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he/she does not appear in both the

papers of Civil Services (Prelim)
Examination.
Part-B Main Examination
The main Examination is intended to
assess the overall intellectual traits and
depth of understanding of candidates
rather than merely the range of their information and memory.
The nature and standard of questions in
the General Studies papers (Paper II to
Paper V) will be such that a well-educated person will be able to answer them
without any specialized study. The questions will be such as to test a candidate's
general awareness of a variety of subjects, which will have relevance for a
career in Civil Services. The questions
are likely to test the candidate's basic
understanding of all relevant issues and
ability to analyze and take a view on conflicting socio- economic goals, objectives
and demands. The candidates must give
relevant, meaningful and succinct
answers.
The scope of the syllabus for optional
subject papers (Paper VI and Paper VII)
for the examination is broadly of the honours degree level i.e. a level higher than
the bachelors' degree and lower than the
masters' degree. In the case of
Engineering, Medical Science and law,
the level corresponds to the bachelors'
degree.
Syllabi of the papers included in the
scheme of Civil Services (Main)
Examination are given as follows:QUALIFYING PAPERS ON INDIAN
LANGUAGES AND ENGLISH
The aim of the paper is to test the candidates ability to read and understand serious discursive prose, and express his
ideas clearly and correctly, in English and
Indian Language concerned.
The pattern of questions would be broadly as follows :(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
Indian Languages :(i) Comprehension of given passages
(ii) Precis Writing
(iii) Usage and Vocabulary
(iv) Short Essays
(v) Translation from English to the Indian
language and vice-versa.
Note 1 : The Papers on Indian
Languages and English will be of
Matriculation or equivalent standard and
will be of qualifying nature only. The
marks obtained in these papers will not
be counted for ranking.
Note 2 : The candidates will have to
answer the English and Indian
Languages papers in English and the
respective Indian language (except
where translation is involved).
PAPER-I
Essay: Candidates may be required to
write essays on multiple topics. They will
be expected to keep closely to the subject of the essay to arrange their ideas in
orderly fashion and to write concisely.
Credit will be given for effective and exact
expression.
PAPER-II
General Studies- I: Indian Heritage and
Culture, History and Geography of the
World and Society.
Indian culture will cover the salient
aspects of Art Forms, Literature
and Architecture from ancient to
modern times.
Modern Indian history from about
1750 the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant
events, personalities, issues
The Freedom Struggle - its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different
parts of the country.
Post-independence consolidation
and reorganization within the
country.

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History of the world will include
events from 18th century such as
industrial revolution, world wars,
redrawal of national boundaries,
colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism,
capitalism, socialism etc.- their
forms and effect on the society.
Salient features of Indian Society,
Diversity of India.
Role of women and women's
organization, population and
associated issues, poverty and
developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their
remedies.
Effects of globalization on Indian
society
Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.
Salient features of world's physical geography.
Distribution of key natural
resources across the world
(including South Asia and the
Indian sub-continent); factors
responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of
the world (including India)
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami,
Volcanic activity, cyclone etc.,
geographical features and their
location- changes in critical geographical features (including
water-bodies and ice-caps) and in
flora and fauna and the effects of
such changes.
PAPER-III
General Studies- II: Governance,
Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and
International relations.
Indian Constitution- historical
underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant
provisions and basic structure.
Functions and responsibilities of
the Union and the States, issues
and challenges pertaining to the
federal structure, devolution of
powers and finances up to local
levels and challenges therein.
Separation of powers between
various organs dispute redressal
mechanisms and institutions.
Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme with that of other
countries
Parliament and State Legislatures
- structure, functioning, conduct of
business, powers & privileges and
issues arising out of these.
Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the
Judiciary
Ministries
and
Departments of the Government;
pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in
the Polity.
Salient
features
of
the
Representation of People's Act.
Appointment
to
various
Constitutional posts, powers,
functions and responsibilities of
various Constitutional Bodies.
Statutory, regulatory and various
quasi-judicial bodies
Government policies and interventions for development in various
sectors and issues arising out of
their design and implementation.
Development processes and the
development industry- the role of
NGOs, SHGs, various groups and
associations, donors, charities,
institutional and other stakeholders
Welfare schemes for vulnerable
sections of the population by the
Centre and States and the performance of these schemes;
mechanisms, laws, institutions
and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these
vulnerable sections.
Issues relating to development
and management of Social

