mgsubikaner.ac.in MPCET 2014 Syllabus M.Phil/Ph.D Combined Entrance Test : MGSU Bikaner

Name of the Organisation : Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner
Type of Announcement : M.Phil./Ph.D Combined Entrance Test (MPCET) – 2014 Syllabus

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SYLLABI :
The question paper will contain 100 Multiple Choice Questions of 3 marks each. There will be negative marking of 1 mark for each wrong answer. Answers will be made on OMR sheet. Question papers in Law and Science subjects will be in English and rest, other than those of languages, will be both in English and Hindi.

1. Hindi
2. English
3. Urdu
4. Sanskrit
5. Rajasthani
6. Political Science
7. Public Administration
8. Economics
9. Sociology
10. History
11. Geography
12. Philosophy
13. Commerce
14. Education
15. Law
16. Botany
17. Zoology
18. Physics
19. Chemistry
20. Geology
21. Mathematics
22. Biotechnology
23. Environmental Science
24. Microbiology

Political Science :
1. Political Theory and Thought
Ancient Indian Political Thought: Kautilya and Shanti Parva.
Greek Political Thought: Plato and Aristotle.
European Thought-I: Machiavelli,Hobbes,Locke,Rousseau.
European Thought-II:Bentham,J.S. Mill,Hegel and Marx
Contemporary Political Thought-I : Lenin,Mao.
Contemporary Political Thought-II: Rawls, Nozic and Communitarians.
Modern Indian Thought:Gandhi, M.N. Roy and Ambedkar.
Concepts and Issue- I: Medieval Political Thought: Church-State Relationship.
Concepts and Issue-II: Behaviouralism and Post – Behaviouralism, Decline and Resurgence of Political Theory.
Democracy, Liberty and Equality.

2. Comparative Politics and Political Analysis
Evolution of Comparative Politics as a discipline, nature and scope. Approaches to the study of comparative politics: Traditional, Structural Functional, Systems and Marxist.
Constitutionalism: Concepts.
Forms of Government: Unitary-Federal, Parliamentary-Presidential
Organs of Government: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary-their interrelationship in comparative perspective.
Party Systems and Pressure Groups.
Bureaucracy – types and roles
Political Development and Political Modernization.
Political Culture, Political Socialization and Political Communication.
Political Elite: Elitist Theory of Democracy.
Power, Authority and Legitimacy.

3. Indian Government and Politics
Making of Indian Constitution
Ideological Bases of the Indian Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles.
Constitutional Amendments and Review.
Structure And Process-I: President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Working of the Parliamentary System.
Structure and Process-II: Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, State Legislature.
Panchayati Raj Institutions: Rural and Urban, their working.
Federalism: Theory and Practice in India; Demands of Autonomy and Separatist Movements; Emerging Trends in Center-State Relations.
Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Court, Judicial Review, Judicial Activism including Public Interest Litigation cases, judicial reforms.
Political Parties, Pressure Groups, Public Opinion, Media. Elections, Electoral Behavior, Election Commission and Electoral Reforms.

4. Public Administration
Development of Public Administration as a Discipline; Approaches to the study of Public Administration: Decision-making, Ecological and System: Development Administration.
Theories of Organization.
Principles of organization: Line and Staff, Unity of Command, Hierarchy, Span of Control, Centralization and Decentralization.
Bureaucracy: Theories, types and roles; Max Weber and his Critics. Civil Servant-Minister relationship.
Leadership
Financial Administration: Budget, Audit, Control over Finance with Special Reference to India and UK.
Good Governance; Right to Information.
Grievance Redressal Institutions: Ombudsman, Lokpal and Lakayukta.

5. International Relations Contending Theories and Approaches to the study of International Relations; Idealist, Realist, Systems, Game, Communication and Decision-Making. Power, Interest and Ideology
Arms and Wars: Nuclear/bio-chemical wars; deterrence, Arms race, Arms control and disarmament.
Peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict resolution, Diplomacy, World-order and Peace studies.
Alliances, Non-alignment, End of Cold war, Globalization.
Political Economy of International Relations; New International Economic Order, North-South Dialogue, South-South Cooperation, WTO, Neo-colonialism and Dependency.
Regional and sub-regional organizations especially SAARC, ASEAN, OPEC, OAS.
United Nations: aims, objectives, structure and evaluation of the working of UN; Charter Revision; Power-struggle and Diplomacy within UN, Financing and Peace-keeping operations.
India’s relations with its neighbors, distinguishing features of Indian Foreign Policy.

