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MCQ 11 Mark
Which is necessary for the complete governing programmes of reproductive health from follows ?
  • A
    strong internal facilities
  • B
    commercial experts
  • C
    instruments
  • All of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above
D
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MCQ 21 Mark
Which issues are produced due to reason of uncontrolled population growth?
  • A
    poverty and malnutrition
  • B
    sexual exploitation
  • C
    sex related crimes
  • All of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above
D
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MCQ 31 Mark
Iron the following which one is contribute for producing awareness for reproductive health in individuals ?
  • A
    Mother-father
  • B
    nearer relatives
  • C
    teachers and friends
  • All of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above
D
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MCQ 41 Mark
Which of the following material takes the longest time for biodegradation ?
  • A
    Cotton
  • B
    Paper
  • Bone
  • D
    Jute
Answer
Correct option: C.
Bone
C
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MCQ 51 Mark
In which from express comperatively productivity of various ecosystems?
  • A
    $gm ^{-2} yr ^{-1}$
  • B
    $( KCal ) yr ^{-1}$
  • (A) and (B)
  • D
    None of them
Answer
Correct option: C.
(A) and (B)
C
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MCQ 61 Mark
The active chemical drug reserpine is obtained from.
  • A
    Datura
  • Rauwolfia
  • C
    Atropa
  • D
    Papaver
Answer
Correct option: B.
Rauwolfia
B
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MCQ 71 Mark
Which of the following forests is known as the "lungs of the planet Earth".
  • A
    Tiaga forest
  • B
    Tundra forest
  • Amazon rain forest
  • D
    Rain forests of North East India
Answer
Correct option: C.
Amazon rain forest
C
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MCQ 81 Mark
Among the ecosystem mentioned below, where can one find maximum biodiversity?
  • A
    Mangroves
  • B
    Desert
  • Coral reefs
  • D
    Alpine meadows
Answer
Correct option: C.
Coral reefs
C
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MCQ 91 Mark
Which of the following statements is correct?
  • A
    Parthenium is an endemic species of our country
  • B
    African catfish is not a threat to indigenous catfishes.
  • Stecler's sea cow is an extinct animal.
  • D
    Lentana is popularly known as carrot grass.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Stecler's sea cow is an extinct animal.
C
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MCQ 101 Mark
Approximately how much of the solar energy that falls on the leaves of a plant is converted to chemical energy by photosynthesis?
  • A
    Less than $1\%$
  • $2-10\%$
  • C
    $30\%$
  • D
    $50\%$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$2-10\%$
B
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MCQ 111 Mark
Pyramids of numbers is:
  • A
    Always upright
  • B
    Always inverted
  • Either upright or inverted
  • D
    Neither upright or inverted
Answer
Correct option: C.
Either upright or inverted
C
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MCQ 121 Mark
A population has more young individuals compared to the older individuals. What would be the status of the populations after some years?
  • A
    It will decline
  • B
    It will stabilise
  • It will increase
  • D
    It will first decline and then stabilise
Answer
Correct option: C.
It will increase
C
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MCQ 131 Mark
What would be the percent growth or birth rate per individual per hour for the same population mentioned in the previous question (Question 37).
  • A
    100
  • 200
  • C
    50
  • D
    150
Answer
Correct option: B.
200
B
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MCQ 141 Mark
If a population of 50 Paramoecium present in pool increases to 150 after an hour, what would be the growth rate of population?
  • A
    50 per hour
  • B
    200 per hour
  • C
    5 per hour
  • 100 per hour
Answer
Correct option: D.
100 per hour
D
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MCQ 161 Mark
Golden rice:
  • A
    A variety of rice grown along the yellow river of China.
  • B
    Long stored rice having yellow colour tint.
  • A transgenic rice having gene for $\beta$-carotene.
  • D
    Wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains
Answer
Correct option: C.
A transgenic rice having gene for $\beta$-carotene.
C
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MCQ 171 Mark
The trigger for activation of toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis is :
  • A
    Acidic pH of stomach
  • B
    High temperature
  • Alkaline pH of gut
  • D
    Mechanical action in the insect gut
Answer
Correct option: C.
Alkaline pH of gut
C
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MCQ 181 Mark
A bacterial cell was transformed with recombinant DNA that was generated using humna gene. However, the transformed cells did not produce the desired proteins Reason could be :
  • Human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process
  • B
    Amino gene codons for humans and bacteria are different
  • C
    Human protein is formed but degraded by bacteria.
  • D
    All of the above
Answer
Correct option: A.
Human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process
A
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MCQ 191 Mark
Which of the following steps are catalysed by Taq polymerase in a PCR reaction ?
  • A
    Denaturation of template DNA
  • B
    Annealing of primers to template DNA
  • Extension of primer end of the template DNA
  • D
    All of the above
Answer
Correct option: C.
Extension of primer end of the template DNA
C
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MCQ 201 Mark
Which of the following bacteria is not a source of restriction endonaclease?
