Indian Forest Services Exam (IFS): Animal Husbandary & Veterinary Science Syllabus

Role of livestock and their products in Indian economy and human health; livestock farming systems; economics of dairy, sheep, goat, poultry, pig and rabbit farming; livestock development programs-objectives and achievements; national and international agencies in livestock development programs, their contribution; constraints to the livestock development programs.

Livestock and poultry breeds and breed characters; housing systems, and requirements space, ventilation, water, sanitation and waste disposal. Management of milk, meat, egg and wool producing livestock, breeding bulls and draft animals and wild animals in captivity, farm records and their maintenance; systems and strategies for livestock improvement for enhancing productivity.

Role of nutrition in health and production; classification and composition of feeds and fodders including forest grasses; anti-nutritional factors and toxins in feeds and fodders; feeding standards and nutrient requirements of different categories of livestock and computation of rations.
Nutritional deficiency and its influence on livestock performance; feed supplements and additives; conservation and preservation of feeds and fodders; economic utilization of agro by-products for feeding livestock.

Breeding livestock for high performance and disease resistance; principles of genetics; nature of DNA and RNA-their models and functions; applications of recombinant DNA technology, cloning and role of gene actions and cytogenetics.

Comparative gross and microscopic anatomy of different species of livestock. General functions of various body systems, physio-chemical laws as operative for vital physiological phenomena; biochemistry of cellular and sub-cellular components, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

Concept and causes of diseases in animals; general principles and procedures of necropsy; collection, preservation and dispatch of morbid materials for laboratory diagnosis, disease investigation; common pathological conditions seen in wild; zoo and laboratory animals and birds.
Immune system organs, tissues and cells; infection and immunity, serological reactions and modern diagnostic techniques.

Important morphological features, life-cycles, mode of transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, chemotherapy and general control measures of parasites associated with disease in animals.

Environmental hygiene; role of veterinarian in public health; zoonoses including food-borne diseases: concept, scope, objectives and uses of epidemiology.
Infections including major contagious diseases and noninfectious diseases affecting livestock, birds and wild animals aetiology, clinical examination symptoms, pathogenesity, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, treatment and control, establishment of Animal Healthcare Centres.
General knowledge of pharmacology, therapeutics and chemotherapy. Toxicity and environmental pollutants.

Reproductive physiology; hormones and reproduction; livestock fertility; artificial insemination; semen characteristics of different species of livestock and cryo-preservation. Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer technology in livestock. Reproductive disorders and their management.

General surgical principles. Pre and post-operative considerations, anesthesia, asepsis and anti-sepsis and sterilization; scope, history and development of veterinary radiology; radiographic pathology of different parts of body.

Abattoir practices, methods of slaughtering and dressing; Meat Inspection Laws, utilization of byproducts; unsound meat and its disposal; quality control of meat and eggs and their products.

Proximate Composition, milk collection, cooling/ chilling and transportation; physio-chemical, and nutritional characters of milk and milk products; processing of raw milk and production of market milk. Condensed and dried milk, special milk and Indian Dairy Products-packaging and storage.
Cleaning and sanitization of dairy equipments and plants; role of micro-organisms in milk and milk products; legal standards and quality assessment of milk and milk products.

Indian Forest Services Exam (IFS): Botany Syllabus

Difference between animals and plants–Characteristics of living organisms-Unicellular and multi-cellular organisms-Viruses, basis of the division of the plant kingdom.

Unicellular plants-Cell, its structure and contents: division and multiplication of cells.
Multi-cellular plants-Differentiation of the body of nonvascular plants and vascular plants; external and internal morphology of vascular plants.

Of at least one member of the following categories of plants; Bacteria Cyanophyceae, Cholorophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Rhodophyceae, Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, liver-worts, Mosses, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.

Principles of classification; Principal
systems of classification of angiosperms; distinctive features and economic importance of the following families; Graminea, Scitaminae, Palmaceae, Liliaceae, Orchidaceae, Moraceae, Loranthaceae, Magnoliaceae, Lauraceae, Cruciferae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Anacardiaceae, Malvaceae, Apocynaceae Ascleidaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Umbeliferae, Solanaceae, Rubiceae, Cucurbitaceae, Verbanceae and Compositae.

Autotrophy, heterotrophy, intake of water and nutrients, transpirations, photosynthesis, mineral nutrition, respiration, growth reproduction; plant/animal relation; symbiosis, parasitism, enzymes, auxins, hormones, photoariodism.

Cause and cure of plant diseases; disease organisms, Viruses, deficiency disease; disease resistance.

The basic facts relating to ecology and plant geography, with special relation to Indian flora and the botanical regions of India.

Cytology, Genetics, Plant breeding, Mendelism, Hybrid vigour, Mutation, Evolution.

Economic uses of plants, especially flowering plants, in relation to human welfare, particularly with reference to such vegetable products as food grains, pulses, fruit, sugar and starches, oilseeds, spices, beverages, fibres, woods, rubber, drugs and essential oils.

A general familiarity with the development of knowledge relating to the Botanical Science.

Indian Forest Services Exam (IFS): Chemical Engineering Syllabus

Momentum transfer
(i) Different patterns of flow and their criteria.
(ii) Velocity profile.
(iii) Filtration: sedimentation; centrifuge.
(iv) Flow of solids through fluids.
Heat transfer
Different modes of heat transfer; Conduction-calculation for single and composite walls of flat, cylindrical and spherical shapes.
Convection-different dimensionless groups used in force and free convection. Equivalent diameter. Determination of individual and overall heat transfer coeff.
Evaporation-Radiation-Stefan Boltzmann-law.
Emissivity and absorptivity. Geometrical shape factor. Heat load of furnaces-calculation.
Mass transfer
Diffusion in gases and liquids. Absorption, desorption, humidification, dehumidification, drying and distillation. Analogy between momentum, heat and mass and transfer.

1st, 2nd and 3rd laws of thermodynamics.
Determination of internal energy, entropy, enthalpy and free energy-Determination of chemical equilibrium constants for homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. Use of thermodynamics in combustion, distillation and heat trans
fer. Mechanism and theory of mixing various mixers for liquid-liquid, solid-liquid and solid-solid.

Kinetics
Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. 1st and 2nd order reactions. Batch and flows-Reactors and their design.
Catalysis-Choice of catalyses
Preparation
Mechanics of catalysis based upon mechanism.
Transportation
Storage and transport of materials and in particular powders, resins, volatile and non-volatile liquids, emulsions and dispersions, pumps, compressors and blowers. Mixers-Mechanisms and theory of mixing various mixers for liquid-liquid, solid-liquid, solid-solid.
Material
Factors that determine choice of materials of construction in chemical industries-Metals and alloys, ceramics, plastics and rubbers. Timber and timber products, plywood laminates.
Fabrication of equipment with particular reference to production of vats, barrels, and filter presses, etc.
Instrumentation and process control: Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, thermal, optical, magnetic, electrical and electronic instruments. Controls and control systems. Automation.