Practise set : 25 9.

Agar is commercially obtained from

(a) red algae
Biology (b) green algae
1. Classification given by Bentham and Hooker is (c) brown algae
(a) artificial (d) blue-green algae
(b) natural
(c) phylogenetic 10. Cycas have two cotyledons but not included in
(d) numerical angiosperms because of
(a) Naked ovules
2. What is true for photolithotrops? (b) Seems like monocot
(a) Obtain energy from radiations and hydrogen (c) Circinate ptyxis
from organic compounds (d) Compound leaves
(b) Obtain energy from radiations and hydrogen
from inorganic compounds 11. Which one of the following is common to
(c) Obtain energy from organic compounds multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and
(d) Obtain energy from inorganic compounds protonema of mosses
(a) Diplontic life cycle
3. Which one belongs to monera? (b) Members of kingdom plantae
(a) Amoeba (c) Mode of Nutrition
(b) Escherichia (d) Multiplication by fragmentation
(c) Gelidium
(d) Spirogyra 12. A chordate character is
(a) gills
4. Entamoeba coli causes (b) spiracles
(a) Pyrrhoea (c) postanal tail
(b) Diarrhoea (d) chitinous exoskeleton
(c) Dysentery
(d) None 13. Sound box of birds is called
(a) pygostyle
5. A few organisms are known to grow and multiply (b) larynx
at temperatures of 100–1050C. They belong to (c) syrinx
(a) marine archaebacteria (d) synsacrum
(b) thermophilic sulphur bacteria
(c) hot-spring blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) 14. The organisms attached to the substratum,
(d) thermophilic, subaerial fungi generally, possess
(a) radial symmetry
6. The chief advantage of encystment to an Amoeba (b) one single opening of digestive canal
is (c) asymmetrical body
(a) the chance to get rid of accumulated waste (d) cilia on surface to create water current
products
(b) the ability to survive during adverse physical 15. In contrast to Annelids the Platyhelminths
conditions show:
(c) the ability to live for sometime without (a) Absence of body cavity
ingesting food (b) Bilaterial symmetry
(d) protection from parasites and predators (c) Radial symmetry
(d) Presence of pseudocoel
7. Mannitol is the stored food in:
(a) Porphyra 16. Which group of animals belong to the same
(b) Fucus phylum?
(c) Gracillaria (a) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm
(d) Chara (b) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta
(c) Sponge, Sea anemone, Starfish
8. In gymnosperms like Pinus and Cycas, the (d) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito
endosperm is
(a) triploid 17. Buttress roots are found in
(b) haploid (a) sorghum
(c) diploid (b) banyan
(d) tetraploid (c) Terminalia
(d) Pandanus
18. Which of the following is a flowering plant with 26. Vacuole in a plant cell
nodules containing filamentous nitrogen-fixing (a) is membrane-bound and contains storage
microorganism proteins and lipids
(a) Crotalaria juncea (b) is membrane-bound and contains water and
(b) Cycas revoluta excretory substances
(c) Cicer arietinum (c) lacks membrane and contains air
(d) Casuarina equisetifolia (d) lacks membrane and contains water and
excretory substances
19. Which meristem helps in increasing girth?
(a) Lateral meristem 27. Which is not consistent with double helical
(b) Intercalary meristem structure of DNA?
(c) Primary meristem (a) A = T, C = G
(d) Apical meristem (b) Density of DNA decreases on heating
(c) A + T/C + G is not constant
20. What is not true about sclereids? (d) Both A and B
(a) These are parenchyma cells with thickened
lignified walls 28. Lactose is composed of
(b) These are elongated and flexible with tapered (a) Glucose + Glucose
ends (b) Glucose + Fructose
(c) These are commonly found in the shells of nuts (c) Fructose + Galactose
and in the pulp of guava, pear, etc (d) Glucose + Galactose.
(d) These are also called the stone cells
29. A competitive inhibitor of succinic
21. Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue dehydrogenase is
and cuticle is characteristic of: (a) Malonate
(a) mesophytes (b) Oxaloacetate
(b) epiphytes (c) m-ketoglutarate
(c) hydrophytes (d) Malate
(d) xerophytes
30. In the somatic cell cycle
22. Formation of cartilage bones involves (a) In G1 phase DNA content is double the amount
(a) deposition of bony matter by osteoblasts and of DNA present in the original cell
resorption chondroblasts (b) DNA replication takes place in S-phase
(b) deposition of bony matter by osteoclasts and (c) a short interphase is followed by a long mitotic
resorption by chondroblasts phase
(c) deposition of bony matter by osteoclasts only (d) G2 phase follows mitotic phase
(d) deposition of bony matter by osteoblasts only
31. At constant temperature, the rate of
23. If a live earthworm is pricked with a needle on transpiration will be higher at
it outer surface without damaging its gut, the fluid (a) Sea level
that comes out is: (b) 1 km below sea level
(a) coelomic fluid (c) 1 km above sea level
(b) haemolymph (d) 1.5 km above sea level
(c) slimy mucus
(d) excretory fluid 32. Carbohydrates are commonly found as starch in
plant storage organs. Which of the following five
24. Fluid mosaic model of cell membrane was put properties of starch (a-e) make it useful as a
forward by storage material?
(a) Danielli and Davson (A) Easily translocated
(b) Singer and Nicolson (B) Chemically nonreactive
(c) Garner and Allard (C) Easily digested by animals
(d) Watson and Crick (D) Osmotically inactive
(E) Synthesized during photosynthesis The useful
25. The desmosomes are concerned with properties are
