Annexure "BB"
Annexure "Y"
Annexure “B”
Syllabus for Chemical Assistant
Total Marks 120 Time 2 Hours
Part-I: 16 Marks
1. Definition of Museum, Museology and Museography.
2. History and development of Indian Museum.
3. Museum Collection.
a. Primary source
b. Secondary source
c. Documentation system
d. Catalogue
e. Exhibition
4. What is documentation system?
5. Museum as an educational-research institution.
6. Communication policy of the Museum.
7. Importance of design of Museum galleries and Museum building.
8. Museum as an agency of non-formal education
Part-II: 8 Marks
Stereochemistry:
Elements of symmetry, Chirality due to chiral centre, molecules with more
than one Chiral centre, threo and erythro isomers optical activity in the
absence of chiral carbon (biphenyls, allenes and spirans). Chirality due to
helical shape. Enantiotropic and diastereotropic atoms, groups and faces.
Conformational analysis of cycloalkanes and decalines. Effect of
conformation and reactivity in acyclic and cycloalkanes. Conformation of
sugars, steric strains due to unavoidable crowding.
Part-III: 8 Marks
Reaction Mechanism/Structure and reactivity
Types of mechanisms. Types of reactions, thermodynamic and kinetic
requirements, Methods of determining reaction mechanism, isotope
effects. Effect of structure on reactivity: Resonance and field effects, steric
effect, quantitative treatment. The Hammett equation and linear free
energy relationship, substituent and reaction constants. Taft equation.
Part-IV: 8 Marks
Aliphatic Electrophilic substitutions
General mechanism of SE1, SE2 and SEireactions, Mechanism of reactions
involving migration of double bond. Effect of substrate, leaving group and
solvent on reactivity. Strok-enamine reaction.
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Part-V: 8 Marks
Aliphatic Nucleophilic substitutions
Mechanisms and stereochemical implications of SN2, SN1,
SNiandneighbouring group participation (by double and single-bonds)
reactions. Effect of substrate structure attacking nucleophile, leaving group
and solvent on the rates of SN1 and SN2 reactions. Mixed SN1 and SN2
reactions. Nucleophilic substitution at allylic, aliphatic trigonal and vinylic
carbon.
Part -VI 8 Mark
Elimination reactions:
Discussion of E1, E2, E1cB and E2C mechanisms. Effect of substrate
structure base and the leaving group on reactivity. Competition between
substitution and elimination reactions, Stereochemistry and orientation of
E2 elimination. Mechanism and orientation in pyrolytic eliminations,
Shapiro reaction.
Part-VII 8 Marks
Aromatic Nucleophilic substitution
Discussion of different mechanism (SN1:SNAr, Benzyne and srn!) structure
reactivity relationships. Effect of leaving group and attacking nucleophile.
Part-VIII: 8 Marks
Free Radical Substitution
Free radical substitution mechanisms. Mechanism at an aromatic substrate,
neighboring group assistances, reactivity for aliphatic and aromatic
substrates. Reactivity in the attacking radical. Effect of solvent on
reactivity. Allylic alogenations (NBS), oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic
acids, auto-oxidation, coupling of alkynes and arylation of aromatic
compounds by diazonium salts.
Part-IX: 24 Marks
I). Preventive conservation in terms of:
1. Light
2. Insects
3. Fungus
4. Atmosphere
5. Pollution
II). Curative Conservation
01. Conservation of coins-copper, silver and gold.
02. Conservation of military/warfare equipment’s-swords, guns
etc.
03. Basic conservation of textile objects like cleaning, darning,
lining etc.
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04. Basic Conservation of stuffed birds/animals-natural history
collection.
Part-III). 8 Marks
How to make a condition report?
Basic things to keep in mind during conservation
General Knowledge: 16 Marks
1. What is Preventive conservation?
2. What is curative conservations?
3. What is conservation
4. What is archaeology?
5. What is archives? When was achieves established in J&K?
6. What is museum?
7. When was SPS museum Srinagar established? Give history.
8. When was Dogra art museum Jammu established?
9. When was Burzaham archaeological site excavated first?
10. How many periods are traced in Burzaham? Give their details
period wise.
11. When is world Heritage Day celebrated?
12. When is world heritage week celebrated?
13. When is International museum day celebrated?
14. Define Indian treasure true act 1978/
15. Define Antiquities and Art Treasure Act 1971 AD.
16. Define Ancient Monument and Archaeological sites and remains Act
1958?
17. Define J&K Ancient monuments and preservation act 1977
(samvath).
18. How many monuments in J&K are declared as State Protected
Monuments?
19. How many monuments in J&K are declared as national protected
monuments and is presently under the control of ASI?
20. Where are the ancient Buddhist sites located in Jammu and
Kashmir?
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