Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
RAS PRE ZOOLOGY SYALLBUS
Zoology (Code No. 30)
1. Cell : Cell structure and Functions of organelles; Cell division and metabolism;
Mendel's Laws of inheritance and its present status; Mutations; Chromosomes and genes
2. Microbiology & Biotechnology : Brief history, classification and
identification of bacteria and viruses.
General knowledge of historical perspective and future prospects of biotechnology.
3. Biochemistry : Enzymes (nature & functions), Biochemical energetics (Basic
thermodynamics, energy & its forms). Biological oxidation.
4. Developmental Biology : Gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation
and embryogenesis of frog metamorphosis with reference to Ascidian & frog.
Development of foetal membrances in chick and mammals and placentation.
5. Systemic position, structure, reproduction & life history of following types :
Trypanosome, Monocystis, Plasmodium, Paramecium, Sycon, Obelia, Aurelia,
Fasciola, Taenia, Ascoris, Nereis, Pheretima. Hirudinaria, Palaemon, Palamnaeus,
Periplaneta, Pila, Unio, Balanoglossus, Amphioxus and Herdmania.
6. Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (Fish to Mammal) and Mammalian
Physiology; Integument Endoskeleton Digestive system, Respiratory system.
Circulatorysystem, Urinogenital system, Nervous system, Sense orgns and Endocrine
system.
7. Ecology & Ethology : Biotic & abiotic factors; Population; Community;
Concept of Ecosystem. Fresh water, marine. Desert habitat; Pollution (Source, impact &
prevention) : Concept of ethology; methods of studying behaviour, social behaviour in
animals; Management of wild life; Bird & Fish migration and future prospects of
biotechnology.
8. Evolution and Zoogeography : Origin of life : Theories and evidences of
evolution; speciation, Isolation. Principal Zoogeographical regions and their faunal
pattern.
9. Applied Zoology : Economic importance of Protozoans, Helminths, insects
and molluses and pisciculture. Parasitic adaptations in animals.
1. Cell : Cell structure and Functions of organelles; Cell division and metabolism;
Mendel's Laws of inheritance and its present status; Mutations; Chromosomes and genes
2. Microbiology & Biotechnology : Brief history, classification and
identification of bacteria and viruses.
General knowledge of historical perspective and future prospects of biotechnology.
3. Biochemistry : Enzymes (nature & functions), Biochemical energetics (Basic
thermodynamics, energy & its forms). Biological oxidation.
4. Developmental Biology : Gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation
and embryogenesis of frog metamorphosis with reference to Ascidian & frog.
Development of foetal membrances in chick and mammals and placentation.
5. Systemic position, structure, reproduction & life history of following types :
Trypanosome, Monocystis, Plasmodium, Paramecium, Sycon, Obelia, Aurelia,
Fasciola, Taenia, Ascoris, Nereis, Pheretima. Hirudinaria, Palaemon, Palamnaeus,
Periplaneta, Pila, Unio, Balanoglossus, Amphioxus and Herdmania.
6. Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (Fish to Mammal) and Mammalian
Physiology; Integument Endoskeleton Digestive system, Respiratory system.
Circulatorysystem, Urinogenital system, Nervous system, Sense orgns and Endocrine
system.
7. Ecology & Ethology : Biotic & abiotic factors; Population; Community;
Concept of Ecosystem. Fresh water, marine. Desert habitat; Pollution (Source, impact &
prevention) : Concept of ethology; methods of studying behaviour, social behaviour in
animals; Management of wild life; Bird & Fish migration and future prospects of
biotechnology.
8. Evolution and Zoogeography : Origin of life : Theories and evidences of
evolution; speciation, Isolation. Principal Zoogeographical regions and their faunal
pattern.
9. Applied Zoology : Economic importance of Protozoans, Helminths, insects
and molluses and pisciculture. Parasitic adaptations in animals.
RAS PRE STATISTICS SYALLBUS
Statistics (Code No. 29)
I. Probability :
Classical and axiomatic definitions of probability, simple theorems on probability
with examples, conditional probability, statistical independence, Bayes' theorem. Discrete
and continuous random variables, probability mass function and probability density
function, cumulative distribution function, joint marginal and conditional probability
distributions of two variables, Expectation of functions of one and two random variables,
moments, moment generating function, Binomial : Poisson Hypergeometric, Negative
Binomial , Uniform, exponential, gamma, beta, normal probability distributions,
Chebichev's inequality. Convergence in probability, weak law of large numbers, simple
form of central limit therorem.
