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Q. 1. An element playing important role in Answer: (1)

nitrogen fixation is : Q. 7. The nerve centres which control the
Molybdenum body temperature and the urge for eating
Copper recontained in:
Manganese Hypothalamus
Zinc Pons
Answer: (1) Cerebellum
Q. 2. Select the correct statement from the Thalamus
ones given below: Answer: (1)
Barbiturates when given to criminals make Q. 8. During mitosis ER and nucleolus begin
them tell the truth to disappear at:
Morphine is often given to persons who have Late prophase
undergone surgery as a pain killer. Early metaphase
Chewing tobacco lowers blood pressure and Late metaphase
heart rate Early prophase
Cocaine is given to patients after surgery as it Answer: (1)
stimulates recovery Q. 9. Darwin's finches are a good example
Answer: (2) of:
Q. 3. Listed below are four respiratory Industrial melanism
capacities (a − d) and four jumbled Connecting link
respiratory volumes of a normal human adult: Adaptive radiation
Respiratory Respiratory Convergent evolution
capacities volumes. Answer: (3)
Residual volume 2500 mL Q. 10. Which stages of cell division do the
Vital capacity 3500 mL following figures A and B represent
Inspiratory reserve volume 1200 mL respectively?
Inspiratory capacity 4500 mL
Which one of the following is the correct
matching of two capacities and volumes?
(b) 2500 mL, (c) 4500 mL
(c) 1200 mL, (d) 2500 mL
(d) 3500 mL, (a) 1200 mL
(a) 4500 mL, (b) 3500 mL
Answer: (3)
Q. 4. Transfer of pollen grains from the
anther to the stigma of another flower of the
same plant is called:
Xenogamy
Geitonogamy
Karyogamy
Autogamy
Answer: (2) Fig. A Fig. B
Q. 5. ABO blood groups in humans are Metaphase − Telophase
controlled by the gene I. It has three alleles − Telophase minus; Metaphase
IA, IB and i. Since there are three different Late Anaphase − Prophase
alleles, six different genotypes are possible. Prophase − Anaphase
How many phenotypes can occur? Answer: (3)
Three Q. 11. The common nitrogen-fixer in paddy
One fields is:
Four Rhizobium
Two Azospirillum
Answer: (3) Oscillatoria
Q. 6. Low Ca++ in the body fluid may be the Frankia
cause of: Answer: (2)
Tetany Q. 12. Which two of the following changes
Anaemia (a − d) usually tend to occur in the plain
Angina pectoris dwellers when they move to high altitudes
Gout (3,500 m or more)?
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Increase in red blood cell size Potato

Increase in red blood cell production Tomato
Increased breathing rate Cotton
Increase in thrombocyte count Changes Answer: (1)
occurring are : Q. 20 . The second maturation division of
(1) (b) and (c) (2) (c) and (d) (3) (a) the mammalian ovum occurs:
and (d) (4) (a) and (b) Shortly after ovulation before the ovum
Answer: (1) makes entry into the Fallopian tube
Q. 13. What is true about RBCs in humans? Until after the ovum has been penetrated by a
They carry about 20 − 25 per cent of CO2 sperm
They transport 99.5 per cent of O2 Until the nucleus of the sperm has fused with
They transport about 80 per cent oxygen only that of the ovum
and the rest 20 per cent of it is transported in in the Graafian follicle following the first
dissolved state in blood plasma maturation division
They do not carry CO2 at all Answer: (2)
Answer: (1) Q. 21. Satellite DNA is useful tool in:
Q. 14. The main arena of various types of Organ transplantation
activities of a cell is: Sex determination
Plasma membrane Forensic science
Mitochondrian Genetic engineering
Cytoplasm Answer: (3)
Nucleus Q. 22. Which one of the following does not
Answer: (3) follow the central dogma of molecular
Q. 15. If for some reason our goblet cells are biology?
non-functional, this will adversely affect: Pea
production of somatostatin Mucor
secretion of sebum from the sebaceous Chlamydomonas
glands HIV
maturation of sperms Answer: (4)
smooth movement of food down the intestine Q. 23. Which one of the following statements
Answer: (4) about human sperm is correct?
