CPCB Scientist B Syllabus 2023 (Download) LDC DEO Exam Pattern PDF

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINERING

Engineering & Environmental Surveying, Engineering Chemistry & Microbiology, Engineering Economics Water Engineering: Design & Application, Engineering Geology, GIS & Remote Sensing, Waste Water Engineering; Design and Application, Instrumentation Techniques for Environmental Monitoring, Solid Waste Management, Air Pollution & Control, Hydrology & Ground Water Engineering, Vibration Analysis & control of Noise Pollution, Industrial Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment & Audit, Soil Pollution & Remediation, Planning and Design of environmental Engg. Works, Water Resources System, Climate Change & CDM, Environmental toxicology & Risk Assessment, Ecology and Bio-monitoring techniques, Hazardous & Biomedical Waste Management, Surface & Ground Water Pollution Advance Surveying, Environmental Law and Policy, Water and Soil Conservation, System Simulation & Modelling, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development, Disaster Management, Non- Conventional Energy Systems

CHEMISTRY
Inorganic Chemistry Metal Complexes, supra-molecular and photo-inorganic chemistry, Group theory and chemistry of d&f block elements, inorganic reaction mechanisms & catalysis and bio-inorganic chemistry, Chemistry of boron and silicon compounds & ligand filed theory, Spectral techniques in inorganics chemistry, Organ transition metal chemistry and advanced bio- inorganic chemistry, analytical techniques, inorganic materials & nuclear and radiochemistry.

Organic Chemistry
Stereochemistry and reactive intermediates, spectroscopy and organic synthesis, photochemistry & pericyclic reactions and chemistry of life processes, newer synthetic reactions and reagents & heterocyclic chemistry.

Physical Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry, Statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, kinetics and macromolecules, molecular structure, spectroscopic and diffraction methods, irreversible thermodynamics, transport phenomena & surface phenomena and fast reactions, advanced molecular spectra, crystal structure, macromolecules, computational methods in chemistry, physical chemistry of materials.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Introduction to Environmental Sciences, Social perspectives on environment, Environment, development & sustainability, Methodologies for environmental studies, Environmental impact and risk assessment, Pollution and health, Urban ecosystems Natural resources: conservation and management , Atmosphere and global climate change, Natural & managed ecosystems, Biodiversity and conservation biology, Soil biology, Ecotoxicology and environmental health, Environmental biotechnology, Environmental chemistry, Environmental hazards, Hydrology and water resources, Environmental geology, Systems analysis and modelling, Environmental engineering

LIFE SCIENCES
Plant Sciences: Classification, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Vascular system in plants, Economic important of plants, Photosynthesis, Photoperiodism, Vernalization, and Biogeochemical cycle, Animal Sciences: Classification, Characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates, anatomy and physiology of different system of humans, nerve impulse transmission, endocrinology, human diseases Apoptosis and cancer, inherited diseases, animal cell culture, Applied Biology: Cell and Molecular Biology, Principles of Biochemistry, General Microbiology, Genetics, Techniques in Microbiology, Biofertilizer and Compost Technology, Immunology, Biosafety, Bioethics & IPR, Microbial Diversity, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Soil and Agriculture Microbiology, Food and Dairy Microbiology, Fermentation, Environmental Microbiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, Medical Microbiology and Virology, Plant and Animal Pathology, Microbial Ecology, Instrumental methods

