OPSC OAS Home Science Syllabus – Paper-I (Optional Subject)

Exam: Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) – OAS / OCS
Paper: Optional Subject – Home Science (Paper-I)
Focus: Food & Nutrition; Human Development and Family Studies

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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, Carbohydrates
• Minerals, Vitamins, Water and Roughages

3. Utilisation of Food

• Digestion, absorption and metabolism of Proteins, Fat and Carbohydrates
• 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, Agmark, 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

7. 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

8. Development of Children (0–5 Years) – I

• Physical and Motor development
• Intellectual development (Piaget's stages of development)
• Development of emotion

9. Development of Children (0–5 Years) – II

• Speech development
• Social development
• Personality development (Role of family, School, Community and Mass Media)

10. Exceptional Children

• Meaning, Classification of exceptional children
• Management and care of Gifted, Mentally and Physically challenged and Sensory impaired children

11. Adolescent Development

• Physical and sexual development
• Social and Emotional changes
• Development of aspiration and achievement
• Personality development and Family relationships

12. Family Life Cycle

• Significance, stages and developmental tasks and problems associated with each stage of family life cycle
• Contemporary family problems – Marital problems, Financial, Sickness, Accidents, Dowry, Divorce, Old age, Employed Women
• Strengthening families through counseling