  • A
    Haemophilus influenze
  • B
    Escherichia coli
  • Agrobacterium tamefaciens
  • D
    Bacillius amylooli
Answer
Correct option: C.
Agrobacterium tamefaciens
C
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MCQ 211 Mark
The role of DNA ligase in the construction of recombinant DNA molecule is :
  • formation of phosphodiester bond between two DNA fragments
  • B
    formation of hydrogen bonds between sticky ends of DNA fragments
  • C
    Ligation of all purine and pyrimidine bases
  • D
    None of the above
Answer
Correct option: A.
formation of phosphodiester bond between two DNA fragments
A
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MCQ 221 Mark
Methanogens do not produce:
  • oxygen
  • B
    methane
  • C
    hydrogen sulfide
  • D
    carbon dioxide
Answer
Correct option: A.
oxygen
A
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MCQ 231 Mark
The residue left after methane production from cattle dung is:
  • A
    burnt
  • B
    barried in land fills
  • used as manure
  • D
    used in civil construction
Answer
Correct option: C.
used as manure
C
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MCQ 241 Mark
Big holes in Swiss cheese are made by a :
  • A
    a machine
  • B
    a bacterium that produces methane gas
  • a bacterium producing a large amount of carbon dioxide
  • D
    a fungus that releases a lot of gases during its metabolic activity.
Answer
Correct option: C.
a bacterium producing a large amount of carbon dioxide
C
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MCQ 251 Mark
Which one of the following is not a nitrogen fixing organism?
  • A
    Anabaena
  • B
    Nostoc
  • C
    Azotobacter
  • Pseudomonas
Answer
Correct option: D.
Pseudomonas
D
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MCQ 261 Mark
The term 'totipotency' refers to the capacity of a :
  • cell to generate whole plant
  • B
    bud to generate whole plant
  • C
    seed to germinate
  • D
    cell to enlarge in size
Answer
Correct option: A.
cell to generate whole plant
A
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MCQ 271 Mark
The scientific process by which crop plants are enriched with certain desirable nutrients is called:
  • A
    crop protection
  • B
    breeding
  • bio-fortification
  • D
    bio-semediation
Answer
Correct option: C.
bio-fortification
C
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MCQ 281 Mark
Use of certain chemicals and radiation to change the base sequences of genes of crop plants is termed:
  • A
    recombinant DNA technology
  • B
    transgenic mechanism
  • mutation breeding
  • D
    gene therapy
Answer
Correct option: C.
mutation breeding
C
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MCQ 291 Mark
AIDS is caused by HIV. Among the following, which one is not a mode of transmission of HIV?
  • A
    Transfusion of contaminated blood.
  • B
    Sharing the infected needles.
  • Shaking hands with infected persons.
  • D
    Sexual contact with infected persons.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Shaking hands with infected persons.
C
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MCQ 301 Mark
Which of the following are the reaosns(s) for Rheamatoid arthritis ? Choose the correct option.
(i) Lymphocytes become more active
(ii) Body attacks self cells
(iii) More antibodies are produced in the body
(iv) The ability to differentiate-pathegnis for foreign molecules from self cells is lost.
  • A
    (i) and (ii)
  • (ii) and (iv)
  • C
    (iii) and (iv)
  • D
    (i) and (iii)
Answer
Correct option: B.
(ii) and (iv)
B
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MCQ 311 Mark
When an apparently healthy person is diagnosed as unhealthy by a psychiatrist, the reason could be that :
  • A
    the patient was not efficient at his work.
  • B
    the patient was not economically prosperous
  • the patient shows behavioural and social maladjustment.
  • D
    he does not take interest in sports.
Answer
Correct option: C.
the patient shows behavioural and social maladjustment.
C
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MCQ 321 Mark
Match the scientists listed under Column 'A' with ideas listed Column 'B' :
Column AColumn B
(i) Darwin(M) abiogenesis
(ii) Oparin(N) use and disuse of organs
(iii) Lamarck(O) continental drift theory
(iv) Wagner(P) evolution by natural selection
  • A
    (i - M) (ii - P) (iii - N) (iv - O)
  • (i - P) (ii - M) (iii - N) (iv - O)
  • C
    (i - N) (ii - P) (iii - O) (iv - M)
  • D
    (i - P) (ii - O) (iii - N) (iv - M)
Answer
Correct option: B.
(i - P) (ii - M) (iii - N) (iv - O)
B
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MCQ 331 Mark
Which of the following is an example for link species ?
  • A
    Lobe fish
  • B
    Dodo bird
  • C
    Sea Weed
  • Tyrannosaurus sea
Answer
Correct option: D.
Tyrannosaurus sea
D
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MCQ 341 Mark
The most accepted lie of descent in human evolution is:
  • A
    Autralopithecus $\rightarrow$ Ramapithecus $\rightarrow$ Homo sapiens $\rightarrow$ Homo hatilis
  • B
    Homo erectus $\rightarrow$ Homo habilis $\rightarrow$ Homo erectus $\rightarrow$ Homo sapiens
  • Ramapithecus $\rightarrow$ Homo habilis $\rightarrow$ Homo erectus $\rightarrow$ Homo sapiens
  • D
    Australopithecus $\rightarrow$ Homo habilis $\rightarrow$ Homo erectus $\rightarrow$ Homo habilis
Answer
Correct option: C.
