UNIT All Units UNIT-01: Forest and Forestry UNIT-02: Forest Utilization UNIT-03: Forest Policy and Legislation UNIT-04: Forest Protection UNIT-05: Tribes of Madhya Pradesh UNIT-06: Chemistry UNIT-07: Physics UNIT-08: Biology UNIT-09: Environment UNIT-10: Elementary Mathematics and General Mental Ability
TOPIC All Topics Definitions, terminology, history and background of forest Objectives of forestry and role of forest (productive, protective and ameliorative) Forest cover of India and M.P. and influence of forest on environment Forest types of India and M.P. and reasons for declining forest Classification of forest and Trees Outside Forest (TOF) State-wise forest distribution and growing stock Silvics, silviculture and forest regeneration Commercially important trees (Botanical name and family: Teak, Shisham, Sal, Babul, Harra, Bahera, Amla, Tendu, Palash, Arjun, Khair, Mahua) Definitions and terminology of forest utilization Wood products: Wood seasoning, wood preservation, plywood, particle-wood, pulp and paper Saw milling, logging and forest measurements (tree height, volume, biomass) Non-wood forest products: Fibres, flosses, grasses, tannin, gums, dye, resin, oleoresin, essential oils, tree borne oil seeds, medicinal plants Definitions, terminology and National Forest Policies (1894, 1952, 1988) and comparison Forest Law, Indian Forest Act (1927, 2002, 2006) and Indian Forest Act 2019 (Amendment) Wild Life Protection Act (1972) and amendments, Forest Conservation Act (1980) and amendments Environment Protection Act (1986) and Biodiversity Act (2002) Forest Right Act 2006 for tribals and Bamboo freed from forest produce Joint forest management, social forestry, agroforestry, farm forestry, Agroforestry Policy 2014, M.P. Lokvaniki Act, 2001 Definitions, terminology and classification of injurious agencies (man, animals, insects, plants, environmental factors) Forest fires and control measures, grazing and grazing management Afforestation, soil conservation, watershed management Global warming, role of forest in climate mitigation, carbon pool, role of forest in soil and water conservation National parks, census, ecosystem services, forest management, reserve forest, biosphere reserves Major tribes of M.P. and sub-castes (Bhil, Gond, Baiga etc.) Special backward tribes of M.P. (Baiga, Bhariya, Sahariya) General introduction, regions and features of languages and dialects of tribes of M.P. Major institutions and museums for tribes in M.P. Festivals, religious beliefs, culture and traditions of tribes of M.P. Welfare schemes for tribes and role of tribes in forest protection Rate of chemical reaction and chemical equilibrium: Preliminary knowledge, fast and slow reactions, reversible and irreversible reactions, dynamic nature of equilibrium Acids and bases, pH scale (simple numerical questions), exothermic and endothermic reactions Important chemical compounds: Properties, uses, method of production/manufacture (water, washing soda, baking soda, bleaching powder, plaster of Paris) Preparation of building materials: Lime, cement, glass and steel Metals: Position of metals in periodic table and general properties, metal, mineral, ore, difference between mineral and ore Metallurgy: Concentration, roasting, smelting, refining of ores, metallurgy of copper and iron, corrosion of metals, alloys Nonmetals: Position in periodic table, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen Organic compounds: Laboratory method of preparing alcohol and acetic acid, properties and uses of general artificial polymers (polythene, polyvinyl chloride, Teflon, soap and detergents) Source of Energy: Conventional and new sources, solar energy, causes of energy origin in Sun, solar heating devices, solar cooker, solar cell, wind energy, biogas, fossil fuels, ideal fuel and its properties Nuclear energy: Nuclear fission, fusion, chain reaction, nuclear reactor, uses and harms of nuclear energy, general information about M.P. Energy Development Corporation (MPUVN) Light: Nature of light, reflection of light, laws of reflection, reflection from plane and curved surface, image formation by plane, convex and concave mirror, relation between focal length and radius of curvature, determination of focal length of concave mirror by single pin method, relation between u, v, f (numerical examples) Refraction of light: Laws of refraction, refraction by glass slab, critical angle, total internal reflection and daily life applications, lenses (converging and diverging), focal length, optical centre, image formation by lens, human eye (defects and remedies), comparison between photographic camera and human eye, simple telescope and astronomical telescope Electricity and its effects: Electric intensity, potential, potential difference, electric current, Ohm's law, resistance, specific resistance, factors influencing resistance, combination of resistance (numerical examples), thermal effect of current and its use, calculation of power and