1.____________ is a fundamental, structural and functional unit of living organisms.

a) Organelle

b) Organ

c) Tissue

d) Cell

2. At __________ temperature water has maximum density.

3. For metabolic processes of the cell, energy is supplied by ___________ molecules.

a) ADP

b) ATP

c) AMP

d) NADP

4. shrinkage of protoplasm due to loss of water is known as __________.

a) exosmosis

b) Endosmosis

c) Plasmolysis

d) Diffusion

5. Guttation occurs through _________.

a ) Stomata

b) Lenticels

c) Hydathodes

d) Salt glands

6. Induced fit Hypothesis was proposed by ____________.

a) Fischer

b) Summer

c) Koshland

d) Kuhne

7. For formation of primary structure in proteins, _________ are responsible.

a) Covalent interactions

b) Non-covalent interactions
c) Enzyme actions

d) Osmotic processes

8. The loss of water in the form of water vapour by aerial parts of plant is called

_____________.

a) Diffusion

b) Osmosis

c) Guttation

d) Transpiration

9. The plants that tolerate extremely low temperature are called __________.

a) microtherms

b) megatherms

c) Hekistotherms

10. The total amount of hygroscopic and capillary water present in soil is called

____________.

a) Diffusion

b) Endosmosis

c) exosmosis

d) Water holding capacity

11.__________ is a fundamental, structural and functional unit of living organisms.

a) Tissue

b) Cell

c) Organelle

d) Organ

12.___________ is considered as a power house of the cell.

a) Mitochondria

b) Nucleus

c) Ribosomes

d) Lysosomes

13. In water molecule, the angle between two hydrogen atoms is about ______.
14 .Enzymes are ___________ in nature.

a) Carbohydrates

b) Lipids

c) Vitamins

d) Proteins

15 .Lock and key hypothesis was proposed by ____________.

a) Fisher

b) Kuhne

c) Koshland

d) Roberts

16.___________ firstly coined the term enzymes.

a) Kuhne

b) Fisher

c) Sumnner

d) Koshland

17. Cell wall is ________.

a) Permeable

b) Impermeable

c) Non-permeable

d) Semi-permeable

18. Transpiration mainly occurs through _____________.

a) Flowers

b) Leaves

c) Root

d) Stem
19. The ecological or environmental factors are classified into __________ categories.

a) Three

b) One

c) Four

d) Two

20.___________ soil is having poor water holding capacity.

a) silt

b) clay

c) sandy

d) loamy

21.___________ interactions are responsible for primary structure in proteins.

a) Covalent

b) Non-covalent

c) Ionic

d) Hydrophobic

22. Water has highest ____________, hence it is relatively slow in gaining as well as losing heat.

a) Density

b) Specific heat

c) Heat of evaporation

d) Latent heat of fusion

In ATP molecule, there are _____________ phosphate bonds with high energy.

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4
The multi-molecular forms of the same enzyme that differ in their electrophoretic

mobility are known as __________.

a) isoenzyme

b) haloenzyme

c) apoenzyme

d) co-enzyme

During the biochemical reactions, enzyme __________ the activation of energy of the substrate.

a) maintains

b) Lowers

c) Do not maintains

d) Increases

The oxido- reductases enzyme catalyses the reactions such as __________.

a) Reduction

b) Oxidation

c) Oxidation and reduction

d) Hydrolysis

The enzyme phosphorylase converts starch into soluble sugars at pH ________.

a) 5

b) 7

c) 6

d) 8

The loss of water in the form of liquid or water drop is known as ___________.

a) Transpiration

b) Evaporation

c) Guttation

d) Diffusion
The relative proportion of the soil particles having different sizes is called

___________.

a) Soil humus

b) Soil moisture

c) Soil water

d) Soil texture

The term ecology was coined from Greek word ___________.

a) oikos

b) Logos

c) ecos

d) House

The biochemical reaction occur inside a living cell is called __________.

a) Exergonic

b) Endergonic

c) endochemical

d) exochemical

A solution having pH-7 is _________ in nature.

a) Acidic

b) Basic

c) neutral

d) Alkaline

In a protein molecule ___________ types of covalent bonds are established.

a) One

b) Two

c) Five

d) Eight
Water has maximum density at __________

a) 4 0C

b) 6 0C

c) 100 0C

d) 105 0C

Enzymes are also called ________.

