(Preliminary
Examination)
General
Studies ‐ Degree standard
TOPICS
FOR OBJECTIVE TYPE
UNIT – I : General science:
Physics
1.
Universe
2.
General
Scientific laws
3.
Scientific
instruments
4.
Inventions
and discoveries
5.
National
scientific laboratories
6.
Science
glossary
7.
Mechanics
and properties of matter
8.
Physical
quantities, standards and units
9. Force, motion and energy
9. Force, motion and energy
10.
Electricity
and Magnetism
11. Heat,
light and sound
12. Atomic
and nuclear physics
Chemistry
1.
Elements
and Compounds
2.
Acids,
bases and salts
3.
Oxidation
and reduction
4.
Chemistry
of ores and metals
5.
Carbon,
nitrogen and their compounds
6.
Fertilizers,
pesticides, insecticides
Botany
1.
Main
Concepts of life science
2.
The
cell‐basic unit of life
3.
Classification
of living
4.
Organism
5. Nutrition and dietetics
5. Nutrition and dietetics
6.
Respiration
Zoology
1.
Blood
and blood circulation
2.
Endocrine
system
3.
Reproductive
system
4.
Genetics
the science of heredity
5.
Environment,
ecology, health and hygiene, Biodiversity and its conservation
6.
Human
diseases, prevention and remedies
7.
Communicable
diseases and Non- Communicable
diseases
UNIT – II :
Geography
1.
Earth
and Universe
2.
Solar
system
3.
Atmosphere,
hydrosphere, lithosphere
4.
Monsoon,
rainfall, weather and climate
5.
Water
resources
6.
Rivers
in India
7.
Soil,
minerals & natural resources
8.
Natural
vegetation
9.
Forest
&wildlife
10. Agricultural
pattern, livestock & fisheries
11. Social geography
12. Population‐density
and distribution
13. Natural
calamities
14. Disaster
management
UNIT – III :
History and culture of India
1.
South
Indian history
2.
Culture
and Heritage of Tamil people
3. Advent
of European invasion
4. Expansion
and consolidation of British rule
5. Effect
of British rule on socio‐economic factors
6. Social
reforms and religious movements
14. India
since independence
15. Characteristics
of Indian culture
16. Unity
in diversity –race, colour, language, custom
17. India‐as
secular state‐Organizations for fine arts, dance, drama, music
18. Growth
of rationalist, Dravidian movement in TN‐Political parties and populist schemes
19. Prominent personalities in the various spheres – Arts, Science, literature and Philosophy
20. Mother Teresa, Swami Vivekananda, Pandit Ravishankar , M.S.Subbulakshmi, Rukmani Arundel and J.Krishnamoorthy etc.
19. Prominent personalities in the various spheres – Arts, Science, literature and Philosophy
20. Mother Teresa, Swami Vivekananda, Pandit Ravishankar , M.S.Subbulakshmi, Rukmani Arundel and J.Krishnamoorthy etc.
UNIT – IV :
INDIAN POLITY
1.
Constitution
of India
2.
Preamble
to the constitution
3.
Salient
features of constitution
4.
Union,
State and territory
5.
Citizenship‐rights
amend duties
6. Fundamental rights
6. Fundamental rights
7.
Fundamental
duties
8.
Human
rights charter
9.
Union
legislature
10. Parliament
11. State
executive
12. State
Legislature – assembly
13. Status
of Jammu & Kashmir
14. Local
government – panchayat raj
15. Tamil
Nadu
16. Judiciary
in India
17. Rule
of law/Due process of law
18. Indian
federalism – center – state relations
19. Emergency
provisions
20. Elections
‐ Election Commission Union and State
21. Official
language and Schedule‐VIII
22. Amendments
to constitution
23. Schedules
to constitution
24. Administrative
reforms & tribunals
25. Corruption
in public life
26. Anti‐corruption
measures, Central
Vigilance Commission, Lok‐adalats,
Ombudsman, Comptroller
and Auditor General of India.
27. Right
to information ‐Central and State Commission
28. Empowerment
of women
UNIT – V : INDIAN ECONOMY
1.
Nature
of Indian economy
2.
Five‐year
plan models‐an assessment
3.
Land
reforms & agriculture
4.
Application
of science in agriculture
5.
Industrial
growth
6.
Capital
formation and investment
7.
Role
of public sector & disinvestment
8.
Development
of infrastructure
9.
