ગુજરાત ગૌણ સેવા પસંદગી મંડળ, ગાંધીનગર

જાહે રાત ક્રમાંક : ૨૪૮/૨૦૨૪૨૫ ની સ્પધાાત્મક કસોટીનો વવગતવાર

અભ્યાસક્રમ અંગેની અગત્યની સૂચના

મંડળ દ્વારા જાહે રાત ક્રમાંક : ૨૪૮/૨૦૨૪૨૫, આસીસ્ટન્ટ એકઝામીનર ઓફ કવેશ્વન

ડોકયુમેન્ટ(મદદનીશ હસ્તાક્ષર વનષણાંત), વગા-૩ સંવર્ગની MCQ પદ્વતિથી સ્પર્ાગત્મક
પરીક્ષાનં આયોજન કરવાનો તનર્ગય લીર્ેલ છે , જેની સંબંતર્િ ઉમેદવારોએ નોંર્ લેવી. સદર
સંવર્ગની પરીક્ષાનો તવર્િવાર અભ્યાસક્રમ નીચે મજબ રહે શે.

DETAILED SYLLABUS of EXAM

PART: A (60 MARKS)

(1) Reasoning & Data Interpretation (30 Questions, 30 Marks):

1. Problems on Ages
2. Venn Diagram
3. Visual reasoning
4. Blood relation
5. Arithmetic reasoning
6. Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables)
7. Data sufficiency
(2) Quantitative Aptitude (30 Questions, 30 Marks):
1. Number Systems
2. Simplification and Algebra
3. Arithmetic and Geometric Progression
4. Average
5. Percentage
6. Profit-Loss
7. Ration and Proportion
8. Partnership
 9. Time and Work
10. Time, Speed and Distance
11. Work, Wages and chain rule

PART: B (150 MARKS)

(1) Constitution of India (10 Questions, 10 Marks)

