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Botany - Section A
5. The reactions of the Calvin cycle can take
place as long as which of the following products
1. Consider the two statements: of the light dependent reactions are available?
Mitosis helps in restoration of 1. Water and Glucose 2. Water and ATP
Statement I: nuclear cytoplasmic ratio for Oxygen and Carbon ATP and
3. 4.
effective working of a cell. dioxide NADPH
Mitosis leads to formation of
Statement II: genetically diverse cells leading
to generation of variations. 6. Identify the incorrect statement:
Gross primary productivity of an ecosystem
Statement I is correct; Statement II is 1. is the rate of production of organic matter
1. during photosynthesis.
incorrect
Statement I is correct; Statement II is Gross primary productivity minus
2. 2. respiration losses (R), is the net primary
correct
Statement II is incorrect; Statement I is productivity (NPP).
3. Gross primary productivity is the available
correct
Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is 3. biomass for the consumption of heterotrophs
4. (herbivores and decomposers).
incorrect
Secondary productivity is defined as the rate
4. of formation of new organic matter by
2. The unequivocal proof that DNA is the consumers.
genetic material was provided by:
1. Avery, Macleod, and McCarty
2. Hershey and Chase 7. Consider the given two statements:
More than 25% of the drugs
3. Meselson and Stahl
currently sold in the market
4. Watson and Crick Statement I:
worldwide are derived from
plants.
Amazon forest is estimated to
3. Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem
produce, through photosynthesis
are produced by? Statement II:
5 % of the total oxygen in the
1. Apical meristems
earth’s atmosphere.
2. Vascular cambium
3. Phellogen
4. Axillary meristems Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
1.
incorrect
4. Besides starch, pyrenoids in many members 2. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
of Chlorophyceae, contain: correct
1. Double-stranded DNA Statement I is correct; Statement II is
3.
2. A low molecular weight RNA incorrect
3. Protein Statement I is correct; Statement II is
4.
correct
4. Lipids

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8. The given floral formula describes plants of 14. Match each item in Column I with one in
Family: Column II and select the correct match from the
codes given:
Column I Column II
1. Solanaceae A Lysine P Simplest alpha amino acid
2. Fabaceae B Serine Q Aromatic amino acid
3. Brassicaceae C Glycine R Basic amino acid
4. Liliaceae
R functional group is
D Tryptophan S
hydroxymethyl
9. A functional unit of nature, where living
Codes:
organisms interact among themselves and also
with the surrounding physical environment, is A B C D
called as: 1. R S P Q
1. A population 2. A species 2. R S Q P
3. A biological community 4. An ecosystem 3. S R P Q
4. S R Q P

10. Which one of the following statements is

true? 15. Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR) has
Exine of pollen grains is made up of cellulose the following range of wavelengths
1.
and pectin 1. 340-450 nm
Pollen grains of many species cause severe 2. 450-950 nm
2. 3. 500-600 nm
allergies
3. Pollens cannot be stored in liquid nitrogen 4. 400-700 nm
4. Tapetum helps in the dehiscence of anther
16. Typically, drupes develop from:
monocarpellary inferior ovaries and are one
1.
seeded.
11. Which one of the following is not a
functional unit of an ecosystem? monocarpellary superior ovaries and are
2.
1. Energy flow one seeded.
2. Decomposition multicarpellary superior ovaries and are
3.
3. Productivity many seeded.
4. Stratification multicarpellary inferior ovaries and are
4.
many seeded.
12. All the following biomolecules can be called
both polymers and macromolecules except:
1. Lipids 17. Which one of the following is wrong for
2. Proteins fungi?
3. Carbohydrates 1. They are eukaryotic
4. Nucleic acids 2. All fungi possess a purely cellulosic cell wall
3. They are heterotrophic
13. A double stranded DNA is found to contain
23% thymine. What is the expected percentage 4. They are both unicellular as well
of cytosine in this DNA molecule? as multicellular
1. 23
2. 27
3. 46
4. 54

