Adolescence, drug and alcohol abuse

Apiculture and animal husbandry

Basic concepts of immunology-vaccines

Cancer, HIV and AIDS

Health and disease

Improvement in Food production

Microbes in human welfare: In household food processing, industrial production, sewage treatment, energy generation and as biocontrol agents and biofertilizers

Parasites causing human diseases (malaria, filariasis, ascariasis. Typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ring worm)

Pathogens

Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, biofortification

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Application of biotechnology in health and agriculture: Human insulin and vaccine production, gene therapy

Biosafety issues - Biopiracy and patents

Genetically modified organisms - Bt crops

Principles and process of biotechnology: Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology)

Transgenic animals

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B cell division: Cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis and their significance

Cell envelope, cell membrane, cell wall

Cell organelles-structure and function

Cell theory and cell as the basic unit of life

Chemical constituents of living cells: Biomolecules-structure and function of proteins, carbodydrates, lipids, nucleic acids

Cytoskeleton, cilia, flagella, centrioles (ultra structure and function)

Endomembrane system-endoplasmic reticulum, golgi bodies, lysosomes, vacuoles; mitochondria, ribosomes, plastids, micro bodies

Enzymes-types, properties, enzyme action

Nucleus-nuclear membrane, chromatin, nucleolus

Plant cell and animal cell

Structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell

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Algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms (three to five salient and distingushing features and at least two examples of each category)

Angiosperms-classification up to class, characteristic features and examples

Binomial nomenclature

Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy

Five kingdom classification

Protista and fungi into major groups, lichens

Salient features and classification of animals-nonchordate up to phyla level and chordate up to classes level

Salient features and classification of Monera

Salient features and classification of plants into major groups

Taxonomy and systematics

Three domains of life

Tools for study of taxonomy: Museums, zoos, herbaria, botanical gardens

Viruses and viroids

What is living?, biodiversity, need for classification

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Agrochemicals and their effects

Any three case studies as success stories addressing environmental issues

Biodiversity and its conservation: Concept of biodiversity

Biodiversity conservation

Deforestation

Ecological services-carbon fixation, pollination, oxygen release

Ecological succession

Ecosystem: Patterns, components, productivity and decomposition

Energy flow

Environmental issues: Air pollution and its control

Greenhouse effect and global warning

Hotspots, endangered organisms, extinction, red data book, biosphere reserves, national parks and sanctuaries

Importance of biodiversity

Loss of biodiversity

Nutrient cycling (carbon and phosphorus)

Organisms and environment: Habitat and niche

Ozone depletion

Patterns of biodiversity

Population and ecological adaptations

Population attributes - Growth, birth rate and death rate, age distribution

Population interactions - Mutualism, competition, predation, parasitism

Pyramids of number, biomass, energy

Radioactive waste management

Solid waste management

Water pollution and its control

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Adaptive radiation

Biological evolution and evidences for biological evolution from paleontology, comparative anatomy, embryology and molecular evidence)

Central dogma

Chromosomal disorders in humans

Chromosome theory of inheritance

Chromosomes and genes

Darwin's contribution, modern synthetic theory of evolution

Deviations from mendelism-incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple alleles and inheritance of blood groups, pleiotropy

DNA finger printing

DNA packaging

DNA replication

syndrome, Turner's and Klinefelter's syndromes

Elementary idea of polygenic inheritance

Evolution: Origin of life

Gene expression and regulation-lac operon

Gene flow and Genetic Drift

Genome and human genome project

Hardy-Weinberg's principle

Heredity and variation: Mendelian inheritance

Human evolution

Linkage and crossing over

Mechanism of evolution-variation (mutation and recombination) and natural selection with examples, types of natural selection

Mendelian disorders in humans-Thalassemia

Molecular basis of inheritance: Search for genetic material and DNA as genetic material

Sex determination-In humans, birds, honey bee

Sex linked inheritance - Haemophilia, colour blindness

Structure of DNA and RNA

Transcription, genetic code, translation

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Alimentary canal and digestive glands

Body fluids and circulation: composition of blood, blood groups, coagulation of blood

Breathing and respiration: respiratory organs in animals (recall only)

Caloric value of proteins, carbohydrates and fats

Cardiac cycle, cardiac output, ecg, double circulation

Chemical coordination and regulation: endocrine glands and hormones

Composition of lymph and its function

Dialysis and artificial kidney

Digestion and absorption

Disorders of circulatory system-hypertension, coronary artery disease, angina pectoris, heart failure

Disorders of muscular and skeletal system-myasthenia gravis, tetany, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, osteoporosis, gout

Disorders related to respiration-asthma, emphysema

Disorders, uraemia, renal failure, renal calculi, nephritis

Egestion

Elementary structure and function of eye and ear

Excretory products and their elimination: Modes of excretion- Ammonotelism, ureotelism, uricotelism, human excretory system-structure and function

Generation and conduction of nerve impulse

Human circulatory system-structure of human heart and blood vessels

Human endocrine system-hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, gonads

Locomotion and movement: types of movement- ciliary, fiagellar, muscular

Mechanism of breathing and its regulation in humans-exchange of gases, transport of gases and regulation of respiration respiratory volumes

Mechanism of hormone action

Nervous system in humans-central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and visceral nervous system

Neural control and coordination: neuron and nerves

Nutritional and digestive disorders pem, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrhea

Occupational respiratory disorders

Peristalsis, digestion, absorption and assimilation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats

Reflex action, sense organs

Regulation of cardiac activity

Regulation of kidney function-renin-angiotensin, atrial natriuretic factor, adh and diabetes insipidus

