AIET Engineering 2021 Biology Syllabus

D.Y.Patil University All India Entrance Test ( AIET ) syllabus for Biology – 2014

BIOLOGY ( BOTANY )

Section (A): General Biology And Botany

General Biology

Continuity of life

Mendel’s laws of inheritance, with reference to Mendel’s experiments with peas, ideas of factors, Monohybrid and Dihybrid ratio.

ii. Genes – Packaging of hereditary material, prokaryotes, bacterial chromosomes, plasmid and eukarytic chromosomes Genetic material, DNA replication; Genetic Code and Central dogma of      protein synthesis.

iii. Cell division-cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis significance.

Applications of Biology

i. Domestication pf plants: improvement of crop plants – Principals of plant breeding and technique of hybridization

Application of Tissue: Culture.

Use of fertilizers and pesticides – Their advantages and disadvantages; Biological method of Pest control.

Bio- energy:- Bio-gas, plants as sources of hydro carbons for producing Petroleum to

Bio-technology:- Fermentation and manufacture of Alcohols, Antibiotics and Vitamins.

Multicelluarity, Plants Life

Concept of species – Various taxons and catergories, Hirearchial levers of classification, Binomial nomenclature, principles of classification.

Conquest of land- Life history of Gern ( Nephrolepis ). Cycas and angiosperms (Hisbiscus, jowar, Bajra)- Anatmoy, development of seed habit, flower and fruit . (Development of Reporductive structure not excepted)

Physiology

Transpiration : Transpiration and exchange of gases, stomatal mechanism.

Photosynethesis: Ultra – structure and function of chloroplast, photochemical pathways, significance.

Respiration: Ultra- structure and function of mitochondrion, glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport system, fermentation, significance.

Growth: Plant hormones and growth regulation, action of plants hormones in relation to seed dormancy and germination, apical dominance.

Reproduction : Asexual and sexual Brief accopunt of mode sexual reproduction in multicelluar lower plants- antheridium and archegonium. Sexual reproduction in angiosperms Pollination, structure of male and female gametophytwes, fertilization, formation of endosperm, seed and fruit.

BIOLOGY ( ZOOLOGY )

Section (B) – General Biology And Zoology Evolution of life

Evolution: Definition, Darwin’s theory of natural selection ( Common origin, recombination as a source of variability, Role of selection on variation, adaptation, reproductive isolation and speciation).

ii) Human evolution: Paleontological evidence , Brief idea of the Dryopithecus, Australopithecus, Homo- erectus, Homo- meanunderthalensis, Cro- magnon, Homo- sapiens,

Continuity of life

Sex determination and sex linkage in man.

Domestication of animals-introduction of poultry, fisheries.

Sericulture and apiculture. Principles of animal breeding major animal diseases and their control    Human diseases and their control + Hepatitis, AIDs, Leprosy, Cancer.

Community Health Services – Blood bank smoking. Alcoholism, drug addiction –Physiological symptoms and their measures.

Pollution – Air, Water-effect and control.

Human population – Growth, problems and control.

Multicellularity

Structure and functions of animal life with reference to mammals:

Circulation – Closed vascular system, Heart – Structure and pumping action, Arterial blood  pressures.

Excretion and Osmo–regulation: Aminotelism, uriotelism, uricorelism, Excreton of water and urea, with special reference to main, role of kidney, in regulation of plasma, osmoregularity on the basis of structure of nephron: role of skin and lungs, in excretion.

Hormonal Co-ordination: Morphological and histological structure of pituitary and thyroid glands, Important hormones of pituitary and thyroid and their role as messengers and regulators.

Nervous Co-ordination: Central, Peripheral, autonomous nervous system, receptors and effectors, reflection.

Locomotion-Joints, muscle movements.

Skeleton – Brief account of human skeleton.

Reproduction: Human reproduction, female reproductive cycle, embryonic development up to         

Classification of chordata: Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Mammals, highlighting major characters with two examples of each class.