Zoology : Entrance Exam

Study Material
BIODIVERSITY
-:- Biodiversity Explanation and Biodiversity in India - Click Here
-:- Taxonomic systems - Click Here

-:- Introduction to taxa and species - Click Here

-:- Phenetic method or Numerical taxonomy and Cytotaxonomy and

Chemotaxonomy and Palaeotaxonomy Explaination - Click Here

-:- Nomenclature methods and Basic principles of nomenclature and

Identification keys - Click Here

-:- Methods of grouping animals - Click Here

-:- Phylum : Protozoa, Porifera and Coelenterata or Cnidaria - Click

Here
-:- Phylum: Platyhelminthes - Click Here

-:- Phylum : Nematoda and Annelida - Click Here

-:- Phylum : Arthropoda - Click Here

-:- Phylum Mollusca and Phylum Echinodermata - Click Here

-:- Phylum Chordata and Diversity and General Characters of

Chordates - Click Here
-:- Classification of Phylum Chordata - Click Here

-:- Sub phylum : Vertebrata (Craniata) and Classification of

Vertebrata - Class : Pisces and Tetrapoda - Click Here

-:- Class : Amphibia - sub phylum Tetrapoda - Click Here

-:- Class : Amniota - Reptilia - sub phylum - Tetrapoda - Click Here

-:- Class : Aves - sub phylum : Tetrapoda - Click Here

-:- Class : Mammalia - Reptilia - sub phylum : Tetrapoda - Click Here

-:- Monotremata, Marsupialia and Placentalia -Classification of Class

: Mammalia - Reptilia - sub phylum - Tetrapoda - Click Here

-:- Scientific Names of Animals - Click Here

-:- Plasmodium - Click Here

-:- Life cycle in the mosquito - sporogony - Click Here

-:- Control of Malaria - Click Here

-:- Types of Malaria - Click Here

-:- Earthworm : External features , External apertures - Click Here

-:- Earthworm - Body wall ,Body Cavity,Locomotion - Click Here

-:- Earthworm - Digestive System, Feeding - Click Here

-:- Earthworm - Circulatory System - Click Here

-:- Earthworm : Excretory System - Click Here

-:- Earthworm : Excretory System - Click Here

-:- Earthworm : Nervous System - Click Here

-:- Earthworm : Reproductive System - Click Here
-:- Pigeon : External features - Click Here

-:- Pigeon : The wings - Click Here

-:- Pigeon : Exoskeleton , Quill feather - Click Here

-:- Pigeon : Endoskeleton : Flight muscles, Pectoralis major,

Pectoralis minor or subclavius, Coracobrachialis - Click Here

-:- Pigeon - Digestive system - Click Here

-:- Pigeon - Respiratory System - Click Here

-:- Pigeon - Circulatory system and Venous system - Click Here

-:- Nervous system and Sense organ of Pigeon - Click Here

-:- Pigeon - Urinogenital system and Male, Female reproductive

organs - Click Here

CELL BIOLOGY
-:- Cell Biology - Click Here
-:- Microscopy and Anton van Leeuwenhoek simple microscope -

Click Here
-:- Compound light, Dark field, Phase contrast, Oil - immersion and

Electron microscope - Click Here

-:- Cytological Techniques - Click Here

-:- Plasma Membrane - Click Here

-:- Mitochondria - Click Here
-:- Ribosomes - Click Here

-:- Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and Function of Endoplasmic

Reticulum - Click Here

-:- Golgi apparatus - Click Here

-:- Lysosomes - Click Here

-:- Centrioles - Click Here

-:- Animal Nucleus or Human Nucleus - Click Here

-:- Chromosomes of Animal Nucleus or Human Nucleus - Click Here

-:- Cancer biology - Click Here

-:- Molecular biology of cancer - Click Here

-:- Types of cancer and factor causes cancer - Click Here

-:- Cancer and death - Click Here

-:- Management of cancer : Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy - Click

Here

HUMAN ANATOMY
-:- History of Human anatomy - Click Here
-:- The Integumentary System - Skin and hypodermis - Click Here

-:- The Integumentary System - hypodermis, Epidermis, Callus, Skin

color, Hair, glands, Nails -Click Here

-:- Human Skeletal System - Click Here
-:- Structure of a typical long bone - Click Here

-:- Skull - Human Skeletal system - Click Here

-:- Vertebrae - Human Skeletal system - Click Here

-:- Rib cage - Human Skeletal system - Click Here

-:- Appendicular skeleton - Pectoral girdle, Pectoral girdle, Pelvic

girdle or pelvis, Wrist, Hand, Leg, Ankle, Foot, Kinds of joints,

Fibrous joints, Cartilaginous joints, Synovial joints - Click Here
-:- Human Muscular System and Types of Muscular System - Click

