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1. General Survey : Classification and Interrelationship of various Phyla. 2. Protozoa : Locomotion, Nutrition, Reproduction and Human Parasite. 3. Porifers : Canal system : Skeleton and Reproduction. 4.Cnidaris : Polymorphism: Coral reefs, Metagenesis. 5. Helminthiases : Parasitic adaptation and host-parasite relationships. 6. Annelida : Adaptive radiation in. Polychaeta. 7. Arthopoda : Larval forma and parasitism in Crustacea, Appendages of prawn; Vision -and respiration in Arthopoda, Social life and metamorphosis in insects. 8. Mollusca: Respiration: Pearl formation.

9. Echinedermata :General organisaton, larval forms and affinities. 10. Chordata : Origin: Lung fishes; Origin of tetrapods. 11. Amphibis : Neoteny and parental care. 12. Reptilia : Skull types (Anapsid; Diapsid; Parapsid; and synspaid); Dinosaurs. 13. Aves Origin, aerial adaptations and migration: Flightless birds. 14. Mammalia : Prototheria and Metatheria; Skin derivatives of Eutheria.

1. Ecology : Abiotic and biotic factors; Inter and intraspecific relations, ecological succession; Different types of biomes; Biogeochemical cycles. Food web; Ozone layer and Biosphere; Pollution of air, water and land. 2. Ethology: Types of animal behaviour, Role of hormones and pheromones in behaviour; Methods of studying animal behaviour, Biological rhythms. 3. Biostatistics : Sampling methods, frequency distribution and measures of central rendency, standard deviation, standard error correlation and regression chi-square and t-test. 4. Economic Zoology : insect pests of crops (Paddy, Gram and Sugarcane) and stored grains, Apiculture, Sericulture, lacculture, pisciculture and Oyster culture.

1. Cell Biology : Cell membrane. Active transport and Sodium potassium AT Pase Pump; Mitochondria, Golgibodies; endoplasmic reticulum; ribosomes and lysosomes; cell division mitotic spinal and chromosome movements and meiosis; Chromosome mapping Gene concept and function; Watson-Crick model of DNA, Genetic code. Protein synthesis, Sex chromosomes and sex determination.

2. Genetics : Mendelian laws of inheritance; recombination linkage and linkage maps, multiple alleles, mutation (natural and induced, mutation and evolution, chromosome number and form structural rearrangements, polypoloidy, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Human chromosomal abnormalities, gene and diseases, Eugenics: Genetic engineering; recombinant DNA technology and gene cloning.

3. Evolution and systematics : Theories of evaluation; sources and nature of organic variation; natural selection; Hardy- Weinberg law; cryptic and cematic colouration; mimicry; isolating mechanisms and their role; insular fauds; concept of species and sub-species; principles of taxonomy; Zoological nomenclature and International code; Fossils; Geological Bras; Phylogeny of horse and elephant; origin and evolution of man; principles and theories of continental distribution of animals; Zoogeographical realms of the world.

1. Biochemistry : Structure of carbohydrates, lipids (including saturated and unsaturated fatty acids) amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids, Glycolysis; Kreb’s cycle, Oxidation and reduction, oxidative phosphorelation, Energy conservation and release, ATPC-AMP; types of enzymes, mechanism of enzyme action; Immunoglobulins and immunity; vitamins.

2. Physiology (with special reference to mammals): Composition of blood. blood group in man, agglutination; oxygen and carbon dioxide transport; haemoglobin, breathing and its regulation Formation of urea and urine, acid-base balance and homeostasis; Thermo-regulation in Man; Nerve impulse conduction and transmission across synpse; neurotransmitters; Vision, hearing and olfaction; Types of muscles; Digestion and absorption of protein, carbohydrate, fat and nucleic acid, control of secretion of digestive juices , Balanced diet of man. Steroid, protein peptide and aminoacids, derived hormones; role of hypothalamus, pituitary thyroid, Parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands and pineal organ and their relationship; physiology of human reproduction, hormonal control of development in man; Pheromones in mammals.

3. Developmental Biology : Gametogenesis, fertilisation, types of eggs, cleavage and gastrulation in Brachiostoma frog and chick: Fate maps of frog and chick; metamorphosis in frog; formation and fate of extra embryonic membrance in chick; Formation of amino allantois and types of placenta in mammals, organiser phenomenon, regeneration genetic control of development organogenesis of brain,eye and heart; Aging.

