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Consider the following statements about the 5
Identify the incorrect statement regarding the
different classes of algae:
secondary growth seen in plants:
I. The members of Chlorophyceae have a rigid cell wall 1. Secondary growth does not occur in monocotyledons

made of an inner layer of cellulose and an outer layer of 2. The cells of secondary cortex are parenchymatous

pectose
3. Bark refers to all the tissues exterior to the vascular
II. The members of Rhodophyceae do not have a cambium, therefore it does not include secondary
flagellum
phloem

III. Members of Phaeophyceae store food as floridean 4. In the dicot root, the vascular cambium originates
starch which is very similar to amylopectin and from the tissue located just below the phloem bundles, a
glycogen in structure
portion of pericycle tissue, above the protoxylem
1. Only I and III are correct
forming a complete and continuous wavy ring, which
2. Only I and II are correct
later becomes circular

3. Only II and III are correct

4. All I, II and III are correct

6
Consider the following statements about Mustard:

I. Its ovary is one-chambered but becomes two-

2
In which of the following class of fungi, sex organs chambered due to formation of a false septum

are absent and plasmogamy is brought about by fusion II. There may be variation in the length of filaments
of two vegetative or somatic cells of different strains or within its flowers

genotypes?
III. Its flower is zygomorphic

1. Ascomycetes
IV. Its flowers are located at the rim of the thalamus
2. Phycomycetes
almost at the same level

3. Basidiomycetes
1. Only I and II are correct

4. Deuteromycetes
2. All I, II, III and IV are correct

3. Only I, III and IV are correct

4. Only I, II and III are correct

3
Mycoplasma:

I. completely lack a cell wall

II. are the smallest living cells known

7
Identify the correct statement(s) regarding the
III. can survive without oxygen
modifications seen in stems:

1. Only I and II are true

I. Stem tendrils develop from axillary buds and help
2. Only I and III are true
plants, such as pea, to climb

3. Only II and III are true

II. Opuntia modifies its stems into flattened structures to
4. All I, II and III are true
protect itself from browsing animals

III. Underground stems of some plants such as grass and

strawberry spread to new niches and when older plants
4
A diagram of the transverse section of a monocot die, new plants are formed.

leaf is given below with certain parts indicated as letters 1. I, II, and III

of the alphabet. Select the option which incorrectly 2. Only II and III

matches the alphabet with the part it represents:

3. Only III

4. Only I and III

1. A - Adaxial epidermis

2. B - Phloem

3. C - Mesophyll

4. D - Abaxial epidermis

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Which of the following algae exhibits the life cycle 11
Match the group of Protozoans to a feature these
as shown in the diagram below:
protozoans exhibit:
Column 1 Column 2
They have a cavity (gullet) that opens
A Amoeboid P to the outside of the cell surface into
which water laden food is steered
Marine forms have silica shells on
B Flagellated Q
their surface
The parasitic forms cause diseases
C Ciliated R
such as sleeping sickness
They have an infectious spore-like
D Sporozoans S
stage in their life cycles
 
A B C D
1 R Q P S
2 Q R P S
3 Q R S P

4 S Q R P
1. Fucus

2. Spirogyra

3. Ectocarpus

4. Polysiphonia

12
At the end of the S-phase during the cell cycle in a
typical eukaryotic animal cell [having 2N chromosome
9
Selaginella, a pteridophyte which belongs to the number and 2C DNA content at the G1 phase]:

class Lycopsida, is:

1. The chromosome number and DNA content remain
1. heterosporous and has microphylls
2N and 2C respectively

2. homosporous and has macrophylls

2. The chromosome number and DNA content are 4N
3. homosporous and has microphylls
and 2C respectively

4. heterosporous and has macrophylls

3. The chromosome number and DNA content are 2N

and 4C respectively

4. The chromosome number and DNA content are 4N

10
Who showed that viruses could be crystallised and and 4C respectively

crystals consist largely of proteins?

1. M. W. Beijerinek

2. D. J. Ivanowsky

13
Identify the correct statement:

3. T. O. Diener

4. W. M. Stanley
1. α amino acids are substituted methanes

2. Only triglycerides are lipids that are both

macromolecules as well as polymers

3. Cellulose forms secondary helical structures and can

hold iodine molecules in the helical portion

4. Every virus will have both DNA and RNA as its

genetic material

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Cr-Jacob disease (CJD) in humans is caused by:
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In cockroach:

1. An agent which consists of abnormally folded proteinI. the entire foregut is lined by cuticle

and is smaller in size to viruses

II. haemolymph is composed of colourless plasma and
2. An agent which lacks the protein coat found in viruses

haemocytes

3. An agent which consists of abnormally folded proteinIII. opening of spiracles is regulated by the sphincters

and is similar in size to viruses

IV. fat body, nephrocyte and urecose glands help in
4. The same agent which causes potato spindle tuber excretion

disease
1. Only I and II are correct

2. Only II, III and IV are correct

3. Only II and III are correct

15
What stage of prophase I of meiosis I:
4. I, II, III and IV are correct

a. is characterized by the visibility of chiasmata

 

b. can last for months and years in some vertebrate

oocytes

1. Zygotene
19
Match each item in Column I with one in
2. Pachytene
COLUMN II and select the correct match from the codes
3. Diplotene
given:
4. Diakinesis
COLUMN I COLUMN II
 
A. Petromyzon P A jawless vertebrate

B. Icthyophis Q A limbless amphibian

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Which of the following statements is not true C. Struthio R A flightless bird

regarding the mode of reproduction of organisms

Codes
belonging to different classes of the Kingdom Fungi?