a) Bio indicators

b) Biocatalysts

c) Bio activators

d) Bioenergetics

According to IUB, the enzymes are classified into__________ major classes.

a) Four

b) Six

c) Five

d) Eight

Enzymes acts on specific _____________.

a) Substrate

b) Molecule

c) Ions

d) Photons

The term ecology was coined by ___________.

a) Odum

b) Heackel

c) Reiter

d) Linnaeus
___________ Soil is having poor water holding capacity.

a) Silt

b) Clay

c) Sandy

d) Loamy

The ascent of sap is ___________.

a) Active

b) Passive

c) Moderately active

d) Non-active

The biochemical reactions which occur inside the a living cell are called

____________ Reactions.

a) Exochemical

b) Endochemical

c) Exergonic

d) Endergonic

__________ is considered as power house of cell.

a) Chloroplast

b) Nucleus

c) Mitochondrion

d) Endoplasmic reticulum

There are ___________ main types of covalent bonds in Protein molecule

a) Four

b) Three

c) Two

d) Five
The angle between two hydrogen atoms in a water molecule is _________.

a) 105

b) 109.5

c) 100

d) 115

________ Ion concentration plays an important role in metabolic activities of living systems.

a) Carbon

b) Hydrogen

c) Nitrogen

d) Oxygen

The solutions which resists changes in hydrogen ion concentration are called

___________.

a) Acids

b) Enzymes

c) Bases

d) Buffers

_____________ coined the term „enzyme‟

a) J. B. Summer

b) Emil Fischer

c) Frederick Kuhne

d) Koshland

Transpiration occurs mainly through _____________

a) Roots

b) Leaves

c) Stems

d) Flowers
Soil humus contain 55% of _________ content.

a) Nitrogen

b) Carbon

c) Oxygen

d) hydrogen

Spiral bacteria are called _________ bacteria.

a) Coccus

b) Spirullum

c) Vibrios

d) Bacillus

Alga growing in salt takes are called _________ alga.

a) Epiphytic

b) Halophytic

c) Epizoic

d) Endozoic

________ Lichens grow on rocks and stones on firm substrum in cold regions.

a) Saxicolous

b) Corticolous

c) Terricolous

d) Epiphytic

The closed fruiting body (ascocarp) is also called ___________. a) Perithecium

b) Apothecium

c) Cleistothecium

d) Sclerotium

_________ is an example of floating bryophyte.

a) Riccia fluitans

b) Anthoceros

c) Marchantia

d) Cryptothallus
___________ is a parasitic red alga growing on the leaves of angiospermic plants.

a) Ectocarpus

b) Batrachospermum

c) Gracilaria

d) Cephaleuros parasitica

___________ is green sulphur photosynthetic bacterium.

a) Chlorobium

b) Pseudomonas

c) Xanthomonas

d) Rhizobium

____blue green algae_______ forms symbiotic association in coralloid roots of gymnosperm, cycas.

a) Nostoc

b) Ulothrix

c) Oedogonium

d) Volvox

In ___________, sporophyte remain embedded in the gametophytic thallus.

a) Funaria

b) Porella

c) Anthoceros

d) Riccia

In _____________ thallus, photosynthetic region is made up of assimilatory cells arranged in vertical

rows.

a) Funaria

b) Poytrichum

c) Pogonatum

d) Riccia
A trilocular spore producing organ in Psilotum is called _________.

a) Strobils

b) Sorus

c) Synangium

d) SporophyII

Carinal cannal and vallecular cavity is found in ___________.

a) Psilotum

b) Equisetum

c) Selaginella

d) Lycopodium

The pollination in pinus is of ____________ type.

a) Anemophily

b) Hydrophily

c) Entomophily

d) Malacophily

Mycorrhizal roots are present in _________.

a) Cycas

b) Pinus

c) Thuja

d) Cedrus

In Arum, the entire inflorescence in enclosed by a large bract known __________.

a) Bracteole

b) Scape

c) Spathe

d) Lodicule

In ________ flower, all floral parts are developed below the overy.

a) Hypogynous

b) Epigynous

c) Perigynous
d) Incomplete

___________ is a one seeded fruits with hard and woody pericarp.

a) Berry

b) Nut

c) Capsule

d) Siliqua

Indian Botanical Garden is situated at ___________.

