TAMIL NADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY

Syllabus for Written Examination

(Junior Assistant and Typist posts)
(S.S.L.C. standard)
GENERAL STUDIES
UNIT- I : GENERAL SCIENCE
Physics: Nature of Universe - General Scientific laws - Inventions and discoveries -
National scientific laboratories - Mechanics and properties of matter - Physical
quantities, standards and units - Force, motion and energy, Magnetism, Electricity
and Electronics - Heat, light and sound.

Chemistry: Elements and Compounds, Acids, bases and salts -Fertilizers, pesticides,
insecticides, etc.
Botany: Main Concepts of life science - Classification of the living organism -
Nutrition and dietetics, Respiration.

Zoology: Blood and blood circulation - Reproductive system- Environment,

Ecology, health and hygiene - Human diseases including communicable and non –
communicable diseases -prevention and remedies - Animals, plants and human life.
UNIT- II: CURRENT EVENTS
History: Latest diary of events-national - national symbols – Profile of States -
Eminent persons & places in news-sports & games – books & authors – Awards &
honors – India and its neighbours.
Political Science-1 Problems in conduct of public elections – 2. Political parties and
political system in India 3. Public awareness & General administration 4. Welfare
oriented government schemes, their utility.
Geography Geographical landmarks
Economics Current socio‐economic problems
Science Latest inventions on science & technology
UNIT- III: GEOGRAPHY
Earth and Universe – Solar system-Monsoon, rainfall,weather & climate – water
resources – rivers in India-Soil, minerals & natural resources – Forest & wildlife –
Agricultural pattern-Transport including surface transport & communication –
Social geography – population – density and distribution – Natural calamities –
Disaster Management.
UNIT-IV : HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA AND TAMILNADU
Indus valley civilization – Guptas, Delhi Sultans, Mughals and Marathas – Age of
Vijayanagaram and the bahmanis – South Indian history – Culture and Heritage of
Tamil people-India since independence – Characteristics of Indian culture – Unity in
diversity – race, colour, language, custom – India-as secular state – growth of
rationalist, Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu-Political parties and populist
schemes.
UNIT – V : INDIAN POLITY
Constitution of India –Preamble to the constitution – Salient features of constitution
– Union, state and territory – Citizenship-rights amend duties – Fundamental rights
– Fundamental duties – Human rights charter – Union legislature – Parliament –
State executive –State Legislature – assembly – Local government – panchayat raj –
Tamilnadu – Judiciary in India – Rule of law /Due process of law –Elections – Official
language and Schedule VIII-Corruption in public life – Anti –corruption measures –
CVC, lok-adalats, Ombudsman, CAG –Right to information –Empowerment of women
– consumer protection forms.

UNIT – VI : INDIAN ECONOMY

Nature of Indian economy‐ ‐Five‐year plan models‐an assessment ‐ Land reforms &
agriculture‐Application of science in agriculture‐ Industrial growth ‐ Rural welfare
oriented Programmes ‐ Social sector problems – population, education, health,
employment, poverty‐ Economic trends in Tamil Nadu.

UNIT – VII: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT

National Renaissance‐ Emergence of national leaders‐Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore ‐

Different modes of agitations ‐Role of Tamil Nadu in freedom struggle ‐ Rajaji, VOC,
Periyar, Bharathiar & Others.

UNIT – VIII: APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY TESTS

Conversion of information to data ‐ Collection, compilation and presentation of data ‐

Tables, graphs, diagrams‐Analytical interpretation of data ‐ Simplification ‐
Percentage ‐ Highest Common Factor (HCF) ‐ Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) ‐ Ratio
and Proportion‐Simple interest‐Compound interest‐ Area ‐ Volume ‐ Time and Work
Logical Reasoning: Puzzles – Dice – Visual Reasoning – Alpha numeric Reasoning
– Number Series

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fz;nlOJjy;
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– rPwhg;Guhzk; njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;

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Mde;juq;fk; gps;is ehl;Fwpg;G njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;.

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nra;jpfs;

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njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;

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njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;.

