Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) - SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT

Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Subject: MANAGEMENT

(:including Business Admn.

Mgt./Marketing/Marketing Mgt./Industrial Relations and

Personnel

Mgt., etc.)

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Note:

There will be two question papers, Paper-II and Paper-III (Part-A

Objective Type questions(Multiple choice, Matching type, True/False,Assertion-Reasoning type}

carrying 100 marks. Paper-III will have two Parts-A and B; Paper-:-III (A) will have 10 short essay

type questions (300 words) carrying 16 marks each. In it there will be one question with internal

choice from each unit (i.e. 10 question from 10 units; Total marks will be 160). Paper-III (B) will be

compulsory and there will be one question from each of the Electives. The candidate will attempt

only one question (one elective only in 800 words) carrying 40 marks. Total marks of Paper-III will

be 200.

& B). Paper-II will cover 50

PAPER-II

& PAPER-III (A) [CORE GROUP]

Unit-I

Managerial Economics-Demand Analysis

Production Function

Cost-output relations

Market structures

Pricing theories

Advertising

Macro-economics

National Income concepts

Infrastructure-Management and Policy

Business Environment

Capital Budgeting

Unit-II

The concept and significance of organisational behaviour-Skills and roles in an organization -

Classical, Neo-classical and modern theories of organisational structure-Organisational design-

Understanding and Managing individual behaviour personality-Perception-Values-Attitudes-

Learning-Motivation. Understanding and managing group behaviour, Processes-Inter-personal

and group dynamics-Communication-Leadership-Managing change-Managing conflicts.

Organisational development

Unit-III

Concepts and perspectives in HRM; HRM in changing environment Human resource planning-

Objectives, Process and Techniques Job analysis-Job description

Selecting human resources

Induction, Training and Development

Exit policy and implications

Performance appraisal and evaluation

Potential assessment

Job evaluation

Wage determination

Industrial Relations and Trade Unions

Dispute resolution and Grievance management

Labour Welfare and Social security measures

Unit-IV

Financial management-Nature and Scope

Valuation concepts and valuation of securities

Capital budgeting decisions-Risk analysis

Capital structure and Cost of capital

Dividend policy-Determinants

Long-term and short-term financing instruments Mergers and Acquisitions

Unit-V

Marketing environment and Environment scanning; Marketing Information Systems and

Marketing research; Understanding consumer and industrial markets; Demand Measurement and

Forecasting; Market Segmentation-. Targeting and Positioning: Product decisions, Product mix,

Product Life Cycle; New product development; Branding and Packaging; Pricing methods and

strategies.

Promotion decisions-Promotion mix; Advertising; Personal selling; Channel management;

Vertical marketing systems; Evaluation and control of marketing effort; Marketing of services;

Customer relation management;

Uses of internet as a marketing medium-other related issues like branding. market development,

Advertising and retailing on the net.

New issues in Marketing.

Unit-VI

Role and scope of production management; Facility location; Layout planning and analysis;

Production _planning and control-production process analysis; Demand forecasting for operations;

Deterininants of product mix; Production scheduling; Work measurement; Time and motion study;

Statistical Quality Control.

Role and scope of Operations Research; Linear Programming; Sensitivity analysis; Duality;

Transportation model; Inventory control; Queueing theory; , Decision theory; Markov analysis;

PERT

/CPM.

Unit-VII

Probability theory; Probability distributions-Binomial, Poisson, Normal and Exponential;

Correlation and Regression analysis; Sampling theory; Sampling distributions; Tests of

Hypothesis; Large and small samples;

Use of Computers in Managerial ,applications; Technology issues and Data processing in

organizations; Information systems; MIS and Decision making; System analysis and design;

Trends in Information Technology; Internet and Internet-based applications.

t, z, F, Chi-square tests.

Unit-VIII

Concept of corporate strategy; Components of strategy formulation; Ansoff,s growth vector; BCG

Model; Porter's generic strrategies; Competitor analysis; Strategic dimensions and group mapping;

Industry analysis; Strategies in industry evolution, fragmentation, maturity, and decline;

Competitive strategy and corporate strategy; Transnationalization of world economy; Managing

cultural diversity; Global Entry strategies; Globalisation of financial system and services;

Managing international business; Competitive advantage of nations;RTP and WTO.

·Unit-IX

Concepts-Types, . Characteristics; Motivation; Competencies and its development; Innovation

and Entrepreneurship; Small business-Concepts Government policy for promotion of small and

tiny enterprises; Process of business opportunity identification; Detailed business plan.

preparation; Managing small enterprises; Planning for growth; Sickness in Small Enterprises;

Rehabilitation of sick enterprises; Intrapreneurship (organisational entrepreneurship).

Unit-X

Ethics and Management system; Ethical issues and analysis in management; Value based

organisations; Personal framework for ethical choices; Ethical pressure on individual in

organisations; Gender issues; Ecological consciousness; Environmental ethics; Social

responsibilities of business; Corporate governance and ethics.

PAPER-III (B)

[

ELECTIVE / OPTIONAL ]

Elective-I

Human Resource Management (HRM)-. Significance; Objectives; Functions; A diagnostic

model; External and Internal environment; ,

Forces and Influences; Organizing HRM function.

Recruitment and Selection-Sources of recruits; Recruiting methods; Selection procedure;

Selection tests; Placement and Follow-up.

Performance Appraisal System-Importance and Objectives; Techniques of appraisal system;

New trends in appraisal system.

Development of Personnel-Objectives; Determining Needs: Methods of Training

&

Development programmes; Evaluation.

Career Planning and Development-Concept of career; Career planning and development

methods.

Compensation and Benefits-Job evaluation techniques: Wage and salary administration; Fringe

Benefits; Human resource records and audit.

Employee Discipline-importance; causes· and forms; Disciplinary action; Domestic enquiry .

. Grievance Management-Importance: Process and Practices; Employee Welfare and Social

Security Measures.

Industrial Relations-Importance; Industrial conflicts; Causes; Dispute settlement machinery.

Trade Unions-Importance of Unionism; Union leadership; National Trade Union Movement.

Collective Bargaining-Concept; Process; Pre-requisites; New trends in collective bargaining.

Industrial Democracy and Employee Participation-Need for industrial democracy; Pre-requisites

for industrtal democracy; Employee Participation-. Objectives; Forms of Employee

Participation.

Future of Human Resource Management.

