Madhya-Pradesh P.S.C. Examination Zoology Mains syllabus

Madhya-Pradesh P.S.C. Examination
M.P.P.S.C. Mains  Syllabus

Zoology  (Code No. 03)

Paper-I (Part-I)

Structure, general organization and Biology of nonchordata and chordata, ecology ethology, economic zoology and Laboratory methods.

1. Non-chordata and chordata

• Classfication and relationship of various phyla upto subclasses. 
• Protozoa - Structure , locomotion, nutrition, reproduction; and life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis, Plasmodium,Trypnosoma and Amoeba.
• Porifera - Stucture, histology, Skeleton, canal system and reproduction in sycon
• Coelenterata - Polymorphism, defensive structures and their mechanism; coral reefs and their formation; metagenesis; general features and life history of Obelia and Aurelia.
• Platyhelminthes - Parasitic adaptation; general features and life history of Fasciola and Taenia and their relation to man.
• Nemathelminthes -General features,life history and parasitic adaptation of Ascaris; Nemathelminths in relation to man.
• Annelida -Coelom & metamerism; general features & life history of Neanthes, Pheretima and Hirudinaria.
• Arthropoda - External features, organ systems and life histry of prawn, scorpion and cockroach.Mouth parts in insects( cockroach, mosquito, housefly, honey bee and butterfly); metamorphosis in insects and its hormonal regulation; social organization in insects (termites and honey bees).
• Mollusca - Feeding, respiration, locomotion, general features and life history of Unio & Pila. Torsion and detorsion in gastropods.
• Echinodermata - General features, Feeding, respiration, water vascular system and locomotion of Asterias.
• Protochordata - Origin of chordates; general features and life history of Herdamania and Branchiostoma.
• Pisces - Scales, respiration, locomotion, migration. Structure and Affinities of Dipnoi.
• Amphibia - Parental care, neoteny & paedogenesis.
• Reptilia - Poisonous and non poisonous snakes of M.P. - Biting mechanism of snakes.
• Aves - Flight adaptation and migration. Mammalia - Structural peculiarities and phyllogenetic relation of profotheria and methatheria
• Comparative functional anatomy of following systems of vertebrates-integument and its derivatives, endoskeleton (limbs and girdles only), digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system (heart and aortic arches only) urino-genital system, brain and sense organs (eye and ear only).

Paper-I (Part-II)

1. Ecology

• Biosphere - Biogeochemical cycles, green-houses effect, ozone layer and its impact; ecological succession.
• Population, characteristics, population dynamics, population stabilization.
• Wild life of India its conservations. Biosphere reserves. Environmental biodegradation; pollution and its impact on biosphere and its prevention.

2. Ethology

• Behaviour - Learning, instinct, habituation, conditioning, imprinting.
• Role of hormones in drive; role of pheromones in alarm spreading; social behaviour in insects and primates;courtship (Drosophila, 3-spine stickleback and birds). Biological clock and circadian rhythms.

3. Economic Zoology

• Apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, carp culture, pearl culture,prawn culture.
• Major infectious and communicable diseases (small pox, plague,malaria, tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS) their vectors,pathogens and prevention.Insects and diseases in relation to man.

4. Laboratory techniques

• Study of pH meter 
• Chromatography-(paper and thin layer)
• Microtomy
• Preparation of fixatives, stains and reagents
• Museum keeping & preservation
• Skeleton preparation and taxidermy.

Paper-II (Part-I)

Cell Biololgy, genetics, evolution, systematic, biochemistry, physiology and embryology
1. Cell Biology

• Structure and function of cell and its organelles(nucleus, plasma membrane, mitochondria, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes and Lysosomes), cell division (mitosis and meiosis), cell cycle.
• Watson-Crick model of DNA, replication of DNA,
• Protein synthesis.
• Cell fusion.

2. Genetics and biotechnology

• Genetic code. 
• Sex chromosomes and sex determination in Drosophilla, and man.
• Mendel's laws of inheritance, recombination, linkage, and crossing over, multiple alleles, inheritance of blood groups.
• Mutations and mutagenesis : radiation and chemical.
• Cloning technology, plasmids and cosmids as vectors,transgenics, transposons, DNA sequence cloning and whole animal cloning (Principles and methodology).
• Regulation and gene expression in pro-and eu-karyotes.
• Congenital diseases in man.
• DNA finger-printing.

3. Evolution and systematic

• Origin of life 
• Lamarck and his works.
• Darwin and his works.
• Sources and nature of organic variation.
• Natural selection.
• Isolation.
• Concept of species and sub-species, principles of classification, zoological nomenclature and international code , cladistics.
• Fossils,
• Geological eras.
• Distribution of animals, zoo geographical realms of the world.

Paper-II (Part-II)

1. Biochemistry

• Structure and role of carbohydrates, fats, lipids, proteins, aminoacids, nucleic acids.
• Glycolysis and Krebs cycle, oxidation and reduction,oxidative phosphorylation; energy conservation and release, ATP, cyclic AMP-its structure and role.
• Hormone and their function.
• Enzymes: types and mechanisms of action and co-enzymes.
• Immunoglobulin and immunity.

2. Physiology (with reference to mammals)

• Composition and constitutents of blood; its coagulation, factors and mechanism of coagulation; thermo regulation. Blood group and Rh factor in man.
• Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport; haemoglobin :constitutents and its role in regulation, of gaseous transport.
• Nutritive requirements; role of salivary glands, liver, pancreas and intestinal glands in digestion and absorption.
• Excretory products; nephron and regulation of urine formation; osmoregulation.
• Types of muscles, mechanism of contraction of skeletal muscles.
• Neuron, nerve impulse-its conduction and synaptic transmission; neurotransmitters.
• Vision, hearing and olfaction in man.
• Mechanism of hormone action.
• Physiology of reproduction, role of hormones in reproduction.

3. Embryology

• Gametogenesis, fertilization, types of eggs,cleavage, development up to gastrulation in Branchiostoma,frog & chick,Metamorphosis in frog,formation & fate of extra embryonic membranes in chick and mammals.Types & functions of placenta in mammals;
• Paedogenesis and neoteny.
• Growth, regeneration and aging. 
• In vitro fertilization; embryo transfer, cloning.
  

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