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Date: NEET: 2023APMA

Time: 60 Minutes. (HOME TEST 3) Marks: 360
Note:
* Every correct answer (+4 Mark)
* Every wrong answer (-1 Mark)
* Not attempted question (0 Mark)
BOTANY (SECTION A) 106. The gross number of ATPs produced in
(Attempt 101 to 135 All Compulsory) aerobic respiration from one glucose
molecule but without involving proton
101. Most of the cell organelle duplication gradient activation of ATP synthetase
occurs in ____ phase of cell cycle.
1) 6 2) 24
1) G1 2) S
3) 34 4) 12
3) M 4) Metaphase

102. Angiospermic Ovule represents: 107. Sickle cell anemia is

1) Megasporophyte
2) Microsporangium
3) Megasporophyll
4) Megasporangium
103. (i) Failure of cytokinesis after telophase
leads to ____.
(ii) Failure of separation of chromatids
during cell division leads to ____.
1) (i) – Aneuploidy; (ii) - Polyploidy
2) (i) – Polyploidy; (ii) – Aneuploidy
3) (i) – Polyploidy; (ii) – Linkage
4) (i) – Polyploidy; (ii) – Syncytium
condition
104. Two cells (A and B) have osmotic potential
and pressure potential – 18 bars and 8 bars,
and -14 bars and 2 bars respectively. What
will be the direction of water flow?
1) From cell A to cell B
2) Flow of water does not takes place
3) In both direction
4) From cell B to cell A
105. Which of the following 2 restriction sites
are closest to each other on pBR322?
1) PvuI, PvuII 2) Bam HI, Eco RI
3) ClaI, Hind III 4) Bam HI, Cla I
1) An autosomal linked dominant trait
2) A disease controlled by a single pair
of allele
3) Caused by a substitution of valine by
glutamic acid in the β-globulin chain
of haemoglobin
4) Caused by substitution of codon GUG
to GAG
108. Identify non seed producing plants from
the list. Given below.
(i) Pinus (ii) Sphagnum
(iii) Selaginella (iv) Lily
(v) Colchicum
1) (i), (ii), (iii), (v) 2) (ii) only
3) (ii), (iii) 4) (ii), (iv), (v)
109. Due to eutrophication in water body
_____
1) Plant and animal life burgeons due to
decreased fertility of lake
2) Growth of aquatic organisms is
retarded
3) Organic remains begin to deplete
4) Warm water organisms supplant those
which thrive in cold water
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110. Tracheid, vessel and sclereids are similar 115. Study the pedigree chart given below
in that they all
1) Lack secondary walls
2) Are conducting in function
3) Are lignified and dead
4) Have open ends
111. In chemical safety testing, transgenic What does it show ?
animals are made ____. 1) Inheritance of a recessive sex-linked
1) that carry genes which make them disease like haemophilia
resistant to toxic substances. 2) Inheritance of a sex-linked inborn error
of metabolism like phenylketonuria
2) that carry genes which make them
sensitive to toxic substances. 3) Inheritance of a condition like
phenylketonuria as an autosomal
3) by somatic hybridization to inject the
recessive trait
toxic substance.
4) Inheritance of a condition like myotonic
4) to undergo super ovulation and foetus is dystrophy as an autosomal dominant trait
injected with toxic substance.
116. Which of the following pair is mismatched ?
112. Identify correct – statements from the
following: 1) Capsule Thick and tough glycocalyx
(a) Some important food plants such as 2) Slime layer Loose glycoclyx
wheat, rice, jowar have winter and
3) Pilli Motility structure
spring varieties.
(b) Winter varieties of wheat if planted in 4) Bacterial cells Motile or non-motile
spring would normally fail to flower
(c) Biennial plants are monocarpic that 117. Along the following plants, how many
normally flower and die in the same show nodule formation in their roots for
season. nitrogen fixation ?
(d) Sugar beet, cabbages, carrots are [Sweet pea, Maize, Lentil, Garden Pea,
some common biennales. Wheat, Barley, Alfalfa, Jowar, Broad
bean, Clover bean, Sweet clover]
1) (a), (c), (d) 2) (a), (b), (d) 1) 3 2) 5
3) (b), (c), (d) 4) (b), (d) 3) 7 4) 9