1. Large number of members of Deuteromycetes are A B C

decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling
1. Q R P
2. Sex organs are absent in Basidiomycetes but 2. Q P R
plasmogamy is brought about by fusion of the nuclei of 3. P Q R
the gametes
4. P R Q
3. The asexual spores produced by Ascomycetes are

conidia produced exogenously on the special mycelium

called conidiophores

4. In Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes, an intervening

Dikaryon stage exists before the fusion of parental
20
Body not segmented but presence of three regions –
nuclei
a proboscis, a trunk, a collar and presence of a

stomochord are the features seen in:

1. Myxine

17
Regarding factors affecting enzyme activity:
2. Ascidia

3. Saccoglossus

I. Low temperature preserves the enzyme in a

4. Branchiostoma

temporarily inactive state whereas high temperature

 

destroys enzymatic activity.

II. With the increase in substrate concentration, the

velocity of the enzymatic reaction rises at first.

1. Only I is correct

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Which of the following is true regarding the classes
2. Only II is correct
of Bryophytes?

3. Both I and II are correct

1. The thallus of mosses is dorsiventral and closely
4. Both I and II are incorrect
appressed to the surface

 
2. In the life cycle of liverworts, the predominant

gametophytic stage is divided into two stages - the

protonema and the leafy stage

3. The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than in

mosses

4. Asexual reproduction in liverworts takes place by

fragmentation of thalli, or by the  formation of
specialised structures called gemmae

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Sphagnum is a bryophyte, commonly called as bog 27
Which of the following does not take place during
moss or peat moss, that is used as packing material for diakinesis of Meiosis I?

trans-shipment of living materials because:

1. Disappearance of nucleolus

1. It is easily available
2. Decondensation of chromosomes

2. It is hygroscopic
3. Nuclear envelope break down

3. It is hydrophobic
4. assembly of meiotic spindle

4. It prevents soil erosion

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The number and linear sequence of amino acids in a
23
The branch of biology that deals with the protein are considered as the:

relationships of different groups of organisms and 1. primary structure of a protein

examines their natural variation and relationships is 2. secondary structure of a protein

known as:
3. tertiary structure of a protein

1. Cladistics
4. quaternary structure of a protein

2. Systematics

3. Taxonomy

4. Identification
29
On an average a female cockroach produces:

1. 9-10 oothecae , each containing 14-16 eggs

2. 14-16 oothecae , each containing 9-10 eggs

24
Which of the following statement regarding the 3. 5-6 oothecae , each containing 9-10 eggs

characteristic and defining features of life is true?

4. 9-10 oothecae , each containing 5-6 eggs

1. When it comes to multicellular organisms,

reproduction is synonymous with growth

2. Isolated metabolic reactions in vivo are not living 30

A free-living organism with a dorso-ventrally
things but living reactions
flattened body and a very high regeneration capacity is:

3. Cellular organisation and consciousness are the 1. Taenia solium

defining features of living organisms

2. Fasciola hepatica

4. In majority of the higher animals and plants, growth 3. Planaria

and reproduction are mutually inclusive events

4. Ascaris

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What is the number of animals, amongst the 31
In algae with haplontic life cycle:

animals given in the box, that have both a four I. there are no free-living sporophytes

chambered heart and endothermy?

II. mitosis in zygote results in diploid spores

Crocodilus, Aptendoytes, Canis, Calotes, Struthio, III. gametophyte is the dominant photosynthetic phase

Delphinus, Testudo, Icthyophis

1. Only I and II are correct

1. 3
2. Only I and III are correct

2. 4
3. Only II and III are correct

3. 5
4. I, II and III are correct

4. 6

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Monkey, gorilla, gibbon, tiger, cat and dog do not 32
All the following statements regarding diatoms are
belong to the same:
true except:

1. Phylum
1. The two overlapping shells of cell wall fit together as
2. Order
in a soap box.

3. Class
2. They are the chief ‘producers’ in the oceans.

4. Kingdom
3. Their cell walls are embedded with silica.

4. Diatoms behave like heterotrophs when deprived of

sunlight.