Ramapithecus $\rightarrow$ Homo habilis $\rightarrow$ Homo erectus $\rightarrow$ Homo sapiens
C
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MCQ 351 Mark
Which type of selection is industrial melanism observed in moth Biston bitularie.
  • A
    Stabilising
  • Direcitonal
  • C
    Disruptive
  • D
    Artificial
Answer
Correct option: B.
Direcitonal
B
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MCQ 361 Mark
Who amongst the following scientists has no contribution in the development of  the double helix model for the structure of DNA ?
  • A
    Rosalind Franklin
  • B
    Maurice Wilkins
  • C
    Frwin Chargaff
  • Meselson and Stahl
Answer
Correct option: D.
Meselson and Stahl
D
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MCQ 371 Mark
The human chromosome with the highest and least number of genes in them an respectively.
  • A
    chromosome 21 and Y
  • B
    chromosome 1 and X
  • chromosome 1 and Y
  • D
    chromosome X and Y
Answer
Correct option: C.
chromosome 1 and Y
C
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MCQ 381 Mark
With regard to mature mRNA in eukaryotes.
  • A
    exons and introns donot appear in the mature RNA.
  • exons appear but introns do not appear in the mature RNA.
  • C
    introns appear but exons do not appear in the mature RNA.
  • D
    both exons and introns appear in the mature RNA.
Answer
Correct option: B.
exons appear but introns do not appear in the mature RNA.
B
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MCQ 391 Mark
Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called:
  • A
    multiple allelism
  • B
    mosaicism
  • pleiotropy
  • D
    polygeny
Answer
Correct option: C.
pleiotropy
C
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MCQ 401 Mark
Menedel's Law of indepent assortment holds good for genes situated on the
  • non-homologous chromosome
  • B
    homologous chromosomes
  • C
    extra nuclear genetic element
  • D
    some chromosome
Answer
Correct option: A.
non-homologous chromosome
A
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MCQ 411 Mark
Which of the following will not result in variations among siblings ?
  • A
    Indepent assortment of genes
  • B
    Crossing over
  • Linkage
  • D
    Mutation
Answer
Correct option: C.
Linkage
C
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MCQ 421 Mark
Diaphragms are contraceptive devices used by the females.
Choose the correct option from the statements given below:
(i) They are introduced into the uterus.
(ii) They are placed to cover the cervical region.
(iii) They act as physical barriers for sperm entry.
(iv) They act as spermicidal agents.
  • A
    (i) and (ii)
  • B
    (i) and (iii)
  • (ii) and (iii)
  • D
    (iii) and (iv)
Answer
Correct option: C.
(ii) and (iii)
C
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MCQ 431 Mark
Which one of the following is not a male accessory gland ?
  • A
    Seminal vesicle
  • Ampulla
  • C
    Prostate
  • D
    Bulbourethral gland
Answer
Correct option: B.
Ampulla
B
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MCQ 441 Mark
Acrosomal reaction of the sperm occurs due to:
  • Its contact with zona pellucida of the ova
  • B
    Reaction within the uterine environment of the female.
  • C
    Reactions within the epididymal environment of the male.
  • D
    Androgens produced in the uterus
Answer
Correct option: A.
Its contact with zona pellucida of the ova
A
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MCQ 451 Mark
A particular species of plant produces hight, non-sticky pollen in large numbers and its stigmas are long and feathery. These modifications facilitate pollination by:
  • A
    Insects
  • B
    Water
  • Wind
  • D
    Animals
Answer
Correct option: C.
Wind
C
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MCQ 461 Mark
Choose the correct statement from the following:
  • Cleistogamous flowers always exhibit autogamy
  • B
    Cleistogamous flower never exhibit autogamy
  • C
    Cleistogamous flowers exhibit both autogamy and geitonogamy
  • D
    Chasmogamous flowers never exhibit autogamy
Answer
Correct option: A.
Cleistogamous flowers always exhibit autogamy
A
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MCQ 471 Mark
Autogamy can occur in a chasmogamous flower if:
  • A
    Pollen mature before maturity of ovule.
  • B
    Ovules mature before maturity of pollen.
  • Both pollen and ovules mature simultaneously.
  • D
    Both anther and stigma are of equal lengths.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Both pollen and ovules mature simultaneously.
C
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MCQ 491 Mark
Which layers of microspirengia protect as functionally and help to release pollen from anther ?
  • A
    Endothecium
  • B
    Epidermis
  • C
    Middle layer
  • All of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above
D
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MCQ 501 Mark
Developed microsporangia is converted in which structure?
  • A
    Pollen tube
  • Pollen sac
  • C
    Pollen
  • D
    Anther
Answer
Correct option: B.
Pollen sac
B
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