CFTRI 2021 Exam Syllabus

Syllabus for Chemistry:

1. Plant acids and Proteins
2. Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons
3. Chemical bonds and the forces involved therein:
4. Periodic table
5. Chemical kinetics
6. Concept of pH and buffer
7. Electrophilic and nucleophilic reactions
8. Gas laws
9. Isomerism
10. Molecular orbital theory
11. Chemical equilibrium
12. Organic substitution reactions
13. Structural and optical isomers
14. Thermo-chemistry
15. Food Chemistry - Composition of foods, Minerals in foods, Water activity in foods
16. Carbohydrates
17. Mono and di-saccharides
18. Properties of gases electrolytes
19. Muta-rotation
20. Reducing and non-reducing sugars
21. Starch
22. Cellulose
23. Pectins
24. Primary secondary and tertiary structure of proteins
25. Peptide bonds
26. Protein Denaturation
27. Amino acids

Syllabus for Physics:

1. Magnetism
2. Elements of mechanics
3. Outlines in optics and sound
4. Colligative properties
5. Electrostatics
6. Laws of Thermodynamics
7. Mode of heat transfer
8. Electrodynamics
9. Radioactivity and elements in quantum physics
10. Electro-magnetic radiation

Syllabus for Mathematics:

1. Trigonometry
2. Integration and Integral equations
3. Binomial theorem
4. Determinants
5. Uses of natural and common logarithms
6. Differentiation
7. Exponential series
8. Differential equations
9. First order and linear
10. Matrices
11. Ratios and their relations
12. Successive differentiation
13. Maxima-minima
14. Theory of quadratic equations
15. Vector

Syllabus for Biology:

Botany:

1. Economic botany
2. Systematic of plants
3. Cytology and physiology of plants
4. Ecology

Zoology:

1. Elements of genetics
2. Molecular basis of life
3. Nucleic acids and their role in life
4. Elements in human physiology
5. Endocrine glands
6. Organization of animal tissues
7. Respiration
8. Digestion
9. Absorption
10. General physiology of animals

Syllabus for Biochemistry & Nutrition:

1. Coenzymes and cofactors
2. Vitamins and their function in the body
3. Hormones
4. Elements of carbohydrate
5. Nucleic acids and their importance
6. Fat and protein metabolism
7. Elements in protein biosynthesis
8. Enzymes
9. Elements of photosynthesis
10. Minerals and their function in body

Syllabus for Microbiology:

1. Historical development in Microbiology
2. Cytology
3. Morphology
4. Reproduction and genetics - Bacteria, Yeasts, Moulds
5. Food contamination
6. Culture technique and identification
7. Economic importance of bacteria, yeast and moulds
8. Food safety
9. Food control
10. Microbiological standards
11. General principles of food preservation
12. Growth, Nutrition and physiology of microorganisms
13. Stains and staining techniques

Syllabus for Agriculture and Dairy Technology:

Agriculture:

1. Medicinal and Aromatic plants
2. Weather and crops
3. Soil fertility and fertilizer use
4. Soil and water resources
5. Soil and water conservation
6. Diseases, insect pests and nematodes of crops
7. Agricultural Engineering
8. Cropping patterns and weeds control
9. Field crops
10. Agriculture marketing and storage
11. Condiments
12. Farm management
13. Plantation crops
14. Foliage crops and Grasses
15. Spices

Dairy science:

1. Dairy cattle management
2. Diseases of cattle
3. Chemistry of milk
4. Microbiology of milk and milk products
5. Milk standards

Syllabus for Engineering:

1. Heat exchangers
2. Units
3. Size reduction and sieve analysis
4. Dimensions and conservations
5. Emulsions – basics and examples
6. Fundamental of fluid flow
7. Pressure
8. Equipment and applications
9. Mechanical operations
10. Separation processes
11. Basics of mixing
12. Strength of materials – Basics
13. Centrifugation and filtration
14. Power and steam generators