Union Public Service Commission

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam, 2010 
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Union Public Service Commission

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam, 2010 
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Union Public Service Commission

Special Class Railway Apprentices Exam, 2010 
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Special Class Railway Apprentices 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. 2. 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 :

Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination

SYLLABUS (Paper - 3)

MATHEMATICS:
1. 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- fficients. Quadratic expressions: extreme values. Permutation and Combination, Binomial theorem and its applications.

Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination

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(I) 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.

(II) CHEMISTRY:
Physical Chemistry
1. 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.

Special Class Railway Apprentices Examination

SYLLABUS (Paper - 1)

(I) ENGLISH: The questions will be designed to test the candidates' understanding and command of the language.

(II) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: The questions will be designed to test a candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. The standard of answers to questions should be as expected of students of standard 12 or equivalent.

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.

ABOUT THE EXAMINATION

(A) Tentative Schedule:

(i) Notification of Examination: February
(ii) Conduct of Examination: July

(B) Age - limits:

• 17-21 years on 1st August of the year of examination.
• Certain categories of persons as specified in the Notice are eligible for age relaxation.

(C) Educational Qualification

For Admission to the examination a candidate -

1. 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.