Here is the detailed syllabus for candidates who wish to appear for the State Forest Service Main Examination 2021 conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC):
State Forest Service Main Examination Syllabus-
Section(A)
General Knowledge of Madhya Pradesh: National and International Level
- History, Culture, and Literature of Madhya Pradesh
- Main Tourist places of M.P.
- Main Tribes and Dialects of M.P.
- Important personalities of M.P.
- Important Historical events and Major dynasties of M.P.
- Main festivals, folk music, and folk art of M.P.
- Art, Architecture, and culture of M.P.
- Important literary figures of Madhya Pradesh and their literature
- Contribution of Madhya Pradesh in the Independence movement
- Geography of Madhya Pradesh
- Natural and mineral resources of M.P.
- Forests, Mountains, and Rivers of M.P.
- Main irrigation and Power projects of M.P.
- Climate of M.P.
- Energy Resources: Conventional and Nonconventional
- Politics and Economy of Madhya Pradesh
- Demography and census of M.P.
- Agriculture and Agri based industries in M.P.
- Political system of M.P.(Governor, Cabinet, Legislative Assembly)
- Main industries of M.P.
- Panchayati Raj of M.P.
- Economic development of M.P.
- Social system of M.P.
- Current events: International, National, and Madhya Pradesh
- Famous personalities and places
- Famous sports competitions, awards, and sports institutions of the State and country
- Important Contemporaneous events
- Welfare schemes of M.P. state
- Information and Communication Technology
- E-Governance
- E-Commerce
- Electronics, computers, information and communication technology
- Internet and Social networking site
- Robotics, artificial intelligence, and cyber security
State Forest Service Main Examination Syllabus
Section (B)
Forestry and General Science
Unit-1: Forest and Forestry
- Forest types of India and M.P.
- Definitions
- Some commercially important trees (botanical name and family) examples: Teak, Shisham, Sal, Babul, Harra, Bahera, Amla, Tendu, Palash, Arjun, Khair, Mahua.
- Terminology
- Forest regeneration
- History and Background of forest
- Silvics and Silviculture
- Objective of forestry
- State-wise forest distribution and growing stock
- Role of forest(productive, protective, and ameliorative)
- Trees Outside Forest (TOF)
- Forest cover of India and M.P.
- Classification of forest
- Influence of forest on environment
- Reasons for declining forest
Unit-2: Forest Utilisation
- Definitions
- Non-wood forest products: fibres, flosses, grasses, tannin, gums, dye, resin, oleoresin, essential oils, tree-borne oil seeds, medicinal plants
- Terminology
- Particle-wood
- Forest measurements (tree height, volume, biomass)
- Wood product
- Logging
- Wood seasoning
- Sawmilling
- Wood preservation
- Pulp and paper
- Plywood
Unit-3: Forest Policy and Legislation
- Definitions
- Terminology
- Environment Protection Act 1986
- M.P. Lok Vaniki Act, 2001
- Agroforestry Policy 2014
- National Forest Policies (1894, 1952, 1988)
- Farm forestry
- Forest Law
- Agroforestry
- Indian Forest Act (1927, 2002, 2006)
- Social forestry
- Comparison of forest policies
- Joint forest management
- Wild Life Protection Act (1972) and its amendments
- Bamboo freed from forest produce
- Forest conservation Act (1980) and amendments
- Indian Forest Act 2019 (Amendment)
- Biodiversity Act 2002
- Forest Right Act 2006 for Tribals
Unit-4: Forest Protection
- Definitions
- Terminology
- Biosphere reserves
- Global warming
- Reserve forest
- Classification of injurious agencies- man, animals, insects, plants
- Forest management
- Environment factors
- Ecosystem services
- Forest fires and control measures
- Census
- Grazing and grazing management
- National parks
- Afforestation
- Role of forest in soil and water conservation
- Soil conservation
- Carbon pool
- Watershed management
- Role of forest in climate mitigation
Unit-5: Tribes of Madhya Pradesh
- Major Tribes of M.P. and their sub-castes – Bhil, Gond, Baiga, etc
- Role of tribes in forest protection
- Major institutions and museums for tribes in M.P.
- Special backward tribes of M.P. – Baiga, Bhariya, Sahariya
- Welfare Schemes of tribes
- General introduction, regions and their features of languages and dialects of tribes of M.P.
- Culture and traditions of tribes of M.P.
