Department of Social Work
University of Kashmir
P.G Entrance
Examination Syllabus for the Session 2013
Note:
The
syllabus prescribed for the entrance test has been divided into fifteen units.
Each unit carries a weightage of four marks. Paper setters are required to set
four multiple choice type questions with only one correct or most appropriate
answer separately for each unit, giving uniform representation to the whole
syllabus contained therein.
Unit
1
Current
Affairs
Unit
2
General
Mental Ability.
Unit
3
Sports Events
Awards
International Organizations: United
Nations; South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation;
Non Aligned Movement; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; International Monetary
Fund
Unit
4
Books and Authors- Recent
Abbreviations
Inventions
and Discoveries
Unit
5 General Science (X level)
Universe and Solar System; Units of
Measurement;
Human Body; Food and Nutrition
Vitamins;
Hormones; Diseases
Unit
6 Geography (X Level)
Natural Regions of world; Soil; Climate;
Seasons; Temperature
Mountains; Oceans; Lakes; Rivers;
Earthquake; Rain
Population of India: Distribution,
Composition Growth and Migration
Natural
Resources: Renewable and Non-Renewable
Unit
7 Indian Constitution
Preamble; Citizenship; Fundamental
Rights; Directive Principles of State Policy; Fundamental Duties; Article 370
Constitutional
context of Indian Administration; The President, Prime Minister; Governor;
Chief Minister; Planning Commission; Finance Commission; Election Commission;
Supreme Court; High Court
Unit 8 Basic Concepts
State;
Sovereignty, Citizenship, Nation; Rule of Law; Bureaucracy; Panchayati Raj
Democracy; Monarchy; Oligarchy Aristocracy; Party System; Forms of Government
Federal & Unitary
Unit
9 Indian History
Mughal Period
Indian
Freedom Struggle
Unit
10 Famous Personalities and their Role
Mother Teresa
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
JyotibaPhule
Baba Amte
B
R Ambedkar
Unit
11 Social Reform Movements
BrahmoSamaj
AryaSamaj
Aligarh Movement
Civil
Rights Movement
Unit
12 Society
Community; Association; Norms &
Values; Social Change; Family; Religion
Status and Role
Fertility;
Mortality and Migration
Unit
13 Weaker Sections and related issues
Women and Children
Aged and Disabled
Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class
Unit
14 Developmental programmes in India
Integrated
Child Development Scheme (ICDS); National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(NREGA); Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY); Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,(SSA)
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Unit
15 Social and Environmental Issues
Slums; Unemployment; Poverty; Population
Explosion; Drug Abuse; Poverty; Corruption
Environmental Education:
Climatic Change; Pollution; Global Warming.