(a) cytolysis (a) (B) and (C)
(b) cell division (b) (B) and (D)
(c) cell adherence (c) (A), (C) and (E)
(d) cellular excretion (d) (A) and (E)
33. Which one of the following elements is not an (b) Pancreazymin
essential micronutrient for plant growth? (c) Cholecystokinin
(a) Zn (d) Enterogastrone
(b) Cu
(c) Ca 42. A person is eating boiled potato, which food
(d) Mn component is found in it?
(a) DNA which gets digested by pancreatic DNAase
34. Kranz anatomy is typical of (b) Lactose which is indigestible
(a) C4 plants (c) Starch which does not get digested
(b) C3 plants (d) Cellulose which is digested by intestinal
(c) C2 plants cellulose
(d) CAM plants
43. One of the constituents of the pancreatic juice
35. Which one of the following statements about while poured into the duodenum in humans, is:
cytochrome P-450 is wrong? (a) trypsinogen
(a) It contains iron (b) chymotrypsin
(b) It is an enzyme involved in oxidation reaction (c) trypsin
(c) It is a coloured cell (d) enterokinase
(d) It has an important role in metabolism
44. RBC do not occur in
36. In leaves of C4 plants malic acid synthesis (a) frog
during CO2 fixation occurs in (b) cow
(a) epidermal cells (c) camel
(b) mesophyll cells (d) cockroach
(c) bundle sheath
(d) guard cells 45. Which one of the following statements about
blood constituents and transport of respiratory
37. Life without air would be gases is most accurate?
(a) reductional (a) RBCs transport oxygen whereas WBCs transport
(b) free from oxidative damage CO2
(c) impossible (b) RBCs transport oxygen whereas plasma
(d) anaerobic transports only CO2
(c) RBCs as well as WBCs transport both oxygen
38. In germinating seeds fatty acids are degraded and CO2
exclusively in the (d) RBCs as well as plasma transport both oxygen
(a) proplastids and CO2
(b) glyoxysomes
(c) peroxisomes 46. The most popularly known blood grouping is
(d) mitochondria the ABO grouping. It is named ABO and not ABC,
because “O” in it refers to having:
39. Flowering dependent on cold treatment is (a) overdominance of this type on the genes for A
(a) cryotherapy and B types
(b) cryogenics (b) one antibody only - either anti - A or anti- B on
(c) cryoscopy the RBC;
(d) vernalisation (c) no antigens A and B on RBCs
(d) other antigens besides A and B on RBCs
40. One set of a plant was grown at 12 hours day
and 12 hours night period cycles and it flowered 47. Solenocytes are the main excretory structures
while in the other set night phase was interrupted in
by flash of light and it did not produce flower. (a) Platyhelminthes
Under which one of the following categories will (b) Annelids
you place this plant? (c) Molluscs
(a) Long day (d) Echinodermates
(b) Darkness neutral
(c) Day neutral 48. A fall in glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
(d) Short day activates
(a) adrenal cortex to release aldosterone.
41. Secretion of gastric juice is stopped by (b) adrenal medulla to release adrenaline.
(a) Gastrin
(c) juxta - glomerular cells to release renin. 55. Study of formation, growth and development of
(d) posterior pituitary to release vasopressin. new individual from an egg is
(a) Apomixis
49. The characteristics and an example of a (b) Embryology
synovial joint in humans is: Characteristics (c) Embryogeny
Examples (d) Cytology
(a) Fluid filled between Skull bones two joints,
provides cushion 56. An example of a seed with endosperm,
(b) Fluid filled synovial Joint between cavity perisperm, and caruncle is
between two atlas and axis bones (a) coffee
(c) Lymph filled between gliding joint two bones, (b) lily
limited between movement carpals (c) castor
(d) Fluid cartilage Knee joint between two bones, (d) cotton
limited movements
57. The estrous cycle is a characteristic of
50. When we migrate from dark to light, we fail to (a) human males only
see for sometime but after a time visibility becomes (b) human females only
normal. It is an example of (c) mammalian males other than primates
(a) accommodation (d) mammalian females other than primates
(b) adaptation
(c) mutation 58. Which one of the following statements about
(d) photoperiodism human sperm is correct?
(a) Acrosome has a conical pointed structure used
51. Insulin is for piercing and penetrating the egg, resulting in
(a) vitamin fertilisation
(b) lipid (b) The sperm lysins in the acrosome dissolve the
(c) hormone egg envelope facilitating fertilisation
(d) enzyme (c) Acrosome serves as a sensory structure leading
the sperm towards the ovum
52. Melanin protects us from (d) Acrosome serves no particular function
(a) U. V. rays
(b) visible rays 59. Which one of the following statements is
(c) infrared rays correct regarding Sexually Transmitted Diseases
(d) X-rays (STD)?
(a) The chances of a 5 year boy contacting a STD are
53. Match the source gland with respective very little
hormone as well as the function correctly. Source (b) A person may contact syphilis by sharing milk
gland – Hormone -- Function with one already suffering from the disease
(a) Anterior pituitary – Oxytocin -- Contraction of (c) Haemophilia is one of the STD
uterus muscles during child birth (d) Genital herpes and sickle-cell anaemia are both
(b) Posterior pituitary – Vasopressin -- Stimulates STD
reabsorption of water in the distal tubules in the
nephron 60. An organism with two identical alleles is
(c) Corpus luteum -- Estrogen -- Supports (a) dominant
pregnancy (b) hybrid
(d) Thyroid -- Thyroxine --Regulates blood calcium (c) heterozygous
level (d) homozygous

