JKSSB Scientist - 'A' (Pollution Control Board / Environment & Ecology) Syllabus & Exam Pattern

Official 120-mark written examination syllabus for Scientist - 'A' covering Ecology, Ecosystem Dynamics & Thermodynamics (Lithosphere/Biosphere, Tansley Ecosystem Functional Unit, Matter & Energy, S-Curve Logistic Growth dN/dt=rN(1-N/K), Biomes, Trophic Classification Autotrophs/Heterotrophs/Chemotrophs, Carbon Sinks Oceans 39000 Gt, Biomagnification, First Law of Thermodynamics, Thermal Quantities Specific/Latent Heat, Water Anomalous Expansion 4°C), Atmospheric Physics, Air Pollution & Meteorology (Coriolis & PGF, Frontal Inversion, Stratospheric UVC Absorption, DALR 9.8C/km vs SALR 5C/km, Pasquill-Gifford Stability A-F, Mixing Height, Ventilation Coefficient VC=u*H 5100 m2/s, Acid Rain SO2/NOx, CFC Chlorine Radicals, Methane Hydroxyl Oxidation, High-Volume Samplers Absorption/Teflon, PM2.5/PM10, NCAP 131 Non-Attainment Cities, PAN Photochemical Smog, Dispersion=Diffusion+Advection, Gas Conversions ppm to mg/m3, Cyclone Separators, Acoustic White Noise, Silence Zone Noise 50/40 dB), Water Quality, Aquatic Chemistry & Wastewater Engineering (True Color Humic Substances, Nephelometric Turbidity NTU, Particle Sizes Dissolved/Colloidal/Suspended, Alkalinity ANC, Hardness Ca/Mg, BOD/COD/TOC/Ultimate BOD, Common Ion Effect, Flame Photometry K/Na, Volatile Solids 550C, Discrete Type 1 Settling, XRD Bragg's Law, Protein Electrophoresis pH>pI Anode, Trickling Filter Sloughing, Sewage Screens, COD Potassium Dichromate, Minimum River DO 3-4 mg/L), Environmental Biostatistics, Solid Waste & EIA (Sampling Distribution, Student t-Distribution df=n-1, Median & Standard Deviation SD=sqrt(Variance), Normal Empirical Rule 68-95-99.7, MSW/Biomedical/Hazardous Waste Classification, Oven Drying 77C, Moisture Content %=(a-b)/a*100, EIA Aims & Leopold Matrix, ISO 14001 EMS / ISO 14040 LCA, Polluter Pays Principle, Fecal Indicators Total Coliform/E. coli/Fecal Streptococci, UNFCCC COP/Kyoto/Paris Timeline), and Environmental Microbiology, Toxic Chemicals & Environmental Laws (Vadose Zone Bioventing, Intrinsic Bioremediation, Aerobic/Anaerobic Mineralization, Phytoremediation Rhizosphere, Recalcitrant Pesticides, Actinomycetes Geosmin, Visakhapatnam Styrene Gas Tragedy 2020, PFAS Forever Chemicals, Black Cotton Iron Rich Soil, Fukushima I-131/Cs-137, Cladosporium Mold, Naegleria fowleri Brain-Eating Amoeba, CRZ-I Mangroves, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, EP Act 1986, Public Liability Act 1991, MARPOL 1973, MoEFCC).

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