UP TGT Biology Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2025: Download PDF

Subjects

Topics

Sub Topics

Zoology

Principles of Taxonomy & Classification and general features of different phyla

• Protozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Aschelminthes, Arthropoda,Mollusca, Echinodermata, Chordata
• General organization and life history of representative of above-mentioned phyla
• Brief knowledge of 
• Protozoa and diseases
• Polymorphism in Cnidarians
• Helminths and diseases
• Harmful and beneficial insects
• Poisonous & nonpoisonous snakes
• Economic importance of mammals

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells & Mendels Law of Inheritance

• Linkage and Crossing over,Eugenics, Organic evolution: Evidences & Theories ,Darwinism, Lamarckism, Neo Darwinism, Human evolution

Ecology

• Major Ecosystems & their components, Pollution

Other miscellaneous 

• Elementary knowledge of Human Physiology
• Characteristics and Classification of Biomolecules
• Embryology and Embryonic development of Amphioxus & frog

Botany

Virus

• Definition, Nature, Structure of TMV, Bacteriophage, Viroids and Prions, Economic Importance Structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, and Economic Importance

Fungi 

• General characters, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, and Economic Importance, Alexoopaulaus and Mims classification, Structure and classification of Rhizopus, Aspergillus, Albugo, Pythium, Agaricus, Puccinia, and Ustilago

Algae

• General characters, classification upto classes level, Algal pigments, Economic Importance of Algae, Structure and Life cycle of Batrachospermum, Ectocarpus, Volvox, Vaucheria, Oedogonium, Polysiphonia and BGA(Nostoc & Anabaena)

Lichens

• General characters, Nature and types, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction

Bryophytes

• General characters, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, Economic Importance and structure of Marchantia, Riccia, Anthoceros, and Funaria.

Pteridophytes

• General characters, structure, Nutrition, Reproduction, Economic Importance, and structure of Lycopodium, Selaginella, Equisetum, and Marsilea, Heterospory and seed habit

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Gymnosperms

• General characters, classification upto classes level, distribution, Economic Importance and life cycles of Ephedra, Cycas and Pinus, Paleobotany

Taxonomy of Angiosperms

• Bentham, and Hooker, Binomial Nomenclature and about different families and Economic botany

Other miscellaneous

• Genetics
• Plant Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Environmental Botany
• Plant Pathology
• Molecular Biology

Subjects

Total Questions

Marks Per Question

Total Marks

Duration

Weightage

General Awareness

125 (MCQs)

4 marks

500 marks

2 hours

100%

General English 

Quantitative Aptitude

Biology