II. Statistical Methods :
Compilation, classification, tabulation and diagrammatic representation of statistical
data, measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis; measures of
association and contingency, correlation and linear regression involving two variables,
correlation ratio, curve fitting.
Concept of random sample and statistic sampling distribution of Chi-square, 't' and F
statistics, their properties and tests of significance based on them. Large Sample Tests.
Order statistics and their sampling distribution in case of uniform and exponential parent
distribution.
III. Statistical Inference :
Theory of estimation : unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency, sufficiency, Crammer-
Rao Lower bound, best linear unbiased estimates, methods of estimation, methods of
moments, maximum likelihood, leastsquares, minimum, Chi-square, properties of
maximum likelihood estimators (without proof), simple problems of constructing
confidence intervals for parameters of normal distribution.
Testing of hypothesis, simple and composite hypothesis, Statistical test, two kinds of
errors, Best critical regions for simple verses simple hypothesis concerning one parameter
of binomial, Poission, uniform, exponential and normal distribution. Non parametric
tests: Chi-square, sign, run median tests, Wilcoxon test, rank correlation methods.
IV. Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments :
Principles of sampling, frame and sampling units, sampling and non-sampling errors,
simple random sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, ratio
and regression estimates designing of sample surveys with reference to recent large scale
surveys in India.
Analysis of Variance with equal number of observations per cell in one, two and
three way classification, transformations to stabilize variance. Principles of experimental
design, completely randomized design Randomized block design, Latin square design,
Missing plot technique, 23 factorial experiments.
I. Probability :
Classical and axiomatic definitions of probability, simple theorems on probability
with examples, conditional probability, statistical independence, Bayes' theorem. Discrete
and continuous random variables, probability mass function and probability density
function, cumulative distribution function, joint marginal and conditional probability
distributions of two variables, Expectation of functions of one and two random variables,
moments, moment generating function, Binomial : Poisson Hypergeometric, Negative
Binomial , Uniform, exponential, gamma, beta, normal probability distributions,
Chebichev's inequality. Convergence in probability, weak law of large numbers, simple
form of central limit therorem.
II. Statistical Methods :
Compilation, classification, tabulation and diagrammatic representation of statistical
data, measures of central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis; measures of
association and contingency, correlation and linear regression involving two variables,
correlation ratio, curve fitting.
Concept of random sample and statistic sampling distribution of Chi-square, 't' and F
statistics, their properties and tests of significance based on them. Large Sample Tests.
Order statistics and their sampling distribution in case of uniform and exponential parent
distribution.
III. Statistical Inference :
Theory of estimation : unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency, sufficiency, Crammer-
Rao Lower bound, best linear unbiased estimates, methods of estimation, methods of
moments, maximum likelihood, leastsquares, minimum, Chi-square, properties of
maximum likelihood estimators (without proof), simple problems of constructing
confidence intervals for parameters of normal distribution.
Testing of hypothesis, simple and composite hypothesis, Statistical test, two kinds of
errors, Best critical regions for simple verses simple hypothesis concerning one parameter
of binomial, Poission, uniform, exponential and normal distribution. Non parametric
tests: Chi-square, sign, run median tests, Wilcoxon test, rank correlation methods.
IV. Sampling Theory and Design of Experiments :
Principles of sampling, frame and sampling units, sampling and non-sampling errors,
simple random sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, ratio
and regression estimates designing of sample surveys with reference to recent large scale
surveys in India.
Analysis of Variance with equal number of observations per cell in one, two and
three way classification, transformations to stabilize variance. Principles of experimental
design, completely randomized design Randomized block design, Latin square design,
Missing plot technique, 23 factorial experiments.
RAS PRE SOCIOLOGY SYALLBUS
Sociology (Code No. 28)
Sociological Perspective
Sociology as a Science
Relation of Sociology with other Social Sciences :
Economic, Political Science and Social Anthropology.
Basic Concepts :
Society : Meaning, nature and characteristics.
Community : Meaning and characteristics, Relationship with society.
Association : Meaning and characteristics.
Social Institution : Meaning, characteristics and forms; functions, difference between
Social institution and Association.
Social Group : Meaning and characteristics, Types - Primary and Secondary
Reference Group.
Social Interaction : Contact, communication and interest fulfilment.
