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Zoology — Model Syllabus Roadmap

22 Official 2024 Lecturer Disciplines — Syllabus Directory · Subjects 12–22

Useful for: SSB Lecturer (Degree Colleges)

Overview

Postgraduate zoology covers animal diversity, cell and molecular biology, genetics, physiology, developmental biology, evolution, ecology and applied zoology.

Key points

  • Animal diversity and classification.
  • Cell and molecular biology: DNA replication, gene expression.
  • Genetics and evolution: Hardy–Weinberg principle, natural selection.
  • Animal physiology: organ systems and homeostasis.
  • Developmental biology: gametogenesis, embryonic development.
  • Ecology and ethology: Konrad Lorenz’s imprinting; applied zoology.

Explanation

  • Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium: p² + 2pq + q² = 1.
  • Ethology studies animal behaviour.
  • Immunology and parasitology are applied areas.
  • Conservation biology protects species.

Step by step

  1. Place the question in its unit of the syllabus.
  2. Recall the theory, thinker, law or work involved.
  3. Eliminate options from other schools, periods or units.

Examples

  • Imprinting in geese → Konrad Lorenz.
  • p² + 2pq + q² = 1 → Hardy–Weinberg principle.
  • Largest animal phylum → Arthropoda.

Traps and advanced points

  • Trap: Wrong Hardy–Weinberg terms.
  • Trap: Mixing ethology and ecology.
  • Trap: Ignoring molecular biology.

Quick revision

  • Diversity, cell, genetics.
  • Hardy–Weinberg.
  • Lorenz; applied zoology.

Practice MCQs

  1. 'On the Origin of Species' (1859) was written by

    1. Alfred Wallace
    2. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
    3. Gregor Mendel
    4. Charles Darwin

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    Answer: (d) Charles Darwin. It explained evolution by natural selection.

  2. The organelle known as the powerhouse of the cell is the

    1. lysosome
    2. ribosome
    3. Golgi body
    4. mitochondrion

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    Answer: (d) mitochondrion. It makes ATP through respiration.

  3. A normal human body cell has

    1. 48 chromosomes
    2. 23 chromosomes
    3. 44 chromosomes
    4. 46 chromosomes

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    Answer: (d) 46 chromosomes. That is 23 pairs.

  4. Insulin is secreted by the

    1. β-cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas
    2. liver
    3. thyroid
    4. adrenal cortex

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    Answer: (a) β-cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. It lowers blood glucose.

  5. The largest mammal on Earth is the

    1. giraffe
    2. African elephant
    3. blue whale
    4. whale shark

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    Answer: (c) blue whale. The whale shark is a fish.

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