SYLLABUS FOR OPTIONAL SUBJECTS TEST - 30.03.19

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS:

ANTHROPOLOGY-

MARRIAGE. FAMILY, KINSHIP, FIELDWORK : METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, ANTHROPOLOGY AND SUPERNATURALISM, ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.

LIVING PRIMATES: DEFINITION, FEATURES AND CLASSIFICATION, FEATURES OF DIFFERENT CLASSES, NWM AND OWM, APES – HUMAN SKELETON, BONES – FEATURES, CHANGES DUE TO ASSUMPTION OF ERECT POSTURE AND BIPEDAL GAIT IN MAN.  HUMAN GENETICS – METHODS, PROBLEMS, MENDEL’S LAWS.

GEOGRAPHY –

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF GEOMORPHOLOGY, LANDFORMS FROM DIFFERENT EROSION AGENTS, LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS FROM FLUVIAL PROCESSES, APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY.

HISTORY –      

FRENCH REVOLUTION, DEBATES, CAUSES ETC, EVENTS.  SOCIALISM, PRE-MARXIAN SOCIALIST THINKERS, KARL MARX , POST REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE – LIBERALISM, NATIONALISM, SOCIALISM – 1830 REVOLUTIONS, 1848 REVOLUTIONS.  ITALIAN UNIFICATION AND GERMAN UNIFICATION.

BENGALI LITERATURE –

RAKTAKARABI, MORPHOLOGY AND PHONOLOGY.

ENGLISH LITERATURE –

JOHN DONNE – ‘THE RELIC’, ‘CANONIZATION’.  ‘THE GOOD MORROW’.  ‘TO HIS MISTRESS GOING TO BED’. W.B. YEATS – ‘THE TOWER’, ‘MERU’ AND OTHER POEMS. W.H. ANDEN – POEMS.

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTL. RELATIONS-  

ARISTOTLE’S POLITICAL THOUGHT, SYED AHMED KHAN’S POLITICAL IDEAS, MACHIEVELLI’S POLITICAL THOUGHT, FEDERALISM IN INDIA.

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC  SYSTEM, REGIONALISM, UNITED NATIONS-IMPORTANT FEATURES, ISSUES OF GLOBAL CONCERNS, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS.

SOCIOLOGY-

DURKHEIM, MARX, WEBER, PARSONS, MERTON AND MEAD.

SYLLABUS FOR OPTIONAL SUBJECT TEST - 16.02.19

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS:

ANTHROPOLOGY-

INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY, METHODS, SUB-DISCIPLINES AND OTHER ISSUES.  BASIC CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY – MARRIAGE.  ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORIES.

DEFINITION OF ANTHROPOLOGY – ITS BRANCHES : BIOLOGICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND LINGUISTICS.  DEFINITION OF SUB DISCIPLINES OF BIOLOGICAL, SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY.  RELATIONSHIP OF ANTHROPOLOGY WITH OTHER DISCIPLINES. CONCEPTS OF ORIGINS OF LIFE, THEORIES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION LAMARCKISM AND DARWINISM. SYNTHETIC THORY OF EVOLUTION, COPES LAW, DOLL’S LAW, ADAPTIVE RADIATION.

GEOGRAPHY –

FACTORS CONTROLLING AND FORM DEVELOPMENT, ENDOGENETIC AND EXOGENETIC FORCES, MARINE RESOURCES, MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND SEDIMENTS, LAWS OF THE SEA, EE2, CR2, CORAL REEFS.  MARINE PROVINES, SUBMARINE TOPOGRAPHY OF INDIAN, ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, MAJOR BOTTOM RELIEF FEATURES, MARINE SEDIMENTATION, MARINE BROMES AND PHYLUM TIDES.

HISTORY –      

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND, GERMAN AND RUSSIAN INDUSTRIALIZATION, ENLIGHTENMENT – MAIN IDEAS, THINKERS, COLONIES ETC.

BENGALI LITERATURE –

ORIGINS OF BENGALI LANGUAGE, PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY, CHANGE OF SOUND AND BOISHNAVAPADABALI, ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BENGALI LITERATURE, EMERGENCE OF BENGALI LITERATURE.

POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTL. RELATIONS-  

WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT : GREEK POLITICAL THOUGHT, PLATO’S POLITICAL THOUGHT:

NATIONAL INTEREST; POWER; BALANCE OF POWER.  SECURITY, DETERRENCE; TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS (NON STATE); GLOBALIZATION ; COLD WAR; BIPOLARITY; ARMS RACE; NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT TILL END OF COLD WAR.

SOCIOLOGY-

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY – WHAT IS SOCIETY? WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? HOW TO STUDY SOCIETY? DIFFERENT WAYS OF CONCEIVING OF SOCIETY, POSITIVISM – INTERPRETIVISM – SOCIOLOGY AND COMMON SENSE, SOCIOLOGY AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS.