a) Lucknow

b) Darjeeling

c) Kolhapur

d) Calcutta

Non – adaptive anomalous secondary growth occurs in ______.

a) Dracaena

b) Annona

c) Bignonia

d) Cucurbita

Tetrarch vascular bundles are found in _________.

a) Sunflower root

b) Sunflower stem

c) Maize root

d) Maize stem

DNA doubles during ___________.

a) interphase

b) anaphase

c) prophase

d) telophase
Mitosis is __________ cell division.

a) equational

b) reductional

c) rotational

d) doubling

An organism with two unlike genes of a trait is called __________.

a) homozygous

b) heterogyous

c) monozygous

d) hermaphrodite

The genes of different pairs may interact was first observed by ____________.

a) Bateson

b) Punnett

c) Bateson and Punnett

d) Mendel

The cereals belong to family ____________ .

a) Poaceae

b) Rubiaceae

c) Anacardiaceae

d) Rutaceae

Sonalika is high yielding veriety of __________.

a) Rice

b) Wheat

c) Jowar

d) Bajara
Botanical name of Ground nut is ___________.

a) Zea mays

b) Cajanus cajan

c) Archis hypogaea

d) Sorghum bicolour

Legumes are rich in ______________.

a) Proteins

b) Carbohydrates

c) Vitamins

d) Minerals

Ornamental plant Quisqualis Indica is __________.

a) Shrub

b) Tree

c) Climber

d) Aroid

Father of Genetics is ___________.

a) Darwin

b) Mendel

c) Morgan

d) Bateson

In general orchids like vanda are called as _________.

a) Parasites

b) Epiphytes

c) Hydrophytes

d) Symbiotic
__________ are called higher vascular plants.

a) Bryophytes

b) Gymnosperms

c) Angiosperms

d) Pteridophytes

Heterospory is usually observed in _____________.

a) Equisetum

b) Pteris

c) Psilotum

d) Selaginella

Selaginella is commonly called ___________ moss.

a) Spike or club

b) Horsetail

c) Thalloid

d) Lycopod

In Selaginella stem radially arranged endoderm cell are called ________.

a) Trabaculae

b) Airspaces

c) Hypodermis

d) Pericycle

_______________ seeds are naked.

a) Gymnosperms

b) Angiosperms

c) Pteridophytes

d) Bryophytes
Monoxylic wood is a characteristic of ______________.

a) Coniferales

b) Gnetales

c) Cycadales

d) Selaginellales

Normal root of Cycas usually shows _________ type of xylem.

a) Triarch

b) Tetrach

c) Polyarch

d) Diarch

________ are responsible for increase the girth of the plant body.

a) Intercalary meristem

b) Apical meristem

c) Lateral meristem

d) Apical & intercalary meristem

In Solanaceae members ___________ vascular bundles are present in stem.

a) Collateral

b) Bicollateral

c) Radial

d) Amphivasal

Fungi growing on insects are called ___________

a) Aquatic

b) Coporophilous

c) Entomogenous

d) Symbiotic
____________ algae grow on moist surfaces of rocks and stones.

a) Parasitic

b) Epiphytic

c) Thermophytic

d) Lithophytic

Air bladders are present in the thallus of __________

a) Nostoc

b) Sargassum

c) Oedogonium

d) Polysiphonia

G.M. Smith classified the group algae into ____________ divisions.