Culture : Meaning, characteristics, components and cultural processes.
Social Structure : Meaning, characteristics and theories.
Social Stratification : Meaning, bases, forms and theories.
Status and Role : Meaning, types and mutual relationship.
Norms and Values : Meaning, types and mutual relationship.
Social Processes : Meaning, nature and forms-cooperation, competition and conflict.
Socialization : Concept, types, agencies and theories.
Social Deviance : Meaning, Forms and theories.
Social Change : Meaning, factors and theories. Change, progress and development,
Directed social change.
Magic, Religion and Science
Indian Society : Socio-cultural factors; Unity and diversity.
Caste in India : Features, origin and changing patterns.
Purusharatha and Varnasharma Vyavastha : Objectives, features and forms.
Marriage and Family in India : Features, forms, changes, problem and related
legislation.
Kinship in India : Features, types and usages.
Residence and Descent : Rules, forms and primogeniture.
Status of Women in India : Changes, problems and related laws.
Population Problem in India : Causes, forms extent and remedies.
Current Social Problems in India : Casteism, communalism, regionalism, poverty,
bondage of labour, child misuse, environmental pollutions, crime and juvenile
delinquency and youth unrest.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India : Problems, safeguard,
Constitutional provisions and related legislation.
Induced Social Change in India : Aims, Plans, Projects & Schemes. Rural and
Tribal Development strategies and Agencies.
Urbanization and Industrialization in India : Positive and negative implications
for social life in India.
Panchayati Raj in India
Economic and Political Systems of simple and complex societies.
Sociological Perspective
Sociology as a Science
Relation of Sociology with other Social Sciences :
Economic, Political Science and Social Anthropology.
Basic Concepts :
Society : Meaning, nature and characteristics.
Community : Meaning and characteristics, Relationship with society.
Association : Meaning and characteristics.
Social Institution : Meaning, characteristics and forms; functions, difference between
Social institution and Association.
Social Group : Meaning and characteristics, Types - Primary and Secondary
Reference Group.
Social Interaction : Contact, communication and interest fulfilment.
Culture : Meaning, characteristics, components and cultural processes.
Social Structure : Meaning, characteristics and theories.
Social Stratification : Meaning, bases, forms and theories.
Status and Role : Meaning, types and mutual relationship.
Norms and Values : Meaning, types and mutual relationship.
Social Processes : Meaning, nature and forms-cooperation, competition and conflict.
Socialization : Concept, types, agencies and theories.
Social Deviance : Meaning, Forms and theories.
Social Change : Meaning, factors and theories. Change, progress and development,
Directed social change.
Magic, Religion and Science
Indian Society : Socio-cultural factors; Unity and diversity.
Caste in India : Features, origin and changing patterns.
Purusharatha and Varnasharma Vyavastha : Objectives, features and forms.
Marriage and Family in India : Features, forms, changes, problem and related
legislation.
Kinship in India : Features, types and usages.
Residence and Descent : Rules, forms and primogeniture.
Status of Women in India : Changes, problems and related laws.
Population Problem in India : Causes, forms extent and remedies.
Current Social Problems in India : Casteism, communalism, regionalism, poverty,
bondage of labour, child misuse, environmental pollutions, crime and juvenile
delinquency and youth unrest.
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in India : Problems, safeguard,
Constitutional provisions and related legislation.
Induced Social Change in India : Aims, Plans, Projects & Schemes. Rural and
Tribal Development strategies and Agencies.
Urbanization and Industrialization in India : Positive and negative implications
for social life in India.
Panchayati Raj in India
Economic and Political Systems of simple and complex societies.
RAS PRE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SYALLBUS
Public Administration (Code No. 27)
I. Introduction : Meaning, scope and significance of public administration; Private
and Public Administration; Evolution of Public Administration as a discipline.
II Theories and Principles of Administration : Scientific Management; Bureaucratic
Model; Classical Theory; Humman Relations Theory; Behavioural Approach;
Systems Approach. The Principles of Hierarchy; Unity of Command; Span of
Control; Authority and Responsibility; Coordination; Delegation; Supervision.
III Administrative Behaviour; Decision Making; Leadership theories;
Communication; and Motivation.
IV Personnel Administration; Role of Civil Service in developing society, Position,
Classification, Recruitment; Training; Promotion; Pay and Service Condition;
Neutrality and Anonymity.
V Financial Administration : Concept of Budget : Formulation and execution of
budget; Account and Audit.
