Section ‘A’- Botany

101) Blue-green algae are:

1) Algae 2) Cyanobacteria 3) Bryophytes 4) Angiosperms

102) Which of the following provides peat that have long been used as fuel:

1) Chlorella 2) Sargassum 3) Ulothrix 4) Sphagnum

103) Classification based mainly on vegetative characters or on the androecium structure was given by:

1) Whittaker 2) Aristotle 3) Linnaeus 4) Darwin

104) An example of liverwort is:

1) Marchantia 2) Fucus 3) Sphagnum 4) Volvox

105) Classification for flowering plants based on ultrastructure, anatomy, embryology and phytochemistry was
given by:

1) Joseph Hooker 2) George Bentham 3) Linnaeus 4) Both 1 and 2

106) Asexual reproduction in liverworts takes place by the formation of specialized structures called:

1) Flower 2) Gemmae 3) Oogonium 4) Pyrenoids

107) Phylogenetic classification systems are based on:

1) Evolutionary relationship 2) Observable characteristic

3) Cytological information 4) Chemical constituents of plants

108) The sporophyte of liverwort is differentiated in following parts, find the odd one out

1) Foot 2) Seta 3) Frond 4) Capsule

109) Numerical taxonomy is based on:

1) Evolutionary relationship 2) use of computers and all observable characters

3) Cytological information 4) Chemical constituents of plants

110) In mosses the first stage is:

1) Flowering stage 2) Leafy stage 3) Fruit bearing 4) Protonema stage

111) Taxonomy that gives information on chromosome number, structure and behaviour is:

1) Chemotaxonomy 2) Numerical taxonomy

3) Cytotaxonomy 4) Phytotaxonomy

112) Identify the specimen.

 1) Laminaria 2) Fucus 3) Porphyra 4) Dictyota

113) The type of taxonomy that uses the chemical constituents of the plant to resolve confusions is:

1) Chemotaxonomy 2) Numerical taxonomy

3) Cytotaxonomy 4) Phytotaxonomy

114) Pteridophytes include:

1) Horsetails 2) Ferns 3) Funaria 4) Both 1 and 2

115) An example of microscopic unicellular algae is:

1) Volvox 2) Ulothrix 3) Kelps 4) Chlamydomonas

116) The strobili bearing microsporophylls are called:

1) Microsporangiate 2) Male strobili 3) Female strobili 4) Both 1 and 2

117) Marine algae that form massive plant body are:

1) Volvox 2) Ulothrix 3) Kelps 4) Chlamydomonas

118) Evolutionally, first terrestrial plants to possess vascular system is:

1) Bryophytes 2) Angiosperm 3) Pteridophytes 4) Gymnosperm

119) _______ occur in both well-lighted regions close to the surface of water and also at great depths in ocean
where relatively less light penetrates.

1) Polysiphonia 2) Volvox 3) Dinoflagellates 4) Chlorophytes

120) Microphylls are present in:

1) Selaginella 2) Ferns 3) Sphagnum 4) Cycas

121) In algae, Flagellated and similar sized gametes are produced by:

1) Volvox 2) Ustilago 3) Kelps 4) Ulothrix

122) Strobili or cones are found in:

1) Fern 2) Equisetum 3) Funaria 4) Udorina

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123) The gametes produced by spirogyra are:

1) Flagellated and similar in size 2) Non-flagellated and similar in size

3) Non-flagellated and dissimilar in size 4) Flagellated and dissimilar in size

124) Free living, mostly photosynthetic thalloid gametophytes of pteridophyte is called:

1) Thallus 2) Gemmae 3) Prothallus 4) Capsule

125) Haplontic life cycle in plants is seen in

1) Spirogyra, Volvox, Chlamydomonas 2) Fucus, Spirogyra, Volvox

3) Fucus, Ectocarpus, Kelps 4) Ectocarpous, Polysiphonia, Chlamydomonas

126) An example of sphenopsida is:

1) Adiantum 2) Pterus 3) Psilotum 4) Equisetum

127) The specimen seen in the image is

1) Sellaginella, a pteridophyte 2) Equisetum, a pteridophyte

3) Salvinia, a pteridophyte 4) Sphagnum, a bryophyte

128) Adiantum belongs to class-_______

1) Pteriopsida 2) Sphenopsida 3) Lycopsida 4) Psilopsida

129) Oogamous is the condition in which:

1) Both the gametes are motile 2) Both the gametes are non-motile

3) One gamete is motile and other is non-motile 4) Either 1 or 2

130) Which of the following is a giant redwood gymnosperm:

1) Wolfia 2) Eucalyptus 3) Sequoia 4) Cycas

131) Atleast a half of the total carbon dioxide fixation on earth is carried out by:

1) Fungi 2) Gymnosperms 3) Angiosperms 4) Algae

132) Coralloid roots are present in:

1) Wolfia 2) Pinus 3) Sequoia 4) Cycas

133) Which of the following is red algae:

1) Dictyota 2) Sargassum 3) Gelidium 4) Chlorella

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134) Gymnosperm with unbranched stem is:

1) Pinus 2) Cedrus 3) Cycas 4) Sequoia

135) Which of the following algae are rich in protein and used as food:

1) Spirullina 2) Gracilaria 3) Geliduim 4) Algin

Section ‘B’- Botany

136. Given below are assertion and reason.

Point out if

both are true and the reason is correct explanation (I),

both are true but reason is not correct explanation (II),

assertion is true but reason is wrong (III)

both are wrong (IV)

Assertion – Death is regarded as the most regulatory process on earth.

Reason – It avoids over-crowding caused by continuous reproduction.

1) I 2) II 3) III 4) IV

137. The given table gives the classification of a wheat plant:

Kingdom Plantae

Division Angiospermae

___i____ Monocotyledonae

___ii___ Poales

Family _____iii____

1) i-Genus; ii-Class; iii-Poaceae 2) i-Genus; ii-Class; iii-Solanaceae

3) i-Class; ii-Order; iii-Poaceae 4) i-Class; ii-Order; iii- Solanaceae

138. In botanical nomenclature:

1) Both in genus and species, the first letter is capital 2) Both genus and species are printed in italics

3) Genus and species may be of same name 4) Genus is written after the species.

139. Which of the following statements is false?

1) Properties of cellular organelles are present in the molecular constituents of the organelles

2) Interactions among the molecular components of the organelles result into properties of cell

organelles

3) Biology is the story of life on earth

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 4) Biology is the story of evolution of living organisms on earth

140. Which of the following areas or conditions would be favoured by thermoacidophiles?

1) The stomach of many herbivores 2) Hot, alkaline areas

3) Hot, sulphur springs 4) Deep sea valconic region

141. Which is not correct about methanogens:

1) They are archaebacteria

2) They live in marshy areas

3) Methane is their preferred carbon source

4) They are present in guts of several ruminant animals (cow, buffaloes) and they produce biogas (CH4)

from the dung of these animals

142. The group of organisms oxidising various inorganic substances such as nitrates, nitrites and

ammonia using the released energy for their ATP production are:

1) Chemoheterotrophic bacteria 2) Chemosynthetic autotrophic bacteria

3) Photoautotrophic bacteria 4) Saprophytic bacteria

143. All of the following diseases caused by bacteria except:

1) Flu 2) Cholera 3) Tetanus 4) Typhoid

144. Identify the blanks in the following figures:

1) A – Cell wall, B – Cell membrane, C – Heterocyst, D – DNA, E – Mucilagenous sheath

2) A – Cell wall, B – Cell membrane, C – DNA, D – Heterocyst, E – Mucilagenous sheath

3) A – Mucilagenous sheath, B – Cell membrane, C – DNA, D – Heterocyst, E – Cell wall

4) A – Cell membrane, B – Cell wall, C – DNA, D – Heterocyst, E – Mucilagenous sheath