Elective-II

Marketing-Concept; Nature and Scope; Marketing myopia; Marketing mix; Different

environments and their influences on marketing; Understanding the customer and competition.

Role and Relevance of. Segmentation and Positioning; Static and Dynamic understanding of

BCG Matrix and . Product Life· Cycle; Brands-Meaning and Role; Brand building strategies;

Share increasing strategies.

Pricing objectives; Pricing concepts; Pricing methods . _

Product-Basic and Augmented stages in New Product Developments

Test marketing concepts

Promotion mix-Role and Relevance of advertising Sales promotion-media planning and

management Advertising-Planning. execution and evaluation

Different tools. used in sales promotion and their specific advantages and limitations

Public Re1ations-Concept and Relevance

Distribution channel hierarchy; Role of each member in the channel; Analysis of business

potential and evaluation of performance of the channel members

Wholesaling and Retailing-Different types and the strengths of each one; Emerging issues in

different kinds of retailing in India

Marketing research-sources of information; Data collection; Basic tools used in data analysis;

Structuring a research report

Marketing to organisations-Segementation models; Buyer behaviour models; Organisational.

buying process

Consumer Behaviour theories and models and their specific relevance to marketing managers

Sales Function-Role of technology in automation of sales function Customer relationship

management including the concept of 'Relationship marketing'

Use of internet as a medium of marketing; Managerial issues in reaching consumers/

organisation through internet.

Structuring and managing marketing organisations.

Export Marketing-Indian and global context.

Elective-III

Nature and scope of Financial Management

Valuation Concepts-Risk and Return; Valuation of securities; Pricing theories-Capital asset

pricing model and Arbitrage pricing theory Understanding financial statements and analysis

thereof

Capital budgeting decisions; Risk analysis in capital budgeting .and Long-term sources of

finance

Capital structure-Theories and Factors; Cost of capital Dividend Policies-Theories and

Determinants

Working Capital Management-Determinants and Financing: Cash management; Inventory

management; Receivables management

Elements of Derivatives

Corporate risk management

Mergers and Acquitions

International Financial Management

Elective-IV

India's Foreign Trade and Policy; Export promotion policies; Trade agreements with other

countries; Policy and performance of Export zones and Export-oriented units; Export incentives

International marketing logistics: International logistical structures; Export Documentation

framework; Organization of shipping services; Chartering practices; Marine cargo insurance.

International financial environment; Foreign exchange markets; Determination of exchange

rates; Exchange risk measurement; International Investment; International capital markets:

International Credit Rating Agencies and Implications of their ratings.

WTO and Multilateral trade agreements pertaining to trade in goods: trade in services and TRIPS;

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs); International Trade Blocks-NAFTA, ASEAN, SAARC,

EU,WTO and Dispute Settlement Mechanism.

Technology monitoring; Emerging opportunities for global business.

•...

SAMPEL QUESTIONS

PAPER- II

1. What is the basis of monopolistic competition?

(A) Product differentiation

(B) Agreement among producers

(C) Cost of production

(D) None of the above

2. The sum and substance of Maslow's theory of motivation is

(A) Satisfied need is a motivator

(B) Unsatisfied need is not a motivator

(c)

(D) None of the above

3. By hedging through derivatives the profit will be

(A) increased

(B) stabilised

(C) decreased

(D) None of the above

Satisfied need is no more a motivator

PAPER-III (A)

1. What are the barriers to communication?

Or

How do you measure the effectiveness of advertising?

PAPER-III (B)

11. What is the pricing strategy in a monopolistic competition?

Or

What are different theories of leadership?

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Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) - SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS - Commerce

Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS-(Commerce)

Subject Subject

Code No.

50 Commerce

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[50] : COMMERCE

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS

NOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASE

SEE PAGE NUMBER ONE.

PAPER-II & PAPER-III(A) [CORE GROUP]

Unit—I

Business Environment

Meaning and elements of Business Environment.

Economic environment. Economic Policies, Economic Planning.

Legal environment of business in India. Competition policy. Consumer protection, Environment

protection.

Policy Environment : Liberalization, privatisation and globalisation. Second generation reforms, Industrial

policy and implementation, Industrial growth and structural changes.

Unit—II

Financial & Management Accounting

Basic Accounting Concepts, Capital and Revenue, Financial Statements.

Partnership Accounts : Admission, Retirement, Death, Dissolution and Cash Distribution.

Advanced Company Accounts : Issue, forfeiture, Purchase of Business Liquidation. Valuation of

shares, Amalgamation, Absorption and Reconstruciton, Holding Company Accounts.

Cost and Management Accounting : Ratio Analysis, Funds Flow Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis,

Marginal Costing and Break-even analysis. Standard Costing, Budgetary Control. Costing for Decisionmaking.

Responsibility Accounting.

Unit—III

Business Economics

Nature and uses of Business Economics. Concept of Profit and Wealth Maximization. Demand

Analysis and Elasticity of Demand. Curve Analysis Law.

Utility Analysis and Indifference of Returns and Law of variable proportions cost. Revenue.

Price determination in different market situations. Perfect competition, Monopolistic competition.

Monopoly. Price discrimination and oligopoly, Pricing strategies.

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Unit—IV

Business Statistics & Data Processing

Data types, Data collection and analysis, sampling, need, errors and methods of sampling. Normal

distribution. Hypothesis testing. Analysis and Interpretation of Data.

Correlation and Regression. small sample tests- t-test f-test and chi-square test.

Data Processing—Elements. Data entry, Data processing and Computer applications.

Computer Application to Functional Areas—Accounting. Inventory control. Marketing.

Unit—V

Business Management

Principles of Management

Planning—Objectives, Strategies, Planning Process, Decision-making.

Organising, Organisational Structure, Formal and Informal Organisations.

Organisational Culture.

Staffing

Leading : Motivation, Leadership, Committees, Communication Controlling.

Corporate Governance and Business Ehtics.

Unit—VI

Marketing Management

The evolution of marketing. Concepts. Concept of marketing, Marketing mix. Marketing environment.

Elements of consumer behaviour, Market segmentation.

Product decisions.

Pricing decisions.

Distribution decisions.

Promotion decisions.

Marketing planning. Organising and Control.

Unit—VII

Financial Management

Capital Structure. Financial and Operating leverage.

Cost of Capital. Capital budgeting.

Working Capital Management.

Dividend Policy.

Unit—VIII

Human Resources Management

Concepts. Role and Functions of Human Resource Management.

Human Resource Planning. Recruitment and Selection.

