UPSC Exam-Indian Forest Service(IFoS) Exam 2013-Main Examination Syllabus-Zoology-Paper 1

UPSC Exam-Indian Forest Service(IFoS) Exam 2013-Main Examination Syllabus-Zoology-Paper 1

Section-A

1. Non-chordate and chordate :

(a) Classfication and relationship of varous phyla upto sub-classes; Acoelomata and Coelomata; Protostomes and Deuterostomes, Bilateralia and Radiata; Status of Protista,

Parazoa, Onychophora and Hemichordata; Symmetry. (b) Protozoa : Locomotion, nutrition, reproduction; evolution of sex; General features and life history of Paramaecium, Monocystis, Plasmodium, and Leishmania. (c) Porifera : Skeleton, canal system and reproduction. (d) Coelenterata : Polymorphism, defensive structures and their mechanism; coral reefs and their formation; metagenesis; general features and life history of Obelia and Aurelia. (e) Platyhelminthes : Parasitic adaptation; general features and life history of Fasciola and Taenia and their relation to man. (f) Nemathelminthes : General features, life history and parasitic adaptation of Ascaris; nemathelminths in relation to man. (g) Annelida : Coelom and metamerism; modes of life in polychaetes; general features and life history of nereis (Neanthes), earthworm (Pheretima) and leach (Hirudinaria). (h) Arthropoda : Larval forms and parasitism in Crustacea; vision and respiration in arthropods (prawn, cockroach and scorpion); modification of mouth parts in insects (cockroach, mosquito, housefly, honey bee and butterfly); metamorphosis in insectand its hormonal regulation; social organization in insects (termites and honey bees). (i) Mollusca : Feeding, respiration, locomotion, shell diversiy; general features and life history of Lamellidens, Pila and Sepia, torsion and detorsion in gastropods.  (j) Echinodermata : Feeding, respiration, locomotion larval forms; general features and life history of Asterias. (k) Protochordata : Origin of chordates; general features and life history of Branchiostoma and Herdamania. (l) Pisces : Scales, respiration, locomotion, migration.(m) Amphibia : Origin of tetrapods; parental care, paedomorphosis. (n) Reptilia : Origin of reptiles; skull types; status of Sphenodon and crocidiles. (o) Aves : Origin of birds; flight adaptation, migration. (p) Mammalia : Origin of mammals; dentition; general features of egg-laying mammals, pouched-mammals, aquatic mammals and primates; endocrine glands and other hormone producing structures (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, gonads) and their interrelationships. (q) Comparative functional anatomy of various systems of vertebrates (integument and its derivatives, endoskeleton, locomotory organs, digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system including heart and aortic arches; urinogenital system, brain and sense organs (eye and ear).

Section- B

1. Ecology:

(a) Biosphere: Biogeochemical cycles, green-houses effect, ozone layer and its impact; ecological succession, biomes and ecotones. (b) Population, characteristics, population dynamics, population stabilization. (c) Conservation of natural resources- mineral mining, fisheries, aquaculture; forestry; grassland; wildlife (Project Tiger); sustainable production in agriculture-integrated pestmanagement.

(d) Environmental biodegradation; pollution and its impact on biosphere and its prevention.

II. Ethology :

(a) Behaviour : Sensory filtering, responsiveness, sign stimuli, learning, instinct, habituation, conditioning, imprinting.

 (b) Role of hormones in drive; role of pheromones in alarm spreading; crypsis, predator detection, predator tactics, social behaviour in insects and primates; courtship (Drosophila, 3-spine stickleback and birds).

(c) Orientation, navigation, homing; biological rhythms; biological clock, tidal, seasonal and circadian rhythms.

(d) Methods of studying animal behaviour.

III. Economic Zoology:

(a) Apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, carp culture, pearl culture, prawn culture. (b) Major infectious and communicable diseases (small pox, plague, malaria, tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS) their vectors, pathogens and prevention. (c) Cattle and livestock diseases, their pathogens (helminthes) and vectors (ticks, mites,Tabanus, Stomoxys) (d) Pests of sugar cane (Pyrilla perpusiella), oil seed (Achaea janata) and rice (Sitophilus oryzae).

IV. Biostatistics:

Designing of experiments; null hypothesis; correlation, regression, distribution and measure of central tendency, chi square, student t-test, F-test (one-way & two-way Ftest).

V. Instrumental methods:

(a) Spectrophotometry, flame photometry, Geiger-Muller counter, scintillation counting.

(b) Electron microscopy (TEM, SEM).