NERIST Entrance Examination (NEE)

Origin and evolution of life

Theories and evidences of origin of life, concept of species, speciation, and isolation; homeostasis; scope of biology; classification-artificial, natural, and phylogenetic; binomial nomenclature; status of bacteria and virus

Cell biology

Ultra structure of cell; cell organelles and their function; cell division; karyotype analysis; chromosomal basis and other patterns of inheritance; linkages and crossing over; mutation and chromosomal aberrations; gene mapping; human genetics

Structure of RNA and its role in protein synthesis; gene expression and its regulation; nuclear basis of differentiation and development; oncogenes; DNA as a genetic material; recombinant DNA technology; gene bank; DNA fingerprinting

Genomics-principles and applications; transgenic plants, animals, and microbes

Physiology of plants and animals

Plant water relations; transpiration; photosynthesis; respiration, glycolysis, Kreb's cycle, compensation point, respiratory quotient; food and vitamins; inter-and intracellular digestion; role of hormones and enzymes in digestion; malnutrition

Respiration and circulation in animals; blood, its composition and related disorder; osmoregulation and excretion

Reproduction and growth in plants, and animals: Vegetative, micropropagation, and sexual reproduction; flowering-photoperiodism, vernalization; pollination; double fertilization; parthenogenesis and parthenocarpy; reproduction in animal

Embryonic development, growth, repair, aging, and death; movement and locomotion in plants and animals; nervous coordination in animal; phytochromes; seed germination; role of growth regulators in seed dormancy

Ecology and environment

Organism and the environment; population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere; major biomes; ecological succession; productivity; energy flow in ecosystem; nutrient cycling; natural resources and its conservation; biodiversity; environmental pollution

Global environmental changes; environmental ethics and legislation

Morphology of plants and animals

Morphology and modification of root, stem, and leaf; inflorescence, flower, fruit, seed structure, and types; description of family poaceae, liliaceae, fabacae, solanaceae and asteraceae; meristematic and permanent tissues; anatomy of root, stem and leaf

Secondary growth; animal tissues-structure and function of epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissues; salient features of earthworm, cockroach, and rat

Application of biology

Human population growth and factors; common problem of drug, alcohol and tobacco; mental and addictive disorder; common human diseases; technology for medical application; plant tissue culture and its application; bioenergy; biopesticide; biopiracy

Bioethics; domestication and improvement of plants, and animals; biomedical technologies such as radiography, angiography, sonography, ECG, EEG, ELISA test; types, detection, and diagnosis of cancer

Algebra

Number system: Whole numbers, integers, rational and irrational numbers, surds and rationalization of surds, real numbers

Polynomials: Definition of a polynomial, factorization of polynomials factorization of quadratic and cubic expressions, HCF and LCM of polynomials

Rational expressions: Addition, multiplication, and division of rational expressions

Linear equations in one and two variables: Solution of linear equations in one and two variables by cross multiplication, and other simple methods; application to practical problems

Quadratic equations: Zeros of quadratic equations, solution of quadratic equations by-(i) factorization, (ii) method of completion of square: Quadratic formula, application quadratic equations. Arithmetic progression (AP): Definition, nth term of an AP

Quadratic equations: Arithmetic progression (AP)-sum of finite number of terms an AP

Geometry

Lines, angles, and triangles: Geometrical concepts of a point, angle and a triangle, angles made by a transversal with two lines, sum of the angles of a triangle, different criteria for congruence of two triangles, properties of isosceles triangle

Lines, angles, and triangles: Similar triangles, proportionality theorems, concurrent lines in a triangle

Parallelograms: Definition, properties of a parallelogram, types of parallelograms, some theorems on parallelograms

Circles: Definition, congruence of circles, chords of a circle arcs of a circle, angles subtended by arcs and chords at a point on a circle, angles in a cyclic quadrilateral, tangents to a circle, properties of tangents to a circle

Circles: Chord of a circle intersecting in a point, alternate segments and its angles, common tangents to circles

Trigonometry: Trigonometric ratios of angles of measures 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°. Trigonometric ratios of some specific angles, solution of right triangles; trigonometric ratios of complementary angles; simple problems on heights and distances

Trigonometry: Angles of elevation and depressions

Mensuration: Area of a triangle, quadrilateral, circle, sector, and segment of a circle, trapezium, concept of perimeter of these figures. Lateral and total surface area of right triangular prisms, volume of a right triangular prism

Mensuration: Lateral surface area and volume of a right pyramid, surface area and volume of a tetrahedron, lateral and total surface area, and volume of a cuboid, cube, right circular cylinder

Mensuration: Right circular cone hemisphere and surface area, and volume of a sphere, surface area and volumes of combinations of these solids, volume and surface are of a frustum of a right circle cone

Statistics and probability: Mean, median, mode, and their properties, measures of central tendency, probability as a measure of uncertainty

Coordinate geometry (2D): Distance between two points, section formula between two points

Tripura

Agartala

Mizoram

Aizawl

Assam

Dibrugarh

Guwahati

North Lakhimpur

Silchar

Tezpur

Sikkim

Gangtok

Manipur

Imphal

Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar

Pasighat

Bomdila

Nagaland

Kohima

Meghalaya

Shillong