Shahu College Screening Test – 2024

Rajarshi Shahu is one of the leading institute , it conduct Screening test to get admission to the college

The Screening Test Syllabus for Biology is as follows

Shahu College Screening Test Syllabus – 2024

The Syllabus for shahu college Screening test consist of following subject

Part A – Physics – 100 Marks

Part B – Chemistry – 100 Marks

Part C – Mathematics – 100 Marks

Part D -Biology – 100 Marks

The question in the shahu screening test will be multiple choice question and it will contain 4 option

Each correct question Carries 4 Marks

Each Incorrect Answer will deduce 1 marks

Shahu college screening Test – Biology 

1) DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISM –

What is basis of classification ?

The Hierarchy of classification -Groups, ( MONERA,PROTISTA ,FUNGI, PLANTAE, ANIMALIA)

https://biosimplified.com/the-living-word-11-ncert/

2) CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS – 

kingdom Plantae –

Basis of classification

Thallophyta ,Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Phanerogams

3) Animal Classification – 

New System of Animal Classification ( new method of animal classification )

Criteria –

1)) Grades of Organisation

2) Body Symmetry

3) Germ Layer

4) Body Cavity

5) Body Segmentation

Kingdom Animalia – from phylum Porifera to Chordata ( Non Chordates upto phylum level and phylum Upto class level )

4) Fundamental Unit of life –  

What are living organism

what is cell made up

Structure and difference between Animal and plant cell

Cell Theory

Plasma membrane and cell membrane

Cell wall, Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Cell organelles , Endoplasmic Reticulum( ER) ,Golgi Apparatus, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, Plastid, Vacuoles

5) cell cycle & Cell Division – 

Cell Cycles Phases in Brief

Mitosis & its Phases

Meiosis & its Phases

Signification

6) Tissue – 

Animal Tissue

Types of Epithelial tissue, Connective Tissue, Muscular Tissue, Nervous Tissue

Plant Tissue

Meristematic Tissue, Permanent Tissue, Types of Simple & Complex Tissue

7) Life Processes in living Organism – 

Transportation in plants –

Transportation of water , food, and other substances

living organism and energy production

Glycolysis , TCA CYCLE ,ETC

Respiration : Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration

Energy from different food component

Photosynthesis

Plants Growth ( Brief Idea) 

Nutrition – in Plants and animal

Circulation

Excretion in plant and Human Being ,Dialysis

Coordination – 

Co-ordination in plants and human

Nervous Control – 

Types of Neurons, Human nervous System – CNS ,PNS , ANS, RELAX ACTION

Chemical Control

Reproduction – 

Asexual Reproduction – 

Binary Fission , Multiple Fission, Budding , Fragmentation , Regeneration , vegetative propagation , spore formation

Sexual Reproduction –  

Gametes  formation , fertilization,

Sexual Reproduction in plants

Sexual Reproduction in Human Being – 

Male and female Reproductive System , Menstruation Cycle , Gametes formation , fertilization , development and Birth

Reproduction and modern technology – IVF, SPERM BANK , TWINS

Reproductive health

Plant growth , structure of seed , type of germination , germination of seed ,type of seed

Flower Placentation and types of Inflorescence

Pollination – self Pollination , Cross Pollination , Agents of Pollination ( ICSE CLASS 9TH)

Respiratory System in human – 

Capacities of lung , Breathing , Respiratory Volumes

Effects of Altitude on Breathing

Asphyxiation , Emphysema , Hypoxia

TRANSPIRATION IN PLANTS –

Measurement of transpiration

types of Transpiration

Guttation and Bleeding

Factors affecting Rate of Photosynthesis 

8) Heredity and Variation 

Inheritance – 

Heredity, Hereditary Changes

Inheritance of traits and Expression of Traits – Chromosomes , types of Chromosomes

DNA – Gene , Transcription , Translation

RNA & its Types , Mutation 

Mendels Principles of heredity – Monohybrid cross , Dihybrid Cross

Genetic Disorder – Disorder due to Chromosomal Abnormalities , Monogenic Disorder , Polygenic Disorder

Sex Determination

Heredity and Variation

Important Terms to understand Mendels Work 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance

Genes, Alleles, Homozygous , Recessive , Dominant , Mendels Crossing Technique

Mendels Laws of Inheritance – 

Law of Dominance

Law of Segregation

Law of Independent Assortment

Back Cross

Test Cross

Polygenic Traits

Incomplete Dominance

Co-Dominance

Multiple Alleles – ABO Blood Group

Example of sex linked inheritance , Pedigree Analysis

9) Introduction to Biotechnology – 

Biotechnology – Main Areas and Benefits

Commercial Application

Important Stages in Agriculture Development

Green ,White , and White Revolution

Fertilizer ( Insecticide, Organic  Farming )

Cultivation of Medicinal Plants

Tissue Culture

Changes in Agriculture Management due to Biotechnology

Application of Biotechnology in Floriculture , Nurseries , and Forestry, Agrotourism

Agro Complementary Occupation

Animal Husbandry , Poultry Farming , Apiculture , Sericulture

10) Useful and Harmful Microbes – 

Useful Micro – organism ( Lactobacilli, Rhizobium, Yeast, Antibiotics )

Harmful Micro – Organism (  Clostridium, other Microbes )

11) Health and Disease / Why do we fall ill – 

Health , Immunity

Disease and its cause – Acute and Chronic Disease , causes of diseases

Infectious and Non infectious diseases

Disease causing agents , Means of Spread

Treatment and Prevention ( T.B, TYPHOID,HEPATITIS, RABIES , POLIO, AIDS, DIARRHOEA )

 12) Social – 

Factors affecting/ Distributing the social health

Mental Stress , Addiction , Incurable disease

Government Scheme – Vaccine and Vaccination

13) Evolution – 

Theory of evolution

Evidences of evolution – Morphological , Anatomical , Paleontological , Embryological Evidence , Vestigial Organs , Connecting Links

Darwins theory of Natural Selection , Lamarckism , Speciation , Human Evolution

Tracing Evolutionary Relationship ,Fossil ,Evolution by Stage

14)  Energy Flow in an Ecosystem – 

Food chain and food web

Energy Pyramid

Energy Flow and its Importance

Producers Consumers and Decomposers

Biogeochemical Cycle ( Carbon , Oxygen, and Nitrogen  cycle )

15) Environmental Management – 

Ecosystem types and interaction

Environmental Conservation  and its need and our social Responsibility

Acts Related to Conservation

Biodiversity , hot Spots biodiversity

Classification of Threatened Species

Solid waste Management – Biodegradable waste , Non Biodegradable waste  Necessity of Solid waste management , Seven Principle of solid waste management , Period Required for Degradation of waste