HOME SCIENCE
PAPER – I
PART – A
FAMILY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, EXTENSION EDUCATION AND FAMILY & CHILD WELFARE
UNIT I : Introduction to Home Management – meaning and importance, basic concepts of management. Factors motivating management – Goals, Values, Standards, Decision Making. Management process – meaning and elements of process-planning controlling the plan and evaluation; Planning – importance and types of plan. Management of resources in the family – types and characteristics;
Time Management; Energy Management; Money Management. Consumer education – needs and objectives; Rights & responsibilities of consumers; Consumer Protection Laws.
UNIT II : Family as economic unit – family types, functions of family, types of family income, sources of income in family, method of handling income in families. Financial management – Budgeting, record keeping. Savings and investment. Household equipment and electrical appliances – Base materials, Insulating materials, Selection,
Classification of household equipments. Housing – House and its surroundings, physical features, locality, sanitation conditions, principles of house planning. Interior decoration. Kitchen – principles of kitchen planning, orientation, location, size, shape, colour, ventilation, light, work centres, work triangle.
UNIT III : Introduction to Extension Education – definition, meaning, importance and scope, principles of extension education, qualities of extension education, role of Home Science in extension education. Extension Techniques – Selection and uses,
Individual approach, Group approach, Mass approach; Audio visual aids. Rural Sociology – Rural society in NE India, structure of rural society, role of rural youth programmes and Mahila Mandal. Kitchen Gardening. Community Development –
Meaning, principles, philosophy and objectives; role of community development worker; role of Extension work in community development. Concepts and functions of
Communication in Home Science – meaning of communication in Extension Education, importance of communication in Extension work, new communication technologies. Leadership in Extension Education – meaning, characteristics of a good leadership, role and functions of local leaders in Extension work.
UNIT IV : Introduction to Family and Child Welfare – meaning, needs and importance. Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB) and State Social Welfare Board – meaning and scope. Different schemes of CSWB – (1) Condensed Courses of
Education (2) Vocational Training Programme (3) Awareness Generation Programme
(4) Family Counselling Centres (5) Creches. Progammes for Family Welfare at the
National level – (1) Rural Health Services (2) Family Counselling Centres (3) National
Policy for the Aging. Programmes for Women’s Welfare at the National level – (1)
National Family Welfare Programmes since 1951 (2) Child and Mother Health Care
Programmes (3) Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programmes
(4)National Commission on Women. Children’s Welfare Programme at the National
level – (1) Child Line services (2) The Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 (3) Central Adoption
Resource Agency (CARA) (4) National Plan for Children, 1992 (5) Agencies – Accredited
Social Health Activist (ASHA), National Institute for Public Cooperation and Child
Development, Government of India-UNICEF Grant-in-Aid. Family and Child Welfare
Services at the State level – Programmes implemented in Mizoram : (1) Integrated
Child Development Services (ICDS) (2) Anganwadis (3) Destitute Home (4) Protective
Home (5) Adoption Programme (6) Self Help Group for women.
PART – B
TEXTILE AND CLOTHING, PHYSIOLOGY AND CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
UNIT I : Introduction to Textile Fibre and their general properties. Classification of Textile Fibres and their properties – (a) Natural fibres – Cellulose fibres, Protein fibres, Mineral fibres (b) Man Made fibres – Thermoplastic fibres, Non-thermoplastic fibres, Mineral fibres. Fabric Construction – (a) Types of yarns, processing of making yarns
(b) Weaving – description and working of loom, different types of weave, count of cloth
(c) Knitting (d) Braiding (e) Felting. Textile Finishes – (a) Introduction to finishes
(b) Objectives of the application of finishes (c) Types of finishes (d) Dry cleaning.
Laundry work – (a) Laundry equipment (b) Water – hard and soft water, importance of soft water in laundry work, softening of water (c) Cleansing materials and other reagents (d) Blueing agents (e) Bleaching agents – oxidizing agents and reducing agent
(f) Stiffening agents (g) Stain removal
UNIT II : Fashion Design – elements of fashion design, principles of design.
Dyeing of textiles
– (a) Study of different indigenous and chemical dyes (b) Different stages of applying dyes – raw stock dyeing, skein dyeing, piece dyeing (c) Methods of dyeing. Printing of textiles (a) Hand printing – Block, Stencil, Screen, Batik, Flock (b) Machine printing –
Discharge, Resist, Roller. Storage of Clothes. Methods of taking Body Measurements for Bodice, Arm and Skirt. Fitting of Garments. Fashion and Fashion Cycle
(a) Terminology of fashion (b) Components of fashion (c) Principles of fashion (d)
Factors affecting fashion
(e) Fashion movement (f) Fashion cycle and its stages (g) Theories of fashion adaptation. Fashion Business and Merchandising
UNIT III : Cardio-vascular system - Blood and its composition, coagulation of blood, structure and functions of heart, heart rate, cardiac cycle, blood pressure and its regulation, circulation of blood. Gastro-intestinal system – Anatomy of gastro intestinal tract, digestion and absorption of food, role of saliva, gastric and pancreatic juice in digestion. Reproductive system – structure and functions of male and female reproductive organs, menstrual cycle, parturition, lactation, menopause. Excretory system – structure and functions of kidney, formation of urine. Respiratory system – structure of lungs, mechanism of respiration and its regulation, oxygen and carbon dioxide transport in blood, respiratory quotient. Nervous system – structure of nerve cells, conduction and transmission of nerve impulse, synaptic transmission, Central
Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System. Muscular System – structure of skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscles, mechanism of muscle contraction, chemical change during muscle contraction. Endocrine system – various endocrine glands and their secretions in man, biological role of hormones of different endocrine glands, pheromones.
