WBJEE Biology Syllabus

Will you please provide me syllabus for the WBJEE Biological Sciences ?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Biological Science Syllabus

Biological Sciences

Unit of Life : Definition of life, Cell as the basic unit of life. Cell theory, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell –

structure and differences.

Ultrastructure and functions of cellular components : Cell wall, Plasma membrane, Plastid, Endoplasmic

reticulum, Golgi bodies, Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Nucleus, Centrosomes, Cilia, Flagella.

Microscopy : Components and principles of Simple and Compound Microscope;

Electron Microscope : Basic functional principles.

Physical and chemical principles involved in maintenance of life processes iffusion, Osmosis,

Absorption, Osmoregulation.

Biomolecules : Classification and structural properties of carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, proteins and

Nucleic acids.

Carbohydrates : Monosaccharides, digosaccharides, and polysaccharides (starch, glycogen, cellulose).

Proteins :Simple (albumins, globulins, collagen) and conjugated proteins (only examples).

Nucleic acids : Structure of DNA, RNA, types of RNA.

Enzymes : Definition & properties, Examples; Mechanism of Action, Allosterism and Regulation.
Chromosomes and Cell Division : Morphology of chromosomes; Euchromatin and Heterochromatin.
Nucleic acid as genetic material (Examples: Bacterial Transformation and Viral Transduction).
Brief idea of Polytene chromosomes:Cell cycle and phases (excluding control mechanism). Characters of
malignant cell; Process & significance of Meiosis.

Genetics : Laws of Heredity : (Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses; Mendel’s laws). Back cross, Test cross,

Linkage, Crossing over, Sex linked inheritance – Colour blindness, Haemophilia.

Mutation – Definition and Types; Replication of DNA, Transcription and Translation (Brief idea).

Origin, Evolution and Diversity of Life :Haldane and Oparin’s concept on origin of life. Modern concept

of Natural selection, Biological Species concept.

Human evolution – an outline.

Taxonomy and Classification : Definition; Importance of Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature, Law of

Priority (Homonym & Synonym).

Concept of Biodiversity : Definition of Biodiversity ; Genetic diversity; Species diversity and Ecosystem

diversity. Five kingdom classification (only distinct characters).Salient features of major animal phyla with

common examples, classification of Chordates (up to Sub Class) with distinctive characters only.

Population Biology :Concept of population growth (logistic and exponential) and population control.

Ecosystem : Concept of ecosystem and Biosphere, Wetland..
Brief idea of Ecological pyramids, Energy flow, Biogeochemical cycle (concept only).

Environmental pollution : Air, water and noise pollution – sources effects and probable control strategies;

Biomagnification and Bioaccumulation. Cause of Dyslexia, Minamata and Etai etai diseases. Green house
effect, BOD, COD, Acid rain and Ozone hole.

Virus and Bacteria :Morphological characteristics of Bacteriophage (T2),Plant virus (TMV);Animal virus

(influenza),Bacterial cell (E. coli).

Staining : Gram staining for bacteria.

Biotechnological application of microbes : (a)Agricultural – Rhizobium and other Nitrogen fixing

bacteria, Biofertilizers and Bio- pesticides ; (b) Industrial – Production of curd; tanning and brewery;

synthesis of antibiotics, vitamin. (c)Cloning of microbial genes.

Tissue and tissue system a)Plant Tissues–Meristematic and permanent (types with characterization and

function).(b)Animal Tissue – outline classification and examples.

Functions of life :

Photosynthesis :

Major photosynthetic pigments, outline concept of light and dark reaction phases, basic idea of bacterial

photosynthesis, C2, C3, C4 pathways, CAM (in brief), photorespiration.

Respiratory system :
Biomolecules : Classification and structural properties of carbohydrates, lipids, aminoacids, proteins and nucleic acids.

For the complete syllabus I am attaching a word file with it..

WBJEE Biology Syllabus

I have applied for the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations (WBJEE) and starting the preparation of this exam from the Biology section and need the syllabus of it to know about there topics so can you please provide me its syllabus so that I can start my preparation?