Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination - SCRA Exam 2009
1.
An examination for selection of candidates for appointment as Special
Class Railway Apprentices in Mechanical Department of Indian Railways
will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 26th July, 2009 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Railways (Railways Board) in the Gazette of India dated the 28th February, 2009.
2. The approximate number of vacancies, to be filled on the results of the examination is 44.
The number of vacancies mentioned above is liable to alteration.
Reservation
will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled
Tribes and Other Backward Classes in respect of vacancies as may be
fixed by the Government.
Important
1. Candidates to Ensure Their Eligibility for the Examination:
The
Candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfill
all eligibility condition for admission to examination.
Their
admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely
provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions
Mere issue of admission certificate to
the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally
cleared by the Commission.
Commission
take up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to
original documents only after the candidate has qualified for
interview/Personality Test.
2. Application Form:
Candidates
must apply in the Common application form devised by the Commission for
its examinations, which can be purchased from the designated Head post
Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-III of the Notice)
throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees Twenty
Only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one
examination.
In case of any difficulty
in Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs, the candidates
should immediately contact the concerned post Master or UPSC's "Forms
Supply Monitaring Cell" over
Telephone No: 011-23389366
Fax No: 011-23387310.
Candidates are advised to read carefully the "Instructions for filling up the Application form"given in Appendix of this Notice.
3. Last Date for Receipt of Applications:
All applications must reach the following address
Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi - 110069.
Either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier, on or before the 30th March, 2009.
The
candidate should note that applications will be received by hand, only
one at a time, at the designated counter(s) and not in bulk, till 5 PM
only.
However, in respect of candidates
residing abroad or in certain remote localities specified in Para 6 of
this Notice the last date for receipt of applications by Post/Speed
Post only (not by Hand or by Courier) is 06th April, 2009.
4. Penalty for Wrong Answers:
Candidates
should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong
answers marked by a candidate in the Objective Type Question Papers.
5. Facilitation Counter for Guidance of Candidates :
In
case of any guidance/information/clarification regarding their
applications, candidature etc. candidates can contact UPSC's
Facilitation Counter near 'C' gate of its campus in person or over
Telephone No: 011-23385271
Fax No: 011-23381125/011-23098543
On working days between 10.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs.
6. Mobile Phone Banned :
Mobile
phones, pagers or any other communication devices are not allowed
inside the premises where the examination is being conducted. Any
infringement of these instructions shall entail disciplinary action
including ban from future examinations.
Candidates
are advised in their own interest not to bring any of the banned item
including mobile phones/pagers to the venue of the examination, as
arrangement for safekeeping can not be assured.
7.
Candidates are advised not to bring any valuable/costly items to the
Examination Halls, as safe keeping of the same cannot be assured.
Commission will not be responsible for any loss in this regard.
Exam Centers
The Examination will be held at the following centres:
Agartala | 45 | Gangtok | 42 | Panaji (Goa) | 36 |
Ahmedabad | 01 | Hyderabad | 10 | Patna | 15 |
Aizwal | 47 | Imphal | 44 | Port Blair | 37 |
Allahabad | 02 | Itanagar | 48 | Raipur | 49 |
Bangalore | 03 | Jaipur | 11 | Ranchi | 41 |
Bareilly | 54 | Jammu | 34 | Sambalpur | 53 |
Bhopal | 04 | Jorhat | 46 | Shillong | 16 |
Chandigarh | 35 | Kochi | 24 | Shimla | 17 |
Chennai | 12 | Kohima | 43 | Srinagar | 18 |
Cuttack | 07 | Kolkata | 06 | Thiruvanathapuram | 19 |
Dehradun | 14 | Lucknow | 26 | Tirupati | 50 |
Delhi | 08 | Madurai | 40 | Udaipur | 52 |
Dharwar | 39 | Mumbai | 05 | Vishakhapatnam | 51 |
Dispur | 09 | Nagpur | 13 | | |
Area Coe for Remote Areas and Abroad
Area | Code | Area | Code | Area | Code |
Assam | 01 | Jammu & Kashmir | 09 | Meghalaya | 02 |
Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub Division of Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh | 10 | Arunachal Pradesh | 03 | Mizoram | 04 |
Manipur | 05 | Nagaland | 06 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 11 |
Tripura | 07 | Lakshadweep | 12 | Sikkim | 08 |
Abroad | 13 | | | | |
The centres and the date of holding the examination
as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the
Commission.
While every effort will be made to allot the
candidates to the centres of their choice for examination, the
Commission may, at their discretion, allot a different centre to a
candidate, when circumstances so warrant.
Candidates admitted to the examination will be informed of the time table and place or places of examination.
Candidates should note that no request for change of
centre will normally be granted. However, when a candidate desires a
change in centre from the one he had indicated in his Application form
for the Examination, he must send a letter addressed to the Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission, giving full justification as to why he
desires a change in centre.
Such requests will be considered on merits but
requests received in the Commission’s Office after 29th April, 2009
will not be entertained under any circumstances.
Eligibility 2009
(I) Nationality
A candidate must be either :—
A citizen of India, or
A subject of Nepal, or
A subject of Bhutan, or
A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India. or
A
person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri
Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the
intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided
that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above
shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been
issued by the Government of India.
