool, Gene frequency), Herdy weinbergs law.

3. Genetic drift and Convergent evolution, Adaptive radiation.
4. Isolation and Speciation.
5. Evolution of Horse and Man.
6. Zoogeographical realms of the world.
VIII. Developmental biology:
1. Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis.
2. Fertilization, Cleavage, Gastrulation, Formation of germ layers, Parthenogenesis.
3. Formation and Function of Foetal membranes.
4. Placenta Definition and Function.
5. Types of Placenta.
6. Development of Frog and chick.
IX. Histology:
1. Histology of mammalian Tissues and Organs Epithelial, connective, blood,
bone, cartilage, skin,stomach, intestine, liver, pancreas, kidney, testis and ovary.
X. Ecology:
1. Concepts of Ecosystem.
2. Biogeochemical cycles (Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous).
3. Influence of environmental factors on animals, Energy flow in Ecosystem, Food
chains, food web andtropic levels.
4. Animal Associations (Neutralism, Mutualism, Symbiosis, Commensalism,
Parasitism, Predation andCompetition).
5. Ecological succession.
6. Environmental pollution- Air, water, land, noise, radioactive, thermal. Effects of
pollution on ecosystem,Prevention of pollution
7. Wildlife in India- Conservation, Chipco movement.
8. Biodiversity- Economic significance, Conservation, Hot spots of India.
XI. Immunology:
1. Cells of the immune system- Lymphoid cells, Mono nuclear cells, Granulocytic
cells, Mast cells.
2. Organs of the immune system- Primary and secondary lymphoid organs,
Lymphatic system.
3. Antigens- Antigenic determinants or epitopes, immunogenicity, Haptens.
4. Humoral immunity -Iimmunoglobulin (fine structure of immunoglobulin and
immunoglobulin classes),The complement system, Classical and alternate
pathway, Inflammation.
5. Innate (Non-specific immunity) Anatomical barriers, Phagocytosis, Natural killer
cells (NK cells),Interferons.
6. Cell mediated immunity Mechanism of cell mediated immunity, Brief account on
Antigen presentation,Major Histocompatibility complex.
7. Antigen-Antibody interactions- Affinity, Avidity, Cross-reactivity, Precipitation
reactions, Agglutinationreactions and ELISA.
8. Brief account on Immunological Hypersensitivity disorders:
a) Tolerance and Autoimmunity
b) Transplantation
c) Immunodeficiency diseases HIV.
d) Immunization (Active and Passive immunity)
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
8. Paper: Microbiology

I. General Microbiology
History of Microbiology. Contributions of Scientists. Types, application and importance
of microscopy.Structure of microbial cells. Methods of sterilization: Physical methods
chemical methods and theirapplication. Pure culture techniques. Preservation methods
and Maintenance of Microbial cultures.Microbiological media and cultivation of
microorganisms. Microbial identification methods. Principles ofbacterial taxonomy and
classification. Microbial growth curve. Measurement of Growth. Synchronous cultures
methods of synchronous culturing. Continuous culturing methods, factors effecting
growth. Phenomenonof bacterial sporulation. Microbial nutrition, respiration and
fermentation. Distribution, characteristics and
reproduction of algae and fungi.
II. Virology
Structure and Classification of bacterial, plant and animal viruses, Methods of
cultivation, detection,Propagation and maintenance of viruses. Some important viruses:
Influenza virus, Adeno virus, HBV, HIV,T2 phase, TMV, Replication of viruses, Tumor
viruses, Interferons and viral interference.
III. Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics
DNA structure and replication. Transcription and translation. Concept of ribozyme.
Genetic code and Wobblehypothesis, Gene regulation. Cloning and expression vectors.
Construction and screening of genomic andcDNA libraries. PCR, Genechips and
Microarray. DNA markers, fingerprinting and gene therapy. DNAsequencing. Expression
of recombinant proteins Protein-protein and protein-DNA interaction. Applicationsof
recombinant DNA technology. Types of mutagens, molecular basis and analysis of
mutations, site directedmutagenesis. DNA damage and repair mechanisms.
Recombination in bacteria by Transformation,Conjugation, Transduction. Transposable
elements. Cell cycle and programmed cell death. Signaltransduction, Protein folding &
roles of Molecular chaperones. Databases, Sequence and structure analysisof DNA and
Proteins. Primer design. Protein engineering and drug designing.
IV. Biochemistry and Techniques
pH and its biological relevance. Redox potentials, Electron transport, oxidative
phosphorylation.Classification, chemical structure of important carbohydrates.
Properties of amino acids, structure,confirmation and properties of proteins. Enzyme
nomenclature, classification, Enzyme activity and inhibition.Enzyme kinetics - Michelis-
Menton kinetics. Optical methods - colourimetry and spectrophotometry,fluorimetry,
optical rotation, Circular dichroism, NMR, ESR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, types of
massspectrometry. Chromatographic techniques , diffusion, dialysis, cell disruption
methods, centrifugationtechniques, electrophoreses and blotting techniques. Radio
isotopes detection and measurement.
V. Immunology and chemotherapy
Types of Immunity, primary and secondary organs of immune system, cells of immune
system.Types, structure, properties and functions of antigens and antibodies, antigen
antibody reactions. MajorHistocompatibility Complex (MHC) and transplantation.
Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies.Hypersensitivity, Autoimmunity. Tumor
immunology, Immunological tolerance and immuno-suppression,Immune deficiency
diseases. Immunotherapy of infectious diseases, immunization. Types of
antimicrobialagents and mode of action. Therapeutic agents, Chemical, non-medicinal
antimicrobials- sanitizers,disinfectants, antiseptics. Antibiotics. . Antiviral agents.
Microbiological assays.

VI. Industrial Microbiology

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Exploitation of microbes in industry. Screening, strain development. Types of

fermentations processes, scaleupof fermentations. Up and Down stream process.
Fermentation productions-Ethanol, Beer, Wine and otheralcoholic drinks, aminoacids,
antibiotics, organic acids, vitamins, enzymes, probiotics, solvents and vaccine.Microbial
products from genetically modified (cloned) organisms. QA, QC, GLP, GMP, Patents &
IPR
VII. Food Microbiology
Dairy Microbiology and microbial products of milk, Fermented foods, Bacteriological
examination of milk,fresh foods and canned foods, Food preservation methods and
spoilage. Current and future implicationsconcerning food safety, hazards and risks.
Probiotics, Prebiotics and their significance in human beings andanimals.
VIII. Environmental and Agriculture Microbiology
Ecological significance. Microbiology of water and sewage treatment. Role of
microorganisms in nutrientcycling, Mineralization, Soil humus formation, Nitrogen
metabolism, Phosphate solublization. Biofertilizers,Biopesicides, Biodegradation of
pollutants. Plant microbe interactions, Animal-microbe interactions: Rumenmicrobiology,
termite microbial communities, Microbes in the production of energy from agricultural
anddomestic wastes.
IX. Medical Microbiology
Principles of Medical Microbiology, Normal flora of human body. Properties of
pathogenic microorganisms,Principles of diagnostic microbiology, Use of lab animals in
diagnostic microbiology. Bacterial and viralinfections (Air born, water born, food born,
insect born, zoonotic and direct contact), Mycosis, Toxins.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
9. Paper: Biochemistry

I. Chemistry of Biomolecules: Classification, structure & characteristics of amino acids,

carbohydrates andlipids. Classification and structural organization of proteins,
polysaccharides and lipids. Biological role andimportance of polypeptides, lipids and
polysaccharides. Structure of purines, pyramidines, nucleosides andnucleotides.
Stability & formation of phosphodiester bond. Watson & Crick model, Different forms of
DNA.DNA super coiling. Types of RNA. Structure of t-RNA. Denaturation & renaturation
of DNA, Tm andhyperchromic effect. Chemical and enzymatic susceptibility of nucleic
acids. Structure and properties vitamins,Metabolism of amino acids, lipids and
nucleotides. Metabolic diseases.
II. DNA replication, transcription and translation. DNA polymerases of pro- and
eukaryotes in DNA replication.Genetic code. Transcription in pro and eukaryotes and its
regulation. Post transcriptional processing. Operonconcept. Ribosome structure. Protein
synthesis. Inhibitors of transcription and translation.
III. Cell structure and organization:Cell structure and organization. ECM. Biomembranes
structure and function.Transport across cell membranes. Mechanisms of Muscle
contraction and nerve transmission.
IV. Enzymes: Nomenclature & classification of enzymes, cofactors and coenzymes.
Enzyme kinetics. Factorsaffecting the rate of the reaction: Catalytic mechanisms of
Lysozymes, RNAse, chymotypsin, trypsin, &carboxypeptidase. Law of thermodynamics,
biological oxidation, High energy compounds. Electron transportchain. Photosynthesis.
V.Bioanalytical Techniques: Principles & applications of colorimetry & UV-Visible
spectrophotometry.Fluorimetry, Principle and applications of ORD, CD, MS, AAS,
Microscopy, Flowcytometry, electrophoresis,centrifugation. Application of isotopes in
biochemical analysis. Counting radioactivity. Chromatographictechniques: Principles &
applications of techniques based on partitioning, Ion-exchange and
affinitychromatography.
VI. Molecular methods: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Real-time PCR. Fluorescent
in situ hybridization(FISH), RFLP, RAPD. DNA finger-printing, DNA microarrays. DNA
sequencing. DNA probes. Blottingtechniques and their applications.
VII. Endocrinology & Physiology: Organization of the endocrine system. Classification
and mechanism ofaction of hormones. Structure and organization of Muscle and
nervous system. Clinical Biochemistry andNutrition: Abnormal electrolyte composition of
blood in disease. Major cardiac, liver and thyroid diseases.Disorders of kidneys. Cardiac
function tests, Liver function tests, Renal function tests, Gastric, pancreaticand intestinal
function tests. Thyroid function tests.
VIII. Microbiology and Molecular Biology: Classification of bacteria, Gene transfer
mechanisms in bacteria,Bacteriophages: Structure, composition and life cycle of
bacteriophages. Viruses: General features, Cultivationof viruses in animals & tissue
culture. Life cycles of animal viruses (SV-40, Adenovirus, Poliovirus,Retroviruses (RSV /
HIV). Plant viruses -TMV. Gene organization and regulation in prokaryotes &
eukaryotes.
IX. Genetic Engineering: Restriction endonucleases, Cloning and expression Vectors,
overview of cloningmethods, Methods of isolation of DNA, ligation, introduction of rDNA,
genomic and cDNA libraries,selection of clones. Fusion proteins. Expression of
recombinant protein in bacteria, yeast and cultured animalcells.
X. Immunology: Components of immune system, Classification, structure & biological
properties ofimmunoglobulin. Isotype, allotype and idiotypic variations. Theories of
antibody formation, generation ofantibody diversity. Hurmoral & cell mediated immune
response. Complement activation and types (alternate,classical, lectin pathways) and its
regulation. Immune disorders, Type I, II, III and IV Hypersensitivity.Auto-immune
diseases, ELISA,RIA and monoclonal antibodies.
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XI. Bioinformatics: Introduction to Biological databases. Sequence based approach

(Pair-wise alignment, multiplesequence alignments), SNPs in human diseases.
XII. Transcriptome, genomic comparison. Antisense Oligos. siRNA/RNAi in expression
analysis. Proteomics:Protein sequencing methods, structure, modeling, Protein motif &
domain prediction: phylogenetic comparison& analysis. Protein arrays LC-MS-MALDI
analysis.
XIII. Cell Signaling and Cancer: Cell growth and Cell cycle, Cell cycle regulation and
cancer. tumor promotersand tumor suppressors. Stem cells. Cell differentiation:
Fibroblast and muscle cell differentiation. Growthfactors (EGF, NGF, IGF, PDGF,
erythropoietin). Totipotency. Cell Signaling: Basic concepts of signaltransduction.
Classification of different signaling molecules. G-proteins, Second messengers-.
Signalingcascades & regulation of growth, proliferation. Inhibitors of cell signalling
pathways & Apoptosis. Cancer:Tumor suppressors and tumor promoters. Discovery of
oncogenes, proto-oncogenes. Modes of action ofoncogenes G proteins. Stress
signaling in plants (biotic), Stress signaling in plants (abiotic), Plants hormonesand their
mechanism of action, Signaling in yeast, STAT pathway in yeast. animal cell culture and
theirapplications.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
10. Paper: History

I. Ancient India:
1. History; Definition, Scope, Nature, Sources and Methods.
2. Pre and Proto History Stone ages and Chalcolithic Cultures.
3. Harappan Civilization Characteristic features, Major cities socio-economic
conditions, HarappanScript, Religious practices Decline.
4. Iron Age Aryan Migrations Second Urbanization.
5. India in 6th Century BC; Early States, Sixteen Mahajanapadas, Rise and Growth
of Magadha Society,Economy Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikas and Lokayatas.
6. Mouryan Age: Chandragupta Mourya and Ashoka, Mouryan Polity,
Administration, Dhamma, Socio-Economic conditions Decline.
7. Pre Satavahanas: Sangam Age and Satavahana Age; Political history,
Administration, Society, Economyand Culture- Post Satavahana period Chedi
(Kharavela) Ikshvakus, Vakatakas, Abiras, Kshatrapasand Vishnukundis,
Kushans (Kanishka).
8. Gupta Age: Political History, Administration, Socio-Economic conditions, Growth
of Culture, Art andArchitecture, Literature Decline.
9. India in the Seventh Century A.D.; Pushyabhutis (Harsha), Pallavas, Chalukyas
and Rashtrakutas Political History, Society, Economy and Culture.
II. Medieval India:
10. India between 650 A.D. to 1200 A.D.- Rajputs, Arab and Turkish Invasions -
Later Pallavas, Chalukyas,Chola Art, Architecture and Chola Administration
Society, Economy and Culture.
11. Age of Delhi Sultanate1206 A.D. -1526 A.D. Political History, Administrative
System, Changes inSociety and Economy- Bhakti and Sufi Movements
12. Age of Vijayanagara - Origin, Political History, Krishnadevaraya, Socio and
Economic conditions,Culture, Art, Architecture, Decline Bahamanis.
13. Moghul Age (1526-1707) Political History, She Shah, Akbar, Administration,
Society, Economy,Culture- Decline Marathas and Shivaji.
III. Modern India
14. Establishment of British Power in India Early resistance Hyder Ali, Tippu
Sultan.
15. British paramountcy in India-Policies of Governor Generals, Impact of British
policy on IndianAgriculture and Economy.
16. Socio Religious Reforms Movements Brahmo Samaj Arya Samaj,
Satyashodhak Samaj and others Educational policies of the British and their
Impact.
17. 1857 Revolt; Causes Results and Significance.
18. 18. Rise and Growth of Indian National Movement Nationalist Movement I
Phase from 1885 A.D. -1905A.D. Indian National Congress; Moderates,
Extremists and Early Revolutionaries II phase at 1905-1920 Vande Mataram
Movement Home Rule - Role of Tilak and Anie Beasant- Later phase
ofRevolutionary Movement. III Phase 1920-1947 -Non Co-operation Movement,
Emergence of Gandhi,Civil Disobedience, Salt Satyagraha, Quit India
Movement- Subhash Chandra Bose ConstitutionalReforms- Dr.B.R.Ambedkar -
Declaration of Independence Role of Women in Indian NationalMovement.
IV. Modern World:
19. Industrial Revolution- Significance and Results.
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20. American War of Independence Causes, Results, Significance.

21. French Revolution Causes, Effects, Significance.
22. National Liberation Movements in Italy and Germany in the 19th Century
Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi,Bismarck.
23. World War-I Causes and Effects League of Nations.
24. The Russian Revolution of 1917 Causes, Results and Significance.
25. The world between the Two World Wars Nazism in Germany, Fascism in Italy,
Turkey under MustafaKamal Pasha.
26. Developments in China 1911-1949 Nationalist Revolution of 1911 Communist
Revolution of1948 Japan under Meiji Era Vietnam Revolution.
27. World War-II Causes and Effects United Nations Organisation.
V. History of Telangana
28. Pre History
29. Pre Satavahana, Satavahana, Post Satavahana - Ikshvakus, Vakatakas, Abiras
and Vishnukundis.
30. Telangana from 7th Century to 11th Century- Chalukyas of Badami,
Vemulavada, Mudigondi andKalyana.
31. Age of Kakatiyas; Origin, Political History, Administration, Socio Economic,
Religious conditions,Art and Architecture and Literature and their Subordinates.
32. Padma Nayakas and Musunoori.
33. Qutubshahis Administration, Religion, Art, Architecture and Literature.
34. Asafjahis Administration, Economy, Culture and Society, British Paramountcy
on Hyderabad State.
35. Freedom Movement in Telangana, Telangana Armed Struggle.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
11. Paper: Economics

I . Micro Economics
1. Demand Analysis
Definitions, Nature and Scope of Economics Micro and Macro Economic Analyses
Concepts of Demandand Law of Demand Determinants and Types of Demand
Demand Function Shifts in Demand Concepts of Supply and Law of Supply Market
Equilibrium Elasticity of Demand: Concept and Types Price, Income and Cross
Elasticities of Demand Measurement Methods of Price Elasticity of Demand
2. Utility Analysis
Cardinal and Ordinal Utility Approaches Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility Law of
Equi-MarginalUtility Consumer Surplus Indifference Curve Analysis: Assumptions,
Properties, Budget Line andConsumers Equilibrium Derivation of Demand Curve with
the help of Indifference Curves Price,Income and Substitution Effects Hicks and
Slutsky Versions Revealed Preference Theory
3. Production Analysis
Production, Production Function and Factors of Production Law of Variable
Proportions Isoquant, IsocostCurves and Producers Equilibrium Laws of Returns to
Scale Economies and Diseconomies of Scale Cost Analysis: Cost Curves in Short
Run and Long Run Revenue Analysis Relationship among AverageRevenue,
Marginal Revenue and Elasticity of Demand
4. Market Structure Analysis
Concepts of Firm, Industry and Market Classification of Markets Objectives of the
Firm Equilibriumof a Firm Shut-Down Point Perfect Competition: Concept,
Characteristics, Equilibrium of Firm andIndustry Optimum Firm Monopoly: Concept,
Types, Characteristics and Equilibrium of the Firm PriceDiscrimination Bilateral
Monopoly Monopolistic Competition: Concept, Characteristics, Equilibrium
of the Firm and Selling Costs
5. Oligopoly, Duopoly and Factor Pricing Analysis
Oligopoly: Concept, Characteristics and Price Rigidity Oligopoly Models Duopoly:
Concept andCharacteristics Duopoly Models Marginal Productivity Theory of
Distribution Distribution Theoriesof Rent, Wages, Profit and Interest
II . Macro Economics
1. National Income Analysis
Concept, Nature & Scope and Importance of Macro Economics Concept of Circular
Flow of Incomes National Income Analysis: Concepts and Components Methods of
Measurement of National Income Importance of and Difficulties in the Estimation of
National Income Limitations of National Incomeas a Measure of Welfare Social
Accounting

2. Theories of Income and Employment

Classical Theory of Employment: Say's Law of Markets and Pigou's Wage Cut Policy
KeynesianTheory of Income and Employment: Effective Demand, Aggregate Demand
Function and AggregateSupply Function Consumption Function: Average Propensity
to Consume and Marginal Propensityof Consume Factors Determining Consumption
Function Savings Function: Average Propensity toSave and Marginal Propensity to
Save Concepts of Multiplier, Accelerator and Super-Multiplier
3. Theories of Investment and Interest Rate
Capital and Investment Types and Determinants of Investment Marginal Efficiency
of Capital Ex-Post and Ex- Ante Investment and Savings Classical, Neo-Classical
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and Keynesian Theories ofInterest Simultaneous Determination of Interest and Real

