DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ICDS SUPERVISOR

DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ICDS SUPERVISOR

IN WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

(Cat. No. 299/2020)

HOME  SCIENCE                     

1.Physiology and Micro biology (5 Marks)

Digestive system, Cardio Vascular System and Reproductive system. Food

Microbiology, food poisoning, food spoilage, food born infection, Diseases caused by Micro

organism (a) Bacterial Pneumonia, Meningitis, Cholera, Syphilis, Diphtheria, Leprosy (b)

Virus - AIDS, Rabies, German measles, Measles, mumps, polo mellitus

 (c) Amoebic dysentery, malaria

2. Child development and Welfare (5 Marks)

The neonates - Characteristics, abilities and adjustments, reflexes - agar test,

neonatal care - Immunization, - Breast feeding Advantages. Importance of early

stimulation, Discipline and guidance for children, preschool education - objectives,

types, pre-school personnel, pre-school records. Child rearing practices of parents,

parental attitudes, families influence on the personality and behavior development of

children. Responsible parenthood (acceptance, injection and over protection),

Population education definition problems of over population, small family norm,

family planning, sex education, STD.

3. Human Nutrition and dietics (5 Marks)

Good Nutrition, Malnutrition, balanced diet, RDA, Carbohydrates, Proteins,

Lipids, vitamins and minerals— Classification, functions, Sources and deficiencies,

dietary fibre, Diet in fevers, Diarrhoea, constipation, Pregnancy, Lactation, Pre-school

and adolescents. Meal planning, Therapeutic nutrition, Important National and

International agencies.

4. Extension education and communication (5 Marks)

Extension Education, definition, need principles, philosophy, difference between

formal, informal and extension education. Community development -objectives, history of

community development programmes in India, Poverty alleviation programmes in India.

Programme development - Planning execution and evaluation. Communication methods,

Audio visual aids - classification 

5. Basic food science (5 Marks)

Food groups, cereals and cereal products, pulse and legumes, nuts and oil

seeds, vegetables and fruits, milk and milk products, Meat, fish, egg and poultry,

Beverages, spice and condiments - composition and nutrient value, selection of these

foods and storage.

SOCIOLOGY                                               

1.Family - Nature, composition, characteristics, types.- Patriarchal and matriarchal family

Joint family, extended family , nuclear family, merits and demerits of joint family

Disintegration of joint family in India, changing role of family, modern trends.

 (5 Marks)

2 . Social Problems - Domestic violence, alcoholism, dowry, dowry deaths, legislations

related To dowry drug addiction, child labour, child abuse, rights of children, violence against

Women , problems of elderly, social psychological and economic, social security measures

Educated unemployment, and underemployment.

 (5 Marks)

3. Developmental Issues. - Poverty alleviation programmes, consumerism, rural - urban

Disparities, Environmental degradation- air pollution, water pollution, solid waste

Management, climatic change, problems of induced displacement- social,economic, and

cultural problems of displaced people.

 (5 Marks)

4. Women and Development. Women in governance, gender issues, empowerment of

Women, participation of women in socio political activities, women in panchayat raj

Institutions, role of self help groups in socio economic development of women.

 (5 Marks)

5. Tools and Techniques of data collection- Primary and secondary data, observationParticipant and non participant, interview schedule, questionnaire, structured and Unstructured,

open and closed questions and case study method.

 (5 Marks)

SOCIAL WORK                                         

1. Developmental Psychology (Human Behaviour in Social Environment: growth vs.

development -developmental task (by Havighurst) - the biophysical-psychological and

socio-cultural changes happening during life span - Prenatal, Early Childhood, Late

Childhood, Puberty, Adolescence, Young Adulthood, Middle Adulthood and Old Age –

Hazards

 (5 Marks)

2. Developmental Welfare Needs across the Life Span: Prenatal care -immunisation -

breast feeding - parenting - preschool education - sex education and menstrual hygiene -

prevention of substance abuse - vocational guidance - premarital counselling - career

guidance and planning - retirement planning – bereavement

 (5 Marks)

3. Family Counselling: Family as an Institution - dysfunctional families - Family

Systems Theory - Enmeshment and Boundaries - Issues: separation, divorce, remarriage

