Organisation : Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
Designation : Laboratory Assistant
Announcement : Syllabus
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Laboratory Assistant Exam Syllabus :
General Studies & Mental Ability :
1. Events of national and international importance.
2. Current affairs- international, national and regional.
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3. Basics of General Science and their relevance to the day to day life. Current developments in science, technology and information technology
4. History of Modern India with emphasis upon Indian national movement.
5. Economic development in India since independence.
6. Logical reasoning, analytical ability and data interpretation.
7. Basic things about Disaster management (CBSE-VIII & IX Standard).
8. Geography of India with focus on A.P
9. Indian Constitution and Polity.
10. Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection
11. Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and its Administrative, Economic, Social, Cultural, Political, and legal implications / problems, including
a). Loss of capital city, challenges in building new capital and it’s financial implications.
b). Division and rebuilding of common Institutions.
c). Division of employees, their relocation and nativity issues.
d). Effect of bifurcation on commerce and entrepreneurs.
e). Implications to financial resources of state government.
f). Task of post-bifurcation infrastructure development and opportunities for investments.
g). Socioeconomic, cultural and demographic impact of bifurcation.
h). Impact of bifurcation on river water sharing and consequential issues.
i). AP REORGANISATION ACT, 2014 on AP and the arbitrariness of certain provisions.
Paper-II Chemistry
Section-A : (Inorganic Chemistry):
1.1 Atomic structure : Schrodinger wave equation, significance of and 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, Hund’s multiplicity rule, Pauli exclusion principle.
1.2 Chemical periodicity : Periodic classification of elements, salient characteristics of s,p,d and f block elements. Periodic trends of atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization potential, electron affinity and electro-negativity in the periodic table.
1.3 Chemical bonding : Types of bonding, overlap of atomic orbitals, sigma and pi-bonds, hydrogen and metallic bonds. Shapes of molecules bond order, bond length, V.S.E.P.R. theory and bond angles. The concept of hybridization and shapes of molecules and ions.
1.4 Oxidation states and oxidation number : Oxidation and reduction, oxidation numbers, common redox reactions, ionic equations. Balancing of equations for oxidation and reduction reactions.
1.5 Acids and bases : Bronsted and Lewis theories of acids and bases. Hard and soft acids and bases. HSAB principle, relative strengths of acids and bases and the effect of substituents and solvents on their strength.
1.6 Chemistry of elements :
i) Hydrogen : Its unique position in the periodic table, isotopes, ortho and para hydrogen, industrial production, heavy water.
ii) Chemistry of ‘s’ and ‘p’ block elements : Electronic configuration, general characteristics properties, inert pair effect, allotrophy and catenation. Special emphasis on solutions of alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid ammonia.
Preparation, properties and structures of boric acid, borates, boron nitrides, borohydride (diborane), carboranes, oxides and oxyacids of nitrogen, phosphorous, sulphur and chlorine; interhalogen compounds, polyhalide ions, pseudohalogens, fluorocarbons and basic properties of halogens. Chemical reactivity of noble gases, preparation, structure and bonding of noble gas compounds.
iii) Chemistry of ‘d’ block elements : Transition metals including lanthanides, general characteristic properties, oxidation states, magnetic behaviour, colour.
First row transition metals and general properties of their compounds (oxides, halides and sulphides); lanthanide contraction.
1.7 Extraction of metals : Principles of extraction of metals as illustrated by sodium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, nickel, copper, silver and gold.
1.8 Nuclear Chemistry : Nuclear reactions; mass defect and binding energy, nuclear fission and fusion. Nuclear reactors; radioisotopes and their applications.
1.9 Coordination compounds : Nomenclature, isomerism and theories of coordination compounds and their role in nature and medicine.
1.10 Pollution and its control : Air pollution, types of air pollution, control of air and water pollution, radioactive pollution.