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Sector/Services relating to Health,

Education, Human Resources.
Issues relating to poverty and
hunger.
Important aspects of governance,
transparency and accountability,
e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and
potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
Role of civil services in a democracy.
India and its neighborhood- relations.
Bilateral, regional and global
groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India's
interests
Effect of policies and politics of
developed and developing countries on India's interests, Indian
diaspora.
Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their
structure, mandate.
PAPER-IV
General
Studies-III:
Technology,
Economic Development, Bio diversity,
Environment, Security and Disaster
Management.
Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of
resources, growth, development
and employment.
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it.
Government Budgeting.
Major crops cropping patterns in
various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport
and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of
farmers
Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum
support prices; Public Distribution
System- objectives, functioning,
limitations, revamping; issues of
buffer stocks and food security;
Technology missions; economics
of animal-rearing.
Food processing and related
industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and
downstream requirements, supply
chain management.
Land reforms in India.
Effects of liberalization on the
economy, changes in industrial
policy and their effects on industrial growth.
Infrastructure: Energy, Ports,
Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
Investment models.
Science and Technology- developments and their applications
and effects in everyday life
Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization
of technology and developing new
technology.
Awareness in the fields of IT,
Space, Computers, robotics,
nano-technology, bio-technology
and issues relating to intellectual
property rights.
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment
Disaster and disaster management.
Linkages between development
and spread of extremism.
Role of external state and nonstate actors in creating challenges
to internal security.
Challenges to internal security
through communication networks,
role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security;
money-laundering and its prevention
Security challenges and their
management in border areas;

linkages of organized crime with

terrorism
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
PAPER-V
General Studies- IV: Ethics, Integrity,
and Aptitude
This paper will include questions to test
the candidates' attitude and approach to
issues relating to integrity, probity in public life and his problem solving approach
to various issues and conflicts faced by
him in dealing with society. Questions
may utilise the case study approach to
determine these aspects. The following
broad areas will be covered.
Ethics and Human Interface:
Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human
actions; dimensions of ethics;
ethics in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings
of great leaders, reformers and
administrators; role of family, society and educational institutions in
inculcating values.
Attitude: content, structure, function; its influence and relation with
thought and behaviour; moral and
political attitudes; social influence
and persuasion.
Aptitude and foundational values
for Civil Service , integrity, impartiality and non-partisanship, objectivity, dedication to public service,
empathy, tolerance and compassion towards the weaker-sections.
Emotional intelligence-concepts,
and their utilities and application in
administration and governance.
Contributions of moral thinkers and
philosophers from India and world.
Public/Civil service values and
Ethics in Public administration:
Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws,
rules, regulations and conscience
as sources of ethical guidance;
accountability and ethical governance; strengthening of ethical
and moral values in governance;
ethical issues in international relations and funding; corporate governance.
Probity in Governance: Concept of
public service; Philosophical basis
of governance and probity;
Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to
Information, Codes of Ethics,
Codes of Conduct, Citizen's
Charters, Work culture, Quality of
service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption.
Case Studies on above issues.
PAPER-VI & PAPER VII
Optional Subject Papers I & II
Candidates may choose any optional
subject from amongst the list of
Optional Subjects given in para 2.