Training and Development. Succession Planning.

Compensation : Wage and Salary Administration. Incentive and Fringe Benefits. Morale and

Productivity.

Performance Appraisal.

Industrial Relations in India. Health, Safety, Welfare and Social Security, Workers. Participation in

Management.

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Unit—IX

Banking and Financial Institutions

Importance of Banking to Business, Types of Banks and Their Functions.

Reserve Bank of India. NABARD and Rural Banking.

Banking Sector Reforms in India, NPA, Capital Adequacy Norms.

E-banking.

Development Banking : IDBI, IFCI, SFCs, UTI, SIDBI.

Unit—X

International Business

Theoretical foundations of international business, Balance of Payments.

International liquidity, International Economic Institutions—IMF, World Bank, IFC, IDA, ADB.

World Trade Organisation—Its functions and policies.

Structure of India’s Foreign Trade : Composition and direction, EXIM Bank, EXIM Policy of India,

Regulation and promotion of Foreign Trade.

PAPER—III (B)

[ ELECTIVE/OPTIONAL ]

Elective—I : Accounting and Finance

Accounting standards in India, Inflation Accounting, Human Resource Accounting, Responsibility

Accounting, Social Accounting.

Money and Capital Market, Working of Stock Exchanges in India, NSE, OTCEI, NASDAQ.

Derivatives and options.

Regulatory Authorities : SEBI, Rating Agencies : New Instruments : GDRs, ADRs.

Venture Capital Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mutual Funds, Lease Financing, Factoring,

Measurement of risk and returns securities and portfolios.

Computer Application in Accounting and Finance.

Elective—II : Marketing

Marketing Tasks, Concepts and Tools, Marketing Enrionment.

Consumer Behaviour and Market Segmentation.

Product decisions.

Pricing decisions.

Distribution decisions.

Promotion decisions.

Marketing researchs.

On-line marketing.

Direct Marketing : Social, ethical and legal aspects of marketing in India.

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Elective

—III : Human Resource Management

Concept, Role and Functions of Human Resource Manager.

Human Resource Planning, Job Analysis, Job description and specifications, Use of Job analysis

information, Recruitment and Selection.

Training and development, Succession Planning.

Compensation : Wage and salary administration incentives and fringe benefits. Morale and Productivity.

Appraisal of Performance.

Industrial Relations in India. Health, Safety. Welfare and Social Security. Workers participation in

Management.

Elective—IV : International Business

Foreign Direct Investment and Multinational Corporations-MNCs Culture MNCS and LDCs. Joint

Ventures.

Regional Economic Integration : SAARC, ASEAN, EC, NAFTA.

India and WTO, Intellectual Property Rights.

Foreign Exchange—Exchange rate, Mechanism, Risk Management, Transfer of International Payments,

Convertibility of Rupee, Current and Capital Accounts; Issues and Perceptions. Derivatives and

Futures.

Foreign Investment Institutions; Instruments; GDRs, ADRs, Flls—their role in Indian Capital Market.

Elective—V : Income-tax Law and Tax Planning

Basic concepts, residential status and tax incidence, exempted incomes, computation of taxable

income under various heads.

Computation of taxable income of individuals and firms.

Deduction of tax, filing of returns, different types of assessment; Defaults and penalties.

Tax Planning : Concept, significance and problems of tax planning, tax evasion and tax avoidance,

methods of tax planning.

Tax considerations in specific business decisions, viz., make or buy; own or lease, retain or replace;

export or domestic sales; shut-down or closure; expand or contract; invest or disinvest.

Computer Application in Income Tax and Tax Planning.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

PAPER

—II

1. Under the National Equity Scheme of SIDBI, the collateral insisted upon for soft loan is :

(A) land

(B) land and machine

(C) plant

(D) none of the above.

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2. The process by which an individual organizes and interprets his impression of the environment

around him is known as :

(A) attitude

(B) perception

(C) personality

(D) value

3. According to the marketing concept, the different functional areas of the firm should blend

their efforts in order to maximize :

(A) profit

(B) sales

(C) market share

(D) customer satisfaction

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Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) - SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS -Electronic Science

Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS-(Electronic Science)

Subject Subject

Code No.

38 Electronic Science

SET (Electronic Science) / 3

electronic science_SET syllabus (03-09)

[38] : ELECTRONIC SCIENCE

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS

NOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASE

SEE PAGE NUMBER ONE.

PAPER—II AND III

(Part A & B)

Unit—I

Electronic Transport in semiconductor, PN Junction, Diode equation and diode equivalent circuit.

Breakdown in diodes. Zener diodes, Tunnel diode, Semiconductor diodes, characteristics and equivalent

circuits of BJT, JFET, MOSFET, IC fabrication-crystal growth, epitaxy, oxidation, lithography, doping,

etching, isolation methods, metalization, bonding. Thin film active and passive devices.

Unit—II

Superposition, Thevenin, Norton and maximum Power Transfer Theorems. Network elements, Network

graphs, Nodal and Mesh analysis, Zero and Poles, Bode Plots, Laplace, Fourier and Z-transforms.

Time and frequency domain responses. Image impedance and passive filters. Two-port Network

Parameters. Transfer functions, Signal representation. State variable method of circuit analysis. AC

circuit analysis, Transient analysis.

Unit—III

Rectifiers, Voltage regulated ICs and regulated power supply, Biasing of Bipolar junction transistors

and JFET. Single stage amplifiers, Multistage amplifiers. Feedback in amplifiers, oscillators, function

generators, multivibrators, Operational Amplifiers (OPAMP)-characteristics and Applications,

Computational Applications, Integrator, Differentiator, Wave-shaping circuits, F to V and V to F

converters. Active filters, Schmitt trigger, Phase locked loop.

Unit—IV

Logic families, flip-flops, Gates, Boolean algebra and minimization techniques, Multivibrators and

clock circuits, Counters-Ring, Ripple, Synchronous, Asynchronous, Up and down shift registers,

multiplexers and demultiplexers, Arithmetic circuits, Memories, A/D and D/A converters.

Unit—V

Architecture of 8085 and 8086 Microprocessors, Addressing modes, 8085 instruction set, 8085

interrupts, Programming, Memory and I/O interfacing, Interfacing 8155, 8255, 8279, 8253,

8257, 8259, 8251 with 8085 Microprocessors, Serial communication protocols, Introduction of

Microcontrollers (8 bit)-8031/8051 and 8048.