Income through IS-LM Framework
4. Supply of Money and Demand for Money
Meaning, Functions and Classification of Money Measures of Money Supply
Demand for Money Classical Theories of Money: Fishers and Cambridge Versions of
Quantity Theory of Money Keynesian, Baumol and Milton Friedman Approaches to
Demand for Money
5. Inflation and Trade Cycles
Inflation: Concept and Types Causes and Measurements of Inflation Effects
(Consequences) ofInflation Measures to Control Inflation Phillips Curve, Deflation
and Stagflation Trade Cycles:Concept, Nature and Causes Phases and Remedial
Measures of Trade Cycles Models of BusinessCycles : Samuelson, Hicks and Kaldor
III . Public Finance
1. Introduction to Public Finance
Role of State in Economic Activities, Planning and Development Nature, Scope and
Evolution ofPublic Finance Public, Private and Merit Goods Multiple Theory of
Public Household Principleof Maximum Social Advantage
2. Public Revenue and Taxation
Public Revenue: Sources and Classification Direct and Indirect Taxes Progressive,
Proportionaland Regressive Taxes Canons of Taxation Characteristics of a Good
Tax System Impact andIncidence of Taxation Effects of Taxation Approaches to
Taxation
3. Public Expenditure and Public Debt
Public Expenditure: Classification and Principles Determinants of Public Expenditure
Theories ofPublic Expenditure: Wagner and Peacock-Wiseman Effects of Public
Expenditure Public Debt:Nature, Sources and Classification Effects and Redemption
of Public Debt Debt Trap
4. Fiscal Policy and Federal Finance
Fiscal Policy: Concept, Objectives and Tools Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy
Federal Finance: Concept and Features Centre-State Financial Relations Transfer
of Resources from Centre toState and Local Bodies Functions of Finance
Commission Current Finance CommissionsRecommendations

5. Budget
Budget: Concepts, Classification and Types Revenue Account and Capital Account
Budget Deficits:Concepts, Types and Implications Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management (FRBM) Budgetingin India
IV. International Economics
1. Theories of International Trade
International Trade and Inter-Regional Trade Inter-Industry Trade Gains from Trade
Trade as anEngine of Economic Growth Role of International Trade in Economic
Development Classical andNeo-Classical Theories of International Trade Theory of
Factor Price Equalisation Heckscher-Ohlin Theory of International Trade
2. Terms of Trade and Barriers to Trade
Concepts of Terms of Trade Factors Affecting Terms of Trade Uses and Limitations
of Terms ofTrade Secular Deterioration Hypothesis of Terms of Trade: Singer and
Prebish Gunnar MyrdalViews on Terms of Trade Tariffs, Quotas and Subsidies:
Their Effects Impact of Tariffs on Partialand General Equilibrium Analyses Political
Economy of Non-Tariff Barriers and Their Implication
3. Balance of Payments
Concepts of Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments Factors Affecting Balance of
Trade Differences Between Balance of Trade and Balance of Payments
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Components of Balance of Payments Equilibrium and Disequilibrium in Balance of

Payments Types of Disequilibrium Causes andConsequences of Disequilibrium in
Balance of Payments Remedial Measures for CorrectingDisequilibrium in Balance of
Payments Devaluation Recent Trends in Indias Balance of Payments
4. Exchange Rates
Foreign Exchange Market Exchange Rates: Concept and Types Relative Merits and
Demerits ofFixed and Flexible Exchange Rates Theories of Exchange Rates
Determination: Mint Parity andPurchasing Power Parity (PPP) An Overview of
Different Methods of Exchange Rate Determinationin India
5. International Monetary System and International Finance
International Liquidity Lending Operations of International Financial Institutions: IMF,
World Bank(IBRD), IDA, IFC, ADB and BRICS Euro-Dollar and Euro-Currency
Markets International TradeInstitutions: GATT and WTO Impact of WTO on Indian
Economy
V. Economics Of Development And Growth
1. Socio-Economic and Institutional Aspects of Economic Development
Concepts of Economic Growth, Development, Underdevelopment and Deprivation
DistinctionBetween Growth and Development Objectives of Economic Development
Sustainable Developmentand Inclusive Growth Indicators (Measures) of Economic
Development
2. Factors of Economic Development
Factors Hindering Economic Development Factors Promoting Economic Development
Populationand Economic Development Population Explosion Theories of
Demographic Transition MalthusianPopulation Theory Optimum Theory of
Population Human Resource Development and EconomicDevelopment- -Natural
Resources and Economic Development International Aspects of
EconomicDevelopment
3. Theories of Growth and Development
Classical Theories of Economic Growth: Adam Smith, Ricardo and J. S. Mill Karl Marx
Theory ofEconomic Development Schumpeters Theory of Economic Development
Rostows Theory ofEconomic Growth Hansens Theory of Secular Stagnation
4. Strategies of Economic Development and Growth
Big Push Theory Balanced Growth Strategies of Rodan, Nurkse and Lewis
Unbalanced GrowthStrategy of Hirschman Critical Minimum Effort Thesis Low Level
Equilibrium Trap Theories ofSocial and Technological Dualism
5. Growth Models
Harrod-Domar Growth Model Kaldors Growth Model Joan Robinsons Growth
Model GunnarMyrdals Model Choice of Techniques: AK Sen Technical Progress:
Hicks and Harrod
VI. Indian Economy
1. Basic Structure and Demographic Features of Indian Economy
Basic Features of Indian Economy: Growth, Trends and Structural Changes in Indian
Economy Demographic Features of Indian Population Size, Growth and Composition
of Population and TheirImplications on Indian Economy Concepts of Demographic
Transition and Demographic Dividend Secoral and Occupational Distribution of
Population in India Population Policy of India HumanResource Development:
Education and Health Human Development Index
2. National Income, Income Inequalities, Poverty and Unemployment
Estimation of National Income in India Trends and Composition of National Income in
India Income Inequalities in India: Magnitude, Causes, Consequences and Remedial
Measures Poverty inIndia: Concept, Types, Trends, Causes and Consequences
Unemployment in India: Concept, Types,Trends, Causes and Consequences Poverty
Alleviation and Employment Generation Programmes inIndia
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3. Planning and Public Policy

Concept, Types and Importance of Planning Major Objectives of Five Year Plans in
India Reviewof Five Year Plans : Achievements and Failures Current Five Year Plan
NITI Aayog EconomicReforms: Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation A
Critical Evaluation of Economic Reforms Regional Imbalances: Causes,
Consequences and Remedial Measures Rural-Urban Disparities:Migration
4. Agricultural Sector
Nature and Importance of Agriculture in Indian Economic Development Trends in
AgriculturalProduction and Productivity Agricultural System in India and Land Reforms
Green Revolution Cropping Pattern Agricultural Finance Agricultural Marketing
Agricultural Pricing Food Securityin India
5. Industrial and Service Sectors
Structure, Growth, Trends and Importance of Indian Industry Problems of Indian
Industry Medium,Small Scale and Micro Enterprises (MSME) : Growth, Role and
Problems (Including Sickness Problem) Industrial Policies of 1948, 1956 and 1991
FEMA and Competition Commission of India Disinvestment Policy Foreign Direct
Investment Concept and Components of Service Sector Infrastructural Development:
Transport, Energy, Communication and Information Technology
VII . Telangana Economy
1. Telangana Economy: Human Resources
Economic History of Telangana Economic Features of Telangana Demographic
Features ofTelangana Occupational Distribution of Population in Telangana Sectoral
Distribution of Population Migration Human Resource Development: Education and
Health
2. Gross State Domestic Product, Poverty and Unemployment
Growth and Trends in Gross State Domestic Product and Per Capita Income in
Telangana: DistrictwiseAnalysis Sectoral Contribution to Gross State Domestic
Product Inequalities in the Distributionof Income and Wealth Poverty in Telangana:
Trends, Causes and Consequences Unemployment inTelangana: Trends, Causes
and Consequences Poverty Alleviation and Employment GenerationProgrammes in
Telangana Other Welfare Programmes in Telangana
3. Agricultural Sector
Growth of Agriculture in Telangana Economy Trends in Agricultural Production and
Productivity Determinants of Agricultural Productivity Cropping Pattern Agrarian
Structure and Land Reforms Irrigation: Sources and Trends Mission Kakatiya
Agricultural Credit and Rural Indebtedness Agricultural Marketing Food Security in
Telangana
4. Industrial Sector
Structure of Telangana Industry Growth and Pattern of Industrial Development in
Telangana Industrial Policy of Telangana State Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
Role of Small Scale Industriesin Telangana Economy Problems & Remedial
Measures of Small Scale Industries: Issue of Sickness Industrial Finance in Telangana

5. Service and Infrastructural Sectors

Growth and Trends in Tertiary Sector in Telangana Growth and Pattern of
Development of ServiceSector in Telangana Infrastructural Development in
Telangana: Transport, Energy, Communication& Information Technology and Tourism
Regional Imbalances: Causes, Consequences & Remedial
Measures
VIII. Quantitative Methods For Economic Analysis
1. Mathematical Foundations of Economic Analysis
Need and Importance of Quantitative Methods in Economics Meaning and Basic
Concepts of Mathematics: Constants and Variables Functions: Linear, Non-Linear
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Functions Equations andGraphs of Linear, Quadratic and Cubic Functions Concept

of Derivative - Rules of Differentiationwith respect to Cost, Revenue, Price and
Demand Functions Application of Maxima and Minima inEconomic Analysis
2. Introduction to Statistics
Meaning, Basic Concepts and Uses of Statistics Population and Sample Frequency
Distribution,Cumulative Frequency Graphic and Diagrammatic Representation of Data
Types of Data: Primaryand Secondary Data Methods of Collecting Data: Census
and Sampling Methods (Random andNon-Random Sampling Methods)
3. Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode, Geometric Mean and Harmonic
Mean Properties of Good Average Comparison of Different Averages Measures of
Dispersion Absoluteand Relative Measures of Dispersion: Range, Quartile Deviation,
Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation,Coefficient of Variation and Variance
4. Correlation and Regression
Correlation: Meaning and Types Karl Pearson's Correlation Co-efficient Spearmens
RankCorrelation Regression: Meaning and Uses of Regression Estimation and
Interpretation ofRegression Line
5. Index Numbers and Time Series Analysis
Index Numbers: Meaning and Uses Types of Index Numbers Methods of Index
Numbers: Laspayer,Paasche and Fisher Analysis of Time-Series: Meaning and Uses
Components of Time SeriesAnalysis: Secular, Seasonal, Cyclical and Irregular
Variations Methods of Measurement of SecularTrends: Graphic, Semi-Averages,
Moving Averages and Least Squares Methods
IX . Banking And Economics Of Infrastructure
1. Commercial and Central Banking
Commercial Banks: Concept and Types Functions and Principles of Commercial
Banks BalanceSheet of Commercial Banks Process of Credit Creation Social
Responsibility, Importance andGrowth of Commercial Banks in India Central Banking
Functions of Reserve Bank of India Concept and Objectives of the Monetary Policy
Instruments of Monetary Policy Financial SectorReforms in India
2. Financial and Investment Banking
Concept, Types, Functions and Growth of Non-Banking Financial Intermediaries Their
Impact onIndian Economy Measures Taken to Control Their Operations
Development Bank: Concept,Functions and Importance Functioning of Different
Development Banks Investment Banking Merchant Banking
3. Money Market and Capital Market (Financial Markets)
Money Market: Concept and Characteristics Components and Sub-Markets of Money
Market Functions of Money Market Recent Trends and Importance of Money Market
in India CapitalMarket: Concept, Functions and Importance Components of Capital
Market: Primary and SecondaryMarkets Stock Exchange: Concept and Functions
SEBI and Its Functions
4. Infrastructure and Economic Development
Concept of Infrastructure Infrastructure as a Public Good Special Characteristics of
Public Utilities Importance of Infrastructure in Economic Development Trends in the
Growth of Infrastructure inIndia Classification of Infrastructure: Social and Physical
Infrastructure Social Infrastructure:Education, Health and Hygiene Human Resource
Development: Concept, Scope and Importance Education in India: Planning, Policies
and Financing Trends in the Growth of Education in India Health in India: Planning,
Programmes and Importance

5. Physical Infrastructure
Types of Physical Infrastructure Concept of Energy Sources of Energy: Renewable
& Non-Renewable and Conventional & Non-Conventional Energy Sources of
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Commercial Energy: Coal,Oil & Gas and Electric Power Transport Modes /
Categories of Transport: Roadways, Railways,Airways and Waterways Role of
Transportation in Economic Development Information andCommunication Technology
(ICT): Concept, Growth, Trends and Importance
X . Economics Of Environment
1. Introduction to Environmental Economics
Concepts of Ecology and Environment Interaction Among Ecology, Environment and
Economy Micro Economic Theory of Environment The Pricing of the Environ-mental
Variables ParetoOptimality and Market Failure in the Presence of Externalities Bio-
Diversity: Meaning, Uses, Effectsand Conservation
2. Resource Allocation
Natural Resources: Meaning, Features, Classification and Importance Economics of
Exhaustible,Non-Exhaustible Resources Problems of Resource Allocation Natural
Resources Depletion:Optimal Rate of Depletion Common Property Resources:
Problems Conservation of Resources Implications of Ecological Imbalances
3. Environmental Valuation
Valuation of Non-Market Goods and Services: Measurement Methods Environmental
Degradation:Concept and Causes Valuation of Environmental Degradation Direct
and Indirect Methods Degradation of Land (Soil), Forest and Natural Resources:
Causes and Effects Cost-Benefit Analysisof Environmental Policies and Regulations
4. Sustainable Development
Impact of Environment on GNP Limits to Growth Sustainable Development: Concept
and Rules Modern and Neo-Classical Views on Sustainable Development Peoples
Movement for SustainableDevelopment Development vs Sustainable Development
5. Environmental Pollution and Policies
Environment and Economy Interaction Industrial and Agricultural Technology: Its
Impact onEnvironment Different Types of Pollution: Their Causes and Effects
Environmetal Policy andConservation and Protection of Eco-System Implementation
of Environmental Policies in India Global Environmental Issues.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
12. Paper: Political Science

I. Political Science Basic Concepts

Political Science: Nature and Scope Inter disciplinary Character.
Key Concepts: State, Sovereignty, Power, Nation.
Political Ideas: Rights, Liberty, Equality, Law and Justice.
Democracy: Meaning and Theories and Democracy, Electoral System.
Forms of Government: Unitary and Federal, Parliamentary and Presidential.
II. Political Theory
Political Ideologies: Liberalism, Neoliberalism, Marxism, Socialism and Fascism.
Role of Ideology and end of Ideology.
Nationalism and Internationalism.
Theories of Development: Marxian, Liberal and Gandhian
III. Political Thought
Greek Political Thought: Plato and Aristotle.
Medieval Political Thought: Aquinas and St. Augustine.
Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli and Bodin.
Contractual Political Thought: Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
Indian Political Thought: Manu, Kautilya, Buddha, Gandhi, Phule and Ambedkar
IV. Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics: Nature, Scope and Approaches.
Constitutionalism: Western and Non- Western.
Organs of Government: Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
Party Systems and Pressure Groups
Power, Authority and legitimacy.
V. Political Sociology
Political Socialization and Political Culture
Political Development and Political Modernization.
Political Elite and Theories.
Political Communication: Changing Role of Media.
Political Stratification: Caste, Class and Gender.
VI. Indian Government and Politics
Nationalist Movement and Making of the Constitution.
Salient Features and Ideological foundations of Indian Constitution.
Federalism and Centre - State Relations.
Development Strategies in India: Planning
Union Executive, Legislature and Judiciary: President, Prime Minister,^/ Council
of Ministers, LokSabha and Rajya Sabha, Supreme Court and Judicial Review
Contemporary Socio- Political Movements: Peasant, Dalit, Tribal Backward,
Environmental,Regional and Sub: Regional Movements. Statehood Movements
VII. State and Local Governments
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Frame work for the study of State Politics.

State Executive & Legislature: Governor, Chief Minister and State Legislature
Panchayati Raj: Genesis and Development - Structure and Functions, 73rd
Amendment of IndianConstitution
Urban Local Government: Structure and functions, 74th Amendment of Indian
Constitution
VIII. Public Policy and Political Analysis
Public Policy: Nature, Scope and Importance - Public Policy as a Policy Science.
Theories of Public Policy: Group theory, Incrementalism, Elite theory, Decision-
making theory.
Policy making Institutions: Legislature, Executive and Judiciary - Planning
Commission
Policy Process: Role of Media, Political Parties and Pressure Groups.
Policy Evaluation.
IX. International Relations
Approaches to the study of International Relations.
Colonization and Decolonization: Rise of Third world, Problems & Prospects
Elements of National Power.
International Security: Disarmament, Arms control, Diplomacy, Cold War, war
and Conflict Resolution.
International Organization
A. UNO: Aims, objectives, structure and its changing role in the contemporary world.
B. SAARC, ASEAN and EU
Indian Foreign Policy: Non-Alignment, Relations with neighbors and security
concerns andGlobalization.
Contemporary issues in International Relations: Human Rights, Environmental
Issues, climate Changeand Terrorism
International Financial Institutional: World Bank, IMG & WTO.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
13. Paper: Commerce

I. Financial Management: Meaning, Nature, Objectives and Scope of Financial

Management CapitalBudgeting, Process, Techniques Sources of Finance, Cost of
Capital Cost of various sources of finance Leverages: Operating and Financial
leverages - Capital Structure Theories Dividend decisions WorkingCapital
Management Cash, Receivables and Inventory Management.

II. Financial and Management Accounting: Accounting Standards - Corporate Reporting

Accounting forprice level changes Human Resource Accounting Responsibility
Accounting Analysis of FinancialStatements Techniques: Comparative and
Common Size statements, Trend analysis, Ratio analysis, FundsFlow and Cash Flow
analysis Marginal Costing and Decision Making.

III. Cost Accounting and Control: Cost concepts and Classification Installation of
costing system Elementsof Cost: Material, Labour and Overheads Methods of
Costing Techniques of costing: CVP, StandardCosting and Budgetary control
Uniform costing - Inter-firm comparisons and Activity Based costing Cost Control, Cost
Reduction and Cost Audit.

IV. Managerial Economics: Meaning, Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics

Demand Analysis, Productionand Cost Analysis- Market Structure: Perfect and
Imperfect Markets.

V. Organisation Theory and Behaviour: Organisation concept and theories Individual

vs. Group Behaviour Motivation and Morale Communication: Types and Barriers
Leadership: Styles and Theories.

VI. Marketing Management: Meaning, Concepts, Nature and Scope Marketing

Environment ConsumerBehaviour and Market Segmentation Product, Price,
Promotion and Channel management.

VII. Human Resource Management: HR Functions HR Planning Job analysis

Recruitment and JobEvaluation Training and Development methods Performance
Appraisal Methods Trade Unions andCollective Bargaining.

VIII. Business Environment: Meaning and Components of Business Environment

Industrial Policies (includingTelangana State Industrial Policy) Liberalisation,
Privatisation and Globalisation Indian Capital andMarkets Foreign Direct Investment
- FEMA and WTO.

