Download Scientific Officer Syllabus (Various fields of Life Science- Indicative)
Previous Year Question Paper
Biochemistry
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Section 1:
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Organization of life;
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Importance of water;
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Structure and function of biomolecules:
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Amino acids,
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Carbohydrates,
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Lipids,
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Proteins
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Nucleic acids;
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Protein structure, folding / misfolding and function;
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Myoglobin
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Hemoglobin
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Lysozyme
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Ribonuclease A
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Carboxypeptidase
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Chymotrypsin.
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Section 2 :
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Enzyme kinetics,
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Regulation and inhibition;
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Vitamins and Coenzymes
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Bioenergetics and metabolism;
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Generation and utilization of ATP;
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Metabolic pathways and their regulation:
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glycolysis,
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TCA cycle,
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pentose phosphate pathway,
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oxidative phosphorylation,
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gluconeogenesis,
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glycogen Metabolism
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fatty acid metabolism
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Metabolism of Nitrogen containing compounds
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nitrogen fixation
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amino acids
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nucleotides
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Photosynthesis
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Calvin cycle.
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Section 3 :
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Biochemical separation techniques
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Chromatography
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ion exchange
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size exclusion
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affinity
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Centrifugation;
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Electrophoresis
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DNA- protein interaction
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Protein–protein interactions
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UV-visible
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Fluorescence spectroscopy
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Mass spectrometry.
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Section 4 :
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Cell structure and organelles
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Biological membranes
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Action potential
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Transport across membranes
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Membrane assembly and Protein targeting
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Signal transduction
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Receptor-ligand interaction
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Hormones and neurotransmitters.
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Section 5 :
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DNA replication, transcription and translation;
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DNA damage and repair;
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Biochemical regulation of gene expression;
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Recombinant DNA technology and applications:
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PCR,
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site directed mutagenesis,
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DNA-microarray;
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Next generation sequencing;
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Gene silencing and editing.
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Section 6 :
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Immune system:
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Innate
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Adaptive
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Cell of the immune system
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Active and passive immunity
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Complement system
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Antibody structure, function and diversity
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B cell and T Cell receptors
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B cell and T cell activation
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Major histocompatibilty complex
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Immunological techniques:
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Immunodiffusion
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immune-electrophoresis
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RIA
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ELISA,
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flow cytometry
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monoclonal antibodies and their applications.
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Botany
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Section 1 - Plant Systematics
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Section 2 - Plant Anatomy
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Section 3 - Plant development; cell and tissue morphogenesis
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Section 4 - Plant physiology and biochemistry
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Section 5 - Genetics and genomics
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Section 6 - Plant Breeding, Genetic Modification, Genome Editing
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Section 7 - Economic and applied Botany
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Section 8 - Plant Pathology
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Section 9 - Ecology and Environment
Microbiology
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Section 1 - Historical Perspective
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Section 2 - Methods in Microbiology
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Section 3 - Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity
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Section 4 - Prokaryotic Cells
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Section 5 - Microbial Growth
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Section 6 - Control of Micro-organisms
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Section 7 - Microbial Metabolism
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Section 8 - Microbial Diseases and Host Pathogen Interaction
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Section 9 - Chemotherapy/Antibiotics
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Section 10 - Microbial Genetics
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Section 11 - Microbial Ecology
Zoology
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Section 1 - Animal Diversity
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Section 2 - Evolution
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Section 3 - Genetics
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Section 4 - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Section 5 - Cell Biology
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Section 6 - Gene expression in Eukaryotes
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Section 7 - Animal Anatomy and Physiology
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Section 8 - Parasitology and Immunology
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Section 9 - Development Biology
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Section 10 - Ecology
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Section 11 - Animal Behaviour
Food Technology
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Section 1 - Food Chemistry and Nutrition
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Section 2 - Food Microbiology
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Section 3 - Food Products Technology
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Section 4 - Food Engineering
Biotechnology:
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General Biology
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Biochemistry
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Microbiology
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Immunology
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Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
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Genetics and Evolutionary Biology
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Cell Biology
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Molecular Biology
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Fundamentals of Biological Engineering
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Engineering principles applied to biological systems
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Classical thermodynamics and Bioenergetics
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Transport Processes
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Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
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Bioreaction engineering
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Upstream and Downstream Processing
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Instrumentation and Process Control
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Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology
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Plants
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Animals
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Microbes
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Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology
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Recombinant DNA technology
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Molecular tools
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Analytical tools
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Computational tools
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