a) Four

b) Five

c) Six d) Seven

Cap cells are present in ___________

a) Oedogonium

b) Sargassum

c) Nostoc

d) Polysiphonia

Heterotrophic mode of nutrition is found in ____________

a) Algae

b) Fungi

c) Bryophytes

d) Pteridophytes

The fruiting body of Aspergillus is ____________

a) Apothecium

b) Perithecium

c) Sclerotium

d) Cleistothecium
Primary host of Puccinia graminis tritici is ____________

a) Jowar

b) Wheat

c) Oat

d) Groundnut

The plants included in bryopsida are commonly known as ___________

a) Liver worts

b) Hornworts

c) Stoneworts

d) Mosses

Only unicellular and smooth walled rhizoids are present in _______________

a) Funaria

b) Anthoceros

c) Riccia

d) Marchantia

___________ Lichens grow on rocks and stones.

a) Corticolus

b) Saxicolus

c) Terricolus

d) Hypocolus

______________ is considered as water pollution indicator.

a) Oscillatoria

b) Spirogyra

c) Oedogonium

d) Nostoc
Fungi growing on insects are called __________

a) Coprophilous fungi

b) Entomogenous fungi

c) Symbiotic fungi

d) Terrestrial fungi

___________ is main site of Nitrogen fixation in Nostoc.

a) Endospore

b) Hormogonium

c) Heterocyst

d) Akinet

Prokaryotic cells are present in ____________

a) Spirogyra

b) Sargassum

c) Polysiphonia

d) Nostoc

Cercospora causes ____________ disease in higher plants.

a) Rust

b) Tikka

c) Blight

d) Smut ___________ are heterotrophic organisms.

a) Fungi

b) Algae

c) Bryophytes

d) Pteridophytes

Mycelium is coenocytic in ____________

a) Ascomycotina

b) Zygomycotina

c) Basidiomuycotina

d) Deuteromycotina

_____________ members are called Liverworts

a) Hepaticopsida

b) Anthocerotopsida

c) Bryopsida

d) Psilopsida

Sporophyte is with foot, seta and capsule in _____________

a) Psilopsida

b) Hpaticopsida

c) Anthocerotopsida

d) Bryopsida

___________ show symbiotic association between alga and a fungus.

a) Bacteria

b) Viruses

c) Lichens

d) Mycoplasma

Fungi growing on cattle or animal dung are called ___________ fungi.

a) entomogenous

b) coprophilous

c) saprophytic

d) parasitic

___________ is a fresh water alga.

a) Ectocarpus

b) Polysiphonia

c) Spirogyra

d) Ulva
____________ is responsible for biological nitrogen fixation.

a) Nostoc

b) Sargassum

c) Spirogyra

d) Polysiphonia

____________ lack chlorophyll pigments.

a) alga

b) bryophytes

c) fungi

d) pteridophytes

_________ is called bread mould fungus.

a) Cercospora

b) Puccinia

c) Mucor

d) Fusarium

Riccia belongs to ____________.

a) Sphenopsida

b) Lycopsida

c) Hepaticopsida

d) Anthocerotopsida

The thalluas of bryophytes consists only ___________ type of cells.

a) lignified

b) silicified

c) collenchymatous

d) parenchymatous
Cercospora causes __________ disease in higher plants.

a) Tikka

b) Smut

c) Rust

d) Blight

Polyporus and Ganoderma causes __________ to higher plants.

a) wood rot

b) blight

c) blast

d) collar rot

___________ bacteria are rod shaped.

a) Coccus

b) Bacillus

c) Spirullum

d) Vibrios

A red alga named ___________ only grows in fresh water.

a) Batrachospermum

b) Chlorella

c) Volvox

d) Chara

Fungi growing on insects are called ____________.

a) Coprophilous fungi

b) Entomogenous fungi

c) Mycorrhizal fungi

d) Aquatic fungi
An example of aquatic floating bryophyte is __________.

a) Marchantia

b) Porella

c) Funaria

d) Riccia fluitans

____________ lichens grow on bark, leaves, or young or old branches in abundant moisture

a) Saxicolous

b) Terricolous

c) Corticolous

d) Lithophytic

In Nostoc , the ____________ are the main sites of biological nitrogen fixation.

a) heterocysts

b) aplanospores

c) akinetes

d) endospores

A green pond silk alga called spirogyra belongs to class ___________.

a) Rhodophyceae

b) Chlorophyceae

c) Cyanophyceae

d) Phaeophyceae

A Yeast Saccharomyces reproduces by ____________.

a) budding

b) Chlamydospores

c) Zoospores

d) aplanospores

The bryophytes belonging to class Hepaticopsida are commonly called ________.

a) horn worts

b) liverworts

c) stoneworts
d) mosses

Somatic mycelium of ___________ is coenocytic, aseptate and branched.

a) Cercospora

b) Aspergillus

c) Mucor

d) Neurospora

In prokaryotic cell ribosomes are of ___________.

a) 40S

b) 100S

c) 70S

d) 80S

Apoptosis is a process of _________ cell death.