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Unit—VI

Introduction of High-level Programming Language, Introduction of data in C, Operators and its

precedence, Various data types in C, Storage classes in C, Decision-making and forming loop in

program, Handling character. Arrays in C, Structure and union, User defined function, Pointers in C,

Advanced pointer, Pointer to structures, pointer to functions. Dynamic data structure, file handling in

C, Command line argument, Graphics-video modes, videon adapters, Drawing various objects on

screen. Interfacing to external hardware via serial/parallel port using C, Applying C to electronic

circuit problems. Introduction to object-oriented Programming and C++.

Introduction of FORTRAN language, programming discipline, statements to write a program, intrinsic

functions, integer-type data, type statement, IF selection. Data validation, Format-directed input and

output. Repetition program structure, subscripted variables and DO loops, Array, Fortran Subprogram.

Unit—VII

Maxwell’s equations, Time varying fields, Wave equation and its solution, Rectangular waveguide,

Propagation of wave in ionosphere. Poynting vector, Antenna parameters, Half-wave antenna vector,

Transmission lines. Characteristic of Impedance matching, Smith chart, Microwave components-T,

Magic-T, Tuner, Circulator isolator, Direction couplers. Sources-Reflex Klystron, Principle of operation

of Magnetron, Solid State Microwave devices; Basic Theory of Gunn, GaAs FET, Crystal Defector

and PIN diode for detection of microwaves.

Unit—VIII

Basic principles of amplitude, frequency and phase modulation, Demodulation, Intermediate frequency

and principle of superheterodyne receiver, Spectral analysis and signal transmission through linear

systems, Random signals and noise, Noise temperature and noise figure. Basic concepts of information

theory, Digital modulation and Demodulation PM, PCM, ASK, FSK, PSK, Time-division Multiplexing,

Frequency-Division Multiplexing, Data Communications-Circuits, Codes and Modems; Basic concepts

of signal processing and digital filters.

Unit—IX (a)

Characteristics of solid state power devices-SCR, Triac, UJT, Triggering circuits, converters, choppers,

inverters, converters. AC regulators, speed control of a.c. and d.c. motors.

Stepper and synchronous motors; Three phase controlled rectifier; Switch mode power supply;

Uninterrupted power supply.

Unit—IX (b)

Optical sources-LED, Spontaneous emission, Stimulated emission, Semiconductor Diode LASER,

Photodetectors-

devices. Optical Fibres-Light propagation in fibre, Types of fibre, Characteristic parameters, Modes,

Fibre splicing, Fibre optic communication system-coupling to and from the fibre, Modulation,

Multiplexing and coding, Repeaters, Bandwidth and Rise time budgets.

p-n photodiode, PIN photodiode, Phototransistors, Optocouplers, Solar cells, Display

Unit—X (a)

Transduces

Photoelectric, Techogenerators, Measurement of displacement, velocity, acceleration, force, torque,

strain, speed and sound temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, thickness, pH, position.

Measuring Equipment-Measurement of R, L and C, Bridge and Potentiometers voltage, current,

power, energy, frequency/time, phase, DVMs, DMMs, CRO, Digital storage oscilloscope, Logic

-Resistance, Inductance Capacitance, Peizoelectric, Thermoelectric, Hall effect,

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probes, Logic State Analyser, Spectrum Analyzer, Recorder, Noise and Interference in instrumentation,

Instrumentation amplifiers, Radio Telemetry.

Analytical Instruments-Biomedical instruments-ECG, blood pressure measurements,

spectrophotometers, Electron Microscope, X-ray diffractometer.

Unit—X (b)

Open-loop and close-loop control system, Error amplifier, on-off controller, Proportional (P),

Proportional-Integral (PI). Proportional-Derivative (PD), PID controllers, Dynamic Behaviour of

control systems-servomechanism, characteristics parameters of control systems-Accuracy, Sensitivity,

Disturbances, Transient response, Stability, Routh-Huewitz criterion, Bode plots, Nyquist criterion,

Controlling speed, Temperature and position using analog/digital control circuits.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

PAPER—II

1. Quantising noise in a PCM system can be reduced by

(A) decreasing the number of sample of standard level

(B) having more number of sample per second

(C) using low noise circuity in PCM receiver

(D) increasing the number of standard levels.

2. Mark the rectifier circuit that produced the least ripple

(A) single rectifier, half wave, single phase

(B) four rectifiers, full wave, single phase

(C) two rectifiers, full wave, single phase

(D) six rectifiers, full wave, three phase

3. The functional difference between SR and JR flip-flop is that

(A) JK flip-flop has a feedback path

(B) JK flip-flop does not require an external clock pulse

(C) JK flip-flop is faster than SR flip-flop

(D) JK flip-flop can accept both inputs one.

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Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) - SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS - Computer Science & Applications

Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS-(Computer Science & Applications)

Subject Subject

Code No.

37 Computer Science & Applications

SET (Computer Science & Applications) / 3

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[37] : COMPUTER SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS

NOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASE

SEE PAGE NUMBER ONE.

PAPER—II

1. Discrete Structures

Sets, Relations, Functions, Pigeonhole Principle, Inclusion-Exclusion Principle, Equivalence

and Partial Orderings, Elementary Counting Techniques. Probability, Measure(s) for information

and Mutual information.

Computability

and NFA, DPDA and PDAs and Languages accepted by these structures. Grammars, Languages,

Non-computability and Examples of non-computable problems.

: Models of computation-Finite Automata, Pushdown Automata. Non-determinism

Graph

and circuits. Tree and rooted tree. Spanning trees. Eccentricity of a vertex radius and diameter

of a graph. Central Graphs. Centre(s) of a tree. Hamiltonian and Eulerian graphs, Planar

graphs.

: Definition, walks, paths, trails, connected graphs, regular and bipartite graphs, cycles

Groups

: Finite fields and Error correcting/detecting codes.

2. Computer Arithmetic

Propositional (Boolean) Logic, Predicate Logic, Well-formed-formulae (WFF), Satisfiability

and Tautology.

Logic Families

functions, Flip-flops-types, race condition and comparison, Design of combinational and

sequential circuits.

: TTL, ECL and C-MOS gates. Boolean algebra and Minimization of Boolean

Representation of Integers

complement arithmetic, Floating point representation.

: Octal, Hex, Decimal and Binary. 2’s complement and 1’s

3. Programming in C and C++

Programming in C

C. Sequence, selection and iteration(s), Structured data types in C arrays, struct, union, string

and pointers.