-Family Life Cycle: Independence, Coupling (marriage), Parenting: babies through

adolescence, Launching adult children, Retirement - Family and Couple Therapy

 (5 Marks)

4. Working with Groups - Groups - Types of groups: in-groups, out groups, primary,

secondary and reference - Group Dynamics: dyads and triads, competition, conflict,

cooperation and cohesion, coercion, accommodation - Stages of Group Formation -Social

Group Work (working with groups) - social group work process (Intake, Study, Diagnosis,

Programme Development, Implementation of the programme, Evaluation)

 (5 Marks)

5. Reproductive Health & Family Planning: Adolescent Sexual Health (ARSH)

-Contraception: temporary and permanent methods - factors affecting fertility - Infertility

-STIs & HIV/AIDS - Safe Motherhood and Responsible Parenthood - Population Pyramids

-Unwanted Pregnancy & Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

 (5 Marks)

PSYCHOLOGY                                       

1.Introduction to Psychology: Psychology-approaches to psychology: structuralismfunctionalism-behaviorism-Gestalt psychology. Biological -psychoanalytic -Humanistic -

Cognitive approaches-methods in psychology-observation- case study-survey and

experimental methods.

 (5 Marks)

2.Biological basis of behaviour-Brain and behaviour- neuron- structure of neuron-synapseneurotransmitters-CNS- Sensory and motor processing- cortical localization-localization of

language-localization of perception.

 (5 Marks)

3.Sensation Perception and Consciousness: Sensory thresholds-subliminal perceptions-colour

perception-cues-Perception of form-pattern or objects-figure and Ground-0 contour-perceptual

constancies-Size-shape- orientation-brightness-lllusions-type of lllusions-ESP-states of

consciousness-biological rhythms-dream and sleep-ASC-meditation.

 (5 Marks)

4.Psychological Processes :Learning: classical conditioning-operant conditioning-cognitive

learning-observational learning-Memory: encoding-storage and retrieval process-sensory, short

term and long term memories-chunking- working memory-semantic and episodic memoryexplicit and implicit memory forgetting: decay-interference-repression-amnesia-mnemonicscognitive process-Images and concepts-prototypes-language-deductive and inductive reasoningdecision making- problem solving-motivation-need, drive, incentives-biological and

psychological motives-hierarchy of needs-extrinsic and intrinsic motives-intelligence-concepts

of IQ.

 (5 Marks)

5.Personality and Abnormal Behaviour: Approaches to personality- Major ideas of Freud's

theory- assessment of personality-self report-projective measures-DSM-ICD classificationanxiety disorders-mood disorders- schizophrenia-personality disorders.

 (5 Marks)

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NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from

other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear

in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be

 DETAILED SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF TECHNICAN GRADE II (ELECTRONICS) IN KERALA CO-OPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LIMITED (Category No: 075/2021) 1. Occupational hazards & Safety Precautions (Marks:4) (a) Types of Fire, Fire extinguishers,personal protective equipments, First Aid for Electric Shock, Occupational Safety & Health, 2.Common Hand tools and Uses (Marks:2) (a) Specifications, uses and maintenance of commonly used hand tools. 3. Basic terms such as electric charges, Potential difference, Voltage, Current, Resistance. Basics of AC & DC. (Marks:8) (a) Attom, Electron,Proton,Electric Charge its unit,definition, (b)Potential difference, voltage, Resistance,Direct current,Alternating current, Various terms such as +ve cycle, -ve cycle, Frequency, Time period, RMS, Peak, Instantaneous value. Types of wires & cables, standard wire gauge (SWG).(c) ohms law, Kirchhoff’s Law 4. Introduction to electrical and electronic measuring instruments.(Marks:4) (a) Specifications and uses of commonly used electrical and electronic measuring instruments such as ammeter, voltmeter, Multimeter, MC and MI meters. 5. Cells and Batteries.(Marks :4) 