54. Select the wrong statement:
(a) Anisogametes differ either in structure, function
or behaviour.
(b) In Oomycetes female gamete is smaller and a
motile, while male gamete is larger and non-motile.
(c) Chalmydomonas exhibits both isogamy and
anisogamy and Fucus shows oogamy.
(d) Isogametes are similar in structure, function
and behaviour.
61. When two genetic loci produce identical
phenotypes in cis and trans position, they are
considered to be
(a) pseudoalleles
(b) different genes
(c) multiple alleles
(d) parts of same gene
62. Red-green colour blindness in humans is
governed by a sex-linked recessive gene. A normal
woman whose father was colour blind marries a
colour blind man. What proportion of their (d) Never expressed
daughters is expected to be colour blind?
(a) 3/4 70. Extremities, tail and ear are relatively shorter in
(b) 1/2 animals living in cooler regions as compared to
(c) 1/4 those inhabiting warmer zones. This is
(d) All (a) Bergman's Rule
(b) Jordan's Rule
63. Two crosses between the same pair of (c) Gloger's Rule
genotypes or phenotypes in which the source of the (d) Allen's Rule
gametes are reversed in one cross, is known as
(a) reverse cross 71. Which of the following is most important for
(b) test cross speciation?
(c) reciprocal cross (a) Seasonal isolation
(d) dihybrid cross (b) Reproductive isolation
(c) Behavioural isolation
64. Two genes R and Y are located very close on the (d) Tropical isolation
chromosomal linkage map of maize plant. When
RRYY and rryy genotypes are hybridized, the F2 72. Which one of the following statement is
segregation will show correct?
(a) segregation in the expected 9: 3: 3: 1 ratio (a) There is no evidence of the existence of gills
(b) segregation in 3: 1 ratio during embryogenesis of mammals
(c) higher number of the parental types (b) All plant and animal cells are totipotent
(d) higher number of the recombinant types. (c) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny
(d) Stem cells are specialize cells.
65. The incorrect statement with regard to
Haemophilia is: 73. Dinosaurs dominated the world in which of the
(a) It is a recessive disease following geological era?
(b) It is a dominant disease (a) Devonion
(c) A single protein involved in the clotting of blood (b) Coenozoic
is affected (c) Jurassic
(d) It is a sex-linked disease (d) Mesozoic

66. In split genes, the coding sequences are called 74. It is not possible to apply Koch's postulates to
(a) introns (a) Diptheria
(b) operons (b) Cholera
(c) exons (c) Leprosy
(d) cistrons (d) Tuberculosis

67. In E.coli during lactose metabolism repressor 75. Which one of the following is the correct
binds to statement regarding the particular psychotropic
(a) regulator gene drug specified?
(b) operator gene (a) Hashish causes after thought perceptions and
(c) structural gene hallucinations
(d) promoter gene (b) Opium stimulates nervous system and causes
hallucinations
68. The length of DNA molecule greatly exceeds the (c) Morphine leads to delusions and disturbed
dimensions of the nucleus in eukaryotic cells. How emotions
is this DNA accommodated? (d) Barbiturates cause relaxation and temporary
(a) super-coiling in nucleosomes euphoria
(b) DNase digestion
(c) through elimination of repititive DNA 76. The cell-mediated immunity inside the human
(d) deletion of non-essential genes. body is carried out by:
(a) B-lymphocytes
69. In an inducible operon, the genes are (b) Thrombocytes
(a) Always expressed (c) Erythrocytes
(b) Usually not expressed unless a signal turns (d) T-lymphocytes
them “on”
(c) Usually expressed unless a signal turns them 77. Which one of the following statement is correct
“off ” in relation to honey bees?
(a) Apis indica is the largest wild honey bee in India reasons for this?
(b) Honey is predominantly sucrose and arabinose (a) Lots of urea and phosphate fertilizer were used
(c) Beewax is a waste product of honey bees in the crops in the vicinity
(d) Communication in honey bees was discovered (b) The area was sprayed with DDT by an aircraft
by Karl Von Frisch (c) The lake water turned green and stinky
(d) Phytoplankton populations in the lake declined
78. Consider the following four measures (a-d) that initially thereby greatly reducing photosynthesis.
could be taken to successfully grow chickpea in an Which two of the above were the main causes of
area where bacteri blight disease is common fish mortality in the lake?
(a) Spray with Bordeaux mixture
(b) Control of the insect vector of the disease 86. Petroleum is a
pathogen (a) synthetic product
(c) Use of only disease-free seeds (b) renewable resource
(d) Use of varieties resistant to the disease Which (c) non-renewable resource
two of the above measures can control the disease? (d) inconvenient resource