Respiratory system in humans

Role of digestive enzymes and Gastrointestinal hormones

Role of hormones as messengers and regulators, hypo-and hyperactivity and related disorders (common disorders e.g. Dwarfism, acromegaly, cretinism, goiter, exopthalmic goiter, diabetes, addisons disease)

Role of other organs in excretion

Skeletal muscle- contractile proteins and muscle contraction

Skeletal system and its functions, Joints

Urine formation, osmoregulation

7.1 Arithmetic and Geometric progressions

7.2 insertion of arithmetic

7.3 Geometric means between two given numbers

7.4 Relation between A.M. and G.M. Sum upto n terms of special series: S n, S n2, Sn3

7.5 Arithmetico-Geometric progression

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Amphibolic pathways

Cell to cell transport- Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, plant water relations imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis

Cellular respiration-glycolysis, fermentation (anaerobic), tca cycle and electron transport system (aerobic)

Chemiosmotic hypothesis

Conditions of growth; differentiation, dedifferentiation and redifferentiation

Cyclic and non-cyclic and photophosphorylation

Deficiency symptoms

Diffusion of gases (brief mention)

Elementary idea of hydroponics as a method to study mineral nutrition

Energy relations-number of ATP molecules generated

Factors affecting photosynthesis

Growth regulators-auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, ethylene, aba

Long distance transport of water - Absorption, apoplast, symplast, transpiration pull, root pressure and guttation

Mass flow hypothesis

Mineral nutrition: Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role

Mineral toxicity

Nitrogen metabolism-nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation

Phases of plant growth and plant growth rate

Photochemical and biosynthetic phases of photosynthesis

Photoperiodism

Photorespiration C3 and C4 pathways

Photosynthesis as a means of autotrophic nutrition

Pigments involved in photosynthesis (elementary idea)

Plant growth and development: Seed germination

Respiration: Exchange gases

Respiratory quotient

Seed dormancy

Sequence of developmental process in a plant cell

Site of photosynthesis take place

Transpiration-opening and closing of stomata

Transport in plants: Movement of water, gases and nutrients

Uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients-transport of food, phloem transport

Vernalisation

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Amniocentesis

Birth control-need and methods, contraception and medical termination of pregnancy

Development of male and female gametophytes

Double fertilization

Gametogenesis-spermatogenesis and oogenesis

Human reproduction, male and female reproductive systems

Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies IVF, ZIFT, GIFT (elementary idea for general awareness)

Lactation

Menstrual cycle, fertilisation, embryo development up to blastocyst formation, implantation

Microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary

Modes of reproduction: Asexual and sexual, Asexual reproduction

Modes-Binary fission, sporulation, budding, gemmule, fragmentation

Outbreeding devices

Parturition

Pollen-pistil interaction

Pollination-types, agencies and examples

Post fertilization events-development of endosperm and embryo, development of seed and formation of fruit

Pregnancy and placenta formation (elementary idea)

Reproduction in organisms: Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of species

Reproductive health: Need for reproductive health and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD)

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants: Flower structure

Significance of seed and fruit formation

Special modes-apomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony

Vegetative propagation in plants

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Anatomy and functions of different parts of flowering plants: root, stem, leaf, inflorescence- cymose and recemose, flower, fruit and seed

Animal tissues

Morphology and Modifications

Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach)

Plant tissues

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11.1 Cartesian system of rectangular co-ordinates 10 in a plane

11.2 distance formula

11.3 section formula

11.4 locus and its equation

11.5 Translation of axes

11.6 Slope of a line

11.7 parallel and perpendicular lines

11.8 intercepts of a line on the coordinate axes

11.9 Straight lines

11.10 Various forms of equations of a line

11.11 intersection of lines

11.12 angles between two lines

11.13 conditions for concurrence of three lines

11.14 distance of a point from a line

11.15 equations of internal and external bisectors of angles between two lines

11.16 coordinates of centroid

11.17 orthocentre and circumcentre of a triangle

11.18 equation of family of lines passing through the point of intersection of two lines

11.19 Circles, conic sections

11.20 Standard form of equation of a circle

11.21 general form of the equation of a circle

11.22 its radius and centre

11.23 equation of a circle when the end points of a diameter are given

11.24 points of intersection of a line and a circle with the centre at the origin and condition for a line to be tangent to a circle

11.25 equation of the tangent

11.26 Sections of cones

11.27 Equations of conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola) in standard forms

11.28 condition for y = mx + c to be a tangent and point (s) of tangency

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12.1Coordinates of a point in space

12.2 distance between two points

12.3 section formula

12.4 direction ratios and direction cosines

12.5 angle between two intersecting lines

12.6 Skew lines

12.7 the shortest distance between them and its equation

12.8 Equations of a line and a plane in different forms

12.9 intersection of a line and a plane

12.10 coplanar lines

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13.1Vectors and scalars

13.2 addition of vectors

13.3 components of a vector in two dimensions and three dimensional space

13.4 scalar and vector products

13.5 scalar and vector triple product

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14.1 Measures of Dispersion: Calculation of mean

14.2 Median

14.3 Mode of grouped and ungrouped data calculation of standard deviation

14.4 variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data

14.5 Probability: Probability of an event

14.6 addition and multiplication theorems of probability

14.7 Baye's theorem

14.8 probability distribution of a random variate

14.9 Bernoulli trials and Binomial distribution

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15.1 Trigonometrical identities and equations

15.2 Trigonometrical functions

15.3 Inverse trigonometrical functions and their properties

15.4 Heights and Distances

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16.1 Statements

16.2 logical operations and, or, implies, implied by, if and only if

16.3 Understanding of tautology, contradiction, converse and contrapositive

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