145. Red tides in warm coastal water develop due to abundance of:

1) Rhodophytes 2) Euglenoids 3) Dinoflagellates 4) Chlamydomonas nivalis

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146. Slime moulds:

1) Are parasite 3) Do not produce fruiting bodies

2) Do not produce spores 4) Saprophytic protists

147. The total content of each daughter cell is reduced during meiosis because:

1) Chromosomes do not replicate during the interphase preceding meiosis I

2) Chromosomes do not replicate between meiosis I and II

3) Half of the chromosomes from each gamete are lost during fertilization

4) Chromosome arms are lost during crossing over

148. During mitotic anaphase, chromatids migrate:

1) From the metaphase plate towards the poles

2) Towards the nuclear envelope

3) Along with their sister chromatids to ward one pole

4) Along with the other member of the homologous pair toward the metaphase plate

149. Go through the following events:

I. Termanization of chiasmata occurs

II. Chromosomes are fully condensed

III. Meiotic spindle is assembled

IV. By the end NM and nucleolus disappear

The above points indicate that it is

1) Metaphase II 2) Prophase II 3) Zygotene 4) Diakinesis

150. Which one is correct about S-phase in cell cycle

I. It occurs between G1 and G2

II. It marks the period during which DNA replicates

III. At the end of this phase DNA is doubled but the number of chromosomes remains unchanged

IV. As the DNA is doubled in this phase number of chromosomes is also doubled

V. Centrioles duplicates in this phase

VI. Amount of DNA changes from 2C to 4C

VII. It is pre G2 and post G1 phase

1) I, II, IV, V VI, VII are correct 2) All are correct

3) Only III is correct 4) I, II, III, V, VI, VII are correct

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Section ‘A’ Zoology

151. Which one is incorrect?

I. Porifera: cellular level of organization
II. Cnidaria: Tissue level of organisation
III. Platyhelminthes and Molluscs : Organ level of organization
IV. Annelids, Arthropods, Echinoderms: Organ system level of organization
(1) All are correct (2) II and IV
(3) II and III are correct (4) Only III
152. Which one is incorrect?
(1) Notochord is present in adult vertebrates
(2) Notochord is present in urochordates in larval stage
(3) Chordates have pharyngeal gill slits
(4) Chordates have dorsal heart
153. I. Presence of choanocytes
II. Internal fertilization
III. Development is indirect
IV. Spicules as a part of skeleton
V. Hermaphrodite.
The above characteristics belongs to which of following phylum

(1) Cnidaria (2) Porifera (3) Platyhelminthes (4) Ctenophore

154. Which of the following characteristics is not associated with members of Cnidaria/Coelenterate?
(1) Alternation of generation (metagenesis between polyp and medusa)
(2) Nematocysts, Gastrovascular cavity, extracellular and intracellular digestion
(3) Mostly marine, sessile with radial symmetry
(4) Triploblastic forms
155. I. Extracellular and intracellular digestion
II. Exclusively marine, radially symmetrical,diploblastic, tissue level of organization
III. Bisexual, fertilization, external and indirect development
IV. No asexual reproduction
The above characters are shown by
(1) Cnidaria (2) Porifera (3) Ctenophore (4) Mollusca
156. Pleurobrachia and Ctenoplana are
(1) Sponges (2) Ctenophores (3) Flatworms (4) Roundworms

157. What is common among Taenia, Fasciola and Planaria?

(1) All are coelomate (2) All are endoparasites
(3) All have flame cells for osmoregulation (4) All are free living
158. Which of the following is pseudocoelomate animal ?
(1) Ancylostoma (2) Limulus (3) Pila (4) Gorgonia

159. Choose the incorrect option w.r.t Annelida

(1) Closed circular system (2) Nereis – Aquatic, Dioecious
(3) Pheretima and Leech – Monoecious (4) Ganglia connected to dorsal nerve cord
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 160. What is correct w.r.t. to given figure

