YVU Previous Papers - M.Sc Degree Zoology (Cell Biology and Micro Biology) Dec 2014 Question Paper

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2014.

FIRST SEMESTER

Zoology

Paper III -- CELL BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

(New Regulation)

Maximum 75 marks                                                                                              Time: Three hours

(No additional sheet will be supplied)

PART A -- -(5 x 3 = 15 marks)

• Answer any FIVE questions
• Each question carries 3 marks
• Each answer should not exceed 1 page.

1. Golgi complex

2. Lysosome

3. Steriod receptors

4, Cyclic GMP

5. Anthrax

6. Rabies

7. Fermentation

8. Cancer

PART B  --  ( 5 x 15 =60 marks)

• Answer ALL questions.
• Each question carries 15 marks.
• Each answer should not exceed 6 pages.

9. Describe the ultra structure of the cell membrane and its functions.

Or

10. What is cell cycle? Describe it and its regulation.

11. Describe the cell signaling process with an emphasis on role of steroid receptors.

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12. Describe cyclic AMP pathway and its role in intracellular singal transduction.

13. Describe the different mierobial flora that affects the human body and its systems.

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14. List out different kinds of microbial diseases. Describe the AIDS disease and its control.

15. Describe various dairy products and their production process.

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16. What are the Therapeutic compounds? Name two industrial enzymes and how they are produced?