National
income
10. Rural
welfare oriented Programmes
11. Social
sector problems –population, education, health, employment, poverty
12. HRD
– sustainable economic growth
13. Economic
trends in Tamil Nadu
14. Energy
Different sources and development
15. Finance
Commission
16. Planning
Commission
17. National
Development Council.
UNIT – VI : INDIAN NATIONAL
MOVEMENT
1. Early uprising against British rule‐1857 Revolt
2.
Indian
National Congress
3.
Emergence
of national leaders‐ Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Netaji
4.
Growth
of militant movements
5.
Communalism
led to partition
6.
Role
of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle
7.
Rajaji,
VOC, Periyar, Bharathiar & Others
8. Birth
of political parties /political system in India since independence
UNIT ‐ VII : Current
Events
1.
History
1. Latest diary of events
2. National
3. National symbols
4. Profile of States
5. Eminent persons & places in news
6. Sports & games
7. Books & authors
8. Awards & Honours
9. Cultural panorama
10. Latest historical events
11. India and its neighbours
12. Appointments‐who is who?
2. Political Science
1. Problems in conduct of public elections
2. Political parties and political system in India
3. Public awareness & General administration
4. Role of Voluntary organizations & Govt.,
5. Welfare oriented govt. schemes, their utility.
3. Geography
1. Geographical landmarks
2. Policy on environment and ecology
4. Economics
1. Current socio‐economic problems
2. New economic policy & govt. sector
5. Science
1. Latest inventions on science & technology
2. Latest discoveries in Health Science
3. Mass media & communication.
1. Latest diary of events
2. National
3. National symbols
4. Profile of States
5. Eminent persons & places in news
6. Sports & games
7. Books & authors
8. Awards & Honours
9. Cultural panorama
10. Latest historical events
11. India and its neighbours
12. Appointments‐who is who?
2. Political Science
1. Problems in conduct of public elections
2. Political parties and political system in India
3. Public awareness & General administration
4. Role of Voluntary organizations & Govt.,
5. Welfare oriented govt. schemes, their utility.
3. Geography
1. Geographical landmarks
2. Policy on environment and ecology
4. Economics
1. Current socio‐economic problems
2. New economic policy & govt. sector
5. Science
1. Latest inventions on science & technology
2. Latest discoveries in Health Science
3. Mass media & communication.
UNIT –VIII :
APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY TEST
1.
Conversion
of information to data
2. Collection, compilation and presentation of data, tables, graphs, diagrams
2. Collection, compilation and presentation of data, tables, graphs, diagrams
3.
Parametric
representation of data‐Analytical interpretation of data
4.
Simplification
5.
Percentage
6.
Highest
Common Factor (HCF)
7.
Lowest
Common Multiple (LCM)
8.
Ratio
and Proportion
9. Simple
interest
10. Compound
interest
11. Area‐Volume
12. Time
and Work
13. Decision
making and problem solving.
Logical
Reasoning
1.
Puzzles
2.
Dice
3.
Visual
Reasoning
4.
Alpha
numeric Reasoning
5.
Number
Series
6. Logical Number/Alphabetical/Diagrammatic Sequences.
6. Logical Number/Alphabetical/Diagrammatic Sequences.
SYLLABUS – GENERAL
ENGLISH
S.S.L.C. Standard
(Objective Type) Grammar
PART A
1.
Match the following words and Phrases given in Column A with their meanings in
Column B.
2.
Choose the correct ‘Synonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
3.
Choose the correct ‘Antonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
4.
Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix)
5.
Fill in the blanks with suitable Article
6.
Fill in the blanks with suitable Preposition
7.
Select the correct Question Tag
8.
Select the correct Tense
9.
Select the correct Voice
10.
Fill in the blanks (Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle)
11.
Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence (Subject, Verb,
Object….) Blanks with correct ‘Homophones’
12.
Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Noun, Verb, Adjective, and Adverb)
13.
Comprehension 14. Select the correct sentence
15.
Find out the odd words (Verb, Noun, Adjective, and Adverb)
16.
Select the correct Plural forms
17.
Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentence)
18.
Identify the correct Degree.
19.
Form a new word by blending the words.
20.
Form compound words (Eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun)
Part-B
Literature
1. Figures of speech observed in
the following Poems:
Alliteration
– Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron – Onomatopoeia –
Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words – Repetition – Apostrophe
A Psalm
of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words – Snake – The Man
He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary
Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry – Earth -
Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my
Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano –
Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.
2. Appreciation Questions from
Poetry
A Psalm
of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words – Snake – The Man He
Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning – Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary
Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry – Earth -
Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your - Nose is on your face - A sonnet for
my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wondr - To a Millionaire - The Piano –
Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.