AGRICULTURE
PAPER - I
Ecology and its relevance to man, natural
resources, their sustainable management
and conservation. Physical and social
environment as factors of crop distribution and production. Agro ecology; cropping pattern as indicators of environments. Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and
humans. Climate change International
conventions and global initiatives. Green
house effect and global warming.
Advance tools for ecosystem analysis
Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic
Information Systems (GIS).
Cropping patterns in different agro-climatic zones of the country. Impact of highyielding and short-duration varieties on

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Approach.
Modern Concepts of Organisation
Theory:
Organisational
Design,
Organisational
Structure
and
Organisational Culture.
Organisational
DesignBasic
Challenges;
Differentiation
and
Integration Process; Centralization and
Decentralization
Process;
Standardization / Formalization and
Mutual Adjustment. Coordinating Formal
and Informal Organizations. Mechanistic
and Organic Structures.
Designing
Organizational
structuresAuthority and Control; Line
and Staff Functions, Specialization and
Coordination. Types of Organization
Structure Functional. Matrix Structure,
Project Structure. Nature and Basis of
Power , Sources of Power, Power
Structure and Politics. Impact of
Information
Technology
on
Organizational Design and Structure.
Managing Organizational Culture.
2. Organisation Behaviour:
Meaning and Concept; Individual in
organizations: Personality, Theories, and
Determinants; Perception - Meaning and
Process.
Motivation: Concepts, Theories and
Applications. Leadership-Theories and
Styles. Quality of Work Life (QWL):
Meaning and its impact on Performance,
Ways of its Enhancement. Quality Circles
(QC) Meaning and their Importance.
Management
of
Conflicts
in
Organizations. Transactional Analysis,
Organizational
Effectiveness,
Management of Change.
Human Resources Management and
Industrial Relations
1. Human Resources Management
(HRM):
Meaning, Nature and Scope of HRM,
Human Resource Planning, Job Analysis,
Job Description, Job Specification,
Recruitment Process, Selection Process,
Orientation and Placement, Training and
Development Process, Performance
Appraisal and 360 Feed Back, Salary
and
Wage
Administration,
Job
Evaluation,
Employee
Welfare,
Promotions, Transfers and Separations.
2. Industrial Relations (IR):
Meaning, Nature, Importance and Scope
of IR, Formation of Trade Unions, Trade
Union
Legislation,
Trade
Union
Movement in India. Recognition of Trade
Unions, Problems of Trade Unions in
India. Impact of Liberalization on Trade
Union Movement.
Nature of Industrial Disputes : Strikes
and Lockouts , Causes of Disputes,
Prevention and Settlement of Disputes.
Workers Participation in Management:
Philosophy, Rationale, Present Day
Status and Future Prospects.
Adjudication and Collective Bargaining.
Industrial Relations in Public Enterprises,
Absenteeism and Labour Turnover in
Indian Industries and their Causes and
Remedies.
ILO and its Functions.

ECONOMICS
PAPER I
1. Advanced Micro Economics:
(a) Marshallian
and
Walrasiam
Approaches to Price determination.
(b) Alternative Distribution Theories:
Ricardo, Kaldor, Kaleeki
(c) Markets Structure: Monopolistic
Competition, Duopoly, Oligopoly.
(d) Modern Welfare Criteria: Pareto
Hicks
&
Scitovsky,
Arrows
Impossibility Theorem, A.K. Sens
Social Welfare Function.
2. Advanced Macro Economics:
Approaches to Employment Income and
Interest Rate determination: Classical,
Keynes (IS-LM) curve, Neo classical synthesis and New classical, Theories of
Interest Rate determination and Interest
Rate Structure.