IX. Quantitative Techniques: Correlation and Regression Sampling and Sampling

methods Probability andProbability Distributions Hypothesis Testing Parametric
Tests ( Z, t-test and ANOVA) and Non-parametricTests (Chi-square test).

X. IT and e-Commerce: e-Commerce business models Internet and web technologies

e-payment methods, e-cash, e-cheques, credit cards, smart cards and debit cards.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
14. Paper: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer Organization: Memory Organizations, CPU Organisation, Assembly
Language, Microprogramming, Input-Output Organization, Intel 8086 Computer.
Programming: Programming in C, Object oriented programming concepts including
classes, Polymorphism, Inheritance, and Programming in C++, Java and Python.
Data Structures: Arrays, Records, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary Tree Traversal, Binary
Search Trees, and Graphs.
Design and Analysis of Algorithms: Algorithm complexity, Algorithms Design
Techniques Divide and Conquer, Greedy Method, Dynamic Programming,
Backtracking, Branch and Bound, NP-Hard and NP-Complete Problems.
Principles of Programming Languages: BNF, Variables, Data Types, Control Structures,
Scope and Extent, Data Abstraction, Concurrency concepts, Exception Handling,
Functional Programming, and Logic Programming.
Compiler Design: Types of grammar, Phases of compiler, Lexical Analysis, Parsing
Techniques, Code generation and Optimization.
Operating Systems: Introduction, Process and CPU Scheduling, Process
Synchronization, Deadlocks, Disk and Memory Management, Virtual Memory, File
System Interface and Implementation, Protection and Security.
Database Management Systems: Introduction, Relational Model and Languages, Data
Modeling, Database Design Theory and Methodology, SQL/ PLSQL, Transaction
Processing & Concurrency control and Database Recovery & Security.
Computer Graphics: Line Drawing, Graphic Primitives and Polygons, 2D
Transformations, Windows and Clipping, 3-D Graphics, Curves and Surfaces.
Computer Networks: Introduction, Seven Layers in OSI Model, Network Protocols,
Internetworking, and TCP/IP Model.
Distributed Operating Systems: Goals, Client-Server Model, Synchronization in
distributed systems, Distributed Process Management and File Systems, Distributed
Shared Memory.
Software Engineering: Software Characteristics, Software Process Models, Analysis,
Design, Coding, Testing, and Software Quality Assurance.

Object oriented Analysis and Design: Introduction to UML, Basic Structural Modeling,
Classes and Object Diagrams, Behaviour Modeling and Architecture Modeling.
Network Security: Data Encryption and Decryption, Symmetric Key algorithms like DES,
IDEA and AES, Public Key Cryptography, RSA algorithm, Digital Signatures &
Authentication, Firewalls and VPN.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
15. Paper: STATISTICS
1. Probability: Sample space, events, relations among events, classical and
relative frequency definitions of probability, probability as a measure. Basic results on
probability of events. Conditional probability and Bayes theorem. Independence of
events.

Random variables (discrete and continuous). Distribution function and its properties.
Joint distribution of two and more random variables. Marginal, conditional distributions
and densities. Expectation of random variables, moments and generating functions.
Conditional expectation. Characteristics function and its properties. Inversion theorem.
Statement of continuity theorem.

Convergence of a sequence of events. Borel Cantelli lemma, Borel 0-1 law and
statement of Kolmogorov 0-1 law with applications. Convergence of a sequence of
random variables. Convergence in law, in probability, with probability one and in
quadratic mean and other inter-relationships. Convergence in law of Xn + Yn, XnYn and
Xn/Yn. Definition and examples of weak law of large numbers. Khintchenes theorem
and strong law of large numbers.

Statement of CLT. Lindberg-Levy and Liapunov forms of central limit theorems,

statement of Lindberg Feller form of CLT with simple illustrations.

Stochastic processes with examples. Markov Chains transition probability matrix and
classification of states of a Markov chain with examples.

2. Distribution Theory : Theoretical distribution Binomial, Poisson, negative

binomial, geometric, hypergeometric, multinominal, rectangular, normal, lognormal,
exponential, gamma, beta, Cauchy, weibull and Pareto distributions with properties.

Transformation of random variables. Distribution of Chi squares, t and F distributions

and their properties. Distribution of X and s2 for samples coming from normal
population. Distribution of order statistics and range. Joint and marginal distribution of
order statistics. Distribution of sample quantiles.

Multivariate normal distribution and its marginal and conditional distribution with
examples. Simple correlation and lines of regression.

3. Estimation: Unbiasedness, sufficiency, consistency and efficiency of a point

estimate with examples. Statement of Neymans factorization criterion with applications.
Minimum variance unbiased estimation, Crammer Rao lower bound and its
applications. Rao Blackwell theorem, completeness and Lehman Scheffe theorem.
Estimation by method of maximum likelihood, moments and statement of its properties.
Confidence intervals for the parameters of normal, exponential, binomial and Poisson
distribution.

4. Testing of Hypotheses: Concepts of tests of statistical hypothesis, types of

error, level of significances, power, critical region and test function. Concepts of MP and
UMP tests. Neyman Pearson lemma and its applications, one parameter exponential
family of distributions. Concepts of unbiased and consistent tests. Likelihood ratio (LR)
criterion with simple applications (including homogeneity of variances). Statements of
asymptotic properties of LR tests. Large sample tests of population means, proportions
and correlation coefficients. Relation between confidence intervals, and hypothesis
testing. Walds SPRT for testing a simple null hypothesis against simple alternative
hypothesis and its OC and ASN functions. SPRT procedure for binomial, Poisson,
normal and exponential distributions.

5. Non Parametric Tests : Non parametric tests for (i) one sample case: sign
test, Wilcoxon signed rank test for symmetry, runs test for randomness, Kolmogorov
Smirnov (k-s) test for goodness of fit (ii) two sample case: sign and Wilcoxon tests for
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paired comparisons. Wilcoxon - Mann Whitney test and K S test and test for
independence based on spearmans rank correlation. Kruskal-Wallis test and
Friedmans test.

6. Multivariate Tests: Principal Component Analysis, Factor analysis, Canonical

Correlation, Cluster analysis. Multivariate tests based on Hotellings T2 and
Mahalanobis D2 statistics for one sample problem, two sample problem and
classificatory problems between two normal populations based on Fishers discriminant
function.

7. Sampling Techniques: Estimation of population mean, population total and

variance of the estimator in the following sampling methods: simple random sampling
with and without replacements and equal and unequal probabilities. Horwitz Thompson
and Yates and Grundy estimators. Selection of sample and determination of sample
size. Stratified random sampling, proportional and optimum allocations and
comparisons. Systematic sampling with N=nk and comparisons in populations with
linear trend. Cluster sampling with clusters of equal and unequal sizes. Two stage
sampling with equal and unequal first stage units. Ratio and regression estimation in
case of simple random sampling and stratified random sampling. Non sampling errors.

8. Linear Models and Analysis of Experimental Designs: Gauss Markov linear

model, BLUE for linear functions of parameters Gauss Markov theorem, analysis of
multiple regression models, multiple and partial correlations. Tests of hypothesis on
regression and correlation parameters, tests of sub hypothesis. Aitkens generalized
least squares. Concept of multicollinearity.

Introduction of selecting the best regression equation, all possible regressions:

backward, stepwise regression procedures. Variations on these methods. Probit and
logit analysis, Introduction to non-linear regression model building, least squares in non-
linear case, estimating the parameters, non-linear growth models.

Statement of Cochrans theorem for quadratic forms, analysis of variance one way
classification model, two way classification model with one - observation per cell with
more than one (equal) observations per cell with interaction. Fishers least significance
difference (LSD) method. Analysis of covariance one-way and two way classification.
Fundamental principles of experimental designs. Analysis of completely randomized
design (CRD), Randomized Block Design (RBD), and Latin Square design (LSD).
Analysis of RBD and LSD with one and more than one observation missing.

Estimation of main effects, interactions and analysis of 22, 23, 24, 2n and 32 factorial
experiments. Total and partial confounding of 22, 23, 24 and 32 factorial designs.
Concept of balanced partial confounding. Fractional factorial designs. Split plot design
and its analysis.

Balanced incomplete block design (BIBD) - parametric relations, Intra block analysis
and recovery of inter block information. Partially balanced incomplete block design with
two associate classes (PBIBD (2)) parametric relations and intra block analysis.
Youden Square design, Lattice design and intra block analysis of simple lattice
design.

9. Optimization Techniques - I : Meaning and scope of Operations research,

formulation of Linear programming problem (LPP), rule of steepest ascent, and -rule,
optimum solution for Linear programming problem by graphical method and simplex
algorithm using artificial variables (Big M/penalty method and two phase simplex
methods). Dual of a symmetric Linear programming problem and reading the optimal
solution to the dual from the optimum simplex table of primal. Complementary slackness
theorem, dual simplex algorithm.

Definition of transportation problem, initial basic feasible solution by North West, matrix
minimum methods and VAM. Optimal solution through MODI tableau for balanced and
unbalanced transportation problem, degeneracy in transportation problem,
transportation problems as a special case of linear programming problem. Assignment
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problem as a special case of transportation problem and LPP. Optimal solution using
Hungarian method.

Sequencing: Optimal sequence of n jobs on two and three machines without passing.

10. Optimization Techniques - II :Nonlinear programming problem Formulation,

generalized Lagrange multiplier technique, Kuhn - Tucker necessary and sufficient
conditions for optimality of an NLPP.

Game theory: 2 person zero sum game, pure strategies with saddle point, principles of
dominance and games without saddle point.

Introduction to simulation, generation of random numbers for uniform, Normal,

Exponential, Cauchy and Poisson distributions. Estimating the reliability of the random
numbers, simulation to queuing and inventory problem.

Queuing Theory: Introduction, essential features of Queuing system, operating

Characteristics of Queuing system (transient and steady states). Queue length, General
relationships among characteristics. Probability distribution in queuing systems,
distribution of Arrival and inter arrival. Distribution of death (departure) process, service
time .Classification of Queuing models and solution of Queuing models; M/M/1: /FIFO
and M/M/1: N/FIFO.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
16. Paper: GENETICS
Unit-I:
Principles of Genetics - Mendels Law, Extension to Mendelian Genetics (Epistasis), co
dominance, incomplete dominance, penetrance and expressivity. Linkage,
Recombination and Gene Mapping in neurospora, tetrad analysis, Mitotic crossing over
Drosophila. Sex Determination and sex linked inheritance, sex determining
mechanism in birds, Drosophila , plants and man, sex chromatin and inactivation of X
chromosomes, sex linked inheritance, holandric genes, incompletely linked genes, sex
linked genes, sex limited genes, sex influenced genes, gynandromorphs. Extranuclear
inheritance, cytoplasmic inheritance, chloroplast and mitochondrial (genomes)
inheritance, their evolutionary significance.
Unit-II:
Cell cycle and Cell division - phases of cell cycle G0, G1, S and G2 phases Genes that
determine the cell cycle cyclins, CDK proteins, role of p53 in cell cycle. Mitosis
Stages in mitotic cell division- significance of mitosis. Meiosis - Formation of
Synaptonemal complex, crossing over, chiasma formation, significance of meiosis. Cell
death: Apoptosis (Intrinsic and Extrinsic pathways), necrosis and autophagy.

Unit- III:
Chromosome Organisation - Components of chromatin - Chromosome structure &
function, Euchromatin and Heterochromatin. Chromatin organization - Structure and
organization of nucleosome in chromatin, solenoids, loops and scaffolds, nucleosome
phasing, active and inactive states of chromatin. Chromatin Modifications Histone
modifications and their effect.
Unit- IV:
Genome Organisation and DNA structure - Prokaryotic genome organization.
Eukaryotic genome organization, Extrachromosmal genetic elements (plasmids,
mitochondrial genome, chloroplast genome), Horizontal gene transfer (transformation,
transduction, conjugation. Genome islands),Transposable elements and their
implication in genome evolution, Bacteriophages (lambda phage). Double helical
structure of DNA (Watson and Crick Model), B-DNA and Z-DNA.

Unit-V:
Gene Replication, Mutation and Repair Mechanism, DNAreplication,Bacterial
chromosomal replication, Eukaryotic chromosomal replication, Plasmid eplication,
Replication of mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes, Regulation of genome
replication, Replication associated errors. Whole genome duplication, Segmental
duplication, Single nucleotide variations, Homologous recombination, Non-homologous
end joining, Site-specific recombination, Transposon and repeats mediated
rearrangements, Gene conversion.

Internal and external agents causing DNA damages - DNA damages (Oxidative
damages, Depurinations, Depyrimidinations, O6- methylguanines, Cytosine
deamination, single and double strand breaks), Mechanisms of DNA damage
(transition, transversion, frameshift, nonsense mutations), Repair mechanisms (Photo
reactivation, excision repair, mismatch repair, post replication repair, SOS repair).

Unit VI:

Gene structure, Gene expression and Regulation. Structure of prokaryotic

genes,Organization of prokaryotic genes into operons, Structure of eukaryotic genes
(introns, exons, UTRs, core and proximal promoters, enhancers), Number of genes in
prokaryotes and eukaryotes, RNA coding genes (rRNA, tRNA), Regulatory small RNA
coding genes (miRNAs).
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Transcription machinery in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, Transcription process

(initiation, elongation, termination, processing of transcripts),Translational machinery in
prokaryotes and eukaryotes,Translation process (initiation, elongation, termination,
folding, processing),Co-ordinated regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and
eukaryotes.Regulation of transcription (proximal promoter, specific transcription factors,
enhancers, multiple promoters, alternate transcription initiation sites, multiple PolyA
sites),Post transcriptional regulation of gene expression (pre-mRNA splicing, miRNA
based regulation), Alternate transcript formation (Exon skipping, intron inclusion,
alternate splice sites, 5 end variations, 3 end variations), Regulation of translation
(codon usage/bias, 5UTR based signals, upstream ORFs, upstream, start codons,
alternate splicing in UTRS, 3-UTR based regulation), Post translational regulation of
gene expression.

Overview of epigenetic regulation- Promoter DNA methylation and gene expression,

Chromatin remodelling and gene expression, Histone modifications and gene
expression, Small RNA based epigenetic regulation, Propagation of epigenetic
regulation (genome imprinting).

Unit- VII:
Recombinant DNA Technology and Genetic Engineering - Restriction Enzymes and
Cloning Vectors- Host controlled restriction modification, Restriction endonucleases,
types and classification, Modifying enzymes used in molecular cloning, methylase,
polymerase, ligases, kinases, phosphatases and nucleases, Plasmid vectors (PBR322,
PUC19, PET ), Lambda phage vectors (Replacement & Insertional vectors ), Cosmid
vectors, Yeast vectors, BAC.
Selection of Recombinant Clones - Genetic Selection - insertional inactivation, alpha
complementation, Labeling of nucleic acids, Immunological probes, Selection of
recombinant clones: Hybridization techniques (Southern, Northern, Western, South-
Western and Zoo blot), colony hybridization and library screening, Hybrid arrest and
Hybrid release translation, DNA Sequencing methods, Maxam and Gilbert, Sangers
and Next Generation Techniques, Applications of rDNA Technology.

Unit- VIII:
Immunogenetics and Human diseases - Types of Immunity- Innate immunity and
Adaptive immunity - Anatomic barriers, Physiological barriers, Phagocytic barriers,
Endocytic barriers, Inflammation, Anti microbial substances, Acquired immunity-Active
and passive immunity, Hematopoiesis and differentiation, Cells of the Immune System
lymphoid cells (B & T Lymphocytes; T-cell sub-sets; NK cells), Mononuclear phagocytes
(Monocytes, macrophages), Granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, mast
cells, dendritic cells).
Organs of the System: Primary lymphoid organs (Bone marrow and Thymus);
Secondary lymphoid organs (lymph nodes, spleen and mucosal-associated lymphoid
tissue, cutaneous associated lymphoid tissue).

Antigens- Immunogenicity versus Antigenicity, Factors that influence immunogenicity

Epitopes - Properties of B-cell and T-cell epitopes. Haptens and the study of
Antigenicity, Haptens and hapten-carrier conjugates, types of antibodies,
Immunoglobulins : Structure and Functions. Major Histocompatibility Complex; T Cell
Mediated Immune Responses. Autoimmunity and Mechanisms of auto-immune
disorders-InsulinDependent diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus. Immuno-deficiency disorders- Congenital Immunodeficiency disorders
[Severe combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), Digeorge Syndrome and Ataxia
Telangiectasia]. Acquired Immunodeficiency Disorders- AIDS, T-cell responses to
infections.

Unit IX:
Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology - Specific Breeding Methods, Breeding for
disease resistance. Genetics of pathogenecity; Genetics of disease resistance; Methods
of breeding for disease resistance-Breeding for insect resistance: Mechanisms of insect
resistance; Breeding methods for pest resistance, Breeding for abiotic stress tolerance,
Breeding for drought, salinity, temperature and flood tolerance. Breeding for nutritional
improvement, Nutritional quality, Improved protein content and Improved oil quality.
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Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement- Plant tissue culture techniques in

crop improvement. Introduction to plant cell-tissue culture techniques, Haploids and di-
haploids, Somaclonal variation, Protoplast fusion, Micro propagation, Transgenics in
crop improvement: Gene transfer methods in plants; Production of transgenics for biotic
and abiotic stress tolerance; Transgenic male-sterility systems and development of
hybrids; Cis-genic approaches, Gene silencing: RNAi and its applications for crop
improvement, Molecular plant breeding tools, Molecular markers, Marker assisted
breeding, Genome mapping QTL mapping.
Unit-X:
Microbial Genetics and Application-Recombination and mapping of genes in Bacteria
Structure and Life cycle, Recombination and gene mapping in Bacteria, Transformation,
Conjugation. Genetics of Bacteriophages-Structure and classification, Lytic cycle
Infection of host cells, formation of viral components, maturation and release of virus
particles. Lysogeny nature of lysogeny: life-cycle of lambda, integration of viral
genome into host genome, lysogenic stage and prophage cycle, factors governing
lysogeny.
Fine structure analysis of gene One gene-one enzyme hypothesis arginine
biosynthesis in Neurospora crassa, Collinearity between gene-protein-Tryptophan
synthase gene in E. coli., Analysis of r-II locus of T4-phage genetic recombination in
phage crosses deletion mutants elucidation of fine structure of r-II locus using point
mutants and deletion mutants.

Regulation of bacterial gene expression-General features of regulation,Regulation of

Lactose utilization, Regulation of Tryptophan biosynthesis,Translational control of r-
proteins.

Unit- XI:
Biostats, Bioinformatics and IPR Sampling and Experimental design - Descriptive
analysis of data: Types of variables, Data alignment and representation, Measures of
central tendency, Measures of dispersion-Concepts of probability: Axioms of probability,
Probability distributions : Binomial, Poisson, Normal distribution, Hypothesis testing: Null
and alternate hypothesis, test of significance, Type I and Type II errors, confidence
intervals and confidence levels, Estimates and test statistics: Chi-square test (test for
goodness of fit, homogeneity test, linkage, test of independence), Z test (for proportions
and means), t- test (students t test, paired t test), ANOVA - One way and Two-way
Anova (F- test).Correlation and regression (Simple regression, multiple regression,
logistic regression).
Genome Databases/Genomics - Primary databases DDBJ, EMBL, NCBI, DNA and
protein sequence formats Genbank, Fasta, PIR,Gene predictions Extrinsic and
intrinsic, Comparative genomics map viewer, COGs.
Protein Databases/Proteomics-Introduction to amino acids and single letter
notations,Structural classification of amino acids,Structural organization of proteins
primary, secondary and tertiary, Protein sequence and structural databases
Swissprot, SCOP and CATH, Protein sequencing Sangers, Mass spectroscopy.
Sequence Analysis-Concepts of sequence alignments pairwise and multiple
sequences,Sequence similarity search by BLAST and FASTA, Concepts of Phylogeny
Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood,Structural analysis of proteins
Protparm, GOR, Swiss-plot.

