Syllabus Polylecturer Commercial Practice|339/2024, 405/2024, 766/2024 , 767/2024, 768/2024, 769/2024 770/2024 syllabus

Syllabus Polylecturer Commercial Practice:LECTURER IN COMMERCIAL PRACTICE (POLYTECHNICS) IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ­ CAT NO: 339/2024, 405/2024, 766/2024 , 767/2024, 768/2024, 769/2024 770/2024 ­
TOTAL MARKS : 100

Module I : General Knowledge and Current Affairs – (10 Marks)

Salient Features of Indian Constitution
Salient features of the Constitution – Preamble- Its significance and its place in the
interpretation of the Constitution.
Fundamental Rights – Directive Principles of State Policy – Relation between
Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles – Fundamental Duties.
Executive – Legislature – Judiciary – Both at Union and State Level. – Other
Constitutional Authorities.
Centre-State Relations – Legislative – Administrative and Financial.
Services under the Union and the States.
Emergency Provisions.
Amendment Provisions of the Constitution.
Social Welfare Legislations and Programmes
Social Service Legislations like Right to Information Act, Prevention of atrocities
against
Women & Children, Food Security Act, Environmental Acts etc. and Social Welfare
Programmes like Employment Guarantee Programme, Organ and Blood Donation etc.

RENAISSANCE IN KERALA

Towards A New Society
Introduction to English education – various missionary organisations and their
functioning- founding of educational institutions, factories.printing press etc.
Efforts To Reform The Society

(A) Socio­Religious reform Movements

SNDP Yogam, Nair Service Society, Yogakshema Sabha, Sadhu Jana Paripalana
Sangham, Vaala Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha, Samathwa Samajam, Islam Dharma
Paripalana Sangham, Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha, Sahodara Prasthanam etc.

(B) Struggles and Social Revolts

Upper cloth revolts.Channar agitation, Vaikom Sathyagraha, Guruvayoor
Sathyagraha, Paliyam Sathyagraha. Kuttamkulam Sathyagraha, Temple Entry
Proclamation, Temple Entry Act .Malyalee Memorial, Ezhava Memorial etc.
Malabar riots, Civil Disobedience Movement, Abstention movement etc.

Role Of Press In Renaissance

Malayalee, Swadeshabhimani, Vivekodayam, Mithavadi, Swaraj, Malayala
Manorama, Bhashaposhini, Mathnubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Samadarsi, Kesari, AIAmeen, Prabhatham, Yukthivadi, etc

Awakening Through Literature

Novel, Drama, Poetry, Purogamana Sahithya Prasthanam, Nataka Prashtanam,
Library movement etc

Women And Social Change

Parvathi Nenmenimangalam, Arya Pallam, A V Kuttimalu Amma, Lalitha
Prabhu.Akkamma Cheriyan, Anna Chandi, Lalithambika Antharjanam and others

Leaders Of Renaissance

Thycaud Ayya Vaikundar, Sree Narayana Guru, Ayyan Kali.Chattampi Swamikal,
Brahmananda Sivayogi, Vagbhadananda, Poikayil Yohannan(Kumara Guru) Dr
Palpu, Palakkunnath Abraham Malpan, Mampuram Thangal, Sahodaran Ayyappan,
Pandit K P Karuppan, Pampadi John Joseph, Mannathu Padmanabhan, V T
Bhattathirippad, Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi, Makthi Thangal, Blessed Elias
Kuriakose Chaavra, Barrister G P Pillai, TK Madhavan, Moorkoth Kumaran, C.
Krishnan, K P Kesava Menon, Dr.Ayyathan Gopalan, C V Kunjuraman, Kuroor
Neelakantan Namboothiripad,
Velukkutty Arayan, K P Vellon, P K Chathan Master, K Kelappan, P. Krishna Pillai,
A K Gopalan, T R Krishnaswami Iyer, C Kesavan. Swami Ananda Theerthan , M C
Joseph, Kuttippuzha Krishnapillai and others

Literary Figures

Kodungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran, KeralaVarma Valiyakoyi Thampuran,
Kandathil Varghese Mappila. Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Ulloor S
Parameswara Iyer, G Sankara Kurup, Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Chandu Menon,
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Kesav Dev, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Ponkunnam
Varky, S K Pottakkad and others

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

General Knowledge and Current Affairs

Module II : Environmental Science & Disaster Management – (15Marks)

Natural resources and associated problems:

(a) Forest resources: Use and overexploitation, deforestation, case studies,
Timber extraction, mining, dams and their effects on forests and tribal people.
(b) Water resources: Use and over-utilization of surface and ground water,
floods, drought, conflicts over water, dams – benefits and problems.

