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ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR IPP Admission, 2015

No. of Seats available in Departments offering Integrated Pre-Ph. D. (IPP) Programme for Ph. D. /M. Phil. beginning January, 2015 (Silchar Campus)

S. No. Department No of Seats available for M. Phil.

No of Seats available for Ph. D.

Total No of Seats

1. Arabic 15 12 27

2. Agricultural Engineering

Not specified Not specified 15

3. Bengali 25 18 43

4. Biotechnology 01 12 13

5. Business Administration

Nil 06 06

6. Chemistry Nil 12 12

7. Commerce 16 17 33

8. Computer Science 07 06 13

9. Earth Science Nil 07 07

10. Ecology and Environmental Science

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1 no- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation. 1 no- Forest & Agricultural Ecology. 1 no- Herpetology/Ecotoxicology. 1 no- Freshwater Ecology, Biodiversity management. 1 no- Taxonomy, Ethno Botany, Medicinal Plants. 1 no- Environmental Pollution and Toxicology. 1 no- Pest Management/Ecotoxicology.

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2 nos- Wildlife Ecology & Conservation. 5 nos-Forest and Agricultural Ecology/Plant Ecology/Biodiversity Conservation. 1 no- Pest Management/Ecotoxicology

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11. Economics Not specified Not specified 10

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12. Education -- -- --

13. English 05 08 12

14. French Nil 06 06

15. Hindi Not specified Not specified 13

16. History Not specified Not specified 20

17. Indian Comparative Literature

10 14 24

18. Information Technology

00 00 00

19. Law Nil 25 25

20. Library and Information Science

04 Nil 04

21. Life Science & Bio-informatics

10 22 32

22. Linguistics 13 08 21

23. Manipuri 08 06 14

24. Mass Communication

19 03 22

25. Mathematics Not specified Not specified 10

26. Microbiology Not specified Not specified 05

27. Philosophy Not specified Not specified 03

28. Physics Not specified Not specified 10

29. Political Science 8 8 16

30. Sanskrit 13 01 14

31. Sociology Not specified Not specified 12

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32. Social Work Nil 16 16

33. Visual Arts Not specified Not specified 43

B. No of Seats available in Departments offering Integrated Pre-Ph. D. (IPP) Programme for Ph. D. /M. Phil. beginning January, 2015 (Diphu Campus)

S. No. Department No of Seats available for M.

Phil.

No of Seats available for Ph.

D.

Total No of Seats

1. Assamese 05 10 15

2. Anthropology 10 11 21

3. Commerce 04 04 08

4. English 17 10 27

5. History 20 15 35

6. Life Science & Bio-informatics

19 16 35

7. Political Science -- -- --

8. Physics -- -- --

SYLLABUS FOR IPP ADMISSION TEST (Silchar Campus)

Total marks: 50

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Arabic:

1. Translation of a general passage from English to Arabic and vice versa. 2. General comprehension (Reading a passage and answering the questions) 3. Applied Grammar: Number, Gender, I’rab, Idafa, Sifa & Mawsuf etc. (Questions will be

based on Al-Nahw al Wadih and Al-Arabiyyalil Hayat) 4. Modern Arabic Literature: Prominent movements and writers of the modern period up to

the 1970s.

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5. Indian Writings and Writers in Arabic of the modern period. 6. General awareness on the Arab world: Culture, Civilization, History, Geography and

Politics. __________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Agricultural Engineering:

Fundamentals of Agricultural Science and Agricultural Engineering, General knowledge (Indian Agriculture related)

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Department of Biotechnology:

The IPP Admission test 2015 will be held on the basis of the M.Sc. (Biotechnology) syllabus which is available on the AUS website.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Business Administration:

There is no prescribed syllabus for IPP Admission Test.

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Department of Commerce:

