Objective Biology for NEET, Volume 1

Board of Editors

ISBN: 9789389211702 | Year: 2022 | Paperback | Pages: 452 | Language : English

Book Size: 216 x 280 mm | Territorial Rights: World

Price: 600.00

This book provides all the knowledge, practice and coaching that students need to crack the NEET exam. Volume 1 deals with the topics covered in Class 11, comprising the living world; biological classification; the plant and animal kingdoms; morphology and anatomy of flowering plants; structural organisation in animals; cell, cell cycle and cell division; biomolecules; transportation, mineral nutrition, photosynthesis, respiration and growth and development in plants; digestion and absorption; breathing and exchange of gases, body fluids and their circulation; excretory products and their elimination; locomotion and movement; neural control and coordination; and chemical control and integration.

Salient features:

  • Comprehensive compilation of objective questions from previous years’ NEET papers
  • Exercises comprise multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, match the following and diagram-oriented questions
  • Indispensable compendium enables students to prepare with efficiency and accuracy
  • One-stop knowledge and practice treasure-trove for students that will help them to hone their time management skills and create a unique strategic approach for the exam
  • The Android app accompanying the book contains practice problems, mock tests, solved NEET question papers from 2020 onwards and solutions to NCERT Exemplar and practice questions

Board of Editors

Preface

Chapter 1: The Living World

What is Living?, Diversity in the Living World | Taxonomic Categories | Taxonomic Aids

Chapter 2: Biological Classification

Introduction to Classification | Kingdom Monera | Kingdom Protista | Kingdom Fungi | Kingdoms Plantae and Animalia | Viruses, Viroids, Prions and Lichen

Chapter 3: Plant Kingdom

Classification System | Algae (Chlorophyceae, Pheophyceae, Rhodophyceae) | Bryophyta (Liverworts, Mosses) | Pteridophyta | Gymnosperms | Angiosperms | Plant Life Cycles and Alternation of Generations

Chapter 4: Animal Kingdom

General Characters | Porifera | Coelenterata | Ctenophora | Platyhelminthes | Aschelminthes | Annelida | Arthropoda | Mollusca | Echinodermata | Hemichordata | Chordata | Pisces | Amphibia | Reptilia | Aves | Mammalia

Chapter 5: Morphology of Flowering Plants

The Root | The Stem | The Leaf | The Inflorescence | The Flower | The Fruit | The Seed | Description of Some Important Families

Chapter 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants

The Tissues (Meristematic and Permanent) | The Tissue System | Anatomy of Dicotyledonous and Monocotyledonous Plants | Secondary Growth

Chapter 7: Structural Organisation in Animals

Epithelial Tissue | Connective Tissue | Muscle Tissue | Neural Tissue | Morphology of Cockroach

Chapter 8: Cell: The Unit of Life

What is a Cell?, Cell Theory, An Overview of the Cell | Prokaryotic Cells | Eukaryotic Cells (Cell Membrane, Cell Wall) | Endomembrane System (Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Lysosomes, Vacuoles) | Mitochondria, Plastids, Ribosomes | Cytoskeleton, Cilia, Flagella, Centrosome and Centriole | Nucleus, Chromosomes, Microbodies

Chapter 9: Biomolecules

The Cellular Pool, Primary and Secondary Metabolites | Carbohydrates | Proteins | Lipids | Nucleic Acids | Concept of Metabolism | Enzymes

Chapter 10: Cell Cycle and Cell Division

Cell Cycle | Mitosis | Meiosis and Amitosis

Chapter 11: Transport in Plants

Introduction, Means of Transport | Plant–Water Relations (Water Potential, Osmosis, Plasmolysis, Imbibition) | Long Distance Transport of Water | Transpiration | Uptake and Transport of Mineral Nutrients | Phloem Transport

Chapter 12: Mineral Nutrition

Mineral Requirements of Plants, Essential Mineral Nutrients, Criteria for Essentiality, Micro and Macronutrients | Role of Micro and Macronutrients, Deficiency Symptoms of Essential Elements, Toxicity of Micronutrients, Mechanism of Absorption of Elements, Translocation of Solutes, Soil as a Reservoir of Essential Elements | Metabolism of Nitrogen (Nitrogen Cycle, Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Nodule Formation and Fate of Ammonia)

Chapter 13: Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

Introduction, Early Experiments, Site of Photosynthesis, Photosynthetic Pigments | Light Reaction, Electron Transport, Splitting of Water, Cyclic and Non-cyclic Photo Phosphorylation, Chemiosmotic Hypothesis | Dark Reaction (Calvin Cycle, C4 Pathway, Photorespiration) | Factors Affecting Photosynthesis (Light, CO2 Concentration, Temperature and Water)

Chapter 14: Respiration in Plants

Introduction – Do Plants Breathe? | Glycolysis | Fermentation | Aerobic Respiration (TCA Cycle, ETS, Oxidative Phosphorylation) | Respiratory Balance Sheet, Amphibolic Pathway RQ

Chapter 15: Plant Growth and Development

Plant Growth, Measurement of Growth, Growth Rates, Conditions for Growth, Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation | Plant Growth Regulators (The Discoveries of PGR, Physiological Effect of PGK, Auxin, Gibberellin, Cytokinin, Ethylene and Abscisic Acid) | Photoperiodism, Vernalisation

Chapter 16: Digestion and Absorption

Digestive System, Digestive Glands | Digestion of Food, Absorption of Digested Products, Assimilation and Defaecation | Disorders of the Digestive System

Chapter 17: Breathing and Exchange of Gases

Respiratory Organs, Human Respiratory System, Mechanism of Breathing | Respiratory Volume and Capacity, Exchange of Gases, Transport of Gases

Chapter 18: Body Fluids and their Circulation

Body Fluids | Human Circulatory System | Blood Vessels, Circulation through Special Regions, Disorders of the Circulatory System

Chapter 19: Excretory Products and their Elimination

Modes of Excretion | Human Excretory System | Urine Formation, Function of Tubules, Regulation of Kidney Function | Disorders of the Excretory System, Accessory Excretory Organs, Artificial Kidney

Chapter 20: Locomotion and Movement

Types of Muscles, Mechanism of Muscle Contraction | Axial and Appendicular Skeleton

Chapter 21: Neural Control and Coordination

Neurons, Nerve Impulse | Neural System (Central Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System) | Sensory Reception and Processing

Chapter 22: Chemical Control and Integration

Endocrine Glands and Hormones, Hormone Action | Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland | Thyroid Gland, Parathyroid Gland | Adrenal Gland, Pineal Gland, Thymus | Pancreas | Testis, Ovary and Hormones of the Heart, Kidneys and Gastrointestinal Tract

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