Intellectual Property Rights and patents Understanding of intellectual property rights,

introductoin , history of patent protection,rationale behind patent system, An over view
of IPR regime, trademarks, copy rights, industrial designs, trade sectrets, Importance of
IPR,s in the field of science and technolo, Patenting in India and international patent
regimes (America and Euprean patent regimes), Procedure of obtaining patents-Rights
of patents- infringement issues in patents, Business model patents- e commerce and
biotech patents.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
17. Paper: Geology
1. Geomorphology & Field Geology: Fundamental concepts of geomorphology,
Geomorphic processes, Weathering, soils, mass wasting, Streams and valleys,
drainage patterns and their significance, groundwater, glacial cycle, wind, lakes, seas,
earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains, application of geomorphology to various fields
of earth sciences.
Field Geology: Toposheet, geological map, field work and sampling, compass,
geological mapping procedures. Surveying Principles and methods surveying, chain
survey, prismatic survey, plane table survey and theodolite survey. Dumpys level.
2. Crystallography, Mineralogy& Optical Mineralogy: External symmetry of crystals:
symmetry elements, classification of crystals into systems and classes, diffraction of
crystals, Braggs law. Physical properties of minerals, classification of minerals,
structural and chemical principles of crystals / minerals, physical and optical characters
and paragenesis of mineral groups- Olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, feldspars, quartz,
chlorite, mica, spinel, epidote and garnet groups, optical properties of common rock
forming silicate minerals.
3. Structural geology and Geotectonics: Stress-strain relationship of elastic, plastic
and viscous materials. Principles of geological mapping, measurement of strike and dip,
Structural analysis of folds, cleavages, lineations, joints, and faults, superposed
deformation, mechanism of folding and faulting, Unconformities, structural behavior of
igneous rocks, diapirs and salt domes, fundamentals of petrofabric analysis.
Earth and solar system, planetary evolution of earth and its internal structure,
Heterogeneity of the earths crust, Major tectonic features of the oceanic and continental
crust, Continental drift, mid oceanic ridges, deep sea trenches, continental shield areas
and mountain chains. Paleomagnetism, seafloor spreading and plate tectonics, Island
arcs, oceanic islands and volcanic arcs, isostacy, orogeny, geosynclines, and seismic
belts of the earth, seismicity and plate movements, Geodynamics of the Indian plate.
4. Palaeontology & Stratigraphy: Micro-palaeontology, origin and evolution of life,
classification and uses of micro fossils. Plant fossils: Gondwana flora and their
significance, Invertebrate and vertebrate palaeontology, fossils and their morphology,
distribution with geological time period.
Principles of Stratigraphy, geological time scale, modern methods of stratigraphic
correlation, Precambrian Stratigraphy of India, Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic
and Cenozoic formations of India. Gondwana system and Gondwana land, origin of
Himalaya and evolution of Siwalik basin, Deccan traps, Quaternary Stratigraphy, rock
record, paleoclimates and paleogeography.

5. Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry: Origin of magmas, phase equilibrium in

igneous systems, Bowen's reaction principle, Magmatic evolution and differentiation,
Structures and textures of igneous rocks, Classification of igneous rocks, Magmatism
and tectonics, Igneous rock suites- Ultramafic rocks, Basic rocks, Intermediate rocks,
Acidic rocks and Alkaline rocks.
Geochemistry, Elements, Meteorites, Primary geochemical differentiation of earth,
Goldschmidts geochemical classification of elements, Periodic table, Magmatism as
geochemical process, Major elemental distribution in igneous rocks, Trace element
distribution in igneous rocks, Sedimentation as a geochemical process, Metamorphism
as a geochemical process, Isotope geochemistry, Atmospheric geochemistry.
6. Metamorphic Petrology & Thermodynamics: Metamorphism, factors and kinds of
metamorphism and metamorphic processes; Classification of metamorphic rocks and
nomenclature, Structures and textures, zones, grades, and facies of metamorphism,
Phase relations and phase diagrams for metamorphic mineral assemblages, processes
and products of Contact, Regional, thermal, dynamo-thermal metamorphisms,
metasomatism, granitization, typical Indian rocks.
Objectives of thermodynamics, inter-relationship between petrogenetic processes and
thermodynamics, Role of thermodynamics in geochemistry, Phase rule, pressure-
temperature-depth relations among various metamorphic facies and ultra
metamorphism, Paired metamorphic belts, Metapelitic and metabasic minerals and
mineral assemblages, First law of thermodynamics, Second law of thermodynamics, P-
T diagrams, geothermobarometry, pressure(P)-temperature(T)-time(t) paths.
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7. Sedimentology & Petroleum Geology: Sedimentary environments- fluvial, glacial,

eolin and lacustrine environments, transitional environments including deltaic, beach
and tidal flats, marine environments including shelf (clastic and non-clastic) and deep
sea sedimentary environment, Evolution of sedimentary basins, Tectonic setting of
sedimentary basins.
Petroleum Geology, Constitution and Genesis of hydrocarbons, conversion of organic
matter to petroleum, variety of petroleum hydrocarbons and gas hydrates, Reservoir
rocks, Migration and accumulation of oil, structural traps, stratigraphic traps and
combination traps, salt domes, methods of Exploration and exploitation of petroleum,
Geographic and stratigraphic distribution of oil and gas, global distribution, petroliferous
basins in India.
8. Ore Genesis, Mineral Deposits and Mineral economics: Modern concept of ore
genesis, principal ore mineral groups, plate tectonics and ore deposits, ore textures,
Paragenetic sequences and zoning in metallic ore deposits, ore microscopy,
application of geothermobarometry, fluid inclusions in ores, Role and application of
stable isotopes in ore genesis, Petrological ore associations with Indian examples,
orthomagmatic ores of mafic-ultramafic association, diamonds in kimberlites, REE in
carbonatites, chromite in chromitites and basic rocks, PGE in ultramafic and basic
rocks, Chemical and clastic sedimentation, stratiform and stratabound ore deposits
(Mn, Fe, non-ferrous ores), placer concentrations, Ores related to weathering and
weathered surfaces, laterite, bauxite and manganese nodules.
Study of geology, nature of occurrence and the genesis of the following ore deposits
with special reference to India- Iron, Chromite, Manganese, Copper, gold, Lead and
Zinc, Bauxite, Magnesite, Barites, Mica, Asbestos, decorative stones, Mineral based
Industries: Iron and steel; Refractories: Ceramic, electrical and insulators, glass.
Stragetic, critical and essential minerals. Indias status in mineral production. Change in
pattern of mineral consumption, National Mineral Policy. Mineral concession rules,
Marine mineral resources and law of sea, Conservation and substitution of minerals.

9. Environmental Geology: Concepts and principles, Natural hazards,

preventive/precautionary measures-floods, landsides, earthquakes, rivers and coastal
erosion. Impact assessment of anthropogenic activities such as urbanization, open-cast
mining and quarrying, river-valley projects, disposal of industrial radioactive waste,
excess withdrawal of groundwater, use of fertilizers, dumping of ores, mine waste and
flyash, Organic and inorganic contamination of groundwater and their remedial
measures, soil degradation and remedial method, Environmental protection-legislative
measures in India, factors for groundwater subsidence.
10. Engineering Geology Mechanical properties of rocks and soils, Geological
investigations for river-valley projects-dams and reservoirs, tunnels-types, methods and
problems, Bridges-types and foundation problems, shoreline engineering, landslides-
classification, causes, prevention and rehabilitation, Earthquake resistant structure,
Problems of groundwater in engineering projects and Geotechnical case studies of
major projects in India.
11. Mineral Exploration and Fuels: Methods of surface and subsurface exploration,
prospecting for economic minerals and fuels-drilling, sampling, and assaying.
Geophysical techniques gravity, electrical, magnetic, air borne, and seismic surveys,
Instrumental techniques of detection and measurement of radioactivity, Radioactive
methods for prospecting and assaying of mineral deposits. Geomorphological and
remote sensing techniques, Geobotanical and geochemical methods. Bore hole logging
and survey. Origin of coal, Stratigraphy of coal measures, Fundamentals of coal
petrology, peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite, Industrial application of coal, Indian
coal deposits,
Origin, accumulation, migration and entrapment of natural hydrocarbons, characters of
reservoir rocks, structural, stratigraphic and mixed traps, geographical and geological
distribution of petroliferous basins of India. Gas hydrates and Coal Bed Methane
occurrences, Mineralogy and geochemistry of radioactive minerals, distribution of
radioactive minerals in India, Radioactive methods in petroleum exploration-well logging
techniques, nuclear waste disposal-geological constraints.

12. Hydrogeology: Origin of water, Hydrological cycle, water table, Rock properties
affecting groundwater, Types of aquifers, Porosity, permeability, specific yield and
retention, hydraulic conductivity, trasmitssivity, storage and storage coefficient. Water
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level fluctuation and causative factors, methods of pumping tests and analyses,
evaluation of aquifer parameters, artificial recharge of groundwater, groundwater
legislation, groundwater quality and groundwater pollution, arsenic and fluoride
problems, quality criteria for groundwater use, salt water intrusion in coastal aquifers
and remedial methods, surface geophysical methods-seismic, gravity, geoelectrical and
magnetic, subsurface geophysical methods-well logging for delineation of aquifers and
estimation of water quality, Watershed management.
13. Photo Geology, Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS: Elementary idea about
photogeology: electro-magnetic spectrum, types & geometry of aerial photographs;
factors affecting aerial photography; Fundamentals of remote sensing; remote sensing
systems; remote sensing sensors; signatures of rocks, minerals and soils. Application of
remote sensing in geosciences and geomorphological studies, Types of Indian and
Foreign Remote Sensing Satellites, Digital image processing; fundamental steps in
image processing; elements of pattern recognition and image classification, Geographic
Information System (GIS), components of GIS; product generation in GIS; tools for map
analysis; integration of GIS with remote sensing. Geographic positioning system (GPS),
scope of GPS, advantages and uses of GPS in different fields.
14. Mining Geology: Alluvial, open- pit and underground mining methods; mine
organization and operation; mine hazards. Sampling techniques, drilling methods,
estimation of ore reserves, Cost of mining; future costs and profits; life of mine; present
value of mine. Environmental issues with mining.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
18. Paper: NUTRITION & DIETETICS
I. Nutritional Biochemistry & Metabolism

Carbohydrates - Classification, sources, functions and requirements, Digestion and

absorption, Transport, utilization and storage, Glycolysis, TCA cycle, Pentose
phosphate pathway, Glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, Electron transport
chain, alcohol metabolism, Inborn errors of Carbohydrate Metabolism- Glycogen
storage diseases, Lactose intolerance, Galactosemia, Fructose intolerance.

Amino Acids - Classification, Functions, Utilization of amino acids, Urinary excretion.

Proteins - Classification, sources and functions, Digestion and absorption, Transport

and storage, Deamination, transamination, Decarboxylation, deamidation, Urea cycle,
Inborn errors of amino acid metabolism PKU, Tyrosinemia, Maple syrup urine
disease, Homocystinuria, Alkaptonuria.

Nucleic acids - Types ( DNA , RNA) and Functions, Components of Nucleic acids,
Structure of DNA & RNA, Types of RNA, Protein synthesis, Post transcriptional
changes.

Lipids - Classification, sources and functions, Digestion and absorption, Deposition and
storage, Role of essential fatty acids, Lipoproteins, Triglycerides, Cholesterol. Oxidation
of fatty acids, Synthesis of fatty acids, Biosynthesis of triglycerides and phosphatides,
Cholesterol metabolism, Bile pigments, Ketosis, Inborn errors of Lipid Metabolism-
Gauchers disease, Niemanns picks disease, Tay-sachs, Fabrys disease.

Fat Soluble Vitamins - Physiological action, transport, utilization, storage, sources,

functions and deficiency of Vitamins A, D, E, K.
Water Soluble Vitamins - Physiological action, transport, utilization, storage, sources,
functions and deficiency of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic acid,
Folic Acid, Pyridoxine, Vitamin C.

Minerals, Trace elements - Absorption, utilization, sources, functions and deficiency of

calcium, phosphorous, iron, iodine, Flourine, Zinc, Copper, Selenium.

Water - Functions, Distribution, Requirements, Role of solutes (Sodium and Potassium)

in maintaining the volume of the fluid compartments.

II. Human Physiology

Digestive and Excretory system - Structure and functions of gastrointestinal tract, liver,
Gut flora, role of prebiotics and probiotics in the maintenance of health of digestive
system. Structure and functions of kidney, Urine formation, water and electrolyte
balance.

Structure and functions of heart and blood vessels, Pulmonary, Systemic and Portal
circulation Blood pressure, Regulation of Cardiac output, Composition of blood, Plasma
proteins; Functions, role in fluid balance, Blood Lipids Chylomicrons, VLDL, LDL,
HDL, Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Blood coagulation.

Endocrine glands - Formation and secretion of hormones, Control of hormone secretion,

mechanism of hormone action, Pituitary gland: Hormones secreted and their functions,
abnormalities, Thyroid gland: Structure of thyroid gland, formation of thyroid hormones,
functions of thyroid hormones, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Adrenal gland:
Structure of adrenal gland, secretions of adrenal cortex and their functions,
hypoadrenalism, hyperadrenalism, Secretions of adrenal medulla and their functions,
Parathyroid gland: Structure of parathyroid gland, functions of parathormone, hypo and
hyper secretion of parathormone, Islets of Langarhans: Structure of islets of
Langarhans, functions of Insulin, deficiency of insulin, functions of glucagon, Testes:
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Structure of testes, functions of testosterone, deficiency of testosterone, Ovaries:

Structure of ovaries, functions of estrogens and progesterone.

III. Nutrition during Life Cycle

Principles of Nutrition - Energy value of foods, Estimation of energy value of foods by
Bomb Calorimeter and by Benedicts oxy Calorimeter, Factors affecting energy
requirements; Factors affecting BMR, SDA, Physical activity, RDA, and derivation of
RDA. Reference man, Reference woman. Basic five food groups, Nutritional
contribution from each group, Balanced diet, Food Pyramid, Basic principles of meal
planning, Steps in meal planning, food cost.

Nutritional requirements of adult man, Nutritional requirements of adult woman

Pregnancy, lactation & Infancy Pregnancy - Physiological changes, Growth of fetus
from conception till term, complications of pregnancy , Increase in Nutritional
requirements during pregnancy.

Physiology of lactation, Nutritional component of colostrum and mature milk, Increase in

Nutritional requirements during lactation, Growth and development during infancy, milk
Breast feeding Vs bottle feeding, Feeding of Low birth weight and premature infants,
Weaning, Homemade foods Vs commercial foods.

Preschoolers - Milestones and Growth Chart, Nutritional requirements.

School going children - Nutritional requirements, Packed lunch.
Adolescents - Sequence of developmental changes, Role of hormones on growth,
development and maturation, Nutritional requirements during adolescence, eating
disorders, teenage pregnancy.

Geriatric - Physiological changes in aging, Nutritional requirements and Dietary

modification.

IV. Introduction to Dietetics

Role and responsibilities of Dietitian Administrative, Community, Hospital, Clinical
methods to assess nutritional status - SGA, MNA, MUST, Biochemical method: Serum
Albumin, Serum Transferrin, Albumin/ Globulin Ratio. Modification of normal diets,
Types of hospital diets clear fluid, full fluid, soft diet.

Enteral Nutrition - Nasogastric, Nasoduodenal, Nasojejunal, Gastrostomy,

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy,
Formula feeds.
Parenteral Nutrition - Total Parenteral Nutrition, Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition.
Obesity - Definition, types, etiology, assessment and complication, Management of
obesity exercise, diet, behavior modification, pharmacotherapy and surgery
Leanness - Etiology, complications, Dietary management.

Gastrointestinal Disorders:
Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and dietary management of Gastritis, Peptic
ulcer, Diarrhea, Constipation, Malabsorption syndrome: ulcerative colitis, Crohns
disease, irritable bowel disease, lactose intolerance and celiac disease, Diverticular
diseases.

Fevers - Metabolic changes during fever, Short duration ,Intermittent duration, Long
duration Dietary Management.

Surgery - Physiological response, endocrine and metabolic changes, Nutritional care in

pre and post operative conditions.
Burns - Severity of burns, Metabolic changes in burns, Nutritional support.
V. Advanced Dietetics
Liver - Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis/functional test and dietary management of
Jaundice Types hemolytic, obstructive and infective, Viral Hepatitis Types A, B,
C, D, E and G, Fatty liver, Cirrhosis, Alcoholic liver disease, Hepatic Coma, Liver
Transplant.
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Gall Bladder - Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis and dietary management of Cholecystitis,

Cholelithiasis.

Kidney - Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis and dietary management of Acute and Chronic
Glomerulonephritis, Nephrosis, Acute & Chronic Renal Failure, Kidney Transplant,
Urinary calculi, Dialysis Hemodialysis &Peritoneal dialysis- Advantages,
disadvantages and Dietary management.

Pancreas - Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis and dietary management: Acute & Chronic
Pancreatitis.

Diabetes Classification, metabolic changes, Etiology, symptoms, diagnosis,

Complications, Treatment exercise, hypoglycemic drugs, insulin and diet. Glycemic
index, Glycemic load.

Disorders of circulatory system - Dietary management of Hypotension, Hypertension,

Dietary management of Cardio Vascular Diseases - Ischemic Heart Disease-
Arteriosclerosis, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Infarction,
Angina, Heart Failure.

Cancer - Types, Etiology, metabolic changes, treatment (drugs, chemotherapy and

radio therapy), Nutritional management of cancer
AIDS - Causes, symptoms, metabolic changes, diagnosis, Treatment and dietary
management.

VI. Food Science

Cereals Structure of the grain, Nutrient composition, Starch: functions and properties,
Gelatinization, factors affecting gelatinization, gel formation, retrogradation, syneresis,
gluten formation.

Pulses Nutrient composition, germination and fermentation of pulses, Anti-nutritional

factors.
Milk - Composition and Nutritive Value, Pasteurization of milk, role in cookery.
Egg - Composition and Nutritive Value of egg, role in cookery.
Meat - Post mortem changes in meat rigor mortis, curing, ageing and tenderization,
Changes during cooking of meat, Poultry - Advantages of white meat, Fish -
Classification, Characteristics of fresh fish, Spoilage, Nutritional importance of fish.
Fruits & Vegetables classification, nutrient contribution, pigments, ripening, browning
reactions.
Fats & Oils Properties, Emulsions, Fat as emulsifying agent, Rancidity types,
mechanism and prevention. Sugar Types, crystallization and caramelization,
Beverages, Spices & Herbs, Leavening agents.

VII. Community Nutrition

Assessment of nutritional status Anthropometry, Clinical Examination, Biochemical
Investigations & Diet surveys.