AGRICULTURE SCIENCE
Ecology and its relevance to man, natural resources, their sustainable management and conservation. Physical and social environment as factors of crop distribution and production. Agro ecology; cropping pattern as indicators of environments. Environmental pollution and associated hazards to crops, animals and humans. Climate change – International conventions and global initiatives. Greenhouse effect and global warming. Advance tools for ecosystem analysis – Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).   Cropping patterns in different agro-climatic zones of the country. Impact of high yielding and short-duration varieties on shifts in cropping patterns. Concepts of various cropping and farming systems. Organic and Precision farming. Package of practices for production of important cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fibres, sugar, commercial and fodder crops.   Important features and scope of various types of forestry plantations such as social forestry, agro-forestry, and natural forests. Propagation of forest plants. Forest products. Agro forestry and valu e addition. Conservation of forest flora and fauna.   Weeds, their characteristics, dissemination and association with various crops; their multiplications; cultural, biological, and chemical control of weeds. Soil- physical, chemical and biological properties. Processes and factors of soil formation. Soils of India. Mineral and organic constituents of soils and their role in maintaining soil productivity. Essential plant nutrients and other beneficial elements in soils and plants. Principles of soil fertility, soil testing and fertilizer recommendations, integrated nutrient management. Bio fertilizers. Losses of nitrogen in soil, nitrogen-use efficiency in submerged rice soils, nitrogen fixation in soils. Efficient phosphorus and potassium use. Problem soils and their reclamation. Soil factors affecting greenhouse gas emission.   Soil conservation, integrated watershed management. Soil erosion and its management. Dry land agriculture and its problems. Technology for stabilizing agriculture production in rain fed areas. Water-use efficiency in relation to crop production, criteria for scheduling irrigations, ways and means of reducing runoff losses of irrigation water. Rainwater harvesting. Drip and sprinkler irrigation. Drainage of waterlogged soils, quality of irrigation water, effect of industrial effluents on soil and water pollution. Irrigation projects in India.   Farm management, scope, importance and characteristics, farm planning. Optimum resource use and budgeting. Economics of different types of farming systems. Marketing management – strategies for development, market intelligence. Price fluctuations and their cost; role of co-operatives in agricultural economy; types and systems of farming and factors affecting them. Agricultural price policy. Crop Insurance.   Agricultural extension, its importance and role, methods of evaluation of extension programmes, socio-economic survey and status of big, small and marginal farmers and landless agricultural labourers. Training programmes for extension workers. Role of Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s (KVK) in dissemination of Agricultural technologies. Non Government Organization (NGO) and self-help group approach for rural development.   Cell structure, function and cell cycle. Synthesis, structure and function of genetic material. Laws of heredity. Chromosome structure, chromosomal aberrations, linkage and cross-over, and their significance in recombination breeding. Polyploidy, euploids and aneuploids. Mutations – and their role in crop improvement. Heritability, sterility and incompatibility, classification and their application in crop improvement. Cytoplasmic inheritance, sex-linked, sex-influenced and sex- limited characters.     History of plant breeding. Modes of reproduction, selfing and crossing techniques. Origin, evolution and domestication of crop plants, centre of origin, law of homologous series, crop genetic resources conservation and utilization. Application of principles of plant breeding, improvement of crop plants. Molecular markers and their application in plant improvement. Pure-line selection, pedigree, mass and recurrent selections,   combining ability, its significance in plant breeding. Heterosis and its exploitation. Somatic hybridization. Breeding for disease and pest resistance. Role of interspecific and intergeneric hybridization. Role of genetic engineering and biotechnology in crop improvement. Genetically modified crop plants.   Seed production and processing technologies. Seed certification, seed testing and storage. DNA finger printing and seed registration. Role of public and private sectors in seed production and marketing. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues, WTO issues and its impact on Agriculture.   Principles of Plant Physiology with reference to plant nutrition, absorption, translocation and metabolism of nutrients. Soil – water- plant relationship.   Enzymes and plant pigments; photosynthesis- modern concepts and factors affecting the process, aerobic and anaerobic respiration; C3, C4 and CAM mechanisms. Carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. Growth and development; photoperiodism and vernalilzation. Plant growth substances and their role in crop production. Physiology of seed development and germination; dormancy. Stress physiology – draught, salt and water stress.   Major fruits, plantation crops, vegetables, spices and flower crops. Package practices of major horticultural crops. Protected cultivation and high tech horticulture. Post harvest technology and value addition of fruits and vegetables. Landscaping and commercial floriculture. Medicinal and aromatic plants. Role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition.   Diagnosis of pests and diseases of field crops, vegetables, orchard and plantation crops and their economic importance. Classification of pests and diseases and their management. Integrated pest and disease management. Storage pests and their management. Biological control of pests and diseases. Epidemiology and forecasting of major crop pests and diseases. Plant quarantine measures. Pesticides, their formulation and modes of action.   Food production and consumption trends in India. Food security and growing population – vision 2020. Reasons for grain surplus. National and international food policies. Production, procurement, distribution constraints. Availability of food grains, per capita expenditure on food. Trends in poverty, Public Distribution System and Below Poverty Line population, Targeted Public Distribution System (PDS), policy implementation in context to globalization. Processing constraints. Relation of food production to National Dietary Guidelines and food consumption pattern. Food based dietary approaches to eliminate hunger. Nutrient deficiency – Micro nutrient deficiency : Protein Energy Malnutrition or Protein Calorie Malnutrition (PEM or PCM), Micro nutrient deficiency and HRD in context of work capacity of women and children. Food grain productivity and food security.