electrical energy spent (numerical), precautions in electric experiments Chemical effects of electric current: Primary and secondary cells, Leclanche cell, dry cell, lead accumulator cell construction Magnetic effect of current: Oersted experiment, electromagnetic induction, electric motor, generator (working principle and use), general studies of alternating current and direct current Electric discharge in gases: Discharge tube, cathode rays, X-rays and their properties Magnetism: Magnet and its types, artificial magnet, methods of preparing magnets, molecular theory of magnetism, demagnetization, magnetic keepers, magnetic lines of force and properties, plotting lines of force, terrestrial magnetism, magnetic storm, magnetic meridian, geographical meridian, relation between V, H, I and $\theta$ Animal nutrition: Types of nutrition (autotrophic, heterotrophic, holozoic, parasitic, saprophytic, symbiotic), insectivorous plants, important terms of nutrition process, digestion in unicellular (amoeba) and multicellular (grasshopper) animals Human digestive system and digestive process Photosynthesis: Main steps (light reaction and dark reaction), factors influencing photosynthesis, experiments related to photosynthesis Respiration: Definition, respiratory organs of animals, breathing and respiration, types of respiration (aerobic and anaerobic), respiratory system of human being and mechanism, respiratory quotient (RQ) of carbohydrate, fat and protein Transport of mineral and water in plants and animals (in context of human being) Blood and circulatory system: Composition and function of blood, structure and working of heart, structure and function of blood vessels, blood coagulation, blood group, blood transfusion, blood bank, function of lymph system, diseases related to heart Excretion: Excretion in plants and excretory products, excretion in animals and excretory organs, excretory system of man and excretion process, artificial kidney (dialysis), osmoregulation, diseases related to kidney Control and coordination: Coordination in plants and animals, phytohormones, nervous system of human being, structure and function of human brain and spinal cord, reflex action, endocrine glands, hormones and their functions Reproduction and growth: Types of reproduction (asexual reproduction: fission, budding, regeneration, vegetative reproduction, layering, cutting, grafting, parthenogenesis; sexual reproduction in plants: structure of flower and reproduction process, pollination, fertilization), human reproductive system and reproduction process Heredity and evolution: Heredity and variation, basis of heredity, chromosome and DNA, gene, sex determination, preliminary knowledge of organic evolution (Oparin's theory only) Principles and types of plant classifications Biodiversity and its conservation: Definition, species and genetic diversity, bio-geographic classification of India, importance of biodiversity (constructive, destructive, social, moral, alternative vision) Global, national and local level biodiversity, India as a mega-diversity nation, hotspots of biodiversity Threats to biodiversity: Habitat loss, wildlife damage, human-wild animal conflict, India's threatened (endangered) and local species, conservation of biodiversity (topological and non-topological conservation) Environmental pollution: Cause, effect and conservation (air, water, sea, soil, noise, thermal, nuclear pollution) Solid waste management: Urban and industrial solid waste management (reason, effect, control), human role in pollution control Disaster management: Floods, earthquake, cyclones and landslide Human population and environment: Population growth, variation in population in various countries, population explosion and family welfare programme, environment and human health Numerical ability, reasoning, coding, data analysis and interpretation and analogy Circular measure, definitions of trigonometric ratio, simple problems on height and distance Line and angles, parallels, triangles, congruence, inequalities, parallelograms, applications of parallels, bisectors, perpendiculars etc. Average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest Fundamental laws and first four rules: Additions, subtraction, multiplication and division Area, time, work and labour, time and distance Construction of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, theorems of areas of triangles and parallelograms Simple formula and their use factors, H.C.F., L.C.M. by factors, fractions, simple equations Factors of easy trinomial expressions of second degree Square root, percentage, ratio and proportion, use of log table Pythagoras theorem and its converse, reduction of quadrilaterals to equivalent triangle, reduction of a rectilinear figure to triangle or rectangle of equal areas, construction of rectangle Loci, intersection of loci, exercises on loci Volumes of rectangular surface and solids
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