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1. Plato : Theory of ideas. 2. Aristotle : Form, Matter and Causation. 3. Descartes : Method, Soul, God, Mind-Body dualism. 4. Spinoza : Substance, Attributes and Modes, Pantheism. 5. Liebnitz : Monads, God. 6. Locke : Theory of knowledge, Rejection of Innate Ideas, Substance and Qualities. 7. Berkeley : Refutation of Matter, Idealism. 8.Hume : Theory of knowledge, Scepticism, Self, Causality. 9. Kant : Apriori and aposteriori knowledge, analytic and synthetic judgement, possibility of synthetic apriori judgement, space, timer categories, Ideas of Reason, Criticism of the proofs for the existence God. 10. Hegel : Dialectical Method, Absolute Idealism. 11. (a) Moore : Defence of Common sense, Refutation of Idealism. 11. (b) Russell : Theory of Descriptions, Incomplete Symbols. 12. Logical : Atomic Facts, Elementary Propositions, Picture Atomism (Wittgenstein) Theory of Meaning, Distinction of saying and showing. 13. Logical Positivism : Verification Theory, Rejection of Metaphysics, positivism Linguistic Theory of Necessary Propositions. 14. Phenomenology : Husserl 15. Existentialism : Kicrkegaard, sartres. 16. Quine : Radical Translation. 17. Strawson : Theory of Person.

1. Charvak : Theory of knowledge, Materialism. 2. Jainism : Theory of Reality, Syadvada and Saptabhanginaya, bondage and liberation. 3. Buddhism : Pratityasamutpada, Ksanikakvada, Nairatmyvada, Schools of Budhism. 4.Sankhya Prakriti, Purusa, Theory of Causation, Liberation 5. Nyaya-Vaisesika : Pramanas, Self, Liberation, Nature of God and proofs for existence of God. Categories, Theory of causation, Atomism. 6. Mimansa : Theory of knowledge, Prama, Pramanas, svatahpramanyavada. 7. Vedants : Sankara, Ramanuja and Madhva (Brahman, Isvara, Atman Jiva, Jagat, Maya, Avidya, Adhyasa, Moksha).

1. Political Ideals : Equality, Justice, Liberty 2. Sovereignty 3. Individual and State 4. Democracy; Concept and Forms 5. Socialism and Marxism 6. Humanism 7. Secularism 8. Theories of Punishment 9. Violence, Non-violence, Sarvodaya 10. Gender-Equality 11. Scientific Temper and Progress 12. Philosophy of Ecology.

1. Religion; Theology and philosophy of Religion 2. Religion and Morality 3. Notions of God; Personalistic, Impersonalistic, Naturalistic. 4. Proofs for the existence of God. 5. Immortality of Soul 6. Liberation 7. Religious knowledge; Reasons, Revelation and Mysticism. 8. Religion without God. 9. Problem of Evil. 10. Religious Tolerance.

i) General Geology : Energy in relation to goedynamic activities, Origin and interor of the Earth. Dating of rock by various methods and age of the Earth, Radio-activity and its application to geological problems, Volcanoes-causes and products, volcanic belts. Earthquakes-causes, effects, distribution and its relation to volcanic belts. Geosynclines and their classification, island arcs, deep sea trenches and mid-oceanic ridges, sea-floor spreading and plate tectonics, isostasy. Mountains-types and origin. Origin of continents and oceans. An outline of continental drift.

ii) Geomorphology : Basic concepts and significance, Geomorphic processes and parameters, Geomorphic cycles and their interpretation, Relief features, topography and its relation to structures and lithology. Major landforms, Drainage system, geomorphic features of Indian subcontinent.

iii) Structural Geology : Stress and strain, ellipsoid and rock deformation, Mechanics of folding and faulting, linear and planer structures and their genetic significance. Petrofobric analysis, its graphic representation and application to geological problems. Tectonic frame work of India.

iv) Palaeontology: Micro and macro-fossils. Modes of preservation and utility of fossils. General idea about classification and nomenclature. Organic evolution and the hearing of palaeontological studies on it. Morphology, classification and geological history including evolutionary trends of brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, ammonoids, trilobites, echinoids and corals. Principal groups of vertebrates and their main morphological characters. Vertebrate life through ages. Dinosaurs. Detailed study of evolution of horses, elephants and man. Gondwana flora and its importance. Types of microfossils and their significance with special reference to petroleum exploration.

v) Stratigraphy : Principles of stratigraphy, stratigraphic classification, nomenclature standard, stratigraphical scale, Detailed study of various geological system of Indian sub continent during geological past. Paleogeographic reconstructions.

I) Crystallography: Crystalline and non-Crystalline substances, space groups. Lattice symmetry, Classification of crystals into 32 classes of symmetry. Intentional system of crystallographic notation Use of stereographic projections to represent crystal symmetry. Twinning and twin laws, Crystal irregularities. Applications of X-rays for crystal studies.

II) Optical Mineralogy : General principles of optics, isotropism and anisotropism, concepts of optical indicatrix, Pleochroism, Birefringence and interference colours and extinction. Optical orientation in crystals. Dispersion Optical accessories.

