PGCET Rankers 2016

First ranker in SVU PGCET 2016 

Executive Council member from our department with CCE Commissioner

Glory of zoology

Krishna Murthy M.Sc Zoology, S.V.University interacting with PGCET Students on 13th May 2016

PG CET Batch of 2016

Zoology faculty in release of Group II foundation course results with Sri Mancho Ferrer

           Field trip to Veerapuram with Sathyanarayana, Jayappa and Uday Kiran 11th May 2016

                                      ZOOLOGY FOR PGCET & APSET- IV
        G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Dept of Zoology, Govt.UG & PG College(M) Anantapur

1. Alpha interferon is the biological response modifier given to cancer patients. It destroys the tumor.
2. Alopecia is the loss of hair caused due to the destruction of hair follicle cells
3. Cervical cancer is caused by Human Papilloma Virus
4. Leukemia is a liquid tumor
5. Attraction of blood vessels by tumors is called angiogenesis.
6. Cadherins are intercellular adhesion proteins
7. Cancer cells lack cadherins
8. P 53 is also called tumor suppressing gene
9. Retinoblastoma protein is another tumor suppressor protein
10. The term vaccine was coined by Edward Jenner
11. Technique of attenuating the microbe was developed by Pasteur
12. Oral Polio vaccine was produced by Albert Sabin
13. Propolis produced by honey bees is used to treat inflammation and burns
14. Bee bread is the food of worker bees and royal jelly is the food of queen bee.
15. Indian Veterinary Research Institute is located at Izatnagar
16. Dr.B.V.Rao is the father of modern poultry in India
17. NECC is national Egg Coordination Committee
18. Separation of unproductive and infected fowl from productive ones is called culling
19. Cutting of beak of fowl in V shape is called debeaking.
20. Hisardale is the new breed of sheep developed in Punjab
21. Scientific name of cow is Bos indicus
22. Scientific name of buffalo is Bubalus bubalis
23. Operation flood was started by National Dairy Development Board
24. Ongole bull is the costliest bull in India
25. MOET: Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer
26. Von Baer is the father of modern embryology
27. Recapitulation theory was proposed by Ernst Haeckel
28. Fossils are the documentary evidences of evolution
29. Fossilized faecal matter is called coprolite
30. Connecting link between fish and amphibians is Eusthenopteron
31. Cyanognathus is the connecting link between reptiles and mammals
32. Southern Blotting technique was developed by E.M.Southern
33. VNTRs: Variable Number Tandem Repeats
34. RFLPs : Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
35. ELSI: Ethical Legal and Social Issues
36. Largest human gene is the gene that codes for dystrophin
37. Number of genes on Y chromosome is 231
38. Chromosome 1 has the highest number of genes
39. Y chromosome has the fewest genes
40. SNPs: Single Nucleotide polymorphisms.  

                                            ZOOLOGY FOR PGCET & APSET-III
          G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Dept of Zoology, Govt. UG & PG College (M) Anantapur

1. PH of distilled water is 7.0
2. Blood PH is 7.4
3. Osmotic pressure depends only on the number of dissolved particles and is independent of the size of the particle
4. Substances that do not diffuse through membranes are called colliods
5. Substances that diffuse through biological membranes are called crystalloids
6. The process of conversion of water insoluble substances into water soluble substances is called hydrotrophy
7. Rf is the unit of expressing chromatography
8. Rf is the ratio of the distance traveled by the compound to the distance traveled by the solvent.
9. Sucrose is called invert sugar
10. Sucrose is a non reducing sugar
11. Non carbohydrate portion of a glycoside is called aglycone
12. First break down product of glycogen metabolism is Glucose - 1- phosphate
13. Oral insulin is ineffective as it is digested by enzymes
14. Urine of diabetes mellitus patient shows the presence of both glucose and ketone bodies.
15. Urine of starved person shows only ketone bodies
16. Rancidity of fats is prevented by vitamin E
17. Deposition of cerebrosides in liver causes Gaucher's disease
18. Deposition of sphynomyalines in liver causes Niemann-Pick disease
19. Iodine number indicates the degree of unsaturation of fats
20. Cholesterol is detected by Libermann- Burchard reaction and Salkowaki test
21. LDL: Low density Lipoprotein
22. HDL: High Density Lipoprotein
23. Acetyl Co A is the precursor for cholesterol biosynthesis
24. Acetoacetic acid, beta hydroxy butyric acid and acetone are referred to as ketone bodies
25. Ketone bodies are acidic
26. Normal excretion of ketone bodies is 1mg/day
27. 2,4 dinitro phenyl benzene is the reagent used in Sanger's method
28. N terminal amino acid  of a protein is determined by Sanger's method and Edman's method.
29. Biuret test and Ninhydrin tests are the general tests for proteins
30. Peptide groupings are specific to Biuret reaction
31. Reagent used in Edman's method is phenyl isothiocyanate
32. Sugar base combination is called nucleoside
33. Sugar base phosphate combination is called nucleotide
34. Cytosine and thymine are pyrimidine bases
35. Adenine and guanine are purine bases
36. Uracil is a pyrimidine
37. Site other than the active site is called the allosteric site
38. Vitamin A is useful for visual function
39. Vitamin B2 is also called lactoflavin as it was first isolated from milk
40. Histidine amino acid is responsible for the buffering action of haemoglobin.