Magnitude of malnutrition in India, Consequences of malnutrition in India, PEM,

Anaemia, Iodine Deficiency Disorder and Vitamin A Deficiency, Dental caries, Fluorosis
Measures to combat malnutrition - ICDS, Mid-day meal program, SNP, IDDCP, Vitamin
A Prophylaxis Programme, Anemia Prophylaxis Programme, Role of National &
International organizations in combating malnutrition, Nutrition and Health Policies.

Nutrition and Health Education - Audio aids, Visual aids, Audio-visual aids, Types of
approaches - personal, group and mass, advantages and disadvantages.

Food security. Concepts and definitions agriculture and food security. Nutrition and
health urbanisation Food security and food systems.

Contribution of national and International organizations for agricultural development.

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VIII. Food Microbiology

Microorganisms and their general characteristics - Fungi (molds and yeast), Bacteria,
Protozoa, Viruses.
Factors affecting microbial growth Intrinsic & Extrinsic.
Sources of contamination, Spoilage of cereals and cereal products,Spoilage of milk and
milk products, Spoilage of meat and meat products aerobic and anerobic, Spoilage of
fish and other sea foods, poultry and eggs. Spoilage of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Spoilage of canned products spoilage by spore forming and non spore forming
bacteria.
Spoilage of sugar products.
Fermentation Indian, Oriental foods, Fermented beverages.
Principles and methods of food preservation.
Food Packaging, Labeling, Packages with special features.

IX . Food Safety & Quality Control

Sanitary procedures for preparation, handling and storage of foods
Food poisoning & Food borne diseases Classification, Mode of transmission, Viral and
parasitic infections, Control of food borne illnesses. Preventive methods.
Naturally occurring toxicants in foods - Toxic amino acids, toxic alkaloids, Cyanogenic
glycosides, trypsin inhibitors, Haemogglutinins, flatulence factors, mycotoxins
Chemical contaminants in foods - Pesticide residues, Packaging residues, Toxic metals
- Pb, Hg, Cd, As.
Food safety regulations FSSAI, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, Essential
Commodities Act, Bureau of Indian standards, AGMARK, Standards of Weights and
Measures Act, Export Quality Control Inspection Act, Consumer Protection Act,
Certification Marks, Food and Drug Control Authority, International Standards WTO,
ISO, SPS, CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, HACCP.
Food adulteration, Food additives, Preservatives, Coloring agents, Stabilising agents,
anti-oxidants, emulsifying agents.
X. Advanced Nutrition

Sports Nutrition, Nutraceuticals & Phytochemicals, Functional foods, Anti-oxidants, GM

foods, Space foods, Fat replacers Single cell proteins, Extruded foods, Instant and
Ready to Eat foods, Nanotechnology, Microencapsulation.
Drug Nutrient Interaction,
Disaster Management
Nutrigenomics, Nutrition & Immunity,
Protein Quality, Factors affecting bio-availability of vitamins & minerals.
Food Analysis Principles, techniques and application of colorimetry,
spectrophotometry, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, Flourimetry, Flame
photometry, Chromatography.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies

19. Paper: PHYSICS (with Electronics Specialization)

(Syllabus for the post of Electronics)

I- Mathematical Physics and Classical Mechanics

Vector algebra and vector calculus- Linear algebra, matrices, Linear ordinary differential
equations of first & second order,
Special Functions: Legendres polynomials, Bessel functions,Hermite polynomials..
Laplace equation and wave equation
Integral Transforms: Fourier Transforms and applications, Laplace transforms and
applications.
Tensor Analysis: Tensor Algebra, Metric Tensor & Christoffel Symbols
Mechanics of a system of particles: Lagrangian Mechanics, Lagranges equations,
Hamiltons principle, Hamiltonian Mechanics, canonical Transformations and Hamilton-
Jacobi Theory, and Poissons Brackets.
Numerical Methods: Numerical Interpolation, Numerical Differentiation, Numerical
Integration, Solutions of Equations and Numerical solutions of Ordinary Differential
Equations.

II- Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics

Introduction to Statistical Mechanics: Statistical Mechanics- Thermodynamics,

Ensembles, Density distribution- Liouvilles theorem, Postulates of classical statistical
Mechanics, Micro canonical Ensemble, MaxWell-Boltzman Statistics, Canonical and
grand canonical ensembles.
Quantum Statistics: Postulates of Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Statistics-
Be and F-D Statistics
Principles Of Quantum Mechanics: Birth of Quantum Mechanics, Eigen values and
Eigen functions Dirac's Bra and ket vectors Eigen functions and uncertainty principle.
Schrodinger Equations and Angular Momentum Theory: Schrodinger wave
equation, Applications of Schrodingers equation to one dimensional problems, Angular
momentum, Application of Schrodingers equation to three dimensional problems,
Hydrogen atom, spin and angular momentum, Addition of angular momenta, Clebsch-
Gordan coefficients
Approximation Methods: Time independent perturbation theory, variation method,
Time dependent perturbation theory
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Klein Gordon relativistic equation and applications,
Diracs relativistic equation and applications

III-Solid State Physics

Crystalline State and Crystal Structure: Crystalline State and Crystal Structure, non
crystalline state, elements of X-ray diffraction, experimental techniques for structure
determination.

Imperfection in Crystals: Imperfection in Crystals, diffusion,dislocations.

Free electron theory and band theory of solids: Free electron theory, band theory of
solids, semiconductors, solid state lasers.
Lattice vibrations and thermal properties: Elastic waves in solids, Infra red
absorption ionic crystals, and lattice heat capacity.
Dielectrics and ferroelectrics: Macroscopic descriptions of dielectrics, measurement
of dielectric constant, ferroelectrics.
Magnetism and Super conductivity: Magnetism, spontaneous magnetization,
occurance of superconductivity, super conductivity-theoretical explanations.

IV - Semiconductor Devices- Analog and Digital Electronics

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Semiconductor Diodes, Transistors and Amplifiers: Semiconductor diods,

Transistors, Power supplies, Feed beck amplifiers, RC coupled amplifiers and its
frequency response, Oscillators and Multivibrators

Operational Amplifiers: Operational Amplifier, its characteristics, and its parameters,

Operational Amplifier-configurations, Operational Amplifier-Frequency response,
Operational Amplifier-Linear applications, Operational Amplifier- non linear applications,
Operational Amplifier- Wave form generators.

Digital Electronics: Introduction to Digital electronics and logic gates, Applications of

EX-OR gate,De-Morgans Theorems and Fundamental products,Karnaugh map,Flip-
flops,Shift Registers,Counters,Multiplexer and De-multiplexer.

Converters: Digital to Analog Converters, Analog to Digital Converters

V- Nuclear Physics and Analytical Techniques

Nuclear decay process: Alpha Spectrum, Gamows theory of -decay. - Spectrum,

Neutrino hypothesis, Fermi theory of Alpha-decay, Fermi-Kurie Plots, selection rules for
-decay. -emission Multiple radiation selection rules for -decay. Classification of
elementary particles Fundamental interactions Conservation laws. Interaction of
charged particles and Gamma radiation with matter, Radiation detectors.

Nuclear forces and Nuclear Models: Properties of Nucleus-nuclear radius, nuclear

mass and binding energy, Angular momentum ,nuclear statistics, parity and Symmetry,
Magnetic dipole moment, electric quadruple moment, Nature of nuclear forces, two
body problem, bound and spin states of two nucleons, Theory of deuteron, Tensor
forces, exchange forces, meson theory of nuclear forces, Nuclear models, liquid drop
model, formula for total binding energy of the nucleus, Weizsachers semi empirical
mass formula, values of the empirical coefficients, Shell model-Experimental Evidence,
predictions, spin orbit coupling and achievements of the shell-model.
Nuclear Reactions
Types of nuclear reactions, conservation laws, Kinematics of nuclear reactions, Q-
value, Nuclear cross section, compound nuleaus,Descrete energy levels of nucleus,
Breit-Winger formula, Basic properties of neutrons, classification of neutrons, slowing
down of neutrons,logarithamic decrement in energy, moderating ratio, neutron diffusion-
neutron current density, neutron leakage current, Fermi age equation,Bohr and wheeler
theory of fission, four-factor formula

Materials Characterization Techniques: Phase contrast microscopy ,Principle, theory,

instrumentation Applications, Electron microscopy ,principle, scanning electron
microscope ,instrumentation, Transmission electron
microscope,instrumentation,applications of electron microscopes, advantages of SEM
over TEM.Thermo gravimetric aalyser,principle,instrument
control,Applications,Differential scanning calorimetry,principle,instrumentation,Power
compensated DSC,Heat flux DSC,Temperature control methods, the average
temperature control, Differential temperature control. Theory of Mossbauer effect,
Recoil-less emission and absorption of gamma rays-nuclear, resonance experimental
technique to observe Mossbauer effect, Mossbauer nuclides, Mossbauer parameters-
Isomer shift,Quadrupole splitting, magnetic hyperfine splitting, simple applications

Resonance Spectroscopy: NMR theory-simple and classical, Relaxation mechanisms-

spin-spin and spin-lattice. Bloch equations, complex susceptibility,NMR instrumentation
related to absorption and induction techniques, chemical shift,spin-spn coupiling,ethyl
and methyl alcoholNMR spectra, Major areas of NMR.Principles of ESR,conditions for
resonance,ESR spectrometer, interpretation of spectra, Hyperfine interactions,
applications of ESR.Nuclear quadruple Moment, electric field gradients, Nuclear
quadruple
resonance,energylevelsindifferentFGsymmetries,NQRspectrometer,Applications,review
on NMR,ESR and NQR

VI- Electromagnetic Theory and Spectroscopy

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Electromagnetic Theory: Electrostatic field, Magneto statics, Electro dynamics,EM

waves in matter, Electromagnetic radiation,Lienard-Wiechert Potentials, Radiated power
Atomic Spectra: Fine structure,Zeeman,Paschem-back and Stark Effects, vector atom
model L-s and jj coupling of two electron states, two electron system,landeG factor
Molecular spectra: Rotational Spectra of Diatomic molecules, vibrational spectra,
Electron spectra, Frank-Condon principle, Dissociation enalgies, Frank Condon
Principle
VII- Memory Devices and Microprocessors
Logic Families: Logic families and their performance characteristics, Emitter Coupled
Logic (ECL, PMOs, CMOs Logic and Tri state Logic), Comparisons of Logic families

Semiconductor memories: Classification and Characteristics of Memories, Memory

organization and expression.

INTEL 8085 Microprocessor Organization and Architecture: Microprocessor

Organization and Architecture, Pin Configuration of Intel 8085 Micro Processor, Timing
diagrams.

Addressing Modes and Programming of 8085 Microprocessors: Addressing modes

and instruction set of Intel 8085, Programming of Micro Processor Intel 8085,
Assembly Language Programming using Loops.

Peripheral Devices and Interfacing :I/O Interfacing& Data Transfer Schemes,Intel

8053 Programmable interval Timer, Programmable Peripheral Interface (8255), Priority
Interrupt Controller (8259).

INTEL 8086 Microprocessor: Intel 8086 Micro Processor, Addressing Modes and
Instruction set of Intel 8086 Micro Processor, Pin Configuration of Intel 8086 Micro
Processor.

Advanced Microprocessors: Architecture of Micro Processors 80286, 80386,

80486, the Pentium Microprocessor

VIII- Communication Systems

Analog Communication: Need for modulation, Amplitude modulation, Frequency

spectrum for sinusoidal A.M, Average power for sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal A.M,
Generation of A.M. waves- Collector modulator, Balanced modulator, A.M transmitter
(Block diagram approach), Detection of A.M waves Square law detector, Frequency
and Phase modulation, Frequency spectrum for sinusoidal F.M, Average power for
sinusoidal F.M, Varactor diode F.M modulator, Balanced slope F.M detector, Ratio F.M
detectors.

Digital Communication: Sampling theorem, Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM),

Natural sampling, Flat-top sampling, Signal recovery through holding, Quantization of
signals, Quantization error, Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), Companding, Multiplexing
PCM signals, Differential PCM.Digital modulation techniques: Amplitude Shift Keying
(ASK), Phase Shift Keying (PSK), Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) and Differential Phase
Shift Keying (DPSK) and their generation and detection (qualitative).

Transmission lines: Introduction, Primary line constants, Phase velocity and line
wavelength, Characteristic impedance, Propagation coefficient, Phase and group
velocities, Standing waves, Lossless line at radio frequencies, VSWR, Slotted-line
measurements at radio frequencies, Transmission lines as circuit elements, Smith chart.

Microwave devices: Introduction to rectangular and circular wave guides, Solution of

wave equations in cylindrical coordinates, TE and TM modes, Power transmission and
loss in circular wave guides, Excitation of modes in circular wave guide, Microwave
tunnel diode, Gun effect diode (GaAs), Microwave generation and amplification.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
20. Paper: PSYCHOLOGY
UNIT I.
Introduction: Schools of Psychology: Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis,
Behaviorism, and Gestalt, Methods of Psychology: Introspection, Observation, Case
Study, Interview, Survey and Experimental Method, Contemporary Approaches to
Psychology - Cognitive Approach, Humanistic Approach and Existential Approach,
Goals and Fields of Psychology (Pure and Applied).

Biological Basis of Behavior:Nervous System - The Structure of Neuron, Central

Nervous, Autonomic Nervous System, and Hormonal Basis of Behavior - The Major
Endocrine Glands and their Functions, Influence of Heredity and Environment on
Behavior.

Sensation: Sensory Thresholds; Characteristics of Sensation; Types of Sensation;

Measurement of sensations(Absolute Threshold, Signal detection theory, Difference
Threshold, Sensory Adaptation), Attention - Nature and concept of Attention, Different
Aspects of Attention Span, Division, Distraction and Fluctuation, Voluntary and
Involuntary Attention, Determinants of Attention Internal and External Factors.

Perception:Principles of Perceptual Organization, Perceptual Constancies and Depth

Perception - Monocular and Binocular Cues, Movement Perception, Internal and
External factors influencing Perceptual Experience, Distortions in Perception: Illusions &
Hallucinations.

Learning:Concept of Learning Curve, Theories of learning- Classical and Instrumental

Conditioning, Sign learning, Learning by Insight and Observation, Role of Motivation,
Reward and Punishment in Learning, Transfer of Learning, Efficient Methods of
Learning.

UNIT II.
Memory: Meaning and Significance of Memory, Types of Memory, Methods of
Measuring Memory, Information Processing Model of Memory, Forgetting: Curve of
Forgetting, Theories of Forgetting: Decay theory and Interference Theory, Methods of
Improving Memory,
Thinking: Nature and types of thinking, Theories Bruner & Sullivan, Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning (Conditional, Syllogistic) and Inductive Reasoning (Causal
Inferences, Categorical Inferences); aids and obstacles toreasoning, Problem Solving
Problem cycle, types of problem solving, Impediments to Problem Solving, Problem
solving strategies algorithm, heuristics and biases, Means-End Analysis, Computer
simulation, Creativity - Characteristics of Creative People; Stages of Creative Thinking.
Emotion and Motivation: Definition and Nature of Emotions, Development of
Emotions, Theories of Emotion James-Lange, Cannon-Bard and Schachter-Singer,
Concept, Theories of motivation.
Intelligence: Brief history of Testing Movement contribution of Binet, Theories of
Intelligence Thorndike, Spearman, Thurstone, Sternberg, and Gardener,
Measurement of Intelligence- Concept of IQ, Types of Intelligence Tests, Individual
differences in Intelligence ( Heredity and Environment)
Personality: Concept of Personality, Personality Assessment - Interviews, Projective
tests, Behavioural Assessment, and Personality Inventories, Theoretical approaches to
personality - Type Theories, Trait theories and Type cumTrait Theories; Psychoanalytic
Approach; Humanistic Approach; Cognitive Behavioural Approach, Big Five Factor
Theory.
UNIT III.
Statistics in Psychology:Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion;
Characteristics of a Distribution- Skewness and Kurtosis; Meaning of Probability;
Normal Distribution-Characteristics and Applications; Methods of Sampling-Probabilistic
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and Non Probabilistic sampling; Sampling Distribution; Sampling error and non-
sampling error; Hypothesis-meaning and types; Type I and Type II errors; Procedure for
testing of Hypothesis; Test of Significance (large sample andsmall sample) - for single
mean and differences of mean; Test of Significance for singleproportion and differences
of proportion. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) one way ANOVAand two way ANOVA;
Linear Correlation Product moment and Rank correlation. Specialcorrelations Bi-
serial Correlation, and Point Bi-serial correlation; Partial correlation andMultiple
correlation. Simple Regression and Multiple regression. Interpretation ofregression
coefficients. Non Parametric Statistics Chi Square test, Sign test, and Median test.
Analysis of Covariance.
UNIT IV.
Social Psychology: Nature and scope of Social Psychology, levels of social behaviour,
mechanisms of social andinteraction. Brief introduction to concepts and application of S-
R theory, field theory and roletheory.Social perception, theories of attribution social
attitudes, their formation anddevelopment.Theories of attitude changes. Prejudice and
methods of reducing prejudice.Types of group processes - cohesiveness conformities
dynamic, Prosocial behaviour,Leadership, leadership styles and effectiveness. Decision
making.Emotionalintelligence and interpersonal relations.Applications of Social
Psychology Ruraldevelopment - human factors in rural development attitudinal basis
of rural developmentfactors in acceptance of innovative practices.Social Psychological
basis of education. Socialfactors in academic achievement, Cognitive functioning and
intelligence Psychological basisof poverty and Deprivation, studies of Disadvantaged
groups, method of alleviating poverty,Educational problems of students from
Disadvantaged sectors. Environmental Psychology-Concepts and issues of attitudes,
awareness and information of environmental pollution.Steps in protecting environment
and reducing less pollution.

UNIT V.
Experimental Psychology: Different concepts used in Experimental
Psychology(including variables & operationaldefinitions); Psychophysical methods, Lab
Report writing as per APA Guidelines(including Citations); Introduction toother
Guidelines and style Manuals; Techniques of Experimental Control; Application of
Research Designs and interpretation of research problems/studies .

UNIT VI.
Experimental Design: Meaning of Experiment, and Experimental Design; Advantages
and disadvantages of experimental designs, Types of Experimental design: Completely
randomized design, Randomized Block design, Factorial design, Latin square design;
Internal validity andexternal validity of experimental designs, factors that influence the
internal validity andexternal validity of experimental designs; Meaning of confounding,
Types of confounding,Methods of controlling extraneous variables in Experimental
design. Concomitant Variation;Single case experimental designs; Ex-post-facto
research designs; Non experimentaldesigns; Advantages and Disadvantages of
Experimental designs over Non Experimentaldesigns; Types of Non experimental
designs Quasi experimental designs, Co relationaldesigns, Contrast designs, and
Case study designs.

UNIT VII.
Abnormal Psychology: Adjustment and Maladjustment - Concept of Adjustment and
Maladjustment, Causes of Maladjustment; Conflicts Types; Stress Nature; Types of
Stress, Sources of Stress; Immune System & Stress; Personality & Stress; Coping with
Stress Types of Coping; Extreme Maladjustment- Dimensions; Classification DSM V
and ICD 10; Anxiety related- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Phobias and panic
disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Somatic
symptom Disorder, Conversion Disorders, Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Identity
Disorder, Mood Disorders - Depression Characteristics and Symptoms, Bipolar
Disorder - Characteristics and Symptoms, Schizophrenia Symptoms- Positive,
Negative and Cognitive Deficits; Types

UNIT VIII.
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Approaches and Treatment: Biological Approaches Brain Dysfunction, Biochemical

Imbalances, Genetic Abnormalities, Drug Therapies, ECT& Brain stimulation
techniques, Psychosurgery.Psychological Approaches Psychodynamic, Behavioural,
Cognitive, Humanistic, Family Systems Approach, Sociocultural Approaches Cross
cultural issues; Culturally specific therapies, Prevention Programs; Common elements
in Effective treatments, Suicide Type of attempts, gender differences, Risk factors-
Mental disorders, Negative life events, Suicide contagion, Personality and Cognitive
factors, Biological factors, Prevention.

