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IIT JAM Biotechnology (BT)

IIT (JAM Organizing Institute) · M.Sc. admission

Pattern. 60 questions, 100 marks, 3 hours; Section A MCQ, B MSQ, C NAT

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Section 1: General Biology

I Cell Biology 1 topics · 6 sub-topics
II Biochemistry 1 topics · 4 sub-topics
III Genetics 1 topics · 7 sub-topics
IV Molecular Biology 1 topics · 8 sub-topics
V Evolution and Ecology 1 topics · 11 sub-topics

Section 2: Microbial, Plant and Animal Biotechnology

VI Microbiology 1 topics · 12 sub-topics
VII Plant Biology 1 topics · 11 sub-topics
VIII Animal Biology 1 topics · 6 sub-topics

Section 3: Biotechniques

IX Biochemical and Microscopy Techniques 1 topics · 5 sub-topics
X Molecular Biology Techniques 1 topics · 6 sub-topics
XI Computational Biology 1 topics · 5 sub-topics
XII Instrumental Techniques - Spectroscopy 1 topics · 9 sub-topics

Section 4: Chemistry (10+2+3 level)

XIII Chemistry 1 topics · 5 sub-topics

Section 5: Mathematics (10+2 level)

XIV Mathematics 1 topics · 24 sub-topics

Section 6: Physics (10+2 level)

XV Physics 1 topics · 23 sub-topics

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