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Generally, the shape not seen in a bacterial cell is:
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Intercalated discs are:

1. Rod like
1.    flattened interconnected smooth ER in muscle fibre

2. Comma shaped
2.      communication junctions between cardiac muscle
3. Spherical
cells

4. Icosahedral 3.    cell junctions that hold smooth muscle cells together

in a unit

4.      dorsoventrally flattened mitochondria in a skeletal

34
The type of placentation shown in the given muscle cell

diagram is not seen in:

 

38
What is not correct regarding malpighian tubules in
cockroaches?

1.      They are present at the junction of midgut and

hindgut

2.    They are lined by glandular and ciliated cells

3.    They are 100-150 in number and arranged in a ring-

like manner

4.      Though they are excretory structures, they do not

have osmoregulatory functions

1. Mustard

2. China rose

3. Tomato 39
Identify the incorrect statement:

4. Lemon
1.    Notochord is derived from embryonic mesoderm

2.    Stomochord in hemochordates is actually notochord

3.    Chordates have a post-anal tail

35
An alga lacks flagellar insertions in its life cycle 4.    Pharynx is perforated by gill slits in chordates

and stores food as floridean starch. This alga can be:

 

1. Chara

2. Fucus

3. Porphyra
40
In bacteria, the formation of peptide bond is
4. Ectocarpus
catalyzed by a ribozyme that is a part of the:

1. 50S (23S component) ribosome subunit

2. 30S (28S component) ribosome subunit

36
Amyloplasts, Leucoplasts and Aleuroplasts are:
3. 60S (28S component) ribosome subunit

1.      Chromoplasts containing accessory photosynthetic 4. 40S (23S component) ribosome subunit

pigments

2.    Pro-plastids capable of developing into any types of

plastids
41
What given anatomical feature is not correct for a
3.      Plastids found in green algae, photosynthesizing dicot stem?
bacteria and protists
1. Hypodermis Sclerenchymatous
4.    Types of leucoplasts that store nutrients
2. Endodermis Starch sheath
 

3. Medullary rays Parenchyma cells

4. Protoxylem Endarch

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In palmately compound leaves:
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Which of the following is/are a correct match?
1. Leaf lamina is entire
large, bubble-shaped epidermal cells that
2. Leaf lamina is incised but the incisions do not touch Bulliform
I. occur in groups on the upper surface of the
the mid rib.
cells
leaves of many monocots.
3. Leaf lamina is incised, lamina reach up to the midrib a porous tissue consisting of cells with
and leaflets are present on a common axis
large intercellular spaces in the periderm
4. Leaf lamina is incised, lamina reach up to the midrib II. Lenticells of the secondarily thickened organs and
and leaflets are attached at a common point
the bark of woody stems and roots of

dicotyledonous flowering plants

43
Select the option where the given characters are 1. Only I

correct match for members of Rhodophyceae: 2. Only II

Major Stored 3. Both I and II

Cell wall Flagella

pigments food 4. Neither I nor II

Chlorophyll a, Cellulose, pectin, 2-8,  

Mannitol.

1. d; polysulphate equal,
Laminarin
phycoerythrin esters apical
Chlorophyll a, Cellulose, pectin, 46
Palisade parenchyma:

Floridean
2. d; polysulphate Absent 1. are prominent in isobilateral leaf

starch
phycoerythrin esters 2. is abaxially placed in dorsi-ventral leaf

2, 3. are loosely arranged oval or round cells extending to

Chlorophyll a, Mannitol. Cellulose and the lower epidermis in dorsi-ventral leaf

3. unequal,
c; Fucoxanthin Laminarin algin 4. is made of elongated cells vertically arranged parallel
lateral
2-8, to each other in dorsi-ventral leaf

Chlorophyll a,  

4. Starch Cellulose equal,

b;

apical

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All the following statements regarding collenchyma
in plants is true except:

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A hierarchy is an arrangement of items that are 1. Occurs in layers below the epidermis in most of the
dicotyledonous plants

represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same

2. Cells are thickened at the corners due to deposition of
level as" one another. Select the correct ascending order
cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectin

of taxonomic hierarchy?

3. There is considerable amount of intercellular space

1. Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class →
between cells

Division → Kingdom

4.  Provide mechanical support to the growing parts of

2. Species → Genus → Family → Class → Order →
the plants

Division → Kingdom

3. Species → Genus → Order → Family → Class →

Division → Kingdom

4. Genus → Species → Family → Order → Class →

Kingdom → Division

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Consider the following statements regarding
 
cockroaches:

I. Blood transports respiratory gases

II. Anal styles are absent in females

III. There are 10 [5 pairs] of spiracles

IV. Vision with the help of ommatidia is mosaic vision

V. Development is paurometabolous

The number of correct statements are:

1. 2

2. 3

3. 4

4. 5

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Between Telophase I and Prophase II:

1. The nuclear membrane disappears

2. DNA does not replicate

3. A tetrad of cells is formed

4. There is a long duration resting stage

50
Identify the incorrect statement:

1. Zinc is a cofactor for carboxypeptidase

2. NADP contains the vitamin cyanocobalamin

3. Malonate is a competitive inhibitor of Succinic

dehydrogenase

4. Haem is the prosthetic group in peroxidise

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