: Elements of C-Tokens, identitiers, data types in C. Control structures in

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O-O Programming Concepts

overloading.

: Class, object, instantiation, Inheritance, polymorphism and

C++ Programming

Operators, Control statements, Functions parameter passing, Class and objects, Constructors

and destructors, Overloading, Inheritance, Templates, Exception handling.

: Elements of C++-Tokens, identifiers, Variables and constants, Data types,

4. Relational Database Design and SQL

E R diagrams and their transformation to relational design, normalization-1NF, 2NF, 3NF,

BCNF and 4NF. Limitations of 4NF and BCNF.

SQL

language (DCL) commands. Database objects like-Views, indexes, sequences, synonyms, data

dictionary.

: Data Definition language (DDL), Data Manipulation Language (DML), Data Control

5. Data and File structures

Data, Information, Definition of data structure, Arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees,

graphs, priority queues and heaps.

File Structures

files, Hashing, inverted lists and multi-lists B trees and B

: Fields, records and files, Sequential, direct, index-sequential and relative+ trees.

6. Computer Networks

Network fundamentals

Wide Area Networks (WAN), Wireless Networks, Inter Networks.

: Local Area Networks (LAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN),

Reference Models

: The OSI model, TCP/IP model.

Data Communication

fibre-optic cables, wireless transmission-radio, microwave infrared and millimeter waves.

Lightwave transmission, Thelephones-local loop, trunks, multiplexing, switching, narrowband

ISDN, broadband ISDN, ATM, High speed LANS, Cellular Radio. Communication satellitesgeosynchronous

and low-orbit.

: Channel capacity, Transmission Media-twisted pair, coaxial cables,

Internetworking

Tunnelling, Fragmentation, Firewalls.

: Switch/Hub, Bridge, Router, Gateways, Concatenated virtual circuits,

Routing

: Virtual circuits and datagrams, Routing algorithms, Conjestion control.

Network Security

Mail and Worldwide Web (WWW), The DNS, Resource Records, Name servers, E-mail

architecture and Serves.

: Cryptography-public key, secret key, Domain Name System (DNS)-Electronic

7. System Software and Compilers

Assembly language fundamentals (8085 based assembly language programming). Assemblers-

2 pass and single-pass. Macros and macroprocessors.

Loading, linking, relocation, program relocatability, Linkage editing.

Text editors, Programming Environments, Debuggers and program generators.

Compilation and Interpretation. Bootstrap compilers. Phases of compilation process. Lexical

analysis. Lex package on Unix system.

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Context free grammars, Parsing and parse trees, Representation of parse (derivation) trees as

rightmost and left most derivations. Bottom up parsers-shift-reduce, operator precedence, and

LR, YACC package on Unix system.

Topdown parsers-left recursion and its removal, Recursive descent parser. Predictive parser,

Intermediate codes-Quadruples, Triples, Intermediate code generation, Code generation, Code

optimization.

8. Operating Systems (with Case Study of Unix)

Main functions of operating systems. Multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and multitasking.

Memory Management

: Virtual memory, paging, fragmentation.

Concurrent Processing

: Mutual exclusion, Critical regions, lock and unlock.

Scheduling

algorithms. Banker’s algorithm for deadlock handling.

: CPU scheduling, I/O scheduling, Resource scheduling, Deadlock and scheduling

UNIX

The Unix System : File system, process management, bourne shell shell variables, command

line programming.

Filters and Commands

fgrep, etc., sed, awk, etc.

: Pr, head, tail, cut, paste, sort, uniq, tr, join, etc., grep, egrep,

System Calls (like)

chmod, exec, fork, wait, system.

: Creat, open, close, read, write, iseek, link, unlink, stat, fstat, umask,

9. Software Engineering

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

: Steps, Water fall model, Prototypes, Spiral model.

Software Metrics

: Software Project Management.

Software Design

design, user interface design. Design level metrics.

: System design, detailed design, function oriented design, object oriented

Coding and testing

approach, software reengineering.

: Testing level metrics, Software quality and reliability, Clean room

10. Current Trends and Technologies

The topics of current interest in Computer Science and Computer Applications shall be covered.

The experts shall use their judgement from time to time to include the topics of popular

interest, which are expected to be known for an application development software professional,

currently, they include :

Parallel Computing

Parallel virtual machine (pvm) and message passing interface (mpi) libraries and calls.

Advanced architectures. Today’s fastest computers.

Mobile Computing

Mobile connectivity-Cells, Framework, wireless delivery technology and switching

methods, mobile information access devices, mobile data internetworking standards, cellular

data communication protocols, mobile computing applications, Mobile databases-protocols,

scope, tools and technology, M-business.

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E-Technologies

Electronic Commerce : Framework, Media Convergence of Applications, Consumer

Applications, Organisation Applications.

Electronic Payment Systems : Digital Token, Smart Cards, Credit Cards, Risks in Electronic

Payment System, Designing Electronic Payment Systems.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) : Concepts, Applications, (Legal, Security and Privacy)

issues, EDI and Electronic Commerce, Standardization and EDI, EDI Software

Implementation, EDI Envelope for Message Transport, Internet-Based EDI.

Digital Libraries and Data Warehousing : Concepts, Types of Digital documents, Issues

behind document Infrastructure, Corporate data Warehouses.

Software Agents : Characteristics and Properties of Agents, Technology behind Software

Agents (Applets, Browsers and Software Agents).

Broadband Telecommunications : Concepts, Frame Relay, Cell Relay, Switched

Multimegabit data Service, Asynchronous Transfer Mode.

Main concepts in Geographical Information System (GIS), E-cash, E-Business, ERP

packages.

Data Warehousing : Data Warehouse environment, architecture of a data warehouse

methodology, analysis, design, construction and administration.

Data Mining : Extracting models and patterns from large databases, data mining techniques,

classification, regression, clustering, summarization, dependency modelling, link analysis,

sequencing analysis, mining scientific and business data.

Windows Programming

Introduction to Windows programming-Win32, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC),

Documents and views, Resources, Message handling in windows.

Simple Applications

Scrolling, splitting views, docking toolbars, status bars, common dialogs.

(in windows)

Advanced Windows Programming

Multiple Document Interface (MDI), Multithreading, Object linking and Embedding (OLE),

Active X controls, Active Template Library (ATL), Network programming.

