Name: Mugees Shiekh Test duration: 1 hour

Choose the correct preposition:

1. The envelope of the optical absorption spectrum for polarons in a quantum dot bears a

similarity with/to the corresponding spectrum for an interacting polaron gas, especially at/in

low densities.

2. Piezoelectric ceramics that are fashioned up/in the shape of tubes seem to be the current

choice because of their high performance on/to cost ratio.

3. The activated GPCR signals the presence off/of the ligand through interaction in/with a

separate protein known as a G protein.

Correct the grammatical inconsistencies in the following:

1. A complete understanding of the electronic structure of multiexciton complexes have has been

achieved with the help of the 'shell' model proposed by G Kirczenow in 1977.

2. The scientists disputed not only the news article, but also they disputed the company’s official

statement.

3. The soccer instructor said that Jim was a poor team member because his motivation was lowhe

waited until the last minute to kick the ball, completed his training in a careless manner, and he

waited until the last minute to kick the ballhis motivation was low.

4. If the crystal surface is atomically smooth, the crystal grows layer by layers and are is limited by

interfacial kinetics.

Strike out the wrong option:

1. It may be/maybe possible to find out who is/whose responsible for the accident.

2. The necktie compliments/complements the shirt.

3. Discrete/discreet variables can take a value based on a count from a set of distinct whole values.

4. Although regular fluctuations occur, the price of fuel has been steadily raising/rising for many

years.
Insert the appropriate article (a, an, or the):

1. _A_one-time dose of 400 mg was administered to _the_ patient.

2. Proteins are produced from DNA through _a_ two-step process, where first _the_ DNA code is

transcribed into mRNA by _a_ RNA polymerase.

3. One such policy on _the_ table is _a_ car recall policy which is currently _an_exposure draft.

4. This system has been termed as _a_ universal oxidase.

Punctuate the following:

1. Ultrasound in experienced hands is more accurate than other imaging modalities, including whole

whole-body iodine scan, MRI, CT, and PET/CT, in detecting cervical metastases from thyroid

cancer.

2. Homing, that is, moving from an intron containing allele to a cognate allele that lacks the intron,

is efficient when intron/HEG minus and intron/HEG plus alleles exist within the same space;

thus, the presence of multiple targets offered by repetitive DNAs or multi multi-copy genomes

facilitates homing.

3. Over this 30 30-year period (from 1973 to 2002), the incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma

increased by 5 per 100,000, a 2.9 fold increase.

4. Cocaine (benzoylmethylecgonine, C17H21NO4), a natural alkaloid, is derived from Erythroxylon

coca, a plant indigenous to parts of South America, Mexico, the West Indies, and Indonesia.