RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER
SYLLABUS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ZOOLOGY FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT
PAPER-I
1 Taxonomy:
(a) Principles, rules and basis of Taxonomy and classification.
(b) Binomial system of nomenclature.
(c) General survey of animal kingdom, classification up to order and inter-
relationship of the various phyla.
2 Diversity of Life Forms:
Structure and functions of the invertebrates (Protozoa to Echinodermata) and
their economic importance.
(a) Levels of structural organizations- Unicellular, colonial and multicellular
forms, Coelom, segmentation and metamerism.
(b) Locomotory organs and their mechanisms.
(c) Food, feeding and digestion.
(d) Respiration.
(e) Excretory and osmoregulatory organs.
(f) Primitive and advanced nervous systems.
(g) Reproduction: Asexual, sexual and parthenogenesis.
(h) Larval forms.
3 Structural organization of Chordates:
(a) Protochordates, Balanoglossus, Herdmania, Branchiostoma.
(b) Comparative anatomy of integument, skeletal, digestive, respiratory,
circulatory, urinogenital & nervous systems of vertebrates.
(c) Adaptation in vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
mammals).
(d) Economic importance of chordates.
4 Developmental Biology:
(a) Gametogenesis.
(b) Fertilization.
(c) Early embryonic developments (Cleavage, Blastulation, Fate maps,
Morphogenetic movements, Gastrulation).
(d) Organisers and Organogenesis.
(e) Development of Frog and Chick including Metamorphosis.
(f) Formation of extra embryonic membranes in Chick.
(g) Function and types of placenta in mammals, gestation and Parturition.
(h) Cell differentiation and teratogenesis.
(i) Sex differentiation in humans.
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5 Genetics:
(a) Mendelian laws of inheritance, recombination, linkage, linkage maps
and crossing over, Multiple alleles, gene interaction.
(b) Mutation – Natural and induced mutations. Chromosome number and
forms, structural rearrangements; Polyploidy.
(c) Cytoplasmic inheritance.
(d) Human genetics – normal and abnormal, pedigree analysis, karyotypes,
genes and diseases, eugenics.
(e) Sex chromosomes and sex determination.
(f) Quantitative genetics- polygenic inheritance, heritability and its
measurements, QTL mapping.
6 Evolution:
(a) Origin of life; history of evolutionary thoughts.
(b) Lamarckism and Darwinism. Sources and nature of variations. Natural
selection. Hardy-Weinberg law, Causes of speciation.
(c) Concept of species and sub-species.
(d) Fossils and their studies, outline of Geological eras. Origin and evolution
of man.
(e) Principles and theories of continental distribution of animals.
(f) Zoogeographical realms of the world.
7 Ethologys:
(a) Approaches and methods in study of behaviour.
(b) Proximate and ultimate causation, altruism and evolution-Group
selection, kin selection, reciprocal altruism.
(c) Neural basis of learning, memory, cognition, sleep and arousal.
(d) Biological clocks, Development of behaviour, Social communication;
Social dominance; Use of space and territoriality. Aggressive behaviour.
(e) Parental investment and Reproductive success; Parental care, Mating
systems.
(f) Habitat selection and optimality in foraging; Migration, orientation and
navigation; Domestication and behavioural changes.
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Note :- Pattern of Question Paper
1. Objective type paper
2. Maximum Marks: 75
3. Number of Questions: 150
4. Duration of Paper: Three Hours
5. All Questions carry equal marks.
6. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual English & Hindi
7. There will be Negative Marking.