VI Control over Administration : Legislative, Executive and Judical Control, Citizen
and Administration.
VII Comparative Administration : Salient features of administrative system in U.S.A.,
Great Britain and France.
VIII Central Administration in India. British legacy; Constitutional context of Indian
Administration; The President, the Prime Minister as Real Executive; Central
Secretariat; Cabinet Secretariat; Planning Commission; Finance Commission;
Comptroller and Auditor General of India; Major patterns of Public Enterprises.
IX Civil Service in India : Recruitment of All India and Central Services, Union
Public Service Commission, Training of IAS and IPS; Generalists and Specialists;
Relations with the Political Executive.
X State, District and Local Administration : Governor, Chief Minister; Secretariat;
Chief Secretary; Directorates; Role of District Collector in revenue, law and order
and development administration; Panchayati Raj and Urban local governament-
Main features, Structure and problem areas.
I. Introduction : Meaning, scope and significance of public administration; Private
and Public Administration; Evolution of Public Administration as a discipline.
II Theories and Principles of Administration : Scientific Management; Bureaucratic
Model; Classical Theory; Humman Relations Theory; Behavioural Approach;
Systems Approach. The Principles of Hierarchy; Unity of Command; Span of
Control; Authority and Responsibility; Coordination; Delegation; Supervision.
III Administrative Behaviour; Decision Making; Leadership theories;
Communication; and Motivation.
IV Personnel Administration; Role of Civil Service in developing society, Position,
Classification, Recruitment; Training; Promotion; Pay and Service Condition;
Neutrality and Anonymity.
V Financial Administration : Concept of Budget : Formulation and execution of
budget; Account and Audit.
VI Control over Administration : Legislative, Executive and Judical Control, Citizen
and Administration.
VII Comparative Administration : Salient features of administrative system in U.S.A.,
Great Britain and France.
VIII Central Administration in India. British legacy; Constitutional context of Indian
Administration; The President, the Prime Minister as Real Executive; Central
Secretariat; Cabinet Secretariat; Planning Commission; Finance Commission;
Comptroller and Auditor General of India; Major patterns of Public Enterprises.
IX Civil Service in India : Recruitment of All India and Central Services, Union
Public Service Commission, Training of IAS and IPS; Generalists and Specialists;
Relations with the Political Executive.
X State, District and Local Administration : Governor, Chief Minister; Secretariat;
Chief Secretary; Directorates; Role of District Collector in revenue, law and order
and development administration; Panchayati Raj and Urban local governament-
Main features, Structure and problem areas.
RAS PRE PSYCHOLOGY SYALLBUS
Psychology (Code No. 26)
1. Scope, Method and subject matter.
2. Methods : Experimental methods, Field Studies, clinical and case methods,
Characteristics of psychological studies.
3. Physiological Basis, Structure and functions of the nervous systems, functions of
the endocrine system.
4. Development of Behaviour, Genetic mechanism, Environmental factors, Growth
and maturation, Relevant experimental studies.
5. Cognitive processes (I) : Perception, Perceptual Process ; Perceptual organisation,
Perception of form, colour, depth and time, Perceptual constancy, Role of motivation,
Social and cultural factors in perceptions.
6. Cognitive Processes (II) : Learning. Learning process. Learning theories; Classical
conditioning, Operant conditioning, Trial and error and Insight theories, Perceptual
learning. Learning and motivation. Verbal learning. Motor learning.
7. Cognitive Processes (III) : Remembering. Measurement of remembering. Short-
term memory. Long-term memory. Forgetting. Theories of forgetting.
8. Cognitive Processes (IV) : Thinking. Development of thinking. Language and
thought. Images. Concept formation. Problems solving
9. Intelligence : Nature of intelligence. Theories of intelligence. Measurement of
intelligence. Intelligence and creativity.
10. Motivation : Needs, drives and motives. Classification of motives Measurement
of motives. Theories of motivation.
11. Personality : Nature of personality. Triat and type approaches. Determinants of
personality. Personality assessment : techniques and tests.
12. Coping Behaviour. Coping Mechanisms. Coping with frustration and stress.
Conflicts.
13. Attitudes. Nature of attitudes. Theories of attitudes. Measurement of attitudes.
Change of attitudes.
14. Communication : Types of communication, Communication process.
Communication network. Distortion of communication.
