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6. Which protists are all heterotrophs and live

Botany - Section A as predators or parasites?

1. In a dicot stem, the pericycle is present on 1. Desmids

the inner side of the endodermis and:

2. Slime moulds

1. above the phloem, in form of semi-lunar 3. Protozoans

patches of sclerenchyma
4. Euglenoids

2. above the xylem, in form of semi-lunar

patches of sclerenchyma
7. The red algae reproduce:

3. above the phloem, in form of semi-lunar 1. asexually by non motile spores and sexually
patches of collenchyma
by non motile gametes

4. above the xylem, in form of semi-lunar 2. asexually by non motile spores and sexually
patches of collenchyma

by motile gametes

3. asexually by motile spores and sexually by

2. Consider the following statements:
non motile gametes

I. G0 phase is viewed as either an extended G1 4. asexually by motile spores and sexually by

phase where the cell is neither dividing nor motile gametes

preparing to divide or as a distinct quiescent

stage which occurs outside of the cell cycle.

8. Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

II. In gamete production interphase is 1. Lichens: mutualistic symbiosis between an

succeeded by meiosis.
alga and a fungus

III. In programmed cell death interphase is 2. Prions: abnormally folded infectious proteins

followed or preempted by apoptosis.

3. Viroids: infectious, free low molecular weight
The correct statements include:
RNA

1. II and III
4. Viruses: infectious nucleoprotein with both
2. I and III
DNA and RNA

3. I, II, and III

4. I only

9. All the following are examples of secondary

or lateral meristems except:

3. Interfascicular cambium and cork cambium 1. Fascicular vascular cambium

are formed due to

2. Interfascicular cambium

1. Cell division
3. Cork cambium

2. Cell differentitation
4. Intercalary meristem

3. Cell dedifferentiation

4. Redifferentiation

10. Phellogen and Phellem respectively denote

1. Cork and cork cambium

4. What is incorrect regarding the prothallus of 2. Cork cambium and cork

pteridophytes?
3. Secondary cortex and cork

1. Inconspicuous, small but multicellular

4. Cork and secondary cortex

2. Free-living

3. Mostly photosynthetic
11. The phrase ‘contagium vivium fluidum’, first
4. Thalloid sporophyte

used to describe a virus, is attributed to:

1. Louis Pasteur

5. Which of the following will not be true for 2. D.J. Ivanowsky

members of Rhodophyceae? 3. M.W. Beijerinck

Chlorophyll a, d, 4. W.M. Stanley

1. Major pigments

phycoerythrin
2. Stored food Floridean starch
3. Cell wall Cellulose and algin
Flagellar number and
4. Absent
insertions

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12. What is not true for mosses?

18. What is true regarding the structure of

1. Sporophyte is less elaborate than liverworts

ribosomes?

2. Protonema stage develops directly from a 1. They are made of rRNA and proteins and are
spore
enclosed by a single membrane

3. Leafy stage develops from a secondary 2. They are made of rRNA and carbohydrates
protonema as a lateral bud and are enclosed by a single membrane

4. They are attached to soil through 3. They are made of rRNA and carbohydrates
multicellular and branched rhizoids

and are not enclosed by any membrane

4. They are made of rRNA and proteins and are

13. The stems of maize and sugarcane have:
not enclosed by any membrane

1. stilt roots that are hanging and supporting

structures
19. It is said that elemental composition of
2. prop roots that are hanging and supporting living organisms and that of inanimate objects
structures
(like earth’s crust) are similar in the sense that
3. prop roots coming out from the nodes in all the major elements are present in both.
upper stem
Then, what would be the difference between
4. supporting stilt roots coming out of the lower these two groups? Choose a correct answer
nodes of the stem
from among the following:

1. Living organisms have more gold in them

14. In Coconut, the drupe develops from:
than inanimate objects.

1. monocarpellary, inferior ovary and is one 2. Living organisms have more water in their
seeded
body than inanimate objects.

