RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER
SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF
LECTURER (SCHOOL EDUCATION)
POLITICAL SCIENCE PAPER - II
- Part – I Senior Secondary Level
- Political Theory: Meaning and its utility.
- Concepts: Rights, Liberty, Equality, Justice, Secularism.
- Indian Constitution: Constituent Assembly, Preamble, Salient features of
- Constitution, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy.
- Federalism: Theory and Practice in India, Emerging trends in Centre – State
- relationship.
- Union Government: President, Prime Minister & Council of Ministers, Parliament,
- Supreme Court.
- State Government: Governor, Chief Minister & Council of Ministers, Legislature,
- High Court.
- Local Government: Panchayati Raj, Urban Local Self-Government.
- Indian Politics: Challenges to Nation Building, Party System, Recent
- Development in Indian Politics.
- International Politics: Cold war, End of Cold war. American Hegemony in
- Contemporary World- Scenario, Instruments and Challenges.
- Foreign Policy of India: Objectives, Role of India in UN, India & United States,
- India & Non Align Movement; Challenges before India’s Foreign Policy.
- Part – II Graduation Level
- Political Theory: Traditional and Modern Perspectives.
- State: Nature, Functions, Sovereignty, Pluralism.
- Government: Organs – Legislature: Parliament (UK and France), Congress (USA),
- Federal Assembly (Switzerland).
- Executive: King and Prime Minister (UK), President (US and France).
- Judiciary- Judicial System (UK), Federal Judiciary (USA), Administrative Law
- and Administrative Courts (France).
- Separation of Powers, Checks & Balances. Types – Democracy & Dictatorship,
- Parliamentary & Presidential, Federal & Unitary.
- Theories of Representation, Political Parties in UK, USA, France and Switzerland.
- Pressure Groups: UK and USA.
- Political Thought: Plato, Aristotle, Kautilya, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke,
- Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Marx, Gandhi, Aurbindo, Ambedkar, Nehru, Lohiya.
- Dynamics of Indian Democracy: Party, Caste, Region, New Social Movements.
- India’s Relations with Neighbouring Countries.
- Part – III Post Graduation Level
- Behaviouralism and Post-Behaviouralism.
- Political System, Structural – Functionalism, Political Development and Political
- Culture.
- Elections, Political Participation and Voting Behaviour in India, Civil Society.
- Approaches to the study of International Politics and Concepts of National Power
- and National Interest.
- International Organisation: United Nations, EU, ASEAN, SAARC & NAM – role
- and relevance.
- Part – IV (Educational Psychology, Pedagogy, Teaching Learning Material, Use of
- Computers and Information Technology in Teaching Learning)
- I. Educational Psychology
- Concept, scope and functions of educational psychology.
- Physical, cognitive, social, emotional and moral developmental characteristics of
- adolescent learner and its implication for teaching-learning.
- Behavioural, cognitive and constructivist principles of learning and its implication
- for senior secondary students.
- Concept of mental health & adjustment and adjustment mechanism.
- Emotional intelligence and its implication in teaching learning.
- II Pedagogy and Teaching Learning Material (Instructional Strategies for
- Adolescent Learner)
- Communication skills and its use.
- Teaching models- advance organizer, concept attainment, information
- processing, inquiry training.
- Preparation and use of teaching-learning material during teaching.
- Cooperative learning.
- III Use of Computers and Information Technology in Teaching Learning
- Concept of ICT, hardware and software.
- System approach.
- Computer assisted learning, computer aided instruction.
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- For the competitive examination for the post of School Lecturer:-
- 1. The question paper will carry maximum 300 marks.
- 2. Duration of question paper will be Three Hours.
- 3. The question paper will carry 150 questions of multiple choices.
- 4. Negative marking shall be applicable in the evaluation of answers. For every wrong answer one third of the marks
- prescribed for that particular question shall be deducted.
- 5. Paper shall include following subjects :-
- (i) Knowledge of Subject Concerned: Senior Secondary Level
- (ii) Knowledge of Subject Concerned: Graduation Level.
- (iii) Knowledge of Subject Concerned: Post Graduation Level.
- (iv) Educational Psychology, Pedagogy, Teaching Learning Material, Use of Computers and Information
- Technology in Teaching Learning
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