Civil Service Zoology Main Exam Paper One
PAPER – I
Section A
1. Non-chordata and chordate
(a) classification and relationship of various phyla upto sub-classes; Acoelomate and coelomate protostomas and Deuterostomes, Bilateria and Radiata; Status of Protista, Parazoa,onychophora andHemichordata; Symmetry.
(b) Protozoa: Locomotion, nutrition, reproduction, sex; General features and life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis, Plasmodium and Leishmania.
(c) PoriferaL Skeleton, canal system and reproduction.
(d) Cnidaria: Polymorphism, defensive structures and their mechanism; coral reefs and their formation; metagenesis; general features and life history of Obelia and Aurelia.
(e) Platyhelminthes: Parasitic adaptation; General features and life history of Fasciola and Taenia and their Pathogenic symptoms.
(f) Nemathelminthe: General features, life history, parasitic adaptation of Ascaris and Wuchereria.
(g) Annelide: Coelom and metamerism; modes of life in polychaetes; general features and life history of Nereis, earthworm and leach.
(h) Arthropode: Larval forms and parasitism in Crustacea: vision and respiration in arthropods (Prawn, cockroach and scorpion); modification of mouth parts in insects (cockroach, mosquito, housefly, honey bee and butterfly); metamorphosis in insects and its hormonal regulation, social behavior of Apis and termites.
(i) Mollusca: Fedding, respiration, locomotion, general features and life history of Lamellidens, Pila and Sepia, torsion and detorsion in gastropods
(j) Echinodermata: Feeding, respiration, locomotion, larval forms, general features and life history of
Asterias
(k) Protochordata: Origin of chordates; general features and life history of Branchistoma and Herdmania
(l) Pisces: Respiration, locomotion and migration.
(m) Amphibia: Origin of tetrapods, parental care, paedomorphosis.
(n) Reptilia: Origin of reptiles, skull types, status of Sphenodon and crocodiles
(o) Aves: Origin of birds, flight adaptation , migration.
( p) Mammalia: Origin of mammals, dentition, general features of egg laying mammals, pouched- mammals, aquatic mammals and primates, endocrine glands ( pituitary ,thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal , pancreas, gonads) and their inter relationship.
(q) Comparative functional anatomy of various systems of vertebrates (integument and its derivatives, endoskeleton, locomotory organs, digestive systems, respiratory systems, circulatory systems including heart and aortic arches, urino- genital systems ,brain and sense organs ( eye and ear).
Section B
1. Ecology
(a) Biosphere: Concept of biosphere; biomes , Bio- geochemical cycles ,human induced changes in atmosphere including greenhouse effect, ecological succession, biomes and ecotones, community ecology.
(b) Concept of ecosystem; structure and function of ecosystem, types of ecosystem, ecological succession, ecological adaptation.
(c) Population; characteristics, population dynamics, population stabilization.
(d) Biodiversity and diversity conservation of natural resources.
(e) Wildlife of India
(f) Remote sensing for sustainable development.
(g) Environmental biodegradation, pollution and its impact on biosphere and its prevention.
II. Ethology
(a) Behaviour: Sensory filteing , responsiveness, sign stumile, learning and memory, instinct, habituation, conditioning, imprinting.
(b) Role of hormones in drive; role of pheromones in alarm spreading; crypsis, predatorv detection, predator tactics, social hierarchies in primates, social organization in insects.
(c) Orientation, navigation, homing, biological rhythms, biological clock, tidal, seasonal and circadian rhythms.
(d) Methods of studying animal behavior including sexual conflict, selfishness, kinship and altruism.. III III. Economic Zoology
(a) Apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, carp culture, pearl culture, prawn culture, vermiculture
(b) Major infectious and communicable diseases (malaria, filarial, tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS) their vectors, pathogens and prevention.
(c) Cattle and livestock diseases, their pathogen (helminthes) and vectors (ticks, mites, Tabanus, Stomoxys).
(d) Pests of sugar cane (Pyrilla perpusiella), oil seed (Achaea janata) and rice (Sitophilus oryzare).
(e) Transgenic animals.
(f) Medical biotechnology, human genetic disease and genetic counseling, gene therapy.
(g) Forensic biotechnology.
IV. Biostatistics
Designing of experiments; null hypothesis; correlation, regression, distribution and measure of central tendency, chi square, student t-test, F-test (one-way F-test).
v. Instrumental methods
(a). Spectrophotometer, phase contrast and fluorescence microscopy, radioactive tracer, ultracentrifuge, gel electrophoresis, PCR, ELISA, FISH and chromosome painting.
(b) Electron microscopy (TEM, SEM).