A
candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may
be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be
given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued
to him by the Government of India.
(II) Age Limits :
A
candidate must have attained the age of 17 years and must not have
attained the age of 21 years on 1st August, 2009, i.e. he must have
been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1988 and not later than 1st
August, 1992.
The upper age limit is relaxable as follows:
Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
Upto
a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other
Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to
such candidates.
Upto a maximum
of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State
of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to
the 31st day of December, 1989.
Upto
a maximum of three years in the case of Defence Services personnel
disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or
in a disturbed area and released as a consequence there of:
Upto
a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including
Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five
years Military Service as on 1st August, 2009 and have been released
on
completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be
completed within one year from 1st August, 2009 otherwise than by way
of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or
on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service, or
on invalidment.
Upto
a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an
initial period of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st August, 2009
and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose
case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply
for civil employment and that they will be released on three month's
notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
Note: I
Candidates
belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the
Other Backward Classes who are also covered under any other clauses of
para 3(II) (b) above, viz. those coming under the category of
Ex-servicemen, persons domiciled in the State of J & K etc. will be
eligible for grant of cumulative age-relaxation under both the
categories.
Note: II
Note: III
Save As Provided Above the Age Limits Prescribed Can In No Case Be Relaxed.
The
date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the
Matriculation or Secondary School Leaving Certificate or in a
certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to
Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates
maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the
proper authority of the University or in the Higher Secondary or an
equivalent examination certificate.
These certificates are required to be submitted only after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination.
No
other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth
extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will
be accepted.
The expression
Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate in this part of
the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.
Note: 1
Note: 2
Note: 3
The
candidates should exercise due care while entering their date of birth
in column 8 of the application form for the examination.
If
on verification at any subsequent stage, any variation is found in
their date of birth from the one entered in their matriculation or
equivalent Examination certificate, disciplinary action will be taken
against them by the commission under the Rules.
Educational Qualification
For admission to the examination a candidate–
Must
have passed in the first or second division, the Intermediate or an
equivalent Examination of a University or Board approved by the
Government of India with Mathematics and atleast one of the subjects
Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination.
Graduates with Mathematics and atleast one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as their degree subjects may also apply, or
Must
have passed in the first or second divsion, the Higher Secondary (12
years) Examination under 10 plus 2 pattern of School Education with
Mathematics and atleast one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as
subjects of the examination, or
Must
have passed the first year Examination under the three year degree
course of a university or the first examination of the three year
diploma course in Rural Service of the National Council for Rural
Higher Education or the third year Examination for promotion to the 4th
year of the four year B.A./B.Sc. (Evening College) Course of the Madras
University with Mathematics and at least one of the subjects Physics
and Chemistry as subjects of the examination provided that before
joining the degree/diploma course he passed the Higher Secondary
examination or the Pre-University or equivalent examination in the
first or second division.
Candidates
who have passed the first/second year examination under the three-years
degree course in the first or second division with Mathematics and
either Physics or Chemistry as subjects of the Examination may also
apply; provided the first/second year examination is conducted by a
University; or
Must have passed
in the first or second division the Pre-Engineering Examination of a
University, approved by the Government of India; or
must
have passed in the first or second division the
Pre-Professional/Pre-Technological Examination of any Indian University
or a recognised Board, with Mathematics and at least, one of the
subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the examination conducted
one year after the Higher Secondary or Pre-University stage; or
must
have passed the first year examination under the five year Engineering
Degree Course of a University : Provided that before joining the Degree
Course, he passed the Higher Secondary Examination or pre-University or
equivalent examination in the first or second division.
Candidates
who have passed the first year Examination of the five-year Engineering
Degree Course in the first or second division may also apply provided
the first year Examination is conducted by a University; or
Must
have passed in the first or second division the Pre-Degree Examination
of the Universities of Kerala and Calicut with Mathematics and at least
one of the subjects Physics and Chemistry as subjects of the
examination.
Note I:
Note II:
Candidates
who have appeared at an examination the passing of which would render
them eligible to appear at the examination but have not been informed
of the results, may apply for admission to the examination. Candidates
who intend to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply.
Such
candidates will be admitted to the examination, if otherwise eligible
but their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to
cancellation, if they do not produce proof of having passed the
requisite qualifying examination along with the detailed applications
which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on
the results of the written part of the examination.
Note III:
In
exceptional cases, the Commission may treat a candidate who has not any
of the qualifications prescribed in this rule as educationally
qualified provided that he possesses qualifications the standard of
which in the opinion of the Commission, justifies his admission to the
examination.
Note IV:
SCRA Exam 2009 Physical Standards:
Candidates
must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to
Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination, 2009 as per Regulations
given in Appendix-II of the rules for the Special Class Railway
Apprentices, Examination, 2009 published in Gazette of India dated 28th
February, 2009.
Application Fee
A
candidate seeking admission to examination must pay to the Commission a
fee of Rs.50.00 (Rupees Fifty only) through a single Central
Recruitment Fee Stamp.
Central
Recruitment Fee Stamp of the requisite denomination (NOT postage
stamps) must be obtained from the post office and affixed on the
application form in the space provided therein.