UNIT IX.
Child Psychology:Principles of Development, Hereditary and Environmental Influences
on Development, Aspects of Prenatal and Post-natal Development Milestones of
Development, Hazards of Development and Developmental Delays, Physical
Development.Cognitive development: perspectives of Piaget and Vygotsky, Language
development, Information Processing; Intelligence, Emotional development, Moral
development Kohlbergs Theory, Personality development Overview of Freud and
Erikson, Emergence of self and development of self-concept and self-esteem;
Development of Gender Roles.

UNIT X.
Adolescent Psychology:
Importance of adolescent psychology, Characteristics and principles of adolescence
development, Havinghurst developmental tasks of adolescence, Puberty - Growth
Spurt, Sexual maturation, Psychological effects of pubertal development-concerns
about body image. Challenges to early and late development.Changes in the
adolescent brain. Sleep patterns in adolescence.Adolescent health importance of
nutrition and exercise. Adolescent sexuality sexual orientation, sexual morality, sexual
behaviour, need for adequate sex education.

Cognitive development Piagets formal operational stage. Changes in reasoning,

thinking and decision making. Metacognition aid to self regulatory learning.
Development of identity Eriksons stage of identity vs role confusion, Marcias ego
identity statuses, Rosenbergs model of identity, Importance of self concept and self
esteem in adolescence, factors affecting self-concept. Sex role identity.Moral
development Kohlbergs post conventional morality.Peers functions, peer pressure;
friends stability of friendship. Issues, Challenges, & Problems - Risk Behaviours:
STDs; Teenage Pregnancy, Addiction to Technology, Substance abuse; Juvenile
delinquency; Violence and rape; Poverty and low educational attainment; Adolescent
stress- external and internal stressors, Obesity and eating disorders.
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21. Paper: BIOTECHNOLOGY
I. CELL BIOLOGY: Diversity of cell size and shape. Cell theory, microscopic
techniques for study of cells. Sub-cellular fractionation and criteria of functional
integrity. Cellular organelles-Plasma membrane, cell wall, Mitochondria,
Chloroplast, Nucleus and other organelles and their organization, structure and
functions. Cell motility-cilla, flagella of eukaryotes. Transport of nutrients, ions and
macromolecules across membranes. Liposomes, drug delivery systems, cellular
energy transactions-role of mitochondria and chloroplast. Molecular assemblies
like membranes; structure and functional aspects. Ribosomes, extra cellular
matrix. Cell cycle Overview of eukaryotic cell cycle, regulation of cell cycle by
cell growth and extra cellular signals. Cell cycle check points. Regulators of cell
cycle progression MPF, cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases. Cell death and
proliferation Apoptosis: definition, differences between apoptosis and necrosis
and mechanism. Cancer: Types and Classification, Development and Properties of
Cancer cells. Somatic mutations in cancer cells. Mechanisms of biotic (bacterial,
fungal, insect) and abiotic (salt, drought and temperature) stress in plants. Signal
transduction: types of receptors, second messengers (calcium, phoshoinositides,
MAP kinase pathway, and Nitric oxide). Meiosis, Gametogenesis, fertilization and
Development of chick embryo.

II. BIOMOLECULES AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: - Chemical foundations

of Biology water, pH, pK, acids, bases, buffers, weak bonds, covalent bonds.
Principles of thermodynamics. Classification, structure and functions of
carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids and lipids. Chromatography
Methods; partition, ion exchange, and affinity methods, criteria for purity, proteins
and nucleic acids sequencing methods, Hormones, vitamins and minerals.
Analytical techniques: Principle, instrumentation and applications of VIS/UV, IR,
NMR, LASER Raman Spectroscopy MASS Spectroscopy, Fluorescence
Spectroscopy, Differential colorimetry, X-ray Crystallography, Ultra centrifugation,
Electron Cryomicroscopy and Scanning Tunneling microscopy. Methods of cell
study; confocal microscopy, Flowcytometry and FACS (fluorescence activated cell
sorter) and atomic force microscopy. Radiochemical methods; Stable and
radioactive isotopes, measurement of radioactivity by Liquid scintillation counting,
Radio immune assay, GM counters and autoradiography, ELISA. Specific activity
and precursor-product relationship. Tracer studies and Effect of radiation on cells.

III.MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: - DNA Structure, replication, repair and

recombination, Transcripition, regulation and post transcriptional modifications in
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic genomes. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene
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silencing. Translation and regulation in Prokaryotes and eukaryotes, co-translation

and post-translational modifications of proteins. Protein Localization-Synthesis of
secretory and membrane proteins, import into nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast
and peroxisomes, Biology of Cancer-Oncogenes and Tumour Suppressor genes,
Structure, function and mechanism of action of pRB and p53 tumor suppressor
proteins.
Antisense oligonucelotides, molecular targets of drug action and Ribozyme
Technology. Homologous Recombination-Holliday model gene targeting, gene
disruption, FLP/FRT and Cre/Lox recombination RecA and other recombinases.
Molecular Mapping of Genome, Genes, mutation and mutagenesis, site directed
mutagenesis and Human genome project, Transposons

IV.BIOSTATISTICS: - Frequency distribution, Distribution of data bionomial,

poission and normal. Measures of central tendency-mean, median, mode and
standard deviation-probability distribution-regression-correlation- Analysis of
variance-tests of significance- T-test, F-test, Chi-square test.
BIOINFORMATICS-:-Biological databases, ORF finding, EST analysis, gene
identification, microsatellite repeat patterns, BLAST, FASTA, Mutation matrix,
global Vs local alignments, Dot plots, PAM and BLOSUM matrices, Multiple
sequence modeling, alignments dendrograms, phylograms, protein structure
prediction methods, molecular modeling, Primer design, QSAR, Drug designing.

V. MICROBIOLOGY: - Discovery of the microbial world; Distinguishing

features of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes; general role of microorganisms in
transformation of organic matter and in the causation of diseases; Microbial
taxonomy; Classification, Nomenclature and new approaches to microbial
taxonomy; Pure culture techniques; sterilization methods; Principles of microbial
nutrition and composition of culture media; culture enrichment techniques; Growth
and its mathematical expression; synchronized cultures, Culture collection and
maintenance of cultures; Purple and green bacteria Ricketsias; Chlamydia and
Mycoplasma. Archea; Viruses: structure and replication of viruses; DNA viruses
and RNA viruses; Viroids and Prions; Viruse and their Genetic System;
Bacteriophages; RNA phages; Retroviruses, Biomass and Bioenergy, Biofuels
from microbes, biofertilizers and biopesticides.
VI. GENETICS
Mendels principles, applications of Mendels principles, Chromosome Theory of
Heredity (Sutton-Boveri), Inheritance patterns, phenomenon of Dominance,
Inheritance patterns in Human (Sex-linked, Autosomal, Mitochondrial, Unifactorial,
Multi-factorial). . Linkage & Crossing over - Chromosome theory of Linkage, kinds
of linkage, linkage groups, types of Crossing over, mechanism of Meiotic Crossing
over, kinds of Crossing over, theories about the mechanism of Crossing over,
cytological detection of Crossing over, significance of Crossing over. Allelic
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Variation & Gene function Multiple allele, Genetic interaction, Epiststic

interactions, Non-Epistatic inter-allelic genetic interactions, Atavism/Reversion,
Penetrance (complete & incomplete), Expressivity, Pleiotropism, Non-Mendelian
inheritance Evidences for Cytoplasmic factors, cytoplasmic inheritance,
Epigenetics, extranuclear inheritance (mitochondrial, chloroplast), non-
chromosomal inheritance, maternal inheritance, uniparental inheritance.

VII. IMMUNOLOGY:- Phylogeny of immune System; Innate and acquired

immunity; Hematopoietic and differentiation, cells and organs of the immune
system; Lymphocyte trafficking; Antigencity and super antigens; Immunoglobulin
types, structure and function, Antigen-antibody interactions; Blood groups, Cell
migration and Homing, Immunoglobulin and gene organization. Major
histocompatibility complex, BCR and TCR and generation of diversity;
Complement system, Antigen processing and presentation, generation of humeral
and cell mediated immune responses; Activation of B-and T- lymphocytes,
Cytokines and their role in immune regulation; Cell mediated cytotoxic,
Hypersensitivity, Autoimmunity, Transplantation, Tumor Immunology, AIDS and
other Immunodeficiency; Hybridoma Technology, Psychoneuro-immunology,
Single chain antibodies, theories of antibody diversity, Vaccines Concept of
immunization, routes of vaccination. Types of vaccines Whole organism
(attenuated and inactivated) and component vaccines (synthetic peptides, DNA
vaccines, recombinant vaccines, subunit vaccines, conjugate vaccines. Vaccine
delivery systems.

VIII.BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING:- Fermentation-types of fermentors and

bioreactor design, cell concentration and stirring. Filtration, methods of cell
disruption. Downstream processing, industrial applications of bioprocess.
Synchronized and continuous culturing. Industrial production of glutamic acid,
citric acid, ethanol, penicillin , lactic acid, -amylase, protease,tetracycline, vitamin
B12 and riboflavin. Purification and crystallization of products.
ENZYME TECHNOLOGY:- Discovery classifications and nomenclature of
enzymes. Techniques of enzymes isolation and assay, Intracellular localization of
enzymes, Isoenzymes, Multienzyme complexes and multifunctional enzymes
Physico-chemical characterization of enzymes, Enzymes kinetics, kinetics of
enzymes of inhibition. Allosterism, Enzyme memory, Various techniques used for
the immobilization of enzymes and their applications in Biotechnology. Purification
of enzymes and their applications, Single cell proteins. Industrial application of
enzyme, applications in biosensors.
IX. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY:- Ecological balance, resiliency of
ecosystem and sustainable development, environmental pollution and global
problems, water, air, soil pollution and their impacts on environment.
Biotechnological approaches for management of pollution, waste water treatment:
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aerobic and anaerobic processes, bioremediation of contaminated soils and waste

land, biotechnological treatment for industrial effluents and solid wastes. GEMS
(Genetically Engineered micro organisms) for bioremediation.
X. GENETIC ENGINEERING:- Discovery, properties and application of
Restriction enzymes, Cloning and expression vectors, Purification of plasmids,
genomic DNA and mRNA. Genomic and cDNA Library construction and screening
of recombinants by hybridization methods, Reporter assays, protein engineering-
site directed mutagenesis, adding disulfide bonds changing asparagines to other
amino acids modification of metal cofactor requirements. Increasing of specific
activity Stability to thermal and salinity conditions, Phage Display library and yeast
two hybrid system. Gene transfer methods, gene tagging, Role of gene tagging
analysis; Gene Therapy, Gene silencing methods (RNA interference), Biochips
and functional genomics.

XI. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY:- Selection of explants, micropropagation

techniques in plant tissue culture suspension culture, single cell. Anther, pollen
and ovary culture for production of haploid plants. Cryopreservation for germplasm
conservation. Plant Transformation technology, Transgene stability and gene
silencing. Application of plant Transformation for productivity and performance.
Metabolic Engineering and Industrial products: Plant secondary metabolites,
industrial enzymes, biodegradable plastics, therapeutic proteins, antibodies, edible
vaccines. Molecular marker assisted selection and Breeding: RFLP maps, SSR
markers, STS, microsatellites, SCAR (sequence characterized amplified regions),
SSCP (single stand conformational polymorphism), AFLP, GM Crops
XII. ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: - Animal cell culture technology, simple
and complex growth media, cell culture techniques, primary and established cell
lines. Biology and characterization of the cultured cells, measuring growth
parameters, maintenance of cell culture, Measurement of viability and cytotoxicity,
cell separation. Scalingup of animal cell culture. Cell synchronization. Cell cloning
and micromanipulation. Cell transformation. Stem cell cultures, embryonic stem
cells and their applications. Cell culture based vaccines. Organ and histotypic
cultures. Apoptosis, measurement of cell death. Biodegradation of Toxicants,
Diagnostic aids, organ perfusion studies,Embryo transfer, stem cell biology, GM
animals.
Principles and preparation of DNA and RNA probes and their applications: Study
and expression of cloned genes in prokaryotes and eukaryotic systems. Microbial
production of interferon, human growth hormone, insulin in E.coli. Genetic
Engineering Social, ethical and moral implications, national and international
guidelines/regulations. Biotechnology patents and safeguarding human and animal
health.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
22. Paper: SOCIOLOGY
Part I: Sociological Concepts
Nature and Scope of Sociology, Sociological Perspectives
Human Society, Individual and Society, Social Group, Community, Association
Social Structure,Status and Role, Norms,Culture, Socializationand its agencies
and theories, Social Institutions, Social Control
Social Process: Associative and DissociativeSocial Process
Inequality, Social Differentiation, Social Stratification and its theories and
dimensions, Social Mobility
Social Change: Factors and Theories of Social Change, Evolution, Development,
Progress

Part II: Sociological Thought and Theory

Sociological Thought: Nature, Development and Social Context
Contributions of Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Emile
Durkheim, Max Weber and Vilfredo Pareto
Sociological theory: Nature and types- Paradigms in Sociology
Structural Functionalism: Radcliffe Brown, Bonislaw Malinowski, Talcott Parsons
and Robert K Merton
Neo Functionalism: Jeffrey Alexander
Structuration and Post Modernism: Anthony Giddens, Jacques Derrida and
Michel Foucault
Conflict and Neo Marxism: Karl Marx, Georg Simmel, Lewis Coser, Ralf
Dahrendorf, Randal Collins, Jrgen Hebermas, Louis Althuser
Interactionist Perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism: George Hebert Mead, Charles Horton
Cooley, Herbert Blumer
Phenomenology: Alfred Shultz, Peter Berger, Niklas Luhmann
Ethnomethodology: Harold Garfinkel, Erving Goffman
Exchange Theory: George Homans, Peter Blau

Part III: Indian Society

Composition of Indian Society: Cultural, Religious, Regional and Linguistic
Diversity, Unity in Diversity
Foundations of Indian Society: Hindu View of Life, Purusharthas, Varna Dharma
and Ashram Dharma
Marriage and Family in India: Types and Forms of Hindu Marriage, Hindu
Marriage as a Sacrament, Marriage Legislation, Marriage among Muslims
and Christians, Types of family, Family in rural and urban setting, Changing
trends in marriage and family
Caste, Religion, Economy and Polity: Varna, Jati and Caste- Theories, Features
and Functions of Caste system, Cultural and Structural view of Caste
System, Social mobility in Caste System, Changing Trends and Future of
Caste System, Religion and Ritual System, Socio-Religious Movements,
Jajmani System, Land Reforms, Leadership and Polity
Social change in contemporary India: Sanskritization, Westernization,
Modernization and Secularization, Great and Little Tradition, Tradition and
Modernity
Development: Economic development, Human Development, Social
Development, Sustainable Development, Nation Building
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Indian experience of development- Five Year Plans- Social consequence of

Economic Development- Socio cultural repercussions of Globalization- Social
Tensions and Social Resilience
Contemporary Issues and Debates
Population Explosion, Poverty, Slums, Displacement, Ecological Degradation,
Environmental Pollution, Health Problems and Health Care Delivery, Familial
Problems: Gender Inequality, Domestic Violence, Dowry, Divorce and Inter-
Generational problems, Crime and Delinquency, White Collar Crime,
Corruption, Drug Addiction, Youth Unrest, Suicides, Issues of Migration

Part IV Research Methodology

A. Nature of Social Phenomenon, Scientific Method, Applicability of Scientific
Method to Social Phenomenon, Objectivity and Subjectivity, Reliability and
Validity, Theory, Fact and Hypothesis
B. Selection of Research Problem, Social Survey, Research Design and its types,
Field work, Pre-test, Sample and is types
C. Techniques and Methods data Collection: Observation, Questionnaire, Schedule,
Interview, Participant Observation, Case Study, Content Analysis, Life History,
Historical Method
D. Techniques of Data Analysis, Classification and Tabulation, Diagrammatic and
Graphic Presentation
E. Statistics in Social Research: Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of
Dispersion, Correlation Analysis, Measures of Association and Test of
Significance
F. Research Report

Part V: Rural Sociology

Approaches to the study of Rural Society:
Rural Urban differences
Rurbanism
Peasant studies
Agrarian Institutions:

Land ownership and its types

Agrarian relations and Mode of production debate
Jajmani system and Jajmani relations
Agrarian class structure
Panchayati Raj System:
Panchayat before and after 73rd Amendment
Rural Leadership and Factionalism
Empowerment of people
Social Issues and Strategies for Rural Development:

Bonded and Migrant Labourers

Pauperization and Depeasantisation
Agrarian unrest and Peasant movements
Rural Development and Change:

Trends of Changes in rural society

Process of change: Migration Rural to Urban and Rural to Rural
Mobility: Social / Economic
Factors of change
Part-VI: Industry and Society
Industrial Society in the Classical Sociological Tradition:
Division of Labour
Bureaucracy
Rationality
Production relations
Surplus value
Alienation
Industry and Society:
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Factory as a social System

Formal and informal organization
Impact of Social structure on industry
Impact of industry on society
Industrial Relations:
Changing profile of labour
Changing labour-management relations
Conciliation, adjudication, arbitration
Collective bargaining
Trade unions
Workers participation in management (Joint management Councils)
Quality circles
Industrialization and Social change in India:
Impact of industrialization on family, education and stratification
Class and class conflict in industrial society
Obstacles to and limitations of industrialization
Industrial Planning:

Industrial Policy
Labour legislation
Human relations in industry
Part-VII: Sociology of Development
Conceptual Perspectives on Development:
Economic growth
Human development
Social development
Sustainable development
Theories of Underdevelopment:
Liberal: Max Weber, Gunnar Myrdal
Dependency: Centre-perphery (Frank), Uneven development (Samir Amin),
World-System theory (Wallerstein)
Paths of Development:
Modernization, Globalisation
Socialist
Mixed
Gandhian
Social Structure and Development:
Social Structure as a facilitator/ inhibitor
Development and socio-economic disparities
Gender and development
Culture and Development:
Culture as an aid / impediment
Development and displacement of tradition
Development and upsurge of ethnic movements
Part-VIII: Population and Society
Theories of Population Growth:
Malthusian
Demographic transition
Population Growth and Distribution in India:
Growth of Indian population since 1901
Determinants of population
Concepts of Fertility, Mortality, Morbidity and Migration:
Age and Sex composition and its consequences
Determinants of fertility
Determinants of mortality, infant, child and maternal mortality
Morbidity rates
Determinants and consequences of migration
Population and Development:

Population as a constraint on and a resource for development

Socio-cultural factors affecting population growth
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Population Control:
Population policy: Problems and perspectives
Population education
Measures taken for population control.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies

23. Paper: Communication and Journalism

(Syllabus for the Post of Journalism)

Unit-I Communication concepts, models and theories

Communication concepts, theories (-effects, attitude, critical, cultivation, Marxist,
normative, agenda setting, framing, diffusion of innovations, uses and gratifications,
etc). Communication models .Semeiotics.
Unit-II History of Media
Historical understanding of media in the world. Origin growth and present status of
press, film, radio, television and new media in India.Origin, growth and present status of
media in Telangana. Contribution of prominent social reformers, freedom fighters and
journalists to growth of press in India. Reports of various committees and commissions
on communication/media related issues and their impact.
Unit-III Reporting
Journalism- basic concepts and terms. Concept of news. editing techniques and
practices, Typography, principles of design, headlines, photo editing,basics of photo
journalism, printing processes, trends in newspapers and magazines, readership
surveys, ownership patterns, media and various social, political and cultural
movements. Reporting: Agriculture, poverty, health, environment, science &
technology, defence, industry.
Unit-IV International Communication:
History of international communication. NWICO debate. MacBride Commission Report.
International Communication in the context of globalization and cultural imperialism.
International Communication Organizations, intercultural communication.
Unit-V Broadcasting systems
Public service broadcasting, growth of private TV and radio channels, trends, policy
issues, regulatory mechanisms, globalization, cultural issues, development issues, and
gender issues, ethical and political issues. Broadcasting vs. Narrowcasting, News
Broadcasters Association.
Unit-VI Communication Research
Types of research, steps in research process, Communication research methodology-
proposal writing, content analysis, semeiotics, survey, sampling techniques, qualitative
methods, case study, experimental research, ratings research; formative, process and
summative research, statistical analysis including various tests and report writing.
Online research. Research in different areas of communication-print, broadcasting,
advertising, PR, and ICTs
Unit-VII Development Communication
Trends in development communication, experiences and case studies at national and
international level, Theories and models of development communication, human
development, development indices, sustainable development, traditional folk media,
community radio, role of NGOs in development and health communication.