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18. Select the correct matching among the 22. Which of the following is not a feature of
following pairs. the double helix model of DNA?
1. Smooth ER-Oxidation of phospholipids 1. The two chains have anti-parallel polarity
2. Smooth ER-Synthesis of lipids A purine always comes opposite to a
3. Rough ER-Synthesis of glycogen 2.
pyrimidine
4. Rough ER-Oxidation of fatty acids
3. The pitch of the DNA is 3.4 nm
The two chains are coiled in a left handed
4.
19. Match the stages of meiosis in Column I to fashion
their characteristic features in Column II and
select the correct option using the codes given
below: 23. What initiation and termination factors are
Column I Column II involved in transcription in prokaryotes?
1. σ and ρ, respectively
pairing of homologous
(a) pachytene (1) 2. α and β, respectively
chromosomes
3. β and γ, respectively
metaphase - terminalisation of
(b) (2) 4. α and σ, respectively
1 chiasmata
(c) diakinesis (3) crossing-over takes place 24. What is F2 phenotypic ratio in a dihybrid
chromosomes align at cross?
(d) zygotene (4)
equatorial plate
1. 1 : 1 2. 3 : 1
3. 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 4. 1 : 1 : 1: 1
1. a-3 b-4 c-2 d-1
2. a-1 b-4 c-2 d-3
3. a-2 b-4 c-3 d-1
4. a-4 b-3 c-2 d-1 25. The Ladybird and Dragonflies are useful to
respectively get rid of:
20. Consider the two statements: 1. mosquitoes and aphids
2. aphids and mosquitoes
Antheridium in bryophytes
3. bollworms and corn borers
Statement I: produces biflagellate
4. corn borers and bollworms
antherozoids.
Archegonium in bryophytes 26. The simplest α amino acid is:
Statement II:
produces a single egg.
1. Glycine 2. Alanine
3. Serine 4. Lysine
Statement I is correct; Statement II is
1.
incorrect
Statement I is correct; Statement II is
2.
correct
Statement II is correct; Statement I is
3.
incorrect
Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
4.
incorrect

21. In some plants, the thalamus contributes to

fruit formation. Such fruits are termed as:
1. False fruits
2. Aggregate fruits
3. True fruits
4. Parthenocarpic fruits

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27. Match the following : 29. Examine the figures A, B, C and D. In which
A. IAA i. Herring sperm DNA one of the four options all the items, A, B, C and
B. ABA ii. Bolting D are correct?
C. Ethylene iii. Stomatal closure
D. GA iv. Weed-free lawns
E. Cytokinins v. Ripening of fruits

Options:

A B C D E
1. iv iii v ii i
2. v iii iv ii i
3. iv i v iii ii
4. v iii ii i iv

28. Select the wrong statement:

The walls of diatoms are easily Options :
1.
destructible A B C D
Diatomaceous earth is formed by the cell 1. Equisetum Ginkgo Selaginella Lycopodium
2.
walls of diatoms 2. Selaginella Equisetum Salvinia Ginkgo
3. Diatoms are chief producers in the oceans 3. Funaria Adiantum Salvinia Riccia
Diatoms are microscopic and float passively 4. Chara Marchantia Fucus Pinus
4.
in water

30. Which one of the following statements is

wrong?
1. Golden algae are also called desmids
2. Eubacteria are also called false bacteria.
3. Phycomycetes are also called algal fungi.
Cyanobacteria are also called blue-green
4.
algae.

31. A typical angiosperm embryosac, at

maturity, is:
8 celled and 8 8 celled and 7
1. 2.
nucleate nucleate
7 celled and 8 7 celled and 7
3. 4.
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32. In Avery, MacLeod and McCarty 37. An F2 phenotypic ratio of 1: 4: 6: 4: 1 from a

experiment, the transformation was affected by cross AaBb X AaBb is expected in the case of:
the use of: 1. Dominant epistasis 2. Complementary genes
1. Protease 2. DNase Polygenic Independent
3. RNase 4. Lipase 3. 4.
inheritance assortment

33. Water affects the process of photosynthesis 38. On a logarithmic scale, the species-area
in higher plants because: relationship turns out to be a:
Water stress can cause the stomata to close, 1. Straight line 2. Rectangular hyperbola
I: hence, reducing the carbon dioxide 3. Bell shaped 4. U shaped
availability.
Water stress also makes leaves wilt, thus,
II: reducing the surface area of the leaves and 39. Regarding Marchantia:
their metabolic activity as well. The thallus is dorsi-ventral and closely
I:
appressed to the substrate.
1. Only I 2. Only II II: The plant is monoecious.
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
1. Both I and II are incorrect
2. Only I is incorrect
34. Seed formation without fertilization in
flowering plants involves the process of? 3. Only I is correct
1. budding 4. Both I and II are correct
2. somatic hybridization
3. apomixis
4. sporulation 40. What is the dihybrid test cross-ratio?
1. 1 : 1 2. 3 : 1
35. Lactic Acid Bacillus, while used for 3. 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 4. 1 : 1 : 1: 1
converting milk to curd, increases the
nutritional value of curd by adding vitamin:
1. A 2. B12 41. Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
3. C 4. D Component of
Name
ETC
1. Complex I NADH dehydrogenase