The
stamp may be got cancelled from the issuing Post Office with the date
stamp of the post office in such a manner that the impression of the
cancellation mark partially overflows on the application form itself
but within the space provided on the form.
The
impression of the cancellation mark should be clear and distinct to
facilitate the identification of date and the Post Office of issue.
Candidates
residing abroad should deposit the prescribed fee in the office of
India's High Commissioner, Ambassador or representative abroad as the
case may be for credit to account head "051-Public Service
Commission-Examination Fees" and attach the receipt with the
application.
Application not complying
with the requirement will be summarily rejected. This does not apply to
the candidates who are seeking remission of the prescribed fee under
the following paragraphs.
Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes are not required to pay any fee.
No fee exemption is, However, available to OBC candidates and they are required to pay the full prescribed fee.
'Postage Stamp' will in no case be accepted in lieu of ‘Central Recruitment Fee Stamp’.
Candidates
should note that the fee sent through Indian Postal Orders, Bank Draft,
Money Order, Crossed Cheque, Currency notes or Treasury Challan etc.
will not be accepted by the Commission and such applications will be
treated as without fee and will be summarily rejected.
Note :
Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the
fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.
Application Form
The UPSC have developed an application form common for all their examinations which will be processed on computerised machines.
This
application form alongwith an Information Brochure containing general
instructions for filling up the form, an acknowledgement card and an
envelope for sending the application is obtainable from the designated
Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country as listed against
cash payment of Rs. 20/- (Rupees twenty only).
Form
should be purchased from the designated Post Offices only and not from
any other agency. This form can be used only once and for only one
examination.
Candidates must use the
form supplied with the Information Brochure only and they should in no
case use photocopy/reproduction/unauthorisedly printed copy of the Form.
Since
this form is electronically scannable, due care should be taken to fill
up the application form correctly. While filling up the application
form, please refer to detailed instructions.
The
candidates should also fill up in the relevant places of the
Acknowledgement Card, their Application Form Number (8-digit) and the
name of the examination.
The applicants
are required to affix the postage stamp of Rs.6/- on the
Acknowledgement Card and send the same along with application form to
UPSC.
If an applicant fails to affix
the postage stamp of requisite amount his acknowledgement card will not
be despatched and Commission will not be responsible for non-receipt of
acknowledgement card by the applicant.
The
duly filled in application form and the acknowledgement card should
then be mailed in the special envelope supplied with the Information
Brochure.
You should also write the
name of examination viz."Special Class Railway Apprentices'
Examination, 2009" on the envelope before despatching it to the
following address
Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi-110069.
All
candidates, whether already in Government Service, or in Government
owned industrial undertakings or other similar organisations or in
private employment should submit their applications direct to the
Commission.
If any candidate forwards
his application through his employer and it reaches the Union Public
Service Commission late, the application, even if submitted to the
employer before the closing date, will not be considered.
Persons
already in Government service, whether in a permanent or temporary
capacity or as work charged employees other than casual or daily rated
employees or those serving under Public Enterprises are however,
required to submit an undertaking that they have informed in writing
their Head of Office/Department that they have applied for the
Examination.
Candidates should note
that in case a communication is received from their employer by the
Commission withholding permission to the candidates applying
for/appearing at the examination, their applications will be liable to
be rejected/candidature will be liable to be cancelled.
Note 1:
While
filling in his application form, the candidate should carefully decide
about his choice for the centre. More than one application from a
candidate giving different centres will not be accepted in any case.
Even
if a candidate sends more than one completed application the Commission
will accept only one application at their discretion and the
Commission's decision in the matter shall be final.
If
any candidate appears at a centre other than the one indicated by the
Commission in his Admission Certificate, the papers of such a candidate
will not be valued and his candidature will be liable to cancellation.
Note-2 :
Since
these application forms are to be processed in a computerised system,
due care should be taken by the candidates to fill up their application
form correctly.
Incomplete or
defective applications shall be summarily rejected. No representation
or correspondence regarding such rejection shall be entertained under
any circumstances.
Candidates are not
required to submit alongwith their applications any certificate in
support of their claims regarding Age, Educational Qualifications,
Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes etc.
The
candidates applying for the examination should ensure that they fulfil
all the eligibility conditions for admission to the Examination. Their
admission at all the stages of examination for which they are admitted
by the Commission viz.
Written
Examination and Interview Test will be purely provisional, subject to
their satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. If on
verification at any time before or after the written Examination or
Interview Test, it is found that they do not fulfil any of the
eligibility conditions, their candidature for the examination will be
cancelled by the Commission.
Candidates
are requested to keep ready the attested copies of the following
documents for submission to the Commission soon after the declaration
of the result of the written part of the examination which is likely to
be declared in the month of November, 2009.
Certificate of Age.
Certificate of Educational Qualification indicating the subjects and division secured.
Certificate in support of claim to belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes where applicable.
Certificate in support of claim for age/fee concession, where applicable.
Immediately
after the declaration of the result of the written part of the
examination, successful candidates will be sent a detailed application
form by the Commission requiring additional information to be furnished.
The
attested copies of the above mentioned certificates will have to be
sent to the Commission at that time. Originals will have to be produced
at the time of interview.
