GBU 2021 Salary

 Gautam Buddha University ( GBU ) Competitive Entrance Examination  Syllabus Details  – 2015 :

For undergraduate, Post Graduate, M. Phil, Integrated dual degree Programme:

School Of Biotechnology:

Biochemistry

Physiochemical properties of amino acids and proteins Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary Structures of proteins, Protein stability and denaturation. Determination of protein structure, vitamins; Structures and functions, coenzymes forms and biochemical functions, Enzymes: Nomenclature, Enzyme catalytic mechanisms, Factors affection enzyme activity, Michalis-Menten kinetics, Isozymes, regulation of enzyme activity, Enzyme inhibition kinetics, Structure organization and function of nucleic acids, carbohydrates and biomolecules, Metabolism , glycolysis, TCA metabolism of lipids nucleic acids and proteins, Various biochemical techniques, Centrifigation, electrophoresis, chromatography and spectroscopy.

Microbiology

Classification of Microorganisms, Classification systems: Numerical Taxonomy, Phylogenetic system, Bacterial taxonomy and Bergey’s manual of Bacteriology, Diversity in Bacterial morphology, Structures external to cell wall: Flagella, Pili, Capsule, Sheath. Prosthecae and Stalk, Structure and chemical composition of cell wall, Structure internal to cell wall: Cytoplasmic membrane. Protoplast, Spheroplast, Cytoplasmic inclusions, Genetic material, Growth kinetics, Spores and Cysts, Major Characteristics used in Bacterial genetics (Conjugation, Transformation and Transduction), Metagenomics, Drug resistance,Virus, Protoza, Prions. Role of microorganisms in human health, agriculture and industry.

Molecular Biology

Chemical & physical structure of DNA (Watson Crick Model) as deduced from X-ray diffraction pattern, variability of DNA structure, structure of RNA, Super coiling, Multiplex structure of   DNA & its relevance, Mutagenesis, DNA Damage and repair. Denaturation & Renaturation of nucleic acids Replication, Transcription and Translation in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes, Regulation of transcription, Chromatin remodeling, Operons, Promoters and transcription factory,. Constitutive and inducible promoters,. Transcriptional regulation in bacteriophage lambda, Lytic and lysogenic switch, RNA Processing and RNA editing, post transcriptional gene regulation, miRNA, SiRNA, Genetic code, Essential components of translation, Post translational modification,. Transport of bacterial proteins: Cotransational and Post-translational mechanisms, Control of gene expression at translational level, Techniques of RNA and protein expression profiling.

Cell Biology

Cells (types, diversity & specialization, role of bio-molecules in cell organization, cellular bioenergetics,metabolism and its regulation); Membrane structure and its functions, transport of micro and macro molecules across plasma membrane; plant cell wall (its composition and synthesis);

Mitochondria and chloroplast structure and role in cellular bioenergetics; Nucleus and nuclear envelop, nuclear pore complex transport of RNA and proteins across nuclear membrane., chromosome packing and chromatin remodeling during cell cycle and gene expression; Chromosomes (physical and chemical nature of gene, structure of viral/bacterial/eukaryotic genome, genome stability);

Structure and function of Endoplasmic reticulum; golgi complex; peroxisomes, lysosomesand ribosomes, ; Endo-membrane system and vesicular transport (endocytic and biosynthetic/ secretary pathways, types of vesicles, protein sorting); post translation protein uptake; Cell-cell interaction; cytoskeleton; Cell cycle and its control (MPF, CDKs, cyclin, check points), Cancer (DNA viruses and transforming agents, Human tumor viruses, Oncogene, proteins in carcinogenesis, Apoptosis), Cell signaling, Gene expression profiling, microscopy and centrifugation methods.

Immunology

The antigen and concept of self and non-self discrimination, Antignicity and immunogenicity, Factors contributing to antigenecity, Epitope mapping Haptens, Humoral and Acquired Cellular Immune Response, The organs and cells involved in the immune response, Lymphocyte traffic,Immunological Methods in Biotechnology (ELISA, RIA etc), Monoclonal Antibodies and Hybridoma Technology, Advantages over polyclonal antibodies, Basics of animal Cell culture, Media constituents, Cell quantitation techniques, Cell lines, Transgenic animals, Reproductive Cloning etc.

Recombinant DNA Technology

Tools of genetic engineering, Restriction endonucleases, DNA polymerases, Ligases, Kinases Phosphatases, Reverse transcriptase, Exonucleases, Ribonucleases, Proteinases. Cloning Vectors,Plasmids & cosmids, Phages, BAC, YAC, transponsons. Radioactive and nod radioactive lebeling techniques, Gene cloning, Vectors for heterologus gene expression in bacteria, yeast, animal and plant cells, Expression and purification of recombinant proteins from bacterial and eukaryotic systems.