Botany - Section B 2. Complex II

Succinate
dehydrogenase
36. A gene is said to be polymorphic if it has 3. Complex III Cytochrome b6f complex
more than one variant and the frequency of the
4. Complex IV Cytochrome c oxidase
least common variant is at least:
1. 0.01
2. 0.1
3. 0.5 42. Which of the following organelles in a
4. 1.0 eukaryotic cell can only be seen after staining
with vital dye?
1. Mitochondria 2. Chloroplasts
4. Endoplasmic
3. Nucleus
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43. The bioreactor shown in the diagram is:
46. Anatomically, fairly old dicotyledonous root
is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem
by:
1. absence of secondary xylem
2. absence of secondary phloem
3. presence of cortex
4. position of protoxylem

47. In dicot roots, initiation of lateral roots

takes place in the cells of:
1. Endodermis
2. Pericycle
3. Epiblema
Sparged stirred tank
1. 2. Airlift type 4. Hypodermis
type
Fluidized bed 48. Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria play a
3. Simple stirred tank type 4.
type great role in:
1. forming blooms in polluted water bodies
recycling nutrients like nitrogen,
44. Identify the incorrectly matched pair: 2.
phosphorous, iron and sulphur
Triploid nutritive tissue of a
1. seed deposited externally to Perisperm 3. making curd from milk
the embryo sac 4. fixing nitrogen in legume roots
The tissue that arises from
2. the ripened ovary wall of a Pericarp
fruit; the fruit wall 49. Which of the following polysaccharides
does not have glucose as its constituent unit?
The natural or artificially
1. Inulin
induced production of fruit
3. Parthenocarpy 2. Starch
without fertilisation of
3. Cellulose
ovules
4. Glycogen
Asexual reproduction
where the growth and 50. Match each item in Column I with one in
4. development of embryos Parthenogenesis Column II and select the correct match from the
occur without fertilization codes given:
by sperm
Column I Column II
[Placentation] [Example]
A Axile P Mustard
45. A pea plant shows the dominant phenotype.
You conduct a single gene test cross to B Parietal Q Dianthus
determine the genotype of this pea plant (T = C Free central R Lemon
tall, t = short). All progeny of the test cross show D Basal S Marigold
the dominant phenotype. The genotype of the Codes:
plant in question is most likely: A B C D
1. TT.
1. R P Q S
2. TTtt.
3. Tt. 2. P R Q S
4. tt. 3. P Q R S
4. R P S Q

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Zoology - Section A 53. In the given diagram, identify A, B, C, and D

respectively:
51. All the following hormones are produced in
women only during pregnancy except:
1. Oxytocin
2. Relaxin
3. hCG
4. hPL

52. Consider the two statements:

ANF mechanism acts as a check
Assertion (A): on the renin-angiotensin
mechanism.
ANF can cause vasodilation
(dilation of blood vessels) and
Reason (R):
thereby decrease blood
pressure.

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly

1.
explains (A).
2. (A) is True but (R) is False.
3. Both (A) and (R) are False.
Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not
4.
correctly explain (A).

1. LH, FSH, Progesterone and Estrogen

2. FSH, LH, Estrogen and Progesterone
3. Estrogen, Progesterone, LH and FSH
4. Progesterone, Estrogen, FSH and LH

54. Consider the two statements:

The vascular system of frog
Statement I: is well-developed and closed
type.
Frogs do not have a lymphatic
Statement II:
system.