113. Alexander von Humboldt did his pioneering 118. Commelina plant shows
and extensive exploration in the:
1) cleistogamous flowers having anthers
1) South American Jungles placed away from stigma
2) African forests 2) chasmogamous flowers with self
3) North American Jungles sterility.
4) Islands of Pacific ocean 3) chasmogamous flowers showing dioecy
4) Cleistogamous as well as
114. In higher plants, seeds and some other chasmogamous flowers
vegetative reproductive structures serve as
means to tide over periods of stress. 119. Ubiquinone in mitochondrial ETS receives
This response to abiotic stress is called: reducing equivalents from complex.
1) Regulation 2) conformation 1) I 2) II
3) Suspend 4) diapause 3) I and II 4) I and III
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120. Somatic hybridization is carried out by 126. At the time of shedding the number of
1) pollen culture 2) cell culture nuclei present in an angiospermic pollen
grain is
3) protoplast fusion 4) haploid culture
1) One 2) Only two
3) One or two 4) Two or three
121. Cell wall of plants other than algae
consists of : 127. I. C6H12O6 + 2NAD+ + 2ADP + 2 iP →
1) lignin, hemicellulose, protein and lipid 2C3H4O3 + 2ATP + 2NADH + 2H+
2) hemicellulose, cellulose, mannans II. Pyruvic acid + 4NAD+ + FAD+ +
and lignin 2H2O + ADP + Pi → 3CO2 + 4NADH
+ 4H+ + ATP + FADH2
3) lignin, hemicellulose, pectin and
galactans
4) Proteins, hemicellulose, pectin and III. Pyruvate C2H5OH+ CO2
cellulose Categorise the summary equations under
respective phases –
122. Which of the following is not a I II III
micronutrient for plant ?
1) Glycolysis Fermentation Krebs’ cycle
1) Manganese 2) Potassium
2) Krebs’ cycle Fermentation Glycolysis
3) Zinc 4) Boron
3) Krebs’ cycle Glycolysis Fermentation
123. Queen Victoria shows number of ____ 4) Glycolysis Krebs’ cycle Fermentation
descendents as she was ____.
1) thalassemic, carrier for the disease 128. Papilionaceous corolla has ___ aestivation.
respectively. 1) Valvate 2) Twisted
2) Sickle cell anaemia, carrier for the 3) Imbricate 4) Vexillary
disease respectively.
3) Haemophilic, haemophilic, respectively 129. Which of the following is applicable to
continuous culture system used in
4) Haemophilic, carrier for the disease obtaining the foreign gene product?
respectively.
(a) Used medium is retained in the
bioreactor to keep microbes intact.
124. Cymose inflorescence is identified by (b) It keeps the cells in their
1) Basipetal arrangement of leaves on physiologically most active
the main floral axis (penduncle) log/exponential phase
2) The limited growth of the main axis as (c) It produces a larger biomass leading
main axis terminates in a flower to higher yields of desired protein.
3) The limited growth of main axis due 1) (a), (c) 2) (a), (b)
to degeneration of apical bud 3) (b), (c) 4) (a), (b), (c)
4) Presence of sesslie flower
130. During secondary growth, a complete ring
of vascular cambium is formed by
125. Duplicated centrosomes begin to move
towards opposite pole of cell during: 1) Fascicular cambium and cork cambium
1) G2 phase 2) Prophase 2) Only interfascicular cambia
3) Metaphase 4) S- phase 3) Intrafascicular cambia and
interfascicular cambia
4) Fascicular cambia + Phellogen
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131. Which of the following are a part of 135. Red green colourblindness is a sex linked
endomembrane system of eukaryotic cell ? trait. Which of the given statements is not
