Name of the Organisation : West Bengal Police (policewb.gov.in)
Type of Announcement : Syllabus
Designation : Excise Constable / Lady Excise Constable in 2013
Reference Number : No.WB(Part-1)/2012/SAR-452

Syllabus : http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/recruit/n...ion_excise.pdf
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The Written Examination will have objective type questions (MCQ) on General Awareness and General Knowledge, English, Elementary Mathematics and Reasoning.

Syllabus for Written Examination:-
A) General Awareness and General Knowledge:-Full Marks-25
i) (History of India : Uprising during the First Century of British Rule-Peasant Revolts; Tribal Revolts; The Great Revolt of 1857; Genesis of Indian Nationalism-19th century Nationalism in Indo-European Background ; Education Policy of the British-Rise of the English Educated Middle Class-Social Reform Movements; Awakening of National Consciousness-First Phase of Nationalism; Founding of the Indian National Congress; Early Phase of the Congress-Split between Moderates and Extremists; Militant Nationalism; Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movements ; Revolutionary Movements;

Main Stages of National Movement in India: 1930-1947 A.D.-Various Trends within the Congress-Left Politics; Revolutionary Movements: Punjab and Bengal; 1942 Movement ; Subhas Chandra & I.N.A ; Post Second World War Popular Uprisings; Background of Communal Politics & Two-Nation Theory; Partition of India and Indian Independence. Historical monuments and places of historical importance.

ii) Constitution of India and Indian Polity :
Constitution of India-Salient Features, citizenship; Institutional Framework of the Indian Democratic Republic; Parliamentary Democracy-Multi-party System; Judiciary, Local Self Government India’s Policy of Non-Alignment.

iii) Geography :
Earth Motions of Earth, Rotation and Revolution and their effects; structure of earth. Physiographic divisions of India with salient features; Drainage-Major rivers and their characteristics; Climate-Climatic regions, seasons, vagaries of monsoon-drought and flood; Natural vegetation and soil-Major types and characteristics; Agriculture: importance and forms of irrigation, major crops: food crops – rice and wheat, plantation crops-Tea and coffee, fibre crops-Cotton and juts; Industries: Textiles-Cotton and jute; Iron and steel; Engineering-Locomotives and automobiles; Petro-chemical. Important places of India, National parks, National institutions. Forests and Wildlife; Population distribution in India

iv) Science :
Basic idea about properties of elements; Physical and chemical properties of HCl, HNO3, H2SO4 ; nature and uses of Washing soda, common salt, bleaching powder, slacked lime, copper sulphate, ammonium sulphate, urea, soap, detergent, methylated spirit, vinegar, rectified spirit, naphthalene; Basic property of metals_Aluminium, magnesium, zinc, iron, copper; Composition and uses of some important alloys : Brass, stainless steel, bronze, duralumin;

Newtons Law of Motion and Law of gravitation; Simple machines; Instruments-inventions and discoveries; Heat and temperature- unit of heat; celsius and Fahrenheit scale of temperature-conversion; Lens-Convex and concave; distinction between real and virtual images; Dispersion of light; Current -Electricity; Concept of emf. potential difference and resistance; Heating effect of current- electrical power and energy, household consumption; Natural Radioactivity- a nuclear phenomenon, hazards and safety precautions; Simple idea of fission and fusion.

Structure and function of the Eye and the Ear: Heredity -Definition & explanation; Evolution-Theories of evolution -put forward by Lamarck & Darwin; Virus, Microbes; Hygiene; Diseases-causes, cure and prevention; balanced diet; deficiency diseases. Scientists and their contribution.

v) Current Events : Latest development in Science and technology; political development in India; New developments in Trade-Transport and communication. Fine arts like dance, drama, films, painting; major literary works; Game and Sports; National & International awards; National and International organizations; who is who; Books and authors; India and its neighbours; present day India and other related topics.

B) English:- Full Marks-25
(Appropriate use of article and preposition; nominal compound; use of verbs; verbs with – ing /ed /en suffixes and their use; gerunds; use of proper form of verbs; main clause and dependent clause; use of prefixes and suffixes; use of passive voice; complex and compound sentences; synonyms and antonyms; correct use of words; correction of sentences; use of common phrases)

C) Elementary Mathematics :- Full Marks-25
(Fractions and decimal; Mixture; Average; Square root; Percentage; Profit and Loss; Interest Simple and Compound ; Uniform Rate of Growth; Simple equations-Solution of Linear Simultaneous Equation involving two unknowns and Quadratic Equation; Problems based on Ratio, Proportion and Variation-Direct and Inverse, Basic theorems on triangles and circles; Perimeter and area of rectangle and circle; surface area and volume of (i) a right circular cylinder (ii) a right circular cone (iii) a sphere).

D) Reasoning:- Full Marks-15
The Reasoning Test will aim to evaluate the candidate’s ability of logical understanding, comparison skills and ability to think and answer. The questions may include problems on coding and decoding; alphabetical and arithmetical series, blood relation, test of direction, position of a thing in a queue, mirror images, arrangement of words in a dictionary, grouping of identical figures, analogy, problems of age calculation etc.