Syllabus

Q1. Which dynasty was well-known for excellent village administration? a) Pandyas b) Pallavas c) Cholas d) Chalukyas Q2. With reference to Upanishads, which of the following statement is correct? a) Upanishads are religious books of Hindus b) Books dealing with ancient Hindu Laws c) Books on social behaviuor of Man d) Prayers of God Q3. … Read more

The nature and standard of questions in this paper 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. Paper-I … Read more

PAPER-1 Section-A (Non-chordata and chordata) UNIT – I – Non-chordata: General features : General organization and classification if invertebrates (up to order); Origin of metazoa; Origin of coelomacoelomata, pseudocoelomata and eucoelomata, protostomes and deuterostomes; Symmetry in animals. Protozoa : Locomotion, nutrition and reproduction in protozoa; Parasitic protozoa; Life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis, Plasmodium and Trypanosoma. … Read more

PAPER – I Section – A Probability : Unit – I Sample space and events, probability measure and probability space, random variable as a measurable function, distribution function of a random variable, discrete and continuous-type random variable, probability mass function, probability density function, vector-valued random variable, marginal and conditional distributions, stochastic independence of events and … Read more

Paper-I Foundations of Sociology 1. Sociology-The Discipline: Sociology as a science and as an interpretative discipline; impact of Industrial and French Revolution on the emergence of sociology; sociology and its relationship with history, economics, political science, psychology and anthropology. 2. Scientific Study of Social Phenomena : Problem of objectivity and value neutrality; issue of measurement … Read more