Mains Exam

Interview (only for Group 2 Posts)

102 out of 340 For Interview Post (300 + 40 marks of interview)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Prefix & Suffix

Fill in the blanks

Prepositions

Tenses

Voice

Homophones

Error Detection

Comprehension

Odd one out

Word Formation

Identify the sentence

Compound words

Ø  Appreciation Questions from Poetry

Ø  Important Lines from Poem

Ø  Biography of Important persons

Ø  Shakespeare

Ø  Oscar Wilde

Ø  Dr Karl Paulnack

Ø  Comprehension Question from Motivational Essays

Ø  British English-American English

Ø  Comprehension Question from Description of Place

Ø  Author & their stories

Ø  Biography & Auto Biography

Ø  Characters, Quotes, Important Lines of Indian Authors

Ø  Nationality of story

Ø  Drama

Ø  Folk Arts

Ø  About Poets, Dramatist

Ø  Famous Quotes

Ø  Various Works of Author
Period of the poets

Ø  Nature centred Literary works and global issue Environment & Conservation

Ø  Theme observed in Literary Work

Ø  Nature of Universe – General Scientific Laws – Mechanics – Properties of Matter,
Force, Motion and Energy – Everyday application of the basic principles of Mechanics, Electricity
and Magnetism, Light, Sound, Heat, Nuclear Physics, Laser, Electronics and Communications

Ø  Elements and Compounds, Acids, Bases, Salts, Petroleum Products, Fertilizers, Pesticides

Ø  Main concepts of Life Science, Classification of Living Organisms, Evolution,
Genetics, Physiology, Nutrition, Health and Hygiene, Human diseases

Ø  Environment and Ecology

Ø  Polity – Political parties and political system in India – Public awareness and
General administration – Welfare oriented Government schemes and their utility,
Problems in Public Delivery Systems

Ø  Geography – Geographical landmarks

Ø  Economics – Current socio-economic issues

Ø  Science – Latest inventions in Science and Technology

Ø  Prominent Personalities in various spheres – Arts, Science,
Literature and Philosophy.

Ø  Transport – Communication

Ø  Social geography – Population density and distribution – Racial,
linguistic groups and major tribes

Ø  Natural calamity – Disaster Management – Environmental pollution:
Reasons and preventive measures – Climate change – Green energy

Ø  Change and Continuity in the Socio-Cultural History of India

Ø  Characteristics of Indian culture, Unity in diversity – Race, language, custom

Ø  India as a Secular State, Social Harmony

Ø  Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental duties, Directive Principles of State Policy

Ø  Union Executive, Union legislature – State Executive, State Legislature –
Local governments, Panchayat Raj

Ø  Spirit of Federalism: Centre-State Relationships

Ø  Election – Judiciary in India – Rule of law

Ø  Corruption in public life – Anti-corruption measures – Lokpal and Lok Ayukta –
Right to Information – Empowerment of women – Consumer protection forums,
Human rights charter

Ø  Sources of revenue – Reserve Bank of India – Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy – Finance Commission – Resource sharing between Union and State Governments – Goods and Services Tax

Ø  Structure of Indian Economy and Employment Generation, Land reforms and Agriculture – Application of Science and Technology in agriculture – Industrial growth – Rural welfare oriented programmes – Social problems – Population, education, health, employment, poverty

Ø  Thirukkural:

Ø  Significance as a Secular literature

Ø  Relevance to Everyday Life

Ø  Impact of Thirukkural on Humanity

Ø  Thirukkural and Universal Values – Equality, Humanism, etc

Ø  Relevance to Socio – Politico-Economic affairs

Ø  Philosophical content in Thirukkural

Ø  Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle – Early agitations against British Rule –
Role of women in freedom struggle

Ø  Evolution of 19th and 20th Century Socio-Political movements in Tamil Nadu –
Justice Party, Growth of Rationalism – Self Respect Movement, Dravidian movement and Principles underlying both these movements, Contributions of Thanthai Periyar and Perarignar Anna

Ø  Political parties and Welfare schemes for various sections of people – Rationale behind Reservation Policy and access to Social Resources – Economic trends in Tamil Nadu – Role and impact of social welfare schemes in the Socio-Economic development of Tamil Nadu

Ø  Social Justice and Social Harmony as the Cornerstones of Socio-Economic development

Ø  Education and Health systems in Tamil Nadu

Ø  Geography of Tamil Nadu and its impact on Economic growth

Ø  Achievements of Tamil Nadu in various fields

Ø  e-governance in Tamil Nadu

Ø  Ratio and Proportion

Ø  Simple interest – Compound interest – Area – Volume – Time and Work

Ø  Logical Reasoning – Puzzles – Dice – Visual Reasoning – Alphanumeric Reasoning – Number Series

Ø  Expansion of British rule: Carnatic Wars;

Ø  Early uprisings against British Rule: Revolt of Poligars, South Indian Rebellion, Vellore Mutiny,
Indian National Movements – Moderates, Extremists and Terrorist Movements – Gandhian Era;

Ø  The early stage of Freedom movement in Tamil Nadu – First voice for freedom struggle from Tamil Nadu – Protests by Pulithevar, Veerapandya Kattabomman, Dheeran Chinnamalai, Velunachiar, Kuyili and others

Ø  Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle – V.O.Chidambaram, Bharathiyar, V.V. Subramanian, Vanchinathan, Subramania Siva, T.S.S Rajan, Rajaji, Sathyamoorthy, Kamaraj, Rukmani Lakshmi Pathi, Ambujammal and others; Types of freedom struggle – Sacrifices – Magazines – Literature – Plays/Drama – Songs – Films etc.