Public Administration :
1. Theory of Public Administration Public administration- Meaning, Nature and scope, Public and Private Administration, New Public Administration, New Public Management. Administrative Thinkers- Kautilya, Woodrow Wilson, Gulick and Urwick, Max Weber. F.W. Taylor, Henri Fayol, M.P.Follet, Elton Mayo. C.I. Barnard, Herbert Simon, D.H. McGregor, Abraham Maslow, Herzberg, Chris Argyris and Fred Riggs.
Theories- Classical, Human Relation, Bureaucratic, Public Choice and Principal agent relationship. Approaches to the study of Public Administration- Scientific Management, Behavioral, systems, Structural- Functional, Decision-Making, Public policy and Marxian. Organization- Bases of Organisation, Formal and Informal, Principles of organization- Hierarchy Span of control, Unity Of command, Delegation Decentralization and Co-ordination : Line-Staff Agencies. Leadership, Motivation and Communication.

2. Comparative Public Administration Comparative Public Administration-Nature and Scope. Theories and Models of Comparative Public Administration- Contributions of Fred Riggs, Montgomery and Ferrel Heady. A comparative study of the Administration, Institutions and Processes in U.K. , U.S.A., and India. Various Control Mechanisms over Administration in U.K., U.S.A., and India. Citizen and Administration- Machinery for redressal of citizen’s grievances in U.K., U.S.A. and India.

3. Development Administration Development Administration- Meaning, Nature and Scope, Concept of Development Administration; Development Administration and Traditional Administration; Charecteristics of Administration in Developed and Developing Countries.
Public and Private Sectors and their Administration.
Planning- Projects and Plan Formulation, Plan Implementation and Evaluation. Bureaucracy and Development Administration- Role of Bureaucracy in Plan Formulation and its implementation. Development Administration- Interactions among Bureaucrats, Politicians, Technocrats, Social Scientists, Educationalist and Journalists, People’s International Aid and Technical Assistance Programmes – IMF, IBRD, WTO.

4. Indian Administration Administrative Legacies at the time of Independence- Civil Services; District and Revenue Administration. Organisation of Governement at the Central Level- Organisation, Role of Chief Secretary, Organisation of Ministries, Deparments and Directorates. Personnel Administration- Classification of Service, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies-U.P.S.C. and State Public Service Commissions, Training, Promotion, Discipline, Morale, Staff Associations, Employer- Employee Relations.
Financial Administration- Budget, Enactment of Budget, Finance Ministry and its Role, Audit and Accounts, Comptroller and Auditor- General. Plans- Five-Year Plans, Formulation of Plans, Planning Commission, National Development Council, Plan Implementation.
Centre-State Relations- Legislative, Administrative and Financial, Finance Commission. Control over Administration- Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control, Transparency, Accountability and Administrative Responsiveness. District Administration- Organisation of District Administration, Role of District Collector in Development, Local Government- Rural and Urban, Citizen and Administration- Lokpal and Lokayukta. Delegated Legislation and Administrative Adjudication. Administrative Reforms in India since Independence.

5. Research Methodology Types of Research Identification of Problem and Preparation of Research Design. Research Methods in Social Science.
Hypothesis.
Sampling- Various Sampling Procedures. Tools and Data Collection- Questionaire, Interview, Content Analysis. Processing of Data. Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, Mode and Median. Report Writing.

6. Social and Economic Administration Meaning, Nature and Scope of Social Welfare and Social Justice. Central Social Welfare Board and State Social Welfare Boards. Major Social Sectors- Health and Education. Industrial Policy Resolutions and Growth of Public Sector in India. Public Sector- Features, Problems of Management, Accountability and Autonomy. New Economic Policy- Libralisation, Privatisation and Globalisation.

7. Local Governments- Rural and Urban Meaning, Nature and Scope of Local Governments Major Features and Structure of Local Government in U.K., U.S.A. France and India. 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in India. Functions and Role of Local Governments in India. State- Local Relations in India.