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UPSC Mains Electrical Engineering optional Syllabus is available for Download as PDF. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PAPER – I Circuit Theory: Circuit components; network graphs; KCL, KVL; circuit analysis methods: nodal analysis, mesh analysis; basic network theorems and applications; transient analysis: RL, RC and RLC circuits; sinusoidal steady state analysis; resonant circuits; coupled circuits; balanced 3-phase circuits; […]

UPSC Mains Economics optional Syllabus is available for Download as PDF. ECONOMICS PAPER – I Advanced Micro Economics: (a) Marshallian and Walrasiam Approaches to Price determination. (b) Alternative Distribution Theories: Ricardo, Kaldor, Kaleeki (c) Markets Structure: Monopolistic Competition, Duopoly, Oligopoly. (d) Modern Welfare Criteria: Pareto Hicks & Scitovsky, Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem, A.K. Sen’s Social Welfare Function. Advanced Macro Economics: Approaches to […]

UPSC Mains Commerce and Accountancy optional Syllabus is available for Download as PDF. COMMERCE AND ACCOUNTANCY PAPER – I   Accounting and Finance, Accounting, Taxation & Auditing Financial Accounting: Accounting as a Financial Information System; Impact of Behavioral Sciences. Accounting Standards e.g., Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Research and Development Costs, Long-term Construction Contracts, Revenue Recognition, Fixed […]

UPSC Mains Civil Engineering optional Syllabus is available for Download as PDF. CIVIL ENGINEERING PAPER – I Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis: Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis:1.1 Engineering Mechanics: Units and Dimensions, SI Units, Vectors, Concept of Force, Concept of particle and rigid body. Concurrent, Non Concurrent and parallel forces […]

UPSC Mains Chemistry optional Syllabus is available for Download as PDF. CHEMISTRY PAPER – I   Atomic Structure: Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, Schrodinger wave equation (time independent); Interpretation of wave function, particle in one-dimensional box, quantum numbers, hydrogen atom wave functions; Shapes of s, p and d orbitals.  Chemical Bonding: Ionic bond, characteristics of ionic compounds, lattice energy, […]

UPSC Mains Botany optional Syllabus is available for Download as PDF. BOTANY PAPER – I   Microbiology and Plant Pathology: Structure and reproduction/multiplication of viruses, viroids, bacteria, fungi and mycoplasma; Applications of microbiology in agriculture, industry, medicine and in control of soil and water pollution; Prion and Prion hypothesis. Important crop diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, […]