PAPER—III (A)

(CORE GROUP)

Unit-I

Combinational Circuit Design, Sequential Circuit Design, Hardwired and Microprogrammed

processor design, Instruction formats, Addressing modes, Memory types and organisation,

Interfacing peripheral devices, Interrupts.

Microprocessor architecture, Instruction set and Programming (8085, P-III/P-IV), Microprocessor

applications.

Unit—II

Database Concepts, ER diagrams, Data Models, Design of Relational Database, Normalisation,

SQL and QBE, Query Processing and Optimisation, Centralised and Distributed Database,

Security, Concurrency and Recovery in Centralised and Distributed Database Systems, Object

Oriented Database, Management Systems (Concepts, Composite objects, Integration with

RDBMS applications), ORACLE.

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Unit—III

Display systems, Input devices, 2D Geometry, Graphic operations, 3D Graphics, Animation,

Graphic standard, Applications.

Concepts, Storage Devices, Input Tools, Authoring Tools, Application, Files.

Unit—IV

Programming language concepts, paradigms and models.

Data, Data types, Operators, Expressions, Assignment, Flow of Control-Control structures, I/

O statements, User-defined and built-in functions, Parameter passing.

Principles, classes, inheritance, class hierarchies, polymorphism, dynamic binding, reference

semantics and their implementation.

Principles, functions, lists, types and polymorphisms, higher order functions, lazy evaluation,

equations and pattern matching.

Principles, horn clauses and their execution, logical variables, relations, data structures,

controlling the search order, program development in prolog, implementation of prolog, example

programs in prolog.

Principles of parallelism, coroutines, communication and execution, Parallel Virtual Machine

(PVM) and Message Passing Interface (MPI) routines and calls. Parallel programs in PVM

paradigm as well as MPI paradigm for simple problems like matrix multplication.

Preconditions, post-conditions, axiomatic approach for semantics, correctness, denotational

semantics.

Compiler structure, compiler construction tools, compilation phases.

Finite Automata, Pushdown Automata, Non-determinism and NFA, DPDA, and PDAs and

languages accepted by these structures. Grammars, Languages-types of grammars-type 0, type

1, type 2 and type 3. The relationship between types of grammars, and finite machines.

Pushdown automata and Context Free Grammars. Lexical Analysis-regular expressions and

regular languages, LEX package on Unix. Conversion of NFA to DFA. Minimizing the number

of states in a DFA. Compilation and Interpretation. Bootstrap compilers.

Context free grammars, Parsing and parse trees. Representation of parse (derivation) trees as

rightmost and leftmost derivations. Bottom up parsers-shift-reduce, operator precedence, and

LR, YACC package on Unix system. Topdown parsers-left recursion and its removal. Recursive

descent parser. Predictive parser, Intermediate codes-Quadruples, triples, Intermediate code

generation, code generation, Code optimization.

Unit—V

Analog and Digital transmission, Asynchronous and Synchronous transmission, Transmission

media, Multiplexing and Concentration, Switching techniques, Polling.

Topologies, Networking Devices, OSI Reference Model, Protocols for-(i) Data link layer,

(ii) Network layer, and (iii) Transport layer, TCP/IP protocols, Networks security, Network

administration.

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Unit—VI

Definition, Simple and Composite structures, Arrays, Lists, Stacks queues, Priority queues,

Binary trees, B-trees, Graphs.

Sorting and Searching Algorithms, Analysis of Algorithms, Interpolation and Binary Search,

Asymptotic notations-big ohm, omega and theta. Average case analysis of simple programs

like finding of a maximum of n elements, Recursion and its systematic removal. Quicksort-

Non-recursive implementation with minimal stack storage. Design of Algorithms (Divide and

Conquer, Greedy method, Dynamic programming, Back tracking, Branch and Bound). Lower

bound theory, Non-deterministic algorithm-Non-deterministic programming constructs. Simple

non-deterministic programs. NP-hard and NP-complete problems.

Unit—VII

Object, messages, classes, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism aggregation, abstract classes

generalization as extension and restriction, Object oriented design. Multiple inheritance,

metadata.

HTML, DHTML, XML, Scripting, Java, Servelets, Applets.

Unit—VIII

Software development models, Requirement analysis and specifications. Software design,

Programming techniques and tools, Software validation and quality assurance techniques,

Software maintenance and advanced concepts, Software management.

Unit—IX

Introduction, Memory management, Support for concurrent process, Scheduling, System

deadlock, Multiprogramming system, I/O management, Distributed operating systems, Study

of Unix and Windows NT.

Unit—X

Definitions, AI approach for solving problems.

Automated Reasoning with propositional logic and predicate logic-fundamental proof procedure,

refutation, resolution, refinements to resolution (ordering/pruning/restriction strategies).

State space representation of problems, bounding functions, breadth first, depth first, A, A*,

AO*, etc. Performance comparison of various search techniques.

Frames, scripts, semantic nets, production systems, procedural representations, Prolog

programming.

Components of an expert system, Knowledge representation and Acquisition techniques,

Building expert system and Shell.

RTNs, ATNs, Parsing of Ambiguous CFGs. Tree Adjoining Grammars (TAGs).

Systems approach to planning, Designing, Development, Implementation and Evaluation of

MIS.

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Decision-making processes, evaluation of DSS, Group decision support system and case studies,

Adaptive design approach to DSS development, Cognitive style in DSS, Integrating expert and

Decision support systems.

PAPER—III (B)

(ELECTIVE/OPTIONAL)

Elective—I

Theory of Computation

problems, diagonal argument and Russel’s paradox.

Deterministic Finite Automaton (DFA), Non-deterministic Finite Automaton (NFA), Regular

languages and regular sets. Equivalence of DFA and NFA. Minimizing the number of states

of a DFA. Non-regular languages and Pumping lemma.

Pushdown Automaton (PDA), Deterministic Pushdown Automaton (DPDA), Non-equilvalence

of PDA and DPDA.

: Formal language, Need for formal computational models, Noncomputational

Context free Grammars

Ambiguity, Parse Tree Representation of Derivations, Equivalence of PDA’s and CFG’s. Parsing

techniques for parsing of general CFG’s-Early’s, Cook-Kassami-Younger (CKY) and Tomita’s

parsing.

Linear Bounded Automata (LBA) : Power of LBA. Closure properties.

: Greibach Normal Form (GNF) and Chomsky Normal Form (CNF),

Turing Machine (TM)

terms of TM, Construction of TM for simple problems. Computational complexity.

Chomsky Hierarchy of languages : Recursive and recursively-enumerable languages.

