Biology Syllabus for the KCET 2015 Examinations:
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test, which is also popularly known as the KCET Examinations is conducted to admit all Candidates and Students to the Various Several Engineering, Technology, Architecture Programs.
The above mentioned Programs and Courses are offered by Universities and Colleges all over the State of Karnataka. Some of these colleges are Privately funded while some are not, but all these technical educational institutes offer and admit students and candidates to their courses and programs, only on the basis of the performance and marks obtained in the KCET Examinations.
These examinations comprise of 4 Papers, namely Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. The Next KCET 2015 Examinations are Scheduled to be conducted in the Month of May 2015. Here, is the Biology Syllabus for the KCET 2015 Examinations.
UNIT I: DIVERSITY IN LIVING WORLD
What is living? – Concept of Biodiversity Classification of the living organisms
– Need for classification
– Three domains of life
– Five kingdoms of life and basis of five kingdom classification
– Virus and Virioids
Systematics and binomial System of nomenclature
– Taxonomy & Systematics
– Concept os species & taxonomic hierarchy
– Binomial nomenclature
– Salient features of classification of Monera, Protoctista (Protista) and Fungi into major groups
– Salient features of classification of plants into major groups: Algae, Bryophytes,Pteriodophytes, Gymnosperms and features of each category and at least two examples of each
– Angiosperms: classification upto class, characterisation features and examples
– Salient features of animals: Major non-chordates phyla and chordate classes. Three to five salient features and at least two examples
– Tools for study of biodiversity: Museums, Zoos, Herbaria, botanical gardens
UNIT II: STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS AND PLANTS
– Tissues in animals and plants
– Morphology including modifications, microscopic anatomy and functions of different parts of flowering plants: Root, Stem, leaf, inflorescence, flower, fruit and seed (To be dealt along with the relevant Practicals of the Practical Syllabus)
– Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach) (Brief account only)
UNIT III: CELL: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
– Cell and its three major parts: Cell Membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus
– Cell theory and the cell as the basic unit of life
– Structure of the Prokanyotic and eucaryotic cell
– Plant cell and animal cell (brief)
– Cell Organelles:Cell envelope, cell membrane, cell wall structure and
function: mitochondria, Golgi bodies/dictyosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles, plastids, microbodies
– Cytoskeleton, cilia, flagella, centrioles (Ultrastructure and function)
– Nucleus: nuclear membrane, chromatin, nucleolus
– Chemical constituents of living cells
– Biomolecules: Structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, lipids and nucleic acids
– Enzymes: types, properties, function and enzyme action
– Cell division: Cell cycle, significance of, and differences between Mitosis and Meiosis
UNIT IV: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Movement of water, food, nutrients and gases
– Absorption of water, gases and nutrients
– Cell to Cell transport
– Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport
– Plant-Water Relations
– Imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis
– Long Distance Transport
– Apoplant, symplast, root pressure, transpiration pull
– Transportation and Guttation
– Opening and closing of stomata
– Role of K+ ions
-Uptake of mineral and their translocation
– Transportation through xylem and phloem
-Plants and mineral nutrition
– Essential minerals, macro- and micronutrients and their role
– Defficiency symptoms
– Mineral toxicity
– Elementary idea of Hydroponics as a Method to study mineral nutrition
– Nitrogen metabolism: Nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation
– Exchange of gases
– Cellular respiration: glycolysis, fermentation (anaerobic)
– Energy Relation: Number