3. Important lines from Poems.
Where
the mind is without fear - The Solitary Reaper - Going for water - A Psalm of
Life - Be the Best - Sonnet No.116
4. Questions on the Biography of
Mahatma
Gandhi - Jawaharlal Nehru - Subash Chandra Bose - Helen Keller Kalpana Chawala
- Dr.Salim Ali - Rani of Jhansi - Nelson Mandela – Abraham Lincoln
5. Questions on Shakespeare’s
Merchant
of Venice (Act IV Court Scene) - Julius Ceasar (Act III Scene 2) - Sonnet 116
6. Questions from Oscar Wilde’s
The
Model Millionaire - The Selfish Giant
7. Dr.Karl Paulnack Music-The
Hope Raiser
8. Comprehension Questions from
the following Motivational Essays:
Gopala
Krishna Gokhale’s Speech on 25th July in Mumbai in response to The address
presented to him by students- Dale Carnegie’s ‘The Road to success- Dr.APJ
Abdul Kalam’s ‘Vision for the Nation’(from‘India 2020’) - Ruskin Bond’s ‘Our
Local Team’ - Hope Spencer’s ‘Keep your spirits high’ - Deepa Agarwal’s ‘After
the storm’ - Brian patten’s ‘You can’t be that no you can’t be that’
9. Comprehension Questions from
the following description of Places
Ahtushi
Deshpande’s ‘To the land of snow’ - Manohar Devadoss – Yaanai Malai -
Brihadeesvarar Temple
10. British English – American
English
Part-C
Authors
and their Literary Works
1. Match the Poems with the Poets
A psalm
of Life - Be the Best - The cry of the children - The Piano – Manliness Going
for water – Earth -The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - The Flying
Wonder -Is Life But a Dream - Be the Best - O captain My Captain - Snake -
Punishment in Kindergarten -Where the Mind is Without fear - The Man He Killed
- Nine Gold Medals
2. Which Nationality the story
belongs to?
The
selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got its Hump
- Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window
3. Identify the Author with the
short story
The
selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got its Hump
- Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window - A Man who Had no Eyes - The Tears
of the Desert – Sam The Piano - The face of Judas Iscariot - Swept Away - A
close encounter - Caught Sneezing - The Wooden Bowl - Swami and the sum 4.Whose
Auto biography / Biography is this?
5. Which Nationality the Poet
belongs to ?
Robert
Frost - Archibald Lampman - D.H. Lawrence - Rudyard Kipling Kamala Das -
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Famida Y. Basheer - Thomas Hardy - Khalil Gibran -
Edgar A. Guest - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Jack Prelutsky - F. Joanna - Stephen
Vincent Benet - William Shakespeare - William Wordsworth - H.W. Long Fellow -
Annie Louisa walker - Walt Whitman - V.K. Gokak
6. Characters, Quotes, Important
Lines from the following works of Indian Authors:
Sahitya
Akademi Award winner: Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai – ‘Farmer’ Kamala Das – 1.
Punishment in Kindergarten 2. My Grandmother’s House R.K. Narayan - Swami and
the sum - Rabindranath Tagore - Where the mind is without fear - Dhan Gopal
Mukherji - Kari, The Elephant - Deepa Agarwal - After the Storm - Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam - Vision for the Nation Indra Anantha Krishna- The Neem Tree - Lakshmi
Mukuntan- The Ant Eater and the Dassie - Dr. Neeraja Raghavan - The Sun Beam
7. Drama Famous lines,
characters, quotes from
Julius
Caesar - The Merchant of Venice
8. Match the Places, Poet,
Dramatist, Painter with suitable option
9. Match the following Folk Arts
with the Indian State / Country
10. Match the Author with the
Relevant Title/Character
11. Match the Characters with
Relevant Story Title
The
Selfish Giant - How the camel got its hump - The Lottery ticket - The Last Leaf
- Two friends – Refugee - Open window – Reflowering - The Necklace Holiday
12. About the Poets
Rabindranath
Tagore - Henry Wordsworth Longfellow - Anne Louisa Walker -V K Gokak - Walt
Whitman - Douglas Malloch
13. About the Dramatists
William
Shakespeare - Thomas Hardy
14. Mention the Poem in which
these lines occur
Granny,
Granny, please comb My Hair - With a friend - To cook and Eat - To India – My
Native Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men are foreign – Laugh and be Merry –
The Apology - The Flying Wonder
15. Various works of the
following Authors
Rabindranath
Tagore – Shakespeare - William Wordsworth - H.W. Longfellow – Anne Louisa
Walker - Oscar Wilde - Pearl S. Buck
16. What is the theme observed in
the Literary works?