1. Preamble of the Constitution
2. Fundamental rights
3. Directive principles of state policy
4. Fundamental Duty
5. Power, role and responsibility of President, vice president and
governor
6. Parliamentary system
7. Amendment of Indian constitution, emergency provisions in
Indian constitution
8. Centre – State Government and their relation
9. Judicial System of Indian Constitution
10. Constitutional body
(2) Current Affairs (10 Questions, 10 Marks)
1. Current events of state, national and international importance
(3) Comprehension (Gujarati {5 marks} & English {5 marks})
(10 Questions, 10 Marks)
1. to assess comprehension, interpretation and inference skills
A paragraph given with set of question on the basis of paragraph
Or statement and assertion type question can be asked
(4) Questions and Its Applications related to Technical Qualification
(120 Questions, 120 Marks)
1. Questioned Document and Currency notes: Nature and problems of documents
examination, classification of documents, procurements of standard admitted/
specimen writing, handling and marking of document, Preliminary examination of
document, basis of handwriting identification, individuality of hand writing,
variation in genuine handwriting, natural variation, process of comparison. Various
 types of documents- genuine and forge documents and holographic documents,
various writing feature and estimation, general characteristic of handwriting,
individual characteristics of handwriting, basic tools needed for forensic document
examination and their use, Identification of writer, examination of signature,
writing instrument and their influence on handwriting, Examination of alteration,
erasures, overwriting, addition, and obliteration, Types of Forgery, Age of
Documents and Sequence of strokes, Identification of Currency notes, counterfeit
coins, passport and stamp papers, Hand writing and signature analysis, Document
forgery analysis, Examination of indented handwriting, Examination of
mechanical, electronic and digital type scripts and printed matters, Examination of
security documents (currency notes, stamps, passports, lottery etc.).
2. Forensic Photography and Material Science: Photography: Basic principles and
techniques of black and white and color photography, cameras and lenses, exposing,
development and printing, different kinds of developers and fixtures, crime scene
and laboratory photography, IR, UV photography, Material Science: Types of Glue
(sticking material), Ink examination and its types with forensic importance.
3. Different types of Spectroscopy: Atomic absorption spectrometry:
Instrumentation and techniques, interference in AAS, background correction
methods, quantitative analysis, Thermal analysis methods, Basic principles and
theory, differential scanning colorimetry and differential analysis,
thermogravimetry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy: Basic principles,
theory and Instrumentation.
4. Crime Scene Management: Introduction, Evaluation and processing of scene of
crime, Documenting the scene, Crime scene sketching, steps in sketching a crime
scene, Method of sketching a crime scene, the crime scene search, Crime scene
search method, Processing of physical evidence; Discovering, recognizing and
examining of physical evidence; Collecting, marking and identifying evidence;
Safety measure for evidence collection, Packaging and preserving evidence.
5. Atomic Spectroscopy: Hydrogen atom spectrum, Orbital magnetic moment of
hydrogen, Larmor precession, Stern-Garlach experiment, Electron spin, The vector
atom model, Spin-orbit interaction and fine structure, Pauli's exclusion principle
and electronic configuration, Total angular momentum in many electron atoms, L-
S coupling, j-j coupling, Hund rules, Energy levels and transitions of Helium, Alkali
spectra, Shielding of core electrons, Spectral terms of equivalent electrons, Normal
Zeeman effect, experimental arrangement and theory, Anomalous Zeeman effect,
Paschen-Bach effect, Stark effect, Characteristics X-ray spectrum, Moseley's law,
Width of spectral lines.
6. Optics: Fermat's principle and its applications: Fermat's principle of least time,
laws at reflection, laws of refraction. Interference in thin films: Thin film, Plane
parallel film, Interference due to transmitted light, Haidinger fringes, variable
thickness (wedge- shaped) film, Newton's ring.
7. Polarization of light & double refraction: Plane polarized light, pictorial
representation of light vibrations, method to produce plane polarized light (only
names), double refraction or birefringence, geometry of calcite crystal, Optical axis
principal section & principal plane, Nicol prism, Parallel & Crossed Nicol prism,
Huygen's theory of double refraction in uniaxial crystals, refractive indices for o-
rays & e-rays, Polaroids.
8. Production & Analysis of Polarized light: Introduction, superposition of two
plane polarized waves having perpendicular vibrations, the elliptically & circularly
polarized light, quarter wave plate, half wave plate, production of plane elliptically
& circularly polarized light, detection of plane elliptically & circularly polarized
light, systematic analysis of polarized light.
9. Types of Molecular Spectra and Molecular Energy States: Separation of
electronic and nuclear motion, The Born Oppenheimer approximation, types of
molecular spectra.
10. Pure Rotational Spectra: Salient features of Rotational spectra, Molecular
requirement for rotation spectra, experimental arrangement, Molecule as a rigid
rotator, explanation of rotational spectra (without the process of solving
 Schrodinger equation to get energy formula), the non-rigid rotator, Isotope effect
on rotational spectrum, tunable laser and pulse laser – introduction.
11. Vibrational - Rotational Spectra Salient: features of vibrational - Rotational
spectra, Molecule as a harmonic oscillator, Molecule as anharmonic oscillator,
Vibrational frequency and force constant for anharmonic oscillator, Fine structure
of Infrared bands: Molecule as vibrating rotator, Diatomic molecule as symmetric
top, Thermal distribution of vibrational and rotational levels.
12. Raman Spectra: Nature of the Raman spectra, experimental arrangement for
Raman spectra, Classical theory of Raman effect, Quantum theory of Raman effect,
Raman spectra and Molecular structure, Infrared spectra versus Raman spectra,
Laser as intense source.
13. Classification of Molecular Electronic States: Molecular electronic states,
Symmetry properties of electronic Eigen functions (symmetry classification of
electronic states)
14. Fluorescence and Phosphorescence: Luminescence, Mechanism of fluorescent
emission, Mechanism of phosphorescent emission, Fluorescence spectrum
compared with Raman spectrum.
15. Alpha Rays: Range of alpha particles, Disintegration energy of the spontaneous
alpha decay, Alpha decay paradox - barrier penetration.
16. Beta Rays: Introduction, Continuous Beta ray spectrum - difficulties encountered
to understand it, Pauli's Neutrino Hypothesis, Fermi's theory of Beta decay, the
detection of neutrino, Parity non-conservation in Beta decay.
17. Gamma Rays: Introduction, Gamma-ray emission selection rules, Internal
conversion, Nuclear isomerism.
18. The liquid drop model of the nucleus: Introduction, Binding energies of nuclei:
plot of B/A against A., Weizsacher's semi empirical mass formula Mass parabolas:
prediction of stability against Beta decay for members of an isobaric family,
Stability limits against spontaneous fission, Barrier penetration - decay probabilities
for spontaneous fission, Nucleon emission.
19. Introduction to Nanomaterials: Introduction to nano-sized materials and
structures, Definitions of nanomaterials, Brief history of Nanomaterials and