3. Money - Banking and Finance:

(a) Demand for and Supply of Money:
Money Multiplier Quantity Theory of
Money
(Fisher,
Pique
and
Friedman) and Keynes Theory on
Demand for Money, Goals and
Instruments
of
Monetary
Management in Closed and Open
Economies. Relation between the
Central Bank and the Treasury.
Proposal for ceiling on growth rate
of money.
(b) Public Finance and its Role in
Market Economy: In stabilization of
supply, allocation of resources and
in distribution and development.
Sources of Govt. revenue, forms of
Taxes and Subsidies, their incidence and effects. Limits to taxation, loans, crowding-out effects
and limits to borrowings. Public
Expenditure and its effects.
4. International Economics:
(a) Old and New Theories of
International Trade
(i) Comparative Advantage
(ii) Terms of Trade and Offer Curve.
(iii) Product Cycle and Strategic
Trade Theories.
(iv)Trade as an engine of growth
and theories of under development
in an
open economy.
(b) Forms of Protection: Tariff and
quota.
(c) Balance of Payments Adjustments:
Alternative Approaches.
(i) Price versus income, income
adjustments under fixed exchange
rates,
(ii) Theories of Policy Mix
(iii) Exchange rate adjustments
under capital mobility
(iv)
Floating Rates and their
Implications
for
Developing
Countries: Currency Boards.
(v) Trade Policy and Developing
Countries.
(vi) BOP, adjustments and Policy
Coordination in open economy
macro-model.
(vii) Speculative attacks
(viii) Trade Blocks and Monetary
Unions.
(ix)
WTO: TRIMS, TRIPS,
Domestic Measures, Different
Rounds of WTO talks.
5. Growth and Development:
(a) (i) Theories of growth: Harrods
model,
(ii) Lewis model of development
with surplus labour
(iii)
Balanced
and
Unbalanced growth,
(iv)
Human Capital and
Economic Growth.
(v) Research and Development and
Economic Growth
(b) Process of Economic Development
of Less developed countries:
Myrdal and Kuzments on economic
development
and
structural
change: Role of Agriculture in
Economic Development of less
developed countries.
(c) Economic
development
and
International Trade and Investment,
Role of Multinationals.
(d) Planning
and
Economic
Development: changing role of
Markets and Planning, PrivatePublic Partnership
(e) Welfare indicators and measures of
growth Human Development
Indices. The basic needs approach.
(f)
Development and Environmental
Sustainability Renewable and
Non
Renewable
Resources,
Environmental
Degradation,
Intergenerational equity development.
PAPER II
1.
Indian
Economy
Independence Era:

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Land System and its changes,

Commercialization of agriculture, Drain
theory, Laissez faire theory and critique.
Manufacture and Transport: Jute, Cotton,
Railways, Money and Credit.
2.
Indian
Economy
after
Independence:
A
The Pre Liberalization Era:
(i) Contribution of Vakil, Gadgil and
V.K.R.V. Rao.
(ii) Agriculture: Land Reforms and
land tenure system, Green
Revolution and capital formation in
agriculture,
(iii) Industry Trends in composition
and growth, Role of public and private sector, Small scale and cottage industries.
(iv)National and Per capita income:
patterns, trends, aggregate and
Sectoral composition and changes
their in.
(v) Broad factors determining
National Income and distribution,
Measures of poverty, Trends in
poverty and inequality.
B
The Post Liberalization Era:
(i) New Economic Reform and
Agriculture: Agriculture and WTO,
Food
processing,
Subsidies,
Agricultural prices and public distribution system, Impact of public
expenditure on agricultural growth.
(ii) New Economic Policy and
Industry: Strategy of industrialization, Privatization, Disinvestments,
Role of foreign direct investment
and multinationals.
(iii) New Economic Policy and
Trade: Intellectual property rights:
Implications of TRIPS, TRIMS,
GATS and new EXIM policy.
(iv)New Exchange Rate Regime:
Partial and full convertibility, Capital
account convertibility.
(v) New Economic Policy and
Public
Finance:
Fiscal
Responsibility Act, Twelfth Finance
Commission and Fiscal Federalism
and Fiscal Consolidation.
(vi)New Economic Policy and
Monetary system. Role of RBI
under the new regime.
(vii) Planning: From central
Planning to indicative planning,
Relation between planning and
markets for growth and decentralized planning: 73rd and 74th
Constitutional amendments.
(viii) New Economic Policy and
Employment: Employment and
poverty, Rural wages, Employment
Generation, Poverty alleviation
schemes, New Rural, Employment
Guarantee Scheme.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER - I
1. Circuit Theory:
Circuit components; network graphs;
KCL, KVL; circuit analysis methods:
nodal analysis, mesh analysis; basic network theorems and applications; transient analysis: RL, RC and RLC circuits;
sinusoidal steady state analysis; resonant circuits; coupled circuits; balanced
3-phase circuits; Two-port networks.
2. Signals & Systems:
Representation of continuoustime and
discrete-time signals & systems; LTI systems; convolution; impulse response;
time-domain analysis of LTI systems
based on convolution and differential/difference equations. Fourier transform,
Laplace transform, Z-transform, Transfer
function. Sampling and recovery of signals DFT, FFT Processing of analog signals through discrete-time systems.
3. E.M. Theory:
Maxwells equations, wave propagation in
bounded media. Boundary conditions,
reflection and refraction of plane waves.
Transmission line: travelling and standing
waves, impedance matching, Smith