: One tape, multitape. The notions of time and space complexity in

Elective—II

Models for Information Channel

(BSC), Burst Channel, Bit-error rates. Probability, Entropy and Shannon’s measure of

information, Mutual information, Channel capacity theorem, Rate and optimality of Information

transmission.

: Discrete Memoryless Channel, Binary Symmetric Channel

Variable Length Codes

of these codes, Information content of these codes.

: Prefix Codes, Huffmann Codes, Lempel-Ziev (LZ) Codes, Optimality

Error Correcting and Detecting Codes

Linear (Parity Check) codes, Parity check matrix, Generator matrix. Decoding of linear codes,

Hamming codes.

: Finite fields, Hamming distance, Bounds of codes,

Image Processing

(2-dimensional) Fourier Transforms, Restoration, Lossy Compression of images (pictures).

: Image Registration, Spatial Fourier transforms, Discrete Spatial

Data Compression Techniques

video files (based on the JPEG and MPEG standards).

: Representation and compression of text, sound, picture, and

Elective—III

Linear Programming

of LPP in standard form to LPP in Canonical form Simplex-Prevention of cyclic computations

in Simplex and Tableau, Big Method, dual simplex and revised simplex.

Complexity of simplex algorithm(s) Exponential behaviour of simplex.

: Problem (LPP) in the standard form, LPP in canonical form, Conversion

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Ellipsoid method and karmakar’s method for solving LPPs, Solving simple LPPs through

these methods. Comparison of complexity of these methods.

Assignment and Transportation Problems : Simple algorithms like Hungarian method, etc.

Shortest Path Problems

: Dijkstra’s and Moore’s method, Complexity.

Network Flow Problem

algorithm. Exponential behaviour of Ford and Fulkerson’s algorithm, Malhotra-Pramodkumar-

Maheshwari (MPM) Polynomial algorithm for solving Network flow problem. Bipartite Graphs

and matchings; Solving matching problems using Network flow problems.

Matroids : Definition, Graphic and Cographic matroids, Matroid intersection problem.

: Formulation, Max-Flow Min-Cut theorem, Ford and Fulkerson’s

Non-Linear programming

Convex programming problems, Algorithms for solving convex programming problems-Rate

of convergence of iterative methods for solving these problems.

: Kuhn-Tucker conditions, Convex functions and Convex regions,

Elective—IV

Neural Networks

layered neural nets, Backpropagation-Convergence, Hopfield nets, Neural net learning,

Applications.

: Perceptron model, Linear separability and XOR problem. Two and three

Fuzzy Systems

Fuzzy reasoning, Applications of Fuzzy systems.

: Definition of a Fuzzy set, Fuzzy relations, Fuzzy functions, Fuzzy measures,

Elective—V

Unix

with Unix, Editors and Compilers for Unix. LEX and YACC, File system, System calls,

Filters, Shell programming.

: Operating System, Structure of Unix Operating System. Unix Commands, Interfacing

Windows

Message handling, Scrolling and Spliting views, Docking toolbars and Status bars, Common

dialogs and Controls, MDI, Multithreading, OLE, Active X controls, ATL, Database access,

Network programming.

: Windows environment, Unicode, Documents and Views, Drawing in a window,

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

PAPER—II

1. Which among the following is not a structured data type in C ?

(A) Union

(B) Pointer

(C) String

(D) Boolean

2. A B-tree of order m is an m-way scarch tree with

(A) all leaves of the tree on the same level

(B) each node, except for root and leaves, having less than m/2 subtrees

(C) the root of the tree having more than m subtrees

(D) all its leaves connected to form a linked list

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3. A brower is a software tool that helps

(A) linking of application program modules

(B) viewing of application information

(C) developing application programs

(D) debugging of application software

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Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) - SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS - Geography

Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE

Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007

SYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS-(Geography)

Subject Subject

Code No.

36 Geography

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[36] : GEOGRAPHY

NOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASE

SEE PAGE NUMBER ONE.

PAPER—II

Unit—1

Geomorphology :

weathering: Geosynclines, continental drift and plate tectonics: Concept of geomorphic cycle; Landforms

associated with fluvial. glacial,arid,coastal and karst cycles.

Fundamental concepts : Endogenetic and Exogenetic forces Denudation and

Unit—2

Climatology

Distribution of temperature; Atmospheric pressure and general circulation of winds; Monsoon and jet

stream; Tropical and temperate cyclones; Classification of world climates; Koppen's and Thornthwaite's

schemes.

: Composition and structure of the atmosphere; Heat budget of the earth:

Unit—3

(A)

of sea water; Tides and ocean currents.

(B)

Conservation and management of ecosystems; problems of pollution.

Oceanography : Ocean deposits; Coral reefs; Temperature and salinity of the oceans: DensityBio-Geography : World distribution of plants and animals; Forms and functions of ecosystem;

Unit—4

Geographic Thought :

period; Foundations of modern geography; Determinism and possibilism; Areal differentiation and spatial

organisation.

General character of geographic knowledge during the ancient, and medieval

Unit—5

(A)

Patterns and processes of migration; Demographic transition.

(B)

urban settlements; City-region; Primate city; Rank-size rule; Settlement hierarchy; Christaller's Central

Place theory; August Losch's theory of market centres.

Population Geography : Patterns of world distribution; Growth and density of population;Settlement Geography : Site, situation, types,size,spacing and internal morphology of rural and

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Unit—6

Economic Geography :

resources : renewable and non-renewable.

(A) Measurement of agricultural productivity and efficiency; Crop combination and diversificaton;

Von Thunes's model.

(B) Classification of industries : Weber's and Losch's approachers; Resorurce based and footloose

industries.

(C) Models of transportation and transport cost : Accessibility and connectivity.

Sectors of economy : primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary; Natural

Unit—7

(A)

(B)

(C)

society of tribal groups.

Political Geography : Heartland and Rimland theories; Boundaries and frontiers.Social Geography : Ethnicity; tribe; dialect, language, caste and religion; Concept of social wellbeing.Cultural Geography : Culture areas and cultural regions; Human races; Habitat, economy and

Unit—8

Regional Planning :

Methods of regional delineation; Regional planning in India; Indicators of development; Regional imbalances.

Regional concept in geography; Concept of planning refgions; Types of regions;

Unit—9

Geography of India :

vegetation regions; Major soil types; Irrigation and agriculture; Population distribution and growth; Settlement

patterns; Mineral and power resources; Major industries and industrial regions.