79. Cryl endotoxins obtained from Bacillus 87. At which latitude, heat gain through insolation
thuringiensis are effective against approximately equals heat loss through terrestrial
(a) mosquitoes radiation?
(b) flies (a) 22 1 2 ° North and South
(c) nematodes (b) 40° North and South
(d) boll worms (c) 42 1 2 º North and South
(d) 66° North and South
80. There is a restriction endonuclease called
EcoRI. What does .co. part in it stand for? 88. Green house effect is warming due to
(a) colon (a) Infra-red rays reaching earth
(b) coelom (b) Moisture layer in atmosphere
(c) coenzyme (c) Increase in temperature due to increase in
(d) coli carbon dioxide concentration of atmosphere
(d) Ozone layer of atmosphere
81. Some of the characteristics of Bt cotton are:
(a) long fibre and resistance to aphids 89. Maximum bio concentration of pesticide
(b) medium yield, long fibre and resistance to residues is usually found in birds that exclusively
beetle pests feed on
(c) high yield and production of toxic protein (a) fish
crystals which kill dipteran pests (b) seeds
(d) high yield and resistance to bollworms (c) worms
(d) meat
82. Tropical forests occur in India
(a) Jammu and Kashmir 90. Steps taken by the Government of India to
(b) Rajasthan control air pollution include
(c) Kerala and Assam (a) compulsory PUC (Pollution Under Control)
(d) The forests do not occur in India certification of petrol driven vehicles which tests
for carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.
83. Geometric representation of age structure is a (b) permission to use only pure diesel with a
characteristic of maximum of 500 ppm sulphur as fuel for vehicles.
(a) population
(c) use of non-polluting Compressed Natural Gas
(b) landscape
(c) ecosystem (CNG) only as fuel by all buses and trucks.
(d) biotic community. (d) compulsory mixing of 20% ethyl alcohol with
petrol and 20% biodiesel with diesel.
84. Desert plants are generally 91. Receptor sites for neurotransmitters are
(a) viviparous present on :
(b) succulent (a) Pre-synaptic membrane
(c) herbaceous (b) Tips of axons
(d) heterophyllus (c) Post-synaptic membrane
(d) Membrane of synaptic vesicles
85. A lake near a village suffered heavy mortality of
fishes within a few days. Consider the following
92. Coconut fruit is a :
(a) Berry 99. Which of the following statements is
(b) Nut correct?
(c) Capsule (a) Ovules are not enclosed by ovary wall in
(d) Drupe gymnosperms
(b) Selaginella is heterosporous, while
93. Adult human RBCs are enucleated. Salvinia is homosporous
Which of the following statement(s) is/are (c) Stems are usually unbranched in both
most appropriate explanation for this feature Cycas and Cedrus
? (d) Horsetails are gymnosperms
(a) They do not need to reproduce
(b) They are somatic cells 100. Sweet potato is a modified
(c) They do not metabolize (a) Stem
(d) All their internal space is available for (b) Adventitious root
oxygen transport (c) Rhizome
(1) only (a) (d) Tap root
(2) (a), (c) and (d)
(3) (b) and (c)
(4) only (d)
94. A woman has an X-linked condition on
one of her X chromosomes. This
chromosome can be inherited by
(a) Only daughters
(b) Only sons
(c) Both sons and daughters
(d) Only grandchildren

95. According to Hugo de Vries, the

mechanism of evolution is
(a) Multiple step mutations
(b) Saltation
(c) Minor mutations
(d) Phenotypic variations

96. AGGTATCGCAT is a sequence from the

coding strand of a gene. What will be the
corresponding sequence of the transcribed
mRNA?
(a) AGGUAUCGCAU
(b) UGGTUTCGCAT
(c) UCCAUAGCGUA
(d) ACCUAUGCGAU

97. Among the following sets of examples for

divergent evolution, select the incorrect
option :
(a) Forelimbs of man, bat and cheetah
(b) Heart of bat, man and cheetah
(c) Eye of octopus, bat and man
(d) Brain of bat, man and cheetah

98. Select the wrong statement :

(a) Cell wall is present in members of Fungi
and Plantae
(b) Mushrooms belong to Basidiomycetes
(c) Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the
cell in all kingdoms except Monera
(d) Pseudopodia are locomotory and feeding
structures in Sporozoans
 5. An atom has electronic configuration 9s20 s20 p63
s2 3p6 3 d3 4 s2 , you will place it in which group?
Chemistry (a) Fifth
1. 1 c.c. N2O at NTP contains: (b) Fifteenth
(a) (c) Second
(d) Third

6. Which one of the following has the shortest

(b) carbon carbon bond length?
(a) Benzene
(b) Ethene
(c) Ethyne
(c) (d) Ethane

7. Which one of the following arrangements

represents the increasing bond orders of the given
(d) all the above species?
(a) NO+ < NO< NO– < O2 –
2. Volume occupied by one molecule of water (b) O2 – < NO– < NO<NO+
(density = 1 g cm– )3is: (c) NO– < O2 – < NO< NO+
(a) 9.0 × 10-23 cm3 (d) NO< NO+ < O2 – < NO–
(b) 6.023 × 10-23 cm3
(c) 3.0 × 10-23 cm3 8. The correct order of C–O bond length among CO,
(d) 5.5 × 10-23 cm3 CO32- , CO2 is
(a) CO< CO32- < CO2
3. (b) CO32- < CO2 < CO
(c) CO< CO2 < CO32-
(d) CO2 < CO3 2- < CO

9. Absolute zero is defined as the temperature

(a) (a) at which all molecular motion ceases
(b) at which liquid helium boils
(b) (c) at which ether boils
(d) all of the above

(c) 10. The pressure exerted by 6.2g of methane gas in

a 2.23 m3 vessel at °909C is (Atomic masses: C=
(d) 90.29, H= 9.29 and R= 8.394 JK-9 mol-1
(a) 31684 Pa
(b) 215216 Pa
(c) 13409 Pa
4.
(d) 41648 Pa

11. The entropy change in the fusion of one mole of

a solid melting at 27ºC(Latent heat of fusion, 2930
(a) Jmol-1 ) is:
(a) 9.77 JK-1 mol-1
(b) 10.73 JK-1 mol-1
(b) (c) 2930 JK-1 mol-1
(d) 108.5 JK-1 mol-1
(c)
12.