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njhz;L

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15. cyfshtpa jkpoh;fs; rpwg;Gk; - ngUikAk; - jkpo;g; gzpAk;

16. jkpo;nkhopapy; mwptpay; rpe;jidfs; njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;

17. jkpo; kfsphpd; rpwg;G – md;dp ngrd;l; mk;ikahh; %tY}h; uhkhkph;jj;jk;khs;>

lhf;lh;.Kj;Jyl;Rkp nul;b. tpLjiyg; Nghuhl;lj;jpy; kfsph; gq;F (jpy;iyahb
ts;spak;ik> uhzp kq;fk;khs;)

18. jkpoh; tzpfk; - njhy;ypay; Ma;Tfs; - flw; gazq;fs; - njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;

19. czNt kUe;J – Neha; jPh;f;Fk; %ypiffs; njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs;

20. rkag; nghJik czh;j;jpa jhAkhdth;> ,uhkypq;f mbfshh;> jpU.tp.fy;ahz

Re;judhh; njhlh;ghd nra;jpfs; - Nkw;Nfhs;fs;
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 SYLLABUS – GENERAL ENGLISH
S.S.L.C. STANDARD (OBJECTIVE TYPE)
PART A
GRAMMER
1. Match the following words and Phrases given in Column A with their
meanings in Column B
2. Choose the correct ‘Synonyms’ for the underlined word from the options
given
3. Choose the correct ‘Antonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
4. Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix)
5. Fill in the blanks with suitable Article
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable Proposition
7. Select the correct Question Tag
8. Select the correct Tense
9. Select the correct Voice
10. Fill in the blanks (Infinitive, Gerund, Participle)
11. Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence (Subject, Verb, Object,
…) Blanks with correct ‘Homophones’
12. Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Noun, Verb, Adjective and
Adverb)
13. Comprehension
14. Select the correct sentence
15. Find out the odd words (Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb)
16. Select the correct Plural forms
17. Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentence)
18. Identify the correct Degree.
19. Form a new word by blending the words.

20. Form compound words (Eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun)

Part-B
Literature
1. Figures of speech observed in the following Poems:
Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron –
Onomatopoeia – Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words – Repetition
– Apostrophe A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words
– Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet No.116 -
The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry –
Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my
Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness
- Going for water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.
2. Appreciation Questions from Poetry

A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words – Snake – The
Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning – Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary
Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t
quit - The Apology - Be Glad your se is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable
Mother - The Flying Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for
water - The cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.
3. Important lines from Poems.
Where the mind is without fear - The Solitary Reaper - Going for water - A Psalm of
Life - Be the Best - Sonnet No.116

4. Questions on the Biography of

Mahatma Gandhi - Jawaharlal Nehru - Subash Chandra Bose - Helen Keller Kalpana
Chawala - Dr.Salim Ali - Rani of Jhansi - Nelson Mandela – Abraham Lincoln

5. Questions on Shakespeare’s

Merchant of Venice (Act IV Court Scene) - Julius Ceasar (Act III Scene 2) - Sonnet 116

6. Questions from Oscar Wilde’s

The Model Millionaire - The Selfish Giant

7. Dr.Karl Paulnack

Music-The Hope Raiser

8. Comprehension Questions from the following Motivational Essays:

Gopala Krishna Gokhale’s Speech on 25th July in Mumbai in response to The
address presented to him by students- Dale Carnegie’s ‘The Road to success- Dr.APJ
Abdul Kalam’s ‘Vision for the Nation’(from ‘India 2020’) - Ruskin Bond’s ‘Our Local
Team’ - Hope Spencer’s ‘Keep your spirits high’ - Deepa Agarwal’s ‘After the storm’ -
Brian patten’s ‘You can’t be that no you can’t be that’

9. Comprehension Questions from the following description of Places

Ahtushi Deshpande’s ‘To the land of snow’ - Manohar Devadoss – Yaanai Malai -
Brihadeesvarar Temple