Q. 16. The plasma membrane consists Acrosome has a conical pointed structure
mainly of: used for piercing and penetrating the egg,
phospholipids embedded in a protein bilayer resulting in fertilisation
proteins embedded in a phospholipid bilayer The sperm lysins in the acrosome dissolve the
proteins embedded in a polymer of glucose egg envelope facilitating fertilisation
molecules Acrosome serves as a sensory structure
proteins embedded in a carbohydrate bilayer leading the sperm towards the ovum
Answer: (2) Acrosome serves no particular function.
Q. 17. The scutellum observed in a grain of Answer: (2)
wheat or maize is comparable to which part of Q 24. The genetically-modified (GM) brinjal
the seed in other monocotyledons? in India has been developed for:
Cotyledon Insect-resistance
Endosperm Enhancing shelf life
Aleurone layer Enhancing mineral content
Plumule Drought-resistance
Answer: (1) Answer: (1)
Q. 18. The energy − releasing metabolic Q. 25. Apomictic embryos in citrus arise
process in which substrate is oxidised without from:
an external electron acceptor is called: Synergids
Glycolysis Maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule
Fermentation Antipodal cells
Aerobic respiration Diploid egg
Photorespiration Answer: (2)
Answer: (1) Q. 26. One example of animals having a
Q. 19. Photoperiodism was first characterised single opening to the outside that serves both
in: as mouth as well as anus is:
Tobacco Octopus
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Asterias Production of chemicals such as nicotine,

Ascidia strychnine by the plants are metabolic
Fasciola disorders
Answer: (3) The two correct statements are:
Q. 27. Membrane-bound organelles are (b) and (c)
absent in : (c) and (d)
Saccharomyces (a) and (d)
Streptococcus (a) and (b)
Chlamydomonas Answer: (4)
Plasmodium Q .33. Breeding of crops with high levels of
Answer: (2) minerals, vitamins and proteins is called:
Q. 28. Keel is characteristic of the flowers Somatic hybridisation
of : Biofortification
Gulmohur Biomagnification
Cassia Micropropagation
Calotropis Answer: (2)
Bean Q .34. Widal test is used for the diagnosis of:
Answer: (4) Malaria
Q. 29. The kind of epithelium which forms the Pneumonia
inner walls of blood vessels is : Tuberculosis
cuboidal epithelium Typhoid
columnar epithelium Answer: (4)
ciliated columnar epithelium Q. 35. In vitro fertilisation is a technique that
squamous epithelium involves transfer of which one of the following
Answer: (4) into the fallopian tube?
Q .30. Which one of the following has its own Embryo only, upto 8 cell stage
DNA? Either zygote or early embryo upto 8 cell
Mitochondria stage
Dictyosome Embryo of 32 cell stage
Lysosome Zygote only
Peroxisome Answer: (1)
Answer: (1) because the embryo is introduced into
Q .31. Select the correct statement from fallopian tube.
the following: Q. 36. Which one of the following structures
Biogas is produced by the activity of aerobic between two adjacent cells is an effective
bacteria on animal waste transport pathway?
Methanobacterium is an aerobic bacterium Plasmodesmata
found in rumen of cattle Plastoquinones
Biogas, commonly called gobar gas, is pure Endoplasmic reticulum
methane Plasmalemma
Activated sludge-sediment in settlement Answer: (1)
tanks of sewage treatment plant is a rich Q. 37. Single-celled eukaryotes are included
source of aerobic bacteria in:
Answer : (4) Protista
because small amounts are used as inoculum Fungi
in secondary treatment or biological Archaea
treatment stage of sewage treatment. Monera
Q .32. Study the four statements (a − d) Answer: (1)
given below and select the two correct ones Q. 38. In unilocular ovary with a single ovule
out of them: the placentation is :
A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on Marginal
grain are ecologically similar in being Basal
consumers Free Central
Predator star fish Pisaster helps in Axile
maintaining species diversity of some Answer: (2)
invertebrates Q. 39. Sertoli cells are found in:
Predators ultimately lead to the extinction of ovaries and secrete progesterone
prey species. adrenal cortex and secrete adrenaline
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seminiferous tubules and provide nutrition to Q. 46. The genotype of a plant showing the
germ cells dominant phenotype can be determined by :
pancreas and secrete cholecystokinin Test cross
Answer: (3) Dihybrid cross
Q. 40. Which one of the following cannot be Pedigree analysis
explained on the basis of Mendel’s Law of Back cross
Dominance? Answer: (1)
The discrete unit controlling a particular Q. 47. PGA as the first CO2 fixation product
character is called a factor was discovered in photosynthesis of:
Out of one pair of factors one is dominant, Bryophyte
and the other recessive Gymnosperm
Alleles do not show any blending and both the Angiosperm
characters recover as such in F2 generation. Alga
Factors occur in pairs Answer: (4)
Answer: (3) Q. 48. Seminal plasma in human males is
Q. 41. The chief water conducting elements rich in :
of xylem in gymnosperms are: fructose and calcium
Vessels glucose and calcium
Fibres DNA and testosterone
Transfusion tissue ribose and potassium
Tracheids Answer: (1)
Answer: (4) Q. 49. A common biocontrol agent for the
Q. 42. Ringworm in humans is caused by : control of plant diseases is :
Bacteria Baculovirus
Fungi Bacillus thuringiensis
Nematodes Glomus
Viruses Trichoderma
Answer: (2) Answer: (4)
Q. 43. Which one of the following is not a Q. 50. Injury to adrenal cortex is not likely
micronutrient? to affect the secretion of which one of the
Molybdenum following?