III) Mineralogy: Elements of crystal chemistry, types of bondings, ionic radii, coordination number, isomorphism, polymorphism and seudomorphism. Structural classification of silicates. Detailed study of rock forming minerals, their physical chemical and optical properties and uses, if any. Study of the alteration products of these minerals.

IV) Petrology : Magma its generation, natural and composition, Simple phase diagrams of binary and ternary systems and their significance, Bowen’s Reaction Principle. Magmatic differentiation and assimilation. Texture and structure and their pertogenetic significance. Classification of igneous rocks. Petrography and petrogenesis of important rock types of India; granites, alkaline rocks, chamockites anorthosite and Deccan basalts. Process of formation of sedimentary rock, Diagenesis and lithification. Textures and structures and their petrogenetic significance. Classification of sedimentary rocks, clastic and non-clastic. Heavy minarals and their significance. Elementary, concept of depositional environments, sedimentry, facies and provenance. Petrography of common rock types. Metamorphic processes and types of metamorphism. Metamorphic grades, zones and facies ACF, AKF and AFM diagrams. Textures, structures and nomenclature of metamorphic rock, Petrography and petrogenesis of important rock types.

V) Economic Geology : Ore, Ore mineral and gangue, tenor of ores, Processes of formation of mineral deposits. Common forms and structures of ore deposits. Classification of ore deposits. Control of ore deposition. Metallogenetic epochs. Study of important metalliferous and non metalliferous deposits, oil and natural gas fields, and coal fields of India, Mineral wealth of India. Mineral economics. National mineral policy. Conservation and utilisation of minerals.

VI) Applied Geology : Essentials of prospecting and exploration techniques. Principal methods of mining. Sampling, ore dressing and mineral benefication. Geological considerations in Engineering works; Dams, Tunnels, Bridges and roads. Elements of soil and groundwater geology and geochemistry. Use of aerial photographs and satellite imageries in geological investigations.

1. Psychology : Introduction : • Overview of the subject matter • Theoretical approaches S-R. Cognitive information processing and humanisitic place of psychology in science. • Sources of knowledge 2. Methods: •Empirical methods. • Methods of data collection observation, Interview, Questionnaires Tests and scales, case study. 3. Biological bases of behaviour : • Outline of central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems Localization of functions in the brain, hemispheric specificity nerve impulse and its conduction, receptor system. • Endocrine system, Its role in physical growth, emotional activities and personality make up. 4. Perceptual Processes : • The problem of perceptural thresholdclassical psychophysics and signal detection theory. Attentional processes, selective attention and sustained attention. Perception of form, colour and depth • Perceptual contancy; the stability-instability paradox • Perceptual sensitivity and defence; The central determinants. 5.Learning Proceses: • Conditioning; Classical and instrumental, observational learning • Verbal on, discrimination and generalization

6. Memory : • Encoding; structural, phonological and semantic; dual encoding • Sensory memory, STM, LTM including episodic, semantic and procedural • For getting; interference and stimulus encoding variability • Constructive Memory 7. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Thinking : • Process and determinants of problem solving • Inductive, and deductive reasoning hypothesis testing • Language and thought; Whorfian view-point and its critique. 8. Emotions: • Nature and development • Theories of emotions; physiological, cognitive and opponent-process, • Indicators of emotions, recognition of emotions.

9. Motivation: • Criteria of motivated Behaviour. •Concepts of need, drive, arousal and incentive. • Measurement of motivation. • Extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation. • Learned motivation 10. Origin and development of behaviour : • Genetic bases. • Environmental factors; child rearing, deprivation, cultural factors, sensory deprivation. • Motor and skill development. 11.Individual differences in psychological functions : • General mental ability, natural and theoretical approaches-Spearman, Thurstone Guilford, Jensen and Piaget • Creativity and creative thinking. • Heritability of intelligence.

1. Psychology as an Applied Science : Applied versus basic science; fields of psychology, social community, industry school, health and environment. 2. Individual Differences and Measurement : Nature and sources of individual differences, Psychological scaling, test construction and standardization, Reliability and validity, Norms Cross-Validation, cultural factors in testing. 3.Assessment of Personality: Issues in personality assesment, self-report measures projective techniques; response styles; familiarity with important personality measures like TAT. Rochash and MMPI.

4. Psychological Disorders and Mental Health : Classification of Psychological disorders (DSM-IV); symptoms and etiology of psychoneurotic, psychotic and psychosomatic disorders; coping stress and mental health. 5. Attitude and Social Cognition : Nature of Attitude ; theories of Attitude; attraction and helping. Nature of Social cognition; Social and cultural factors in perception prejudice stereotypes and group conflicts. 6. Social Influence : Influence, control and power, Basis of influence; Social facilitation, Leadership in group; Group factors in performance 7. Psychology In Industry and Organisation: Personnel selection job attitudes and job behavior; Motivational patterns in organisations Organisational models, Organisational communication; organisational effectiveness.

8. Psychology In School setting : School as a social system, School as an agent of socialization; learning; motivational and emotional problems of school children, factors influencing academic achievement; interventions for improving school performance 9. Psychology In the Clinical setting : Nature and goals of Psychotheraphy, Psychoanalytic client-centered, group and behaviour therapies, community mental health, Ethical issues in therapy. 10. Environmental Psychology: Role of environment in behaviour, personal space effect of noise pollution, effect of Human bahaviour on environment and crowd.