Genomic and cDNA libraries, Chromosome walking, gene tagging, subtraction hybridization, Southern

blotting, Northern blotting and western Blotting. Latest techniques in rDNA technology, DNA

Fingerprinting, AFP, RFLP, RAPD, DNA Foot printing, PCR and its applications, Sequencing of DNA and proteins, Site-directed mutagenesis, Method of genetic transformation for bacteria, plants and animal cells Protein and nucleic acid gel electrophoresis, Phage display, Two hybrid system.

Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biotechnology

Concepts of Ecology and Ecosystem, Components of ecosystem, Food chain, Food web, Trophic level and Energy flow, Characteristic features, structure and function of the Forest, Grassland, Desert and Aquatic ecosystem, Structure and function of some Indian ecosystems Population ecology, Species interactions, Community ecology, Ecological succession, Applied ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation biology, The Mechanism: Population genetics-population, gene pool, gene frequency, Hardy-Weinberg law, concepts and rate of change in gene frequency through natural selection, migration and random genetic drift, Emergence of evolutionary thoughts, Origin of cells and unicellular evolution, Paleontology and evolutionary history, adaptive radiation and modifications, isolation mechanism, speciation, allopatricity and sympatricity, convergent evolution, sexual selection, co- evolution, Molucular evolution, Center of evolution of economically important plant and animals. Fermentation technology, Vermiculture technology, Biofertilizer technology, Bioremediation and Phytoremediation, Biosensors.

                                                   School Of Engineering:

Electrical Engineering

Circuits and Networks:

Circuit’s elements and theorems, Transient response and steady state response for sinusoidal and arbitrary inputs, Properties of networks, Resonant circuits, Three-phase circuits, Transfer function., two-port networks, network synthesis.

Electro-magnetic field theory:

Electric and magnetic fields and associated laws, Fields in dielectrics, conductors and magnetic materials, Resistance, inductance and capacitance calculations, Maxwell’s equations, Time varying fields, Wave propagation and mode in dielectric and conduction media, Transmission lines. Smith chart.

Instrumentation and Control:

Error analysis, Units and Standards, measurement of current, Voltage, power, Power-factor and energy. Indicating instruments. Measurement of resistance, inductance, capacitance and frequency. Bridge, measurements. Electronic measuring instruments. Digital voltmeter and frequency counter, Hall effect and its applications, Transducers and their applications for non-electrical quantities like temperature, pressure, flow-rate displacement, acceleration, noise level, etc. Data acquisition systems modeling of physical systems. Block diagrams and signal flow graphs and their reduction. Time domain and frequency domain analysis of linear system. Errors for different inputs and stability criteria for feedback systems, Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz array, Nyquist plot and Bode plot. Root locus and Nicols chart and the estimation of margin. Basic concepts of compensator design. State variable matrix and its use in system modeling and design. Sampled data system and performance with the samples in the error channel, Stability of sampled data system, Elements of non-linear control analysis, Control system components, electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic components.

Power Apparatus and Drive

Magnetic materials and Circuits analysis: construction, Design, performance of 1-phase and three-phase Power transformers, Auto-transformer Concepts in rotating machines, Construction, governing equations, machine types, operation, leakage, losses and efficiency, regulation, starting, speed control of DC, theory and principle of induction and synchronous, characteristics and application of Poser semiconductor devices,. 1-phase and 3-phase power converters, AC switches. Thyristor controlled reactors, switched capacitor networks, Inverters; 1-phase and 3-phase PWM techniques, Switched mode power supplies.

Power Systems

Types of Power Stations, Pumped storage plants. Economics and operating factors. Power transmission lines. Modeling and performance characteristics. Voltage control. Load flow studies. Optimal power system operation, Load frequency control, Symmetrical component and circuit analysis formulation, Per Unit system, Fault analysis. Transient and steady-state stability of power systems, Power system Protection Circuit breakers. Relays. Power system Transients, HVDC and HVAC transmission. Renewable energy sources, energy management systems, FACTS devices, power quality.

Analog, Digital Circuits and Micro-processors

Semiconductor physics, PN junctions and transistors, models and parameters, various devices and applications, switching behavior of semi conductor devices, Small signal amplifiers, biasing circuits, frequency response and improvement, multi-stage and feed-back amplifiers, D.C. amplifiers, Oscillators. Large Signal amplifiers, coupling methods, push pull and operational amplifiers, wave shaping circuits. Multi-vibrators and flip-flops and their applications. Digital logic and gates, universal gates combinational circuits for arithmetic and logic operation, sequential logic circuits. Counters, registers, RAM and ROMs, 80 family Micro-processor architecture, instruction set and assembly language programming, interfacing for memory and I/O, Applications of Micro-processors in electrical engineering.

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