Magnesium Aldosterone
Zinc Both Androstenedione and
Boron. Dehydroepiandrosterone
Answer: (2) Adrenaline
Q. 44. Vasa efferentia are the ductules Cortisol
leading from: Answer: (3)
Testicular lobules to rete testis Q. 51. Which one of the following pairs is
Rete testis to vas deferens incorrectly matched?
Vas deferens to epididymis Glucagon − Beta cells (source)
Epididymis to urethra Somatostatin − Delta cells (source)
Answer: (2) Corpusluteum − Relaxin (secretion)
Q. 45. Select the two correct statements lnsulin − Diabetes mellitus (disease)
out of the four (a − d) given below about lac Answer: (1)
operon. Q. 52. Select the correct statement from
Glucose or galactose may bind with the the ones given below with respect to dihybrid
repressor and inactivate it cross.
In the absence of lactose the repressor binds Tightly linked genes on the same
with the operator region chromosome show higher recombinations
The z-gene codes for permease Genes far apart on the same chromosome
This was elucidated by Francois Jacob and show very few recombinations
Jacque Monod Genes loosely linked on the same
The correct statements are: chromosome show similar recombinations as
(b) and (c) the tightly linked ones
(a) and (c) Tightly linked genes on the same
(b) and (d) chromosome show very few recombinations.
(a) and (b) Answer: (4)
Answer: (3)
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Q. 53. Which one of the following statements Seed bank

in regard to the excretion by the human Sacred groves
kidneys is correct? National park
Descending limb of Loop of Henle is Answer: (2)
impermeable to water Q. 60. Which one of the following palindromic
Distal convoluted tubule is incapable of base sequences in DNA can be easily cut at
reabsorbing HCO3 about the middle by some particular
Nearly 99 per cent of the glomerular filtrate is restriction enzyme?
reabsorbed by the renal 5′ −−−−−−−− CGTTCG −−−−−−−− 3′
tubules 3′ −−−−−−−− ATGGTA −−−−−−−− 5′
Ascending limb of Loop of Henle is 5′ −−−−−−−− GATATG −−−−−−−− 3′
impermeable to electrolytes 3′ −−−−−−−− CTACTA −−−−−−−− 5′
Answer: (3) 5′ −−−−−−−− GAATTC −−−−−−−− 3′
Q. 54. The biomass available for 3′ −−−−−−−− CTTAAG −−−−−−−− 5′
consumption by the herbivores and the 5′ −−−−−−−− CACGTA −−−−−−−− 3′
decomposers is called : 3′ −−−−−−−− CTCAGT −−−−−−−− 5′
Net primary productivity Answer: (3)
Secondary productivity Q. 61. Which one of the following
Standing crop statements is correct with respect to AIDS?
Gross primary productivity The HIV can be transmitted through eating
Answer: (1) food together with an infected person
Q. 55. If due to some injury the chordae Drug addicts are least susceptible to HIV
tendinae of the tricuspid valve of the human infection
heart is partially non-functional, what will be AIDS patients are being fully cured cent per
the immediate effect? cent with proper care and nutrition
The flow of blood into the aorta will be slowed The causative HIV retrovirus enters helper T-
down lymphocytes thus reducing their numbers.