Here
-:- Skeletal muscles - Human Muscular System - Click Here

-:- Shapes of muscles and Naming of muscles - Human Muscular

System - Click Here

-:- Distribution of human muscles - Muscles of the human head,

Muscles of the Neck region, Muscles of the Trunk region, Muscles

of the upper limb, Muscles of the lower limb - Click Here
-:- Human Entire Digestive system process with diagram - Mouth or

Buccal cavity, Tongue, Teeth, Salivary glands, Pharynx, Stomach,

Small intestine, Duodenum, Jejunum and ileum, Liver, Gall bladder,
Pancreas, Caecum, Colon, Rectum, Anal canal - Click Here
-:- Human Respiratory system with diagram - Nasal cavity, Pharynx,

Larynx, Trachea, Lungs, Thoracic wall and muscles of respirations -

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-:- The Human Circulatory System - Systemic and Pulmonary

circulations - Pulmonary circulation, Systemic circulation, Portal

circulation - Click Here
-:- Components of Human Circulatory system : Blood vessels, Types

of blood vessels, The Heart -Click Here

-:- The Human Heart structure with diagram - Click Here

-:- Human Lymphatic system - Lymphoid cells and tissues, Thymus,

Lymph nodes, Spleen, Tonsils, The lymphatic circulation - Click Here

-:- The structure of a peripheral nerve : Central nervous system (C N

S) Peripheral nervous system Autonomous nervous system , brain -

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-:- Human Brain : Prosencephalon (Fore brain), Mesencephalon (mid

brain), Rhombencephalon (hind brain), Brain stem, Pachymenix,

Leptomeninges - Click Here
-:- The Eye - Sensory Organ - Click Here

-:- Ears (The organs of hearing) - The Sensory Organ - Click Here

-:- Endocrine system and glands : Pituitary gland (or) Hypophysis,

thyroid, parathy roids, pancreas, adrenals, testes and ovaries - Click

Here
-:- Urinary system : kidneys (renes), ureters, the uri-nary bladder

(vesica urinaria) and the urethra - Click Here

-:- Male reproductive organs - Click Here
-:- Female reproductive organs - Click Here

GENETICS
-:- GENETICS - Click Here
-:- Quantitive inheritance - GENETICS - Click Here

-:- Genetics : Sex determination in Human beings - Click Here

-:- Male haploidy or Haplo-diploidy mechanism - Click Here

-:- Genetics : Sex - linked Inheritance - Click Here

-:- Genetics : Pleiotropy - Click Here

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
-:- Developmental Biology - Gametogenesis, Spermatogenesis,
Oogenesis, Fertilization - Click Here
-:- Types of eggs - Click Here

-:- Cleavage and types - Frog's egg - Click Here

-:- Gastrulation in frog embryo - Click Here

-:- Organogenesis of Frog - Click Here

ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY
-:- Corals - reef builders - ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY - Click Here
-:- Earthworm - Vermiculture - Click Here

-:- Uses and types of Beneficial Insects : Productive Insects - Honey

bee, Silk worms, Lac insects. Helpful Insects : Insect - Predators -

Click Here
-:- Prawns, Lobsters and Crabs - ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY - Click Here

-:- Pearl Oyster - Click Here

-:- Fishes - Nutritive value - Click Here

-:- Guano (Bird excreta) - Click Here

-:- Aquarium - Setting up an aquarium tank - Click Here

-:- Vivarium ( Zoo ) and List of important Zoos - Click Here

-:- Disease causing organisms - Vectors : Housefly - Musca

domestica, Sand flies - Phlebotomus papatasi, Rat fleas -

Xenopsylla cheopis, The human louse - Pediculus humanus,
Mosquitoes : Anopheles, Culex, Aedes sp - Click Here
-:- Poisonous Organisms : Physalia, Scorpion, Centipede, Honey bees

and Wasps, Poisonous fishes, Poisonous snakes - Click Here

-:- Poisonous snakes : Cobra, Krait, Vipers, Sea Snakes and Poison

Apparatus of a Snake - Click Here

-:- Fouling Organisms - Click Here
-:- Pests - Pests of Crops : Cotton, Paddy, Sugarcane, Vegetables,

Coconut palm, Stored grains, household goods - Click Here

ORIGIN OF LIFE
-:- ORIGIN OF LIFE - Theories - Click Here
-:- Geological time scale : Palaeozoic era, Mesozoic era, Cenozoic era

- Click Here
-:- Fossils : Fossilization, Evolutionary significance of fossils, List of