Examination Scheme: The question paper will be of 100 Marks; which will comprise of 25 questions of 2 marks each of objective type and 5 long questions of 10 marks each out of 9 questions. Unit –I Business Environment Meaning and Elements of Business Environment, Economic environment, Economic Policies, Economic Planning, Legal environment of Business in India, Competition policy, Consumer protection, Environment protection. Policy Environment: Libearization, Privatization and globalisation, Industrial policy and implementation. Unit –II Financial & Management Accounting Basic Accounting concepts, Capital and Revenue, Financial statements. Partnership Accounts: Admission, Retirement, Death, Dissolution and Cash Distribution. Advanced company accounts: Issue, forfeiture. Purchase of Business, Liquidation, Valuation of shares. Amalgamation, Absorption and Reconstruction. Holding Company Accounts, Cost and Management Accounting: Ratio Analysis, Funds Flow Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis, Managerial costing and Break-even analysis, Standard costing. Responsibility accounting. Unit- III Business Economics Nature and uses of Business Economics, Concept of Profit and Wealth maximization. Demand Analysis and Elasticity of Demand, Indifference curve analysis law. Utility Analysis and Laws of Returns and Law of variable proportions. Cost, Revenue, Price determination in different market situations: Perfect competition, Monopolistic competition, Monopoly. Unit- IV Business Statistics & Data Processing, Data types, Data collection and analysis, sampling, need, errors and methods of sampling, Normal distribution. Hypothesis testing. Analysis and Interpretation of data. Correlation and Regression, small sample test- t test, F test and chi-square test. Computer application to functional areas- accounting. Unit- V Business Management, Principle of Management, Planning-objective, strategies, planning process, decision-making, Organising, organizational structure, formal and informal organisations, organisational culture Staffing Leading: Motivation, leadership, committees, communication. Controlling Corporate governance and business ethics. Unit- VI Marketing Management, The evolution of marketing, concepts of marketing, marketing mix, marketing environment Consumer behaviour, market segmentation, Product decisions, Pricing decisions, Distribution decisions, Promotion decisions, Marketing planning, organising and control Unit- VII Human Resource Management Concepts Role and functions of Human Resource Management Human resource planning, recruitment and selection Training and development, succession planning Compensation: wage and salary administration, incentive and fringe benefits.

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Unit- VII1 Financial accountancy Capital structure, cost of capital, capital budgeting, dividend policy __________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Computer Science:

As per the UGC-NET syllabus for Computer Science

Department of Earth Science:

GEOMORPHOLOGY, REMOTE SENSING AND GIS: Concepts in geomorphology. Landforms in relation to climate, rock type, structure and tectonics. Processes – weathering, mass movement, erosion, transportation and deposition. Geomorphic processes and landforms – fluvial, glacial, eolian, coastal and karst. River forms and processes – stream flow, stage-discharge relationship; hydrographs and flood frequency analysis. Submarine relief. Geomorphology and topographic analysis including DEM, Environmental change– causes, effects on processes and landforms. Extra-terrestrial geomorphology. Elements of photogrammetry, elements of photo-interpretation, electromagnetic spectrum, emission range, film and imagery, sensors, geological interpretations of air photos and imageries. Global positioning systems. GIS- data structure, attribute data, thematic layers and query analysis. MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY: Concept of point group, space group, reciprocal lattice, diffraction and imaging. Concepts of crystal field theory and mineralogical spectroscopy. Lattice defects (point, line and planar). Electrical, magnetic and optical properties of minerals. Bonding and crystal structures of common oxides, sulphides, and silicates. Transformation of minerals – polymorphism, polytypism, and polysomatism. Solid solution and exsolution. Steady-state geotherms. Genesis, properties, emplacement and crystallization of magmas. Phase equilibrium studies of simple systems, effect of volatiles on melt equilibria. Magma-mixing, -mingling and -immiscibility. Metamorphic structures and textures; isograds and facies. Mineral reactions with condensed phases, solid solutions, mixed volatile equilibria and thermobarometry. Metamorphism of pelites, mafic-ultramafic rocks and siliceous dolomites. Material transport during metamorphism. P-T-t path in regional metamorphic terrains, plate tectonics and metamorphism. Petrogenetic aspects of important rock suites of India, such as the Deccan Traps, layered intrusive complexes, anorthosites, carbonatites, charnockites, alkaline rocks, Kimberlites, ophiolites and granitoids. STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND GEOTECTONICS: Theory of stress and strain. Behaviour of rocks under stress. Mohr circle. Various states of stress and their representation by Mohr circles. Different types of failure and sliding criteria. Geometry