chart.
4. Analog Electronics:
Characteristics and equivalent circuits
(large and small-signal) of Diode, BJT,
JFET and MOSFET. Diode circuits: clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias
stability. FET amplifiers. Current mirror;
Amplifiers: single and multi-stage, differential, operational, feedback and power.
Analysis of amplifiers; frequencyresponse of amplifiers. OPAMP circuits.
Filters; sinusoidal oscillators: criterion for
oscillation; single-transistor and OPAMP
configurations. Function generators and
wave-shaping circuits. Linear and switching power supplies.
5. Digital Electronics:
Boolean algebra; minimization of
Boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC
families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS).
Combina-tional circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers and
decoders. Sequential circuits: latches
and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Comparators, timers, multivibrators.
Sample and hold circuits, ADCs and
DACs. Semiconductor memories. Logic
implementation using programmable
devices (ROM, PLA, FPGA).
6. Energy Conversion:
Principles of electromechanical energy
conversion: Torque and emf in rotating
machines. DC machines: characteristics
and performance analysis; starting and
speed control of motors; Transformers:
principles of operation and analysis; regulation, efficiency; 3-phase transformers.
3-phase induction machines and synchronous machines: characteristics and
preformance analysis; speed control.
7. Power Electronics and Electric
Drives:
Semiconductor power devices: diode,
transistor, thyristor, triac, GTO and MOSFETstatic characteristics and principles
of operation; triggering circuits; phase
control rectifiers; bridge converters: fullycontrolled and half-controlled; principles
of thyristor choppers and inverters; DCDC converters; Switch mode inverter;
basic concepts of speed control of dc and
ac Motor drives applications of variablespeed drives.
8. Analog Communication:
Random variables: continuous, discrete;
probability,
probability
functions.
Statistical averages; probability models;
Random signals and noise: white noise,
noise equivalent bandwidth; signal transmission with noise; signal to noise ratio.
Linear CW modulation: Amplitude modulation: DSB, DSB-SC and SSB.
Modulators and Demodulators; Phase
and Frequency modulation: PM & FM signals; narrowband FM; generation &
detection of FM and PM, Deemphasis,
Preemphasis. CW modulation system:
Superhetrodyne receivers, AM receivers,
communication receivers, FM receivers,
phase locked loop, SSB receiver Signal
to noise ratio calculation for AM and FM
receivers.
PAPER - II
1. Control Systems:
Elements of control systems; block-diagram representation; open-loop & closedloop systems; principles and applications
of feed-back. Control system components. LTI systems: time-domain and
transform-domain analysis. Stability:
Routh Hurwitz criterion, root-loci, Bodeplots and polar plots, Nyquists criterion;
Design of lead-lad compensators.
Proportional, PI, PID controllers. Statevariable representation and analysis of
control systems.
2. Microprocessors and Microcomputers:
PC organisation; CPU, instruction set,
register set, timing diagram, programming, interrupts, memory interfacing, I/O
interfacing, programmable peripheral
devices.