If any of
their claims is found to be Incorrect, they may render themselves
liable to disciplinary action by the Commission in terms of rule 11 of
the rules for the Special Class Railway Apprentices' examination, 2009
notified in the Gazette of India dated 28th February, 2009 and also
reproduced below:
A candidate who is or has been declared by the Commission to be guilty of:
Obtaining support for his candidature by any means; or
Impersonating; or
Procuring impersonation by any person; or
Submitting fabricated documents or documents which have been tampered with; or
Making statements which are incorrect or false or suppressing material information; or
Resorting to any other irregular or improper means in connection with his candidature for the examination; or
Using unfair means during the examination; or
Writing irrelevant matter, including obscene language or pornographic matter, in the script(s); or
Misbehaving in any other manner in the examination hall; or
Harassing or doing bodily harm to the Staff employed by the Commission for the conduct of their examination; or
Being
in possession of or using mobile phone, pager or any electronic
equipment or device or any other equipment capable of being used as a
communication device during the examination; or
Violating
any of the instructions issued to candidates alongwith their Admission
Certificates permitting them to take the examination; or
Attempting to commit or as the case may be abetting the commission of all or any of the acts specified in the foregoing clauses;
May in addition to rendering himself liable to criminal prosecution is liable
To be disqualified by the Commission from the examination for which he is a candidate and/or
To be debarred either permanently or for a specified period
By the Commission from any examination or selection held by them;
By the Central Government from any employment under them; and
If he is already in service under Government to disciplinary action under the appropriate rules.
Provided that no penalty under this rules shall be imposed except after
Giving the candidate an opportunity of making such representation, in writing as he may wish to make in that behalf; and
Taking the representation, if any, submitted by the candidate within the period allowed to him into consideration.
Application Last Date
The completed Application Form must reach the following address on or before 30th March, 2009.
The Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House,
Shahjahan Road,
New Delhi 110069.
In
respect of applications received only by post (by speed post/post) from
the candidates residing in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh,
Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir,
Lahaul and Spiti District and Pangi Sub-Division of Chamba District of
Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep or abroad,
the last date for receipt of applications is 6th April, 2009.
The
benefit of extended time will be available only in respect of
applications received by post/speed post from the above mentioned
areas/regions.
In
the case of applications received by hand or through courier service,
benefit of extended time will not be available regardless of the place
of residence of the applicant.
Candidates
who are claiming the benefit of extended time should clearly indicate
in column 13 (II) of the application form, the area code of the
particular area or region (e.g. Assam, Meghalaya, J&K etc.) where
they are residing. In case they fail to do so, the benefit of extended
time will not be allowed to them.
Note: (i)
Candidates
should clearly note that the Commission will in no case be responsible
for non-receipt of their application or any delay in receipt thereof on
any account whatsoever.
No
application received after the prescribed last date will be entertained
under any circumstances and all the late applications will be summarily
rejected. They should therefore, ensure that their applications reach
the Commission's Office on or before the prescribed last date.
Note: (ii)
Note: (iii)
The
candidate should note that applications will be received by hand, only
one at a time, at the designated counter(s) and not in bulk, till 5 PM
only.
Note: (iv)
Applications
received through Couriers or Courier Services of any type shall be
treated as having been received "By hand" at the Commission's Counter.
No application received after the prescribed last date will be considered
Scheme of Examination
The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan.
Part I Written examination carrying a maximum of 600 marks in the subjects as shown below.
Part II Personality
Test carrying a maximum of 200 marks in respect of only those
candidates who are declared qualified on the results of written
examination.
The subjects of the written
examination under Part I, the time allowed and the maximum marks
allotted to each subject/paper shall be as follows:
| Subjects | Code No. | Time Allowed | Maximum Marks |
Paper-I | General Ability Test (English, General Knowledge and Psychological Test) | 01 | 2 Hours | 200 |
Paper-II | Physical Sciences Physics and Chemistry) | 02 | 2 Hours | 200 |
Paper-III | Mathematics | 03 | 2 Hours | 200 |
| | | Total Marks | 600 |
---|
Section - I: Scheme of Examination
The
papers in all the subjects will consist of Objective (multiple choice
answer) Type questions only. The Question Papers (Test Booklets) will
be set in English only.
In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.
Question Papers will be approximately of the Intermediate standard.
Candidates
must write the answers in their own hand. In no circumstances, will
they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them.
The Commission have discretion to fix qualifying marks in any or all the subjects of the examination.
Candidates
are not permitted to use calculators for answering objective type
papers (Test Booklets). They should not, therefore, bring the same
inside the Examination Hall.
Syllabus
Paper - I
| English |
General Knowledge |
Psychological Test |
Paper - II
| Physics |
Chemistry |
Paper - III
| Mathematics |
Paper-I
English
General Knowledge
Man and his environment
Evolution of life, plants and animals, heredity and environment-Genetics, cells, chromosomes, genes.
Knowledge of the human body-nutrition, balanced
diet, substitute foods, public health and sanitation including control
of epidemics and common diseases.
Environmental pollution and its control. Food
adulteration, proper storage and preservation of food grains and
finished products, population explosion, population control.
