UNIT I: DIVERSITY OF LIVING ORGANISMS
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Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy
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Five kingdom classification
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salient features and classification of Monera
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Protista and Fungi into major groups
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Lichens; Viruses and Viroids
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Salient features and classification of plants into major groups - Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae (salient and distinguishing features and a few examples of each category)
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Angiosperms - classification up to class, characteristic features and examples
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Salient features and classification of animals, non-chordates up to phyla level and chordates up to class level (salient features and distinguishing features of a few examples of each category). (No live animals or specimen should be displayed.)
UNIT II: STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS AND PLANTS
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Morphology of Flowering Plants
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Anatomy of Flowering Plants
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Anatomy and functions of different tissues and tissue systems in dicots and monocots
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Structural Organisation in Animals
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of an insect-cockroach (a brief account only)
BETA