(c) Mineral resources: Use and exploitation, environmental effects of
extracting and using mineral resources, case studies.

(d) Food resources: World Food problems, changes caused by agriculture and
overgrazing, effects of modern agriculture, fertilizer-pesticide problems, water
logging, salinity, case studies.

(e) Energy resources: Growing energy needs, renewable and non-renewable
energy sources, use of alternate energy sources, case studies.

(f) Land resources: Land as a resource, land degradation, man included
landslides, soil erosion and desertification.

Role of an individual in conservation of natural resources. Equitable use of
resources for sustainable lifestyles.
Ecosystems: Concept of an ecosystem, Structure and function of an ecosystem,
producers, consumers and decomposers. Ecological succession, food chains, food
webs and ecological pyramids.
Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following
ecosystem: (a) Forest ecosystem (b) Grassland ecosystem (c) Desert ecosystem (d)
Aquatic ecosystems (Ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)

Environmental Pollution: Definition: Causes, effects and control measures of (a)
Air pollution (b) Water pollution (c) Oil pollution (d) Marine pollution (e) Noise
pollution (f) Thermal pollution (g) Nuclear hazards

Solid waste management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial
wastes. Role of an individual in prevention of pollution. Pollution case studies.
Environmental Hazards and Disasters: (a) Meaning of Environmental hazards,
Environmental Disasters and Environmental stress.

(b) Concept of Environmental hazards, Environmental stress, Environmental stress
and Environmental Disasters.

Types of Environmental hazards and Disasters: (a) Natural hazards and
disasters (b) Man induced hazards and Disasters. Causes and Environmental
consequences of the flowing natural HAZARDS – Droughts and Floods. Volcanic
Eruption, Earthquakes, Landslides, Cyclones, Lightning, Tsunami.

Chemical hazards/disasters: Causes and consequences of release of toxic
chemicals, nuclear explosion. Case studies – Minamata tragedy, Bhopal disaster,
Chernobyl disaster. Emerging approaches in Disaster Management – Three Stages.

Pre­disaster stage (preparedness) : (a) Preparing hazard zonation
maps, Predictability / forecasting & warning. (b) Preparing disaster preparedness plan
(c) Land use zoning (d) Preparedness through (IEC) Information, Education &
Communication.

Pre­disaster stage (mitigation): (a) Disaster resistant house construction (b)
Population reduction in vulnerable areas (c) Awareness

Emergency Stage (a) Rescue training for search & operation at national &
regional level (b) Immediate relief (c) Assessment surveys.

Post Disaster stage – rehabilitation: (a) Political administrative aspect
(b) Economic aspect (c) Environmental aspect

Module III : Commerce, E- Commerce and Business Communication (15Marks)

Business, trade, industry and Commerce
Joint Stock Company – formation – Management – Company Meetings
Motions and Resolutions
Winding up of Companies
Home trade and Foreign trade
Insurance
E commerce – meaning and types – E Government E-Government
E-Learning – On-line Publishing, E-books, blogging – C2C E-Commerce (including
E-Auctions) e-payments
Business Communication – concept and type – Business Letters – Government
Correspondence Report writing – Latest Communication Techniques
Module IV : Economics and Business Statistics – (15Marks)
Economics – Basic terms and concepts
Law of Demand, Law of Supply
Pricing under different market conditions

Statistics – fundamentals
Measures of Central Value
Measures of dispersion
Correlation and regression
Index number

Module V : Accountancy – (15Marks)

Accountancy – Fundamentals
Final Accounts – Sole proprietorship
Partnership accounts – admission, retirement, death and dissolution
Accounts of Non-Trading concerns
Accounts from Incomplete records
Depreciation accounting
Consignment accounts
Joint Venture accounts
Joint Stock Company – shares and Debentures, Final accounts
Cost accounting – fundamentals
Methods and techniques of Costing
Computerized Financial Accounting

Module VI : Business Laws and Banking – (15Marks)

Law of Contract
Sale of Goods Act
Factories Act
Banking – Banker-customer relationship
Opening and operation of different types of accounts
Negotiable instruments
Loans and advances
Modern banking – Internet banking – mobile banking, tele-banking, electronic fund
transfer etc.
Debit and Credit cards

Module VII :Business Management and Capital Marketing (15Marks)

MANAGEMENT – Business management
Levels of management, Management process
Principles of management – scientific management – Techniques – MBO
Functional areas of management – Human Resource Management, Financial
Management, Production Management, Production Management, Marketing
Management

CAPITAL MARKET – Money market
Instruments of capital market
Stock exchange
SEBI, Non-banking financial institutions

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