FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING MAIN TOPICS OF

PROGRAMME No. 01/2018 (Item No. 33)

HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER (JUNIOR)
(MATHEMATICS)
KERALA HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION
(CATEGORY No.331/2017)

History of Development of Mathematics.

Mensuration, length of arcs, area of sectors of circles, tangents to circles,

circumcircle and incircle

of polygons, area of polygons, solids-volume and surface area.

Fundamentals of mumber theory. Continued fractions.

Boolean Algebra

Fundamentals of graph theory.

Sets and binary operations, groups, Sylon's Theorems, Rings and ideals,
Fields, extension fields,

rings of polynomials, finite fields, Galois Theory, constructible numbers.

System of Linear Equations -

Vector spaces, linear transformations, characteristic values, characteristic

polynomial, Minimal

polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, triangulation and diagonalization of

matrics.

Hyperspaces and linear functionals.

Normed spaces, Banach spaces and related theorems, Linear Maps, inner
product spaces, Hilbert

spaces and related theorems, finite dimensional and infinite dimensional

normed spaces, bounded

operators, spectrum, duals and transposes. Adjoints, normal, unitary and self
adjoint operators.

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Polynomial Equations, Trigonometry, Analytical geometry of two dimension
and three dimension,

similarity of triangles, vectors, matrices.

Calculus, applications of differentiation and integration, elemetary functions

(logarithms,

exponential, hyperbolic, trigonometric etc), Fundamental theorem of

calculus, mean value

theorems, maxima and minima-functions of more than one independent

variables, derivatives,

partial derivatives, saddle point, critical point.

Real numbers, rational, irrational numbers, algebraic and order properties of

Real numbers,

supremum property, countable and uncountable sets, completeness

property, sequences and series

of red numbers, relations and functions, limits and continuity of functions,

uniform continuity,

differentiability and integrability of functions, Riemann integral, Riemann-

Stieltges integral,

sequences and series of functions. Term by term differentiation and

integration of series of

functions.

Lebesgue measure, lebesgue integral, convergence theorems and

applications

Complex numbers, De Moirre's Theorem, Algebraic properties of complex

numbers, regions in the

complex plane.

Complex functions, analytic functions, harmonic functions, conformal

mapping, elemetary

functions, derivatives and integrals of complex functions and related

theorems, sigularities, residue

theorem and its applications, Power series, Taylor series, Laurent series.

Metric spaces, topological spaces, basis, subbasis, closed set, closure,

interior, boundary,

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neighbourhood. Connectedness and compactness, locally connected, path
connected, locally

compact spaces.

Functions, continuous functions, homeomorphism, quotient space.

Seperation axioms and related theorems.

First order ordinary differential equations-formation, properties and various

methods of solving.

Picards method of approximation.

Numerical methods

Second order ordinary differential equations – formaiton, properties and

various methods of

solving. Equidimensional equations.

Existence and uniqueness of solutions.

Systems of first order equations.

Series solutions of first order and second order ordinary differential equation
at ordinary adn regular

singular points.

Hypergeometric functions and equations, legendre equations and

polynomials. Chebyshev's

Equations and polynomials. Bessels equations and Functions.

Laplace transform, fourier series, beta and Gamma functions.

Formation and solution of first order partial differential equation in two

independent variables.

Functional dependence, analytic functions. Second order partial differential

equation, formation,

classification.

Wave equation, heat diffusion equation, laplace equation.

Numerical solutions of algebraic equations, finite differences, interpolation.

Fundamentals of Theory of Wavelets, Fuzzy set theory, Fractal geometry,

Modular functions Jordan

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forms, elliptic functions, Riemann Zets Function, Automate and formal
languages, Block Designs.

Monodromy theorem, Reimann mapping theorem, product topology and

Tychnoff theorem.

Solutions at infinity of Differential Equations, Integral Equations, calculus of

Variations.

Fundamentals of differential geometry, contractions, inverse function

theorem, implicit function

theorem.

Fundamentals of Mechanics and Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics.

Part II Research Methodology/Teaching Aptitude

I. TEACHING APTITUDE
• Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements;
• Learner's characteristics;
• Factors affecting teaching;
• Methods of teaching;
• Teaching aids;
• Evaluation systems.

