mpsc.mizoram.gov.in Syllabus for Research Investigator : Mizoram Public Service Commission
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Designation : Research Investigator
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Research Investigator Exam Syllabus :
General English (Common Subject)
(Full Marks : 100)
(a) Essay Writing (Conventional)
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(b) Idioms & Phrases (Objective Type)
(c) Comprehension of given passages (Objective Type)
(d) Grammar (Objective Type)
Parts of Speech : Nouns, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, etc.
(e) Composition (Objective Type)
i) Analysis of complex and compound sentences
ii) Transformation of sentences
iii) Synthesis of sentences
(f) Correct usage and vocabularies (Objective Type)
Optional Subjects :
1) Geology
2) Anthropology
3) History
Geology Paper – I
General Geology And Field Geology
Unit-I
Rocks types of rocks : igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, their characteristic features, origin and field structures; General information on rocks found in India.
Minerals – definition and types; simple physical properties for distinguishing common minerals : colour, luster, transparency, hardness (Moh’s scale of hardness), fracture and cleavage; Crystalline forms of minerals and conditions of crystal formations; General study of rock forming minerals: quartz, feldspar, mica.
Unit-II
Weathering and denudation of supra-crustal rocks; Origin, texture and mineral composition of clastic and non clastic sediments and genesis of sedimentary rocks; Primary sedimentary structures;
General classification of sedimentary rocks; Petrography of fundamental rock types such as – conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, limestone and shale.
Unit-III
Mountain building; Fluvial processes and landforms; River valley development and channel morphology; River systems and drainage patterns; Cycle of erosion; Development of slopes; Weathering, mass wasting and erosion.
Unit-IV
Reading of Topographic sheets; Topography and its representation; Dip and strike; Outcrop; Instruments used in field study; Effects of topography on outcrop; Clinometers and Brunton compass and their uses;
Elementary structural analysis using stereographic methods; Interpretation of Geological and contour maps.
Unit-V
Folds – parts of fold, geometric classification of folds and causes of folding; Faults – parts of faults, types of faults and causes of faulting; Joints – their geometric classification; Unconformity, its kinds and significance; Overlap; Outlier and Inlier.
Palaeontology And Stratigraphy :
Unit-I
Paleontology – definition, subdivisions and scope, its relationship with other sub-disciplines of geology; Fossils, definition, types (body and trace fossils); Modes of preservation of fossils;
Incompleteness of fossils record; Elementary ideas about origin of life; Application of paleontology with special reference to correlation; Paleoecology and paleogeographic reconstructions.
Unit –II
Organic evolution – ancient and modern concepts, evidences; Theories of organic evolution : Lamarckism, Darwinism, Synthetic theory; Hominid fossils and the question of human evolution;
Human evolution tree, Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthal, Java man, Peking man and other major hominid fossil evidences.
Unit-III
Stratigraphy : Definition, its scope and relationships with other subdisciplines of geology; Principles of stratigraphy; Geological time scale;
Elements of Dual Stratigraphic classification: Lithostratigraphic units, Bio stratigraphic units and Chronostratigraphic units and Litho-Chronostratigraphic units; Stratigraphic Correlation; Imperfections in geological records, Plio-Pleistocene boundary; Major events in the earth’s history.
Unit –IV
Geotectonic Setup of North East India; Stratigraphic Significance of North Eastern India; Important Stratigraphic horizons in North East India, Significant Lithology, Economic importance and Life.
Unit –V
Age of the earth; Chronology and Dating : Relative, Stratigraphy, Typology, Absolute, Carbon 14, Potassium Argon, Fission Track, Thermoluminescence, Dendrochronology, Pollen analysis, Varve clay analysis;
Geological Biological and Cultural Dimension of Man; Quaternary Period : Pleistocene and Holocene, Environment and Climatic Changes.