Snake -
The Mark of Vishnu - Greedy Govind - Our Local Team – Where the mind is without
fear - Keep your spirits high - Be the best – Bat – The Piano – The Model
Millionaire - The Cry of the Children – Migrant bird – Shilpi
17. Famous Quotes – Who said this?
18. To Which period the Poets
belong
William
Shakespeare - Walt Whitman - William Wordsworth - H.W. Longfellow Annie Louisa
Walker - D.H. Lawrence
19. Matching the Poets and Poems
Discovery
– Biking – Inclusion - Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair – With a Friend - To
cook and Eat – Bat - To India – My Native Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men
are foreign - Laugh and be Merry – Earth – The Apology - The Flying Wonder -
Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Be the best - Is life, but a dream - Women’s
rights - The Nation united - English words – Snake – The man he killed
20. Nature centered Literary
works and Global issue Environment and Conservation
Flying
with moon on their wings - Migrant bird - Will Thirst Become - Unquenchable? -
Going for Water - Swept away - Gaia tells her
COMBINED
CIVIL SERVICES – II
Group
– II (CSSE ‐I) Services
Main
Examination General Studies (Degree Standard)
Descriptive
Type
I. Role and impact of science and
Technology in the Development of India and Tamil Nadu.
1. Nature of universe
2. General scientific laws
3. Scientific instruments
4. Inventions and discoveries
5. Science glossary‐Physical quantities,
standards and units
6. Mechanics and properties of
matter
7. Force, motion and energy
8. Heat, light and sound
9. Magnetism,
10. Electricity and electronics
11. Elements and compounds
12. Acids, bases and salts
13. Oxidation and reduction
14. Carbon, nitrogen and their compounds
15. Fertilizers ‐pesticides,
insecticides
16. Main concepts of life science
17. The cell ‐ basic unit of life
18. Classification of living organism
19. Nutrition and dietetics
20. Respiration
21. Blood and blood
22. Circulation
23. Endocrine system
24. Reproductive system
25. Animals, plants and human life
26. Govt. policy ‐organizations on
Science and Technology
27. Role, achievement & impact of
Science and technology, Energy, self-sufficiency, oil exploration
28. Genetics ‐ the science of
heredity
29. Environment, ecology, health and
‐hygiene, Bio ‐ diversity and its conservation
30. Human diseases, prevention and
remedies
31. Communicable diseases and non ‐
communicable diseases
32. Alcoholism and Drug abuse
33. Computer ‐science and advancement
II. Administration of Union and
States with special reference to Tamil Nadu
1. State government organization ‐
structure, functions and control mechanism
2. District administration ‐ role in
people’s welfare oriented programmes
3. Industrial map of Tamil Nadu
4. Role of state government - Public
Services
5. Role of recruitment agencies‐
6. State finance ‐ resources, budget
and financial administration‐
7. Use of IT in administration ‐‐
e‐governance in the State
8. Natural calamities – Disaster
Management Union and State
9. Social welfare ‐ Government
sponsored schemes with reference to Tamil Nadu
10. Relationship between State and
Union‐
11. Industrial map of India ‐Public
Services
12. Role of recruitment agencies in
Union Government
13. Social welfare ‐ government
sponsored schemes by Government of India
III. Socio ‐ Economic Issues in
India/Tamil Nadu
1. Population Explosion
2. Unemployment issues in India
& Tamil Nadu
3. Child Labour
4. Economic Issues (a) Poverty (b)
Sanitation‐ Rural and Urban (c) Corruption in public life
5. Anti ‐Corruption ‐measures ‐ CVC,
Lok‐adalats, Ombudsman, CAG.
6. Illiteracy
7. Women Empowerment – Role of the
Govt. in Women Empowerment ‐ Social injustice to womenfolk ‐ Domestic violence,
dowry menace, sexual assault
8. Impact of violence on the growth
of the nation – Religious violence
9. Terrorism and Communal violence.
10. Human Rights issues
11. Right to information ‐ Central
and State Commission.
12. Education – Linkage between
Education and Economic Growth‐Community Development Programme
13. Employment Guarantee Scheme‐Self
Employment and Entrepreneurship Development
14. Role of N.G.O’s in Social Welfare
15. Govt. Policy on Health.
IV. Current issues at National
Level
V. Current issues at State Level
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