b) Current electricity: Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications, Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s

law, Lenz’s law. Self and mutual inductances. Mean and rms values in AC circuits. DC & AC circuits with
R, L and C components. Series and parallel resonances. Q-factor. Basic principle of transformer.

c) Electromagnetic theory: Displacement current and Maxwell’s equations. Wave equations in vacuum,
Poynting theorem. Vector and Scaler potentials. Normal and anomalous dispersion.

5. Thermodynamics:
Laws of thermodynamics, change of entropy in different processes. Maxwell’s relations and its
applications. Clausius – Claperyon equation. Gibbs’ phase rule and chemical potential. Joule-Thomson
effect and liquification of gasses.
Paper – II : 1. Quantum Mechanics:

Wave-particle duality, Schrödinger equation and expectation value, uncertainty principle, Solutions of the
one-dimensional Schrödinger equation for a free particle (Gussian wave-packet) particle in a box, particle
in a finite well, linear harmonic oscillator, Reflection and transmission by a step potential and by a
rectangular barrier. Particle in a three dimensional box. Angular momentum. Hydrogen atom. Spin. Spin
half particle, properties of Pauli spin matrices.

Stern - Gerlach experiment, electron spin, fine structure of hydrogen atom, L-S coupling, J-J coupling,
Spectroscopic notation of atomic states, Zeeman effect, Raman Effect and molecular structure, Laser
Raman spectroscopy.

2. Statistical Physics:

Macro and micro states. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions. Partition
function. Distribution of molecular velocities in ideal gasses, equipartition theorem. Specific heat of
solids, Einstein and Debye theory. Blackbody radiation, Planck’s law, Stefan Boltzmann law. Rayleigh-
Jeans formula and Wein’s displacement law. Specific heat of electrons at low temperature.

3. Nuclear and Particle Physics:

Basic nuclear properties - size, binding energy, angular momentum, parity, magnetic moment; Semi-
empirical mass formula and applications, mass parabolas; Shell model of the nucleus-successes and
limitations; Violation of parity in beta decay; Q-value of nuclear reactions; Nuclear fission and fusion,
energy production in stars;

Classification of elementary particles and their interactions; Conservation laws;

4. Solid State Physics:

Crystalline and amorphous structure of matter; Different crystal systems. Methods of determination of
crystal structure; X-ray diffraction; Band theory of solids-conductors, insulators and semiconductors;
Magnetism; dia, para and ferromagnetism; Elements of superconductivity,

5. Electronics:

Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, p-n-p and n-p-n transistors, Amplifiers, Oscillators-Hartley,
Weinbridge and crystal oscillators, Op-amps, FET, JFET and MOSFET. Digital electronics-Boolean
identities. De Morgan’s laws. Logic gates and truth tables. Simple logic circuits.
POLITICAL SCIENCE :
Paper – I : Group – A

Western Political Thought - Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Bentham, J. S. Mill, Marx.

Indian Political Thought - Kautilya, Rammohan Roy, Vivekananda, Syed Ahmed Khan, Rabindranath,
Gandhi, Ambedkar.

Political Concepts - State, Civil Society, Government, Governance, Power, Authority, Nation, Nationalism,
Internationalism.

Political Ideas - Rights, Duties, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Rule of Law, People Participation.

Political Ideologies - Liberalism, Democratic Socialism, Feminism, Terrorism.

Different aspects of Democracy - Meaning and Theories of Democracy; Direct vs Representative

Democracy; Electoral System; Electoral Reforms.

Political Process - Party System, Single Party, Bi Party, and Multi Party Systems; National Parties and
Regional Parties; Lobbyists and Pressure Groups.

Forms of Government - Dictatorial vs Democratic; Totalitarian vs Liberal. Presidential vs Parliamentary,

Unitary vs Federal.

Social Movements - Environmental movements, Women’s movements, Human rights movements.

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Basic features of Indian Constitution - Constituent assembly, Salient Features of the Indian Constitution,
Nature of Indian Federation, Centre-State relations, Legislative, Executive and Financial-Fiscal
dimensions, Evolving political trends.

Fundamental Rights - Directive Principles & Fundamental duties - Constitutional provisions and judicial
interpretations regarding fundamental rights.

Union Legislature - Composition, Powers and Functions of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Functioning of the
Committee System.

Union Executive - President, Vice President - Election, Position, Functions, Prime Minister, Council of
Ministers, Relationship between President and Prime Minister.

The Judiciary - Supreme Court and the High Courts, Composition and Functions, Judicial review and
Judicial activism, Public interest litigations, Judicial reforms.

Government in the States - Governor, Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, Position and Functions.

State Legislature - Composition and Functions.

Local Government and Politics - Panchayati Raj: Evaluation, Structure, Powers and Functions, Municipal
Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th amendments; Role of women, SCs & STs in Local
Government.