- Festivals
- Religious beliefs
Unit-6: Chemistry
- Preparation, properties, and uses of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen,
- Rate of a chemical reaction and chemical equilibrium – Preliminary knowledge of rate of chemical reaction
- Nonmetals – Position of nonmetals in the periodic table
- Fast and slow chemical reactions
- Alloys
- Reversible and irreversible chemical reactions
- Metallurgy of copper and Iron
- Corrosion of metals
- Acids and bases
- Reversible reaction and dynamic nature of equilibrium
- pH scale [simple numerical questions]
- Metallurgy – concentration, roasting, smelting, refining of ores
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Preparation of building materials – lime, Cement, glass, and steel
- Metals – Position of metals in the periodic table and general properties.
- Metal, Mineral ore
- Some important chemical compounds – properties and uses
- Difference between mineral and ore
- Method of production, manufacture [water, washing soda, baking soda bleaching powder and plaster of Paris]
- Some important organic compounds – laboratory method of preparing alcohol and acetic acid
- Properties and uses of some general artificial polymers, polythene, polyvinyl chloride, Teflon, soap, and detergents.
Unit-7: Physics
The topics for physics are as follows:
- Sources of Energy – Conventional & new sources of Energy
- Definition Focal Length Optical Centre Image Formation By Lens Human Eye; Its Defects And Remedies
- Magnetic Meridian Geographical Meridian
- Relation Between VH1 and ø
- Source Of Energy – Conventional And New Sources Of Energy
- Magnetic Storm
- Source of Solar Energy
- Causes of Origin Of Energy In the Sun
- Plotting The Lines Of Force Terrestrial Magnetism
- Magnetic Lines Of Force and their Properties
- Solar Heating Devices
- Solar Cooker
- Solar Cell
- Magnetic Keepers
- Wind Energy
- Biogas
- Fossil Fuels
- Ideal Fuel
- Properties of ideal fuel
- Magnetism – Magnet and its Types of Artificial Magnet
- Methods Of Preparing Magnets
- Molecular Theory Of Magnetism
- Demagnetization
- Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Fission
- Fusion
- Chain Reaction
- Nuclear Reactor
- Uses and harmful effects of Nuclear Energy
- X-Rays and their Properties
- General Information About M.P Energy Development Corporation (MPUVN)
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Electric Motor
- Working Principle and Use of a Generator
- Discharge Tube
- Cathode Rays
- General Studies of Alternating Current and Direct Current
- Electric Discharge In Gases
- Magnetic Effect Of Current – Oersted Experiment
- Light – Nature of Light, Reflection of Light
- Laws Of Reflection
- Determination of Focal Length of Concave Mirror By Single Pin Method
- Reflection from a Plane and Curved Surface
- Image Formation By Plane Convex And Concave Mirror
- Relation Between Focal Length And Radius Of Curvature
- Chemical Effects of Electric Current
- Primary and Secondary Cells – Their Properties & Drawbacks
- Leclanche Cell; Dry Cell, Lead Accumulator Cell, Construction
- Relation Between u-v-f [Numerical Examples]
- Refraction of Light – Laws Of Refraction
- Refraction By Glass Slab
- Critical Angle
- Total Internal Reflection
- Use of Total Internal Reflection In Daily Life
- Lens [Converging And Diverging Lens]
- Resistance – Specific Resistance
- Influencing Factors
- Combination of Resistance and Related Numerical Examples
- Thermal Effect of Current & Its Use
- Calculation Of Power and Electrical Energy Spent
- (Numerical) Precautions Observed In Electric Experiments
- Definition Focal Length, Optical Centre, Image Formation By Lens
- Human Eye: Its Defects And Remedies
- Comparison Between The Photographic Camera And The Human Eye
- Electricity and Its Effects – Electric Intensity, Potential, Potential Difference
- Electric Current Ohm’s Law
- Comparison Between Photographic Camera & Human Eye
- Simple Telescope And Astronomical Telescope – Construction, Working, Uses
- Ray Diagram [No Formula Derivation]
Unit-8: Biology
The topics for biology are given below:
- Principles and Types of Plant Classifications
- Animal Nutrition – Types of Nutrition, Autotrophic Nutrition, Heterotrophic Nutrition
- Heredity and Evolution – Heredity and Variation
- Basis Of Heredity
- Chromosome and DNA (Preliminary Information)
- Gene
- Sex Determination
- Preliminary Knowledge Of Organic Evolution [Oparin’s Theory only]
- Holozoic
- Parasitic
- Saprophytic
- Symbiotic
- Insectivorous Plants
