W.B Joint Entrance Exam

Physical and Chemical principles involved in maintenance of life processes : Diffusion, Osmosis, Absorption, Osmoregulation.

Microscopy : Components and principles of Simple and Compound Microscope;

Electron Microscope : Basic functional principles.

Ultrastructure and functions of cellular components : Cell wall, Plasma membrane, Plastid, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Nucleus, Centrosomes, Cilia, Flagella.

Unit of Life : Definition of life, Cell as the basic unit of life. Cell theory, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell –structure and differences.

SYLLABUS FOR WEST BENGAL JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Unit of Life : Definition of life, Cell as the basic unit of life. Cell theory, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell –structure and differences.

Modern Physics : Bohr’s atomic model for hydrogen like atom, hydrogen spectrum, x-ray emission, Moseley’s law, wave particle duality, de Broglie’s hypothesis, photo-electric effect.
Constituents of atoms, isotopes, mass defect, mass-energy equivalence, binding energy. radioactivity - α, β, γ radiation, half life, mean life, fission, fusion.
Energy bands in solids, intrinsic and doped semiconductors, p-n junction diode, rectifier, pnp and npn transistors, common emitter characteristics.

Electromagnetic induction : Magnetic flux, Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction, Lenz’s law, self and mutual induction, , Flemings right hand rule, Alternating current, peak and rms value of alternating current; generator, D.C. motor and transformer Qualitativ