TNPSC Research Assistant Syllabus 2023 PDF – Download Combined Various Subordinate Services Exam Pattern Here!!!

TNPSC Research Assistant Syllabus in Tamil: Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission will be going to conduct the Computer Based Test (CBT) on 09.09.2023 & 10.09.2023 for the post of Combined Research Assistant in Various Subordinate Services. So, Applied Candidates are advised to refer to the Syllabus & Exam Pattern from the below sessions.

Research Assistant TNPSC Question Paper 2023

Name of the Board	Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Post Name	Combined Research Assistant in Various Subordinate Services
No of Vacancy	06
Exam Date	09.09.2023 to 10.09.2023
Category	Syllabus & Exam Pattern

TNPSC Research Assistant Exam Pattern 2023:

For the post Research Assistant in Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Department (Non- Interview Post)

Subject	Duration	Maximum marks	Minimum qualifying marks for selection
			SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs BC(OBCM)s & BCMs	Others
Paper –I (Subject Papers) (PG Degree Standard) (200 Questions)   1.     For the post of Research Assistant in Statistics. Statistics (Code No.410) Or Mathematics (Code No.413) 2.     For the post of Research Assistant in Economics. Economics (Code No. 411) 3.     For the post of Research Assistant in Geography. Geography (Code No.412) 4.     For the post of Research Assistant in Sociology. Sociology (Code No.368) or Social Work (Code No.370)	3 Hours	300	135	180
Paper – II:-   Part-A Tamil Eligibility Test (SSLC Standard) (100 questions/150 marks)	3 Hours	150*
Part-B   (General Studies) (Code No:003) (100 questions)(150 marks) General Studies (Degree Standard) (75 questions) and Aptitude and Mental Ability Test (SSLC Standard) (25 questions)		150

For the post of Research Assistant in Evaluation and Applied Research Department (Interview Post):

Subject	Duration	Maximum marks	Minimum qualifying marks for selection
			SCs, SC(A)s, STs, MBCs/DCs BC(OBCM)s & BCMs	Others
Paper –I:- (PG Degree Standard) (200 Questions) [Subject Comprising Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Business Administration, Mathematics, Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Agricultural Economics and Public Administration.] (Code No. 213)	3 Hours	300	153	204
Paper – II:-   Part-A Tamil Eligibility Test (SSLC Standard) (100 questions/150 marks)	3 Hours	150*
Part-B   (General Studies) (Code No:003) (100 questions) (150 marks) General Studies (Degree Standard) (75 questions) and Aptitude and Mental Ability Test (SSLC Standard) (25 questions) Interview and Records		150                         60
Total	510

Note:-

• Answer sheets of Paper-I and Part B of Paper II of the candidates will be evaluated, only if the candidates secure minimum qualifying marks in Part A of Paper-II.
• Marks secured in Paper-I and Part-B of Paper-II will only be considered for ranking.
• The questions for Part B in Paper – II will be set both in English and Tamil. The questions in Paper – I (Subject Paper) will be set in English language only for the post of Research Assistant in Evaluation and Applied Research Department.

TNPSC Research Assistant Syllabus 2023:

(POST GRADUATE DEGREE STANDARD COVERING ALL THE SUBJECTS REFERRED IN THE RULES)

Unit – I:

Indian Economy – Growth and development: Agriculture: Area, Yield, And Production, marketing and sales. Rural Development – Industry: Input and output – Service Sector:Types of service sector, skilled labour, semi-skilled labour and unskilled labour – Changing Sectoral contributions – Industrial Policy Changes – FDI – Infrastructure: Public Health – Education – drinking water – sanitation – Public transport –Banking and financial services–housing facilities–Nutrition – Investment – Public Private Participation – Inclusive growth. Human Development: Concepts, Trends and Issues – Employment, unemployment, under employment and disguised unemployment – concepts, measurement and Trends – Employment in Organized and unorganized sector – Strategies for Employment Generation. Poverty: Concepts, measurement and Trends, Fiscal Policy – FRBM Act – Goods and Service Tax (VAT)– Fiscal Federalism – Parallel economy in India – Inflation: Definition, trends, estimates, consequences and remedies – RBI – Monetary and Fiscal policy – Banking Sector Reforms – India’s foreign trade, composition, direction and recent changes in trade policy – Balance of payments – India and WTO requirements – Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on India. Index number: Consumer price index – Whole Sale price Index. Time series analyses-Moving average Method.

Unit – II:

Primary data collection-Field Investigation- Census method-Sampling Method – Direct personal observation-Interview method- Indirect oral interview Information through agencies-Mailed Questionnaires and scheduled sent through enumerator. Secondary data collection- Books-Journals-Government (Ministry) Records and reports from government agencies- Bibliography-Autography- Web site-News Paper- Periodicals, etc. Evaluation and preparation of the report and components of evaluation Report: Executive summary-background and purpose statement of the problem-objectives and Hypotheses – evaluation methods (Statistical methods used in the study) –result and discussion of the result – conclusion and recommendation- reference or bibliography- appendices.

Unit – III:

Econometrics – definition, methodology, Data – meaning and types of data such as cross-section, time-series and panel data, primary & secondary data advantages & disadvantages, Variables – meaning and types such as quantitative and qualitative variables, measurement scales of variables such as ratio, interval, ordinal and nominal- simple examples. Correlation – simple and multiple correlation, properties of correlation coefficients, Karl Pearson’s and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients, Simple numerical problems – Simple & multiple linear regression model – introduction, assumptions, least squares principle, least squares estimators, properties of regression coefficients(Gauss-Markov theorem), interpretation of regression output – R2 & adjusted R2, regression coefficients with t-values and level of significance, Simple numerical problems – advantages of regression analysis over correlation analysis, Functional forms of regression models – log-linear, log- lin and lin-log models and computation of elasticity, computation of simple and compound growth rates – simple numerical examples.

