RPSC Syllabus Post of Technical Assistant Geo Physics syllabus

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RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER
SYLLABUS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE
POST OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANT- GEOPHYSICS
GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT
Part-A
Unit-I: History, Culture & Heritage of Rajasthan -
Pre & early history of Rajasthan. Age of Rajputs: Major dynasties of Rajasthan and
the achievements of prominent rulers. Emergence of Modern Rajasthan: factors of
socio-political awakening of 19th century; Peasants and tribal movements of 20th
century; Political struggle of 20th century and the integration of Rajasthan.
Visual Art of Rajasthan - Architecture of forts and temples of Rajasthan; Sculpture
traditions of Rajasthan and various schools of painting of Rajasthan.
Performing Arts of Rajasthan - Folk music and musical instruments of Rajasthan;
folk dance and folk drama of Rajasthan.
Various religious cults, saints and folk deities of Rajasthan.
Various dialects and its distribution in Rajasthan; literature of Rajasthani language.
Unit-II: Geography, Natural Resource & Socio-Economic Development of
Rajasthan -
Geography of Rajasthan: Broad physical features- Mountains, Plateaus, Plains &
Desert; Major rivers and lakes; Climate and Agro-climatic regions; Major soil types
and distribution; Major forest types and distribution; Demographic characteristics;
Desertification, Droughts & Floods, Deforestation, Environmental Pollution and
Ecological Concerns.
Economy of Rajasthan: Major Minerals- Metallic & Non- Metallic; Power
Resources- Renewable and Non-Renewable; Major agro based industries- Textile,
Sugar, Paper & Vegetable oil; Poverty and Unemployment; Agro food parks.
Unit-III: Current Events and Issues of Rajasthan and India -
Important Persons, Places and Current events of the State. National and International
events of importance. New Schemes & Initiatives taken recently for welfare &
development in Rajasthan.
- 40 Questions
Part- B
1. Mathematical Methods in Geophysics:
Properties of scalars, vectors and tensors, Elements of vector analysis, Gradient,
Divergence and Curl, Gauss’s Divergence Theorem, Stokes theorem, Green’s
theorem, Eigen values and Eigen vectors and their applications in geophysics.
Laplace Transform (L.T): definition, properties, L.T. of periodic function,
multiplication and division with L.T., L.T. of error function, L.T. of Bessel
function, Inverse Laplace Transform. Concept of Complex Variables, Elements
of numerical techniques: root of functions, interpolation and extrapolation,
integration by Trapezoid and Simpson's rule, solution of first order differential
equation using Runge-Kutta method, Introduction to finite difference and finite
elements methods.
2. Solid Earth Geophysics:
Introduction to Geophysics, Different branches of Geophysics and relationship
with other sciences. Formation of solar system, its origin, characteristics of
planetary members, Earth; its rotation and figure of earth. Age of earth: various
methods of determination. Plate tectonics and Geodynamic processes. Thermal
history and its characteristics. Temperature variation in the earth, convection
currents. Concept of Gravity and Isostasy, Geomagnetism, elements of earth’s
magnetism: Internal, External fields and their causes, Paleomagnetism, Polar-
wandering paths, Seafloor spreading, Trench, Mid-Oceanic Ridge, geophysical
evidences. Internal structure of earth, variation of physical properties in the
interior of earth.
3. Geophysical Signal Processing:
Various types of signals, sampling theorem, aliasing effect, Fourier series and
periodic waveforms, Fourier transform and its properties, Discrete Fourier
transform and FFT, Inverse Fourier Transform, Auto and cross correlations,
Power spectrum, Delta function, unit step function. Time domain windows, Z
transform and properties, Inverse Z transform, Principles of digital filters, types
of filters, recursive and non-recursive filters, low pass, band pass and high pass
filters, Processing of Random signals.
4. Earthquake Seismology:
Introduction to Seismology, Phenomena of earthquakes, Concept of focus, focal
depth, epicenter, great Indian earthquakes, Intensity and Magnitude scales,
Energy of earthquakes, foreshocks, aftershocks, Elastic Rebound Theory, Fault
plane solutions, Seismicity and Seismotectonics of India, Frequency-Magnitude
relation (b values), Elastic modulus, Lame’s Parameter, Velocity structure,
Vp/Vs studies. Different types of elastic waves, their propagation characteristics.
Seismic ray theory for spherically and horizontally stratified earth, Seismic
network and arrays, telemetry systems, Earthquake prediction; dilatancy theory,
short-term, middle-term and long- term predictions, Seismic zoning map of India,
Seismic hazard and seismic risk, Seismometry, WWSSN stations, seismic arrays
for detection of nuclear explosions.
5. Remote Sensing and GIS Applications:
Fundamental concepts of remote sensing, electromagnetic radiation spectrum,
energy frequency wavelength relationship, Boltzman Law, Wien Law,
electromagnetic energy and its interactions in the atmosphere and with terrain
features; elements of photographic systems, reflectance and emittance, false color
composites, remote sensing platforms, flight planning, geosynchronous and sun
synchronous orbits, sensors, resolution, parallax and vertical exaggeration, relief
displacement, mosaic, aerial photo interpretation and geological application.