Statement I is correct, Statement II is

1.
correct
Statement I is incorrect, Statement II is
2.
correct
Statement I is correct, Statement II is
3.
incorrect
Statement I is incorrect, Statement II is
4.
incorrect

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55. Which of the following options correctly 58. Match each item in Column I with one in
represents the lung conditions in asthma and Column II and select the correct match from the
emphysema, respectively? codes given:
Inflammation of bronchioles; decreased Column I Column II
1.
respiratory surface A Multipolar neuron P Retina
Increased number of bronchioles; increased B Bipolar neuron Q Embryonic stages
2.
respiratory surface Dorsal root ganglion of
Increased respiratory surface; inflammation C Unipolar neuron R
3. spinal nerve
of bronchioles Pseudounipolar
Decreased respiratory surface; inflammation D S Cerebral cortex
4. neuron
of bronchioles Codes:
A B C D
1. P S Q R
56. Consider the two given statements:
2. P S R Q
Failure of segregation of
Statement chromatids during cell division 3. S P R Q
I: cycle results in the gain or loss of a 4. S P Q R
chromosome(s).
Failure of cytokinesis after
telophase stage of cell division 59. Pain and inflammation that occur when too
Statement much uric acid crystallizes and deposits in the
results in an increase in a whole
II: joints are known as:
set of chromosomes in an
organism. 1. gout​​ 2. osteoarthritis
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is 3. osteoporosis 4. rheumatoid arthritis
incorrect
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is
correct 60. Match each item in Column I with one in
3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is Column II and select the correct match from the
incorrect codes given:
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is Column I Column II
correct Heart Sudden stoppage of heart
A P
failure beating
57. In the case of peppered moth (Biston
Heart Heart muscle is damaged by
betularia), the black-coloured form became B Q
attack inadequate blood supply
dominant over the light-coloured form in
England during the industrial revolution. This Cardiac Electrical signals in heart are
C R
is an example of: arrest blocked
natural selection, whereby the darker forms Heart can't pump enough
1. S oxygen-rich blood to meet
were selected
body's needs
appearance of the darker coloured
2. Codes:
individuals due to very poor sunlight
3. protective mimicry A B C
inheritance of darker colour character 1. R Q P
4. 2. R P S
acquired due to the darker environment
3. S Q P
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61. Consider the two statements:
A continuous culturing method
produces a larger biomass,
Assertion (A):
leading to higher yields of the
desired protein.
In a continuous culture system,
the used medium is drained out
from one side while the fresh
Reason (R): medium is added from the
other to maintain the cells in
their physiologically most
active log/exponential phase.
Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the
1.
correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the
2.
correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. Both (A) and (R) are False.
62. The main arena of various types of activities
of a cell is:
1. Plasma membrane
2. Mitochondria
3. Cytoplasm
4. Nucleus
63. A statutory ban on amniocentesis in India I. Centromeres split and chromatids
was necessary because:
1. It is very expensive
2. It can tell about chromosomal aberrations
It is an invasive procedure and carries a high 3. Anaphase 4. Telophase
3.
risk of abortions
It can be used for pre-natal sex
4. determination of the fetus leading to female
feticides
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64. Consider the following statements (A)-(D)
each with one or two blanks:
Bears go into ________ (1) _ during winter to
(A)
________ (2) _ cold weather.
A conical age pyramid with a broad base
(B)
represents _________ (3) human population.
A wasp pollinating a fig flower is an
(C)
example of ________ (4) _ .
An area with high levels of species richness
(D)
is known as _________ (5) .
Which of the following options, gives the
correct fill-ups for the respective blank
numbers from(1) to (5) in the statements?
(1) - hibernation, (2) - escape, 3) - expanding,
1.
(5) - hot spot
2. (3) - stable, (4) - commensalism, (5) - marsh
(1) - aestivation, (2) - escape, (3) - stable, (4) -
3.
mutualism
(3) - expanding, (4) - commensalism, (5) -
4.
biodiversity park
65. During which stage of mitosis do the
following events occur?
separate
II. Chromatids move to opposite poles
1. Prophase 2. Metaphase
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66. Match each item in Column I with one in 68. The cell shown in the figure is used in:
Column II and select the correct match from the
codes given:
Column
Column I
II
Number of possible phenotypes
A P 1:2:1
in ABO blood group system
Number of possible genotypes in
B Q3:1
ABO blood group system
F phenotypic ratio in incomplete
C 2 R4
dominance
F phenotypic ratio in complete
D 2 S 6
dominance
Codes:
1. capturing prey in Cnidarians
A B C D
2. generating water current in sponges
1. P Q R S
3. osmoregulation in rotifers
2. Q R S P
4. movement in ctenophores
3. R S P Q
4. S P Q R
69. Common cold:
1. is caused by a bacterium
67. Given ahead is an incomplete table about
2. affects lungs very early in the disease
certain hormones, their source glands and one
major effect of each on the body in humans. is not transmitted by droplets resulting from
Identify the correct option for the three blanks 3. the cough or sneezes of
A, B and C. an infected person
Gland Secretion Effect on Body can be transmitted through contaminated
objects such as
Maintenance of 4.
pens, books, cups, doorknobs, computer
secondary
A keyboard or mouse, etc.
Oestrogen sexual
characters
Alpha cells of islets Raises blood
B 70. The name of Alexander von Humboldt is
of Langerhans sugar level
associated with:
Oversecretion 1. the concept of competitive release
Anterior pituitary C leads to 2. Rivet popper hypothesis
gigantism 3. the concept of Species area relationship
4. Ecological sanitation
Options: A B C
1. Placenta Insulin Vasopressin 71. Around 200 mya, some land reptiles went
2. Ovary Insulin Calcium back to the water to evolve into fish-like
reptiles, for example:
3. Placenta Glucagon Calcitonin
1. Pareiasaurus 2. Pelycosaur
4. Ovary Glucagon Growth hormone
3. Ichthyosaurus 4. Archosaurus

