Syllabus: What is living? Biodiversity, Need for classification, Taxonomy & Systematics, Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy, Binomial nomenclature.

Five kingdom classification, salient features and classification of Monera, Protista and Fungi into major groups, Lichens, Viruses and Viroids.

Salient features and classification of plants into major groups - Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms (three to five salient and distinguishing featues and atleast two examples of each category).

Salient features and classification of animals-nonchordate up to phyla level and chordate up to classes level (three to five salient features and at least two examples).


Biology - The term Biology is derived from the Greek word bios means 'life' and logia means 'study of'.