PG QP 32
PG QP 32
PG QP 32
Environment Science and Technology
Earth Sciences: Structure and composition of Environment- Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and
Lithosphere, Earth Processes, Mineral and Power Resources in India, Biogeochemical Cycles,
Meteorology, Climate Change, Origin and evolution of earth, Mineral and Power Resources in
India
Physical and Chemical Sciences: Fundamentals, Atmospheric Chemistry, Water Chemistry,
Geochemistry, Green Chemistry. Water - physical characteristics, buffering capacity, Essential
and trace elements in living systems, Bio-molecules - chemical components of cells, Bio-
geochemical cycles – carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, Hydrological cycle and global water
balance, Toxicity of Heavy metals.
Life Sciences:
Origin of life: Theories of evolution, genetic drift, speciation, cell organelles, cell division,
modes of reproduction, principles of inheritance, epistasis, mutations, chromosomal aberrations,
extra- chromosomal inheritance.
Genetic Material: DNA structure and replication, transcription and translation, chromosome
structure, protein structure, mutability and repair of DNA, reverse genetics.