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72. Match each item in Column I with one in 74. Match each item in Column I with one in
Column II and select the correct match from the Column II and select the correct match from the
codes given: codes given:
Column II Column I Column II
Column I
[Osmoregulatory and Has 16 carbons excluding
[Organism] A Palmitic acid P
excretory structure] carboxyl carbon
Flatworms, Beta pleated Has 16 carbons including
A rotifers, P Protonephridia B Q
sheet carboxyl carbon
Amphioxus Arachidonic Secondary structure of a
B Earthworm Q Nephridia C R
acid protein
C Insects R Malpighian tubule Tertiary structure of a
S
Green gland or antennal protein
D Prawn S
gland Has 20 carbons including
T
Codes: carboxyl carbon
A B C D Codes:
1. P Q R S A B C
2. Q R S P 1. Q R T
3. R S P Q 2. Q R P
4. S P Q R 3. P R Q
4. R P Q

73. Seminal plasma in humans is rich in:

1. fructose, calcium and certain enzymes 75. Identify the incorrect statement:
2. fructose and calcium but has no enzymes In a typical nucleus, some regions of
glucose and certain enzymes but has no chromatin are loosely packed
3. 1.
calcium (and stains light) and are referred to as
fructose and certain enzymes but poor in euchromatin.
4. The chromatin that is more densely packed
calcium
2. and stains dark is
called Heterochromatin.
Euchromatin is said to be transcriptionally
3. inactive chromatin,
whereas heterochromatin is active.
Nucleosomes constitute the repeating unit of
4. a structure in the
nucleus called chromatin.

76. The famous aphorism ‘omnis cellula-e-

cellula’ was added to the cell theory by:
1. Theodore Schwann
2. Matthias Schleiden
3. Robert Hooke
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77. What type of neuron is found in the human 81. The process of RNA interference (RNAi)
retina and olfactory membrane? involves:
1. Unipolar inducing the transcription of genes by
2. Bipolar 1.
substrate
3. Multipolar silencing of a specific mRNA due to a
4. Pseudo-unipolar 2.
complementary dsRNA molecule
repressing the transcription of genes by
78. The Taq polymerase enzyme is obtained 3.
product
from:
1. Thiobacillus ferrooxidans increasing the rate of transcription by
4.
2. Bacillius subtilis activator proteins
3. Pseudomonas putida
4. Thermus aquaticus
82. Over 95 % of all transgenic animals are:
79. Match each item in Column I with one in 1. Mice 2. Pigs
Column II and select the correct match from the 3. Sheep 4. Rabbits
codes given:
Column I Column II
Myasthenia 83. Consider the two statements:
A P Auto-immune
gravis Open circulatory system is
B Arthritis Q Inflammation of joints considered to be more
Assertion (A):
Low calcium in body advantageous than the closed
C Tetany R circulatory system.
fluids
D Osteoporosis S Low levels of oestrogen Open circulatory system is
present in arthropods and
Codes: Reason (R):
molluscs, two of the most
A B C D successful animal phyla.
1. P Q R S
2. Q R S P Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly
3. R S P Q 1.
explains (A).
4. S P Q R 2. (A) is True but (R) is False.
Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not
3.
correctly explain (A).
80. Cells sloughed from malignant tumors reach 4. (A) is False but (R) is True.
distant sites through blood, and wherever they
get lodged in the body, they start a new tumor
there. This property is called:
84.
1. Oncogenic transformation
Ketonuria is seen in persons
2. Contact inhibition Assertion (A):
with diabetes mellitus.
3. Metastasis
4. Metaplasia Persons with diabetes mellitus
Reason (R):
also have glycosuria.