Ø  Contribution of women in the freedom struggle and social work: Dr Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar, Muvalur Ramamirtham, Cuddalore Anjalai mmal, Thillaiyadi Valliammai, and others

Ø  Impact of British Rule: Christian Missionaries, Development of Education, Judiciary, Local Self Governance System, Police, Transport and Communication – Disappearance of Indigenous Industries – Spread of Western Culture

Ø  Origin and Growth of “Social – Justice”
ideology, Socio- Religious Movements, Political Parties and Achievements.

Ø  Thirukkural – Guidance for way of life to human elevation – Guidelines given by Thirukkural in the field of administration, judiciary and day to day life – Philosophical thoughts laid down by Thirukkural for the betterment and integration of the whole of humanity;

Ø  Sociopolitical movements of 19th and 20th centuries, Vallalar’s Samarasa Sutha Sanmarga Satya Sangam –Origin and development of Justice Party – Impact of Rationalism Movement, Self-Respect Movement, History and Development of Dravidian Movement, Tani Tamil Iyakkam (Pure Tamil Movement) – Tamil Society Reforms personalities – Thanthai Periyar, Arignar Anna, and other scholars;

Ø  Arts – Cultura conventions of Tamilians – Ancient cultural knowledge of Tamilians – Conventional thoughts of Tamilians;

Ø  Cultural Elements: Tamil Nadu State Government Symbols – Experts in Cultural Fields – Folk Dances, Folk Music, Folk Drama, and World Tamil Conferences.

Ø  Health Care: Poor sanitation – Rural and Urban disparities – Poor infrastructure – Insufficient health care delivery – Role of Panchayat Raj and Urban Development Agencies – Health policy in India – Health care programmes in India; Child Labour and Child Abuse: Child Education – School Dropouts – Gender disparities – Initiatives to eliminate Child Labour in India – Media and enhanced vulnerability – Laws to protect child abuse and welfare schemes;

Ø  Women Empowerment: Domestic violence – Dowry problems – Sexual assault – Eve teasing – Kidnapping – Laws and awareness programmes – Role of Government and NGOs in women empowerment – Welfare schemes;

Ø  Marginalised Groups: Problems – Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes – Elderly – People with disability – Transgender – Religious minorities – Central and State Government welfare programmes to marginalised groups.

Ø  Social Changes: Urbanization – Modernization – Globalization – Policy, Planning and Programmes in India – Impact of Violence on Society – Religious Violence – Terrorism and Communal Violence – Causes and Remedies;

Ø  Current Affairs.

Ø  Diodes and Transistors and their Applications;

Ø  Broadcasting Technology;

Ø  Electrochemical cells – Types of electrodes – Batteries – Lithium-ion Battery; Fuels: Gaseous fuels – LPG, Natural gas and water gas;

Ø  Polymers: Thermoplastics and Thermosetting plastics, PVC, PET, Nylon 66, Teflon;

Ø  Medicinal Chemistry: Analgesics – Paracetamol and Aspirin, Antibiotics – Penicillin and Chloromycetin;

Ø  Biotechnology: Applications of Biotechnology – Plant Genetic Engineering – concepts – transgenic plants, edible vaccines, Terminator Gene technology, BT Cotton, Golden rice, Flavr Savr tomato, Social and ecological impact of genetically modified crops – Biotechnological methods for crop improvement – Application of plant tissue culture in Forestry, Horticulture – Recombinant DNA Technology – DNA cloning – DNA fingerprinting – applications of PCR and ELISA in disease diagnosis – hybridoma techniques in the production of Mono Clonal Antibodies (MCA) – Animal cell culture techniques – stem cells and its applications; Applications of GIS;

Ø  Nanotechnology – Fundamentals – Applications – Nano Fertilizer, Nano Pesticides, Green Nanotechnology and Nano farming; Advanced reproductive techniques: In-vitro fertilization (IVF) – Intra–Uterine Insemination (IUI) – Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) – Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) – cryopreservation of sperm; Components of Computer – Computer Organization and Architecture –
System Software and Application Software –Data Communication Networks – Cryptography –
Computer Graphics and Multimedia – Mobile Computing and Communication –  Web Technology and Applications – E-Commerce – Cloud Computing Architecture – IOT – Artificial Intelligence Applications –
Machine learning – Cyber Security – Biometrics – Blockchain Technology;

Ø  Current Affairs.