UNIT IV : Child Psychology. Introduction to Child Psychology – definition and scope. Theories of Child Psychology : Freud-Psychosexual theory, PiagetCognitive theory, Erickson-Psychosocial theory. Cognitive behaviour – stages of cognitive development, role of cognition in language and language formation.
Attitudes – attitude formation, attitudes change and cognitive dissonance. Self Identity – component of one’s identity, self concept, self esteem, self monitoring and self efficacy. Persons Perception – techniques of communications, attributions, impression formation and management. Interpersonal attraction – proximidity and emotion, need to affiliation and observable characteristics, similarity and reciprocal positive evaluation.
PAPER – II
PART – A
FOOD AND NUTRITION, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
UNIT I : Foods – definition, functions and food groups. Major nutrients – functions, food sources, deficiency diseases, dietary measures for solving these problems.
Digestion, absorption and metabolism of food; Water and electrolyte balance.
Balanced diet – (a) Factors to be considered while planning a balanced diet (b) Meal planning – objectives and factors affecting meal planning (c) Food exchange lists in meal planning (d) Steps in menu planning (e) Food preparation. Physiological condition and nutritional requirement of normal adult, adolescents and elderly. Food fads and fallacies, food selection, purchase and storage.
UNIT II : Malnutrition and optimum nutrition – (a) Factors contributing to malnutrition (b) Indication of malnutrition (c) Malnutrition and infection. Diet therapy – meaning, general rule for dietary treatments. Definition of obesity, Aetiology,
Assessment, Metabolic change. Types, complications, treatments and principles of dietetic management. Under weight – Aetiology, dietary modifications, ideal weight.
Diet in diseases of gastrointestinal system and cardiovascular system – diarrhoea, constipation and peptic ulcer. Diet in diseases of liver and kidneys – jaundice, cirrhosis of liver, glomeruloephritis and renal failure. Nutritional anaemia, iron deficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency. Nutrition for Diabetis mellitus and cancer patients. Food Standards, Health hazards and detection of Food Adulteration. Food Preservation – principles, methods of food preservation. Food borne intoxication, food borne infection and micro-organisms responsible for food spoilage.
UNIT III : Introduction to Organic Chemistry. Detection of carbon and hydrocarbons – detection of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus in organic substances. Hydrocarbons - structural formula, preparation, properties and uses of methane and ethane. Alkyl halides – definition, structural formula, preparation, properties and uses of methyl iodide and ethyl iodide. Alcohols - definition, structural formula, preparation, properties and uses of methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol and glycerol. Ketones and Aldehydes - definition, structural formula, preparation, properties and uses of acetone and formaldehyde. Carboxylic acid - definition, structural formula, preparation, properties and uses of acetic acid, formic acid, oxalic acid. Hydroxy acid - definition, structural formula, preparation, properties and uses of tartaric acid and citric acid.
UNIT IV : Definition and scope of Biochemistry. Carbohydrates – definition, classification, structure and properties, biological importance. Lipids - definition, classification, properties and functions, classification of amino acids, essential and non-essential amino acids. Enzymes – definition and classification of enzymes, definition and types of coenzyme, specificity of enzyme, isozyme, factors affecting enzyme action, enzyme inhibition. Intermediary metabolisim – gluconeogenesis, glycogenesis, glycolysis, glycogenolysis, elementary knowledge of protein biosynthesis.
Nucleic acids – composition, structure, replication of DNA, DNA as a genetic material, different types of RNA and their significance. Biological oxidation – Oxidative phosphorylation, high energy compounds, structure and role of ATP.
PART – B
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, MOTHER & CHILD HEALTH AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
UNIT I: Concept of Human Development, general principles of development. Factors affecting growth and development – (a) Genetic inheritance (b) Environmental prerequisites. Beginnings of a new life – prenatal influences on the child, biological risks, age of mother, illness, diet and nutrition, stress and emotional strains, environmental hazards. Physical development. Social Development. Emotional Development.
UNIT II : Prenatal period – (a) Course of pre-natal development, overview of birth process and complications (b) Conditions affecting prenatal development. Infancy (0- 2 years) – definition and highlights of development. Early Childhood – definition and characteristics of early childhood, developmental task of early childhood. Middle Childhood (6-12 years) – definition, importance of peer group. Adolescence (13-18 years) – definition, heightened emotionality, problems of drugs and alcohol abuse.
Young Adulthood (19-40 years) – definition, responsibilities and adjustment - parenthood marriage, family. Middle Adulthood (40-65 years) – physical changes, coping with stress in family. Late Adulthood (65 years and above) – physiological changes, heath problems and memory changes, retirement.
UNIT III: Introduction to Mother and Child Health Care – (a) mortality rate of neonatal and infant (b) child survival rate at neonatal and infant. Prenatal care of mother. Post natal care of mother. Infant nutrition. Pre-school nutrition and immunization schedule for infants and children. School child. Common nutritional problems in public health – low birth weight, protein energy malnutrition, xerophthalmia, iodine deficiency disorders, endemic flurosis.
UNIT IV : Introduction to Early Childhood Education – objectives, importance of early childhood years in individual development. Motor development. Language development. Child rearing practices. Contribution of Mahatma Gandhi and
Rabindranath Tagore in Early Childhood Education. Views of Froebel, Maria Montessori and Rousseau on Early Childhood Education. Play – importance, types and factors affecting play. Organizing a Pre-School.
