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16th October 2014, 07:55 AM
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ICAR Exam Syllabus
Can any of you here please provide me the syllabus of ICAR – NET Agricultural Biotechnology Exam???
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16th October 2014, 09:33 AM
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Re: ICAR Exam Syllabus
As per your request here I am sharing the syllabus of ICAR – NET Agricultural Biotechnology Exam Agricultural Biotechnology-- Unit 1: Cell Structure and Function Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell architecture, Cell wall, plasma membrane, Structure and function of cell organelles: vacuoles, mitochondria, plastids, golgi apparatus, ER, peroxisomes, glyoxisomes. Cell division, regulation of cell cycle, Protein secretion and targeting, Cell division, growth and differentiation. Unit 2: Biomolecules and Metabolism Structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, Synthesis of carbohydrate, glycolysis, HMP, Citric acid cycle and metabolic regulation, Oxidative phosphorylation and substrate level phosphorylation, Vitamins, plant and animal hormones. Functional molecules, antioxidants, nutrient precursor, HSPs, anti-viral compounds. Unit 3: Enzymology Enzymes, structure conformation, classification, assay, isolation, purification and characterization, catariysis specificity, mechanism of action, active site, regulation of enzyme activity, multienzyme complexes, immobilized enzymes and protein engineering, immobilized enzymes and their application. Unit 4: Molecular Genetics Concept of gene, Prokaryotes as genetic system, Prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes, methods of gene isolation and identification, Split genes, overlapping genes and pseudo genes, Organization of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes and genomes including operan, exon, intron, enhancer promoter sequences and other regulatory elements. Mutation – spontaneous, induced and site-directed, recombination in bacteria, fungi and viruses, transformation, transduction, conjugation, transposable elements and transposition. Unit 5: Gene Expression Expression of genetic information, operon concept, Transcription – mechanism of transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, transcription unit, regulatory sequences and enhancers, activators, repressors, co-activators, Co-repressors in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, inducible genes and promoters, Transcription factors post transcriptional modification and protein transport, DNA-protein interaction, Genetic code. Mechanism of translation and its control, post translational modifications. Unit 6: Molecular Biology Techniques Isolation and purification of nucleic acids. Nucleic acids hybridization: Southern, northern and western blotting hybridization. Immune response monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies and ELISA, DNA sequencing. Construction and screening of genomic and C-DNA libraries. Gel electrophoretic techniques. Polymerase chain reactor spectroscopy, rtPCR ultracentrifugation, chromatography, FISH, RIA etc. Unit 7: Gene Cloning Restriction enzymes and their uses. Salient features and uses of most commonly used vectors i.e. plasmids, bacteriophages, phagmids, cosmids, BACs, PACs and YACs, binary vectors, expression vectors. Gene cloning and sub-cloning strategies, chromosome walking, genetic transformation, Basis of animal cloning. Biology. Risk assessment and IPR. Unit 8: Molecular Biology Ribosome structure and function. Protein biosynthesis in prokaryotes and ekaryotes. Post-translational modification. Gene regulation, RNA processing and Post transcriptional modifications. Bioprospecting, biofortification, gene pryrimiding and gene fusion, nbozyme technology. Unit 9: Plant Molecular Biology Photoregulation and phytochrome regulation of nuclear and chloroplastic gene expression. Molecular mechanism of nitrogen fixation. Molecular biology of various stresses, viz. abiotic stresses like drought, salt, heavy metals and temperature; and biotic stresses like bacterial, fungal and viral diseases. Signal transduction and its molecular basis, molecular mechanism of plant hormone action mitochondrial control of fertility, structure, organization and regulation of nuclear gene concerning storage proteins and starch synthesis. Unit 10: Tissue Culture Basic techniques in cell culture and somatic cell genetics. Regulation of cell cycle and cell division.. Clonal propagation. Concept of cellular totipotency. Anther culture, somaclonal and gametoclonal variations. Hybrid embryo culture and embryo rescue, somatic hybridization and cybridization. Application of tissue culture in crop improvement. Secondary metabolite production. In vitro, mutagenesis, cryopreservation and plant tissue culture repository. Unit 11: Plant Genetic Engineering Isolation of genes of economic importance. Gene constructs for tissue-specific expression. Different methods of gene transfer to plants, viz. direct and vector- mediated. Molecular analysis of transformants. Potential applications of plant genetic engineering for crop improvement, i.e. insect-pest resistance (insect, viral, fungal and bacterial disease resistance), abiotic stress resistance, herbicide resistance, storage protein quality, increasing shelf-life, oil quality, Current status of transgenics, biosafty norms and controlled field trials and release of transgenics (GMOs). Unit 12: Molecular Markers and Genomics DNA molecular markers: Principles, type and applications; restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), randomly amplified polymorphic DNA sequences (RAPD), Simple sequence repeats (SSR), Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), Structural and functional genomics, gene mapping, genome mapping, gene tagging and comparative genomics and application of genomics |
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15th February 2016, 06:11 PM
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Re: ICAR Exam Syllabus
Hello sir I want to know about ICAR Exam Syllabus so here can you please provide me its syllabus ?
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15th February 2016, 06:12 PM
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Re: ICAR Exam Syllabus
Hey as The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) invites admissions to its different under graduate as well as post graduate courses through a common entrance exam, popularly called as the AIEEA (All India Entrance Examination for Admissions) Duration The exam is held every year in the months of April/May months for all the candidates Syllabus PHYSICS Physical World and Measurement Kinematics Laws of Motion Work, Energy and Power Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body Gravitation Properties of Bulk Matter Thermodynamics Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory Oscillations and Waves Electrostatics Current Electricity Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents Electromagnetic waves Optics Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation Atoms & Nuclei Electronic Devices Communication Systems CHEMISTRY Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry Solutions Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties States of Matter: Gases and Liquids Equilibrium Hydrogen Some p-Block Elements Organic Chemistry Electrochemistry General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements Group 16 elements Group 18 elements d and f Block Elements Haloalkanes and Haloarenes Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Blomolecules Environmental Chemistry Solid State Structure of Atom Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure Thermodynamics Redox Reactions Preparation and properties of some important compounds Group 14 elements Hydrocarbons Surface Chemistry p-Biock Elements Group 15 elements Group 17 elements Coordination Compounds Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers Organic compounds containing Nitrogen Polymers Chemistry in Everyday life BIOLOGY Application of Biology Continuity of Life Multicellularity : Structure and Function - Plant Life Diversity of Life The Living World Origin and Evolution of Life Multicellularity : Structure and Function -Animal Life Organisms and Environment Unit of Life MATHEMATICS Sets and Functions Coordinate Geometry Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry Mathematical Reasoning Statics Algebra Calculus Linear Programming Statistics & Probability Dynamics |