Ø  Citizenship

Ø  Fundamental Rights

Ø  Fundamental Duties

Ø  Directive Principles of State Policy;

Ø  Union Executive: President, Vice-President,  Prime Minister and Council of Ministers – Cabinet – Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) – Parliament Committees – Major Constitutional Amendments;

Ø  State Government: Chief Minister and Council of Ministers –  Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Structure, Powers and Functions; Local Governments: Three-tier system –  73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments – Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act 1994 – Grama Sabha – Working of PRIs in Tamil Nadu – District Collector’s role in Development Administration;

Ø  Dynamics of Indian Federalism: Centre-State relations: Administrative, Legislative, Financial – Issues and Challenges;

Ø  Judiciary in India: Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts – Subordinate Courts (Structure and Functions) – Judicial Review – Judicial Activism – Public Interest Litigation; Electoral System in India – Election Commission (Constitutional Provisions, Composition, powers and functions);

Ø  Party system in India: Regional and National political parties in India and Tamil Nadu;

Ø  Integrity in Indian Polity: Corruption in Politics – Anti-Corruption measures: Lokpal and Lok Ayukta – Central Vigilance Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General of India –
Central Bureau of Investigation – Enforcement Directorate – Right to Information – Right to Services – Consumers’ Rights –  Consumer Protection Act 2019 – Human Rights Act 1993 –
National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commission – Social Audit – Citizen’s Charter;

Ø  Political parties in Tamil Nadu: Regional and National Parties –
Welfare schemes and measures of successive Governments in Tamil Nadu after 1947 – Reservation and Language policy in Tamil Nadu – Impact of welfare schemes and measures in the socio-economic development of Tamil Nadu;

Ø  Education and Health Administrative Structure in Tamil Nadu:  Evolution – Achievements of Tamil Nadu in various fields: Education, Health, Industrial, Information Technology, Agriculture, Women and Marginalised Groups;

Ø  E-governance and Mobile– governance initiatives in Tamil Nadu –  Public Service Delivery through e-governance. TNeGA – eService Centres;

Ø  Problems in Public Service delivery in Tamil Nadu;

Ø  Current Affairs.

Ø  Minerals: iron ore, manganese, copper, bauxite, gold, silver, mica, coal,  petroleum and natural Gas;

Ø  Energy Resources: hydel, thermal, nuclear, wind, tidal and solar;

Ø  Industries: textile, jute, sugar, cement, iron and steel, automobile and shipbuilding;

Ø  Transport: road, railway, water and air;

Ø  Environment – Global and national environmental issues – pollution – air, water, soil, thermal, radioactive, noise,
electronic and solid wastes – Management of municipal solid wastes and bio-medical wastes;

Ø  Biodiversity and Conservation: Definition, types – genetic, species and ecosystem diversity – values – threats to biodiversity – habitat destruction, invasive species and anthropogenic activities – climatic change and wildfire;

Ø  Causes and consequences of species extinction;

Ø  Biodiversity conservation: in-situ and ex-situ;

Ø  Biodiversity conservation strategies: international environmental governance –
Biodiversity Act (BDA), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES),  and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF);

Ø  Biodiversity hotspots of India;

Ø  Sustainable development – Sustainable development goals and targets –

Ø  Clean and Green energy Paris Agreement and COP28;

Ø  Disaster Management: Overview of disasters – definitions and types;

Ø  Introduction to disaster risk management framework;

Ø  Natural calamities – Anthropogenic disasters – global warming and climate change, industrial accidents;

Ø  Climate change governance – mitigations and adaptations;

Ø  Role of space technology in disaster management,  National action plan for climate change –
Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority – Tamil Nadu Disaster Management Plan –
Role of NGO and Civil society organisation in disaster management and mitigation in Tamil Nadu;

Ø  Current Affairs.

Ø  Reserve Bank of India: Functions, Monetary Policy – Components – Fiscal Policy: Fiscalreforms – Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Management (FRBM) Act Finance Commission: Revenue sharing between Union and State Governments – Recommendations of recent Finance Commission;

Ø  Agricultural and Rural Development: Land Reforms – Rural Credit, Modern Farming Technics and Marketing – e-NAM (electronic – National Agricultural Marketing) –
Price Policy – M.S. Swaminathan Commission’s Recommendations – Subsidies – Commercialisation and Diversification of Agriculture – Rural Development Programmes – Poverty Alleviation Programmes – National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS);

Ø  Labour: Employment – Types – Sectoral Distribution – Labour Welfare Measures –
Recent Indian Employment Report of International Labour Organisation (ILO) (Overview only);

Ø  Poverty and Human Development: Estimates of Inequality and Poverty alleviation measures –
Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Development Index (GDI), Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) and Happiness Index (HI); Foreign trade: Composition, Direction and Organisation of Trade – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) – Balance of Trade – Balance of Payment – External Debt;

Ø  Current Affairs.

Oral Test: 40 Marks

Total Marks: 300+40 = 340 Marks

Minimum Qualifying Marks: 102 out of 340

Total Marks: 300

Minimum Qualifying Marks: 90 out of 300