challenges in Nanotechnology, Properties of Nanomaterials: Effect of reduction of
dimensions, quantum size effects, Mechanical, Thermal, Optical and Magnetic
properties of nanomaterials
20. Analytical Chemistry: Introduction, The nature of analytical chemistry, The role
of analytical chemistry, Classification of analytical methods (classical and
instrumental) Quantitative analytical methods. An internal role for chemical
analysis.
21. Quality Control Management System: Definition of Accreditation, History and
development of ISO, Importance of accreditation in Analytical Laboratories,
Introduction to Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality control, Quality system,
Validation Criteria of new test methods and calibration. GLP concepts.
22. Narcotic drugs & psychotropic substances: Introduction to Controlled
Substances, Classification of controlled substances, Precursor chemicals,
Clandestine drug laboratories, Mandatory provisions of NDPS Act, 1985;
Commonly abused drugs, Drug dependence, Drug Tolerance, Designer Drugs,
Drug profiling, Systematic analysis of Drug of abuse by various chemical and
instrumental methods.
23. Oils and Fat: Introduction, distinction between oils and fats properties,
classification, edible oils, manufacture of oil by solvent extraction, animal fats and
oils, processing of animal fats and oils, mineral oils, difference between animal,
vegetable and mineral oils, hydrocarbon oils and essential oils.
24. Alkaloids: Classification, General method of determining structure, analytical and
synthetic methods, structure of Coniine, Nicotine, Atropine and Papaverine.
25. Synthetic Dyes: Classification of Dyes- Anionic and Cationic dyes, Mordant and
Vat dyes, Reactive and Dispersed dyes, Synthesis of Alizarin, Malachite green,
Indigo, Congo red, Eosin, Phase Rule: Binary system: Zn-Cd and Pb-Ag, Zeotropic
and azeotropic mixtures, Steam distillation, Zone refining.
26. Osmosis: Desalination and reverse osmosis, Electro dialysis, Electrochemistry and
pollution control, Removal of Cu, Ag and Fe from waste water.
27. Solvent Extraction Separation: Principles of solvent extraction, choice of solvent,
distribution coefficient, distribution ratio, percentage (%) extraction. The extraction
process, solvent extraction of metals, selective extraction and separation efficiency.
28. Nano technology: Introduction and preparation, Introduction to Nanomaterials,
Optical, magnetic and chemical properties of Nanomaterials, Preparation of
Nanoparticles: Chemical Approaches: Chemical reduction; Sonochemical
synthesis; Sol-Gel Synthesis; Self-assembly, Physical Approaches: Aerosol spray;
Gas condensation; Laser vaporization and vapour deposition; Sputtering.
29. Nanostructured materials: Quantum dots, wells & wires; Carbon Nanotubes
(CNTs): Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), Multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(MWNTs), Graphenes, Fullerenes, Metal/Oxide nanoparticles (NPS), Nanorods,
Nanotubes and Nanofibres, Semiconductor quantum dots, Polymer NPs.
30. Characterization techniques for Nanomaterials-I: Particle size Analyser (Laser
scattering), Optical Microscopy: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM),
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Tunnel Microscopy (STM).
31. Characterization techniques for Nanomaterials-II: X-ray Diffraction (XRD),
Auger Emission Spectroscopy, Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical analysis
(ESCA), Application of Nanomaterials: Applications Solar energy conversion and
catalysis, Polymers with a special architecture, Liquid crystalline systems,
Applications in displays and other devices, Advanced organic materials for data
storage, Photonics, Chemical and biosensors, Nano medicine and Nano
biotechnology.
32. INSTRUMENTATIONS: Fundamentals of Spectroscopy: Classification of
spectra i.e. line, band, continuous spectra / absorption, emission spectra; Wave
properties of electromagnetic radiation; Particle/photon properties of
electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic spectrum.
33. UV-VIS Spectroscopy: Theory; Beer and Lambert's law - limitations and
deviations from the law; Terminologies associated with absorption measurements;
Types of transitions; Factors affecting spectral characteristics (structural and non-
structural); Effect of conjugation; Wood ward Fieser rule; Photometric titrations;
Instrumentation, applications (in analysis of organic compounds and inorganic
complexes), advantages and limitations of UV Visible spectroscopy; Quantitative
analysis of binary mixtures of absorbing substances by simultaneous equation
method; Calibration of UV Visible Spectrophotometer as per standard methods.
34. Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Introduction: luminescence, photoluminescence;
Theory of Fluorescence and Phosphorescence; Jablonski diagram; Factors affecting
fluorescence intensity (structural and non-structural); Instrumentation, applications,
advantages and limitations of fluorescence spectroscopy.
35. IR Spectroscopy: Theory of absorption of Infrared radiation by molecules;
Molecular vibrations; Factors influencing vibrational frequencies; Calculation of
vibrational frequencies (Hooke's law); Sample handling techniques;
Instrumentation (Dispersion and FTIR spectrometer) and applications of IR
Spectroscopy; Calibration of IR Spectrophotometer as per Pharmacopoeia.
36. Atomic Spectroscopy: Basics of atomic spectroscopy; Principle of atomic
absorption and atomic emission spectroscopy; Interferences in atomic
spectroscopy; Factors affecting atomic spectroscopy like solvents, buffers, other
ions, etc; Flame Photometry; Atomic emission spectroscopy with plasma and
electrical discharge sources; Instrumentation (including radiation sources like
hollow cathode lamp), applications, advantages and limitations of atomic
absorption and atomic emission spectroscopy.
37. Mass Spectrometry: Theory; Ionization techniques, Ion separating techniques;
Different types of ions and their significance in mass spectra, Fragmentation rules
and rearrangements; Instrumentation and applications of mass spectrometry.
Overview of GC-MS and GC-MS-MS, interpretation of results of Isomers.
38. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy: Fundamental Principles - nuclear
spin, magnetic moment; Proton NMR spectroscopy - theory, chemical shift and
 factors affecting chemical shift, spin- spin coupling, coupling constant, relaxation
process, Instrumentation and applications of PMR; Brief overview of C13 NMR.
39. X-ray spectroscopy Introduction: Generation of X-rays; X-ray diffraction,
Bragg's law; Applications of X-ray diffraction, EDXRF: Principle instrumentation,
how does it works & Applications of EDXRF.
40. Raman spectra: Basic principle, Instrumentation, application of Raman spectra,
comparison of IR and Raman spectra.
41. Gas Chromatography: Introduction; Theory and Principle of Gas-
Chromatography; Mobile phase, Stationary phases for GSC and GLC;
Instrumentation (including temperature programming and derivatization) and
applications of GC. Principle and applications of Gas chromatography with Head
space Technique.
42. High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Introduction; Theory,
Classification and Principle of HPLC; Mobile phase, Stationary phases for normal
and reversed phase HPLC; Instrumentation (including significance of guard
column) and applications of HPLC; Comparison of HPLC with GC; Overview of
LC-MS, LC-MS/MS. Basic principle, theory and applications of partition,
adsorption, ion-exchange, size exclusion, Super critical fluid and Affinity
chromatography.
43. Current Trends and Recent Advancements in the Above Fields.

