Public Administration – 2000 (Main) (Paper – I)
SECTION  ‘A’
Q. 1.  Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each :
(a) “Administrative efficiency is enhanced by keeping at a minimum the number of organizational levels through which a matter must pass before it is acted upon.” – (Herbert A. Simon) [...]

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Telugu Syllabus for IAS Exam
Paper-I
Answers must be written in Telugu.
Section-A
Language
1. Place of Telugu among Dravidian languages and its antiquity-Etymological history of Telugu, Tenugu and Andhra.
2. Major linguistic changes in phonological, morphological, grammatical and syntactical levels, from Proto-Dravidian to old Telugu and from old Telugu to Modern Telugu.
3. Evolution of spoken Telugu when compared [...]

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Statistics Syllabus for Preliminary IAS Exam
Probability
Random experiment, sample space, event, algebra of events, probability on a discrete sample space, basic theorems of probability and simple examples based there on, conditional probability of an event, independent events, Bayes’ theorem and its application, discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions, expectation, moments, moment generating function, [...]

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Chemistry Syllabus for IAS preliminary Exam
1.1 Atomic structure : Schrodinger wave equation, significance of y and y2 quantum numbers and their significance, radial and angular probability, shapes of orbitals, relative energies of atomic orbitals as a function of atomic number. Electronic configurations of elements; Aufbau principle, Hunds multiplicity rule, Pauli exclusion principle.
1.2 Chemical periodicity [...]

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Mechanical Engineering Syllabus  for IAS Preliminary Exam
Statics :
Simple applications of equilibrium equations.
Dynamics :
Simple applications of equations of motion, work, energy and power.
Theory of Machines :
Simple examples of kinematic chains and their inversions.
Different types of gears, bearings, governors, flywheels and their functions.
Static and dynamic balancing of rigid rotors.
Simple vibration analysis of bars and shafts.
Linear automatic [...]

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General Studies – 2003 (Main)
(Paper – I)
Time Allowed : Three Hours
Maximum Marks : 300
Candidate should attempt All questions strictly in accordance with instructions given under each question.
1. Answer any one of the following: (about 250 words)(30 marks)
* “The reforms of 1909 introduced a cardinal problem and ground of controversy at every revision of the [...]

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Psychology – 2000 (Main) (Paper – I)
Time Allowed : Three Hours
Maximum Marks : 300
All questions carry equal marks.
SECTION  ‘A’
Q. 1. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each :
(a) What is the basic difference between the experimental and correlational methods of psychology?
(b) How do models help in the process [...]

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