(i) Nucleus (ii) Mitochondria correct regarding colourblindness ?
(iii) ER (iv) Golgi bodies 1) It is more common in males than in
females
(v) Vacuole (vi) Lysosomes
2) Homozygous recessive condition is
required for the expression of
1) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) colourblindness in females
2) (i), (iii), (iv), (v) 3) Males may be homozygous or
3) (ii), (iii), (iv) (vi) heterozygous for colour blindness
4) A Colourblind woman always has
4) (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
colourblind father and always
produces colourblind son
132. (i) Climax community is in near
equilibrium with the environment. SECTION B
(ii) During ecological succession, the (Attempt any 10 from 136 TO 150)
changes in the species composition
are gradual and unpredictable. 136. The bioactive molecule produced by
Trichoderma polysporum is used in
1) Statement (i) (ii) are correct
1) Whooping cough treatment
2) Statement (i), (ii) are incorrect
2) Immune deficiency treatment
3) Statement (i) is correct but (ii) is 3) Reducing cholesterol
incorrect
4) organ-transplant patients
4) Statement (ii) is incorrect but (ii) is
correct 137. Genetically modified plants have been
useful in many ways. Genetic
133. C4 plants differ from C 3 plants in modification in these plants has:
following points EXCEPT i. Made crops more tolerant to abiotic
stresses.
1) number of ATP molecules used in
dark reaction for synthesis of glucose ii. Increased efficiency of chemical
pesticides
2) concentrations at which they accept
CO2 iii. Increased efficiency of minerals
usage by plants
3) substance that accepts atmospheric
CO2 in mesophyll iv. Enhanced nutritional value of food
Identify the correct statements from (i) to (iv).
4) number of Calvin cycles required for
synthesis of one glucose 1) i, ii 2) ii, iii
3) i, iii, iv 4) i, ii, iii, iv
134. Which of the following features is / are 138. Structural lipids of cell membrane are
seen in Solanaceae 1) simple lipids 2) Glycolipids
i) exstipulate leaves 3) steroid 4) phospholipids
ii) berry or capsule fruit
iii) epipetalous stemens 139. Monascus purpureus is used for the
making of
iv) Simple leaves with opposite
1) Cholesterol reducing agents
phyllotaxy
2) Organ transplant agents
1) i, iii 2) ii, iii
3) Clot buster drug
3) i, iii, iv 4) i, ii, iii
4) Stain removing agents in detergents
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140. Many species of Cichlid fish faced 145. Which of the following statements are
extinction due to correct?
1) Minamata disease i. Detritivores break down detritus into
2) Habitat loss smaller particles. This process is
3) Alien species invasion called fragmentation
4) Coextinction ii. By the process of leaching, water
soluble inorganic nutrients go down
into the soil horizon and get
141. Total number of round seed in a cross precipitated as unavailable salts.
between pure yellow round and pure green
iii. Bacterial and fungal enzymes degrade
wrinkled seeds in F2 is (out of total 16
detritus into simpler inorganic
resulted)
substances. This process
1) 9 2) 12
is called mineralization.
3) 3 4) 6
1) i, ii, iii 2) i, ii
142. Apoplastic movement of water in plants 3) ii, iii 4) i, iii
occurs through
1) casparian strips, cell wall and 146. Which of the following methods of
extracellular space breeding increases the chance of
homozygosity ?
2) cell wall, extracellular spaces
1) inbreeding 2) out breeding
3) plasma membrane, cell wall
3) out crossing 4) cross breeding
4) plasmodesmata, plasma membrane