(d)

(a)
 solid form. Solid Con gentle heating gives back A.
The compound is
(b)
(a) CaSO4 .2H2O
(b) CaCO3
(c)
(c) Na2CO3
(d) K2CO3
(d)
18. The Cl – C– Cl angle in 1,1,2,2-
tetrachloroethene
and tetrachloromethane respectively will be about
(a) 120°
13. (b) 90° and 109.5°
(c) 109.5° and 90°
(d) 120° and 109.5°

19. Which of the following will not show cis-trans

(a) exothermic isomerism?
(b) slow (a)
(c) endothermic
(d) fast
(b)
14.

(c)

(a) 11 × 10-8 M
(b) 9.525 × 10-8 M
(c) 1.0 × 10-8 M
(d) 1.0 × 10-6 M (d)

15.

20. HCN o CH3CH(OH)CN

(a) CH3 +Cl2 CH2Cl Boiling
(b) +CH3Cl Anh. AlCl CH3 3
(a) 7.746 × 10-5 M (c) CH2Cl CH2NO2 + AgNO2
(b) 5.831 × 10-5 M (d) CH2Cl CH2NO2 + AgNO2
(c) 6.856 × 10-5 M
(d) 3.606 × 10-5 M 21. Which of the following compounds will exhibit
cistrans (geometrical) isomerism?
16. When a substance A reacts with water it (a) Butanol
produces a combustible gas Band a solution of (b) 2-Butyne
substance C in water. When another substance D (c) 2-Butenol
reacts with this solution of C, it also produces the (d) 2-Butene
same gas Bon warming but Dcan produce gas Bon
reaction with dilute sulphuric acid at room 22.
temperature. A imparts a deep golden yellow colour
to a smokeless flame of Bunsen burner. A, B, Cand
Drespectively are
(a) Na, H2, NaOH, Zn
(b) K, H2, KOH, Al
(c) Ca, H2, Ca(OH)2, Sn
(d) CaC2, C2H2, Ca(OH)2, Fe
(a) CH3CH2Cl and NaOH
17. The compound Aon heating gives a colourless (b) CH3CH2OHand H2 SO4
gas and a residue that is dissolved in water to (c) CH2Cl – CH2OH and aqueous NaHCO3
obtain B. Excess of CO2 is bubbled through aqueous (d)
solution of B, C is formed which is recovered in the
23. Which one of the following statement is not (a) [Fe(CN)6]4-
true? (b) Fe2+
(a) pHof drinking water should be between 5.5 – (c) Fe3+
9.5. (d) [Fe(CN)6]3-
(b) Concentration of DObelow 6 ppm is good for the
growth of fish. 28. Half life of a first order reaction is 4 s and the
(c) Clean water would have a BODvalue of less than initial concentration of the reactants is 0.12 M. The
5 ppm. concentration of the reactant left after 16 s is
(d) Oxides of sulphur, nitrogen and carbon are the (a) 0.0075 M
most widespread air pollutant. CHAPTER (b) 0.06 M
(c) 0.03 M
24. If ‘a’ stands for the edge length of the cubic (d) 0.015 M
systems: simple cubic, body centred cubic and face
centred cubic, then the ratio of radii of the spheres 29. In a zero-order reaction for every 10° rise of
in these systems will be respectively, temperature, the rate is doubled. If the temperature
(a) is increased from 10°C to 100°C, the rate of the
reaction will become:
(a) 256 times
(b) 512 times
(b) (c) 64 times
(d) 128 times

30. In the extraction of copper from its sulphide

ore, the metal is finally obtained by the reduction of
(c)
cuprous oxide with:
(a) Copper sulphide (Cu2 S)
(b) Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
(c) Iron sulphide (FeS)
(d) (d) Carbon monoxide (CO)

31. H3 PO2 is the molecular formula of an acid of

25. Which of the following statements, regarding phosphorus. Its name and basicity respectively are
the mole fraction of a component in solution, is (a) Phosphorus acid and two
incorrect? (b) Hypophosphorous acid and two
(a) (c) Hypophosphorous acid and one
(d) Hypophosphoric acid and two
(b)
32.

(c) x is always non negative

(d)

(a) Proton acceptor only

26. Which of the following is an insulator? (b) Both oxidized and reduced
(a) Graphite (c) Oxidized only
(b) Aluminium (d) Reduced only
(c) Diamond
(d) Silicon 33. The electronic configurations of four elements
are given below. Which element does not belong to
27. the same family as others?
(a)