The ' pacemaker ' will stop working Answer: (4)
The blood will tend to flow back into the left Q. 62. Phototropic curvature is the result of
atrium uneven distribution of :
The flow of blood into the pulmonary artery Gibberellin
will be reduced Phytochrome
Answer: (4) Cytokinins
Q. 56. Ovary is half-inferior in the flowers of Auxin
: Answer: (4)
Guava Q. 63. The Figure given below is a
Plum diagrammatic representation of response of
Brinjal organisms to abiotic factors. What do a, b and
Cucumber c represent respectively?
Answer: (2)
Q. 57. Which one of the following is used as
vector for cloning genes into higher
organisms ?
Baculovirus
Salmonella typhimurium
Rhizopus nigricans
Retrovirus
Answer: (4)
Q. 58. The one aspect which is not a salient
feature of genetic code, is its being:
Degenerate
Ambiguous
Universal
(a) (b) (c)
Specific
Answer: (2) partial
1 confor regulat
Q. 59. Which one of the following is an regulat
) mer or
example of ex-situ conservation? or
Wildlife sanctuary
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partial placenta as well as fully developed foetus

2 regulat confor oxytocin released from maternal pituitary
regulat
) or mer fully developed foetus only
or
Answer: (2)
partial Q. 71.The principal nitrogenous excretory
3 regulat confor
regulat compound in humans is synthesised:
) or mer
or in kidneys but eliminated mostly through liver
partial in kidneys as well as eliminated by kidneys
4 regulat confor in liver and also eliminated by the same
regulat
) or mer through bile
or
in the liver, but eliminated mostly through
Answer: (4)
kidneys
Q. 64. Male and female gametophytes are
Answer: (4)
independent and free-living in:
Q. 72.Carrier ions like Na+ facilitate the
Mustard
absorption of substances like:
Castor
amino acids and glucose
Pinus
glucose and fatty acids
Sphagnum
fatty acids and glycerol
Answer: (4)
fructose and some amino acids
Q. 65. The technical term used for the
Answer: (1)
androecium in a flower of China rose (Hibiscus
As amino acids and glucose absorption occurs
rosasinensis) is:
through Co transport.
Monadelphous
Q. 73. Which one of the following symbols
Diadelphous
and its representation, used in human
Polyandrous
pedigree analysis is correct?
Polyadelphous
Answer: (1)
Q. 66. Virus envelope is known as:
Capsid
Virion
Nucleoprotein
Core
Answer: (1)
Q. 67. The permissible use of the technique
amniocentesis is for:
detecting sex of the unborn foetus
artificial insemination
transfer of embryo into the uterus of the Answer: (1)
surrogate mother Q. 74. Toxic agents present in food which
detecting any genetic abnormality interfere with thyroxine synthesis lead to the
Answer: (4) development of:
Q. 68. One of the free-living, anaerobic toxic goitre
nitrogen-fixer is: cretinism
Beijernickia simple goitre
Rhodospirillum thyrotoxicosis
Rhizobium Answer: (3)
Azotobacter Q. 75.Which one of the following statements
Answer: (2) about all the four of Spongilla, Leech,
Q. 69. DNA or RNA segment tagged with a Dolphin and Penguin is correct?
radioactive molecule is called: Penguin is homiothermic while the remaining
Vector three are poikilothermic
Probe Leech is a fresh water form while all others
Clone are marine
Plasmid Spongilla has special collared cells called
Answer: (2) choanocytes, not found in the
Q. 70.The signals for parturition originate remaining three
from: All are bilaterally symmetrical
placenta only Answer: (3)
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Q. 76. The first movements of the foetus Presence of larger number of chloroplasts in
and appearance of hair on its head are usually the leaf cells
observed during which month of pregnancy? Presence of thin cuticle
Fourth month Lower rate of photorespiration
Fifth month Answer: (4)
Sixth month Q. 84. Algae have cell wall made up of:
Third month Cellulose, galactans and mannans
Answer: (2) Hemicellulose, pectins and proteins
Q. 77. Which one of the following kinds of Pectins, cellulose and proteins
animals are triploblastic? Cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins
Flat worms Answer: (1)
Sponges Q. 85. Some hyperthermophilic organisms
Ctenophores that grow in highly acidic (pH2) habitats
Corals belong to the two groups:
Answer: (1) Eubacteria and archaea
Q. 78. Which one of the following statements Cyanobacteria and diatoms
about certain given animals is correct? Protists and mosses
Round worms (Aschelminthes) are Liverworts and yeasts
pseudocoelomates Answer: (1)