147. Which of the following biome has highest

143. In heterogamous plants the male gamete and annual precipitation?
female gametes are respectively called
1) Tropical rain forest
1) Spermatogonia, oogonia
2) Temperate forest
2) Antheridium, egg
3) Coniferous forest
3) Antherozoid, Egg
4) Sperm and oospore 4) Grassland

148. Which of the following is a biopesticide ?

144. Match Column - I with Column - II w.r.t.
1) 2, 4 – D
algae and their use and select the correct
option from the codes given below. 2) Neurospora
3) DDT
Column I Column II
4) Bacillus thuringiensis
A. Food (i) Brown algae
149. If two pea plants having violet coloured
B. Agar (ii) Porphyra, Laminaria flowers with unknown genotypes are
crossed with each other. The progeny
C. Algin (iii) Gelidium, Gracilaria
showed 75% of the flowers violet and 25%
D. Carrageenin (iv) Red algae white. The genotypic constitution of the
parents having violet coloured flowers
will be
1) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(iv)
1) Both homozygous
2) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(i)
2) Male homozygous, female heterozygous
3) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(i)
3) Both heterozygous
4) A-(iii), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iv)
4) Female homozygous, male heterozygous
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150. Benefits of mycorrhizae to plant are 155. The copper ions of IUDs
A. Resistance to root-borne pathogens i) Suppress the motility and fertilization
B. Tolerance to salinity and formation of capacity of sperms
nitrates from ammonia. ii) Make the uterus unsuitable for
C. Tolerance to drought implantation
D. Overall increase in the plant growth iii) Increase phagocytosis of sperms
and development iv) Make cervix hostile to sperms
1) i, iii 2) i, ii, iii
1) Only A, B 2) Only B, C
3) i 4) i, ii, iii, iv
3) Only C, D 4) A, C, D
156. Which one of the following makes use of
ZOOLOGY (SECTION A) RNA template to synthesize DNA ?
(Attempt 151 to 185 All Compulsory) 1) DNA polymerase
2) RNA polymerase
151. Areolar connective tissue has
3) Reverse transcriptase
i) Fibroblasts ii) mast cells
4) DNA dependant RNA polymerase
iii) mucus cells iv) macrophages
v) adipocytes 157. PMNL belong to ____ category of cells.
1) i, ii, iii, iv 2) i, ii, iv 1) B cells 2) Phagocytes
3) i, ii, iii, v 4) i, ii, iv, v 3) Killer T cells 4) Helper T cells

152. Satellite DNA is useful tool in
1) Genetic engineering
2) Organ transplantation
3) Sex determination
4) Forensic application
153. One of the following is not a function of
melatonin.
1) To maintain body temperature
2) Influences menstrual cycle
3) To maintain electrolyte balance
4) Influences metabolism
154. Listed below are features of a plasmid.
Identify the feature which is unfavourable
for plasmid if it is to be used as a vector.
1) Presence of origin of replication (ori)
2) Presence of a selectable marker
3) Presence of sites for different
restriction endonuclease
4) Low copy number
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158. Primers used in PCR are
1) Natural oligonucleotides that are
complementary to the region of DNA
2) chemically synthesized oligonucleotides
that are complementary to the regions of
DNA
3) chemically synthesized oligonucleotides
that are not complementary to the regions
of DNA
4) specific sequence present on
recombinant DNA
159. In a Hardy-Weinberg population a recessive
trait individuals are 16%. The frequency of
dominant allele in population is:
1) 0.6 2) 0.32
3) 0.84 4) 0.92
160. Animals of which group belong to one and
the same phylum ?
1) Earthworm, Pinworm, tapeworm
2) Echinus, Antedon, Ophiura
3) Scypha, Sea anemone, Seapen
4) Physalia, Pleurobrachia, Branchiostoma
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161. Which of the following is/are found in 166. Which of the following is not true of
frog? connective tissue
(i) Renal portal system I. Connective tissues are most abundant
(ii) hepatic portal system and widely distributed in the body of
complex animals
(iii) Urethra
II. They link and support other tissues/
1) (i), (ii) 2) (ii) only organs of the body.
3) (ii), (iii) 4) (i), (ii), (iii) III. They include diverse tissues such as
ligaments, bone, cartilage, tendons,
162. Which is correct blood and loose connective tissue.
1) O2 and CO2 play significant role in IV. They form the internal and external
the regulation of respiratory rhythm. lining of many organs
2) In humans, vital capacity is just V. In all connective tissues except blood,
double the expiratory reserve volume the cells secrete fibres of structural
3) Human lungs are covered by single proteins called collagen or elastin
layer of pleura
1) Only IV 2) Only V
4) Thoracic chamber which lodges lungs
is an airtight chamber 3) Only I and II 4) Only I and IV

