UP TGT Biology Syllabus 2023

Subjects

Topics

Sub Topics

Zoology

Principles of Taxonomy & Classification and general features of different phyla

1. Protozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Aschelminthes, Arthropoda,Mollusca, Echinodermata, Chordata
2. General organization and life history of representative of above-mentioned phyla
3. Brief knowledge of 
4. Protozoa and diseases
5. Polymorphism in Cnidarians
6. Helminths and diseases
7. Harmful and beneficial insects
8. Poisonous & nonpoisonous snakes
9. Economic importance of mammals

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells & Mendels Law of Inheritance

• Linkage and Crossing over,Eugenics, Organic evolution: Evidences & Theories ,Darwinism, Lamarckism, Neo Darwinism, Human evolution

Ecology

• Major Ecosystems & their components, Pollution

Other miscellaneous 

1. Elementary knowledge of Human Physiology
2. Characteristics and Classification of Biomolecules
3. Embryology and Embryonic development of Amphioxus & frog

Botany

Virus

• Definition, Nature, Structure of TMV, Bacteriophage, Viroids and Prions, Economic Importance Structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, and Economic Importance

Fungi 

• General characters, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, and Economic Importance, Alexoopaulaus and Mims classification, Structure and classification of Rhizopus, Aspergillus, Albugo, Pythium, Agaricus, Puccinia, and Ustilago

Algae

• General characters, classification upto classes level, Algal pigments, Economic Importance of Algae, Structure and Life cycle of Batrachospermum, Ectocarpus, Volvox, Vaucheria, Oedogonium, Polysiphonia and BGA(Nostoc & Anabaena)

Lichens

• General characters, Nature and types, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction

Bryophytes

• General characters, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, Economic Importance and structure of Marchantia, Riccia, Anthoceros, and Funaria.

Pteridophytes

• General characters, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, Economic Importance, and structure of Lycopodium, Selaginella, Equisetum, and Marsilea, Heterospory and seed habit

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Gymnosperms

• General characters, classification upto classes level, distribution, Economic Importance and life cycles of Ephedra, Cycas and Pinus, Paleobotany

Taxonomy of Angiosperms

• Bentham, and Hooker, Binomial Nomenclature and about different families and Economic botany

Other miscellaneous

1. Genetics
2. Plant Physiology
3. Biochemistry
4. Environmental Botany
5. Plant Pathology
6. Molecular Biology