Atomic Structure : Bohr’s model and its limitation de Broglie equation, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, quantum mechanical operators and the Schrodinger wave equation, physical significance of wave function and its characteristics (normalized, orthogonal), radial distribution and shapes of s.p.d. and f-orbitals, particle in a one-dimensional box, quantisation of electronic energies (qualitative treatment of hydrogen atom).

Pauli’s Exclusion principle. Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity. Aufbau principle. Electronic configuration of atoms, Long form of periodic table including translawrencium elements. Periodicity in progerties of the elements such as atomic and ionic radii ionization potential electron affinity, electronegativity and hydration energy.

Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry : Structure of nucleus (shell model), nuclear forces, nuclear stability-N/P ratio, nuclear binding energy Kinetics, detection and measurement of radioactivity, Artificial transmutation of elements and nuclear reactions, nuclear fission & fusion, radioactive isotopes and their applications. Radio carbon dating. Elementary ideas of radiation chemistry, radiolysis of water and aqueous solution, unit of radiation, chemical yield (G-value), Fricke’s dosimetry.

Chemical Bonding : Valence bond theory (Heitier-London and Pauling-Slater theories), hybridization, VSEPR theory and shapes of simple inorganic molecules, Molecular orbital theory, bonding, non-bonding and anti bonding molecular orbitals, molecular orbital energy lever diagrams, for homo and hetro nuclear diatomic molecules, bond order, bond length and bond strength, sigma-and p-bonds, hydrogen bond, characteristics of covalent bond. Chemistry of s-and p-Block Elements : General properties of s-and p-block elements, chemical reactivity of elements and group trends. Chemical behaviour with respect to their hybrids, halidas and oxides.

Chemistry of Transition Elements : General Characteristics, variable oxidation stases, complex formation, colour, magnetic and catalytic properties. Comparative study of 4d and 5d transition elements with 3d analogues with respect to their ionic radii, oxidation stases and magnetic properties. Chemistry of Lanthanides and Actinides : Lanthanide contraction, oxidation stases. Principles of separation of lanthanides and actinides. Magnetic and spectral properties of their compounds.

Coordination Chemistry : Wemer’s Theory of coordination compounds, IUPAC system of nomenclature, effective atomic number (EAN) Isomerism in coordination compounds. Valence bond theory and its limitations, Crystal held theory, Crystal held splitting of d-orbitals in octahedral, tetrahedral and square planer complexes. Dq and factors affecting its magnitude, calculation of Crystal held stabilisation energies (CFSE) for d1 to d9 week and strong field, octahedral complexes, spectrochemical series. Electronic spectre of d-transition metal complexes, types of electronic transitions, selection rules for electronic transitions, Spectroscopic ground states for d1 to d10 systems.

Bio-inorganic Chemistry: Essential and trace elements in biological processes, Metalloporphyrins with special reference to haemoglobin and myoglobin, Biological role of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions with special reference to Ca2+. Preparation, Properties and Uses of the following Inorganic Compounds : Heavy water, boric acid, diborane, hydrazine, hydroxylamine, potassium dicromate, potassium permanganate, Ce(IV) sulphate and titanium (III) sulphate.

Polymers : Molecular weight of polymers by sedimentation light scattering viscosity and osmotic pressure. Number average and weight average molecular weights, elasticity and crystallinity of polymers. Borazines : Silicons and phosphonitrilic halide polymers. Chemical Thermodynamics Thermodynamic functions, Laws of thermodynamics and their applications to various physico-chemical processes. Concept of chemical potential, Gibbs Duhem equation, Classius-Clapeyron equation, thermodynamic treatment of colligative properties.

Chemical Kinetics : Order and molecularity of a reaction Rate laws, methods for determining the order of a reaction. Energy of activation. Collision theory of reaction rate, Steady state approximations, Transition state, theory of reaction rates, consecutive and side reactions. Phase Equilibria : Phases, components, degrees of freedom, phase diagram of one and two component systems, Nearest distribution law, Applications of distribution law.

Electrochemistry : Theory of strong electrolytes, Debye-Huckel theory of activity coefficient laws of electrolytic conduction, transport number determination of transport number (Hittorts and moving boundary method). Applications of conductance for determining the solubility and solubility products, ionic equilibria, ionic product of water, pH, acid-base indicators, common ion effect, buffer solutions, buffer index, buffer capacity solubility product and applications in analysis.

Solid State Chemistry : Classification of solids, seven crystal systems, elements of symmetry in crystals, space lattice and unit cell, classification of crystals on the basis of bond types ionic solids, metallic solids, covalent solids, and molecular solids. The close packing of spheres, hexagonal close packing, cubic close packing and body centered cubic packing, coordination number and radius ratio effect. Bargg’s law of X-ray diffraction, powder pattern method, crystal structure of NaCI and KCI.