163. Na+ – K+ pump in axolemma 167. If the bacterial colony gives blue colour
after adding chromogenic substance, the
I. Needs energy (ATP) to work bacteria in this colony can be said to be:
II. Transports 3Na + outwards for 2K+ 1) Non recombinants and non
into the cell. transformants
III. Works against a concentration gradient 2) recombinants and transformants
IV. Generates action potential 3) have undergone insertional inactivation
1) All are correct of gene for β-galactosidase
2) Only II and III are correct 4) have undergone insertional inactivation
3) Only I and III are correct of gene for tetracyclin resistance.
4) I, II, III are correct 168. Match Column - I with Column - II and
select the correct option from the codes
164. One of the following pair shows given below.
convergent evolution. Identify
1) Ant eater, Numbat Column I Column II
2) Wombat, Bandicoot A. Cell walls like soap box (i) Euglenoids
3) Tasmanian tiger cat, Tasmanian wolf B. Killing of marine (ii) Diatoms
4) Bobcat, Wolf animals by releasing
toxins
165. Which of the following properties of
C. Pellicle (iii) Slime moulds
acquired immunity is the basis of
vaccination? D. Saprophytic protists (iv) Dinoflagellates
1) Specificity
1) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(i), D-(iii)
2) Diversity
2) A-(ii), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(iv)
3) Memory
3) A-(ii), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(i)
4) Discrimination between self and non
self 4) A-(i), B-(iv), C-(iii), D-(ii)
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169. If P  Polyp form, Q  Medusa form and 175. If the sequence of bases in DNA on sense
R  Polyp + Medulla, identify animals strand from 5’ to 3’ is ATTCGATG, then the
representing P, Q and R sequence of bases in its transcript will be
1) P = Hydra, Q = Adamsia, R = Obelia 1) GUAGCUUA 2) AUUCGAUG
2) P = Adamsia, Q = Obelia, R = Aurelia 3) CAUCGAAU 4) UAAGCUAC
3) P = Adamsia, Q = Aurelia, R = Obelia
176. Oil glands are present ____ in Aves
4) P = Hydra, Q = Obelia, R = Aurelia
1) at the base of wings
170. In human, chromosome 1 has: 2) at the base of tail
1) 2968 bp 2) 2968 genes 3) all over the body
3) 2986 genes 4) 2.4 million bases 4) below eye balls

177. Coenorhabditis elegans is:

171. In the alveoli, the factors favourable for 1) freeliving, non pathogenic flatworm
the formation of oxyhaemoglobin are:
2) freeliving, non pathogenic nematode
A. Low pO2 B. High pO2
3) parasitic nematode
C. Low pCO2 D. High pCO2 4) parasitic flatworm
E. Lower temperature
F. Higher temperature 178. Which one of the following pairs of animals
G. Low pH H. High pH are similar to each other pertaining to the
feature stated against them ?
1) Pteropus and Viviparity
1) A, D, F, H 2) B, C, E, G
Ornithorhyncus
3) A, D, F, G 4) B, C, E, H
2) Garden lizard and Three chambered
Crocodile heart
172. Anxiety and spicy food may cause:
3) Ascaris and Ancylostoma Metameric
1) Diarrhoea segmentation
2) Constipation
4) Sea horse and Exocoetus poikilothermal
3) Indigestion
4) Constipation or Indigestion 179. How many codons code for amino acid
glutamic acid?
173. At the posterior pole of eye, lateral to 1) 2 2) 4
blind spot, there is a yellowish pigmented 3) 6 4) 1
spot called ____ with a central pit called
_____.
180. Chemically an antibody is:
1) Corpus luteum, Fovea 1) Protein 2) Lipoprotein
2) Macula, fovea 3) Lipid 4) Nucleoprotein
3) Macula lutea, fovea
4) Macula, columella 181. P is an agranulocytic WBC, least in
number and Q is a granulocytic WBC least
174. Result of meiosis II in secondary oocyte is in number. P and Q are respectively
1) 1 ovum + first polar body 1) Lymphocytes and Basophils
2) 1 ovum + second polar body 2) Monocytes and Basophils
3) 1 secondary oocyte + 1 polar body 3) Monocytes and Eosinophils
4) Lymphocytes and Eosinophils
4) 1 secondary oocyte + 2 polar bodies
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182. What is not true about cortisol 187. The fluid from infected tobacco capable of
1) Stimulates RBC production causing infection in healthy plants was
called ‘contagium vivum fluidum’ by:
2) Maintains cardio-vascular system
1) M.W. Beijerinck 2) W.M. Stanley
3) Stimulates the immune response
3) D.J. Ivanowsky 4) L.Pasteur
4) Inhibits cellular uptake of amino acids

