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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name :.………………….
Third Semester B.Sc. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CBCSS
Core Course: Zoology II
AUZO341: Methodology and Perspectives of Science and Zoology
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. What is Epistemology
2. What is Camera Lucida
3. Define median.
4. What is a vital stain
5. Give expansion of ICZN.
6. What is an ultra microtome
7. What is range in dispersion measures
8. What is practical knowledge
9. Who is the father of Indian green revolution
10. What is trinomial nomenclature
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions, each in a short paragraph not exceeding 50 words.
11. What is Pseudoscience
12. What are the types of Knowledge
13. What is white revolution
14. What is Inductive reasoning
15. What is IPR
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16. What is plagiarism
17. What is shadow casting
18. What is micrometry Write the steps and formula for finding calibration factor.
19. What is sampling What are the different types of sampling
20. What is data What are the types of data based on source
21. Which are the major branches of Zoology
22. What is numerical taxonomy
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions, each in a paragraph not exceeding 120 words.
23. Differences between SEM and TEM.
24. Explain the principle of spectrophotometer.
25. What is Bioethics
26. Describe the major steps in histological staining.
27. What is five kingdom classification
28. Construct a Pi diagram to represent the following data
Group Students
A 5
B 20
AB 10
O 15
29. What is chromatography Mention the major types of chromatography.
30. What is a phase contrast microscope Describe the working.
31. Explain the major type of robots.
4 24 Marks)
SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions, not exceeding four pages.
32. Write an essay on the major steps involved in designing an experiment.
33. Describe the various methods in representing scientific data.
34. Describe the major types of microscopy.
35. Explain the new trends in systematics.
15 30 Marks)