Organisation : Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission APPSC
Recruitment Exam : Analyst Grade-II
Announcement : Syllabus
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APPSC Analyst Grade-II Syllabus
PAPER – I : GENERAL STUDIES AND MENTAL ABILITY
1. Major Current Events and Issues pertaining to International, National and State of Andhra Pradesh.
2. General Science and its applications to the day to day life Contemporary developments in Science & Technology and Information Technology.
3. History of India – emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social, economic, cultural and political aspects with a focus on AP and Indian National Movement.
4. Geography of India with focus on Andhra Pradesh.
5. Indian polity and Governance: constitutional issues, public policy, reforms and e-Governance initiatives.
6. Indian Economy and planning
7. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
8. Disaster management: vulnerability profile, prevention and mitigation strategies, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the assessment of Disaster
9. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and logical interpretation.
10. Data Analysis: Tabulation of data Visual representation of data Basic data analysis (Summary Statistics such as mean, median, mode and variance)and Interpretation.
PAPER – II : (CONCERNED SUBJECT)
CHEMISTRY
1. CHEMISTRY OF NON-TRANSITION ELEMENTS :
General characteristics of the non transition elements special features of individual elements; Synthesis’ properties and structure of their Halides and Oxides, Polymorphism of Carbon, Phosphorus and Sulphur, Synthesis, properties and structure of boranes, Carboranes, borazines, Silicates, Carbides, Sulphurnitrogen compounds. Electron counting in boranes.
2. Terpenoids : Classification of terpenoids, occurrence, isolation, general methods of structure determination. Isoprene and special isoprene rule. Structure determination and synthesis of the following representative molecules: Farnesol, Zingeberine, Cadinene and Abietic acid.
3. Amino acids and proteins – Definition of Amino acids, classification of Amino acids into alpha, beta, and gamma amino acids. Natural and essential amino acids – definition and examples, classification of alpha amino acids into acidic, basic and neutral amino acids with examples. Methods of synthesis: General methods of synthesis of alpha amino acids (specific examples – Glycine, Alanine, valine and leucine) by following methods: a) from halogenated carboxylic acid b) Malonic ester synthesis c) strecker’s synthesis Physical properties: Zwitter ion structure – salt like character – solubility, melting points, amphoteric character, definition of isoelectric point. Chemical properties: General reactions due to amino and carboxyl groups – lactams from gamma and delta amino acids by heating peptide bond (amide linkage). Structure and nomenclature of peptides and proteins.
4. Solvent free reactions: Solvent free techniques – Reactions on solid mineral supports, Phase Transfer Catalysis – C-alkylation, N-alkylation, S-alkylation, Darzen’s reaction, Wittig reaction. Ultrasound assisted green synthesis – Oxidation, Reduction, Hydroboration, Bouveault reaction, Strecker reaction, Microwave assisted green synthesis- Biginelli reaction, Aza- Michael reaction, Suzuki reaction, Stille reaction, Sonogashira reaction.
5. Spectroscopy – General features of absorption – Beer-Lambert’s law and its limitations, transmittance, Absorbance, and molar absorptivity. Single and double beam spectrophotometers. Application of Beer-Lambert law for quantitative analysis of 1. Chromium in K2Cr2O7 2. Manganese in Manganous sulphate.
6. Chromatography – General principles and classifications of chromatographic separations.
Thin layer chromatography: Classification, principle, experimental technique, sample application, development of plate, retardation factor.
Gas liquid chromatography: Gas liquid chromatography – instrumentation (columns and detectors), retention time and retention volume. Chromatographic behaviour of solutes, column efficiency and resolution, column processes and band broadening, time of analysis and resolution, Van-Deemter equation.
Paper Chromatography: Principles, Rf values, experimental procedures, choice of paper and solvent systems, developments of chromatogram – ascending, descending and radial. Two dimensional chromatography, applications.
Column Chromatography: Principles, experimental procedures, Stationary and mobile Phases, Separation technique. Applications.
High performance liquid chromatography: Theory and instrumentation- column performance, gradient elution, delivery system, sample introduction, separation columns, detectors and applications of HPLC.
7. Photochemistry: Difference between thermal and photochemical processes, Laws of photochemistry- Grothus Draper’s law and Stark-Einstein’s law of photochemical equivalence, Quantum yield- Photochemical reaction mechanism- hydrogen- chlorine and hydrogen- bromine reaction. Qualitative description of fluorescence, phosphorescence, Jablonski diagram, Photosensitized reactions – energy transfer processes (simple example).
8. Heterocyclic Compounds: Introduction and definition: Simple five membered ring compounds with one hetero atom Ex. Furan. Thiophene and pyrrole – Aromatic character – Preparation from 1, 4, -dicarbonyl compounds. Paul-Knorr synthesis. Properties: Acidic character of pyrrole – electrophillic substitution at 2 or 5 position, Halogenation, Nitration and Sulphonation under mild conditions – Diels Alder reaction in furan. Pyridine- Structure – Basicity – Aromaticity- Comparison with pyrrole-one method of preparation and properties – Reactivity towards Nucleophilic substitution reaction.
Scheme Of Analyst Grade-II
SCHEME FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF ANALYST GRADE-II IN A.P. POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Paper : Paper-I
Subject : General Studies & Mental Ability
No. of Questions : 150
Duration Minutes : 150
Maximum Marks : 150
Paper : Paper-II
Subject : Concerned Subject
No. of Questions : 150
Duration Minutes : 150
Maximum Marks : 300
TOTAL : 450 Marks
N.B: As per G.O.Ms. No.235 Finance (HR-1, Plg & Policy) Dept, Dt: 06/12/2016, for each wrong answer will be penalized with 1/3rd of the marks prescribed for the question in all Objective type papers.
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