1. Which animal has chief mode of nutrition as halophytic?

Plasmodium

Amoeba

Paramoecium

Euglena

2. To whose larvae, the echinoderm larvae has a close resemblance?

Annelids

Coelenterates

Arthropods

Poriferans

3. Which locomotory organ does Amoeba possess

Flagella

Pseudopodia

Cilia

None of these

4. Name the animal in which conjugation occurs.

Euglena

Giardia

Noctiluca

Paramoecium

5. What does Giardia cause?

Malaria

Sleeping sickness

Diarrhoea

Kala azar

6. In which animal is the most advanced leucon type canal system found?

Aphodal

Rhagon

Diploidal

Euryphylus

7. Which is the first step in the development of skeleton around the protozoa?

Theca

Lorica

Envelop

Test

8. What are the vertical branches of Obelia colony called

Gonotheca

Hydrotheca

Hydrorhiza

Hydrocauli

9. Name the shallow coral reef extending from the shore up to 1/4 miles into sea water.

Barrier reef

Fringing reef

Atoll reef

Lagoon island

10. Which is the larval stage of Taenia Solium

Onchosphere

Miracidium

Redia

Cercarium

11. How can we prevent from Ascaris?

Keeping good sanitary conditions

Eating fresh raw vegetables and nuts

Washing hands without antiseptic soap

Drinking excess of water

12. How many pairs of pulsatile hearts are present in earthworm?









13. Name the animal which is sanguinovorous in habiL

Arenicola

Chaetopterus

Leech

Aphrodite

14. Which connecting link has been shown by Onchosphorous

Platyhelminthes and Aschelminthes

Entoprocts and Nemertines

Annelids and Arthropods

Ectoprocts and Brachiopods

15. Which type of mouth parts do the house flies possess?

Piercing and Sucking type

Sponging type

Chewing and Lapping type

Biting and Chewing type

16. In which animal is the metamorphosis absent?

Lepisma

Cockroach

Butterfly

House-fly
17. At what angle is the body of gastropods rotated on a vertical axis during complete torsion?

3600

1800

900

600

18. Which organ in Molluscs forms elongated funnel or siphons during respiration for the entry and exit of water?

Pulmonary sacs

Trachea

Gills

Nuchal lobes

19. Which symmetry does the Liver fluke exhibit?

Bilateral

Asymmetry

Radial

None of these

20. Which animal has no madreporite

Crinoids

Echinoids

Holothuroids

Ophiuroids

21. Which of the following characteristics chordates?

Gill slits and their blood supply

Possession of notochord

Possession of dorsal hollow nerve cord

All of these of Balanoglossus resembles that of

22. What is meaning of the term 'Retrogressive metamorphosis'

Larva shows more advanced characters than the adult

Larva shows less advanced characters than the adult

Larva does not show metamorphosis

Larva shows very slow metamorphosis SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK P.T.O. ROM 6 A..

23. Which of the following is true in case of gills of bony fish

They do not have gill rakers

They open via gill slits

They are filiform

They are lamelliform

24. Which of the following structures of Amphioxus form a grating to help filter feeding?

Velar tentacles

Oral cirri

Oral palps

All of these

25. What mode of parental care is shown by European Midwife Toad, Alytes

Building nest

Female carrying eggs on the back

Male carrying eggs round the back and thighs

Female carrying eggs in brood pouch

26. From the time of their emergence, amphibians have remained imperfectly adapted for terrestrial life because

they cannot breath out of water for a long time

their food source is chiefly found in water

they need aquatic habitat to breed

All of these

27. Neotenic forms are exhibited in which of the following order of Amphibia?

Anura

Urodela

Apoda

All of these

28. Which of the following early reptiles are also called 'stem reptiles'

Pleisiosaurs

Cotylosaurs

Dinosaurs

Ichthyosaurs
29. Which type of reptilian skull has a single temporal fossa that separates post orbital and squamosal bone?

