TAMIL AND OTHER LITERATURES: Tamil, English, Religious Literatures – Ancient Literature – Bakthi Literature –Medieval Literature – Modern Literature (Novel, Short Stories, Modern Poetry) SOCIAL AND WOMEN RELATED STUDIES Concept and need for Women Studies – Scope- Women movements-Pre-independent-Post independent-current women movements-national committees for women – Government organization for women development. EDUCATION Development process of the learner – Principles of development (physical, social, emotional and intellectual) – Learning process – Teaching and teacher behaviour – Interaction analysis – Microteaching – Teacher as a leader – motivation – Personality dimension – Concept of mental health – Counseling, guidance – Tutorward – Communication Skills.

NUMERICAL APTITUDE Objective Arithmetic: Number system – Probability – HCF and LCM of numbers – decimal fractions – Simplification – Square roots and cube roots - Average – Percentage – Profit and Loss – Ratio and proportion – Time and work – Simple interest area volume and surface area. VERBAL APTITUDE Spot the odd one out – Correct form of verb – Preposition –Find out the rightly spelt word, – Choose the correct meaning of idioms – Synonyms and Antonyms. ABSTRACT REASONING Logical Deduction: Logic – statement – arguments – statement assumptions – statement course of action. Non-Verbal Reasoning: Series – analogy – classification – analytical reasoning – mirror images– paper folding – paper cutting - rule detection – grouping of identical figures.

GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCIENCE: Basic principles and concepts in physics, chemistry, Botany and Zoology. TECHNOLOGY: Discoveries and Inventions of Modern Techniques. COMPUTER SCIENCE: Historical evolution of computers–Computer applications–Data processing concepts–Computer codes and arithmetic–Hardware components–Data structures.

ECONOMICS: Basic Economics – Demand-Supply- Pricing-GDP- National Income-Types of Industries- Management. COMMERCE: Banking - Retailing-Insurance - Transport and Communications - Business Process Outsourcing - Tourism and Hospitality Industry - Capital Market - Foreign trade CURRENT AFFAIRS: State, Central and International affairs: Budgets – Politics – Sports - Education – Commerce and Industry – Inventions – Social and Technology – Agriculture – Movies – Guinness records – Awards – IT Industry – Space Research – Defence etc.

SPORTS AND GAMES: Athletics – Track field events – Games – Indoor Games – Outdoor Games –Sports, Olympics & Asian games – First Aid. NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS) & NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC) History of NSS ; Motto, Symbol and Badge – Aims and Objectives – Duties and Total Hours – Organizational and Administrational setup – History of Voluntary Organization, – Regular activities – Special camp activities – Special programmes – Awards – Important days-NSS Song. Introduction to the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force)-Drills-Weapon Training-Map Reading –Certificate based Examination-Civil Defense. YOUTH RED CROSS (YRC) History of International Red Cross – History of Indian Red Cross – History of Youth Red Cross – Main Objectives of YRC - Emblem – Fundamental Principles of Red Cross – Organizational setup - Activities of Youth Red Cross - Role of different functionaries