CUET PG Botany Syllabus 2026- Download PDF, Topic-Wise Syllabus & Exam Pattern

UNITS

TOPICS

UNIT 1- Phycology and Microbiology

Introduction to microbial world, microbial nutrition, growth, and metabolism, Viruses, Bacteria, Applied Microbiology, Algae, Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta, Charophyta, Xanthophyta, Phaeophyta, Rhodophyta, Applied Phycology

UNIT 2- Biomolecules and Cell Biology

Biomolecules, Bioenergetics, Enzymes, The Cell, Cell wall and plasma membrane, Cell organelles, Cell division

UNIT 3- Mycology and Phytopathology

Introduction to true fungi, Chytridiomycetes, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Allied Fungi, Oomycota, Symbiotic associations, Applied Mycology, Phytopathology

UNIT 4- Archegoniate

Introduction, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms

UNIT 5- Anatomy and Angiosperms

Introduction and scope of Plant Anatomy, Tissues, Stem, Leaf, Root, Vascular Cambium, Wood, Perider, Adaptive and Protective Systems, Secretory System

UNIT 6- Economic Botany

Origin of Cultivated Plants, Cereals, Legumes, Sugars & Starches, Spices, Beverages, Oils & Fats, Essential Oils, Natural Rubber, Drug-yielding plants, Tobacco, Timber plants, Fibres

UNIT 7- Genetics

Mendelian genetics and its extension, Extrachromosomal Inheritance, Linkage, crossing over and chromosome mapping, Variation in chromosome number and structure, Gene mutations, Fine structure of gene, Population and Evolutionary Genetics

UNIT 8- Molecular Biology

Nucleic acids: Carriers of genetic information, The Structures of DNA and RNA / Genetic Material, The replication of DNA, Central dogma and genetic code, Mechanism of Transcription, Processing and modification of RNA, Translation (Prokaryotes and eukaryotes), Regulation of transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

UNIT 9- Plant Ecology and Phytogeography

Introduction, Soil, Water, Light, temperature, wind and fire, Biotic interactions, Population ecology, Plant communities, Ecosystems, Functional aspects of ecosystem, Phytogeography

UNIT 10- Plant Semantics

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UNIT 11- Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms

Introduction, Anther, Pollen biology, Ovule, Pollination and fertilisation, Self incompatibility, Endosperm, Embryo, Seed, Polyembryony and apomixis, Germline transformation

UNIT 12- Plant Physiology

Plant water relationship, Mineral nutrition, Nutrient Uptake, Translocation in the phloem, Plant growth regulators, Physiology of flowering, Phytochrome

UNIT 13- Plant Metabolism

Concept of metabolism, Carbon assimilation, Carbohydrate metabolism, Carbon Oxidation, ATP-Synthesis, Lipid metabolism, Nitrogen metabolism, Mechanisms of signal transduction

UNIT 14- Plant Biotechnology

Plant Tissue Culture, Recombinant DNA technology, Applications of Biotechnology

Particulars

CUET PG botany 2026 test pattern

Number of questions

75

CUET PG botany exam duration

90 minutes

Types of questions

Multiple Choice Question

Total Marks for CUET PG botany exam

300

CUET marking scheme

4 marks for each correct answer

-1 mark for each incorrect answer