2. multicarpellary, superior ovary and is multi 3. Living organisms have more carbon, oxygen
seeded
and hydrogen per unit mass than inanimate
3. monocarpellary, superior ovary and is one objects.

seeded
4. Living organisms have more calcium in them
4. multicarpellary, inferior ovary and is multi than inanimate objects.

seeded

20. Algal cell walls are composed of all the

15. When a flower has both androecium and following except:

gynoecium, it is termed as:

1. Cellulose

1. Monoecious
2. Galactans and mannans

2. Bisexual
3. Minerals like calcium carbonate

3. Dioecious
4. Chitin

4. Unisexual

21. A cryptogam is a plant that reproduces by

16. The ‘ring’ arrangement of vascular bundles spores, without flowers or seeds. Therefore, the
is characteristic of the anatomy of:
term ‘Vascular Cryptogams’ is best applied to:

1. dicot stem
1. Bryophytes

2. dicot root
2. Pteridophytes

3. monocot stem
3. Cycads

4. monocot root

4. Gnetales

17. Mesosomes, extensions of plasma 22. Extra-chromosomal circular double

membrane in bacterial cells, help in all the stranded and autonomously replicating DNA
following except:
found in many bacteria is known as:

1. Cell wall formation

1. Plastid

2. DNA replication and distribution to daughter 2. Genophore

cells
3. Plasmid

3. Respiration
4. Genome

4. Photosynthesis

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23. Stem tendrils are present in all the 29. A narrow thread of cytoplasm that passes

following except: through the cell walls of adjacent plant cells

1. Citrus 2. Watermelon and allows communication between them is
3. Cucumber 4. Grapevines called as:

1. Desmosome

2. Plasmodesma

24. The given compound:

3. Adhering junction

4. Tight junction

30. Which of the following suffix is used to

denote the taxon ‘family’ in taxonomy of
plants?

1. -ae

2. -opsida

 
3. -aceae

1. is a storage product in archaea

4. -ales

2. is the source of energy in fungi

3. is present in the cell walls of gram negative 31. In woody plants, what functions as a pore
bacteria
providing a pathway for the direct exchange of
4. is a structural component of plasma gases through the bark?

membrane

1. Hydathodes

2. Lenticels

25. Phyllotaxy is not of alternate type in:

3. Bulliform cells

1. China rose
4. Tyloses

2. Mustard

3. Sun flower
32. Both mature erythrocytes of humans and
4. Guava

mature sieve tube cells of vascular plants:

1. are involved in transport of respiratory gases

26. Plastid differs from mitochondria on the 2. lack a nucleus

basis of one of the following features. Mark the 3. continue to divide in an adult organism

right answer.
4. do not exhibit any metabolism

1. Presence of two layers of membrane

2. Presence of ribosome
33. In lichens, fungus has

3. Presence of chlorophyll 
1. Symbiotic relationship with alga

4. Presence of DNA

2. Epiphytic relationship with alga

3. Saprophytic relationship with alga

27. Agaricus, Ustilago and Puccinia belong to 4. Parasitic relationship with alga

the class:

1. Phycomycetes
34. Which of the following is not a feature of
2. Ascomycetes
members of Kingdom Fungi?

3. Basidiomycetes
1. Eukaryotic cell type

4. Deuteromycetes

2. Chitinous cell wall

3. Organ system body organization

28. During sexual reproduction, a dikaryophase 4. Heterotrophic mode of nutrition

is most likely seen in the members of:

1. Phycomycetes and Ascomycetes

2. Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes

3. Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes

4. Phycomycetes and Basidiomycetes

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35. In the diagram showing the structure of a 39. The duration of which of the following is

monocotyledonous seed, the aleurone layer is constant in most cell types?

shown by the letter:

1. G1 phase, S phase and G2 phase

2. S phase, M phase and G1 phase

3. S phase, G2 phase and M phase

4. G1 phase, M phase and G2 phase

40. Which of the following is not an example of

a secondary metabolite produced in living
organisms?

1. Lecithin

  2. Alkaloids

1. A 2. B 3. Flavonoids

3. C 4. D 4. Antibiotics

41. Identify the incorrect statement amongst

the following:

Botany - Section B 1. A multi cellular organism grows by cell

36. In a plant cell during the S phase of the cell division

cycle:
2. In plants, growth by cell division occurs
I. DNA replication begins in the nucleus
continuously throughout their life span

II. Centriole duplicates in the cytoplasm

3. Cell division is not seen in animals after a
1. Only I is correct
certain age

2. Only II is correct
4. Growth is a characteristic of living organisms
3. Both I and II are correct

4. Both I and II are incorrect

42. The given diagram shows:

37. Tracheids are

1. Elongated cells with tapering ends and
unperforated end walls

2. Elongated cells with tapering ends and

perforated end wall

3. Rounded cells with lignified walls

4. Both (1) and (2)

38. If a plant species has vertically oriented

leaves, its mesophyll is expected to be:

1. divided into well differentiated spongy and

palisade layers

2. divided into well differentiated spongy layer

but less differentiated palisade layer

3. divided into less differentiated spongy layer

but well differentiated palisade layer

1. Salvinia with A being antheridial branch and
4. not divided into spongy and palisade layers

B being archegonial branch

2. Salvinia with A being archegonial branch and

B being antheridial branch

3. Sphagnum with A being antheridial branch

and B being archegonial branch

4. Sphagnum with A being archegonial branch

and B being antheridial branch

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43. The correct ascending order of percent 47. The following diagram may represent the

composition of various components of a typical life cycle of:

cell would be:

1. Protein – Carbohydrate – Lipids – Nucleic

acids

2. Protein – Nucleic acids – Carbohydrate –

Lipids

3. Carbohydrates – Protein – Nucleic acids–

Lipids

4. Carbohydrates – Protein – Lipids – Nucleic

acids

44. The given diagram shows a schematic

1. Fucus 2. Ectocarpus
representation of:

3. Polysiphonia 4. Spirogyra

48. The concentrations of ions is significantly

higher in the vacuoles than in the cytoplasm.
The reason for this is:

1. Facilitated diffusion of the ions by the

tonoplast

2. Active transport of the ions by the tonoplast

3. Presence of porins for diffusion of the ions

4. Bulk transport across the tonoplast

1. Cell wall of diatoms

2. Plates on body of dinoflagellates

49. Gametes are flagellated and similar in size
3. Pseudoplasmodium
in:

4. Pellicle of Euglenoids

1. Ulothrix

2. Spirogyra

45. Find the correct match of the position of 3. Udorina

floral parts on thalamus of the given flower:

4. Volvox

50. Which of the following taxon will have the

most number of organisms?

1. Class

2. Phylum

3. Order

4. Family

1. I: Hypogynous; II: Perigynous; III: Epigynous

2. I: Epigynous; II: Perigynous; III: Hypogynous

3. I: Hypogynous; II: Epigynous; III: Perigynous

Zoology - Section A
4. I: Perigynous; II: Hypogynous; III: Epigynous

51. Radially symmetrical animals:

1. Are all triploblastic

46. Epipetalous androecium is not seen in:

2. Tend to be sessile and passively floating

1. Petunia
3. Have a definite head and a brain

2. Belladonna
4. Have an anterior and a posterior end

3. Tobacco

4. Indigofera

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52. Unlike birds and mammals, crocodiles:

58. All the following are features of non

1. have a four-chambered heart

chordates except:

2. are mostly aquatic

1. A dorsal heart, if present

3. are poikilotherms
2. Ventral, solid and double central nervous
4. do not have direct development

system

3. Absence of gill slits

53. Biradial symmetry and lack of cnidoblasts 4. Post anal tail

are the characteristics of 

1. Hydra and starfish

59. The feature lacking in bony fishes would be:

2. Starfish and sea anemone

1. Operculum

3. Ctenoplana and Beroe

2. Swim bladder

4. Aurelia and Paramoecium

3. Ammonotelism

4. Placoid scales

54. What will be common to all animals given

in the box? 60. As we go down in the taxonomic hierarchy,

Ornithirhynchus, Struthio, Neophron, Pteropus, the number of characters shared by the
Macropus, Aptenodytes members of the taxon:

1. Increases

1. Oviparity
2. Decreases

2. Indirect development
3. Remains the same

3. Homeothermy
4. Can increase or decrease

4. Skin with large number of glands

61. Which of the following cannot be the

defining properties of living organisms?

I. Growth

55. Closed circulatory system is not seen in:

II. Reproduction

1. Vertebrates
III. Emergent properties

2. Annelids
IV. Cellular organization with metabolism

3. Cephalopod Mollusks
1. I, II and III

4. Aquatic Arthropods

2. I, III and IV

3. II, III and IV

56. Which of the following is not a correct 4. I, II, III and IV

difference between members of

Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes? 62. The correct adjective for “living state”
Feature Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes would be:

1. Operculum Absent Present 1. An equilibrium steady state

2. Scales Placoid Cycloid/Ctenoid 2. An equilibrium non steady state

3. A non equilibrium steady state

Swim
3. Absent Present 4. A non equilibrium non steady state

bladder

Located
4. Mouth Mostly terminal
ventrally

57. Notochord is derived from embryonic:

1. Ectoderm
2. Mesoderm

3. Endoderm

4. Ectoderm and Mesoderm

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63. Identify the incorrectly matched pair: 66. Which of the following organelles is not

Type of epithelium Location correctly matched with its feature?

