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Zoology
Paper-I
Non Chordata and chordata. Ecology.
Ethology, Biostatistics and Economics Zoology
Section-A
Non Chordata and Chordata
1. A general survey, classification and relationship of the various phyla.
2. Protozoa: Study of the structure, bionomica and life history of Paramaecium, Monocyotis, malarial parasite, Trypansosoma and Leishmania. Locomotion, nutrition and repproduction in Protoza.
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3. Porifera: Canal system, skeleton and reproduction.
4. Coelenterata: structure and life history of Oblia and Aurelia, polymorhism in Hydrozoa, coral formation, metagenesis, phylogenetic relationship of Cinidaria and Acnidaria.
5. Helminths: Structure and life history of Planaria, Fasciola, Taenia and Ascaris. Parastic adaptation, Helminths in relation to man.
6. Annelida: Neries, earthworm and leech; coelom and metamerism; models of life in polychecters.
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7. Arthropoda: Palemon, Scorpion cockroach, larval forms and parasiltism in Crustacea, mouth part vision and respiration in arthropods, social life and metamorphosis in insects. Importance of Peripatus.
8. Mollusca: Unio Pila, oyster culture and pearl formation, cephalopodes.
9. Echinodermata: General organisation, larval forms and affinities of Echinodermata.
10. General organisation and characters, outline classification and inter-relationship of proto chordata, Pisces, Amphiba, Reptiluja. Aves and mammalla.
11. Noteny and retrogressvie metamorphosis.
12. A general study of comparative account of the various systems of vertebrates.
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13. Locomotion, migration and respiration in fishes; structure and affinites of dipnoi.
14. Origin of Amphibia: Distribution, anatomical peculiarities and affinities of Urodela and Apoda.
15. Origin of Reptiles: Adaptive rediation in reptiles fossil reptiles; poisonous and non poisonous snakes of India; poison apparatus of snake.
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16. Origin of birds: Flightless birds; aerial adaptation and migration of birds.
17. Origin of mammals: Homologies of ear ossicles in mammals; dentition and skin derivatives in mammals; distribution, structural peculiarities and phylogenetic relations of Prototheria and Methatheria.
Section-B
Ecology, Ethology, Biostatistics and Economics Zoology.
ECOLOGY
1. Environment: Abiotic factors and their role; Biotic factors inter and Inter-specific relations.
2. Animal: Organisation at population and community levels, ecological successions.
3. Ecosystem: concept, components, fundamental operation, energy flow, biogeochemical, cycles, food chain and tropic levels.
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4. Adaptation in fresh water, marine and terrestrial habitals.
5. Pollution in air, water and land.
6. Wild life in India and its conservation.
ETHOLOGY
7. General survey of various types of animal behaviour.
8. Role of hormones and pheromones in behaviour.
9. Chronobiology: Biological clock, seaconal rhythms, tidal rhyths.
10. Neuro-endocrine control of behaviour.
11. Methods of studying animals behaviour.
BIOSTATISTICS
12. Methods of sampling, frequency distribution and measures of central tendency, standard deviation, standard error and standard deviance, correlation and regression and chi-Square and t-test.
ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY
13. Parasitism, commensalism & host parasite relationship.
14. Parasitic protozoans, helminthis and insects of man and domestic animals.
15. Insect pests of crops and stores products.
16. Beneficial insects.
17. Pisciculture and induced breeding.
Paper-II
Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution and Systematics, Eco chemistry, Physiology and Embroyology.
Section-A
Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution and Systematics-Cell Biology: Structure and function of cell and cytopliasmic constituents; structure of nucleus, plasma membrane, mitochondria, golgibodies, endo-plastic reticulum and ribosomes, cell division; mototic spindle and chromosome movements and meiosis.
Gene structure and function; Watson-Crick model of DNA, replication of DNA, Genetic model, protein synthesis, cell differentiation, sexchromosomes and .sex determination.
Genetics: Mendelian laws of inheritance re-combination linkage and linkage maps, multiple, alleles; mutation (natural and induced), muttion and evolution meiosis, chromosome number and form, structural rearrangements; ployploidy; cytoplasmic inheritance, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaroyotes; biochemical genetics, elements of human genetics; normal and abnormal karyotpes; genes and diseases, Eugenics.
Evolution and Systematic: Origin of life, history of evolutionary: thoughts, Lamarck and his works, Darwin and his works, source and nature of organic variation. Natural selection, Hardy- Weinberg law, cryptic and warning coloration mimicry; isolating mechanisms and their role. Insular fana, concept of species and sub-species, principles of classification, zoological nomenclature and international code. Fossils, outline of geological eras phylogency of horse, elephant, camel, origin and evolution of man, principles and theories of continental distribution of animal zoo-geographical realms of the world.
Section-B
Biochemistry, Physiology and Embryology-Biochemistry: Structure of carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, proteins and nucleic acids, glycolysis and Krebs cycle, oxidation and reduction oxidative phosphorylation, energy conservation and releases, ATP, Cycling AMP, saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol, steroid hormones; Types of enzymes, mechanism of enzyme action, immunglobulins and immunity. Vitamins and coenzymes; Hormones, their classification, biosynthesis and functions.
Physiology and special reference of mammals; composition of blood, blood groups in man, coagulation, oxynes and carbonidoxide transport, haemoglobin, breathing and its regulation, nephron and urine formation, acid-base balance and homeostasis; temperature regulation in man, mechanism of conduction along axon and across synapses, neurotransmitters, vision, hearing and other receptors; types of muscles, ultrastructures and mechanism of contraction of skeletal muscle; role of salivary gland, liver, pancereas and intestinal glands in digestion, absorption of digested food nutrition and balanced diet of man, mechanism of action of steroid diet of man mechanism of action of storied and peptise hormones, role of hypothalamas, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal testis, ovary and lineal organs and their interrelationship physiology of reproduction in humans, hormonal control of development in amn and insects, pheromens in insects and mammals.
Embryology: Gametogenesis, fertilization, types of eggs, cleavage, development upto gastruction in branchostoma, frog and chick; Fate maps of frog and chick: Matamorphosis in frog. Formation and fate of extra embyonic membrane in chick; Formation of amnion, allantois and types of placenta in memmals, function or placenta in mammals; Organisers, Regeneration, genetic control of development, Organogenesis of central nervous system sense organs heart and kidney of vertebrate embryos. Ageing and its implication in relation to man.
8. Standard of Papers: The standard of papers in General English and General Knowledge will be such as may be expected of a Science/Engineering graduate of an Indian University. The standard of papers in other subjects will be approximately that of Bachelor's Degree (Honours) of an Indian University. There will be no practical examination in any of the subjects.
9. Previous up-to-date Papers have been solved in Career's Guide to Indian Forest Service Exam., obtainable from Bright Careers Institute, 1525, Nai Sarak, Delhi-110006
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