 (a) Construction, types of primary and secondary cells. Materials used, Specification of cells and batteries, Ah capacity, Series/ parallel connection of batteries and purpose of such connections 6. Active and Passive Electronic Components.(Marks :10) (a) Resistors; types of resistors, their construction & specific use, color-coding, power rating. Equivalent Resistance of series parallel circuits. Distribution of V & I in series parallel circuits. (b) Principles of induction, inductive reactance. Types of inductors, construction, specifications, applications and energy storage concept. Self and Mutual induction. Behaviour of inductor at low and high frequencies. Series and parallel combination, Q factor. (c) Capacitance and Capacitive Reactance, Impedance. Types of capacitors, construction, specifications and applications. Dielectric constant. Significance of Series parallel connection of capacitors. Capacitor behaviour with AC and DC. Concept of Time constant of a RC circuit. Concept of Resonance and its application in RC, RL & RLC series and parallel circuit. Properties of magnets and their materials, preparation of artificial magnets, significance of electromagnetism, types of cores. Transformers 7. Semiconductor materials, components, as Diodes and Zeners etc. (Marks 8) (a) PN Junction, Forward and Reverse biasing of diodes. Interpretation of diode specifications. Forward current and Reverse voltage (b) Rectifier configurations, half wave ,full wave, Bridge their efficiencies, Filter components, (c) Working principles of Zener diode, varactor diode, their specifications and applications. Regulated Power supply using 78XX series, 79XX series Integrated circuits 8. Semiconductor materials, components, as Diodes , Transistors, Integrated circuits (Marks 20) (a) PN Junction, Forward and Reverse biasing of diodes. Interpretation of diode specifications. Forward current and Reverse voltage . 

(b) Rectifier configurations, half wave ,full wave, Bridge their efficiencies, Filter components, (c) Working principles of Zener diode, varactor diode, their specifications and applications. Regulated Power supply using 78XX series, 79XX series Integrated circuits (d) Construction, working of a PNP and NPN Transistors, purpose of E, B & C Terminals. Significance of α, β and relationship of a Transistor. Biasing of Transistor. Transistor applications as switch and amplifier. Transistor input and output characteristics. Classification of amplifiers, RC coupled amplifier, voltage gain, Feedback and its types. Astable, monostable, bistable multivibrator circuits using transistors. (e) IC 555, functional description w.r.t. different configurations of IC 555 such as monostable, astable, IC741 Op-Amp circuits Inverting, Non-inverting Amplifiers. 9. Power Electronics, Sensors, Transducers and Applications,Inverter,UPS, Solar Power (Renewable Energy System) (Marks 20) (a) Working of different power electronic components such as MOSFET,IGBT,SCR, TRIAC, DIAC and UJT. (b) sensors used in process industries such as RTDs, Thermocouples, proximity switches (inductive, capacitive and photo electric), load cells, strain gauge. LVDT PT 100 (platinum resistance sensor), water level sensor, thermostat float switch, float valve (c) Working principles of Inverter; principle of operation, block diagram, power rating, change over period. Concept of Uninterrupted power supply. 

Types of UPS : Off line UPS, On line UPS, Line interactive UPS & their comparison. (d) Solar energy as a renewable resource. Materials used for solar cells. Principles of conversion of solar light into electricity. Basics of photovoltaic’s cell. Module, panel and Arrays. 10. Digital electronics, computer fundamentals, communication fundamentals and microcntroler (Marks 20) (a) Difference between analog and digital signals. Logic families and their comparison, logic levels of TTL and CMOS. Number systems (Decimal, binary, octal, Hexadecimal). BCD code, ASCII code and code conversions. Various Logic Gates and their truth tables, Combinational logic circuits such as Half Adder, Full adder, Concept of encoder and decoder,multiplexer , DE multiplexer, S-R Latch, Gated S-R Latch, D- Latch. Flip-Flop: Basic RS Flip Flop, D Flip Flop, JK Flip Flop, T Flip Flop. Master-Slave flip flops, Basics of Counters, types. (b) Components of desktop and motherboard. Hardware and software, I/O devices, and their working. Different types of printers, HDD, DVD. Concept of Internet, Browsers, Websites, search engines, email, Network components like hub, Ethernet switch, router, NIC Cards, connectors, (c) Radio Wave Propagation, Need for Modulation, types of modulation (AM,FM,PM) ,Digital communication, PCM,PWM,PPM (d) Differentiate microcontroller with microprocessor.8051Microcontroller, architecture, pin details. NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in the question paper