Structure and Constituents of the Material World—atoms, molecules, and ions; Essential Elements; Structure and Bonding; Acids and Bases; Chemical Formula and Equations; Night Sky.

Laws of Nature— Gas laws; Kinds of Forces; Equilibrium, Kinetics, Osmosis; Heat and Thermodynamics; Electrical and Magnetic Behaviour of Nature, Friction, Waves & Oscillations.

Properties of Matter— States and Strength of Materials, Optical properties - Emissions and Absorptions, Interference, Diffraction, and Polarization; Nanomaterials; Smart Materials; Sounds and Musical Instruments.

Numbers, Division algorithm, Divisibility test, Test of prime numbers. Definition of number system (decimal and binary), Conversion from decimal to binary system and vice – versa. Indices, Logarithm and Antilogarithm, Laws and properties of logarithms.

Percentage, Average, Discount, Profit & loss. Problems based on Age, Time, speed & distance, Time & work, clock & calendar, Partnership, Ratio & Proportions, Simple Interest and Compound Interest, Effective rate of interest, Present value, net present value and future value, Annuities, Calculating value of Regular Annuity, Pipes and Cisterns, Mixture and Allegation, Boats and Streams, Races and Games.

Historical development of statistics, statistics in everyday life, statistics through observed data, Scope, limitations, importance, and applications of statistics in other fields, roles of computer in statistics. Statistical data: primary and secondary data and methods of their collection. Time series data, qualitative data and quantitative data. Data Representation: Frequency distribution, Graphical representation of frequency distribution Histogram, Frequency polygon, Frequency curve, Ogive.

Data Analysis: Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean, Harmonic mean, Median, Mode and their properties. Partition Values: Quartiles, Deciles, Percentiles. Graphical location of Mode, Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles.

Library and Information Science (LIS) as a subject, LIS as a profession, Professional skills and competencies, professional ethics, and academic status of a librarian; library as a social institution, linkage of LIS with other subjects, LIS education in India, Career prospect in LIS, Librarians' Day and National Library Week, World Book Day.

Definition, types. Concept, functions, authority, collection, personnel, finance, services of academic, public, special, national, school, archives, museum and oriental libraries. Library Acts in India; RRRLF. Libraries for differently abled persons, children, women and aged people. Library of Congress, National library of India; Depository Libraries. Libraries under Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

UNESCO, National Knowledge Commission, India and National Mission on Libraries, India, Library and Information Policy. Library associations at international (ALA, CILIP, IFLA), national (ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS), state levels (ALA, ACLA).

The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867; the Delivery of Books 'and Newspapers' (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 and 1956; Information Technology Act, 2000, Right to Information Act, 2005. Commissions and Committees in relation to LIS.

Business, Trade and Commerce; Forms of Business Organization; Private, Public and Global Enterprises; Business Services; Emerging modes of business, Social Responsibilities of Business.

Meaning and features, Importance of business environment; Dimensions of business environment – Economic environment, Social environment, Technological environment, Political environment and Legal environment; Economic environment in India- Impact of Government Policy changes on business and industry.

Meaning and Significance of management, Principles of Management; Functions of Management- Production Management, Financial Management, Human Resource Management and marketing Management; Process of Management - Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating and Controlling.

• Architects of modern Assamese language & literature: Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan, Lakshminath Bezbaruah & Banikanta Kakati
• Architects of modern Assamese music & culture: Jyoti Prasad Agarawala, Bishnu Prasad Rabha & Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

• Initial foundation: Asom Chatra Sanmilan & Assam Association
• Consolidating the foundation: Tarun Ram Phukan & Gopinath Bordoloi
• Tribal consciousness and their rights: Kalicharan Brahma & Bhimbar Deori

• Baptist Missionaries & women education
• Chandraprabha Saikiani, Amal Prabha Das & Raja Bala Das
• Asom Lekhika Samaroh

Early History of Computer, Evolution of computing system, Generations of Computer, Types of Computer.

Components of Computer System, Functionalities of a computer, Basic I/O devices: Point and draw devices, Data Scanning device, Voice Recognition Devices, Digitizers. Introduction to number system. Different computer software and types, Classification of software, classification based on task, source and licence, quality of a good software.

Introduction to IT revolution, Overview on development in the field of Information Technology, Hardware and software development, Recent development in Information Technology, Application of ICT in various disciplines, Basic concept on innovation.

Concept of Internet; Uses of Internet; connecting to internet; ISP; Basics of internet connectivity. World Wide Web and Websites; Web Browsing softwares, Search Engines; Searching information in web. Understanding URL; Domain name; IP Address; Basics of electronic mail; Email account; Sending and receiving emails; Accessing sent emails; Email attachment.

Introduction to Storage Systems: Overview of storage hierarchy and storage technologies, Characteristics of primary, secondary, and tertiary storage. Introduction to cloud storage models (e.g., S3, Azure Blob Storage), Data durability, availability, and scalability in cloud storage. Emerging Trends in Storage: Flash-based storage technologies (e.g., SSD, NVMe).

General features of Bacteria, Viruses, Algae, Fungi, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms; Elements of economic botany; integrated diseases management; Breeding methods for self-pollinated, cross-pollinated and clonally propagated crops; Crop domestication; Objectives and accomplishments in plant breeding and the role of National institutes; Importance of Agriculture in national economy.

Basic concepts: mechanism of evolution of life; Mammal, Primate, Modern apes, Man's place in the animal kingdom, Fossil evidence of human evolution; Racial criteria, Major races, Racial classification, Racial elements in India; Genetics, Heredity.

Aquaculture: Basic principles of aquaculture; Prospects & Challenges of Aquaculture in North Eastern States; Diversification of Aquaculture, Induced breeding & larval rearing, integrated & composite fish farming, Pearl Culture, Prawn Culture, Crustacean and Crab Culture, Post harvest Technology, Fish Preservation: principle & practices.

Sericulture: Origin and history; Races & classification of silkworm; economic advantages; scope of sericulture in India; Domesticated and semi domesticated Silk worm of NE India and their economic viability, Culture of Silk worm, Propagation of food plants of Silk worm. Sericulture as an entrepreneurship venture, Natural dye of silk.

Apiculture: General morphology & behaviour of honey bee, Importance and history of Honey bee culture in NE India. Diversity & major types of economically important honeybees in NE India. Selection of bee species for apiculture; Artificial Bee Rearing (Newton and Langstroth box).

Origin, history, scope and definition of biotechnology, concept of gene, gene manipulation & genetic engineering. Concept of DNA, RNA, PCR, molecular markers, cloning and sequencing. Applications of biotechnology in medicine, agriculture, environment, food, and industry.

Views on origin and age of the earth; Components of the earth system and the characteristics of the Lithosphere from the perspective of geological formations; Geological time scale

General constitution of the earth; Layers of the earth and their composition and characteristics: Crust, mantle, outer core and inner core

Definition of rock and mineral; Mineral: Properties and types; Rock: Classification and types

Landform and its classification; Geomorphic forces, associated processes and landform development: Endogenic and exogenic; Folding and faulting; Erosion, mass wasting and landslide; Earthquake and volcanic eruption-Causes, consequences and distribution