                                     ZOOLOGY FOR PGCET & APSET- II
                   G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Dept of Zoology, GDC(M) Anantapur

1. Balanoglossus is the connecting link between invertebrata and chordata
2.  Ascidians are also called sea squirts
3.  Test in urochordates is made up of tunicin
4. Tunicin is similar to cellulose
5.  Strongest animals in animal kingdom are urochordates
6.  Hemichordata was separated from chordata by Hyman
7.  The jaw less  ectoparasitic  vertebrates are cyclostomes
8. Willey called Amphioxus as prototype chordate
9.  Endostyle of protochordates is analogous to thyroid gland of vertebrates
10.  Endostyle found in protochordates is useful for ciliary mode of feeding
11. Stomochord present in Balanoglossus is called buccal diverticulum
12. Petromyzon marinus is marine lamprey
13. Lampetra fluviatilis is fresh water lamprey
14. Petromyzon attaches to the host with suctorial mouth
15. Sharks are commonly called sea wolves
16. Flat fish is scientifically called Cyanoglossus
17. Cyanoglossus has both eyes on the same side
18. Angler fish and Hatchet fish exhibit bioluminescence
19. Diodon is porcupine fish
20. Fish with high parental care is Hippocampus
21. The fish that contains scutes and bony plates apart from scales is Hippocampus
22. Bones that connect air bladder of fish with internal ear are weberian ossicles
23. Relationship between sucker fish and shark is commensalism
24. Sucker fish is also called Remora
25. Most venomous fish is Stone fish
26. Vertebrae of fish are amphicoelous
27. Axolotl larva is called servant of water
28. Romer called amphibians as the defeated vertebrates
29. Salamanders and newts belong to Urodela
30. Amphibian with copulatory organ is Icthyophis
31. Red Indians smear their arrows with the poisonous secretions of phyllobates (frog)
32. Surinam toad lacks tongue
33. Antiperistalisis is also called anastalsis
34. The mammals with highest rate of metabolism are shrews
35. Caffeine, chloroform and high temperature hasten rigour mortis
36. The condition of excretion of haemoglobin in urine is called haemoglobinuria
37. Common stain used to prepare blood smear is Leishman's stain
38. Neuron was discovered by Fossel and His
39. 11th and 12th pairs of ribs in man are called floating ribs
40. Diphycercal caudal fin in Dipnoi fish

                                           ZOOLOGY FOR PGCET/APSET
    G.L.N.PRASAD, HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, GDC (M) ANANTAPUR

- Key enzyme in glycolysis is phosphofructokinase
- The non carbohydrate portion of a glycoside is called aglycone
- Sucrose is also called invert sugar
- A membrane that allows the solvent molecule to pass but does not allow the passage of solute    
   molecule is called semipermeable membrane
- Cholesterol inhibits cholesterol synthesis in the liver by inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase
- Km is Michaelis constant
- Km is defined in terms of substrate concentration
- Low Km value is preferred because at low substrate concentration, maximum velocity is achieved.
- Pulses are deficient in aminoacid lysine
- Animal proteins are called first class proteins
- Vegetable proteins are second class proteins
- SDA stands for specific Dynamic Action
- SDA of proteins is 30%
- BMR is low during hypothyroidism and starvation
- Epinephrine is a methylated form and norepinephrine is nonmethylated form