15. Applications of psychology in industry, Education and Community.
1. Scope, Method and subject matter.
2. Methods : Experimental methods, Field Studies, clinical and case methods,
Characteristics of psychological studies.
3. Physiological Basis, Structure and functions of the nervous systems, functions of
the endocrine system.
4. Development of Behaviour, Genetic mechanism, Environmental factors, Growth
and maturation, Relevant experimental studies.
5. Cognitive processes (I) : Perception, Perceptual Process ; Perceptual organisation,
Perception of form, colour, depth and time, Perceptual constancy, Role of motivation,
Social and cultural factors in perceptions.
6. Cognitive Processes (II) : Learning. Learning process. Learning theories; Classical
conditioning, Operant conditioning, Trial and error and Insight theories, Perceptual
learning. Learning and motivation. Verbal learning. Motor learning.
7. Cognitive Processes (III) : Remembering. Measurement of remembering. Short-
term memory. Long-term memory. Forgetting. Theories of forgetting.
8. Cognitive Processes (IV) : Thinking. Development of thinking. Language and
thought. Images. Concept formation. Problems solving
9. Intelligence : Nature of intelligence. Theories of intelligence. Measurement of
intelligence. Intelligence and creativity.
10. Motivation : Needs, drives and motives. Classification of motives Measurement
of motives. Theories of motivation.
11. Personality : Nature of personality. Triat and type approaches. Determinants of
personality. Personality assessment : techniques and tests.
12. Coping Behaviour. Coping Mechanisms. Coping with frustration and stress.
Conflicts.
13. Attitudes. Nature of attitudes. Theories of attitudes. Measurement of attitudes.
Change of attitudes.
14. Communication : Types of communication, Communication process.
Communication network. Distortion of communication.
15. Applications of psychology in industry, Education and Community.
RAS PRE POLTICIAL SCIENCE SYALLBUS
Political Science (Code No. 25)
1. (a) Political Science : Meaning; Traditional and contemporary perspectives.
(b) The State-Sovereignty; Theories of Sovereignty, Monistic and Pluralistic view.
(c) Theories of the Origin of the States (Social Contract, Historical/Evolutionary and
Marxist)
(d) Theories of the functions of the State (Liberal, Welfare and Socialist)
2. (a) Concepts-Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Law, Political Elite.
(b) Democracy-Electoral process; Theories of Representation; Public opinion,
Freedom of Speech, the Role of the Press, Political Parties and Pressure Groups.
(c) Political Ideologies - Liberalism; Socialism (Democratic and Fabian); Marxian,
Socialism and Gandhism.
(d) Theory of Democracy, Political Development & Decay.
3. Organisation of Government : Constitutional Government, Parliamentary and
Presidential Government, Federal and Unitary Government; State and Local
Governament; Bureaucracy.
4. (a) Landmarks in the evolution of the National Liberation Movement and
Constitutional Development in India since 1858.
(b) The Indian Constitution : Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State
Policy; Legislature; Executive, Judiciary and Judical Review; the Rule of Law.
(c) Federalism, Centre-State Relations and Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan.
5. Major Issues and Trends in International Politics; United Nations Organization
and Foreign Policy of India.
1. (a) Political Science : Meaning; Traditional and contemporary perspectives.
(b) The State-Sovereignty; Theories of Sovereignty, Monistic and Pluralistic view.
(c) Theories of the Origin of the States (Social Contract, Historical/Evolutionary and
Marxist)
(d) Theories of the functions of the State (Liberal, Welfare and Socialist)
2. (a) Concepts-Rights, Property, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Law, Political Elite.
(b) Democracy-Electoral process; Theories of Representation; Public opinion,
Freedom of Speech, the Role of the Press, Political Parties and Pressure Groups.
(c) Political Ideologies - Liberalism; Socialism (Democratic and Fabian); Marxian,
Socialism and Gandhism.
(d) Theory of Democracy, Political Development & Decay.
3. Organisation of Government : Constitutional Government, Parliamentary and
Presidential Government, Federal and Unitary Government; State and Local
Governament; Bureaucracy.
4. (a) Landmarks in the evolution of the National Liberation Movement and
Constitutional Development in India since 1858.
(b) The Indian Constitution : Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State
Policy; Legislature; Executive, Judiciary and Judical Review; the Rule of Law.
(c) Federalism, Centre-State Relations and Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan.
5. Major Issues and Trends in International Politics; United Nations Organization
and Foreign Policy of India.
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