Physiographic divisions; Climate ; its regional variations; Vegetation types and

Unit—10

(A)

Choropleth; Isopleth and Chorochromatic maps and pie diagrams; Mapping of location-specific data:

Accessibility and flow maps.

Remote sensing and computer application in mapping; Digital mapping; Geographic Information

System (GIS).

Cartography : Types of maps : Techniques for the study of spatial patterns of distribution:

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(B)

frequency; Measures of central tendency; Selection of class intervals for mapping; Measures of dispersion

and concentration; Standard deviation; Lorenz curve; Methods of measuring association among different

attributes; Simple and multiple correlation; Regression.

Nearest-neighbour analysis; Scaling techniques; Rank score; Weighted score; Sampling techniques

for geographical analysis.

Statistical Methods : Data sources and types of data; Frequency distribution and cumulative

PAPER —III

Unit—1

Geomorphology :

and Exogenetic forces; Denudation process ; weathering and erosion; Geosynclines. mountain building.

continental drift and plate tectonics; Concept of Geomorphic Cycle; Landforms associated with fluvial.

glacial, arid. coastal and karst cycles. Slope forms and processes; Environmental and Applied

Geomorphology.

Fundamental Concepts; Factors controlling landform development; Endogenetic

Unit—2

Climatology :

Distribution of temperature. atmospheric pressure and general circulation of winds; Monsoons and jet

streams; Stability and instability of the atmosphere; Air-masses ; Fronts, temperate and tropical cyclones;

Types and distribution of precipitation; Classification of world climates; Koppen's and Thornthwaite's

schemes; Hydrological Cycle; Global warming.

Composition and structure of the atmosphere ; Insolation; Heat budget of the earth;

Unit—3

(A)

Ocean deposits; Coral reefs; Temperature and salinity of Oceans; Density of sea water; Tides and ocean

currents; Seal-level changes.

(B)

and functions of ecosystem : Forest, grassland. marine and mountain ecosystem; Bio-diversity and its

depletion through natural and main-induced causes; Conservation and management of ecosystems;

Environmental hazards and problems of pollution; Ozone depletion.

Oceanography : Origin of ocean basins; Bottom relief of Indian, Atlantic and pacific Oceans;Bio-Geography : Physical factors influencing world distribution of plants and animals; Forms

Unit—4

History of Geographic Thought :

and medieval period; Foundations of modern geography : Contribution of German, French, British and

American schools; Conceptual and methodological developments during the 20th century; Changing

papradigms; man and environment, determinism and possibilism, areal differentiation and spatial organisation;

Quantitative revolution; Impact of positivism. humanism, radicalism and behaviouralism in geography.

General character of geographic knowledge during the ancient,

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Unit—5

(A)

distribution, growth and density of population; Policy issues; Patterns and processes of migration;

Demographic transition; population-resource regions.

(B)

and urban settlements. Ecological processes of urban growth; Urban fringe, City-region; Settlement systems;

Primate city; Rank-size rule; Settlement hierarchy; Christaller's Central Place theory; August Losch's

theroy of market centres.

Population Geography : Nature; scope, subject matter and recent trends : patterns of worldSettlement Geography : Site, situation, types, size, spacing and internal morphology of rural

Unit—6

Economic Geography :

Classification of economies; Sectors of economy : primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary; Natural

resources : Renewable and non-renewable; Conservation of resources.

(A)

Measurement of agricultural productivity and efficiency; Crop combinations and diversification; Von Thunen's

model; Agricultural systems of the world.

(B)

based and footloose industries.

(C)

and connectivity : Inter-regional and Intraregional : Comparative cost advantages.

Location of economic activities and spatial organization of economies;Agricultural Geography : Concept and techniques of delimitation of agricultural regions;Industrial Geography : Classification of industries : Weber's and Losch's approaches; ResourceGeography of Transport and Trade : Models of transportation and transport cost; Accessibility

Unit—7

(A)

views (Heartland and Rimland theories); Concept of nation, state and nation-state; Boundaries and forntiers;

Politics of world resources; Geography and Federalism.

(B)

Elements of Social Geography—ethnicity, tribe, dialect, language, caste and religion; Concept of Social

well-being.

(C)

Concept of culture-areas and cultural regions; Theories of tribal groups; Dweiling places as cultural

expressions.

Political Geography : Definition and scope of Political Geography; Geopolitics; Global strategicSocial Geography : Nature and scope of social geography; Social structure and social processes;Cultural Geography : Nature and scope of cultural geography; Environment and culture;

Unit—8

Regional Planning :

region; Regional hierarchy; Types of regions and methods of regional delineation; Conceptual and theoretical

framework of regional planning; Regional planning in India : Concept of development; Indicators of

development; Regional imbalanes.

Regional concept in Geography; its application to planning; Concept of planning

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Unit—9

Geography of India :

vegetation regions; Major soil types; Coastal and Marine resources; Water resources; Irrigation; Agriculture;

Agroclimatic regions; Mineral and power resources; Major industries and industrial regions; Population

distribution and growth; Settlement patterns; Regional disparities in social and economic development.

Physiographic divisions; Climate : its regional variations; Vegetation types and

Unit—10

(A)

of spatial patterns of distribution : Single purpose and composite maps; Choropleth; Isopleth and

Chorochromatic maps and pie diagrams; Mapping of location-specific data; Accessibility and flow maps.

Remote sensing and computer application in mapping; Digital mapping; Geographic Information

System (GIS) : Thematic maps.

(B)

distribution and cumulative frequency; Measures of central tendency; Selection of class intervals for

mapping; Measures of dispersion and concentration; Standard deviation; Lorcnz curve; Methods of

measuring association among different attributes; simple and multiple correlation; Regression.

Measurement of spatial patterns of distribution; Nearest-neighbour analysis; Scaling techniques, rank

score, weighted score; Sampling techniqeus for geographical analysis.

Cartography : Map as a tool in geographical studies; Types of maps : Techniques for the studyStatistical Methods : Data sources and types of data; Statistical diagrams; Study of frequency

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

PAPER II

Objective type :

1. Agricultural productivity is higher in punjab basically due to

(1) high degree of irrigation

(2) high degree of electrificaton

(3) provision of fertilizers

(4) provision of hybrid seeds

2. Social well-being is concerned with

(1) Growth in per capita income

(2) Expansion of transoport network

(3) Development of education and health care

(4) Promotion of subsidy

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