(1) Monoecious (2) Closed circulatory system

(3) Internal fertilisation (4) Indirect development only
161. Which of the following is a feature of Echinodermata ?
(1) Acoelomate with radial symmetry (2) Water vascular system for locomotion
(3) Reproduction by asexual and sexual means (4) Development is direct
162. Study of bones is called
1. Chondrology 2. Osteology
3. Arthrology 4. Myology
163. Inter-tarsal joints are the examples of
1. Sutures 2. Gliding
3. Pivot 4. Condyloid
164. RBCs are produced in
1. Ribs 2. Skull bones
3. Sternum 4. Long bones
165. -------- is a part of axial skeleton.
1. Hyoid 2. Innominate
3. Scapula 4. Humerus
166. --------- is the movable bone of the skull.
1. Maxilla 2. Mandible
3. Frontal 4. Occipital
167. Vertebral column is also called
1. Breast bone 2. Sternum
3. Coxal bone 4. Spine
168. Gomphosis is also called ---------- joint.
1. Suture 2. Synchondrosis
3. Peg and socket 4. Ball and socket
169. Following two curvatures in the verterbral column are directed backwar4.
1. Cervical and lumbar
2. Thoracic and sacral
3. Cervical and sacral
4. Thoracic and lumbar
170. Forward- backward and side by side movements at joints are possible in -------- joints.
1. Condyloid 2. Gliding
3. Pivotal 4. Hinge
171. Pubic symphysis is present in

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 1. Coxal bones 2. Pectoral girdle
3. Thoracic cage 4. Vertebral column
172. -------- suture is present between two parietal bones.
1. Coronal 2. sagittal
3. Lambdoid 4. lateral
173. The term dicondylar is applicable to
1. Pectoral girdle 2. Pelvic girdle
3. Thoracic cage 4. Skull
174 The core of cilia and flagella is known as
.
(1) Radial spokes (2) Axoneme (3) Linkers (4) Basal body

175 Nucleus was discovered by

.
(1) Rudolf Virchow (2) Schwann (3) Anton Von Leeuwenhoek (4) Robert Brown

176 The bacillus is ________ in shape

.
(1) Comma (2) Sperical (3) Rod like (4) Spiral

177 In human beings, the membrane of the erythrocyte has approximately ____ percent protein and _____
. percent lipids
(1) 52, 40 (2) 40, 52 (3) 42, 50 (4) 50, 42

178 In golgi apparatus the cis and the trans faces of the organelle are entirely _____, but _____
.
(1) Same, not interconnected (2) Connected, different
(3) Not interconnected, same (4) Different, interconnected

179 Ribosomes are non-membrane bound organelles found in

.
(1) Only eukaryotic cells (2) Only prokaryotic cells
(3) Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells (4) Cell wall

180 Which of the following are the infoldings of cell membrane in a prokaryotic cell?
.
(1) Golgi complex (2) Mesosomes (3) Mitochondria (4) Ribosomes

181 The ______ is the main arena of cellular activities in both the plant and animal cells
.
(1) Vacuoles (2) Endoplasmic reticulum (3) Mitochondria (4) Cytoplasm

182 The endoplasmic reticulum bearing ribosomes are known as

.
(1) Rough endoplasmic reticulum (2) Luminal E. R. (3) Extra luminal E. R. (4) Smooth E. R.

183 Which of the following is true for cell?

.
(1) The cells that have membrane bound nuclei are called prokaryotic cells
(2) Chromatin is found only in prokaryotic cells
(3) Eukaryotic cells have membrane bound organelles
(4) Plant cells contain non-membrane bound organelles called centriole

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184. Plastids are found in

(1) All plant cells (2) All animal cells (3) Euglenoids (4) Both (1) and (3)

185. Based on the type of pigments, the plastid can be classified into how many types?

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Section ‘B’- Zoology

186. Metamerism is the characteristic of:

1) Fasciola 2) Calotes 3) Asterias 4) Pila

187. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the cnidarians:

1) Show cellular level of organization

2) Mostly marine, sessile or free swimming, radially symmetrical

3) A central gastrovascular cavity with a single opening on hypostome

4) Show tissue level of organization

188. True coelom appeared first in the course of evolution of:

1) Aschelminthes 2) Annelida 3) Echinodermata 4) Chordata

189. The correct match between column I and II is:

Column I Column II

A. Cartilaginous fishes I. Usually external fertilization

B. Bony fishes II. Internal fertilization
III. Mostly oviparous
IV. Many are viviparous
V. Direct development

1) A – I, III, V B – I, II 2) A – III, V B – I, II, IV

3) A – II, IV B – I, III, V 4) A – I, II, IV B – III, V

190. Which one is wrong combination?

(1) Mollusc – Pila, Chaetopleura (2) Ascehelminthes – Muscular pharynx
(3) Echinodermata – Larvae bilaterally symmetrical (4) Medusa form – Sedentary

191. Which one is a link between chordates and nonchordates?

(1) Sphenodon (2) Balanoglossus (3) Crocodialia (4) None of these

192. Observe the following diagrams and click the correct option with their respective classes

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 (1) A – Cyclostomata, B – Chondrichthyes, C – Chondrichthyes
(2) A – Osteichthyes, B – Chondrichthyes, C – Chondrichthyes
(3) A – Osteichthyes, B – Chondrichthyes, C – Osteichthyes
A – Osteichthyes, B – Chondrichthyes, C – Cyclostomata

193. Peristaltic movements are controlled by -------- muscles.

1. Smooth 2. Skeletal
3. Cardiac 4. Voluntary
194. Ribs are articulated dorsally with
1. Cervical vertebrae 2. Thoracic vertebrae
3. Lumbar vertebrae 4. Sternum

195. Synarthroses are --------- joints.

1. Fibrous 2. Cartilagenous
3. Synovial 4. Slightly movable
196. Os-innominate does not include
1. Ilium 2. Ischium 3. Pubis 4. Scapula
197. Which of the following organisms are not composed of cells?

(1) Amoeba (2) Paramecium

(3) Euglena (4) None of these

198. Unicellular organisms are not capable of

(1) Independent existence (2) Performing essential functions of life

(3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of these

199. Who was the fi rst one to see a live cell?

(1) Robert Hook (2) Leeuwenhoek

(3) Robert Brown (4) None of these

200. Who was the German botanist to study the diff erent cells forming plant tissues?

(1) Schleiden (2) Schwann

(3) Rudolf Virchow (4) None of these

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 PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BOTANY ZOOLOGY
Q. NO. ANS Q. NO. ANS. Q. NO. ANS Q. NO. ANS.
001 051 101 2 151 4
002 052 102 4 152 4
003 053 103 3 153 2
004 054 104 1 154 4
005 055 105 4 155 3
006 056 106 2 156 2
007 057 107 1 157 3
008 058 108 3 158 1
009 059 109 2 159 4
010 060 110 4 160 3
011 061 111 3 161 2
012 062 112 1 162 2
013 063 113 1 163 2
014 064 114 4 164 4
015 065 115 4 165 1
016 066 116 4 166 2
017 067 117 3 167 4
018 068 118 3 168 3
019 069 119 1 169 4
020 070 120 1 170 1
021 071 121 4 171 1
022 072 122 2 172 2
023 073 123 2 173 4
024 074 124 3 174 2
025 075 125 1 175 4
026 076 126 4 176 3
027 077 127 3 177 1
028 078 128 1 178 4
029 079 129 3 179 3
030 080 130 3 180 2
031 081 131 4 181 4
032 082 132 4 182 1
033 083 133 3 183 3
034 084 134 3 184 4
035 085 135 1 185 3
036 086 136 1 186 2
037 087 137 3 187 1
038 088 138 2 188 2
039 089 139 1 189 3
040 090 140 3 190 4
041 091 141 3 191 2
042 092 142 2 192 1
043 093 143 1 193 2
044 094 144 2 194 3
045 095 145 3 195 3
046 096 146 4 196 2
047 097 147 2 197 4
048 098 148 1 198 4
049 099 149 4 199 2
050 100 150 4 200 1

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