Biology
UNIT I: DIVERSITY IN LIVING WORLD
- What is living?
- Need for classification
- Taxonomy & Systematics
- Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy
- Binomial nomenclature
- Five kingdom classification
- salient features and classification of Monera
- Protista and Fungi into major groups; Lichens
- Viruses and Viroids. Salient features and classification of plants into major groups-Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms (three to five salient and distinguishing features and at least two examples of each category)
UNIT II: STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- Family (malvaceae, Cruciferae, leguminoceae, compositae, graminae)
UNIT III: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
- Plant cell and animal cell
- Micro bodies
- Cytoskeleton
UNIT IV: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
- Seed germination
UNIT V: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
- Breathing and Respiration
- Emphysema
- Occupational respiratory disorders
- Blood vessels
- Osmoregulation
- ADH and Diabetes insipidus
- Role of other organs in excretion
- Disorders
- Uraemia
- Renal failure
- Renal calculi
- Nephritis
- Dialysis and artificial kidney
- Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
- Arthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Acromegaly
- Exopthalmic goiter
- Addison’s disease
- (Imp: Diseases and disorders mentioned above to be dealt in brief)
UNIT VI: Reproduction
- Embryo development upto blastocyst formation
- Parturition (Elementary idea)
- Lactation (Elementary idea)
- Reproductive health
- Need for reproductive health and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD)
- Birth control-Need and Methods
- Contraception and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)
- Amniocentesis
- Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies - IVF, ZIFT, GIFT (Elementary idea for general awareness)
UNIT VII: GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
- Deviations from Mendelism
- Molecular basis of Inheritance
- Modern Synthetic theory of Evolution
UNIT VIII: BIOLOGY AND HUMAN WELFARE
- Dengue
- Chikungunya
UNIT IX: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
UNIT X: ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
- Organisms and environment Population interactions mutualism, competition. predation, parasitism
- Population attributes-growth
- Birth rate and death rate
- Age distribution
- Ecosystem: Patterns, components
- Productivity and decomposition
- Energy flow
- Pyramids of number
- Biomass
- Energy
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