Syllabus of JNU CEEB Exam is as follows:
Section I: Technology/Engineering Stream
Part A: Basic Engineering and Technology Pharmacology
Basic Engineering and Technology: Basic concepts/principles in mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics engineering
- Chemical Engineering: Computer applications in chemical engineering chemical process industries instrumentation methods of chemical analysis thermodynamics stoichiometry fluid dynamics mechanical operations heat and mass transfer operations chemical kinetics/reaction engineering process instrumentation dynamics and control process equipment design.
- Principles of Biochemical Engineering: Enzyme catalysis (Michaelis Menton Kinetics) and reactor design. Material & energy balances of fermentation processes. Kinetics of microbial growth and product formation (Monad modelLeudekingPiret model). Nature of fermentation processes. Transport phenomena in biochemical reactors Mass transfer in immobilized enzyme systems and Oxygen transfer in submerged fermentation process, examples of primary metabolites, secondary metabolites and enzymes. Bioreactor operation and design, reactor sterilization. Batch, fedbatch and continuous culture process and cell recycle processes. Modelling of nonideal behavior in bioreactors. Novel bioreactors, airlift reactors, membrane bioreactors and fluidized bed reactors. Filtration and membrane based separations, centrifugation, extraction, absorption and chromatography.
Pharmacology
- Physiology, Pharmacology & Biochemistry: Basic physiology and biochemistry pertaining to all the systems in the body. Classification, mode of action, side effects, pharmacological effects, ANS,CVS, gastrointerstinal system, endocrine system. Principles of chemotherapy, chemotherapeutic agents, anticancer drugs, toxicity and posology of drugs acting on the CNS, vitamins and minerals.
- Industrial Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical processing mixing, milling, drying, powder compression, clarification, filtration, Rheology, sterilization, sterility testing, disinfection, Pharmaceutical dosage forms: Formulation, manufacture and evaluation of solid, semisolid, liquid, aerosols and parentrals. Chemistry of natural products, CVS drugs, SAR and Chemistry of analgesics, GIT, anticancer, drugs acting on the CNS, Classification, chemotherapeutic agents, vitamins, hormones. identification, extraction and isolation of active principles of commonly used medicinal plants. Immunological preparations, genetic engineering, fermentation, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokineticsdrug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination general principles. Basic concepts of analysis of drugs.
Part B: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
Mathematics
Calculus: Differential Equation Complex numbers Complex integration Power series Three Dimensional Geometry Algebra
Physics
- Mechanics: Kinematics Newton’s laws work and mechanical energy dynamics of rotary motion fundamentals of special theory of relativity gravitation motion in noninertial frames.
- Thermodynamics: Ideal gases 1st law of thermodynamics Kinetic theory of gases 2nd law of thermodynamics real gases.
- Electricity and Magnetism: Electrostatics Coulomb’s law electric field potential capacitance dielectrics in an electric field energy of an electric field direct current magnetic field of direct current – eletromagnetic induction.
- Waves and Optics: Free harmonic oscillators elastic waves electromagnetic waves interference, diffraction, scattering and polarization of light thermal radiation.
- Modern Physics: Structure of matter and basic solid state physics elementary nuclear physics elementary quantum mechanics structure of atom.
Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry: Electronic structure of atoms, periodic table and periodic properties. General characteristics, structure and reactions of nontransition elements and transition elements. Coordination compounds, structure, crystal field and ligand field theories, spectral and magnetic properties.
- Organic Chemistry: Synthesis, reactions and mechanisms of alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, halides, nitro compounds and amines. Structure and properties of biomolecules, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins.
- Physical Chemistry: Chemical equilibrium, first law, thermochemistry, second law and entropy, free energy, properties of dilute solutions, chemical kinetics, rates of reactions and factors affecting rates of reactions. Spectroscopy, principles of UV visible and IR spectroscopy.
Part C: Fundamentals of Life Sciences and Informatics
- Life Sciences: Organization of unicellular organisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. Ultrastructure of plant and animal cells. Nucleic acids, protein synthesis, Mendalian genetics. Morphology of angiosperms. Biotechnology, Physiology.
- Information Technology: Introduction to www.Networking: Basicsmodemhubswitchcommands to transfer filesremote login. Elements of languages used on the Internet JAVA Perl. Elements of databases Relational databases.
JNU CEEB Exam Section II: Science Stream
Part A: Life Sciences
- Immunology
- Biochemistry
- DNA technology & Molecular biology
Part B: Physics and Chemistry
Physics
- Mechanics
- Thermodynamics: Ideal gases 1st law of thermodynamics Kinetic theory of gases 2nd law of thermodynamics real gases.
- Electricity and Magnetism: Electrostatics Coulomb’s law electric field potential capacitance dielectrics in an electric field energy of an electric field direct current magnetic field of direct current electromagnetic induction.
- Waves and Optics: Free harmonic oscillators elastic waves Electromagnetic waves interference, diffraction, scattering and polarization of light thermal radiation.
- Modern Physics: Structure of matter and basic solid state physics elementary nuclear physics elementary quantum mechanics structure of atom.
Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry: Electronic structure of atoms, periodic table and periodic properties. General characteristics, structure and reactions of non transition elements and transition elements. Coordination compounds, structure, crystal field and ligand field theories, spectral and magnetic properties.
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
Part C: Mathematics, Computer and Information Sciences
- Mathematics: Differentiation & Integration Vectors Matrices Trignometry
- Information Sciences: Introduction to www. Networking: Basicsmodemhubswitchcommands to transfer files remote login. Elements of languages used on the Internet JAVA Perl. Elements of databases Relational database.
- Computer Application: Basics of computershardwarecomponents of a computer. Operating systems windowslinux simple commands. Elementary Boolean arithmetic substraction addition multiplication. Applications word processing spread sheets. Elementary basic programming commands and syntax.