CUET BIOTECHNOLOGY SYLLABUS


CUET BIOTECHNOLOGY syllabus is divided into two parts.
PART-A will consist of 25 objective questions (MCQs) and will include English, General Awareness, Mathematical Aptitude and Analytical Skills.
PART-B will consist of 75 objective questions (MCQs) from the following syllabus:

CUET BIOTECHNOLOGY

S. No PART A
1 English, General Awareness, Mathematical Aptitude, Analytical Skills
S. No PART B
1 Techniques: Principles and applications of chromatography, spectroscopy, microscopy, electrophoresis, centrifugation, blotting, PCR & radioisotope techniques.
2 Chromatin structure and function:Organization of chromosomes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, chromatin types, centromere, Telomere and concept of gene.
3 Biochemistry: Structure and functions of proteins, DNA, carbohydrates, lipids & vitamins. Bioenergetics, Glycolysis, TCA cycle, Electron Transport System and ATP synthesis, oxidation synthesis of fatty acid, membrane structure and function.
4 Biotechnology:Recombinant DNA technology, principles of gene cloning, applications of biotechnology in medicine, industry and agriculture, animal & plant cell culture, environmental biotechnology.
5 Microbiology:Diversity of microbes, bacterial reproduction, antimicrobial agents, significance of microbes in the industry and agriculture, antigen, antibody, complement systems, immunity, vaccines, plant virus, animal virus and environmental microbiology.
6 Molecular Genetics:Principles of inheritance, linkage & crossing over, chromosomal aberrations, extrachromosomal inheritance, replication, transcription, translation, DNA repair and population genetics.
7 Plant Sciences: Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Vascular system in plants, Economic important of plants, Photosynthesis, Photoperiodism, Vernalization, and Biogeochemical cycle.
8 Animal Sciences:Characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates, anatomy and physiology of different system of humans, nerve impulse transmission, endocrinology, human diseases Apoptosis and cancer, inherited diseases, animal cell culture.