Anapsid

Diapsid

Synapsid

Parapsid

30. Poison gland found in venomous snakes is a modified

sub-lingual gland

parotid gland

sub-maxillary gland

mandibular gland

31. The reduction or complete loss of flight has taken place in flightless birds due to

absence of predators

it allowed reduction in wing size

assumption of bulk mass of muscles

All of these

32. The navigational ability amongst the migrating birds is essentially due to

following routes and landmarks

the altitude of migrating land

inherited instinct

accuracy and regularity of migration

33. Ducks possess type of palate.

Dromeognathus

Schizognathus

Aegithognathus

Desmognathus

34. Which of the following denotes tail feathers in birds?

Retrices

Remiges

Coverts

Contours

35. The dental formula

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Human permanent dentition

Human milk dentition

Horse dentition

Cow dentition

36. Marsupials are mammals belonging to Infra class

Prototheria

Metatheria

Theria

Eutheria

37. Which of the following is not an exclusively ectodermal derivative?

Hair

Nail

Horn

Tooth

38. Which of the following classes possesses only the right systemic arch?

Aves

Reptilia

Amphibia

Mammalia

39. Neuromast are the sensory cells present in

olfactory organs of fishes

lateral lines of fishes

inner ear of vertebrates

middle ear of vertebrates

40. The functional kidney of an adult mammal is developed from

pronephros

mesonephros

prenephros

metanephros

41. Body temperature regulating center is situated in

Limbic system

Lateral lemniscus

Hypothalamus

Anterior thalamic nucleus

42. Fresh water bony fishes maintain water balance by excreting

Ammonia

Urea

Guanine

Waste in the form of Uric acid

43. Pepsinogen is secreted by

Chief cells

Oxyntic cells

Parietal cells

Goblet cells

44. Following are the phases of gastric juice secretion except

Cephalic

Gastric

Oesophageal

Intestinal

45. The aim to release stepwise energy in respiration is

To conserve more energy

To prevent cell damage

To maintain body temperature

All of these

46. Following are the factors affecting filtration of substances through glomerular membrance except

Temperature

Molecular weight

Effective diameter

Electrical charges

47. Following are functions of Eosinophils except

antibody production

ingestion of foreign proteins

defence against parasites

help in resolution and healing

48. Following are the refractive media of human eye except

Cornea

Retina

Aqueous humor

Vitreous humor

49. One haemoglobin molecule has

one haem and one globin

four haem and four globin

two haem and two globin

three haem and two globin

50. Surfactant present in the alveoli is responsible for

collapse of lung

increasing the surface tension

reducing the surface tension

no effect on the surface tension

51. In human ear, impedance matching causes

increase in pressure at oval window

decrease in pressure at oval window

increase in frequency at oval window

decrease in frequency at oval window

52. Following hormones are secreted by anterior pituitary gland except

ACTH

FSH

Prolactin

ADH

53. Growth hormone has following effects except

increased rate of protein synthesis

decreased rate of glucose utilization

increased rate of glucose absorption by cells

increased mobilization of fatty acids

54. Adreno Cortico Trophic Hormone stimulates synthesis and secretion of

ADH

Aldosterone

Adrenaline

Noradrenaline

55. BMR is controlled by

ADH

GH

Thyroxine

ACTH

56. Diabetes insipidus is caused due to the deficiency of

Oxytocin

Vassopressin

Insulin

Glucagon

57. After transmission of one impulse from the synapse, it cannot transmit another impulse because one of the following chemicals is active there

Choline

Acetylcholine

Cholinesterase

Acetic acid

58. Synaptic fatigue is due to

release of more acetylcholine

release of more adrenaline

release of more noradrenaline

exhaustion of neurotransmitter

59. Which of the following hormones from pituitary is responsible for activation of breast during pregnancy, secretion of milk after birth' and functioning of corpus luteum during pregnancy

FSH

LTH

Prolactin

ADi

60. Testosterone is secreted by

Sertoli cells

Leydig cells

Spermatozoa

Secondary spermatocyte

61. Energy flow in the ecosystem is

Unidirectional

Amphidirectional

Multidirectional

None of these

62. The nitrogen cycle is of type

Sedentary

Gaseous

Hydrological

None of these

63. The source of phosphorus in the nature is

Volcanoes

Sedimentary rocks

Both and

Fresh water

64. Fixation of nitrogen is carried out by all the following except

Avicennia

Rhizobium

Anabaena

Nostoc

65. The first trophic level in the exchange of energy is

Decomposers

Consumers

Producers

None of these

66. Green house effect is

moisture layer in the atmosphere

ozone layer in the atmosphere

tPfra red waves reach the earth

increase in temperature due to increase in CO2 concentration of atmosphere

67. The effects of ozone on human health are all the following except

extreme fatigue

atherosclerosis

nose and throat irritation

pulmonary oedema

68. The greatest problem in water conservation is to reduce the amount of

Ground water

Precipitation

Evaporation

Run-off water

69. The volant adaptations of birds are all the following except

stream-lined body

development of feathers

development of air-sacs

absence of urinary bladder

70. The following are the desert adaptations of animals except

development of parapodia

moisture getting

moisture conservation

self-defence against scorching sun

71. The following are the National Parks in Maharashtra except

(1)Tadoba

Navegaon

Gir

Pench

72. Which endangered animal is the source of the world's finest, lightest, warmest and most expensive wool -the Shahtoosh

(1)Cheetah

Nilgai

Chiru

Kashmiri goat

73. Project Tiger was started in

(1)1973

1975

1987

1988

74. Red Data Book is famous for

endangered plants

endangered animals

extinct plants

endangered plants and animals

75. The resemblance of the warning colouration of one noxious species to another is

Batesian mimicry

Mullerian mimicry

Martesian mimicry

Auto mimicry

76. Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of protein?