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and mechanics of fracturing and conditions for reactivation of pre-existing discontinuities. Common types of finite strain ellipsoids. L-, L-S-, and S-tectonic fabrics. Techniques of strain analysis. Progressive strain history. Introduction to deformation mechanisms. Role of fluids in deformation processes. Geometry and analyses of brittle-ductile and ductile shear zones. Geometry and mechanics of development of folds, boudins, foliations and lineations. Interference patterns of superposed fold. Fault-related folding. Gravity induced structures. Tectonic features of extensional-, compressional-, and strike-slip-terrains and relevance to plate boundaries. mantle plumes. Himalayan Orogeny; concept of super continent, their assembly and breakup. SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY: Classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks ; elastic, volcanoclastic and chemical. Classification of elastic rocks. Flow regimes and processes of sediment transport. Sedimentary textures and structures. Sedimentary facies and environments, reconstruction of paleoenvironments. Formation and evolution of sedimentary basins. Diagenesis of siliciclastic and carbonate rocks. Recent developments in stratigraphic classification. Code of stratigraphic nomenclature – Stratotypes, Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSP). Lithostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic and biostratigraphic subdivisions. Methods of startigraphic correlation including Shaw‟s Graphic correlation. Concept of sequence stratigraphy. Rates of sediment accumulation, unconformities. Facies concept in Stratigraphy – Walther’s law. Methods for paleogeographic reconstruction. Phanerozoic stratigraphy of India with reference to the type areas– their correlation with equivalent formations in other regions. Boundary problems in Indian Phanerozoic stratigraphy. GEOCHEMISTRY: Atomic Structure and properties of elements, the Periodic Table; ionic substitution in minerals; ideal and non-ideal solutions, and fluids; equilibrium and distribution coefficients. Nucleation and diffusion processes in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary environments, redox reactions and Eh-pH diagrams and their applications. Radioactive decay schemes and their application to geochronology and petrogenesis. Stable isotopes and their application to earth system processes; geochemical differentiation of the earth; geochemical cycles. PALAEONTOLOGY: Theories on origin of life. Mass extinctions and their causes. Application of fossils in age determination and correlation. Paleoecology, Life habitats and various ecosystems, Paleobiogeography. Modes of preservation of fossils and taphonomic considerations. Types of microfossils. Environmental significance of fossils and trace fossils. Use of microfossils in interpretation of sea floor tectonism. Application of micropaleontology in hydrocarbon exploration. Oxygen and Carbon isotope studies of microfossils and their use in

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paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic interpretation. Important invertebrate fossils, vertebrate fossils, plant fossils and microfossils in Indian stratigraphy. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: Magmatic, hydrothermal and surface processes of ore formation. Metallogeny and its relation to crustal evolution; Active ore-forming systems, methods of mineral deposit studies including ore microscopy, fluid inclusions and isotopic systematics; ores and metamorphism- cause and effect relationships. Geological setting, characteristics, and genesis of ferrous, base and noble metals. Origin, migration and entrapment of petroleum; properties of source and reservoir rocks; structural, stratigraphic and combination traps. Methods of petroleum exploration. Concepts of petrophysics, Petroliferous basins of India. Origin of peat, lignite, bitumen and anthracite. Classification, rank and grading of coal; coal petrography, coal resources of India. Gas hydrates and coal bed methane. Nuclear and non-conventional energy resources. QUATERNARY GEOLOGY: Quaternary Stratigraphy –biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy. Quaternary climates – glacial-interglacial cycles, eustatic changes, proxy indicators of paleoenvironmental/ paleoclimatic changes, - land, ocean and cryosphere (ice core studies). Responses of geomorphic systems to climate, sea level and tectonics on variable time scales in the Quaternary; Quaternary stratigraphy of India– continental records (fluvial, glacial, aeolian, and palaeosols); marine records; continental-marine correlation of Quaternary record. Evolution of man and Stone Age cultures. Plant and animal life in relation to glacial and interglacial cycles during Quaternary. Tectonic geomorphology, neotectonics, active tectonics and their applications to natural hazard assessment. ENGINEERING GEOLOGY: Engineering properties of rocks and physical characteristics of building stones, concretes and other aggregates. Geological investigations for construction of dams, bridges, highways and tunnels. Remedial measures. Mass movements with special emphasis on landslides and causes of hillslope instability. Seismic design of buildings. HYDROGEOLOGY: Groundwater, Darcy’s law, hydrological characteristics of aquifers, hydrological cycle. Precipitation, evapotranspiration and infiltration processes. Hydrological classification of water-bearing formations. Fresh and salt-water relationships in coastal and inland areas. Groundwater exploration and water pollution. Groundwater regimes in India. MARINE GEOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY: Morphologic and tectonic domains of the ocean floor. Structure, composition and mechanism of the formation of oceanic crust. hydrothermal vents. Ocean margins and their significance. Ocean Circulation, Coriolis effect and Ekman spiral, convergence, divergence and upwelling, El Nino. Indian Ocean Dipole Thermohaline circulation and oceanic conveyor belt. Formation of Bottom

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waters; major water-masses of the world’s oceans. Oceanic sediments: Factors controlling the deposition and distribution of oceanic sediments; diagenetic changes in oxic and anoxic environments. Tectonic evolution of the ocean basins. __________________________________________________________________________________

Department of Ecology and Environmental Science:

Unit I: Concepts and Principles of Ecology 1. Biosphere and Ecosystem concepts 2. Ecological energetics 3. Nutrient cycling 4. Ecological succession 5. Concept of productivity 6. Population and community ecology

Unit II: Important Environmental Issues 1. Environmental pollution: air, water and land 2. Acid rain 3. Ozone depletion 4. Global warming and climate change 5. Impact of pesticides and metals on ecosystem health 6. Organic farming: compost, biofertilizers, biodynamic farming, etc. 7. Large dams and their environmental impact 8. Environmental awareness and education 9. Shifting cultivation 10. Sustainable development

Unit III: Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity conservation 1. Concept and types of natural resources and their management 2. Biodiversity: concepts, threats and conservation with special reference to North East

India 3. Biodiversity Hotspots of India 4. Role of NGOs and women in environmental conservation 5. Role of protected areas in biodiversity conservation 6. Indigenous people and biodiversity conservation 7. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 8. RS and GIS application in Ecology 9. Restoration Ecology 10. Ethnobotanical study and its significance

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Department of Economics:

Research methodology, Statistics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Agricultural economics, Economics of growth and development, Public economics and Indian economy of the standard of PG courses in Economics.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Education:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of English:

1. Literary Theory: 20 marks 2. Twentieth century literatures in English (British, American, Indian, Australian, Canadian

and African): 20 marks 3. Critical Appreciation of an unseen text: 10 marks

Total : 50 Marks __________________________________________________________________________________ Department of French:

SECTION A (WRITTEN EXAM) MAX MARKS-50 MIN MARKS-17

TIME-1HR

SYLLABUS: 1. History of French Literature (20th century). 2. Important Literary Mouvements of 20th century. 3. Important Literary, Dramatic, Cinematic works of the second half of 20th century France. 4. Cultural and Civilisational aspects of contemporary France. SUGGESTED READINGS: 1. La Garde et Michard(20th Century) 2. Castex et Surer(20th Century) 3.La France au Quotidien, Roselyne Rœsh et Rasalba Rolle-Harold,PUG.France. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION: *Students shall have to answer five questions of 10 marks each.

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SECTION B (PERSONAL INTERVIEW/COUNSELLING) MAX MARKS-50

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Hindi:

The syllabus for IPP Admission test in Hindi Department is not specific but as per PG Hindi syllabus in general.

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Department of History:

The admission test will comprised of total 100 marks having 50 marks each for written test and personal interview.

The written admission test will comprise of three sections. The section A will be of 10 marks (1×10= 10), Section B will be of 20 marks (2×10= 20) and section C of 20 marks (1×20= 20). The section A will be of multiple choice question, section B will of short answer question and section C will be based on research proposal.

The written test paper will be from all Ancient, Medieval and Modern History specialization so that no student can be deprived due to his specialization.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Indian Comparative Literature:

Full marks: 50 (2x10, 5x3, 1x15)

1. What is Comparative Literature? 2. Comparative Literature in Indian perspective 3. Justification of Comparative Methodology 4. Essays on Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore on Comparative

Criticism 5. Marxist, Archetypal and Feminist theories of Comparative Criticism 6. General knowledge of Comparative Criticism in academia

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Information Technology:

The syllabus that is followed for the admission test in the department is the same as the syllabus of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination in Computer Science and Information Technology.

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Department of Law:

1. Jurisprudence 2. Constitutional Law 3. Research Methodology 4. Interpretation of Statutes 5. Environmental Laws 6. Corporate Laws 7. Criminal Law 8. International Law & Human Rights.

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__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Life Science & Bio-informatics:

The syllabus for IPP entrance will be same as CSIR-UGC NET Exam for Life Science as available in CSIR website.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Linguistics:

1. Human and Non-human Communication; Classification of Languages; Language and writing. 2. Linguistics and its different branches; Linguistics as a science; Basic concepts of Phonology. 3. Morpheme as a unit of linguistic structure; Inflection and Derivation. 4. Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Mixing and Borrowing. 5. Different methods of language teaching; Mother tongue, Second language, Foreign language etc.

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__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Manipuri:

i) Manipuri Linguistics 10 ii) Manipuri Culture 10 iii) Manipuri Folklore 10 iv) Literary Criticism 10 v) Contemporary Manipuri Literature 10 __________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Mass Communication:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Mathematics:

Instruction for Candidates:

Group A is compulsory for each candidate. Group A consists of 5 questions each carrying 2

marks. A candidate has to choose either Group B or Group C but not both. Each of group B

and group C will contain 10 multiple choice questions (MCQ) of 1(one) mark each, with the

possibility of having more than one correct option. There will be no negative marking. A

candidate has to answer 6 (six) questions out of 10 (ten)descriptive questions, each carrying 5

marks.