II. RESEARCH APTITUDE

• Research: Meaning, Characteristics and types;
• Steps of research;
• Methods of research;
• Research Ethics;
• Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium;
• Thesis writing: its characteristics and format.

Part III- Salient Features of Indian Constitution

Salient features of the Constitution - Preamble- Its significance and its place
in theinterpretation of the Constitution.

Fundamental Rights - Directive Principles of State Policy - Relation between

Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles - Fundamental Duties.

Executive - Legislature - Judiciary - Both at Union and State Level. - Other

Constitutional Authorities.
Centre-State Relations - Legislative - Administrative and Financial.
Services under the Union and the States.
Emergency Provisions.
Amendment Provisions of the Constitution.

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 Social Welfare Legislations and Programmes
Social Service Legislations like Right to Information Act, Prevention of
atrocities against
Women & Children, Food Security Act, Environmental Acts etc. and
Social Welfare
Programmes like Employment Guarantee Programme, Organ and Blood
Donation etc.
Part IV: Ge n e r a l Knowledge and Current
Affairs&Renaissance in Kerala
TOWARDS A NEW SOCIETY
Introduction to English education - various missionary organisations and their
functioning- founding
of educational institutions, factories.printing press etc.

EFFORTS TO REFORM THE SOCIETY

(A) Socio-Religious reform Movements
SNDP Yogam, Nair Service Society, Yogakshema Sabha, Sadhu Jana Paripalana
Sangham, Vaala
Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha, Samathwa Samajam, Islam Dharma Paripalana
Sangham, Prathyaksha
Raksha Daiva Sabha, Sahodara Prasthanam etc.

(B) Struggles and Social Revolts

Upper cloth revolts.Channar agitation, Vaikom Sathyagraha, Guruvayoor
Sathyagraha, Paliyam
Sathyagraha. Kuttamkulam Sathyagraha, Temple Entry Proclamation, Temple
Entry Act .Malyalee
Memorial, Ezhava Memorial etc.
Malabar riots, Civil Disobedience Movement, Abstention ovement etc.

ROLE OF PRESS IN RENAISSANCE

Malayalee, Swadeshabhimani, Vivekodayam, Mithavadi, Swaraj, Malayala
Manorama, Bhashaposhini,
Mathnubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Samadarsi, Kesari, AI-Ameen, Prabhatham,
Yukthivadi, etc

AWAKENING THROUGH LITERATURE

Novel, Drama, Poetry, Purogamana Sahithya Prasthanam, Nataka Prashtanam,
Library movement etc
WOMEN AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Parvathi Nenmenimangalam, Arya Pallam, A V Kuttimalu Amma, Lalitha
Prabhu.Akkamma
Cheriyan, Anna Chandi, Lalithambika Antharjanam and others

LEADERS OF RENAISSANCE
Thycaud Ayya Vaikundar, Sree Narayana Guru, Ayyan Kali.Chattampi
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Swamikal, Brahmananda
Sivayogi, Vagbhadananda, Poikayil Yohannan(Kumara Guru) Dr Palpu,
Palakkunnath Abraham
Malpan, Mampuram Thangal, Sahodaran Ayyappan, Pandit K P Karuppan,
Pampadi John Joseph,
Mannathu Padmanabhan, V T Bhattathirippad, Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi,
Makthi Thangal,
Blessed Elias Kuriakose Chaavra, Barrister G P Pillai, TK Madhavan, Moorkoth
Kumaran, C.
Krishnan, K P Kesava Menon, Dr.Ayyathan Gopalan, C V Kunjuraman, Kuroor
Neelakantan Namboothiripad, Velukkutty Arayan, K P Vellon, P K Chathan
Master, K Kelappan, P. Krishna Pillai, A K Gopalan, T R Krishnaswami Iyer, C
Kesavan. Swami Ananda Theerthan , M C Joseph, Kuttippuzha Krishnapillai and
others
LITERARY FIGURES
Kodungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran, KeralaVarma Valiyakoyi Thampuran,
Kandathil Varghese
Mappila. Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer,
G Sankara Kurup,
Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Chandu Menon, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
Kesav Dev, Thakazhi
Sivasankara Pillai, Ponkunnam Varky, S K Pottakkad and others

NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from
other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also
appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may
be covered in the question paper.