RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER

SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF

LECTURER (SCHOOL EDUCATION)
MATHEMATICS
PAPER – II
Part– I Senior Secondary Level
1. Algebra:
Quadratic equation with real coefficients, relation between roots and coefficients,
formation of quadratic equation with given roots. Symmetric functions of roots,
linear and quadratic inequations. Algebra of complex numbers, addition,
multiplication, conjugation, polar representation, properties of modulus and
principal argument, triangle inequalities, cube roots of unity, geometric
interpretations. Arithmetic and geometric progressions, arithmetic and geometric
means, infinite geometric series, Arithmetico-Geometric Progression. Sum of the
first ‘n’ natural numbers, sums of squares and cubes of the first ‘n’ natural
numbers, Fundamental principle of counting. Factorial n. Permutations and
Combinations and simple applications. Exponential and logarithmic series,
Binomial theorem (for positive integral index and for any index), general term and
middle term, properties of binomial coefficients.
2. Matrices and Determinants:
Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants of order two and
three, properties of determinants, Adjoint and evaluation of inverse of a square
matrix using determinants and elementary transformations, Test of consistency and
solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using
determinants and matrices.
3. Sets, Relations and Functions:
Sets and their representations. Different kinds of sets. Venn diagrams. Operation
on Sets. De-Morgan’s laws and practical problems based on them. Ordered pair,
relations, domain and co-domain of relations, equivalence relation. Function as a
special case of relation, domain, co-domain, range of functions, invertible
functions, even and odd functions, into, onto and one-to-one functions, special
functions (polynomial, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, power, absolute
value, greatest integer etc.), sum, difference, product and composition of functions.
Inverse trigonometric functions (principal value only) and their elementary
properties.
4. Analytical Geometry:
(i)Two Dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, distance between two points, section
formulae, shift of origin. Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle
between two lines, distance of a point from a line; lines through the point of
intersection of two given lines, equation of the bisector of the angle between two
lines, concurrency of lines; Centroid, orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre of a
triangle. General equation of second degree. Nature of conic. Equation of a circle
in various forms, equation of tangent, normal and chord of a circle. Parametric
equations of a circle, intersection of a circle with a straight line/ circle, equation of
a circle through the points of intersection of two circles and those of a circle and a
straight line. Equation of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola, their foci, directrices
and eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal. Problems
based on locus. Polar equation of a conic, polar equation of tangent, normal,
asymptotes, chord of contact, auxiliary circle, director circle of a conic and related
problems.
(ii)Three Dimensions: Distance between two points, direction cosines and
direction ratios, equation of a straight line in space, skew lines, shortest distance
between two lines, equation of a plane, distance of a point from a plane and a line,
Cartesian and vector equation of a plane and a line. Angle between (i) two lines,
(ii) two planes (iii) a line and a plane. Coplanar lines.
5. Calculus:
Limits, continuity and differentiability. Differentiation of the sum, difference,
product and quotient of two functions. Differentiation of trigonometric, inverse
trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions; Second
and third order derivatives. Rolle’s and Lagrange's Mean value Theorems,
Applications of derivatives: Rate of change of quantities, monotonic Increasing
and decreasing functions, Maxima and minima of functions of one variable,
tangent and normal.
Integral as an anti-derivative, Integration of a variety of functions by substitution,
by partial fractions and by Integration using trigonometric identities. Definite
integral and their properties, application of definite integrals in finding the area
under simple curves, especially lines, arcs of circles/parabolas/ellipses etc., area
between the said curves (the region should be clearly identifiable).
6. Vector Algebra:
Vectors and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector. Direction cosines/ratios
of vectors. Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero, parallel and collinear vectors etc.),
position vector of a point, negative of a vector, components of a vector, addition of
vectors, multiplication of a vector by a scalar, position vector of a point dividing a
line segment in a given ratio. Scalar (dot) product of vectors, projection of a vector
on a line. Vector (cross) product of vectors. Scalar and Vector triple product and
problems related to them.
7. Statistics and Probability:
Standard deviation, variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data.
Dispersion and its various measures.
Probability: Probability of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of
probability, conditional probability, Bayes’ theorem, probability distribution of a
random variate, Bernoulli trials and binomial distribution.
Part– II Graduation Level
1. Abstract Algebra:
Definition and example of groups. General properties of groups, Order of an
element of a group. Permutations: Even and Odd permutations. Groups of
permutations. Cyclic group, Cayley’s theorem. Subgroups, Cosets, Lagrange’s
theorem, Product Theorem of subgroups, Conjugate elements, conjugate
complexes, Centre of a group, Simple group, centre of group, Normaliser of an
element and of a complex. Normal subgroups, quotient Groups, Group
homomorphism and isomorphism with elementary basic properties, fundamental
theorem of homomorphism in groups. Isomorphism theorems of groups.
Ring Theory: Introduction to Rings, Zero divisors, Division ring, Ideals of a ring,
Quotient rings, Integral Domain and Fields, their examples and properties.
2. Complex Analysis:
Functions, Limits, Continuity and Differentiability of complex functions. The
extended plane and its spherical representation, Concept of an analytic function,
Cartesian and Polar form of Cauchy-Riemann equations. Harmonic functions,
Construction of an analytic function, Conformal mapping, Bilinear transformation
and its properties, Fixed points, Cross ratio, Inverse point.
3. Calculus:
Polar Co-ordinates. Angle between radius vector and the tangent. Angle between
curves in polar form. Length of polar sub-tangent and polar subnormal, Pedal
equation of a curve, Derivatives of an arc, curvature, various formulae, Centre of
curvature and chord of curvature and related problems. Partial differentiation,
Euler’s theorem on homogeneous functions, Chain rule of partial differentiation,
Maxima and Minima of functions of two independent variables and of three
variables connected by a relation, Lagrange’s Method of undetermined multipliers.
Asymptotes, double points, curve tracing, Envelopes and evolutes. Theory of Beta
and Gamma functions. Quadrature and Rectification. Volume and Surfaces of
solids of revolution. Differentiation and integration under the sign of integration.
Evaluation of double and triple integrals and their applications in finding areas and
volumes. Dirichlet’s integral. Change of order of integration and changing into
polar co-ordinates.
4. Differential Equations:
Ordinary differential equations of first order and first degree, differential equations
of first order but not of first degree, Clairaut's equations, general and singular
solutions, linear differential equations with constant coefficients, homogeneous
differential equation, second order linear differential equations, simultaneous linear
differential equations of first order. Partial differential equations of the first order,
Solution by Lagrange’s method.
5. Vector Calculus:
Curl, Gradient and Divergence & Identities involving these operators and related
problems. Problems based on Stoke, Green and Gauss theorems.
6. Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions:
(i) Sphere: Equation of a sphere in various forms, Tangent Plane, Pole and
Polar, Intersection of two spheres, Orthogonal spheres.
(ii) Cone, Enveloping cone, Tangent plane, Reciprocal cone, Three mutually
Perpendicular generators, Right circular cone.
(iii) Cylinder, Right circular cylinder, Enveloping cylinder.

