FM : 100 TIME : 60 MINUTES

1 . Transport over long distances proceeds through the vascular system

and is called – a) Translocation b) Diffusion c) Transpiration d) Both a & c
2. A few drops of sap were collected by cutting across a plant stem by a
suitable method. The sap was tested chemically. Which of the following
test results indicates that it is phloem sap?
a) Low refractive index b) Absence of sugar c) Acidic d) Alkaline
3. Guard cells regulate : a) Respiration b) Transpiration c) Photosynthesis
d) Photorespiration
4. Bidirectional translocation of solutes take place --- a) Parenchyma b)
Cambium c) Xylem d) Phloem
5. Root pressure developes due to : a) Low osmotic pressure b) Passive
absorption c) Increase in transpiration d) Active absorption
6. The concentration of the essential element below which plant growth is
retraded is termed as --- a) Growth concentration b) Retraded
concentration c) Critical concentration d) Both b & c
7. Study the cycle shown below and select the option which gives correct
words for all the four blanks A,B,C and D
 a . A = Nitrification B = Ammonification C = Animals D = Plants
b. A = Denitrification B = Ammonification C = Plants D = Animals
c. A = Nitrification B = Denitrification C = Animals D = Plants
d. A = Denitrification B = Nitrification C = Plants D = Animals
8. Which one of the following elements in plants is not re-moblised?
a. Sulfur b. Phosphorus c. Calcium d. Potassium
9. For its action, nitrogenase requires
a. High input of energy b. Light c. Mn2+ d. Super oxygen radicals
10. Best defined function of manganese in green plants : a) Water
absorption b) Photolysis of water c) Calvin cycle d) Nitrogen fixation
11. Which range of wavelength(in nm) is called photosynthetically active
radiation (PAR)? a) 100 – 300 b) 390 – 430 c) 400 – 700 d) 760 – 100,00
12. Photosynthesis the light-independent reaction take place at: a)
Photosystem –I b) Photosystem –II c) Stromal matrix d) Thylakoid lumen
13. The process which makes major difference between C3 & C4 plants is
a ) Photorespiration b) Respiration c) Glycolysis d) Calvin cycle
14. In a chloroplast the highest number of protons are found in : a)
Stroma b) Lumen of thylakoid c) Inter membrane complex d) antennae
complex
15. Water soluble pigments found in plant cell vacuoles are: a)
Xanthophylls b) Chlorophylls c) Carotenoids d) Anthocyanins
16. Full Form of GEAC: a) Genetic Engineering Government Committee
b) Genetically Engineering Ground Committee c) Genetic Engineering
Government Councill d) Both a & c
17. The first clinical gene therapy was given in 1990 with a 4-year girl with
_________________ a) Adenosine deaminase deficiency b) Diabetis
mellitus c) both a & b d) none
18. Which technique helps to identify a bacterial viral pathogen in a
human body even when its concentration is very low and clinical
symptoms are not yet visible? a) Differential leycocyte count b) ELISA c)
Total leucocyte count d) PCR
19. In Genetic enginnering, the antibiotics are used : a) As selectable
markers b) To select healthy factors c) As sequence from where
replication starts d) To keep the cultures free of infection
20. In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant pro-toxin is converted into
active toxin due to : a) Action to gut micro-organism b) Presence of
conversion factors in insect gut c) Alkaline pH of insect gut d) Acidic pH of
insect gut
21. The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology
is : a) Progesterone b) Insulin c) Estrogen d) Thyroxin
22. Which one of the following is used for as vectors for cloning into
higher organisms? a) Salmonella typhimurium b) Rhizopus nigricans c)
Retrovirus d) Baculovirus
23. Which of the following is not a component of downstream processing?
a) Preservation b) Expression c) Separation d) purification
24. Agarose extracted from sea weeds finds use in : a) Gel electrophoresis
b) Spectrophotometry c) Tissue culture d) PCR
25. Taq polymerase enzyme obtained from : a) Thermus aquaticus b)
Thiobacilus ferroxidans c) Bacillus subtilis d) Pseudomonas putida