Production of food and raw materials. Breeding of
animals and plants, artificial insemination, manures and fertilizers,
crop protection measures, high yielding varieties and green revolution,
main cereal and cash crops of India.
Solar system and the earth, Seasons, Climate,
Weather, Soil-its formation, erosion. Forests and their uses. Natural
calamities cyclones, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions. Mountains
and rivers and their role in irrigation in India.
Distribution of natural resources and industries in
India. Exploration of under-ground minerals including Oil Conservation
of natural resources with particular reference to the flora and fauna
of India.
History, Politics and Society in India
Vedic, Mahavir, Budhdha, Mauryan, Sunga, Andhra,
Kushan. Gupta ages (Mauryan Pillars, Stupa Caves, Sanchi, Mathura and
Gandharva Schools, Temple architecture, Ajanta and Ellora). The rise of
new social forces with the coming of Islam and establishment of broader
contacts.
Transition from feudalism to capitalism. Opening of
European contacts. Establishment of British rule in India. Rise of
nationalism and national struggle for freedom culminating in
Independence.
Constitution of India and its characteristic
features - Democracy, Secularism, Socialism, equality of opportunity
and Parliamentary form of Government.
Major political ideologies-democracy, socialism,
communism and Gandhian idea of non-violence. Indian political parties,
pressure groups, public opinion and the press, electoral system.
India’s foreign policy and non-alignment-Arms race,
balance of power. World organisation-political, social, economic and
cultural. Important events (including sports and cultural activities)
in India and abroad during the past two years.
Broad features of Indian social system: The caste
system, hierarchy - recent changes and trends. Minority social
institution - marriage, family, religion and acculturation.
Division of labour, co-operation, conflict and
competition, Social control - reward and punishment, art, law, customs,
propaganda, public opinion, agencies of social control - family,
religion, state educational institutions; factors of social change-
economic, technological, demographic, cultural; the concept of
revolution.
Social disorganisation in India - Casteism,
communalism, corruption in public life, youth unrest, beggary, drugs,
delinquency and crime, poverty and unemployment.
Social planning and welfare in India, community
development and labour welfare; welfare of Scheduled Castes and
backward classes.
Money - Taxation, price, demographic trends,
national income, economic growth. Private and Public Sectors; economic
and non-economic factors in planning, balanced versus imbalanced
growth, agricultural versus industrial development; inflation and price
stabilization, problem of resource mobilisation. India’s Five Year
Plans.
Psychological Test
Paper-II
Physics
Length measurements using vernier, screw gauge, spherometer and optical lever. Measurement of time and mass.
Straight line motion and relationships among displacement, velocity and acceleration.
Newton's laws of motion, Momentum, impulse, work, energy and power.
Coefficient of friction.
Equilibrium of bodies under action of forces. Moment of a force,
couple. Newton’s law of gravitation. Escape velocity. Acceleration due
to gravity.
Mass and Weight; Centre of gravity, Uniform circular motion, centripetal force, simple Harmonic motion. Simple pendulum.
Pressure in a fluid and its variation with depth. Pascal’s law.
Principle of Archimedes. Floating bodies, Atmospheric pressure and its
measurement.
Temperature and its measurement. Thermal expansion,
Gas laws and absolute temperature. Specific heat, latent heats and
their measurement. Specific heat of gases. Mechanical equivalent of
heat. Internal energy and First law of thermodynamics, Isothermal and
adiabatic changes. Transmission of heat; thermal conductivity.
Wave motion; Longitudinal and transverse waves.
Progressive and stationary waves, Velocity of sound in gas and its
dependence on various factors. Resonance phenomena (air columns and
strings).
Reflection and refraction of light. Image formation by curved mirrors and lenses, Microscopes and telescopes. Defects of vision.
Prisms, deviation and dispersion, Minimum deviation. Visible spectrum.
Field due to a bar magnet, Magnetic moment, Elements of Earth’s magnetic field. Magnetometers. Dia, para and ferromagnetism.
Electric charge, electric field and potential, Coulomb’s law.
Electric current; electric cells, e.m.f. resistance,
ammeters and voltmeters. Ohm’s law; resistances in series and parallel,
specific resistance and conductivity. Heating effect of current.
Wheatstone’s bridge, Potentiometer.
Magnetic effect of current; straight wire, coil and solenoid electromagnet; electric bell.
Force on a current-carrying conductor in magnetic field; moving coil galvanometers; conversion to ammeter or voltmeter.
Chemical effects of current; Primary and storage cells and their functioning, Laws of electrolysis.
Electromagnetic induction; Simple A.C. and D.C. generators. Transformers, Induction coil,
Cathode rays, discovery of the electron, Bohr model of the atom. Diode and its use as a rectifier.
Production, properties and uses of X-rays.
Radioactivity; Alpha, Beta and Gamma rays.
Nuclear energy; fission and fusion, conversion of mass into energy, chain reaction.
Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Atomic structure;
Earlier models in brief. Atom as at three dimensional model. Orbital
concept. Quantum numbers and their significance, only elementary
treatment.Pauli’s Exclusion Principle. Electronic configuration. Aufbau
Principle, s.p.d. and f. block elements.Periodic classification only
long form. Periodicity and electronic configuration. Atomic radii,
Electro-negativity in period and groups.