7. Statics and Dynamics:

Composition and resolution of co-planer forces, component of a force in two given
directions, equilibrium of concurrent forces, parallel forces and moment, Friction,
Virtual work and common catenary.

Velocity and acceleration, Velocities and accelerations along radial and transverse
directions, and along tangential and normal directions, simple linear motion under
constant acceleration, Laws of motion, projectile, Simple Harmonic Motion,
Rectilinear motion under variable laws.

Part– III Post Graduation Level

1. Linear Algebra and Metric Spaces:
Definition and examples of a vector space, subspace of a vector space, Linear
combination, Linear dependence and independence of vectors. Direct product of
vector spaces and internal direct sums of subspaces. Bases and dimension of a
finitely generated spaces, Quotient space, Isomorphism, Linear transformation
(Homomorphism), Rank and nullity of linear transformation. The characteristic
equation of a matrix, Eigen values and Eigen vectors, Cayley-Hamilton theorem.
Definition and example of a metric space, Diameter of a set, Bounded set, Open
sphere, Interior point and Interior of a set, Derived and Closure of set, Closed set,
Closed Sphere, Properties of Open and Closed sets, Boundary point of set,
Convergent and Cauchy sequences, complete metric space, Cantor's Intersection
theorem. Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, Heine-Borel theorem, Compactness,
connectedness, Cantor's ternary set.

2. Integral Transforms and Special Function:

Laplace transform: Definition and its properties. Rules of manipulations, Laplace
theorems of derivatives and integrals, Properties of Inverse Laplace transforms,
Convolution theorem, Complex inversion formulas, applications to the solutions of
ordinary differential equations with constant and variable coefficients. Fourier
Transform: Definition and properties of Fourier sine and cosine and complex
transforms, Convolution theorem.

Legendre's polynomial/ Functions: Legendre's differential equation and associated

Legendre's differential equations, Simple properties of Legendre's functions of first
and second kind and the associated Legendre's function of integral order.

Bessel functions, Generating function, Integral formulae, Recurrence relations;

Addition formula and other properties of Bessel functions.
3. Differential Geometry and Tensors
Differential Geometry: Curves in Space- Definition of unit tangent vector, tangent
line, Normal line and Normal plane. Contact of a curve and a surface.
Tensors; Transformation of coordinates, Contravariant and covariant vectors,
second order tensors, Higher order tensors. Addition, subtraction and
multiplication of tensors, Contraction, Quotient Law, symmetric and skew
symmetric tensors: Conjugate symmetric tensors of the second order, Fundamental
tensor, Associated tensors, Christoffel symbols, Transformation law of Christoffel
symbols, Covariant differentiation of vectors and tensors.
4. Numerical Analysis
Difference operators and factorial notation, Differences of polynomial, Newton’s
formulae for forward and backward interpolations. Divided differences, relation
between divided differences and Simple difference. Newton’s general interpolation
formulae, Lagrange interpolation formula. Central differences, Gauss, Stirling and
Bessel interpolation formulae. Numerical Differentiation. Numerical integration,
Newton-Cotes quadrature formula, Gauss’s, quadrature formulae, convergence,
Estimation of errors, Transcendental and polynomial equations, bisection method,
method of iteration, Trapezoidal, Simpson’s and Weddle’s rules.
5. Optimization Technique
Convex sets and their properties. Simplex Method. Concepts of duality in linear
programming. Framing of dual programming. Assignment problems,
Transportation problems. Theory of Games: Competitive strategies, minimax and
maximin criteria, two-person zero-sum games with and without saddle point.
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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