ખાસ નોંધ:
(૧) Part-A માં િમામ પ્રશ્નો અંગ્રેજીમાં રહે શે.
(૨) Part-B માં ર્જરાિી કોમ્પ્પ્રીહે ન્સનના પ્રશ્નો ર્જરાિીમાં અને અંગ્રેજી કોમ્પ્પ્રીહે ન્સનના
પ્રશ્નો અંગ્રેજીમાં િેમજ શૈક્ષતર્ક લાયકાિને સંબંતર્િ તવષય અને િેની ઉપયોર્ીિાને
લર્િા પ્રશ્નો ર્જરાિી અને અંગ્રેજી એમ બન્ને ભાષામાં રહે શે.
(3) જાહે રાિ ક્રમાંક:૨૪૮/૨૦૨૪૨૫ ના અનસંર્ાને િા.૨૮/૦૮/૨૦૨૪ ના રોજ મંડળની
વેબસાઇટ પર પ્રતસધ્ર્ કરવામાં આવેલ અન્ય સચનાઓ યથાવિ રહે શે.
સ્પર્ાગત્મક પરીક્ષાની િારીખ માટે નો તવર્િવાર કાયગક્રમ મંડળની વેબસાઈટ પર
મૂકવામાં આવશે. જેની સંબંતર્િ ઉમેદવારોએ નોંર્ લેવા આથી જર્ાવવામાં આવે છે .

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