Chemical Bonding, electro-valent, co-valent,
coordinate covalent bonds. Bond Properties, sigma and Pie bonds, Shapes
of simple molecules like water, hydrogen sulphide, methane and ammonium
chloride. Molecular association and hydrogen bonding.
Energy changes in a chemical reaction.
Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions. Application of First Law of
Thermodynamics, Hess’s Law of constant heat summation.
Chemical Equilibria and rates of reactions. Law
of Mass action. Effect of Pressure, Temperature and concentration on
the rates of reaction. (Qualitative treatment based on Le Chatelier’s
Principle). Molecularity; First and Second order reaction. Concept of
Energy of activation. Application to manufacture of Ammonia and Sulphur
trioxide.
Solutions : True solutions,
colloidal solutions and suspensions. Colligative properties of dillute
solutions and determination of Molecular weights of dissolved
substances. Elevation of boiling points. Depressions of freezing point,
osmotic pressure. Raoult’s law (non-thermodynamic treatment only).
Electro-Chemistry : Solution of Electrolytes, Faraday’s Laws of Electrolysis, ionic equilibria, Solubility product.
Oxidation - Reduction; Modern, electronics concept and oxidation number.
Natural and Artificial Radioactivity: Nuclear Fission and Fusion. Uses of Radioactive isotopes.
Inorganic Chemistry
Brief Treatment of Elements and their industrially important compounds:
Hydrogen :
Position in the periodic table. Isotopes of hydrogen. Electronegative
and electropositive character. Water, hard and soft water, use of water
in industries, Heavy water and its uses.
Group I Elements: Manufacture of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride.
Group II Elements: Quick and slaked lime. Gypsum, Plaster of Paris. Magnesium sulphate and Magnesia.
Group III Elements: Borax, Alumina and Alum.
Group IV Elements: Coals, Coke and solid Fuels, Silicates, Zolitis semi-conductors. Glass (Elementary treatment).
Group V Elements: Manufacture of ammonia and nitric acid. Rock Phosphates and safety matches.
Group VI Elements: Hydrogen peroxide, allotropy of sulphur, sulphuric acid. Oxides of sulphur.
Group VII Elements: Manufacture and uses of Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine, Hydrochloric acid. Bleaching powder.
Group (Noble gases) Helium and its uses.
Metallurgical Processes: General Methods of
extraction of metals with specific reference to copper, iron,
aluminium, silver, gold, zinc and lead. Common alloys of these metals;
Nickel and manganese steels.
Organic Chemistry
Tetrahedral
nature of carbon, Hybridisation and sigma pie bonds and their relative
strength. Single and multiple bonds. Shapes of molecules. Geometrical
and optical isomerism.
General methods of preparation, properties and
reaction of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, Petroleum and its refining.
Its uses as fuel.
Aromatic hydrocarbons: Resonance and aromaticity. Benzene and Naphthalene and their analogues. Aromatic substitution reactions.
Halogen derivatives: Chloroform, Carbon Tetrachloride, Chlorobenzene, D.D.T. and Gammexane.
Hydroxy Compounds: Preparation,
properties and uses of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary alcohols,
Methanol, Ethanol, Glycerol and Phenol, Substitution reaction at
aliphatic carbon atom.
Ethers; Diethyl ether.
Aldehydes and ketones: Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, Benzaldehyde, acetone, acetophenone.
Nitro compounds amines: Nitrobenzene TNT, Anlline, Diazonium Compounds, Azodyes.
Carboxylic acid: Formic, acetic, denezoic and salicylic acids, acetyl salicylic acid.
Esters: Ethylacerate, Methyl salicylates, ethylbenzoate.
Polymers: Polythene, Teflon, Perpex, Artificial Rubber, Nylon and polyester fibers.
Nonstructural treatment of Carbohydrates, Fats and Lipids, amino acids and proteins - Vitamins and hormones
Paper-III
Mathematics
Algebra:
Concept of a set, Union and
Intersection of sets, Complement of a set, Null set, Universal set and
Power set, Venn diagrams and simple applications. Cartesian product of
two sets, relation and mapping - examples, Binary operation on a set -
examples.
Representation of real numbers on a line. Complex
numbers: Modulus, Argument, Algebraic operations on complex numbers.
Cube roots of unity. Binary system of numbers, Conversion of a decimal
number to a binary number and vice-versa. Arithmetic, Geometric and
Harmonic progressions. Summation of series involving A.P., G.P., and
H.P.. Quadratic equations with real co-efficients. Quadratic
expressions: extreme values. Permutation and Combination, Binomial
theorem and its applications.
Matrices and Determinants: Types of matrices,
equality, matrix addition and scalar multiplication - properties.
Matrix multiplication - non-commutative and distributive property over
addition. Transpose of a matrix, Determinant of a matrix. Minors and
Co-factors. Properties of determinants. Singular and non-singular
matrices. Adjoint and Inverse of a square-matrix, Solution of a system
of linear equations in two and three variables-elimination method,
Cramers rule and Matrix inversion method (Matrices with m rows and n
columns where m, n less than equal to 3 are to be considered).
