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Here's MSC Desk Cadet Entrance syllabus :

• ENGLISH

Sentence Completion
Grammar
Vocabulary
Comprehension

• MATHEMATICS

Number and operations :
Operations, ratio and proportion, averages, percentage, elementary number theory,
fractions and decimals, sequences (Arithmetic Mean only,)

Algebra and functions :
Expressions (up to cubic level), equations (up to quadratic level), properties of
functions (linear, polynomial, rational)

Geometry and mensuration:
Plane Geometry ( Lines and angles, triangles, square, rectangle, parallelogram,
trapezium, rhombus, quadrilaterals and other polygons restricted to 4 sided figures,
circles )

Co-ordinate Geometry (Lines and circles) :
Three-dimensional Solids (Surface area and volume of cubes, cylinders, cones,
spheres and combination of shapes)

Trigonometry:
Application questions calculation of height and distances
Right triangles, identities including expressing trig functions in terms of their
complements and identities for negative angles
Periodicity of trignometric functions
Double angle formulas for sine and cosine
Pythagorean formula for sines and cosines

• PHYSICS

Mechanics :
Kinematics, such as velocity, acceleration, motion in one dimension.
Dynamics, such as force, Newtons laws, statics, and friction
Energy and Momentum, such as potential and kinetic energy, work, power, impulse,
and conservation laws
Circular Motion, such as uniform circular motion and centripetal force
Simple Harmonic Motion, such as pendulum
Gravity, such as the law of gravitation, orbits, and Keplers laws

Electricity and magnetism
Electric Fields, Forces, and Potentials, such as Coulombs law, induced charge,
field and potential of groups of point charges, and charged particles in electric fields
Capacitance, such as parallel-plate capacitors and time-varying behavior in charging/
discharging
Circuit Elements and DC Circuits, such as resistors, light bulbs, series and parallel
networks, Ohms law, and Joules law
Magnetism, such as permanent magnets, fields caused by currents, particles in
magnetic fields, Faradays law, and Lenzs law

Waves and optics
General Wave Properties, such as wave speed, frequency, wavelength,
superposition, standing wave diffraction, and Doppler effect
Reflection and Refraction, such as Snells law and changes in wavelength and
speed
Ray Optics, such as image formation using pinholes, mirrors, and lenses

Heat and thermodynamics
Thermal Properties, such as temperature, heat transfer, specific and latent heats,
and thermal expansion
Laws of Thermodynamics, such as first and second laws, internal energy, entropy,
and heat engine efficiency

Miscellaneous
Hydrostatics
Simple hydraulics (Pascals law)

• CHEMISTRY

States of matter
Gases, including the kinetic molecular theory, Charles law, Boyles law, the gas laws /
relationships, molar volumes, density.
Liquids and Solids

Reaction types
The chemistry of acids and bases
Conjugate acid- base pairs
Acid base reactions

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Geography (Capitals, Oceans, Ports, Waterways, produce of countries, weather etc.)

• APTITUDE

Qualitative reasoning
Quantitative reasoning
Abstract reasoning)
Spatial reasoning
Logical reasoning

I hope this helps.