HOME SCIENCE

PAPER – I

Section A - Food & Nutrition.

1. Study of Foods : Importance, Composition, nutritive value of Cereals, Pulses,

Vegetables and Fruits, Fleshy foods (Meat, Fish, Poultry, Egg), Milk & Milk
products, Fats and oils.

2. Study of Nutrients : Classification, sources, function, requirement and

deficiencies of Proteins, Fats, Carbohymates, Minerals, Vitamins, Water and
Roughages.

3. Utilisation of Food : Digestion, absorption and metabolism of Proteins, Fat and

Carbodhydrates. Basal metabolism and factors affecting Basal metabolism
methods of measurement of Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), Total energy
requirement and factors affecting requirement.

4. Therapeutic Nutrition : Therapeutic adoption of normal diets, Factors to be

considered in planning therapeutic diets. Dietary management in case of Diabetes,
Nephritis, Peptic ulcer, Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, Liver Cirrhosis and
hepatitis.

5. Food spoilage : Causes of food spoilage and food contamination. Food

adulteration and food poisoning measuring quality of food, control of food quality
(Codex Alimentarius, Bureau of Indian standards(BIS) FPO, Ag mark, ISI).

6. Malnutrition : Causes and effect of malnutrition on the vulnerable section of the

society, effect of malnutrition on national development. Measures to combat
malnutrition – National nutrition policy and programmes. Role of ICDS, WHO,
UNICEF, NIN, NFI, CFTRI, FTRI, NNMB in combating malnutrition.
Section B - Human Development and Family Studies.

1. Basis of human development : How life begins, role of genetic and environment
factors affecting human development, stages and factors affecting pre-natal
growth and development.

2. Development of children (0-5 years) : Physical and Motor development,

Intellectual development (Piaget’s stages of development) Development of
emotion.

3. Development of children (0-5 years). Speech development, Social development,

Personality development (Role of family, School, Community a n d M a s s
Media).

4. Exceptional Children: Meaning, Classification of exceptional children.

Management and care of Gifted, Mentally and Physically challenged and Sensory
impaired children.

5. Adolescent Development: Physical and sexual development, Social and

Emotional changes, Development of aspiration and achievement, Personality
development and Family relationships.

6. Family life cycle: Significance, stages and developmental task and problems
associated with each stages of family life cycle. Contemporary family problems
Marital problems, Financial, Sickness, Accidents, Dowry, Divorce, Old age,
Employed Women. Strengthening families through counseling.

PAPER – II

Section A - (i) Family Resource Management

1. Management of family Resources : Time management – Time demand during life

cycle, Tools in time management, Leisure time, factors to be considered in
making time plan. Energy management – Relation of energy to stages of family
life cycle, energy cost of household tasks, work simplification techniques.

2. Money management : Family income, stages of family life cycle and use of
money, budgeting, saving and investing the money for future. Supplementing
family income.

3. Housing and Interior decoration : Selection of site, house layout, floor plans,
space distribution with reference to activities, building components and materials.
Furnishing : types (furniture, curtains and draperies, wall treatment, floor
covering, upholstery, lighting), planning, obtaining information, evaluating cost,
principles of interior designing followed in furnishing the house.
(ii) Textile and clothing -

4. Textile fibers : Classification of textile fibers, according sources and chemical

composition, manufacturing process, physical, chemical and other properties of
Cotton, Wool, Silk. Rayon, Acrylic, Polyester.

5. Fiber to Fabric : Construction yarn making process, Types of yarns, fabric

construction techniques, Weaving, parts of loom, Types of weaves; Fabric
finishes (textural finishes, functional finishes) Different dyeing and printing
methods.

6. Wardrobe Planning, Colour combination in textile designing, criteria of selection

of clothes for different age groups, climatic conditions and occasions for men,
women and children.

Section B- Home Science Extension Education

1. Extension Education : Concept, philosophy, objectives and scope of extension

education. Role and qualities of extension worker. Need for Home-Science
Extension Education.

2. Extension Education & Development : Objectives of Home-Science Extension

Education, Development aspects of extension, Extension as a programme and
process, Field covered, financing, planning and characteristic of extension.

3. Programme planning : Meaning, nature, principle and scope of programme

planning, steps of making a programme characteristic of a good programme
planning programme implementation and evaluation.

4. Communication in Extension : Importance, elements of Communication,

Communication process, Communication models, scope and purpose o f
communication, Communication channels.

5. Community Development : Concept, scope, principles and limitation of

Community development and Community Organization, Subject matter of
community development. Community Development programmes – objectives,
principles and types of community development programmes, Role of Panchayati
Raj, Village Schools, Cooperatives, Mahila mandals, Youth and farmers club,
Self help Groups, Government and non-Governmental agencies in Extension
programmes.

6. Teaching & Learning in extension : Education, extension teaching methods,

classification and selection of appropriate method, feature, advantage and
limitation of different methods of teaching (mass, group, individual) Audiovisual
aids – planning, selection and types of visual, audio and audio-visual aids
contribution of audio-visual aids in extension teaching.