Surface Chemistry : Stability of and origin of charge on colloids, Electrokinetic potential. Physical and chemical adsorption, various types of adsorption isotherms. Homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis enzyme catalysis (Michelis-Menton) equation. Molecular Spectra Rotational Spectra Rigid and non-rigid rotator models. Determination of bond distance of diatomic molecules, linear triatomic molecules isotopic substituion.

Vibrational-Rotational Spectra : Hormonic and anhormonic vibrations, vibrational energies of diatomic molecules, zero point energy, evaluation of force constant. Fundamental frequencies, overtones, trot bands, degrees of freedom of polyatomic molecules. Concept of group frequencies.

Raman Spectra : Raman effect, stokes and antistokes fines and their intensity difference. Rule of mutual exclusion. Electronic Spectra: Electronic transitions, Frank Condom Principle, Phosphorescene and fluorescence.

General Organic Chemistry : Electronic displacement inductive, electromeric and mesmoeric effects. Conjugation and hyperconjugation. Resonance and its application to organic compounds. Electrophiles, nucleophiles, carbocations, carbanions and free radical. Organic acids and bases. Effects of structure on the strength of organic acids and bases. Hydrogen bond and its effect on the properties of organic compounds.

Concepts of Organic Reaction Mechanism : Mechanism of addition, substitution, elimination, reactions and molecular rearrangements. Mechanism of Electrophilic and nucleophilic automatic substitution. Mechanism of the following reactions: Aldol condensation. Claims condensation, Beckmann rearrangement, Perkin reaction, Reiner-Tiemann reaction, Cannizaro’s reaction, Friedel Craft’s reaction, Refonnatisky’s reaction and Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement.

Aliphatic Compounds : Chemistry of simple organic compounds belonging to following classes with special reference to the mechanisms of the reactions involved therein; alkanes, alkenes, alkynes alkyi, halides, alcohol, ethers, thiols aldehydes, ketones, a, bunsalturated carbonyl compounds, acids and their derivatives,’ amines, aminoacids, hydroxy acids, unsaturated acids and dibasic acids. Synthetic uses of malonic easier, acetoacelic easier, Gridnard’s reagent, carbene, diazomelhane and phosphoranes.

Carbohydrates ; Classification, configuration and general reaction of simple monosaccharides. Ozone formation, mutarotation, pyranose and furanose structures. Chain lengthening and chain shortening in aldoses and Kethses. Interconversion of glucose and fructose.

Stereochemistry and Conformations : Elements of symmetry, optical and geometrical isomerism in simple organic compounds, Absolute configuration (R&S); confugations of geometrical isomers, E & Z notations. Conformation of mono and distributed cyclohexanes. Boat and chair forme.

Aromatic Compounds: Modern structure of benzene; Concept of aromaticity, Huckle rule and its simple application to non-benzenoid aromatic compounds. Activating and deactivating effect of substituent groups, directive influence. Study of the compounds containing following groups attached to the alky and benzene ring halogen, hydroxy, nitro and amino groups. Sulphonic acids, benzaldehyde, salicy dehyde, acetophenone, Benzoic, salicylic, phithalic, cannamic and mandelic acids.

Naphthalene & Pyridine : Synthesis, structure and important reactions. Alkaloids : General methods of structure elucidation of alkaloids, chemistry of nicotine. Organic Polymers : Mechanism of polymerization, polymers of industrial importance, synthetic fibers. Chemistry of Living Cells : A brief introduction, chemical constituents, cell membranes, acid-base balance. Diffusion and active transport. Donnan membranes equilibria.

Enzymes and Coenzymes : Nomenclature and chracteristics, factors which affect enzyme activity. NMR Spectroscopy : Principle of PMR, chemical shift, spin-spin coupling, interpretation of PMR spectra of simple organic molecules. Evaluation of analytical Data : Errors, accuracy and precision, Relative and standard deviation rejection of doubtful, observations, t-test, Q-test.

Solvent Extraction : Distribution law, Craigs concept of counter-current distribution, important solvent extraction systems. Chromatogrphy : Classification of Chromatographic techniques, general principles of adsorption, partition ion exchange, paper and thin layer chromatography.

Environmental Chemistry : Air pollutants and their toxic effects, depletion of ozone layer Effects of oxides of nitrogen, fluorochlorocarbons and their effect on ozone layer, Greenhouse effect. Acid rain.