a) Natural

b) Infectional

c) Biochemical

d) Pathological

An organism with two unlike genes of a trait is called ____________.

a) Heterozygous

b) Homozygous

c) Monozygous

d) Hermaphrodite

A test cross is one, crossing of F hybrid to _________.

a) Heterozygous recessive Parents

b) Homozygous recessive Parent

c) Homozygous dominant Parent

d) None of the above

_________ is the ratio of complementary gene interaction.

a) 9 : 3 : 4

b) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1

c) 9 : 7

d) 3 : 1

The genes of different pairs may interact was first observed by ___________.

a) Carlson

b) Bateson and punnet

c) Mansoon

d) Watson and crick

___________ is high yielding variety of wheat.

a) Maldandi

b) kalian sona

c) Guntur

d) Hageri

The essential oil of Rose is called ________.

a) Botto

b) Henna

c) Annatto

d) Otto

____________ plant is useful for indoor decoration.

a) Mango

b) Jowar

c) Dieffenbachia
d) Tamarandus

Botanical name of sunflower is ____________.

a) Arachis hypogea
b) b) Helianthus annus
c) c) Zea mays
d) d) Coccus nucifera

True nucleus is absent in --------------

a) bryophytes

b) Pteridophytes

c) gymnosperms

d) Bacteria

141) Nuclear membrane is present in nucleus of ----------

a) eukaryotic organisms

b) bacteria

c) fung

d) viruses

142) Nucleoplasm carries out the synthesis of ----------

a) m-RNA

b) t-RNA

c) proteins

d) lipids

143) Histones are rich in -----------

a) glutamine

b) valine

c) Arginine and hysine

d) Aspargine

144) Ribosomes observed in clusters and held together by m-RNA strand, are called --------

--a) polyribosomes

b) polysomes

c) oxysome
d) peroxisomes

145) Ribosome particles are measured by --------

a) Sodimentation coef icient

b) linear coefficient

c) upward coefficient

d) downward coefficient

146) --------- ions are responsible for dissociation of Ribosomes.

a) Mg++

b) Fe++

c) Na++

d) Ca++

147) Eukaryotic ribosome is made up of sedimentation coefficient ------------

a) 60s

b) 80s

c) 40s

d) 50s

148) 70s of Prokaryotic ribosome is composed of --------

a) 50s & 30s

b) 40s & 30s

c) 50s & 20s

d) 35s & 35s

149) Larger submit of eukaryotic ribosome consists of ----------- proteins

a) 40

b) 30

c) 50
d) 34

150) --------- (1956) used the term Ribosomes

a) Robertson

b) Morgan

c) De robertis

d) S Hall & Zubay

151) Eukaryotic ribosomes show ------- RNA.

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 6

152) Prokaryotic ribosomes consists ------ RNA.

a) fat

b) carbohydrate

c) Protein

d) lipid

153) Yeast ribosomes contain ------- RNA

a) 10%

b) 20%

c) 30%

d) 30-44%

154) Ribosomes carry out ----------- synthesis

a) Fat

b) Carbohydrate

c) Protein

d) lipid

155) The unit membrane of nuclear envelope is about ----- thick.

a) 75- 90

b) 20-30
c) 40 - 70

d) 30-40

156) The nuclear envelope is interrupted by ----------

a) nuclear pores

b) larvina

c) peripheral space

157) Nuclear pore is enclosed by a circular structure called ------------

a) lumen

b) lamina

c) lumen

d) annulus

158) ----------- are the uncondensed chromatin material present in nuleoplasm

159) Eukaryotic cells are --------

a) dikaryotic

b) monokaryotic

c) Polykargotic

d) akaryotic

160) DNA and Histores are always present in fixed ratio of --------

a) 2 : 1

b) 2 : 2

c) 1 : 2

d) 1 : 1

161) Eukaryotic chromosome usually show ---------

a) three

b) four

c) five d) six

162) H1 histone is rich in ---------

a) Vanine

b) aryonine
c) lysine

d) Nanine

163) Histones are ---------

a) lipids

b) proteins

c) syars

d) lignin

164) Golgi complex was first discovered by ----------

a) Weismass

b) Camillic Golgi

c) Fontana

d) Krebs

165) --------- is responsible for cell plate formation.

