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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
Contact Number: 9667591930 / 8527521718
7. Mesosomes, extensions of plasma membrane 11. Correct position of floral parts over
into the cell, help bacterium in all the following thalamus in the guava plant is:
processes except: Gynoecium occupies the highest position,
1.
Photosynthesis in while the other parts are situated below it.
1. 2. Respiration
cyanobacteria Margin of the thalamus grows upward,
Cell wall 2. enclosing the ovary completely, and other
3. DNA replication 4.
formation parts arise above the ovary.
Gynoecium is present in the center and other
3.
parts cover it partially.
8. The given floral formula represents plants Gynoecium is situated in the center, and
belonging to the family: 4. other parts of the flower are located at the
rim of the thalamus, at the same level.
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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15. Double fertilization is: 19. Match each item in Column I with one item
Fusion of two male gametes of a pollen tube in Column II and chose your answer from the
1. codes given below:
with two different eggs
Fusion of one male gamete with two polar Column I Column II
2.
nuclei (a) Alkaloid (i) Abrin
3. Fusion of two male gametes with one egg (b) Toxin (ii) Morphine
4. Syngamy and triple fusion (c) Lectin (iii) Vinblastin
(d) Drug (iv) Concanavalin A
1. N 2. r
3. K 4. K–N/K
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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24. At maturity, the female gametophyte in 28. Match the name of the scientist in Column I
angiosperms has: with his contribution in Column II and select
Three cells grouped together at the the correct match from the codes given:
I: micropylar end constituting the egg Column I Column II
apparatus Julius von O2 evolved by the green
Three cells are at the chalazal end and are A. P.
II: Sachs plant comes from H2O
called the antipodals
T.W. Glucose is usually stored as
B. Q.
Engelmann starch by plants
1. Only I is correct
Cornelius van Sunlight is essential for
2. Only II is correct C. R.
Niel photosynthesis
3. Both I and II are correct Jan First action spectrum of
4. Both I and II are incorrect D. S.
Ingenhousz photosynthesis
Codes:
A B C D
25. Tetracycline resistance gene in the vector 1. Q S P R
pBR322 carries the recognition sequence for:
2. Q R P S
1. PstI
2. PvuII 3. P Q R S
3. BamH I 4. P S R Q
4. EcoR I
26. Which of the following secondary 29. All the following produce secondary tissues
metabolites is a carbohydrate-binding protein in a plant body except:
[Lectin]? 1. Fascicular vascular cambium
1. Abrin 2. Interfascicular cambium
2. Vinblastin 3. Cork-cambium
3. Curcumin 4. Intercalary meristem
4. Concanavalin A
30. In general, the embryo sac in angiosperm
27. The biodiversity hotspots in India include consists of:
all the following except: One egg cell, two synergids, three antipodal
1.
Western Ghats and Sri cells, two Polar nuclei
1. 2. Indo-Burma
Lanka One egg cell, two synergids, two antipodal
2.
Deccan cells, three Polar nuclei
3. Himalayas 4.
plateau One egg cell, three synergids, two antipodal
3.
cells, two Polar nuclei
One egg cell, two synergids, two antipodal
4.
cells, two Polar nuclei
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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31. Consider the two statements: 35. In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant
Plant cells possess cell walls, tissue as pro-toxin is converted into active toxin
plastids and a large central due to:
Statement I: 1. alkaline pH of the insect gut
vacuole which are absent in
animal cells. 2. acidic pH of the insect gut
Animal cells have centrioles 3. action of gut microorganisms
which are absent in almost all 4. presence of conversion factors in the insect
Statement II: gut
plant cells.
1.
Statement I is correct; Statement II is
incorrect
Botany - Section B
36. Consider the given two statements:
Statement I is correct; Statement II is
2. The broadly utilitarian argument
correct
for conserving biodiversity says
Statement II is incorrect; Statement I is Statement I: that humans derive countless
3.
correct direct economic benefits from
Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is nature.
4.
incorrect The ethical argument for
conserving biodiversity says that
Statement II: biodiversity plays a major role in
32. The role of an adapter molecule in the many ecosystem services that
translation of genetic information is performed nature provides.
by:
1. miRNA
Statement I is correct; Statement II is
2. hnRNA 1.
incorrect
3. tRNA
4. siRNA Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
2.
incorrect
33. The exponential growth of an organism or a 3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
part of an organism can be expressed as W1 = correct
W0 ert, where e is: Statement I is correct; Statement II is
4.
correct
1. final size (weight, height, number etc.)
2. initial size at the beginning of the period
3. growth rate 37. The leafy stage in the life cycle of mosses:
4. base of natural logarithms 1. is a stage of the sporophytic generation.
is a creeping, green, branched and
2.
frequently filamentous stage.
34. Which one of the following plants shows a 3. develops directly from a spore.
very close relationship with a species of moth,
4. bears sex organs.
where none of the two can complete its life
cycle without the other?
1. Hydrilla 2. Yucca
38. In the polynucleotide chain of DNA, a
3. Banana 4. Viola nitrogenous base is linked to the –OH of:
1. 2'C pentose sugar 2. 3'C pentose sugar
3. 5'C pentose sugar 4. 1'C pentose sugar
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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39. Consider the given two statements: 44. In the genetic code dictionary, how many
Carbon dioxide is not produced codons are used to code for all the 20 essential
Assertion (A): amino acids:
in glycolysis.