Important fossils - Click Here

-:- Extinct animals-mass extinction : Causes and Pattern of

extiniction - Click Here

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
-:- Nutrition : Carbohydrates (Poly hydroxyaldehydes (or) ketones.),
Proteins(Polypeptides), Lipids, Vitamins - Click Here
-:- Carbohydrates (Poly hydroxyaldehydes (or) ketones.) - Click Here

-:- Proteins(Polypeptides) - Click Here

-:- Lipids - Click Here

-:- Vitamins : functions of vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency Ailments -
Click Here
-:- Minerals, Water, Balanced diet, Calorie values, Obesity - Click

Here
-:- The digestive system and The process of digestion - Click Here

-:- Dental Caries (Tooth decay) : Symptoms, Root Canal Treatment -

Click Here
-:- Peptic ulcer and Hernia : Causes of Peptic ulcer and Types of

Hernia - Click Here

-:- Appendicitis, Gall Stones, Hepatitis, Hernia, Peptic ulcer - Click

Here
-:- Types of fractures, Mechanism of fracture, Healing of Bones in

fracture, Dislocation of joints, Physiotherapy and rehabilitation,

Arthiritis , Orthopedics, Rickets and steomalacia - Click Here
-:- Structure of a skeletal muscle, sarcomere - Click Here

-:- Mechanism and Types of muscle contraction - Click Here

-:- Benefits of aerobic exercise - Click Here

-:- Myasthenia Gravis Muscle Disease - Click Here

-:- Process of pulmonary respiration - Click Here

-:- Mechanism of Human Breathing : Expiration , Inspiration - Click

Here
-:- Gaseous exchange in the alveoli - Click Here
-:- Herring - Breuer reflex - Click Here
-:- Lungs Disease : Tuberculosis (TB), Herring - Breuer reflex, Acute

and Chronic Bronchitis -Click Here

-:- Human Circulatory System : Functioning of Human heart - Click

Here
-:- Myocardial infarction : Symptoms, Causes, Risk factors - Click

Here
-:- Angina pectoris - Click Here

-:- Angiogram : Coronary Angiography and Coronary Angioplasty -

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-:- Atherosclerosis, Heart block, Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) -

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-:- ICCU - (Intensive Coronary Care Unit) - Click Here

-:- Blood Pressure : Intensive of hypertension - Click Here

-:- Composition of plasma : Components with Functions - Click Here

-:- Types of blood cells or corpuscles - Click Here

-:- Human Nervous system - Click Here

-:- Human brain - Click Here

-:- Types of memory - Click Here

-:- Types of sleep - Click Here

-:- Human Brain Stroke and Brain haemorrhage - Click Here

-:- Alzheimer's Disease, Meningitis (Brain fever), Conditioned reflex -

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-:- Right and Left Human brain concept - Click Here

-:- Spinal cord functioning - Click Here

-:- Functions of Endocrine glands - Click Here

-:- Pituitary gland and The hormones of anterior pituitary - Click

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-:- Thyroid gland and thyroxine - Click Here

-:- Human Insulin - Click Here

-:- Human Glucagon - Click Here

-:- Gonads : Testis and Overies - Click Here

-:- Focusing Mechanism in the Human Eye - Click Here

-:- Human eye : Errors of refraction - Click Here

-:- Retinopathy - Human Eye Disease - Click Here

-:- Human Eye : Cataract, Lens Replacement - Click Here

-:- Human Eye : Glaucoma, Nyctalopia Disorder, Infections,

Symptoms, Treatment - Click Here

-:- EAR - Some Information - Click Here

-:- Mechanism of hearing - Human Ear - Click Here

-:- Defects of the Human ear - Click Here

-:- Human Hearing Aid - Click Here

-:- Noise pollution - Click Here

-:- Human Skin and Functions of skin - Click Here

-:- Functions of Human Skin Melanin - Click Here
-:- Human Skin grafting and Dermatitis - Click Here

-:- Human Tongue and Mechanism of Stimulation - Click Here

-:- Human Excretion - Click Here

-:- Mechanism of urine formation - Click Here

-:- Renal Failure, Dialysis and Kidney Machines - Click Here

-:- Human Kidney stone (Calculus) And Kidney transplantation - Click

Here
-:- Diabetes mellitus : Symptoms, Causes, prevention - Click Here

-:- Functioning of male reproductive system - Click Here

-:- Functioning of female reproductive system - Click Here

-:- Female Menstrual cycle - 28 days - Click Here

-:- In vitro fertilization (Test tube babies) and Birth control - Click

Here
-:- Contraception - Methods to prevention of pregnancy - Click Here

MICROBIOLOGY
-:- History of Medical microbiology - Click Here
-:- Structure of Viruses And Viral genetics - Click Here

-:- Viral Diseases - Click Here

-:- Cultivation (culture) of Animal viruses - Click Here

-:- Bacterial structure And Culture - Click Here
-:- Bacterial Genetics - Click Here

