69. The questions in each subject shall not be more in respect of number or of difficulty than can be answered within the allowed time by a Candidate of decided ability well prepared in the subject. 70. The written examination for the Degree of B. A. shall be conducted in the order of time and subjects set forth in the following table, and the number of marks assignable to each subject shall be as therein specified: or Botany.. Thursday... 2-5 Statics & Dynamics, Inductive Logic, Friday & Definition, or Chemical Physics (10-1 Hydrostatics & Pneumatics, Theory of Morals, or Inorganic Chemistry ... 2-5 Astronomy and Optics, History of 10 -1 Saturday... Mental Philosophy ... 140 120 200* 100 100 * 50 marks shall be assigned to each Paper except that on Statics and Dynamics, for which 60 marks, and that on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, for which 40 marks shall be allowed. 71. The Examiners shall be appointed not less than three months before the time fixed for the examination, in order that they may have ample time for exercising care and deliberation in the preparation of their papers. 72. Previous to the transmission of the examination papers to the Registrar, each Examiner shall submit his paper together with the marks he intends to assign to each question, to his colleagues in the same subject, for remarks and suggestions, the adoption of which, however, shall be left to his own discretion. 73. On or before a day to be fixed from time to time by the Syndicate, each Examiner shall prepare a list of the marks awarded by him to each Candidate in each paper or portion of a paper set by him, and shall forward the same to the Registrar or to the gentleman appointed by the Syndicate to assist the Registrar in the tabulation of the results. The Tabulator shall thereupon draw up a statement in the annexed form and submit it to the Syndicate through the Registrar. 74. The Candidates shall be ranked in the order of proficiency as determined by the total marks obtained by each, and shall be arranged in three classes— The 1st, consisting of those who have obtained not less than seven-twelfths of the aggregate number of marks. The 2nd, of those who have obtained not less than fivetwelfths of the aggregate number of marks. The 3rd, of those who have obtained not less than onethird of the aggregate number of marks. Candidates failing to obtain one-third of the marks assigned to English, one-fourth of the marks assigned to each of the other branches, or one-third on the whole, shall not pass. Provided always that any Candidate who fails in one or more subjects, except the English language, shall nevertheless be allowed to pass if he secures one-third of the aggre gate number of marks after deducting the marks gained by him in the subject or subjects in which he has failed. The Tabulator shall be at liberty to bracket men when the difference between them amounts only to a very small number of marks. Form of Statement to be submitted by the Tabulator. 75. An examination for the Degree of M. A. shall be held in Madras once a year, commencing on the second Monday in February. 76. Candidates for the Degree of M. A. must have taken the Degree of B. A. in this or some other University in the British Empire. 77. Applications for admission to this examination must reach the Registrar not later than the 30th June preceding. Each candidate must forward with his application his B. A. Diploma, or afford other satisfactory evidence of having obtained such a Degree, and notify the Branch in which he elects to be examined. Candidates in the First Branch must also specify the optional language which they propose to bring up. 78. No Candidate shall be registered unless he have previously paid a fee of Fifty Rupees. Candidates failing to pass one examination may be admitted to subsequent examinations on payment of a like fee on each occasion. 79. The examination for the Degree of M. A. shall be conducted by means of printed papers. 80. Candidates for the Degree of M. A. shall be examined in one or other of the following branches of knowledge: (1.) English-in which each Candidate must undergo examination. (2.) One of the following languages at the option of the Candidate : : SECOND BRANCH. Mathematics, Pure and Applied. (1.) The more advanced parts of Algebra, including the theory of Equations. (2.) Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. (3.) Co-ordinate Geometry of two and three dimensions. (4.) Differential and Integral Calculus, with Differential Equations. (5.) Statics, Hydrostatics, and Dynamics. (6.) Newton's Principia, Sections 1, 2, 3. (7.) Geometrical Optics. (8.) Plane Astronomy. THIRD BRANCH. Physical Science. (1.) Experimental Physics, including Light, Heat, Sound, Electricity and Magnetism. (2.) Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic, including a knowledge of Quantitative Analysis. (3.) Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology. FOURTH BRANCH. Biology. (1.) Botany and Vegetable Physiology. (2.) Zoology and Palæontology. (3.) Physiology, Animal and Comparative. FIFTH BRANCH. Mental Philosophy and Sociology. (1.) Psychology. (2.) Logic. (3.) Morals. (4.) Political Economy. (5.) History. 81. The examination in English shall embrace the History of the Language and the History of the Literature during the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and selections from any ten of the following authors : : Chaucer, Spencer, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Massinger, Milton, Dryden, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Tennyson, Addison, Johnson, DeQuincey, Coleridge, Hallam, and Carlyle. The examination in the optional languages shall be in the following works: |