Blood vessels and Organelle Feature
1. Simple squamous
alveoli Smooth
Synthesis of steroidal
Proximal 1. endoplasmic
Simple cuboidal non brush hormones in animals
2. convoluted reticulum
bordered epithelium
tubule Formation of
Stomach and 2. Golgi apparatus glycoproteins and
3. Columnar epithelium glycolipids
small intestine
Bronchioles and Rich in alkaline
4. Ciliated epithelium 3. Lysosomes
fallopian tubes hydrolases

4. Elaioplasts Store oils and fats

64. The cells in areolar loose connective tissue

that can secrete histamine are: 67. In animal cells, lipid-like steroidal
1. Fibroblasts 2. Macrophages hormones are synthesized in:

3. Mast cells 4. Basophils 1. Smooth Endoplasmic reticulum

2. Rough Endoplasmic reticulum

3. Golgi apparatus

65. What would be true for comparison of 4. Mitochondria

Anaphase I and Anaphase II of meiosis?

1. Centromere does not split in Anaphase I and 68. Mammals are not characterized by:

homologues separate but centromere splits in 1. Presence of hair

Anaphase II and sister chromatids separate.

2. Presence of mammary glands

2. Centromere splits in Anaphase I and 3. Homodont dentition

homologues separate but centromere does not 4. Endothermy

split in Anaphase II and sister chromatids

separate. 69. The protein GLUT 4 is a/an:

3. Paired homologues get attached to spindle 1. Receptor protein

from opposite poles in Anaphase I while sister 2. Transport protein

chromatids of individual chromosomes get 3. Antibody molecule

attached to spindle from opposite poles in 4. Enzyme

Anaphase II.

4. Paired homologues get attached to spindle 70. Which of the following does not contain
from opposite poles in Anaphase II while sister DNA?

chromatids of individual chromosomes get 1. Nucelolus

attached to spindle from opposite poles in 2. Mitochondria

Anaphase I.

3. Chloroplasts

4. Ribosomes

71. A bivalent of meiosis- I consists of

1. Two chromatids and one centromere

2. Two chromatids and two centromeres

3. Four chromatids and two centromeres

4. Four chromatids and four centromeres

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72. What is the best description of an endocrine 76. Match the animals given in Column I with

gland?
characteristic shown in Column II and select
1. They secrete mucus, saliva, ear wax and the correct option from the codes given:
digestive enzymes
  Column I   Column II
2. Their products are released through ducts or A Nereis P Cnidoblast
tubes

B Ophiura Q Canal system

3. Unlike exocrine glands, they are not modified
epithelium
C Obelia R Water vascular system
4. Their secretions are secreted directly into the D Euspongia S Parapodia
fluid bathing the gland

Codes
73. Identify the given nitrogenous base:

A B C D
1. R S Q P
2. S R Q P
3. R S P Q
4. S R P Q

77. The following diagram depicts the structure

of a:

 
1. Adenine 2. Guanine
3. Thymine 4. Cytosine

74. Which of the following is not true of a

eukaryotic cell?

1. It has 80S type of ribosome present in the

mitochondria 
2. It has 80S type of ribosome present in the  
cytoplasm
1. Nucleoside 2. Nucleotide
3. Mitochondria contain circular DNA

3. Nitrogen containing 4.
4. Membrane bound organelles are present

monosaccharide Glycoprotein

75. When you take cells or tissue and grind

them with an acid in a mortar and pestle, all

the small biomolecules dissolve in the acid. 78. Which one of the following is oviparous?
Proteins, polysaccharides and nucleic acids are 1. Platypus 2. Flying fox (Bat)
insoluble in mineral acid and get precipitated. 3. Elephant 4. Whale
The acid soluble compounds include amino

acids, nucleosides, small sugars etc. When one

adds a phosphate group to a nucleoside, one 79. The arrangement of axonemal microtubules
gets another acid soluble biomolecule called
in cilia and flagella is regarded as:
1. Nitrogen base
1. 9 + 0 2. 9 + 1
2. Adenine
3. 9 + 2 4. 9 + 9
3. Sugar phosphate

4. Nucleotide

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80. Which of the following statements is not 84. Match List-I with List-II regarding the

true for plasma membrane?

organs of cockroach: 
1. It is present in both plant and animal cells
List I List II
2. Lipid is present as a bilayer in it
grinding the food
3. Proteins are present, integrated as well as (a) Crop (i)
particles
loosely associated, with the lipid bilayer

secretion of digestive
4. Carbohydrate is never found in it

(b) Proventriculus (ii)

juice

81. “Radula”, a rasping tongue like organ is removal of nitrogenous

(c) Hepatic caecae (iii)
seen in many: waste
1. Mollusks 2. Flatworms Malpighian
(d) (iv) storage of food
tubules
3. Roundworms 4. Arthropods
Choose the correct answer from the options

given below:

82. Place stages of Prophase I in correct order.

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. diakinesis, diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, 1. (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
zygotene.
2. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
2. diplotene, leptotene, pachytene, zygotene, 3. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
diakinesis.
4. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
3. leptotene, pachytene, diakinesis, diplotene,

zygotene.

4. leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene, 85. Choose the correct statements :

diakinesis

a. Bones support and protect softer tissues and

organs

83. The exoskeletal plates in the exoskeleton of b. Weight bearing function is served by limb
cockroach are joined to each other by: bones

1. Proteinaceous 2. Arthrodial c. Ligament is the site of production of blood

pellicle membrane cells.

3. Ligament 4. Cellulose threads d. Adipose tissue is specialised to store fats.

e. Tendons attach one bone to another.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the

options given below :
1. (a), (b) and (d) only 2. (b), (c) and (e) only
3. (a), (c) and (d) only 4. (a), (b) and (e) only

Zoology - Section B
86. All the following would be characteristics of
a general reptile except: 

1. Dermal scales or scutes

2. Poikilothermy

3. Direct development

4. Heart is usually three chambered

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87. Consider the following two statements 91. All animals with true coelom have:

regarding enzyme action:

I. Bilateral symmetry

I. Co-factors play a crucial role in the catalytic II. Triploblastic organization

activity of the enzyme.

III. Metamerism
II. Catalytic activity is reduced when the co- 1. Only I 2. Only II
factor is removed from the enzyme.
3. Both I and II 4. I, II and III
Of the above statements:

1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I

2. Both I and II are correct but II does not 92. The given diagram shows a hypothetical
explain I
chordate showing derived shared traits. There
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
are some mistakes in the labelling of the
4. I is incorrect but II is correct

features. Which features are correctly

identified?

88. An animal with the shown schematic body

plan can be:

1. Only the Gill slits

2. Only Gill slits and Terminal anus

3. Only Notochord and Nerve cord

1. Adamsia 2. Euspongia 4. All labels are correct

3. Fasciola 4. Ancylostoma
93. Look at the graph given below. The reaction

rate, of the reaction, can be increased beyond

point C by:

89. "Canis sp." means:

1. an unspecified species of the genus Canis

2. two or more species of the genus Canis

3. an unspecified sub-species of the genus Canis

4. two or more sub-species of the genus Canis

90. Identify the incorrect statement regarding

acorn worm, a hemichordate:

1. The body is divided into an anterior

proboscis, an intermediate collar, and a

posterior trunk.

1. increasing the amount of substrate

2. The proboscis is a muscular and ciliated

2. adding more water

organ used in locomotion and in the collection

3. increasing the temperature

and transport of food particles.

4. decreasing enzyme concentration

3. The mouth is located between the collar and

the trunk.

4. The trunk contains the pharynx, which is

perforated with gill slits (or pharyngeal slits),
the oesophagus, a long intestine, and a terminal
anus.

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94. A pair of walking legs in cockroach is borne 100. Which of the following bio-molecules is

by:
strictly not a polymer?
1. The first two thoracic segments only
1. Carbohydrates 2. Proteins
2. Each thoracic segment
3. Fats 4. Nucleic acids
3. The 2nd and 3rd thoracic and first abdominal

segments

4. The abdominal segments

95. Which of the following is not a function of Fill OMR Sheet*

cytoskeleton in a cell?

1. Intercellular transport 
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2. Maintenance of cell shape and structure
from where you got the pdf and fill OMR from
3. Support of the organelle
there
4. Cell motility

96. Consider the given two statements:

I. Meiosis conserves a specific number of

chromosomes across generations in sexually
reproducing organisms
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97. Bipolar neurons are found in humans in :

1. Brain 2. Spinal cord

3. Embryonic stages 4. Olfactory epithelium

98. A prolonged resting phase in oogenesis as

seen in many vertebrate oocytes is called as:
1. Interkinesis 2. Diakinesis
3. Diplotene 4. Prometaphase II

99. Cell is the fundamental structural and

functional unit of all living organisms. This
statement can be best justified by the fact that:

1. The cells contain nucleic acids that contain

genetic information

2. A large number of organelles present in the

cell perform various functions

3. Anything less than a complete structure of a

cell does not ensure independent living

4. All multi-cellular organisms begin their life

as a single celled zygote

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