Hello sir I am here as I want to get the syllabus of the Ph.D Entrance Exam of Desh Bhagat University so will you please provide me the syllabus??

Hey!! Desh Bhagat University offers Ph.D in the following Subject :

1. Ayurveda
2. Botany
3. Commerce
4. Chemistry
5. Civil Engineering
6. Economics
7. Education
8. English
9. Environmental Science
10. Food and Nutrition
11. Food Technology
12. Hindi
13. History
14. Law
15. Mathematics
16. Management
17. Microbiology
18. Physics
19. Public Administration
20. Punjabi
21. Psychology
22. Sociology


Here I am providing you syllabus of the Ph.D Entrance Exam of this University

(A) Research Methodology:
I. Research Aptitude
(i) Research: Meaning, characteristics and types
(ii) Step of research
(iii) Method of research
(iv) Research Ethics

II. Reading Comprehension: A passage to be set with questions to be answered

III. Library Resources and Communication :
i. Different types of data and their sources
ii. Survey of literature
iii. Sources of information
iv. Bibliography
v. Nature of research problem: theoretical research, experimental research, case study, survey.

IV. Reasoning (Including Mathematical) :
i. Number series; letter series; codes
ii. Relationships; classification

V. Logical Reasoning :
i. Understanding the structure of arguments
ii. Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning
iii. Verbal analogies: Word analogy – Applied analogy
iv. Verbal classification
v. Reasoning Logical Diagrams: Simple diagrammatic relationship, multi-diagrammatic Relationship
vi. Venn diagram; Analytical Reasoning

VI. Data Interpretation :
i. Sources, acquisition and interpretation of data
ii. Quantitative and qualitative data
iii. Graphical representation and mapping of data

VII. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) :
i. ICT: meaning, advantages, disadvantages and uses
ii. General abbreviations and terminology
iii. Basics of internet and e-mailing

VIII. Basic Statistical Techniques: Use of Statistics in Research.

IX. Higher Education System: Governance, Polity and Administration
i. Structure of the institution of higher learning and research in India
ii. Formal and distance education
iii. State and Private domain of higher education
iv. Professional/ technical and general education
v. Governance, polity and administration
vi. Educational commissions and higher education policy
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X. Educational Methodology :
i. Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristic and basic requirements
ii. Learner’s characteristics
iii. Factors affecting teaching
iv. Method of teaching
v. Teaching aids
vi. Evaluation systems

(B) FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE (There shall be 5 MCQs to test Vocabulary (5 marks) and 10 MCQs to test Grammar Skills (10 marks))
Parts of Speech and their Usages :
(i)Nouns
(ii) Verbs
(iii) Adjectives
(iv) Adverbs
(v) Prepositions
(vi) Conjunctions
(vii) Interjections
(viii) Pronouns
(ix) Demonstratives

Words and Word-formation Processes :
(i)Prefixes
(ii) Suffixes
(iii) Infixes
(iv) Inflections
(v) Derivation processes (from one category to another)

Elements of Sentence (SVOCA) :
(i)Subject
(ii) Verb
(iii) Object
(iv) Complement
(v) Adverbial

Types of Sentence and its Structure :
(i)Declarative Sentences
(ii)Interrogative sentences
(iii)Imperative sentences
iv) Exclamatory sentences; also,
(v)Simple sentence (vi)Compound sentence
(vii)Complex sentence

Usages of Tenses in English :
i. Present tense (Simple, Progressive and Perfective aspects)
ii. Past tense (Simple, Progressive and Perfective aspects)
iii. Expression of futurity
Active and Passive Voice
Direct and Indirect Speech

(C) FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTER :
(All three components shall have equal weight)
I. Computer Fundamentals :
i. Basics of Computer: Block structure of a computer, characteristics of computers, classification of computers
ii. Computer Performance: Parameters that affect computer’s performance – CPU execution speed, Clock speed, RAM size, Cache, Disc capacity etc.
iii. Basics of Internet: Internet, WWW, Web Browsers, Search Engines, Internet Service Provider, Social Networking Sites.

II. Elements of a Computer Processing System :
i. Processor: Understanding some of the functions of the CPU in terms of calculations, logical control and immediate access memory
ii. Storage Devices and Media: Compare the main types of storage devices in terms of speed, cost and capacity.
iii. Input- devices: Various input devices: Mouse, Keyboard, Trackball, Scanner, Touch Pad, Light Pen, Joy Stick, Digital Camera and Microphone, etc.
iv. Output – devices: Printers, Plotter and Speaker, VDU etc.

III. Software :
i. Types of Software: System software, Application software
ii. Operating System Software: Functions of OS and brief introduction of some OS. Latest Operating Systems in market.
iii. Application Software: Common Application software such as: Word processing, Spreadsheet, Database.
iv. Programming paradigms and Languages: classification, machine code, assembly language, programming paradigms and higher level languages.

(D) Core Subject:
The syllabus of Paper II of core subject given for UGC –NET exam will be followed for the subjects for which UGC conducts the exam. And for the rest of the subjects the syllabi will be based on the papers studied at Master Level.


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Amloh Road, Mandi Gobindgarh,
Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab-147301
Phone 01765520523
Email contact@deshbhagatuniversity.in