Paper-I BOT F01 Foundation Course Credits: 05 Full 70 Time: 03 Hrs. In all nine questions of equal value will be set, out of which a student shall have to answer five questions. Q.no. 1 will be compulsory, consisting of seven very short answer type questions (each of two marks) covering the entire syllabus and the candidates are required to give their answers in maximum 50 words. General classification of living organism. Classification of bacteria. Ultra-structure of bacterial cell Prokaryote, Mesokaryote and Eukaryote Salient features and classification of fungi (Ainswarth 1973; Alexopoulos & Mims 1979) Salient features and classification of algae (Fritsch 1935; Round 1965) Salient features, life cycle patterns and classification of bryophytes (Cavers 1911; Smith 1955; Parihar 1965) Salient features, life patterns and classification of pteridophytes (Smith 1955; Sporne 1975) Salient features and classification of gymnosperms (Arnold 1984; Sporne 1965) Systems of plant classification: Bentham and Hooker; Hutchinson; Takhtajan; Cronquist systems with their merits and demerits. Concepts of Taxonomical Hierarchy: and other categories; Species Concept. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN): History of ICBN, principles, types method, author citation, valid and effective publication, principle of priority, retention, rejection, and choice of names, proposed bio and phylocodes. Herbarium, important herbaria and botanical gardens of India and the world ; Documentation: Flora, Keys: single access and multi-access
Paper-I BOT F01 Foundation Course Credits: 05 Full 70 Time: 03 Hrs. In all nine questions of equal value will be set, out of which a student shall have to answer five questions. Q.no. 1 will be compulsory, consisting of seven very short answer type questions (each of two marks) covering the entire syllabus and the candidates are required to give their answers in maximum 50 words. General classification of living organism. Classification of bacteria. Ultra-structure of bacterial cell Prokaryote, Mesokaryote and Eukaryote Salient features and classification of fungi (Ainswarth 1973; Alexopoulos & Mims 1979) Salient features and classification of algae (Fritsch 1935; Round 1965) Salient features, life cycle patterns and classification of bryophytes (Cavers 1911; Smith 1955; Parihar 1965) Salient features, life patterns and classification of pteridophytes (Smith 1955; Sporne 1975) Salient features and classification of gymnosperms (Arnold 1984; Sporne 1965) Systems of plant classification: Bentham and Hooker; Hutchinson; Takhtajan; Cronquist systems with their merits and demerits. Concepts of Taxonomical Hierarchy: and other categories; Species Concept. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN): History of ICBN, principles, types method, author citation, valid and effective publication, principle of priority, retention, rejection, and choice of names, proposed bio and phylocodes. Herbarium, important herbaria and botanical gardens of India and the world ; Documentation: Flora, Keys: single access and multi-access
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