Unit-VIII New Media Technologies.

New media technologies and their impact on various fields in society, digital divide,
blogging, podcast, online journalism, pornography and cyber law.
Unit-IX Advertising
Advertizing industry in India and world, marketing research; social, economic and
cultural impact of advertising on Indians society and Internet advertising.
Unit X Public Relation
Changing trends in public relations, process and models of public relations,
experiences and case studies of corporate communications. Corporate communication-
principles, practices and trends. Organizational communication, case studies.
Unit-XI Film Theory and Criticism
Origin and growth of film medium. Brief history of Indian cinema.Film theories and
criticism, social, political, cultural and gender issues in Indian films. Film genres and
trends; and prominent film personalities and their contribution.
Unit-XII Media Law and Ethics
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Various provisions relating to media in Indian Constitution. Acts, Ordinances and IPC
sections relating to media, Right to Information Act, Press Council and ethics of
journalism.
Unit-XIII Radio Production
Radio production: Programmes for various audiences, Different Programme formats,
creating audio space, sound perspective, voice casting, types of music, use of sound
effects. Production crew and their functions: Role of producer. Production planning and
execution. Radio studio, acoustics, recording equipment, types and use of microphones,
Use of Digital Technology in production.
Unit-XIV Television Production
Television technology: broadcasting standards, TV Studio lay out, Production
equipment- TV production-studio and field production, TV staff and crew, their functions.
Programmme formats, Proposal writing, Script writing.TV Production process.TV
language and grammar. Classification of shots.Television news production, Editing:
Linear and Non-linear, voice over, dubbing, mixing and final mastering.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
24. Paper: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

UNIT 1: MANAGEMENT: Meaning Role & Importance Functions of Management

Planning & Types of Plans Decision Making Organizing Formal and Informal
Organization Structure - Span of Management - Delegation of Authority - Centralization
and Decentralization Communication Process, Channels & Barriers - Leadership
Styles & Theories Coordination Controlling.

UNIT 2: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (OB): Concept & Significance OB

Models Understanding and Managing Individual Behaviour Perception Values
Attitudes - Learning - Understanding and Managing Group Behaviour Interpersonal
Relations - Group Dynamics & Team Building - Organization Culture Concept &
Determinants Managing Change Conflict Management Stress Management.

UNIT 3: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS: Fundamental Concepts Law of Demand -

Demand Analysis Demand Forecasting Production Function Cost Function -
Market Structure and Pricing Perfect Market, Imperfect Market, Monopoly & Oligopoly
- Pricing Policies and Methods Profit Concepts & Measurement Break Even Point.

UNIT 4: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: Meaning Constituents of Internal & External

Environment Liberalization Privatization Globalization Foreign Trade and EXIM
Policy Foreign Capital & Collaborations Monetary & Fiscal Policies Free Trade Vs
Protectionism Cartelization WTO.

UNIT 5: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Meaning HRM Vs HRD Human

Resource Planning Job Analysis Job Description Recruitment and Selection
Induction Training and Development Job Evaluation Concept & Methods
Performance Appraisal Meaning & Methods Motivation Concept, Theories, &
Techniques Compensation Management.

UNIT 6: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: Meaning & Importance Mc Kinsey 7S

Framework Corporate Governance - Strategy Analysis & Strategy Formulation
Business Portfolio Analysis - Strategic Control & Evaluation Strategic Alliances.

UNIT 7: MARKETING MANAGEMENT: Concepts of Market & Marketing Marketing

Environment - Marketing Mix Consumer Behaviour Determinants & Models Market
Segmentation Targeting & Positioning - Branding Product Life Cycle Promotion
Mix Services Marketing Marketing Research New Trends in Marketing.

UNIT 8: PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Role & Scope of Production Management

Product Selection Process Selection Facilities Location Lay out Planning Work
and Job Design Operation Planning and Control Mass Production Batch
Production and Job Shop Production Planning and Control Process Network
Analysis PERT & CPM - Value Engineering Business Process Re-engineering -
Quality Assurance Supply Chain Management-Concept.

UNIT 9: QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES: Relevance of QT in Decision-Making

Research Process - Central Tendency Dispersion Data Collection (including
Sampling Methods) - Probability Distributions Concepts; Discrete Probability
Distributions; & Continuous Probability Distributions Test of Hypothesis Chi-square
Test & ANOVA Business Forecasting Methods Correlation, Regression, & Time
Series Analysis Report Writing.
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UNIT 10: OPERATIONS RESEARCH: Meaning Importance Role Linear

Programming Minimization and Maximization Methods Graphic Method
Transportation and Assignment Problems Goal Programming Dynamic
Programming Inventory Control Models Queuing Models Decision Theory Game
Theory Simulation.

UNIT 11: FINANCIAL, COST & MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: Accounting

Concepts Principles Conventions - Accounting Standards Indian Accounting
Standards (IND AS) Cost Accounting Classification of Cost Cost Sheet Standard
Costing Process Costing Job & Batch Costing - Preparation and Analysis of
Financial Statements Inflation Accounting Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.

UNIT 12: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Meaning & Importance Objectives

Sources of Finance Investment Decisions - Financing Decisions - Dividend Decisions
Ratio Analysis - Working Capital Management Cash Management - Receivables
Management - Inventory Management.

UNIT 13: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGERS: Hardware & Software

Operating Systems Functions & Types - DBMS Network Topologies Types of
Networks Management Information System SDLC Data Analytics.
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Residential Educational Institution Societies
25. Paper: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

1. Public Administration Genesis and growth, meaning, nature, scope and

significance; Public and Private Administration; New Public Administration-
Minnowbrook I, II & III.

2. Theories of Public Administration Oriental, Classical, Scientific Management,

Bureaucratic, Human Relations, Behavioural, Socio-Psychological, Ecological,
New Public Management, New Public Service and Social Justice Approach.

3. Principles of Administration Hierarchy, Span of Control, Unity Of Command,

Delegation, Decentralization, Coordination, Line and Staff, Supervision,
Communication, Public Relations.

4. Comparative Public Administration Nature, Scope and Evolution, Comparative

study of the Administration of UK, USA, and India. Development Administration -
Nature, Scope, Elements, Models, Changing Dynamics of Development
Administration in India, Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals.

5. Union Government and Administration in India Evolution- Mauryan, Gupta,

Moghul, British period; President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Prime
Ministers Office, Central Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, Election Commission,
Finance Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General.

6. State Administration Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, Secretariat,

Chief Secretary, Departments and Directorates.

7. District Administration Organisation of District Administration, Role of District

Collector in Development, Reorganisation of Districts in Telangana State.

8. Local Government Meaning, Nature, Scope; 73rd and 74th Constitutional

Amendment Acts; Organisation, Powers and functions of Local Government
Institutions, Challenges to Local Government Institutions in India, Working of
Panchayat Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies in Telangana state

9. Personnel Administration Objectives of personnel administration, classification

of services, recruitment, Union Public Service Commission and Telangana State
Public Service Commission - Training, Promotion, Discipline, Morale; Staff
Associations, Employer - Employee relations

10. Financial Administration - Budget, Principles of Budget, Forms of Budget,

Preparation and Execution of Budget, Finance Ministry, Parliamentary
Committes- Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee.

11. Control over Administration - Legislative, Executive, Judicial control and Citizen
control; Good Governance - Transparency and Accountability in Administration
Right to Information Act, Citizen Charter; Public Grievances and Redressal
machinery in India Central Vigilance commission, Central Bureau of
Investigation, Lokpal, Lokayukta, Anti-Corruption Bureau and Consumer
Protection Mechanism; Administrative Reforms.

12. Welfare Administration- Centre and State Social Welfare institutions and
Constitutional bodies; Social Welfare National, State policies and programmes
SC, ST, OBC, Minorities, Women, Child, Differently abled and Old age.

13. Public Policy - Introduction to Public Policy, Theories- Systems, Structural-

Functional, Incremental, Elite, Group Theory; Public Policy Making: Role of
Legislature, Executive, Judiciary, Bureaucracy, Political Parties, Pressure
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Groups, Mass Media; Policy Impact and Policy Evaluation- Land Reforms,
Irrigation, Education, Health, Food Security and Social Security Policies.

14. Research Methodology - Social Science Research - Importance and Objectivity

in Social Science Research; Research Methods Historical, Analytical,
Descriptive, Exploratory, Case Study Method; Research Design; Data Collection
- Primary and Secondary Sources; Data Analysis, Interpretation and Report
Writing.

15. Emerging Trends in Public Administration Values and Integrity in Public

Administration, Citizen driven administration, Public-Private Partnership,
Disaster Management.
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Main Examination Syllabus for the post of Degree Lecturers in

Residential Educational Institution Societies
26. Paper: FOOD SCIENCE
I. Food Chemistry:
Food chemistry: Carbohydrates -Structure and functional properties of mono, oligo and
polysaccharides including starch, cellulose, pectic substances, gums and dietary fibre;
Proteins Classification and structure of proteins in food. Lipids-Classification and
structure of lipids, Rancidity of fats. Pigments-Carotenoids, chlorophylls, flavanoids
anthocyanins, tannins , haemoglobin and myoglobin. Enzymes- classification and
applications Enzymatic and non-enzymatic browning in different foods.
II. Food Bio chemistry and Nutrition:
Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins and fats; metabolism of
carbohydrates: glycolysis, TCA cycle, gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis and
glycogenesis.
Lipids: biosynthesis and oxidation of fatty acids; proteins; bio-synthesis, oxidation of
amino acids and urea cycle.
Functions of food, Balanced diet, Essential amino acids and essential fatty acids, Water
soluble and fat soluble vitamins and minerals: functions and deficiency diseases.
Water, sources, functions and water balance.
III. Food Microbiology:
Characteristics of microorganisms: Morphology, structure and general characteristics of
bacteria, yeast, mold and viruses. Microbial growth in food, Intrinsic and extrinsic
factors affecting growth; Death kinetics, rapid methods for detection of micro organisms.
Food spoilage: Microbial spoilage of milk and milk products, meat and meat products,
sea foods, poultry, cereals and their products, vegetable and fruits, eggs, canned foods,
sugar and sugar products.
Foodborne diseases: infections and intoxications.
IV. Food Biotechnology:
Need and importance, benefits of fermentation, methods of fermentation, control
of fermentation. Fermented foods: traditional and modern fermented foods: Buttermilk,
yoghurt, cheese, sausages, alcoholic beverage- wine, beer, whisky ; fermented soya
products : tofu, natto ,soya sauce; fermented cereal products: ankak, puto; combination
of cereal and pulse products: idly , dosa and vada , Fermented vegetables: sauerkraut ,
cucumber ,olives and dill pickle.
V. Food Technology:
Cereals and millets:
Composition, nutritive value, processing methods and products ; rice, wheat, maize,
barley, oats, minor millets: ragi, jowar, sorghum
Legumes: Composition, nutritive value, processing methods and products : Bengal
gram, red gram, green gram, black gram, chick peas.
Nuts and oilseeds: Composition, nutritive value, processing methods and products:
Ground nut, soya bean, sunflower & other nuts and oil seeds.
Fruits, vegetables and plantation crops: Extraction, clarification concentration and
packaging of fruit juice , Production of jam, jelly, marmalade, squash, candies, and
pickles, pectin from fruit waste; processing of tea, coffee, chocolate. Processing of
essential oils from spices.
Meat, fish, and poultry: Post mortem changes of meat, freezing, aging, pickling,
smoking and tenderization of meat, Drying and canning of fish.
Eggs: Structure, composition, nutritive value and functional properties of eggs and its
preservation by different methods, quality evaluation of eggs.
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Milk and milk products: Milk processing flow sheet, filtration/clarification, storage of
milk, standardization, simple problems in standardization, Homogenization,
pasteurization- types of pasteurization process. Manufacture of Cream, Butter, Ghee,
Milk powder, Cheese.
VI. Food preservation;
Need and importance, principles underlying food preservation, methods and
mechanisms of food preservation: drying, dehydration, low temperature, refrigeration
,freezing and freeze drying. Preservation by sugar and salt, pickling, chemical
preservation, irradiation, ultra high temperature pasteurization, canning, concentration
and evaporation. Non thermal food processing: high pressure, pulse electic field , hurdle
technology ,effect of preservation on nutritive value of foods.
Food additives;
Definition, classifications, functions and applications: preservatives, anti oxidants, colors
flavors, emulsifying agents, sweeteners, humectants, stabiliser, anti caking agents and
antifoaming agents.
Bakery ;
Principles of baking, role of ingredients in baking, types of bakery products; biscuits,
cakes , cookies , bread,muffins.
Confectionary: Quality characteristics of confectionery ingredients; Technology for
manufacture of Hard Boiled Sweets, candies, chocolate, and special confectionary
products; Colour, flavour and texture of confectionary.
Extrusion technology;
Definition, methodology, classification of extruders, merits and demerits, uses of
extruders, types of extruded foods.
VII. Food packaging;
Definitions, need, importance, different packaging materials: wood, paper, glass, metal,
plastic and tetra packs, forms and structures, caps and closures. Packaging laws,
development of packaging materials, testing methods and techniques, modern and
innovative packages, retort packaging, CAP and MAP, bio sensors of food packing,
food labelling and nutritional labeling: need, importance and claims.
VIII. Food Engineering:
Fluid mechanics: Nature of fluids, flow properties of fluids, flow through pipes &
fittings, flow measurement, transportation of fluids pumps, compressors and blowers.
Heat transfer: Heat transfer by conduction, convection, radiation, boiling and
condensation, steady & unsteady state heat transfer.
Other unit operations: size reduction, homogenization, filtration, sedimentation,
centrifugation, sieving, mixing, extraction, crystallization, evaporation, drying and
extrusion. Types of equipment used in each unit operation, their selection, applications
in food industry.
IX. Food Quality & Standards:
Food quality: Food Quality and Quality Attributes-Classification of Quality Attributes
and their role in food Quality. Quality Assessment of Food materials Fruits and
Vegetables, Cereals and pulses, dairy products, Meat, Poultry, Egg and Processed food
products. Sensory Evaluation of Food Quality and its methods. Food Adulteration and
Food Safety.
Standards: FSSAI / Scope; definitions & standards of quality. Codex alimentaris FSMS
-22000:2005-Various elements included in the standard, Introduction to the family of
ISO 22000 standards, Comparison of ISO 9001:2008 vs. ISO 22000:2005, HACCP-
Terminology, Principles, Identification of CCPs, Application of HACCP System and the
logic sequence involved.
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X. Food product development and marketing;

Need and importance, new food product development, definition, classification,
characteristics, factors affecting product development, stages of product development,
shelf life testing and sensory evaluation, marketing and sales promotion, intellectual
property rights.
XI. Waste disposal and sanitation;
Types of food wastes, biological oxygen demand of different wastes, treatment of food
industry wastes, bio utilization of food industry wastes from dairy industry, bakery, fruit
processing units, meat and other food production units.
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ANNEXURE - IV

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

A) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1) The candidates must note that his/her admission to the examination is strictly provisional. The mere
fact that an Admission to the examination does not imply that his/her candidature has been finally
cleared by the Commission or that the entries made by the candidate in his/her application have been
accepted by the Commission as true and correct. The candidates have to be found suitable after
verification of original certificates; and other eligibility criteria. The Applicants have to upload his/her
scanned recent colour passport photo and signature to the Application Form. Failure to produce the
same photograph, if required, at the time of interview/ verification, may lead to disqualification. Hence
the candidates are advised not to change their appearance till the recruitment process is complete.
2) The candidates are not allowed to bring any Electronic devices such as mobile / cellphones,
Calculators, tablets, iPad, Bluetooth, pagers, watches to examination centre. Loaning and
interchanging of articles among the candidates is not permitted in the examination hall and any form of
malpractice will not be permitted in the exam hall.
3) The candidates are expected to behave in orderly and disciplined manner while writing the
examination. If any candidate takes away Answer Sheet of OMR based examination, the candidature
will be rejected and in case of impersonation/ disorder/ rowdy behaviour during Examination,
necessary F.I.R. for this incident will be lodged with concerned Police Station, apart from disqualifying
his / her candidature.
4) Candidates trying to use unfair means shall be disqualified from the selection. No correspondence
whatsoever will be entertained from the candidates.
5) The Penal Provisions of Act 25/97 published in the A.P. Gazette No. 35, Part-IV.B Extraordinary
dated: 21/08/1997 shall be invoked if malpractice and unfair means are noticed at any stage of the
Examination.

B) INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING OFFLINE OMR BASED EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES

1) The candidates have to report 30 minutes before to the examination venue to record their thumb
impression on Biometric system.
2) The candidates should go through the instructions given on the cover page of test booklet and
carefully write his/her Register Number, Subject / Subject Code, Booklet Series, Name of the
Examination Centre etc., in the Answer Sheet, which will be provided to him/her in the examination
hall.
3) Since the answer sheets are to be scanned (valued) with Optical Mark Scanner system, the
candidates have to USE BALL POINT PEN (BLUE/BLACK) ONLY FOR MARKING THE ANSWERS.
The candidates will be supplied OMR Sheet consists of two copies i.e., the Original Copy (Top Sheet)
and Duplicate Copy (Bottom Sheet). The candidate is required to use Ball Point Pen (Blue or Black)
for filling the relevant blocks in the OMR Sheet including bubbling the answers. After writing the
examination the candidate has to handover the original OMR sheet (Top Sheet) to the
invigilator in the examination hall, if any candidate takes away the original OMR Sheet (Top
Sheet) his/her candidature will be rejected. However the candidate is permitted to take away
the duplicate (Bottom Sheet) OMR Sheet for his/her record. The candidates should bring Ball
Point Pen (Blue/Black and smooth writing pad) to fill up relevant columns on the Answer Sheet. The
candidate must ensure encoding the Register Number, Subject/Subject Code, Booklet Series, Name
of the Examination Centre, Signature of the Candidate and Invigilator, etc., on the O.M.R. Answer
sheet correctly, failing which the Answer sheet will be rejected and will not be valued. Use of
whitener on OMR Sheet will lead to disqualification.
4) The OMR Sheet is to bubble only by Ball Point Pen (Blue/Black). Bubbling by Pencil / Ink Pen / Gel
Pen is not permitted in this examination.
5) The candidates should satisfy the Invigilator of his identity with reference to the signature and
photographs available on the Nominal Rolls and Hall Ticket.
6) No candidate should leave the examination hall till expiry of fulltime.
7) The Commission would be analyzing the responses of a candidate with other appeared candidates to
detect patterns of similarity. If it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores
obtained are not genuine/ valid, the Commission reserves the right to cancel his/ her candidature and
to invalidate the Answer Sheet.
8) (i)Wherever Written Examination is held, only those candidates who are totally blind are
allowed to write the examination with the help of scribe and 10 minutes extra time is
permitted to them per hour.
(ii) An extra time of 20 minutes per hour is also permitted for the candidates with locomotor
disability and CEREBRAL PALSY where dominant (writing) extremity is affected for the
extent slowing the performance of function (Minimum of 40% impairment). No scribe is
allowed to such candidates.
(iii) Scribe will be provided to those candidates who do not have both the upper limbs for
Orthopedically Handicapped. However, no extra time will be granted to them.
(a) The scribe should be from an academic discipline other than that of the candidate and the
academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility
criteria.
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(b) The candidate as well as the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming the rules
applicable
9) If the candidate noticed any discrepancy printed on Hall ticket as to community, date of birth etc.,
they may immediately bring to the notice of Commissions officials/Chief Superintendent in the
examination centre and necessary corrections be made in the Nominal Roll, in the Examination Hall
against his/her Hall Ticket Number for being verified by the Commissions Office.

C) INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING ONLINE EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES

1) Candidates shall report at the venue one and half hour (90 minutes) before the Commencement
of Examination as the candidates have to undergo certain procedural formalities required for
online examination.
2) Date and Time of the Examination as per Hall-Ticket
3) The examination link with the login screen will already be available on your system. Please inform
the invigilator if this is not the case.
4) 10 minutes prior to the exam, youll be prompted to login. Please type the Login ID (Roll No) and
the Password (Password for Candidate will be given on exam day) to proceed further.
5) Invigilator will announce the password at 09.50 AM and 02.20 PM.
6) Copying or noting down questions and/or options is not allowed. Severe action will be taken if any
candidate is found noting down the questions and/or options.
7) After logging in, your screen will display:

Profile Information - Check the details & click on I Confirm or I Deny.

Detailed exam instructions - Please read and understand thoroughly.

Please click on the I am ready to Begin button, after reading the instructions.
7) You have to use the mouse to answer the multiple choice type questions with FOUR alternative
answers.
8) To answer any numerical answer type question, you need to use the virtual numeric key pad and
the mouse.
9) On the online exam question screen, the timer will display the balance time remaining for the
completion of exam.
10) The question numbers are color coordinated and of different shapes based on the process of
recording your response:

White (Square) - For un-attempted questions.

Red (Inverted Pentagon) - For unanswered questions.

Green (Pentagon) - For attempted questions.

Violet (Circle) - Question marked by candidate for review, to be answered later.

Violet (Circle with a Tick mark) - Question answered and marked by candidate for review.
11) After answering a question, click the SAVE & NEXT button to save your response and move onto
the next question.
12) Click on Mark for Review & NEXT to mark your question for review, and then go to the next
question.
13) To clear any answer chosen for a particular question, please click on the CLEAR RESPONSE
button.
14) A summary of each section, (i.e. questions answered, not answered, marked for review) is available
for each section. You have to place the cursor over the section name for this summary.
15) In case you wish to view a larger font size, please inform the Invigilator. On the Invigilator's
confirmation, click on the font size you wish to select. The font size will be visible on the top.
16) You may view INSTRUCTIONS at any point of time during exam, by clicking on the INSTRUCTIONS
button on your screen.
17) The SUBMIT button will be activated after 150 Minutes. It will continue for an additional 50 Minutes
for PWD candidate eligible for compensatory time. Please keep checking the timer on your screen.
18) In case of automatic or manual log out, all your attempted responses will be saved. Also, the exam
will start from the time where it had stopped.
19) You will be provided a blank sheet for rough work. Do write your Login ID and Password on it.
Please ensure that you return it to the invigilator at the end of the exam after tearing ONLY the
password from it.
20) Please dont touch the key board as your exam ID will get locked. If your ID gets locked, please
inform a nearby invigilator who will help in unlocking your ID and then you can continue with the
exam.
21) Please inform the invigilator in case of any technical issues.
22) Please do not talk to or disturb other candidates.
23) In case you are carrying articles other than the admit card, photo identity proof and pen, please
leave them outside the exam room.
24) You cannot leave exam room before submitting the paper. Please inform the invigilator if you want to
use the wash room.
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ANNEXURE-V
LIST OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

(G.O. MS. NO. 5 Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., Dt. 08/08/2015 read with G.O. Ms. No.
11, Scheduled Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., Dt. 17/09/2014 and G.O. Ms. No. 2 Scheduled
Castes Development (POA.A2) Dept., Dt. 22.01.2015)

LIST OF SCHEDULED CASTES

1. Adi Andhra
2. Adi Dravida
3. Anamuk
4. Aray Mala
5. Arundhatiya
6. Arwa Mala
7. Bariki
8. Bavuri
9. Beda (Budga) Jangam
10. Bindla
11. Byagara, Byagari
12. Chachati
13. Chalavadi
14. Chamar, Mochi, Muchi, Chamar-Ravidas, Chamar- Rohidas
15. Chambhar
16. Chandala
17. Dakkal, Dokkalwar
18. Dandasi
19. Dhor
20. Dom, Dombara, Paidi, Pano
21. Ellamalawar, Yellammalawandlu
22. Ghasi, Haddi, Relli, Chanchandi
23. Godari
24. Gosangi
25. Holeya
26. Holeya Dasari
27. Jaggali
28. Jambuvulu
29. Kolupulvandlu, Pambada, Pambanda, Pambala
30. Madasi Kuruva, Madari Kuruva
31. Madiga
32. Madiga Dasu, Mashteen
33. Mahar
34. Mala, Mala Ayawaru
35. Mala Dasari
36. Mala Dasu
37. Mala Hannai
38. Malajangam
39. Mala Masti
40. Mala Sale, Nethani
41. Mala Sanyasi
42. Mang
43. Mang Garodi
44. Manne
45. Mashti
46. Matangi
47. Mehtar
48. Mitha Ayyalvar
49. Mundala
50. Paky, Moti, Thoti
51. Pamidi
52. Panchama, Pariah
53. Relli
54. Samagara
55. Samban
56. Sapru
57. Sindhollu, Chindollu
58. Yatala
59. Valluvan
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LIST OF SCHEDULED TRIBES

1. Andh, Sadhu Andh

2. Bagata
3. Bhil
4. Chenchu
5. Gadabas, Bodo Gadaba, Gutob Gadaba, Kallayi Gadaba, Parangi Gadaba, Kathera Gadaba,
Kapu Gadaba
6. Gond, Naikpod, Rajgond, Koitur
7. Goudu (in the Agency tracts)
8. Hill Reddis
9. Jatapus
10. Kammara
11. Kattunayakan
12. Kolam, Kolawar
13. Konda Dhoras, Kubi
14. Konda Kapus
15. Kondareddis
16. Kondhs, Kodi, Kodhu, Desaya Kondhs, Dongria Kondhs, Kuttiya Kondhs, Tikiria Kondhs, Yenity
Kondhs, Kuvinga
17. Kotia, Bentho Oriya, Bartika, Dulia, Holya, Sanrona, Sidhopaiko
18. Koya, Doli Koya, Gutta Koya, Kammara Koya, Musara Koya, Oddi Koya, Pattidi Koya, Rajah,
Rasha Koya, Lingadhari Koya (ordinary), Kottu Koya, Bhine Koya, Rajkoya
19. Kulia
20. Manna Dhora
21. Mukha Dhora, Nooka Dhora
22. Nayaks (in the Agency tracts)
23. Pardhan
24. Porja, Parangiperja
25. Reddi Dhoras
26. Rona, Rena
27. Savaras, Kapu Savaras, Maliya Savaras, Khutto Savaras
28. Sugalis, Lambadis, Banjara
29. Thoti (in Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda,
Nizamabad and Warangal districts)
30. Yenadis, Chella Yenadi, Kappala Yenadi, Manchi Yenadi, Reddi Yenadi
31. Yerukulas, Koracha, Dabba Yerukula, Kunchapuri Yerukula, Uppu Yerukula
32. Nakkala, Kurvikaran.

LIST OF SOCIALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD CLASSES

As per G.O. Ms. No. 16 Backward Classes Welfare (OP) Department, Dated:11.03.2015 and read with
G.O.MS.No. 34, Backward Classes Welfare (OP) Department, Dated: 08/10/2015, G.O. Ms. No. 4
Backward Classes Welfare (OP) Department, Dated: 30/01/2016

STATE LIST OF BCs

(List of Backward Classes of Telangana State)
GROUP-A
(Aboriginal Tribes, Vimuktha Jathis, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes etc.)
1 Agnikulakshatriya, Palli, Vadabalija, Bestha, Jalari, Gangavar, Gangaputra, Goondla,
Vanyakulakshatriya (Vannekapu, Vannereddi, Pallikapu, Pallireddi) Neyyala, Pattapu.
2 Balasanthu, Bahurupi
3 *[Bandara]
4 Budabukkala
5 Rajaka (Chakali, Vannar)
6 Dasari (formerly engaged in Bikshatana i.e., Beggary)
7 Dommara
8 Gangiredlavaru
9 Jangam (whose traditional occupation is begging)
10 Jogi
11 Katipapala
12 *[Korcha]
13 Lambada or Banjara in Telangana area (deleted and included in ST list vide. G.O.Ms.No.149, SW,
Dt.03.05.1978)
14 Medari or Mahendra
15 Mondivaru, Mondibanda, Banda
16 Nayi-Brahmin/Nayee-Brahmin (Mangali), Mangala and Bhajantri
17 Nakkala (deleted vide. G.O.Ms.No.21, BCW (C2) Dept., Dt.20.06.2011, since it is included in the list of
Scheduled Tribes at Sl.No.34 vide. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Act,
2002 (Central Act No.10 of 2003)
18 Vamsha Raj / Pitchiguntla
19 Pamula
20 Pardhi (Nirshikari)
21 Pambala
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22 Peddammavandlu, Devaravandlu, Yellammavandlu, Mutyalammavandlu, Dammali / Dammala /

Dammula / Damala
23 Veeramushti (Nettikotala), Veerabhadreeya
24 Valmiki Boya (Boya, Bedar, Kirataka, Nishadi, Yellapi, Pedda Boya), Talayari, Chunduvallu (Yellapi
and Yellapu are one and the same as clarified vide. G.O.Ms.No.61, BCW (M1) Dept., Dt.05.12.1996)
25 Yerukalas in Telangana area (deleted and included at Sl.No.31 in the list of STs)
26 Gudala
27 Kanjara Bhatta
28 *[Kalinga]
29 Kepmare or Reddika
30 Mondepatta
31 Nokkar
32 Pariki Muggula
33 Yata
34 Chopemari
35 Kaikadi
36 Joshinandiwalas
37 Odde (Oddilu, Vaddi, Vaddelu), Vaddera, Vaddabhovi, Vadiyaraj, Waddera
38 Mandula
39 Mehtar (Muslim)
40 Kunapuli
41 Patra
42 *[Kurakula]
43 *[Pondara]
44 *[Samanthula /Samantha/ Sountia / Sauntia]
45 Pala-Ekari, Ekila, Vyakula, Ekiri, Nayanivaru, Palegaru, Tolagari, Kavali (area confined to Hyderabad
and Rangareddy Districts only)
46 Rajannala, Rajannalu (area confined to Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad and Adilabad Districts
only)
47 Bukka Ayyavars
48 Gotrala
49 Kasikapadi / Kasikapudi (area confined to Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Nizamabad, Mahaboobnagar and
Adilabad Districts only)
50 Siddula
51 Sikligar/ Saikalgar
52 Poosala (included vide. G.O.Ms.No.16, BCW(C2) Dept., Dt.19.02.2009 by deleting from Sl.No.24
under Group-D)
53 *[Aasadula / Asadula]
54 *[Keuta / Kevuto / Keviti]
55 Orphan and Destitute Children who have lost their parents before reaching the age of ten and are
destitute; and who have nobody else to take care of them either by law or custom; and also who are
admitted into any of the schools or orphanages run by the Government or recognised by the
Government.

GROUP-B
(Vocational Groups)
1 *[Achukatlavandlu]
2 Aryakshatriya, Chittari, Giniyar, Chitrakara, Nakhas
3 Devanga
4 Goud [Ediga, Gouda (Gamalla), Kalalee, Gounda, [*Settibalija of Visakhapatnam, East Godavari,
West Godavari and Krishna districts] and Srisayana (Segidi)
5 Dudekula, Laddaf, Pinjari or Noorbash
6 Gandla, Telikula, Devathilakula
7 Jandra
8 Kummara or Kulala, Salivahana
9 Karikalabhakthulu, Kaikolan or Kaikala (Sengundam or Sengunther)
10 Karnabhakthulu
11 Kuruba or Kuruma
12 *[Nagavaddilu]
13 Neelakanthi
14 Patkar (Khatri)
15 Perika (Perika Balija, Puragiri kshatriya)
16 Nessi or Kurni
17 Padmasali (Sali, Salivan, Pattusali, Senapathulu, Thogata Sali)
18 Srisayana (Segidi) (deleted vide. G.O.Ms.No.63, BCW (M1) Dept., Dt.11.12.1996 and added to
Sl.No.4 of Group-B)
19 Swakulasali
20 Thogata, Thogati or Thogataveerakshatriya
21 Viswabrahmin (Ausula, Kamsali, Kammari, Kanchari, Vadla or Vadra or Vadrangi and Silpis),
Viswakarma
22 *[Kunchiti / Vakkaliga / Vakkaligara / Kunchitiga]
23 Lodh/ Lodhi/ Lodha (area confined to Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Khammam and Adilabad Districts only)
24 Bondili
25 Are Marathi, Maratha (Non-Brahmins), Arakalies and Surabhi Natakalavallu
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26 Neeli (included vide. G.O.Ms.No. 43, BCW (C2) Dept., Dt.07.08.2008 by deleting from Group D at
Sl.No.22)
27 Budubunjala / Bhunjwa / Bhadbhunja (area confined to Hyderabad and Rangareddy Districts only)
28 *[Gudia / Gudiya]

GROUP-C
(Harijan Converts)
1 Scheduled Castes converts to Christianity and their progeny

GROUP-D
(Other Classes)
1 *[Agaru]
2 Arekatika, Katika, Are-Suryavamshi
3 *[Atagara]
4 Bhatraju
5 Chippolu (Mera)
6 *[Gavara]
7 *[Godaba]
8 Hatkar
9 *[Jakkala]
10 Jingar
11 *[Kandra]
12 Koshti
13 Kachi
14 Surya Balija (Kalavanthula), Ganika
15 Krishnabalija (Dasari, Bukka)
16 *[Koppulavelamas]
17 Mathura
18 Mali (Bare, Barai, Marar and Tamboli)
19 Mudiraj, Mutrasi, Tenugollu
20 Munnurukapu
21 *[Nagavasam (Nagavamsa)]
22 Nelli (deleted vide. G.O.Ms.No.43, BCW(C2) Dept., Dt.07.08.2008 and added at Sl.No.26 in Group 'B')
23 *[Polinati Velamas of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts]
24 Poosala caste (deleted vide. G.O.Ms.No.16, BCW(C2) Dept., Dt.19.02.2009 and included at S.No.52
under Group-A)
25 Passi
26 Rangarez or Bhavasara Kshatriya
27 Sadhuchetty
28 Satani (Chattadasrivaishnava)
29 Tammali (Non-Brahmins) (Shudra caste) whose traditional occupation is playing musical instruments,
vending of flowers and giving assistance in temple service but not Shivarchakars
30 *[Turupukapus or Gajulakapus]
31 Uppara or Sagara
32 Vanjara (Vanjari)
33 Yadava (Golla)
34 Are, Arevallu and Arollu
35 *[Sadara / Sadaru]
36 *[Arava]
37 Ayyaraka (area confined to Khammam and Warangal Districts only)
38 Nagaralu (area confined to Hyderabad and Rangareddy Districts only)
39 Aghamudian, Aghamudiar, Agamudivellalar and Agamudimudaliar (including Thuluva Vellalas) (area
confined to Hyderabad and Rangareddy Districts only)
40 *[Beri Vysya / Beri Chetty]
41 *[Atirasa]
42 Sondi / Sundi
43 Varala
44 Sistakaranam
45 Lakkamarikapu
46 Veerashaiva Lingayat / Lingabalija
47 Kurmi

GROUP-E
(Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of Muslims)
(Subject to outcome of Civil Appeal No(s).2628-2637/2010 etc., pending before the Hon'ble
Supreme Court of India)

1 Achchukattalavandlu, Singali, Singamvallu, Achchupanivallu, Achchukattuvaru,

Achukatlavandlu
2 Attar Saibulu, Attarollu
3 Dhobi Muslim/ Muslim Dhobi/ Dhobi Musalman, Turka Chakla or Turka Sakala, Turaka Chakali, Tulukka
Vannan, Tsakalas, Sakalas or Chakalas, Muslim Rajakas
4 Faqir, Fhakir Budbudki, Ghanti Fhakir, Ghanta Fhakirlu, Turaka Budbudki, Darvesh, Fakeer
5 Garadi Muslim, Garadi Saibulu, Pamulavallu, Kani-Kattuvallu, Garadollu, Garadiga
6 Gosangi Muslim, Phakeer Sayebulu
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7 Guddi Eluguvallu, Elugu Bantuvallu, Musalman Keelu Gurralavallu

8 Hajam, Nai, Nai Muslim, Navid
9 Labbi, Labbai, Labbon, Labba
10 Pakeerla, Borewale, Deera Phakirlu, Bonthala
11 Qureshi, Kureshi/ Khureshi, Khasab, Marati Khasab, Muslim Katika, Khatik Muslim
12 Shaik/ Sheikh
13 Siddi, Yaba, Habshi, Jasi
14 Turaka Kasha, Kakkukotte Zinka Saibulu, Chakkitakanevale, Terugadu Gontalavaru, Thirugatigantla,
Rollaku Kakku Kottevaru, Pattar Phodulu, Chakketakare, Thuraka Kasha
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* omitted vide G.O Ms.No.3, BCW(OP) Dept., Dated:14.08.2014

N.B.: 1. The above list is for information and subject to confirmation with reference to G.O.Ms.No. 58,
SW(J) Department, dated 12.05.1997 and time to time orders.
2. On account of any reason whatsoever in case of any doubt/ dispute arising in the matter of
community status (SC/ST/BC/OC) of any candidate, subject to satisfaction with regard to
relevant rules and regulations in force the decision of the Commission shall be final in all such
cases.