Zoology
Total Marks – 200
Table of Contents
Paper I – Invertebrate and chordate zoology
Marks – 100
The candidates will be required to attempt five questions – three from Part A and two from Part b
Part A Invertebrate
General organization (general morphology, mode of life, adaptations, life cycles and economic importance) of the following groups with special reference to the topics mentioned in each group:
1. Protozoa: Parasitism, conjugation and auto gamy, medical importance
2. Porifera: Canal system skeletal structures and their taxonomic value, position of porifera in the animal kingdom
3. Coelenterata: Polymorphism, measenterics, corals and coral reefs
4. Platyhelminthes: Parasitic adaptations, medical importance
5. Nematode; Medical importance
6. Annelida: Coelum, metamerism
7. Mollusca: Shell, modifications of foot, feeding, respiration, shell fishery
8. Echinodermata: Skeleton, water vascular system, larvae
9. Arthropoda: Appendages, feeding, respiration, larvae
Part B Chordate
Origin, comparative account of skeleton, circulatory, excretory and nervous systems, development (Egg types, cleavage, blastula and gastrula, germ layer / formation, embryonic membranes and placentation) natural history (mode of life, migration, adaptations, biting mechanism of snakes)