(b)
 (c) Nitrophenol
(d) Ethyl alcohol
(c)
40. Aspirin is an acetylation product of
(d) (a) o-hydroxybenzoic acid
(b) o-dihydroxybenzene
(c) m-hydroxybenzoic acid
(d) p-dihydroxybenzene
34. The basic character of the transition metal
monoxides follows the order (Atomic Nos.,Ti = 22, 41. Which one of the following on treatment with
V= 23, Cr = 24, Fe = 26) 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide yields the
(a) TiO> VO> CrO> FeO corresponding alcohol and acid?
(b) VO> CrO> TiO> FeO (a)
(c) CrO> VO> FeO> TiO
(d) TiO> FeO> VO> CrO
(b)
35. Sc (Z= 21) is a transition element but Zn (Z= 30)
is not because (c)
(a) both Sc and Zn do not exhibit variable oxidation
states
(b) both Sc3+ and Zn2+ ions are colourless and form
white compounds
(c) in case of Sc, 3 orbitals are partially filled but in (d)
Zn these are completely filled
(d) last electron is assumed to be added to 4s level
in case of Zn
42. The compound obtained by heating a mixture of
36. Among the following, which is not the S-bonded a primary amine and chloroform with ethanolic
organometallic compound? potassium hydroxide (KOH) is
(a) (a) an alkyl cyanide
(b) a nitro compound
(c) an alkyl isocyanide
(b) (d) an amide

43. Enzymes take part in a reaction and

(c) (a) decrease the rate of a chemical reaction
(b) increase the rate of a chemical reaction
(c) both
(d) (d) and

44. Asequence of how many nucleotides in

messenger RNAmakes a codon for an amino acid?
37. Crystal field splitting energy for high spin 4
(a) Three
octahedral complex is:
(b) Four
(a) – 1.6 '0
(c) One
(b) – 1.2 '0
(d) Two
(c) – 0.6 '0
(d) – 0.8 '0
45. Which of the following is not correctly
matched?
38. Which one of the following compounds will be
(a)
most readily attacked by an electrophile ?
(a) Chlorobenzene
(b) Benzene
(c) Phenol
(d) Toluene
(b)
39. Which of the following compounds can be used
as antifreeze in automobile radiators?
(a) Methyl alcohol
(b) Glycol
 50. The correct structure of 2, 6-Dimethyl-
dec-4-ene is
(a)

(c)

(b)

(d)

(c)

46. Ionic mobility of which of the following (d)

alkali metal ions is lowest when aqueous
solution of their salts are put under an
electric field ?
(a) K
(b) Rb
(c) Li
(d) Na

47. Which of the following oxides is most

acidic in nature?
(a) MgO
(b) BeO
(c) CaO
(d) BaO

48. The most suitable reagent for the

following conversion, is :

(a) Na/liquid NH3

(b) H2 , Pd/C, quinoline
(c) Zn/HCl
(d) Hg2+ /H+, H2O

49. Which of the following is the correct order

of increasing field strength of ligands to form
coordination compounds?
(a) F- < SCN- < C < CN-
(b) CN- < C2 < SCN- < F-
(c) SCN- < F- < C2 < CN-
) SCN- < F- < CN- < C2 C
(d
Physics (c)
1. The dimensional formula of torque is
(a) [ML2 T-2 ]
(b) [MLT-2 ] (d)
(c) [ML-1 T-2 ]
(d) [ML-2 T-2 ]

2. If the error in the measurement of radius of a 7. If a cricketer catches a ball of mass 150 gm
sphere is 2%, then the error in the determination of moving with a velocity of 20 m/s, then he
volume of the sphere will be: experiences a force of (Time taken to complete the
(a) 4% catch is 0.1 sec.)
(b) 6% (a) 300 N
(c) 8% (b) 30 N
(d) 2% (c) 3 N
(d) 0.3 N
3. Acar moving with a speed of 40 km/h can be
stopped by applying brakes at least after 2 m. If the 8. The kinetic energy acquired by a mass (m) in
same car is moving with a speed of 80 km/h, what travelling distance (s) starting from rest under the
is the minimum stopping distance? action of a constant force is directly proportional to
(a) 8 m (a)
(b) 6 m
(c) 4 m
(d) 2 m (b)

4.
(c)

(d)

(a) A2B
(b) zero
9. A body of mass 1 kg is thrown upwards with a
(c) A2Bsin θ
velocity 20 m/s. It momentarily comes to rest after
(d) A2Bcosθ
attaining a height of 18 m. How much energy is lost
due to air friction? (g = 10 m/s2 )
5. (a) 30 J
(b) 40 J
(c) 10 J
(d) 20 J

10. In a triangle ABCD(BC= 2AB). The moment of

inertia is minimum along axis through.
(a) 45 J/s
(b) 35 J/s
(c) 25 J/s
(d) 195 J/s

6. The horizontal range and the maximum height of

a projectile are equal. The angle of projection of the
projectiles is:
(a) BC
(a)
(b) BD
(c) HF
(d) EG

(b)
11. A thin circular ring of mass M and radius r is (d) 3.10 m/s2
rotating about its axis with a constant angular
velocity ω. Four objects each of mass m, are kept 14. When an elastic material with Young’s modulus
gently to the opposite ends of two perpendicular Yis subjected to stretching stress S, elastic energy
diameters of the ring. The angular velocity of the stored per unit volume of the material is
ring will be (a) YS/ 2
(a) (b) S2 Y/ 2
(c) S2 / 2Y
(d) S/ 2Y
(b) 15. Consider a compound slab consisting of two
different materials having equal thicknesses and
thermal conductivities K and 2K, respectively. The
equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab is
(c) (a) 4/3 K
(b) 2/3 K
(c) √3 K
(d) 3 K
(d)
16. 110 joules of heat is added to a gaseous system,
whose internal energy is 40J; then the amount of
external work done is
12.
(a) 150 J
(b) 70 J
(c) 110 J
(d) 40 J