Group-A

(10 marks)

(Common to all)

Mathematical logic

Group-B

(Topics from Applied Mathematics)

(40 marks)

(Optional)

1. Ordinary Differential Equations: Solution of second order ODE by methods of

variation of parameters and by other analytical methods, solution of system of equations,

series solution, integral transform method using Laplace and Fourier transforms.

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2. Partial Differential Equations: Nonlinear first order PDE, Laplace classification of

second order PDE, product method of solving elliptic, hyperbolic and parabolic type of

PDEs.

3. Numerical Analysis: Error analysis, numerical integration, numerical methods of

solving ordinary differential equations, difference equations.

4. Fluid Mechanics: Classification of fluids, viscous fluids and Newton’s law of viscosity,

Navier- Stoke’s equations and some of its exact solutions, Prandtl’s boundary layer

theory and equations.

5. Operations Research: Introduction to OR, linear programming, simplex method, dual

simplex method, revised simplex method, non-linear programming, transportation

problems, assignment problems, game theory, queueing theory.

Group C

(Topics from Pure Mathematics)

(40 marks)

(Optional)

1. Real Analysis: Elementary set theory, finite, countable and uncountable sets, real number

system, Archimedean property, supremum and infimum, sequence, series, Bolzano-

Weirestrass theorem, limit, continuity, uniform continuity, differentiability, sequence and

series of functions, power series, monotone functions, functions of bounded variations,

elements of metric spaces.

2. Linear Algebra: Vector spaces, subspaces, linear independence, basis, dimension, linear

transformation, matrix of a linear transformation, eigenvalue, eigenvector of a matrix and

a linear transformation, canonical forms, Jordan form, inner product spaces, quadratic

forms.

3. Topology: Basis, dense sets, subspace and product topology, countability axioms,

separation axioms, compactness, connectedness.

4. Algebra: Permutations, combination, pigeon-hole principle, inclusion-exclusion

principle, fundamental theorem of arithmetic, divisibility, groups, subgroups, normal

subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphism, cyclic groups, permutation groups, Cayley’s

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theorem, class equation, Sylow’s theorems, rings, subrings, ideals, maximal ideal, prime

ideal, polynomial rings, ED,PFD,UFD.

5. Complex Analysis: Algebraof complex number, the complex plane, polynomials, power

series, transcendental functions such as exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic

functions, analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, contour integrals, Cauchy’s

theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula, Liouville’s theorem, maximum modulus principle,

Schwarz lemma, open mapping theorem, Taylor’s series, Laurent series, calculus of

residues, conformal mapping, Mobius transformations.

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Department of Microbiology:

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__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Philosophy:

General problems of Philosophy in the areas such as Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Religion, and Logic (From both Eastern and Western Philosophies), based on the course content of M.A in Philosophy, Assam University.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Physics:

Syllabus for IPP Admission test is M.Sc. Physics syllabus available on the AUS website.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Political Science:

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Department of Sanskrit:

1. Vedic Literature 2. Sanskrit Poetics 3. Indian Philosophy 4. General outline of Research Methodology in Sanskrit

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Sociology:

1. Knowledge of scientific method in general, and procedure and elements, types, methods of data collection and analysis in social research

2. Concepts of interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary researches and knowledge

3. Current social issues of regional, national and global concern 4. Social relevance of the discipline in which one has obtained Master’s degree 5. Major theories, methods and concepts in sociology

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__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Visual Arts:

1. Ancient Indian and Western Art 2. Pre and Post-Independence Art of India 3. Modern and Contemporary Art (India and West) 4. Art and Advertisement 5. Art and Aesthetics

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SYLLABUS FOR IPP ADMISSION TEST (Diphu Campus)

Total marks: 50

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Department of Anthropology:

i) Social Science Research Methods ii) Anthropological Research Methods iii) Tribal communities of northeast India and Scope for Anthropological Research. __________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Assamese:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department.

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Commerce:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of English:

(Vide /AUDC/Eng/IPP Admission Committee/Resolution 1/19.12.2014) 1. Essay Type Question on Literature, Language and Literary Theory : 30 Marks 2. Questions on Research Methodology : 20 Marks 3. Personal Interview : 50 Marks Total : 100 Marks __________________________________________________________________________________

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Department of History:

Department of Life Science & Bio-informatics:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Physics:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department

__________________________________________________________________________________ Department of Political Science:

No syllabus for the Admission test has been prescribed by the Department

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