Fundamentals of photogrammetry, satellite remote sensing, multispectral
scanners, thermal scanners, microwave remote sensing, fundamental of image
processing and interpretation for geological applications. Introduction to
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spatial data structures, visualization and
querying, spatial data analysis.
6. Geophysical Well logging:
Objectives of well logging, fundamental concepts in borehole geophysics,
borehole conditions, properties of reservoir rock formations, formation
parameters and their relationships- formation factor, porosity, permeability,
formation water resistivity, water saturation, irreducible water saturation,
hydrocarbon saturation, residual hydrocarbon saturation; Arhcie’s and Humble’s
equations; principles, instrumentations, operational procedures and
interpretations of various geophysical logs, SP log, resistivity and micro
resistivity logs, nuclear/radioactive logs, acoustic log, temperature log, caliper
log and directional logs; clean sand and shaly sand interpretations, determination
of formation lithology, application of well-logging in groundwater.
7. Gravity and Magnetic Methods:
Geophysical potential fields, Inverse Square Law of field, Principles of Gravity
and Magnetic methods, Geoid, Spheroid, Nature of gravity and its variation,
Properties of Newtonian potential, Concept of Bouguer gravity anomaly, Rock
densities, factors controlling rock densities, Earth’s main magnetic field, origin,
temporal variations, intensity of magnetization and induction, units of
measurement, origin of magnetic anomalies, interrelationship between different
components of anomalies, Magnetic susceptibility, magnetic minerals, rock
classification, Natural and remnant magnetism, demagnetization effects. Plan of
conducting Gravity and Magnetic surveys, reduction of gravity and magnetic
data, magnetic gradient surveys, airborne surveys, International Gravity formula,
IGRF corrections for magnetic field. Separation of regional and residual
anomalies, ambiguity in interpretation, interpretation of anomalies.
8. Electrical Methods:
Electrical properties of rocks and their measurement, concepts and assumptions
of horizontally stratified earth, anisotropy and its effects on electrical fields, the
geoelectrical section and geological section, D.C Resistivity method,
fundamental Laws, concept on natural electric field, electrode configuration,
choice of methods, Profiling, Vertical Electrical Sounding. Types of Sounding
curves, Concept of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), SP Method, Origin
of SP, application of SP surveys, Origin of Induced Polarization, Membrane and
Electrode potential, time and frequency domains of measurement, IP,
chargeability, percent frequency effect and metal factor.
9. Geohydrology:
Types of water bearing formations, porosity, permeability, storage coefficient,
specific storage, specific retention, specific yield, Different types of aquifers,
vertical distribution of ground water, General flow equation; steady and unsteady
flow of ground water in unconfined and confined aquifers, Definition of
permeability, transmissivity and storage coefficients – Ground Water Movement
- Darcy’s Law, distribution and concurrence of ground water. Dependency of
ground water quality and yield on the recharge.
10. Electromagnetic and Magnetotelluric Methods:
Electromagnetic methods/ Telluric/Magnetotelluric methods, Passive and Active
source methods, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic potential and wave
equations, depth of penetration, amplitude and phase relations, real and imaginary
components, Principles of EM prospecting, various EM methods, Dip angle
method, Turam method, moving source-receiver methods-horizontal loop
(Slingram) method, AFMAG and VLF methods, Airborne EM systems – rotary
field method, INPUT method, EM Profiling and sounding, Interpretation of EM
anomalies, Origin and characteristics of MT fields, Field methods and
interpretation of MT data and applications, Principles of Ground Penetrating
Radar (GPR).
11. Seismic Method:
Basic principles of seismic methods, Various factors affecting seismic velocities
in rocks, Fermat’s principle, Snell’s Law, Reflection, refraction and diffraction
from multi-layered medium, Reflection and transmission coefficients,
propagation model for exploration seismology, Seismic resolution, Seismic
absorption and anisotropy, Seismic data acquisition, sources of energy,
Geophones, geometry of arrays, digital recording, Different types of multiples,
Seismic Surveys: Principle for multilayer refraction, Travel time curves, Static
corrections, Interpretation of data, Reflection principles, CDP, introduction to
data processing, NMO correction, Dix’s equation, Velocities: Interval, Average
and RMS, Interpretation of data, Fundamental of VSP method.
12. Geophysical Inversion:
Fundamental concepts of inverse theory, Basic definition of inversions with
application to Geophysics. Probability, Inverses with discrete and continuous
models. Forward problems versus Inverse problems. Formulation of inverse
problems and their relation to a matrix problem, linear inverse problems,
classification of inverse problems, least square solutions and minimum norm
solution, concept of norms, concept of ‘a priori’ information, constrained linear
least square inversion, review of Matrix Theory.
13. Geophysical Equipments:
Gravitymeters: Principles of gravitymeters, stable and unstable gravitymeters,
Zero length spring, Calibration of gravitymeter, Magnetometers: Principles and
operations of fluxgate, proton precession and optical pumping magnetometers.
D.C. and A.C. resistivity meters. Time domain and frequency domain IP and EM
equipments, Seismographs: Principle of electromagnetic seismograph, Short
period, long period and Broadband sensors, Accelerometer Engineering
seismograph. Principle and operation of GPR and antennae. Geophone and
hydrophone. 110 Questions