17. Amass of diatomic gas (γ = 1.4) at a pressure of

2 atmospheres is compressed adiabatically so that
its temperature rises from 27°C to 927°C. The
pressure of the gas in final state is
(a) 28 atm
(b) 68.7 atm
(c) 256 atm
(d) 8 atm

18. A particle moving along the X-axis, executes

simple harmonic motion then the force acting on it
is given by
(a) (a) – A kx
(b) A cos (kx)
(c) A exp (– kx)
(b) (d) Akx

19. The amplitude of a pendulum executing

(c) damped simple harmonic motion falls to 1/3 the
original value after 100 oscillations. The amplitude
falls to S times the original value after 200
oscillations, where S is
(d)
(a) 1/9
(b) 1/2
(c) 2/3
(d) 1/6
13. Assuming earth to be a sphere of uniform
density, what is the value of ‘g’ in a mine 922 km
20. The velocity of sound in any gas depends upon
below the earth’s surface? (Given, R= 6422 km)
(a) wavelength of sound only
(a) 9.65 m/s2
(b) density and elasticity of gas
(b) 7.65 m/s2
(c) intensity of sound waves only
(c) 5.06 m/s2
(d) amplitude and frequency of sound
21. The equation of a travelling wave is 26. Three equal resistors connected across a source
y = 60 cos (180t – 6x) where y is in microns, t in of e.m.f. together dissipate 10 watt of power. What
second and x in metres. The ratio of maximum will be the power dissipated in watts if the same
particle velocity to velocity of wave resistors are connected in parallel across the same
propagation is source of e.m.f.?
(a) 3.6 (a) 10
(b) 3.6×10-4 (b) 10/3
(c) 3.6 × 10-6 (c) 30
(d) 3.6×10-11 (d) 90

22. A wave in a string has an amplitude of 2 cm. The 27. A 6 volt battery is connected to the terminals of
wave travels in the + ve direction of x axis with a the three metre long wire of uniform thickness and
speed of 128 m/sec and it is noted that 5 complete resistance of 100 ohm. The difference of potential
waves fit in 4 m length of the string. The equation between two points on the wire separated by a
describing the wave is distance of 50 cm will be
(a) y = (0.02) m sin (15.7x – 2010t) (a) 1.5 volt
(b) y = (0.02) m sin (15.7x + 2010t) (b) 3 volt
(c) y = (0.02) m sin (7.85x – 1005t) (c) 3 volt
(d) y = (0.02) m sin (7.85x + 1005t) (d) 1 volt

23. The electric intensity due to a dipole of length 28. A thermocouple of negligible resistance
10 cm and having a charge of 522 μC, at a point on produces an e.m.f. of 42 μV/°C in the linear range of
the axis at a distance 20 cm from one of the charges temperature. A galvanometer of resistance 10 ohm
in air, is whose sensitivity is 9 μA/div, is employed with the
(a) 6.25 × 107 N/C termocouple. The smallest value of temperature
(b) 9.28 × 107 N/C difference that can be detected by the system will
(c) 13.1 × 1011 N/C be
(d) 20.5 × 107 N/C (a) 0.5°C
(b) 1°C
24. What is the effective capacitance between (c) 0.1°C
points X and Y ? (d) 0.25°C

29. At what distance from a long straight wire

carrying a current of 12 A will the magnetic field be
equal to 3 × 10-6 Wb/m2 ?
(a) 8 × 10-2 m
(b) 12 × 10-2 m
(a) 04 μF (c) 18 × 10-2 m
(b) 98 μF (d) 24 × 10-2 m
(c) 90 μF
(d) 6 μF 30. A short bar magnet of magnetic moment0.4JT-1
is placed in a uniform magnetic field of0.16 T. The
25. Four point charges –Q, –q, 2q and 2Q are placed, magnet is in stable equilibrium when the potential
one at each corner of the square. The relation energy is
between Q and q for which the potential at the (a) –0.64 J
centre of the square is zero is: (b) zero
(a) Q =- q (c) –0.082 J
(b) (d) 0.064 J

31. A wire loop is rotated in a magnetic field. The

frequency of change of direction of the induced
(c) Q = q e.m.f. is
(a) twice per revolution
(d) (b) four times per revolution
(c) six times per revolution
(d) once per revolution

32. A 220 volts input is supplied to a transformer.

The output circuit draws a current of 2.0 ampere at
440 volts. If the efficiency of the transformer is (a) E = hv
80%, the current drawn by the primary windings of (b) E = mc2
the transformer is (c)
(a) 3.6 ampere
(b) 2.8 ampere
(c) 2.5 ampere
(d) 5.0 ampere (d)