Idea of a Group, Order of a Group, Abelian group. Identitiy and inverse elements-Illustration by simple examples.
Trigonometry:
Addition and subtraction formulae, multiple and
sub-multiple angles. Products and factoring formulae. Inverse
trigonometric functions - Domains, Ranges and Graphs. DeMoivre's
theorem, expansion of Sin n0 and Cos n0 in a series of multiples of
Sines and Cosines. Solution of simple trigonometric equations.
Applications: Heights and Distance.
Analytic Geometry (two dimensions)
Rectangular Cartesian. Coordinate system, distance
between two points, equation of a straight line in various forms, angle
between two lines, distance of a point from a line. Transformation of
axes. Pair of straight lines, general equation of second degree in x
and y - condition to represent a pair of straight lines, point of
intersection, angle between two lines. Equation of a circle in standard
and in general form, equations of tangent and normal at a point,
orthogonality of two cricles. Standard equations of parabola, ellipse
and hyperbola - parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal
at a point in both cartesian and parametric forms.
Differential Calculus
Concept of a real valued function - domain, range
and graph. Composite functions, one to one, onto and inverse functions,
algebra of real functions, examples of polynomial, rational,
trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Notion of limit,
Standard limits - examples. Continuity of functions - examples,
algebraic operations on continuous functions. Derivative of a function
at a point, geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative -
applications. Derivative of sum, product and quotient of functions,
derivative of a function with respect to another function, derivative
of a composite function, chain rule. Second order derivatives. Rolle's
theorem (statement only), increasing and decreasing functions.
Application of derivatives in problems of maxima, minima, greatest and
least values of a function.
Integral Calculus and Differential equations :
Integral Calculus: Integration as inverse of
differentiation, integration by substitution and by parts, standard
integrals involving algebraic expression, trigonometric, exponential
and hyperbolic functions. Evaluation of definite
integrals-determination of areas of plane regions bounded by curves -
applications.
Differential equations: Definition of order and
degree of a differential equation, formation of a differential equation
by examples. General and particular solution of a differential
equation, solution of first order and first degree differential
equation of various types - examples. Solution of second order
homogeneous differential equation with constant co-efficients.
Vectors and its applications:
Magnitude and direction of a vector, equal vectors,
unit vector, zero vector, vectors in two and three dimensions, position
vector. Multiplication of a vector by a scalar, sum and difference of
two vectors, Parallelogram law and triangle law of addition.
Multiplication of vectors - scalar product or dot product of two
vectors, perpendicularity, commutative and distributive properties.
Vector product or cross product of two vectors - its properties, unit
vector perpendicular to two given vectors. Scalar and vector triple
products. Equations of a line, plane and sphere in vector form - simple
problems. Area of a triangle, parallelogram and problems of plane
geometry and trigonometry using vector methods. Work done by a force
and moment of a force.
Statistics and probability:
Statistics: Frequency distribution, cumulative
frequency distribution - examples. Graphical representation -
Histogram, frequency polygon - examples. Measure of central tendency -
mean, median and mode. Variance and standard deviation - determination
and comparison. Correlation and regression.
Probability: Random experiment, outcomes and
associated sample space, events, mutually exclusive and exhaustive
events, impossible and certain events. Union and Intersection of
events. Complementary, elementary and composite events. Definition of
probability : classical and statistical - examples. Elementary theorems
on probability - simple problems. Conditional probability, Bayes'
theorem - simple problems. Random variable as function on a sample
space. Binomial distribution, examples of random experiments giving
rise to Binomial distribution.
Personality Test
Each candidate will be interviewed by a Board who
will have before them a record of his career both academic and
extramural. They will be asked questions on matters of general
interest. Special attention will be paid to assessing their potential
qualities of leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact
and other social qualities, mental and physical energy, power of
practical application and integrity of character.
List Head Post Offices
List of Head Post Offices/Post Offices where UPSC application forms are available
Andhra Pradesh Circle : Hyderabad
GPO, Hyderabad Jubilee, Kachiguda Stn., Khairatabad, Secunderabad,
Trimulgherry, Adilabad, Anantapur, Arundelpet (Guntur), Chittoor,
Cuddapah, Eluru, Kakinada, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kurnool, Machilipatnam,
Mahboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nellore, Nizamabad, Ongole, Srikakulam,
Vizianagaram, Vijayawada, Vikarabad, Visakhapatnam, Warangal.
Assam Circle : Guwahati, Barpeta,
Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Diphu, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Karimganj,
Kokrajhar, Mangaldoi, Nagaon, Nalbari, North Lakhimpur, Sibsagar,
Silchar, Tezpur, Tinsukia.
Bihar Circle : Patna, GPO,
Bankipur, Arrah, Aurangabad, B. Deoghar, Bokaro Steel City, Banka,
Battiah, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Biharsharif, Buxar, Chaibasa, Chapra,
Daltonganj, Darbhanga, Dhanbad, Dumka, Gaya, Giridih, Gopalganj, Gumla,
Hajipur, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Katihar, Madhubani, Motihari, Munger,
Muzaffarpur, Nawada, Purnea, Ranchi, Saharsa, Samastipur, Sasaram,
Sitamarhi, Siwan.