Gilter (1972)

singer and nicolson(1972)

Garter and Grendel (1926)

danielli and davsona(1935)

77. Which spaces of Endoplasmic Reticulum are rounded, spherical and ovoidal?

Cisternae

Tubules

Cytomembranes

Vesicles

78. Which part of the spermatozoa is derived from Golgi body spermatid?

(1)Acrosome

Tail

Nucleus

. Cytoplasm

79. On hydrolysis, what do the ribosomes produce

Acidic protein and DNA

Protein and DNA

Split protein and rRNA

Basic protein and rRNA

80. In what do mitochondria-help?

Protein synthesis

Development of myofibrils

Removal of exhausted cells

Formation of lysosomes and vacuoles

81. On the basis of synthetic activities, in how many distinct periods the interphase of mitosis is divided?



4

3



82. Which is the longest phase of meiosis

(1)Prophase I

Prophase II

Metaphase

Anaphase

83. What is property of the band of polytene chromosome

Temporary inactive

Temporary active

Permanently inactive

Permanently active

84. Which are the building blocks of DNA?

Nucleosides

Phosphate groups of nucleotides

Nucleotides

Nitrogen bases of nucleotides
85. What is the other name of informosomes

mRNA

rRNA

tRNA

DNA

86. What IS the nucleotide sequence of mRNA which codes for a particular amino acid?

Phosphate group

Sugar group

Code

Nucleosite

87. How many nitrogenous bases of mRNA are present in a codon of the modern genetic code?







2

88. In what way the punctuation help on polycistronic mRNA

For adding the different cistrons

For eliminating the different cistrons

For synthesizing the different cistrons

For framing the new cistrons

89. In which group of chromosomes the arms are shaped?

Acrocentric

Telocentric

Metacentric

Submetacentric

90. Who directs enzymatic action in transcription process in which mRNA is copied or transcribed from a DNA strand

DNA directed DNA polymerase

RNA directed DNA polymerase

DNA directed RNA polymerase

RNA directed RNA polymerase

91. The melting point of mitochondrial DNA is compared to nuclear DNA.

higher

similar

lower

negligible

92. Which nitrogenous base is substituted in UNA in place of thymine of DNA?

Adenine

Guanine

Uracil

Cytosin

93. What type of nuclei are present in RBCs of man?

Mononucleate

Anucleate

Binucleate

Multinucleate

94. Who first observed the Lampbrush chromosomes in amphibian oocyte?

J. Roberts (1892)

Miller and Beatty (1969)

Callan and Llyod (1960)

Flemming (1882)

95. How many types of enzymes are required in replication of DNA?







4

96. If a plant heterozygous for tallness is selfed, the F2 generation has both tall and dwarf plants. This proves the principle of

Dominance

Purity of gametes

Independent assortment

Incomplete dominance

97. When a hybrid pea plant for yellow round seeds (YyRr) is selfpollinated, the phenotypic ratio in the next generation would be