Molluscs are acoelomates Q. 86.Genetic engineering has been
Insects are pseudocoelomates successfully used for producing:
Flat worms (Platyhelminthes) are coelomates transgenic mice for testing safety of polio
Answer: (1) vaccine before use in humans
Q. 79. Cu ions released from copper − transgenic models for studying new
releasing Intra Uterine Devices (IUDs): treatments for certain cardiac diseases
make uterus unsuitable for implantation transgenic Cow − Rosie which produces high
increase phagocytosis of sperms fat milk for making ghee
suppress sperm motility animals like bulls for farm work as they have
prevent ovulation super power
Answer: (3) Answer: (1)
Q. 80. Restriction endonucleases are Q. 87. Some of the characteristics of Bt
enzymes which: cotton are:
make cuts at specific positions within the DNA Long fibre and resistance to aphids
molecule Medium yield, long fibre and resistance to
recognize a specific nucleotide sequence for beetle pests
binding of DNA ligase High yield and production of toxic protein
restrict the action of the enzyme DNA crystals which kill dipteran pests
polymerase High yield and resistance to bollworms
remove nucleotides from the ends of the DNA Answer: (4)
molecule Q. 88. Heartwood differs from sapwood in:
Answer: (1) Presence of rays and fibres
Q. 81. Which one of the following is not a Absence of vessels and parenchyma
lateral meristem? Having dead and non-conducting elements
Intrafascicular cambium Being susceptible to pests and pathogens
Interfascicular cambium Answer: (3)
Phellogen Q. 89. Consider the following four statements
Intercalary meristem (a − d) regarding kidney transplant and select
Answer: (4) the two correct ones out of these.
Q. 82. A renewable exhaustible natural Even if a kidney transplant is proper the
resource is: recipient may need to take immuno-
Coal suppresants for a long time
Petroleum The cell-mediated immune response is
Minerals responsible for the graft rejection
Forest The B-lymphocytes are responsible for
Answer: (4) rejection of the graft
Q. 83. C4 plants are more efficient in The acceptance or rejection of a kidney
photosynthesis than C3 plants due to: transplant depends on specific
Higher leaf area interferons
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The two correct statements are: Snail

(1) (b) and (c) (2) (c) and (d) Answer: (4)
(3) (a) and (c) (4) (a) and (b) Q. 97. Stirred-tank bioreactors have been
Answer: (4) designed for:
Q. 90. Wind pollinated flowers are: Addition of preservatives to the product
small, brightly coloured, producing large Purification of the product
number of pollen grains Ensuring anaerobic conditions in the culture
small, producing large number of dry pollen vessel
grains Availability of oxygen throughout the process
large producing abundant nectar and pollen Answer: (4)
small, producing nectar and dry pollen Q. 98. The part of Fallopian tube closest to
Answer: (2) the ovary is:
Q. 91. dB is a standard abbreviation used Isthmus
for the quantitative expression of: Infundibulum
the density of bacteria in a medium Cervix
a particular pollutant Ampulla
the dominant Bacillus in a culture Answer: (2)
a certain pesticide Q. 99. An improved variety of transgenic
Answer: (2) basmati rice:
Q. 92. Which one of the following is one of does not require chemical fertilizers and
the characteristics of a biological community? growth hormones
Stratification gives high yield and is rich in vitamin A
Natality is completely resistant to all insect pests and
Mortality diseases of paddy
Sex-ratio gives high yield but has no characteristic
Answer: (1) aroma
Q. 93. Which one of the following Answer: (3)
statements about morula in humans is Q. 100. Infectious proteins are present in:
correct? Gemini viruses
It has almost equal quantity of cytoplasm as Prions
an uncleaved zygote but much more DNA Viroids
It has far less cytoplasm as well as less DNA Satellite viruses
than in an uncleaved zygote Answer: (2)
It has more or less equal quantity of
cytoplasm and DNA as in uncleaved
zygote.
It has more cytoplasm and more DNA than an
uncleaved zygote
Answer: (1)
Q. 94. Coiling of garden pea tendrils around
any support is an example of:
Thigmotaxis
Thigmonasty
Thigmotropism
Thermotaxis
Answer: (3)
Q. 95. The two gases making highest relative
contribution to the greenhouse gases are:
CO2 and CH4
CH4 and N2O
CFC55 and N2O
CO2 and N2O
Answer: (1)
Q. 96. Which one of the following is not
used in organic farming?
Glomus
Earthworm
Oscillatoria