HOLIDAY LIST FOR 2019

LIST OF HOLIDAYS 2019

NEW YEAR'S DAY                                   TUESDAY                             JANUARY 01
NETAJI'S BIRTHDAY                                WEDNESDAY                      JANUARY 23
REPUBLIC DAY                                        SATURDAY                         JANUARY 26
SARASWATI PUJA                                   SUNDAY                            FEBRUARY 10

DOLJATRA                                               THURSDAY                         MARCH 21

HOLI                                                         FRIDAY                              MARCH 22

BENGALI NABABARSHA                          MONDAY                         APRIL 15    

GOOD FRIDAY                                         FRIDAY                             APRIL  19

MAY DAY                                                 WEDNESDAY                    MAY 01

RABINDRA JAYANTI                                THURSDAY                        MAY 09

ID – UL – FITRE                                          WEDNESDAY                    JUNE 05

ID-UD-ZOHA                                            MONDAY                         AUGUST 12

INDEPENDENCE DAY                               THURSDAY                       AUGUST 15

MUHARRAM                                             TUESDAY                        SEPTEMBER 10

MAHALAYA                                               SATURDAY                     SEPTEMBER 28

GANDHIJI’S BIRTHDAY                             WEDNESDAY                  OCTOBER 02

DURGA PUJA/ LAKSHMI PUJA          FRIDAY TO SUNDAY             OCTOBER  04-13

KALI PUJA & DIWALI                  SUNDAY AND MONDAY     OCTOBER 27-28

BHATRIDWITITA                                           TUESDAY                      OCTOBER 29

CHRISTMAS                                                 WEDNESDAY                DECEMBER 25

INAUGURATION OF THE NEW SESSIONS : 2018-19 PRELIMS; COMBINED AND WEEK-END

THE INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL SERVICE ASPIRANTS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE  BEGINNING OF ITS SESSIONS FROM TOMORROW, THURSDAY, 15^TH NOVEMBER, 2018.

1^ST SESSION - 11.00 A.M. – 1.00 P.M.

WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE MR. AMIT KIRAN DEB, IAS (RETD), FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL AND MS. SWETA AGARWAL, IAS (2016) AN ALUMNUS OF ICSA WHO IS CURRENTLY IN WEST BENGAL TO GRACE THE INAUGURAL SESSION.  MR. AMIT KIRAN DEB WILL BE THE MAIN SPEAKER AND SWETA WILL SAY A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT  TO ALL THE ASPIRANTS.

1.00-2.00   R E C E S S

2^ND SESSION - 2.00 – 3.30 P.M.

DR. JYOTIRMOY PAL CHAUDHURI, DIRECTOR – ICSA WILL MEET THE STUDENTS FOR AN ORIENTATION PROGRAMME.

THE ABOVE PROGRAMME WILL BE HELD AT THE CII-SURESH NEOTIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP, DC-36, SECTOR I, SALT LAKE, BEHIND CITY CENTRE – 1. 

STUDENTS ARE  REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE AT THE INSTITUTE'S OFFICE LATEST BY 10.45 A.M. 

DIRECTOR

14/11/18

THE SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THIS IS TO INFORM THAT THE INSTITUTE WILL BEGIN ITS NEXT SESSION/S FROM THURSDAY, 15 NOVEMBER, 2018 FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES :

1.   PRELIMS & MAINS (COMBINED CLASSES)

(15 NOV’18 TILL MID MAY’19; MID JUNE TILL END AUGUST, 2019)

2.   WEEK-END CLASSES (COMBINED)

(15 NOV’18 TILL MID MAY’19; MID JUNE TILL END AUGUST, 2019)

3.   PRELIMS ONLY (PAPERS I & II)

(15 NOV’18 TILL MID MAY’19)

4.   INTERVIEW

(BEGINS END NOV’18)

INTERESTED CANDIDATES MAY PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OFFICE FOR DETAILS. 

PLEASE NOTE THE OFFICE WILL REMAIN CLOSED FROM 14^TH TILL 25^TH OCTOBER FOR THE STATE FESTIVAL.  THE OFFICE WILL REOPEN ON 26^TH OCTOBER AND FUNCTION AS USUAL.

DIRECTOR

HOLIDAY LIST FOR 2018

LIST OF HOLIDAYS 2018

SARASWATI PUJA                                  MONDAY                            JANUARY 22

NETAJI'S BIRTHDAY                                TUESDAY                             JANUARY 23

REPUBLIC DAY                                        FRIDAY                               JANUARY 26

DOLJATRA                                               THURSDAY                         MARCH 01

HOLI                                                         FRIDAY                              MARCH 02

GOOD FRIDAY                                         FRIDAY                             MARCH 30

BENGALI NABABARSHA                          SUNDAY                            APRIL 15       

MAY DAY                                                 TUESDAY                           MAY 01

RABINDRA JAYANTI                                WEDNESDAY                     MAY 09

ID – UL – FITRE                                           SATURDAY                       JUNE 16

INDEPENDENCE DAY                               WEDNESDAY                    AUGUST 15

ID-UD-ZOHA                                             WEDNESDAY                   AUGUST 22

JANMASTAMI                                            MONDAY                       SEPTEMBER 03 

MUHARRAM                                               FRIDAY                           SEPTEMBER 21

GANDHIJI’S BIRTHDAY                              TUESDAY                         OCTOBER 02

MAHALAYA                                               MONDAY                        OCTOBER 08

DURGA PUJA/ LAKSHMI PUJA          MONDAY TO THURSDAY        OCTOBER  15-25

KALI PUJA / DIWALI                            TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY         NOVEMBER 06-07

BHATRIDWITITA                                           FRIDAY                            NOVEMBER 09

CHRISTMAS                                                 TUESDAY                         DECEMBER 25