Delhi Circle : Delhi GPO, New
Delhi, Indra Prastha, Ramesh Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Lodi Road, Krishna
Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Parliament Street, UPSC PO.
Gujarat Circle : Gandhinagar,
Ahmedabad, Amreli Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Dahod, Godhra,
Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Mehesana, Navrangpura, Navsari,
Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Revdi Bazar, Surat, Surendranagar,
Valsad, Vadodara.
Haryana Circle : Ambala GPO, Ambala
City, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Jind, Karnal,
Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat.
Himachal Pradesh Circle : Shimla, Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Keylong, Kulu, Mandi, Nahan, Recong, Peo, Solan, Una.
Jammu & Kashmir Circle : Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Jammu, Kathua, Leh, Rajouri, Udhampur.
Karnataka Circle : Bangalore GPO, Bangalore City,
Basavangudi, HAL II Stage, Jayanagar, R.T. Nagar, Bagalkot, Raichur,
Rajajinagar, Belgaum Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga,
Davengere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Karwar,
Kolar, Madikere, Mandya, Mangalore, Manipal, Mysore, Nanjagud, Shimoga,
Sirsi, Tumkur, Udupi.
Kerala Circle : Trivandrum,
Alleppey (Alappuzha), Calicut, Cannanore, Ernakulam, Kalpetta,
Kasargod, Kattappana, Kottayam, Malappuram, Palghat, Pathanamthitta,
Quilon, Trichur, Kavaratti, (Lakshadweep).
Madhya Pradesh Circle : Bhopal GPO,
Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Balaghat, Betul, Bhind, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara,
Damoh, Dewas, Dhar, Durg, Guna, Hoshangabad, Indore, Jabalpur,
Jagdalpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargone, Lashkar, Mandla, Mandsaur,
Morena, Narsinghpur, Neemuch, Raigarh, Raipur, Raisen, Rajgarh (Biora),
Rajnandgaon, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar Cantt., Satna, Sehore, Seoni, Shahdol,
Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha.
Maharashtra Circle : Mumbai GPO,
Andheri, Borivili, Chembur, Chinehbunder, Dadar, Girgaon, Kalbadevi,
Mahim, Mandvi, Mumbai Central, Ahmednagar, Akola, Alibag, Amravati,
Aurangabad, Beed, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalagaon,
Jalna, Karad, Kolhapur, Latur, Nagpur GPO, Nanded, Nasik, Osmanabad,
Parbhani, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sawantwadi, Solapur, Thane,
Wardha, Yeotmal, Margaon (Goa), Panaji (Goa).
North East Circle : Agartala, Aizwal, Dharmanagar, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Radhakishorepur, Shillong, Tura.
Orissa Circle : Bhubaneswar GPO,
Angul, Bolangir, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhamapur, Bhadrak,
Bhawanipatna, Cuttack GPO, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jeypore
(K), Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhargar, Koraput, Nayagarh,
Parlakhemundi, Phulbani, Puri, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sundargarh.
Punjab Circle : Amritsar, Bhatinda,
Faridkot, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar City, Kapurthala,
Ludhiana, Moga, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur, Chandigarh.
Rajasthan Circle : Jaipur GPO,
Jawahar Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Baran, Barmer,
Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dausa,
Dholpur, Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Hindaun, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar,
Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kankroli, Kota, Nagaur, Pali Marwar, Sawaimadhopur,
Shastri Circle Udaipur, Sikar, Sirohi, Sriganganagar, Tonk.
Tamil Nadu Circle : Chennai GPO,
Anna Road, St. Thomas Mount, T. Nagar, Bodinayakanur, Chengalpattu,
Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode,
Kanchipuram, Karur, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal,
Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Sivagangai, Tambaram, Thanjavur,
Thiruvannamalai, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvallur, Tiruvayur,
Turaiyur, Tuticorin, Udhagamandalam, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar,
Pondicherry
Uttar Pradesh Circle : Lucknow,
Lucknow Chowk, Agra, Akbarpur, Aligarh, Allahabad, Allahabad Katchery,
Almora, Auraiya, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Banda, Bansi,
Barabanki, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnor, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Dehradun,
Deoria, Dhampur, Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Fatehgarh, Fatehpur,
Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gopeshwar, Gorakhpur, Haldwani,
Hamirpur,Hardoi, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Kheri, Lalitpur, Mainpuri,
Mathura, Mau, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Nainital,
Orai, Pauri, Padrauna, Pilibhit, Pithoragarh, Pratapgarh, Rai Bareli,
Rampur, Roorkee, Saharanpur, Shahajahanpur, Sitapur, Sultanpur, Tehri,
Unnao, Varanasi.
West Bengal Circle : Kolkata
(Calcutta) GPO, Alipore, Barabazar, Beleghata, Belghoria, Cassipore,
Park Street, Tollygunge, Balurghat, Bankura, Barasat, Berhampore,
Burdwan, Chinsurah, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Howrah, Jalpaiguri,
Krishnagar, Malda, Midnapore, Purulia, Suri, Siliguri, Port Blair
(Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Gangtok (Sikkim).
Selected Field Post Offices through
- Central Base Post Office (CBPO), 56 APO;
- Central Base Post Office (CBPO) 99 APO.