a) Golgi complex

b) Mitochondria

c) Mososome

d) Giboromes

166) --------- are absent in blue green algae and bacteria.

a) ER

b) Mitochondria

c) Mesosome

d) Gibosome

-------- are called suicide bags

a) Lysosomes

b) mesosomes
c) ribosomes

d) ribosomes

168) Autolysis is found in ---------

a) Golgi Apparatus

b) dictyosomes

c) Lysosomes

d) ribosomes

------- in golgi complex help in transport of proteins and lipids.

a) Cytoplasm

b) Vesicles

c) Ectoplasm

d) Lysatubules

170) The -face of cisterna consists ------------ enzyme.

a) Acid phosphatase

b) Alkaline - phosphatase

c) ATP

d) Catalase

171) Golgi complex are located near ---------

a) nucleus

b) Mitochondria

c) Chloroplast d) peroxisomes

172) Golgi complex are responsible for -------------- during cell division.

a) Cell wall formation

b) Cell plate formation

c) Nuclear membrane formation

d) Cytoplasm formation

In Golgi complex, ------------- store proteins & lipids

a) Vesicles

b) Tubules

c) cisternae d) ER

-------- care found attached to nucleus

a) Chloroplast

b) ER

c) Mitochondria

d) Ribosomes

175) ER constitute cisternae, vesicles and ---------

a) cytoskeleton

b) tubules

c) thylakoids d) fibrils

176) --------- are found attached to ER

a) Lysosomes

b) Peroxisomes

c) Ribosomes

d) Gloxysomes

177) Vesicles in ER, synthesize ----------

a) proteins

b) lipids

c) carbohydrates

d) pectin

178) The outer bilayer of ER is made up of --------

a) carbohydrates

b) lipids

c) amino acids

d) suberin
179) Golgi bodies are absent in ---------

a) plants

b) animals

c) insects

d) bacteria

180) Catalase enzyme is found in ----------

a) peroxisomes

b) glyoxysomes

c) ribosomes

d) oxysomes

181) ---------- iarry photorespiration in C3 plants.

a) ribosomes

b) Glyoxysomes

c) peroxisomes

d) dictyo

182) Lysosomes are absent in -------

a) bacteria

b) plant cells

c) animal cells

d) viruses

183) Agranular ER synthesizes ----------stored in ER

a) glycogen

b) pectin

c) sugars

d) phospholipids

184) ER membrane consists ---------- enzyme

a) ATP-ase

b) Xylase

c) pectinase
d) nitrogenose

185) ER activities --------- synthesis

a) protein

b) ATP

c) lipid

d) carbohydrates

186) ---------- organecl consisting enzymes H2O2 metabolism

a) lysosomes

b) peroxisomes

c) ribosomes

d) dictyosomes

187) H2O2 is broken down by ----------- in useful products.

a) dictyosomes

b) glyoxysomes

c) peroxisomes

d) ribosomes

188) Peroxisomes contain --------- enzyme.

a) peroxidase

b) catalase

c) ATP-ase

d) ligase

Enzymes of glyoxylace cycle are present.

a) peroxisomes

b) dictyosomes

c) glyoxisomes

d) ribosomes

190) Singer - Nicholson's submit model of cell membrane is also known as ------

a) fluid-mosaic nodel

b) Robertson model
c) Davson model

d) Singars model

191) Lipid Bilayer model of cell membrane is also known as ---------

a) Singer Micholson's model

b) Danielli Davson model

c) Robertson's model

d) Nicholson's Model

192) Integral membrane proteins are called ----------

a) actin

b) tubulin

c) mydin

d) ion chamels

193) Smooth ER is mainly present in cells those carrying ---------- metabolism

a) lipid

b) Nitrogen

c) Carbohydrate

d) fat

194) Linkage in drosophila discovered by ----------

a) Morgan

b) Muller

c) Mendel

d) Bateson

195) Phenomenon that works opposite linkage is ---------

a) Segregation

b) Mutation
c) assoitment

d) Crossing over

196) Complete linkage is found in ---------

a) mala Drosophila

b) Birds

c) Insects

d) female Drosophila

197) Crossing over occurs at ---------

a) Pachytene

b) dialinesis

c) Zygotene

d) leptotene

198) Crossing over results in ----------

a) Mutation

b) Selection

c) Genetic recombination

d) Inversion

199) Crossing over occurs at ------------- stage

a) Centromere

b) Chiasmata

c) Telomere

d) Deletion

200) Linkage groups are equal to --------- number of chromosomes

a) Haploid

b) Diploid
c) Triploid

d) Tetraploid

200) The XY mechanism is found in?

a) Humans and Drosophila both

b) Animals

c) Drosophila

d) Termites

201) XO mechanisms mainly occurs in

Answer: Insects like Grasshopper.