10. British English – American English

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Authors and their Literary

Works

1. Match the Poems with the Poets

A psalm of Life - Be the Best - The cry of the children - The Piano – Manliness Going
for water – Earth -The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on your face - The Flying
Wonder -Is Life But a Dream - Be the Best - O captain My Captain - Snake -
Punishment in Kindergarten -Where the Mind is Without fear - The Man He Killed -
Nine Gold Medals

2. Which Nationality the story belongs to?

The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got its
Hump - Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window

3. Identify the Author with the short story

The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got its Hump
- Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window - A Man who Had no Eyes - The Tears
of the Desert – Sam The Piano - The face of Judas Iscariot - Swept Away - A close
encounter - Caught Sneezing - The Wooden Bowl - Swami and the sum

4. Whose Auto biography / Biography is this?

5. Which Nationality the Poet belongs to ?

Robert Frost - Archibald Lampman - D.H. Lawrence - Rudyard Kipling Kamala

Das - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Famida Y. Basheer - Thomas Hardy - Khalil
Gibran - Edgar A. Guest - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Jack Prelutsky - F. Joanna -
Stephen Vincent Benet - William Shakespeare - William Wordsworth - H.W. Long
Fellow - Annie Louisa walker -Walt Whitman - V.K. Gokak

6. Characters, Quotes, Important Lines from the following works of Indian

Authors:

Sahitya Akademi Award winner: Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai – ‘Farmer’ Kamala

Das – 1. Punishment in Kindergarten 2. My Grandmother’s House R.K. Narayan -
Swami and the sum - Rabindranath Tagore - Where the mind is without fear - Dhan
Gopal Mukherji - Kari, The Elephant - Deepa Agarwal - After the Storm - Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam - Vision for the Nation Indra Anantha Krishna- The Neem Tree -
Lakshmi Mukuntan- The Ant Eater and the Dassie - Dr. Neeraja Raghavan - The Sun
Beam

7. Drama Famous lines, characters, quotes from

Julius Caesar - The Merchant of Venice

 8. Match the Places, Poet, Dramatist, Painter with suitable option

9. Match the following Folk Arts with the Indian State / Country

10. Match the Author with the Relevant Title/Character

11. Match the Characters with Relevant Story Title

The Selfish Giant - How the camel got its hump - The Lottery ticket - The Last Leaf -
Two friends – Refugee - Open window – Reflowering - The Necklace Holiday

12. About the Poets

Rabindranath Tagore - Henry Wordsworth Longfellow - Anne Louisa Walker -V K

Gokak - Walt Whitman - Douglas Malloch

13. About the Dramatists

William Shakespeare - Thomas Hardy
14. Mention the Poem in which these lines occur
Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair - With a friend - To cook and Eat - To India –
My Native Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men are foreign – Laugh and be Merry – The
Apology - The Flying Wonder

15. Various works of the following Authors

Rabindranath Tagore – Shakespeare - William Wordsworth - H.W. Longfellow
– Anne Louisa Walker - Oscar Wilde - Pearl S. Buck
16. What is the theme observed in the Literary works?
Snake - The Mark of Vishnu - Greedy Govind - Our Local Team – Where the mind
is without fear - Keep your spirits high - Be the best – Bat – The Piano – The Model
Millionaire - The Cry of the Children – Migrant bird – Shilpi
17. Famous Quotes – Who said this?

18. To Which period the Poets belong

William Shakespeare - Walt Whitman - William Wordsworth - H.W. Longfellow
Annie Louisa Walker - D.H. Lawrence

19. Matching the Poets and Poems

Discovery – Biking – Inclusion - Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair – With a
Friend - To cook and Eat – Bat - To India – My Native Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No
men are foreign - Laugh and be Merry – Earth – The Apology - The Flying Wonder -
Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Be the best - Is life, but a dream -
Women’s rights - The Nation united - English words – Snake – The man he killed

20. Nature centered Literary works and Global issue Environment and
Conservation
Flying with moon on their wings - Migrant bird - Will Thirst Become -
Unquenchable? - Going for Water - Swept away - Gaia tells her.
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