UGC Zoology Syllabus

Hii I want to know about the UGC Zoology syllabus . Can you provide me the syllabus of the UGC Zoology ?

[Arvind Kumar]

I have listed here complete syllabus for UGC Zoology.

UNIT - I : ZOOLOGY, THE BASICS:

i) Nature and Scope of Zoology
ii) Relation between Zoology and Other Sciences
iii) Basic principles of classification
a) Need for classification
b) Five Kingdom classification, viz., Monera, Protista, Plantae, fungi and Animalia.
c) Concept of species - levels of classification - Binomial nomenclature
d) Kingdom Protista - Prokaryotic and Lukaryotic unicellular organisms.

UNIT - II : GENERAL CHARACTERS AND CLASSIFICATION OF INVERTEBRATE PHYLA UPTO THE



LEVEL OF CLASSES WITH EXAMPLES

i) Phylum : Protozoa
ii) Phylum : Porifera
iii) Phylum : Coelenterata (Cnidaria)
iv) Phylum : Platyhelminthes
v) Phylum : Nemathelminthes
vi) Phylum : Annelida
vii) Phylum : Arthropoda
viii) Phylum : Mollusca
ix) Phylum : Echinodermata

UNIT - III : ANIMAL ORGANISATION:

i) Symmetry - Types and characteristic features of each symmetry, giving an

example for each type from the representative Phyla - Asymmetry, Radial Symmetry,

Biradial symmetry and Bilateral symmetry
ii) Coelom:
a) Formation of coelom
b) Schizocoelic and Enterocoelic coelom
c) Definition of Acoelom, Pseudo-coelom & Coelom - Examples from major Phyla.
iii) Animal tissues


UNIT - IV : LOCOMOTION AND REPRODUCTION IN PROTOZOA:

i) Types and Structure of locomotary organelles - Pseudopodia, Cilia & flagellae

giving examples.
ii) Amoeboid movement (Pseudopodial movement) - Sol-gel theory only
iii) Ciliary and flagellar movements - Synchronal and Metachronal movements (eg.

Paramoecium) Effective stroke and recovery stroke (eg. Euglena)
iv) Types of Reproduction:
a) Encystment (eg. Amoeba and Euglena) - Process and its significance

(Dissemination and Multiplication).
b) Asexual reproduction - Binary Fission - (types, transverse and longitudinal).
c) Sexual reproduction - conjugation as exemplified by vorticella - its significance