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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
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Consider the following statements about Mustard:
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
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Mycoplasma:
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
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
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At the end of the S-phase during the cell cycle in a
typical eukaryotic animal cell [having 2N chromosome
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Selaginella, a pteridophyte which belongs to the number and 2C DNA content at the G1 phase]:
and 4C respectively
1. M. W. Beijerinek
2. D. J. Ivanowsky
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Identify the correct statement:
3. T. O. Diener
4. W. M. Stanley
1. α amino acids are substituted methanes
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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
haemocytes
3. An agent which consists of abnormally folded proteinIII. opening of spiracles is regulated by the sphincters
disease
1. Only I and II are correct
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What stage of prophase I of meiosis I:
4. I, II, III and IV are correct
oocytes
1. Zygotene
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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
called conidiophores
1. Myxine
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Regarding factors affecting enzyme activity:
2. Ascidia
3. Saccoglossus
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?
2. In the life cycle of liverworts, the predominant
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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?
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
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The number and linear sequence of amino acids in a
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The branch of biology that deals with the protein are considered as the:
known as:
3. tertiary structure of a protein
1. Cladistics
4. quaternary structure of a protein
2. Systematics
3. Taxonomy
4. Identification
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On an average a female cockroach produces:
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Which of the following statement regarding the 3. 5-6 oothecae , each containing 9-10 eggs
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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
Crocodilus, Aptendoytes, Canis, Calotes, Struthio, III. gametophyte is the dominant photosynthetic phase
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.
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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
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What is not correct regarding malpighian tubules in
cockroaches?
1. Mustard
2. China rose
3. Tomato 39
Identify the incorrect statement:
4. Lemon
1. Notochord is derived from embryonic mesoderm
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An alga lacks flagellar insertions in its life cycle 4. Pharynx is perforated by gill slits in chordates
1. Chara
2. Fucus
3. Porphyra
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In bacteria, the formation of peptide bond is
4. Ectocarpus
catalyzed by a ribozyme that is a part of the:
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Amyloplasts, Leucoplasts and Aleuroplasts are:
3. 60S (28S component) ribosome subunit
1. Chromoplasts containing accessory photosynthetic 4. 40S (23S component) ribosome subunit
pigments
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
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Select the option where the given characters are 1. Only I
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
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,
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
of taxonomic hierarchy?
Division → Kingdom
Division → Kingdom
Division → Kingdom
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Consider the following statements regarding
cockroaches:
V. Development is paurometabolous
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
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Between Telophase I and Prophase II:
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Identify the incorrect statement:
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