- Human Reproductive System and Reproduction Process
- Important Terms of Nutrition Process
- Parthenogenesis
- Sexual Reproduction In Plants
- Structure of Flower and Reproduction Process [General Information]
- Pollination Fertilisation
- Digestion In Unicellular Cell Animal [Amoeba] And Multicellular Animal Grasshopper
- Human Digestive System And Digestive Process
- Reproduction And Growth – Type Of Reproduction, Asexual Reproduction Fission, Budding, Regeneration, Vegetative Reproduction, Layering, Cutting, Grafting
- Photosynthesis
- Main Steps of the Process Light Reaction and Dark Reaction
- Factors Influencing Photosynthesis
- Experiments Related to Photosynthesis
- Respiration – Definition, Respiratory Organs of Animals Breathing & Respiration
- Types Of Respiration – Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration
- Respiratory System of Human Being and Mechanism of Respiration [General Information]
- Respiratory Quotient [RQ] Of Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein
- Nervous System of Human Being
- Structure and Function of Human Brain and Spinal Cord
- Reflex Action
- Endocrine Glands Hormone, and their Function
- Transport of Mineral and Water in Plants & Animals [in context of a Human Being]
- Composition and Function Of Blood, Structure, and Working Of Heart
- Structure and Function Of Blood Vessels [Preliminary Knowledge]
- Coagulation of Blood
- Blood Group
- Blood Transfusion
- Blood Bank
- Function of Lymph System, Diseases Related to Heart
- Diseases Related to Kidney Control and Coordination – Coordination In Plants and Animal
- Phytohormones
- Excretion – Excretion In Plants and Excretory Product
- Excretion In Animals and Excretory Organs
- Excretion System Of Man and Excretion Process [General Information]
- Artificial Kidney Dialysis
- Osmo-Regulation
Unit-9: Environment
The topics for environment are given below:
- Environment and Human Health
- India as a Wide Diversity Nation
- Hotspots Of Biodiversity
- Threats to Biodiversity
- Human Role in Pollution Control
- Disaster Management – Floods, Earthquake, Cyclones, and Landslide
- Biodiversity And Its Conservation – General Introduction – Definition
- Species and Genetic Diversity
- Biogeographic Classification of India
- Human Population and Environment
- Population Growth
- Variation in the Population in Various Countries
- Population Explosion and Family Welfare Programme
- Importance of Biodiversity – Constructive and Destructive Application
- Importance of Social, Moral, and Alternative Vision
- Global, National, and Local-level Biodiversity
- Solid Waste Management – Urban and Industrial Solid Waste Management: Reasons, Effects, and Control
- Residential Damage
- Damage To Wildlife
- Humans and Wild Animals Struggle
- India’s Threatened (Endangered) and Local Species
- Conservation of Biodiversity
- Topological and Non-Topological Conservation
- Environmental Pollution – Reason Effect and Conservation – Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Sea Pollution, Soil Pollution, Sound/Noise Pollution, Thermal Pollution, Nuclear Pollution.
Unit-10: Elementary Mathematics and General Mental Ability
- Arithmetic:
- Time and distance
- Volume of rectangular surface and solids
- Average
- Square Root
- Profit and loss
- Area
- Time, work and labour
- Use of log table
- Simple and compound interest
- Percentage, Ratio, and Proportion
- Algebra:
- Factors of Easy Trinomial Expressions of Second Degree
- Fundamental Laws and First Four Rules – Addition, Multiplication, Division and Subtraction
- H.C.F, L.C.M. by Factors
- Fractions
- Simple Equations
- Simple Formula and their Use Factors
- Geometry:
- Construction of Angles
- Construction of Triangles
- Construction of Quadrilaterals
- Line and Angles
- Miscellaneous Construction
- Loci
- Intersection of Loci
- Exercises on Loci
- Parallels
- Construction of a Rectangle of Given Area and Having One Side of Given Length
- Triangles
- Theorems of areas of triangles and parallelograms
- Reduction of a Rectilinear Figure to a Triangle Or Rectangle Of Equal Areas
- Congruence Inequalities
- Reduction of Quadrilaterals to an Equivalent Triangle
- Parallelograms
- Theorem Of Pythagoras and Its Converse
- Applications of Parallels, Bisectors, Perpendiculars, etc.
- Areas Of Quadrilaterals
- Trigonometry:
- Simple Problems On Height and Distance
- Circular Measure,
- Definitions of Trigonometric Ratio
- General Mental Ability:
- Reasoning
- Numerical Ability
- Data Analysis and interpretation and analogy.
- Coding