33. The electric and magnetic field of an

electromagnetic wave are
(a) in opposite phase and perpendicular to each
other 38. The threshold frequency for a photosensitive
(b) in opposite phase and parallel to each other metal is 3.3 × 1014 Hz. If light of frequency 8.2 × 1014
(c) in phase and perpendicular to each other Hz is incident on this metal, the cut-off voltage for
(d) in phase and parallel to each other. the photoelectric emission is nearly
(a) 2 V
(b) 3 V
34. Aluminous object is placed at a distance of 30
(c) 5 V
cm from the convex lens of focal length 20 cm. On
(d) 1 V
the other side of the lens, at what distance from the
lens a convex mirror of radius of curvature 10 cm
be placed in order to have an upright image of the 39. J.J. Thomson’s cathode-ray tube experiment
object coincident with it? demonstrated that
(a) 12 cm (a) the e/m ratio of the cathode-ray particles
(b) 30 cm changes when a different gas is placed in the
(c) 50 cm discharge tube
(d) 60 cm (b) cathode rays are streams of negatively charged
ions
(c) all the mass of an atom is essentially in the
35. A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence,
nucleus
i, on one face of prism of angle A(assumed to be
(d) the e/m of electrons is much greater than the
small) and emerges normally from the opposite
e/m of protons
face. If the refractive index of the prism is P, the
angle of incidence is nearly equal to:
(a) 40. The nuclei 6C13 and 7N14 can be described as
(a) isotones
(b) isobars
(b) (c) isotopes of carbon
(d) isotopes of nitrogen

41. Which of the following is used as a moderator in

(c) nuclear reactors?
(a) Plutonium
(b) Cadmium
(c) Heavy water
(d) (d) Uranium

42.

36. In Young’s double slit experiment the distance

between the slits and the screen is doubled. The
separation between the slits is reduced to half. As a
result the fringe width
(a) is doubled (a) 23.6 MeV
(b) is halved (b) 19.2 MeV
(c) becomes four times (c) 30.2 MeV
(d) remains unchanged (d) 25.8 MeV

37. Einstein work on the photoelectric effect 43. At absolute zero, Si acts as
provided support for the equation (a) non-metal
(b) metal graphs shows the correct relationship
(c) insulator between I and n?
(d) none of these (a)

44.

(b)
(a) XOR
(b) OR
(c) AND
(d) NAND

45. Carbon, silicon and germanium atoms have four

valence electrons each. Their valence and
conduction bands are separated by energy band
gaps represented by (Eg )C, (Eg) Si and (Eg )Ge
respectively. Which one of the following
relationships is true in their case? (c)
(a) (Eg )C> (Eg) Si
(b) (Eg )C< (Eg) Si
(c) (Eg )C= (Eg) Si
(d) (Eg )C< (Eg )Ge

46.
11. For a plane electromagnetic wave
propagating in x-direction, which one of the
following combination gives the correct
possible directions for electric field
(E) and magnetic field (B) respectively?
(a) - ^j +k^ , - ^j +k^ (d)
(b) ^j +k^ , ^j +k^
(c) - ^j +k^ , - ^j -k^
(d) ^j +k^ , - ^j -k^

47. The resistance of a wire is 'R' ohm. If it is

melted and stretched to 'n' times its original
length, its new resistance will be :
R
(a)
n
(b) n2R
R 49. Two similar thin equi-convex lenses, of
(c) 2 focal length f each, are kept coaxially in
n
(d) nR contact with each other such that the focal
length of the combination is F1. When the
48.A battery consists of a variable number 'n' space between the two lenses is filled with
of identical cells (having internal resistance glycerin (which has the same refractive index
'r' each) which are connected in series. The (µ= 1.5) as that of glass) then the equivalent
terminals of the battery are short-circuited focal length is F2. The ratio F1 : F2 will be :
and the current I is measured. Which of the (a) 2 : 1
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 2 : 3
(d) 3 : 4

50. A long solenoid of 50 cm length having

100 turns carries a current of 2.5 A. The
magnetic field at the centre of the solenoid is
:

(a) 6.28 × 10–5 T

(b) 3.14 × 10–5 T
(c) 6.28 × 10–4 T
(d) 3.14 × 10–4 T
 Physics :
Biology :
1. b 2. b 3. b 4. d 5. a 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. a
6. b 7. b 8. b 9. a 10. a 6. b 7. b 8. d 9. d 10. d
11. d 12. c 13. c 14. a 15. a 11.c 12. a 13. a 14. c 15. a
16. b 17. c 18. d 19. a 20. a 16. b 17. c 18. a 19. a 20. b
21. c 22. a 23. a 24. b 25. c 21.b 22. c 23. a 24. d 25. a
26. b 27. c 28. d 29. a 30. b 26. d 27. d 28. d 29. a 30. a
31. d 32. b 33. c 34. a 35. a 31. a 32. d 33. c 34. c 35. a
36. b 37. d 38. b 39. d 40. d 36. c 37. a 38. a 39. b 40. a
41. d 42. a 43. a 44. d 45. d 41. c 42. a 43. c 44. d 45. a
46. c 47. a 48. c 49. b 50. b 46.c 47.b 48.a 49.b 50.b
51. c 52. a 53. b 54. b 55. b
56. c 57. d 58. b 59. a 60. d
61. a 62. b 63. c 64. c 65. b
66. c 67. b 68. a 69. b 70. d
71. a 72. c 73. d 74. c 75. a
76. d 77. d 78. c 79. d 80. d
81. d 82. c 83. a 84. b 85. c
86. c 87. b 88. c 89. a 90. a
91.c 92.d 93.(2) 94.c 95.b
96.a 97.c 98.d 99.a 100.b

Chemistry :
1. d 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. a
6. c 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. d
11. a 12. b 13. b 14. a 15. a
16. a 17. b 18. d 19. c 20. b
21. a 22. c 23. b 24.a 25. a
26. c 27. c 28. a 29. b 30. a
31. c 32. b 33. c 34.a 35. c
36. a 37. c 38. c 39. b 40. a
41. a 42. c 43. b 44.d 45. a
46.c 47.b 48.b 49.a 50.b