Glycolysis is a metabolic 1. 20
Reason (R): pathway that does not require 2. 64
oxygen. 3. 61
4. 60
1. (A) is True but (R) is False
45. The given transverse section is of:
Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly
2.
explains (A)
Both (A) and (R) are True and but (R) does
3.
not correctly explain (R)
4. (A) is False but (R) is True
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
Contact Number: 9667591930 / 8527521718
57. Embryological support for evolution was 61. The extent of the global diversity
proposed by: of invertebrates is represented in the image
1. Ernst Mayr below. Choose the correct combination of
2. Ernst Haeckel groups (A-D) respectively:
3. Hugo de Vries
4. Kary Mullis
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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63. Calcium is important in skeletal muscle 66. Match each item in Column I with one in
contraction because it: Column II and select the correct match from the
binds to troponin to remove the masking of codes given:
1.
active sites on actin for myosin. Column I Column II
2. activates the myosin ATPase by binding to it.
A Mitochondria P Photophosphorylation
detaches the myosin head from the actin B Chloroplast Q Oxidative phosphorylation
3.
filament. C Tonoplast R Vacuole
prevents the formation of bonds between the D Elaioplast S Stores lipids
4.
myosin cross bridges and the actin filament.Codes:
A B C D
1. P Q R S
64. Match the plasma proteins in Column I with
their function in Column II and select the 2. P Q S R
correct answer from the codes given: 3. Q P S R
Column I Column II 4. Q P R S
A. Albumins a. Hemostasis
Transport carriers and
B. Globulins b. 67. The posterior pituitary is:
immunity
C. Fibrinogen c. Colloid osmotic pressure
under the direct neural regulation of the
1.
Codes hypothalamus
under the regulation of the chemicals
2.
A B C produced by the hypothalamus
1. a b c is not under any regulation of the
3.
2. a c b hypothalamus
3. b a c is regulated directly by the humoral
4.
concentrations of the hormones it secretes
4. c b a
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
Contact Number: 9667591930 / 8527521718
69. Which one of the following correctly 73. The given diagrammatic representation of
explains the function of a specific part of a the operation of natural selection on a trait
human nephron? shows:
Henle’s loop – most reabsorption of the
1. major substances from the glomerular
filtrate
Distal convoluted tubule – reabsorption of
2.
ions into the surrounding blood capillaries
Afferent arteriole – carries the blood away
3.
from the glomerulus towards renal vein
Podocytes - create minute spaces (slit pores) 1. Stabilizing selection
4. for the filtration of blood into the Bowman’s 2. Directional selection
capsule 3. Disruptive selection
4. Discontinuous selection
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
Contact Number: 9667591930 / 8527521718
76. Two core techniques that enabled birth of 79. Given below are two statements: one is
modern biotechnology are: labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is
Techniques to alter the chemistry of genetic labelled as Reason (R):
material, to introduce these into host The alimentary canal in frogs is
A. Assertion (A):
organisms and thus change the phenotype of short.
the host organism. Reason (R): Frogs are carnivores.
Maintenance of sterile ambience in chemical In the light of the above statements choose the
engineering process to enable growth of correct answer from the options given below:
B. only the desired microbes/eukaryotic cell in Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the
large quantities for the manufacture of 1.
correct explanation of (A).
biotechnological products. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the
2.
correct explanation of (A).
A is called as Genetic Engineering and B is 3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
1.
called as Biophysical engineering.
4. Both (A) and (R) are False.
A is called as Genomics and B is called as
2.
Bioprocess engineering.
A is called as Genetic Engineering and B is 80. Intercalated discs are found in:
3.
called as Bioprocess engineering. 1. Cuboidal epithelium
A is called as Genomics and B is called as 2. Smooth muscles
4.
Biophysical engineering. 3. Cardiac muscles
4. Sarcolemma
77. Doctors use a stethoscope to hear the 81. The fungus used in the industrial
sounds produced during each cardiac cycle. preparation of citric acid is:
The second sound is heard when: 1. Penicillium chrysogenum
1. AV valves open up 2. Clostridium butylicum
Ventricular walls vibrate due to the gushing 3. Trichoderma harzianum
2. 4. Aspergillus niger
of blood from the atria
Semi-lunar valves close down after the blood
3. 82. A disease that can be caused by the loss of
flows into vessels from the ventricles
the ability of the adaptive immunity to
4. AV node receives a signal from SA node differentiate between self and non-self will be:
1. Tuberculosis 2. Covid-19
3. Bronchial asthma 4. Rheumatoid arthritis
78. Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) is
considered safe up to how many weeks of
pregnancy? 1. Twelve weeks
2. Eighteen weeks 83. The ‘beads-on-string’ is the description used
3. Six weeks for the structure of:
4. Eight weeks 1. nucleolus in a nucleus
heterochromatic inactivated X chromosome
2.
in females
3. nucleosome in chromatin
4. tetrad of paired homologs in first meiosis
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84. Synapsis occurs between: 88. Given below is the initial amino acids of the
1. a male and a female gamete beta chain of a haemoglobin molecule. What
2. mRNA and ribosomes will be true about this haemoglobin molecule?
3. spindle fibres and centromere
4. two homologous chromosomes
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Biology Prodigy Test #11 (Full Syllabus)
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92. What would not be true for a plasmid 97. Consider the given statements regarding the
present in some bacterial cells? human skull:
1. It is extrachromosomal DNA I: It has a total of 22 bones.
2. It is circular and double stranded Cranial bones are 14 in number and the
II:
It gets replicated with the help of ori of facial bones are 8 in number.
3.
chromosomal DNA III: It is monocondylic.
It confers characters like resistance to A single hyoid bone is located at the base of
4. IV:
antibiotics to bacterial cells the buccal cavity.
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