-:- Bacterial Diseases - Click Here

-:- Protozoan microbiology - Click Here

-:- Larval microbiology - Click Here

-:- AIDS (HIV) Structure, its control, Pathogenesis, Symptoms,

Diagnosis, Control and Management - Click Here

IMMUNOLOGY
-:- IMMUNOLOGY : Innate Immunity (Non-specific) And Acquired
Immunity (Specific immunity) -Click Here
-:- Primary Lymphoid Organ Thymus - Click Here

-:- Peripheral Lymphoid Organs : Lymph nodes, Spleen - Click Here

-:- Secondary Lymphoid Organs : Mucosa associated lymphoid

tissues (MALT) - Click Here

-:- Antibodies - Immunoglobulins, Region of polypeptide chains,

Transplantation immunology -Click Here

-:- Classification of grafts - Click Here

-:- Immune system disorders - Click Here

MODERN GENETICS
-:- Human Genetics - Karyotyping - Click Here
-:- Genetic Engineering (Recombinant DNA Technology) - Click Here

-:- Genetic Diseases - Click Here

-:- Human Genome Project (HGP) - Click Here

-:- Cloning : Differentiation, Cloning of Sheep (Mechanism), Ethical

Issues, Merits and Demerits of cloning - Click Here

-:- Transgenic organisms : Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) -

Click Here
-:- Gene therapy - Click Here

-:- Bioinformatics : Definition, History, Applications - Click Here

-:- Scope of Genetic Engineering And Bioinformatics - Click Here

-:- Nucleic acid, Protein sequence databases And Genome

sequencing, DNA library - Click Here

-:- Protein Structure, Protein Model And Uses - Click Here

-:- Human population and explosion - Issues - Click Here

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
-:- Reasons for the Explosion. Impacts Of Growing Population and
Environmental - Click Here
-:- Global warming : Green house effect - Click Here

-:- Types of Greenhouse Gases - Click Here

-:- Effects of Global warming - Click Here

-:- Ozone layer depletion : Ozone hole, Preventing And Effect of

Ozone depletions - Click Here

-:- Waste management - Click Here

-:- Waste management : Classification of wastes - Click Here

-:- Management of hazardous wastes - Click Here

-:- Management of non-hazardous wastes- Solid Waste

Management - Click Here

-:- Biodiversity conservation (Biosphere reserves) Government and

non Governmental organizations - Click Here

-:- Energy crisis and its environmental impact - Click Here

-:- Steps to be taken to resolve energy crisis - Click Here

-:- Environmental impacts : Thermal, Hydel, Nuclear Power, Solar

energy, Fossil fuels - Click Here

-:- Poverty and Environmental : issues, alleviation - Click Here

-:- Fresh water crisis and management - Click Here

-:- Freshwater resources - Click Here

-:- Freshwater shortages - Click Here

-:- Freshwater Management - Click Here

APPLIED BIOLOGY
-:- Important cattle breeds and their characteristics - Click Here
-:- cattle breeds : Milch breeds (or) Dairy breeds, Dual purpose

breeds, Draught breeds - Click Here

-:- Milch breeds (or) Dairy Cattle breeds : Sindhi (Red Sindhi, Red

Karachi), Gir (Kathiawarhi, Surti) - Click Here

-:- Dual purpose Cattle breeds - Ongole : Nellore - Click Here

-:- Draught Cattle breeds : Kangayam, Hallikar, Jersey - Click Here

-:- Common diseases and control for Cattle - Click Here

-:- Poultry Breeds - Click Here

-:- Poultry Farming methods - Click Here

-:- Factors involved in brooding - Click Here

-:- Pisciculture : Characters of cultivable fish - Click Here

-:- Fish Pond : Types and Preparation of pond, Management and

Feeding - Click Here

-:- Edible Fishes Of Tamilnadu (India) - Click Here

-:- Stethoscope and Uses of Stethoscope - Click Here

-:- Sphygmomanometer - Click Here

-:- Haemocytometer - Click Here

-:- Urine - Sugar analysis - Click Here

-:- ECG-Electrocardiogram - Click Here
-:- Computed Tomography (CT)(OR) Computerized axial tomography

(CAT) - Advantages and Uses - Click Here

-:- Types of Endoscopy - Click Here

-:- Artificial Pacemaker And Autoanalyser - Click Here

THEORIES OF EVOLUTION
-:- THEORIES OF EVOLUTION : Lamarckism - Click Here
-:- THEORIES OF EVOLUTION : Neo-lamarckism - Click Here

-:- THEORIES OF EVOLUTION : Darwinism - Click Here

-:- Modern concept of Natural Selection (or) Modern synthetic

theory of Evolution - Click Here