188. Which one of the following protist is a

183. ____ help is collection of the ovum after flagellated parasite?
ovulation?
1) Entamoeba 2) Euglena
1) infundibulum 2) fimbriae
3) Trypanosoma 4) Plasmodium
3) ampulla 4) isthmus

189. Trachea divides into bronchi at the level of

184. Synapsids are ancestors of
1) 5th cervical vertebra
1) Mammals 2) Birds and mammals
2) 5th thoracic vertebra
3) Dinosaurs 4) Modern reptiles
3) 4th thoracic vertebra
4) 7th cervical vertebra
185. The most commonly used bioreactor is of
stirring type which facilitates 190. The following will be involved or formed
1) down stream processing during various stages in digestive system
2) Upstream processing of Man. The correct sequence in which
they occur is
3) Oxygen availability
A. Bolus B. Chyme
4) Product removal
C. Succus entericus D. Chylomicrons

SECTION B
1) A-B-C-D 2) D-C-A-B
(Attempt any 10 from 186 TO 200)
3) C-A-D-B 4) A-C-B-D

186. Name the amino acids A-C correctly.

191. Simple lipids are –
1) esters of fatty acids with alcohol
2) ethers of fatty acids with alcohol
3) aldehydes of fatty acids with alcohol
4) ketones of fatty acids with alcohol

192. Cornea of eye is made up of :

1) Collagen fibres and areolar
connective tissue
2) loose connective tissue with blood
vessels
1) A- Glycine, B- Serine, C- Alanine 3) dense connective tissue
2) A- Alanine, B- Glycine, C- Serine 4) Epithelial tissue
3) A- Serine, B- Glycine, C- Alanine
4) A- Serine, B- Alanine, C- Glycine
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193. Malpighian tubules in cockroach open at

the junction of 197. Identify the trematode parasite.
1) Gizzard and midgut 1) Ascaris 2) Wuchereria
2) Midgut and ileum 3) Taenia 4) Fasciola
3) Ileum and colon
4) Colon and rectum 198. Which of the following diseases causes
chronic inflammation in the lymphatic
194. Pivot joint is found between: vessels of the lower limb that results into
its massive swelling?
1) Atlas and skull
1) Ascariasis 2) Filariasis
2) Atlas and axis
3) Amoebiasis 4) Trypanosomiasis
3) 5th carpal and 1 st metacarpal
4) Humerus and ulna
199. Gigantism and acromegaly are two defects
produced due to improper functioning of:
195. The action potential generated in the 1) Thyroid
sarcolemma leads to.
2) Pituitary gland
1) An increase in sodium ions inside
axoplasm 3) Thyroid and pituitary gland
2) An increase in calcium ions in 4) Thyroid, thymus and pituitary gland
sarcoplasm
3) Activation of Na + / K+ pump of cell 200. In which of the following secretions, the
membrane enzymes, like enterokinase, dipeptidase,
nucleosidases, nucleotidases are present?
4) An increase in sodium ions
1) pancreatic juices
2) succus entericus
196. JG (Juxta – glomerular) cells regulate
GFR by releasing 3) gastric juices
1) Renin 2) Angiotensin 4) Bile pancreatic juice
3) Aldosterone 4) ANF

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