Admission 2024-25

Notice for Entrance test for M.Sc. Part I Admission

 

Candidates seeking admission to Masters's Programme (Bioanalytical Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Physics, Zoology) at Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College are hereby notified that the admissions to the Master's Programme for 2022-23 will be based on an entrance test in the respective subjects. Appearing for the respective entrance test is mandatory for seeking admission to master’s programmes

 

The details of the entrance test will be published on the college website by the last week of May 2022.

 

The eligibility and the syllabus for the entrance test is as follows:

 

Subject

Total Marks

Eligibility

Syllabus for the entrance test 

Bioanalytical Sciences 

100

B.Sc. in Chemistry with minimum 62 credits  OR B.Sc. in Botany/Zoology/Microbiology/Life science/Biotechnology/Biochemistry with minimum 30 credits in Chemistry 

General awareness to modern scientific development, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry, General Biochemistry, Principles of Genetics, Basic Chemistry of nucleic acids and proteins

Basic Principles of Instrumentation, Basic Microbiology, Basic Physics

Basic Mathematics, Basic Botany, Basic Zoology, Advances in Biotechnology

Biochemistry

50

B.Sc with minimum 16 credits in

Biochemistry

Or

B.Sc. with Minimum 62 credits in Chemistry

 

Basics of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Structure and chemistry of biomolecules, cell biology, Instrumentation, Metabolism, Enzymology, Genetics and molecular biology, Immunology, Physiology, Nutrition 

Biotechnology

50

B.Sc.  (Biotechnology) minimum 120 credits in Biotechnology

Basic maths, Basic physics, Basic organic chemistry, basic inorganic chemistry, basic physical chemistry, biochemistry, immunology, industrial biotechnology, molecular biology, cell biology, basic endocrinology, basic Microbiology, basic ecology, basic environmental Biotechnology, animal tissue culture, plant tissue culture, developmental biology, dairy technology,  medical microbiology,  bioinformatics, basic biostatistics (Mean, median, mode, standard deviation, t-test, ‘Z’ test, chi-square test), basics of virology, Genetics, basics principles of instrumentation, Basics of Pharmacology, research methodology.

Botany

50

B.Sc. (Botany) minimum 62 credits in Botany

Plant Diversity (Algae to Angiosperms, Industrial applications (TY level)

Cytogenetics, Environmental Botany, Plant Physiology, Medicinal Botany(TY level), Basics of Molecular biology and Instrumentation.

Chemistry( Organic/Inorganic/ Physical/Analytical)

50

B.Sc. (Chemistry)

minimum 62 credits in Chemistry

1. Chemical Thermodynamics

2. Electrochemistry

3. Chemical kinetics

4. Molecular Symmetry

5. Solid state Chemistry

6. Coordination Chemistry

7. Spectroscopy 

8. Stereochemistry

9. Catalysis and reagents

10. Separation techniques (Solvent Extraction &  Chromatography- GC, HPLC &Ion Exchange)

11. Atomic Spectroscopy & Titrimetric Analysis (Redox,  Precipitation & Complexometric) 12. Electroanalytical (potentiometry &DC Polarography) and Thermodynamical methods

Computer Science

50

B.Sc. (CS/IT) minimum 120 credits in CS/IT

General Aptitude questions about logical/abstract reasoning. Basics of following topics based on UG syllabus-

DBMS

Operating Systems

Data Communication & Computer Networking

Programming Languages (Java, Python, R)

Web Development

Software Engineering

Data Structures & Algorithms

Discrete Mathematics & Statistics

Cyber security

Computer organization

Information tEchnology

50

B.Sc. (CS/IT) minimum 120 credits in CS/IT

General Aptitude questions about logical/abstract reasoning. Basics of following topics based on UG syllabus-

DBMS

Operating Systems

Data Communication & Computer Networking

Programming Languages (Java, Python, R)

Web Development

Software Engineering

Data Structures & Algorithms

Discrete Mathematics & Statistics

Cyber security

Computer organization

Life Science

50

B.Sc in Life science/ Microbiology/ Zoology/Botany with minimum of 62 credits in the respective subject

BSc Life Science syllabi-

Neuroscience, Plant & Animal Developmental Biology & physiology, Biostatistics  Immunology, Bioinformatics Biochemistry in Life Processes, Evolutionary Biology, Ecosystem Conservation & Management, Genetics & Genetic Engineering, Fermentation Technology.

 

Microbiology

50

B.Sc. (Microbiology) minimum 62 credits in Microbiology

A) Physics and Mathematics till 12th Grade, 

B) Chemistry till SY level

C) Microbiology:

1) Structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, microbial diversity, classification and their interrelations and interactions

2) Basics of microbial growth and growth kinetics; Microbial cultivation and visualization techniques, control of microorganisms

3) Applied Microbiology-Basics of air, water, soil and food Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology

4) Biochemistry-Biomolecules; microbial metabolism and regulation, Metabolic Pathways; Enzymology

5) Genetic recombination, DNA replication, mutations and repair, transcription and translation and its control

6) Molecular biology techniques: DNA cloning - plasmid vectors, and restriction enzymes; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Expression of cloned eukaryotic genes in bacteria; Hybridization techniques; DNA sequencing.

7) Medical Microbiology- mechanisms of pathogenesis, basic diagnostic techniques, antibiotics and chemotherapy

8) Immunology - Basics of immunology - Innate and adaptive immunity, Immune cells, Immunoglobulins and immunodiagnostics

9) Methods in Biology - UV spectrophotometry; Biomolecular chromatography; centrifugation; Electrophoresis; and Western blotting.

 

Physics

50

B.Sc. (Physics) minimum 62 credits in Physics

General Physics 

General Properties of Matter, Measuring Instruments used in the Lab.    

Mathematical Methods. 

Vector Calculus, Divergence, Curl, First-order and linear second-order differential equations with constant coefficients, Matrices and determinants. 

Mechanics

A motion under a central force, and Kepler’s laws, Rigid body motion. Principal moments and axes, Lagrangian Mechanics. (Simple Problems)    

Optics

Michelson’s Interferometer, Fraunhoffer and Fresnel Diffraction (Single Slit, Double Slit and Narrow Wire), Polarization types and Methods of production of Polarized light, Nicol’s Prism, Retardation Plates    

Electromagnetism

Electrostatics, Dielectrics, Maxwell Equations, Electromagnetic Waves, Poynting Theorem

Solid State Physics and Electronics

Band Theory of Solids and Crystal Structure, Analog Electronics (FET,SCR, MOSFETs, 555 Timer, OPAMP Multivibrators), Digital Electronics (Basic Logic Gates, Demorgan’s Law, Counters – Asynchronous Counters, 4-bit up-down counter, MOD 3, MOD 5, Decade Counter, Shift Counter)    

Modern Physics

Schrodinger Equation, Particle in a Box, Photoelectric Effect, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle    

Nuclear Physics

Liquid Drop Model, Shell Model, Semi-Empirical Mass Formula, Elementary Particles (Baryons, Leptons, Mesons)

Special Theory of Relativity

Galilean Transformations, Length Contraction, Time Dilation, Minkowski's Space-Time Diagrams, Relativistic Kinematics    

 

Zoology

50

B.Sc. (Zoology) minimum 62 credits in Zoology

 

Animal Systematics, Animal Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution, General Physiology,  Hematology, Immunology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Instrumentation(Basics), Biostatistics( Basics).

 

Sd/-

Principal