Unit – IV:

Econometric Problems: heteroscedasticity, multicollinearity and autocorrelation – definition and consequences. Dummy variables: definition, generation of dummy variables, problem of dummy variable trap, cautions in using dummy variables, inclusion and interpretation of dummy variables in the regression. Qualitative response regression models – linear probability, logit and probit models – an introduction. Basics of time-series: additive and multiplicative models, determination of trend by free drawing, moving average methods, and seasonal indices, definition of stationarity, tests for stationarity and transformation of nonstationary series into stationary series.

Unit – V:

Compilation and Tabulation of data Collected – Classification – Types of Classification – Formulation of discrete and continuous frequency distribution (uni-variate and Bi- variate). Pictorial Representation of data: Bar diagrams – Pie diagrams – Histogram – Ogives and Lawrence Curve Measures of Location – Mean, Median, Mode, Harmonic Mean and Geometric Mean – Quartiles – Measures of variation: Range, Quartile deviation, Mean deviation, Variance and Standard deviation. Coefficient of variation, skewness and Kurtosis. (All the calculation of measures are for both grouped and ungrouped data) Probability and Distribution: Introduction to probability: Random Experiments, Sample Space and events, Definition of probability. Classical, Empirical and Axiomatic approach to probability; Addition and Multiplication Theorem, Conditional probability and Baye’s Theorem. Random Variables and Distribution function – Mathematical Expectation and conditional Expectation. Convergence in Probability – Weak Law of large Numbers and strong law of large Number – Central limit Theorem – Discrete distributions: Binomial, Poisson. Continuous Distributions: Normal Distribution Chi-Square, t and F distributions and their properties.

Unit – VI:

Application of Statistical Methods – Sampling Theory: Introduction to the theory of Sampling: Sampling designs – Simple Random Sampling with and without replacement – Systematic, Stratified, Ratio and Regression Sampling methods , Sampling and non – sampling errors – Cluster sampling, Purposive Sampling Quota Sampling. Testing of Hypothesis: Introduction to Testing of Hypothesis: Simple, Null and Alternative hypotheses, composite hypothesis, two kinds of Errors – Critical Region – Power function. Testing of significance using chi-square, t and F tests.(simple problems) ANOVA- One way and Two way classifications. Application of Statistical Methods through MS-Excel – Language : Over view of MS-Excel: Construction of charts and diagrams – Sorting – Filtering – Removing duplicates – Calculation of Measures of Central tendency, Measures of dispersion, correlation Regression and curve fitting using – Excel.

For the post Research Assistant in Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Department || SOCIOLOGY PG DEGREE STANDARD:

UNIT-I: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

Definition and Meaning of Sociology, Basic concepts: Society, Community, Culture, Association, Socialization, Individual and Society, Environment and Heredity, Social Institutions: Family, Marriage, Education, Religion, Caste, Class, and Politics.

UNIT – II: SOCIAL PROCESSES, SOCIAL CHANGE, AND SOCIAL CONTROL

Associative and dissociative processes, Difference between Associative and dissociative processes. Features, causes, sources and impact of social change; Advancement of technology and media for social change, Theories of social change; Meaning, purposes, types, and agencies of social control.

UNIT-III: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

Law of Three stages; Social Statics and dynamics, Positivism, Theory of Evolution, Organic Analogy, Social Darwinism, Social facts, Suicide, Division of labour. Social action, ideal types, bureaucracy and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Historical materialism, Social Change, Class struggle, alienation. Social structure, Social personality, Structuration and modernisation, deconstruction.

UNIT-IV: RURAL AND URBAN SOCIOLOGY

Rural: Rural – urban contrast: Characteristics of Rural society. Agrarian class structure. Panchayatraj system. Rural development programmes. Rural industries and Rural Entrepreneurs. Skill development of rural entrepreneurs.

Urban: Meaning, Characteristics of urbanisation and its impact. Ecological processes. Urban sociological theories- Karl Marx, Ferdinant Tonnies, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Robert Park, Louis Wirth and Ernest Burgess, Homer Hoyt, Harris and Ullman.

UNIT-V: SOCIOLOGY OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED

Social exclusion- meaning, definition, features; Groups at the risk of being excluded; Three paradigms of social exclusion (solidarity, specialization and monopoly); Agents, forces, and Processes – globalization, international organizations, nation states, elites, excluded groups and individuals. The culture of marginalised communities – SC, ST, Nomadic Castes and Tribes and De-notified Tribes, transgender, religious minorities, differently abled, aged, HIV/AIDS. Constitutional Provisions, Implementation, and Impact on Marginalized.

UNIT – VI CONTRIBUTION OF INDIAN SOCIAL REFORMERS

Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi, Bharathiar, EVR Periyar, Anne Besant, Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Jyotiba Phule, Savitriba Phule, Muthulakshmi, Ambedkar, Mother Teresa.

UNIT-VII: CHILDREN WITH DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES

Sex preference, Female Infanticide, Girl child, Neglected, Orphan, Abandoned, Street Children, Child Abuse, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Beggary, Child Labour, Children with Disabilities (Cwd), Child Marriage.

UNIT-VIII: Constitutional Privileges towards Children

Children Related Policies and Acts: Constitutional Provisions for Children in India; Children in Five Year Plans; National Policy for Children (1974 and 2013); Development and Features of Legislations – Child Care and Protection in India; National policy for children – Salient features, priority areas and gaps. Current policies and trends – Child Welfare; Children Acts – JJ Act, Protection of Children, from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012, Child Labour (Abolition and Prohibition) Act 1986 , The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 – Bonded Labour (Abolition) Act 1976, and other relevant acts.

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