Both (A) and (R) are True (R) does not

1.
correctly explain (A).
2. (A) is True but (R) is False.
Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly
3.
explains (A).
4. (A) is False but (R) is True.

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85. 87. Give below are two statements:

Stressed people are more When an infected female
susceptible to contracting the Anopheles mosquito bites, it
Assertion (A):
common cold than people who Statement I: releases gametocytes of
are not stressed. plasmodium into the healthy
Increased cortisol levels in person.
Reason (R): stressed people can cause a The female Anopheles mosquito
decrease in immunity. takes up sporozoites of
Statement II: Plasmodium with blood meal
Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not from an infected person,
1. suffering from malaria.
correctly explain (A).
2. (A) is True but (R) is False. In the light of the above statements, choose the
most appropriate answer from the options give
Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly
3. below:
explains (A).
Statement I is correct but Statement II is
4. (A) is False but (R) is True. 1.
incorrect
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is
2.
correct
Zoology - Section B 3.
Both Statement I and Statement II are
correct
86. Unlike humans, frogs have a:
I: Hepatic portal system Both Statement I and Statement II are
4.
II: Renal portal system incorrect
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct 88. Consider the following features:
4. Both I and II are incorrect a. Organ system level of organisation
b. Bilateral symmetry
c. True coelom with segmentation of body
Select the correct option of animal groups that
possess all the above characteristics:
1. Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata
2. Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata
3. Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca
4. Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata

89. Consider the two statements:

Statement Humans breathe by negative
I: pressure.
Statement The respiratory center is directly
II: affected by low oxygen levels.
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is
incorrect
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is
correct
3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
incorrect
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is
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90. Which of the following sexually transmitted 94. Which of the following diseases is/are
infections is caused by a bacterium? correctly matched with their modes of
1. Trypanosomiasis transmission?
2. Syphilis Disease/Infection Mode of transmission
3. Genital warts Contaminated food and
4. Trichomoniasis I. Ascariasis
water
II. Elephantiasis Vector-borne
91. Consider the following statements:
III. Ringworm Direct contact
The largest known human gene is
I:
dystrophin at 2.4 million bases. Options:
Repeated sequences make up a very large
II:
portion of the human genome. 1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
There are about 2.4 million locations where 3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III
III: single-base DNA differences occur in
humans.
95. An impairment affecting synthesis or
Which of the above statements are true? release of ADH results in:
a diminished ability of the kidney to
1. I and II only 2. I and III only 1.
conserve water
3. II and III only 4. I, II, and III
enhanced re-absorption of water by the
2.
collecting duct of the nephron
92. Both tendons and ligaments: 3. glycosuria and ketonuria
I: are dense irregular connective tissues a generalised vasoconstriction in the body
4.
II: connect muscle to bone leading to uncontrolled hypertension
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct 96. Eyes in a frog:
4. Both I and II are incorrect I: are situated in the orbit in skull.
are compound eyes possessing a large
93. Identify the incorrect statement: II:
number of units.
Neanderthals lived between 1,50,000 and 1. Only I is correct
1.
1,00,000 years back. 2. Only II is correct
Modern Homo sapiens arose between 75000 3. Both I and II are correct
2.
and 10000 years ago. 4. Both I and II are incorrect
Pre-historic cave art developed around
3. 97. Members of Chondrichthyes are
18000 years ago.
4. Agriculture came around 10000 years ago characterised by all the following except:
1. Presence of a swim bladder
2. Ventrally located mouth
3. Lack of operculum
4. Placoid scales

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1.
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99. About what percent of all insects is
phytophagus?
FREE ACCESS for 2
1. 1 % 2. 25 % days of ANY
3. 65 % 4. 99 %
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100.
Any subsequent encounter with
the same pathogen encountered
Assertion (A): earlier elicits a highly
intensified secondary or
anamnestic response.
The body appears to have
memory of the first or any
Reason (R):
previous encounters with the
same antigen.

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the

1.
correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the
2.
correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. Both (A) and (R) are False.

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