PAPER – I
Section A
1. Non-chordata and chordate
(a) classification and relationship of various phyla upto sub-classes; Acoelomate and coelomate protostomas and Deuterostomes, Bilateria and Radiata; Status of Protista, Parazoa,onychophora andHemichordata; Symmetry.
(b) Protozoa: Locomotion, nutrition, reproduction, sex; General features and life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis, Plasmodium and Leishmania.
(c) PoriferaL Skeleton, canal system and reproduction.
(d) Cnidaria: Polymorphism, defensive structures and their mechanism; coral reefs and their formation; metagenesis; general features and life history of Obelia and Aurelia.
(e) Platyhelminthes: Parasitic adaptation; General features and life history of Fasciola and Taenia and their Pathogenic symptoms.
(f) Nemathelminthe: General features, life history, parasitic adaptation of Ascaris and Wuchereria.
(g) Annelide: Coelom and metamerism; modes of life in polychaetes; general features and life history of Nereis, earthworm and leach.
(h) Arthropode: Larval forms and parasitism in Crustacea: vision and respiration in arthropods (Prawn, cockroach and scorpion); modification of mouth parts in insects (cockroach, mosquito, housefly, honey bee and butterfly); metamorphosis in insects and its hormonal regulation, social behavior of Apis and termites.
(i) Mollusca: Fedding, respiration, locomotion, general features and life history of Lamellidens, Pila and Sepia, torsion and detorsion in gastropods
(j) Echinodermata: Feeding, respiration, locomotion, larval forms, general features and life history of
Asterias
(k) Protochordata: Origin of chordates; general features and life history of Branchistoma and Herdmania
(l) Pisces: Respiration, locomotion and migration.
(m) Amphibia: Origin of tetrapods, parental care, paedomorphosis.
(n) Reptilia: Origin of reptiles, skull types, status of Sphenodon and crocodiles
(o) Aves: Origin of birds, flight adaptation , migration.
( p) Mammalia: Origin of mammals, dentition, general features of egg laying mammals, pouched- mammals, aquatic mammals and primates, endocrine glands ( pituitary ,thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal , pancreas, gonads) and their inter relationship.
(q) Comparative functional anatomy of various systems of vertebrates (integument and its derivatives, endoskeleton, locomotory organs, digestive systems, respiratory systems, circulatory systems including heart and aortic arches, urino- genital systems ,brain and sense organs ( eye and ear).
Section B
1. Ecology
(a) Biosphere: Concept of biosphere; biomes , Bio- geochemical cycles ,human induced changes in atmosphere including greenhouse effect, ecological succession, biomes and ecotones, community ecology.
(b) Concept of ecosystem; structure and function of ecosystem, types of ecosystem, ecological succession, ecological adaptation.
(c) Population; characteristics, population dynamics, population stabilization.
(d) Biodiversity and diversity conservation of natural resources.
(e) Wildlife of India
(f) Remote sensing for sustainable development.
(g) Environmental biodegradation, pollution and its impact on biosphere and its prevention.
II. Ethology
(a) Behaviour: Sensory filteing , responsiveness, sign stumile, learning and memory, instinct, habituation, conditioning, imprinting.
(b) Role of hormones in drive; role of pheromones in alarm spreading; crypsis, predatorv detection, predator tactics, social hierarchies in primates, social organization in insects.
(c) Orientation, navigation, homing, biological rhythms, biological clock, tidal, seasonal and circadian rhythms.
(d) Methods of studying animal behavior including sexual conflict, selfishness, kinship and altruism.. III III. Economic Zoology
(a) Apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, carp culture, pearl culture, prawn culture, vermiculture
(b) Major infectious and communicable diseases (malaria, filarial, tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS) their vectors, pathogens and prevention.
(c) Cattle and livestock diseases, their pathogen (helminthes) and vectors (ticks, mites, Tabanus, Stomoxys).
(d) Pests of sugar cane (Pyrilla perpusiella), oil seed (Achaea janata) and rice (Sitophilus oryzare).
(e) Transgenic animals.
(f) Medical biotechnology, human genetic disease and genetic counseling, gene therapy.
(g) Forensic biotechnology.
IV. Biostatistics
Designing of experiments; null hypothesis; correlation, regression, distribution and measure of central tendency, chi square, student t-test, F-test (one-way F-test).
v. Instrumental methods
(a). Spectrophotometer, phase contrast and fluorescence microscopy, radioactive tracer, ultracentrifuge, gel electrophoresis, PCR, ELISA, FISH and chromosome painting.
(b) Electron microscopy (TEM, SEM).
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