Bureaucracy - Classical administration and Development Administration; Changing role of bureaucracy in

Post-Colonial India, “Representative” bureaucracy, Issues of bureaucratic accountability.

Social Processes - Role of Peasants and Workers in Indian Politics; Role of Interest / Pressure Groups;
Regionalism, Casteism, Linguism and Communalism in Indian Politics; Issues of Criminalisation,
Corruption; Citizens’ movements.

Paper – II : Public Administration and International Relations

Group - A

Public Administration

Theories of Administration - Scientific Management, Classical Theory, Weber’s theory of bureaucracy,

Riggsian Model of Echological Approach to Public Administration.

Forms of Public Organizations - Ministries and Departments; Corporations, Boards and Commissions.

Principles of Organization - (a) Hierachy (b) Unity of Command (c) Span of Control (d) Authority (e)
Centralization, Decentralization and Delegation, (f) Line and Staff.

Processes of administration - (a) Decision - making and Policy Formulation (b) Communication and
Control (c) Leadership (d) Co-ordination.

Accountability and Control - Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over administration; Role of Civil
Society; Public opinion and Media; Right to Information; Administrative Corruption; Grievance Redressal
Machineries like Ombudsman.

Development Administration - Evolution of the Concept; Basic features.

Control of Public Expenditure - Parliamentary Control, Control of Parliamentary Committees;

Indian Administration - Continuity and Charge - brief historical outline.

Recruitment and Training of Civil Servants in India - Role of Union and State Public Service Commissions
and Training Institution.

Organization of the Union Government in India - PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, Secretariat Administration.

Organization of the State Governments in India - Chief Secretary - Relationship between Secretariats and
Directorates.

District Administration in India - Changing role of District Officers, Sub-divisional Officers & Block Officer;
their interfaces with Local Self Government.

Group-B

International Relations

Some Basic Concepts of International Relations - (a) Balance of Power (b) Collective Security (c) Bi-
polarity and Unipolarity (d) Neo-Colonialism (e) Globalization.

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 Foreign Policy - Concept and Techniques; Determinants of foreign policy.
Evolution of World Politics - League of Nations; United Nations; Cold War; Detente; Collapse of the Soviet
Union; Regional Integrations; International Terrorism.

Non-Alignment - Evolution of the Movement and Role of India.

Major Issues in Indian Foreign Policy - Sino-Indian relations, Indo-Pak conflicts and the liberation of
Bangladesh, developments in Sri Lanka, Indian role in promoting regional cooperation through
S.A.A.R.C., the Kashmir question and India becoming a nuclear power. India and South East Asia; India’s
relations with U.S.A., China, Japan & Russia. India on the question of nuclear weapon. India and the U.N.
system-India’s role in U.N. peace keeping and global disarmament. India and the emerging international
economic order.

Recent Global Issues - Egypt, Lebanon and Lybia.

PSYCHOLOGY :
Paper – I : Basic psychological processes and development

Scope and Methods of Psychology - Biological basis of behaviour

2. Cognitive Processes:
A) Sensation: attributes of sensation, psychophysics (weber-Fechner Law), Methods of
Pscychophysics
B) Attention: determinants of attention, fluctuation of attention, selectivity of attention
C) Perception: Movement, space, depth and time perception, perceptual organization,
Gestalt View

3. Learning.: Conditions of Learning

 Theory of classical conditioning
 Theory of operant conditioning
 Trial and error theory
 Theory of insight learning
 Programmed learning

4. Memory: Encoding, storage, retrieval

 Types of Memory (STM & LTM, ICONIC, Echoic & Procedural)
 Forgetting curve
 Theories of forgetting

5. Motivation and Emotion: Physiological and psychological basis of motivation and emotion
 Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation - factors influencing intrinsic motivation
 Theories of motivation - Maslow, Mcclelland
 Theories of Emotion - James-Lange Theory, Canon-Bard and
Schachter-Singer Theory
 Effects of Motivation and emotion on behaviour

6. Intelligence
 Spearman's two factor theory
 Thurstone' s theory
 Guilford's structure of intellect
 Gardner's theory
 Measurement of intelligence - IQ & deviation IQ, Tests of intelligence - Stanford Binet
 Types of intelligence - Social, abstract, concrete, emotional, artificial, spiritual
 Gifted and mentally challenged children

7. Thinking
 Piaget's theory of cognitive development ~ Problem solving
 Creative thinking - Nature and stages

8. Attitude, Values and Interest

 Definition of attitude, values and interests
 Value - concept, development and measurement
 Attitude - formation, measurement and change concept
 Stereotype, prejudice, discrimination
 Measurement, reduction of prejudice

9. Interest - concept and measurement

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