12: 3

9:7





98. The chromosome theory of linkage is formulated by

Morgan and Castle

Sutton and Boveri

Bateson and Punnett

Mendel and Lamprech

99. The important features of multiple alleles are all the following except

always occupy the same locus

crossing-over occurs within the alleles of same multiple allele series

no crossing-over occurs within the alleles of same multiple allele series

always influence the same character

100. The different kinds of polyploids are the following except

Autopolyploid

Aneupolyploid

Allopolyploid

Autoallopolyploid

101. The point mutation may oCcur due to

deletion mutation

insertion mutation

inversion mutation

substitutional mutation

102. The webbed neck is a characteristic of

XXV

XYY

XY

XO

103. Down's syndrome is a typical case of

Monosomy

Trisomy

Nullisomic

Tetraploid

104. The term Eugenics was coined by

Francis Galton

H.J. Muller

Clarence McClung

Edmond Wilson

105. A clone of Sheep Dolly was developed by

Ian Wilmut

Ian Koch

Robert Bricks

Hales

106. Human Genome Project was launched in

1986

1990

1996

1998

107. The technique of DNA fingerprinting was pioneered and perfected by

Beadle

Francois Jacob

Jacques Monod

Alec Jeffreys

108. The basis used for DNA fingerprinting needs

availability of cloned DNA

availability of VNTRs

availability of human genome

variations in the offsprings

109. The transgenic animal has

foreign DNA in all its cells

foreign DNA in some of the cells

foreign RNA in all its cells

Both and

110. A direct procedure to copy the gene sequence of interest is called

PCR

BCG

PIR

CPU

111. Which language is most suitable for the work of Bioinformatics

XML

HTML

PERL

Java

112. The tools of Bioinformatics to identify functional domains of proteins are

PROSITE

BLOCKS

PRINTS

All of these

113. One of the following helps in identification and interpretation of protein sequencing informations

(1)PCR

NCBI

NBRF

EBI

114. One of the following is a protein database

Mito

SWISS-PROT

NCBI

Gene Bank

115. Which chemical database is used to search sequences of metabolic enzymes?

DDBJ

PDB

Ligand

Molecular biology

116. Which of the following monosaccharides is a ketose?

Glucose

Galactose

Fructose

Ribose

117. Which polysaccharide is present in the bacterial cell wall

Chitin

Murein

Lignin

Pectin

118. Which of the following is an unsaturated free fatty acid?

(1)Oleate

Palmitate

Stearate

Laurate

119. Ceramide is the precursor of which class of lipids?

Sphingomyelin

Triglycerides

Waxes

None of these

120. Which hormone does not have cholesterol as its precursor?

Progesterone

Glucagon

Estrogen

Mineralocorticoid

121. Which of the following is a sulphur containing amino acid

Methionine

Valine

Glycine

Serine

122. Haemoglobin is a protein that possesses level of structure.

(1)primary

secondary

tertiary

quaternary

123. Fibroin protein that makes silk has a structure which is

a-helical

p-pleated sheet

triple helix

None of these

124. Conversion of a-ketoglutarate to succinyl-CoA is a reaction.

oxidation

oxidative phosphorylation

oxidative decarboxylation

dehydrogenation

125. How many molecules of ATP are made for each reduced FAD molecule that enters the electron transport chain

(1)Two

Three

One

None of these

126. Which vitamin deficiency causes pernicious anaemia

B1

B2

B6

B12
127. Over a range of 0 the rate of an enzyme controlled reaction is doubled for t the rise of every





lOoC



128. As per Michaelis -Menten equation, in an enzyme catalyzed reaction

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129. Which is the most important control element/enzyme m the glycolytic pathway of mammals?

Pyruvate kinase

Phosphofructokinase

Hexokinase

Glucokinase

130. To which class does the vaccine produced against diphtheria belong?

Killed organisms

Toxoid

Edible vaccine

Live vaccine

131. The HIV virus which causes AIDS mainly infects cells.

T-helper cells

T-kiIJer cells

T-suppressor cells

All of these

132. Which type of lymphatic cell is responsible for production of antibodies?

NK cells

Macrophages

Memory cells

Plasma cells

133. Monoclonal antibodies are used in

pregnancy testing

treating diseases

immunesuppressors

All of these

134. Which of the following enzymes synthesizes Duplex DNA from RNA template? r

DNA polymerase

Reverse transcriptase

(3)RNA polymerase

RNA transcriptase

135. Which is the principal antibody found in the serum?

IgM

IgA

IgE

IgG

136. Which animal has non-flagellated sperm

Sea urchins

Ascaris

Echidna

Frog

137. How many phases are involved in oogenesis?



3

4



138. What do you call the jelly layer of eggs of amphibian which help in protection and adhere?

Primary egg membrane

Secondary egg membrane

Tertiary egg membrane

Vitelline membrane

139. What is involved in the removal of some kind of inhibiting material from the sperm and making it capable of fertilizing the egg?

Chemotaxis

Cortical reaction

Amphioxus

Capacitation
140. Which material of the acrosome helps the sperm to dissolve the matrix of cumulus oophorus for penetration

Hyaluronidase

Fertilizin

Jelly

Lysosome

141. What do you call it if there is a production of an embryo from a female gamete without the participation of male gamete?

Parthenogenesis

Sexual reproduction

Asexual reproduction

Syngamy

142. The development of,which animal shows indeterminate cleavage?

Nematodes

Echinoderms

Annelids

Molluscs

143. What do you call it if during gastrulation, the blastomere separates or splits off from a pre-existing layer or mass to become the hypoblast

(1)Infilteration

Invagination

Involution

Delamination

144. Which fetal membrane acts as a reservoir of embryonic excretory waste such as uric acid?

Amnion

Chorion

Allantois

Yolk sac

145. In which placenta the chorionic villi remains scattered all over the surface of the chorion?

Diffused

Cotyledonary

Zonary

Discordal

146. In which contraceptive method, the vas deferens on each side is cut and tied in a major surgical operation

Tubectomy

Vaginal douche

Spermaticidal jellies

Vasectomy

147. Name the giant fresh water prawn.

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Penaeus indicus

Parapenaeopsis sculptilis

Metapenaeus monoceros

148. Which is the proper place for rearing silkworms?

(1)Machana

Dalas

Baskets

Rearing trays

149. Which component does the pearl contain abundantly?

Water

Organic matter

Calcium carbonate

Residue

150. Name the most popular American class of hen.

Plymouth Rock

Langshan

Cornish

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