202) ZW mechanism maily occur in?

Answer: Moths, Butterflies and Birds.

201) In --------- chiasmata are formed along the length of chromosomes in homologous pair

a) Double cross over

b) Triple crossing over

c) Single crossing over

d) Four stranded crossing over

202) ----------- considered as cytological proof for crossing over

a) Chromosome variation

b) Gene mutation

c) chaisma

d) Deletion

203) In human beings, --------- linkage groups occur

a) 46

b) 23

c) 33
d) 13

1. Fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster has four linkage groups (4 pairs of chromosomes), human

beings 23 linkage groups (23 pairs of chromosomes), Pea seven linkage groups (7 pairs of chromo-
somes), Neurospora 7 linkage groups (7 chromosomes), Mucor 2 linkage groups (2 chromosomes),
Escherichia coli one linkage group (one pro-chromosome or nucleoid) while Maize has 10 linkage
groups (10 pairs of chromosomes).

203) In nature the Color of Drosophila eyes is red but mutant form changes to un-pigmented color

Answer: White

204) Mendelian recombination are due to ----------

a) Linkage

b) Mutation

c) Crossing over

d) Independent assortment

205) in ------------ the linked genes don't always stay together.

a) Complete linkage

b) Incomplete linkage

c) Mutation

d) Crossing over

206) Crossing over leads to new ---------

a) Character combination

b) Deviation

c) Mutation

d) Segregation

207) The genes which are not assorted indepently are called -----------

a) Barnase genes
b) Jumping genes

c) Lethal genes

d) Linked genes

208) the unit of crossing over is ----------

a) centimeter

b) Millimeter

c) Centimorgan

d) Milligram

209) The botanical name of rubber plant is ---------

a) Hevea brasiliensis

b) Hibiscus rosa Sinensis

c) Lawsenia inermis

d) Acadirachta indica

210) Hevea brasiliensis belongs to ---------

a) India

b) Indonesia

c) Africa d) Brazil

211) The rubber obtained from Hevea brasiliensis is called --------

a) ceara rubber

b) para rubber

c) Assam rubber

d) Lagas silk rubber

212) The collection of latex from rubber is called

a) pressing

b) evaporation

c) tapping

d) crushing

213) ----------- is an important chemical constituent of Neem

a) borneol
b) curcumin

c) Nimbidine

d) Azadirachtine

Red Indians used, ------------ for colouring bodies

a) annatto

215) ----------- is obtained from Azadirachta

a) Azadirachtine

b) curcumin

c) indicant

216) Curcuma longa is also called ---------

a) Henna

b) turmeric

c) saffron

d) Annatto

217) 'Aunalto' is obtained from ------------

a) Bixa orellatna

b) Lawsonia inermis

c) Carthamous tinctorius

d) Rubia tentorium

218) Orange-red dye is obtained from rhizomes of -------------

a) turmeric

b) annattic

c) henna

d) saffron

219) ----------- insecticide is obtained from Nicotiana tabaccum

a) nicoline

b) Azadirachtine
c) nimbin

d) Nimbidine

220) Flower of Butea yields ------------ eye

a) bright yellow

b) blue

c) orange

d) purple

221) The botanical name of ginger is --------

a) Zingiber of icinale

b) Withania somnifera

c) Emblica of icinalas

d) Tinospora corditolia

222) The botanical name of Ashwagandha is ------------

a) Tinospora cordifolia

b) Withania somnifera

c) Emblica of icinali

d) Adhatoda vasica

223) The botanical name of Adulsa is ---------

a) Justicia adhadota

b) Tinospora cordifolia

c) Zingiber of icinale

d) Szyjgium aromaticum

224) The botanical name of Clove is -------------

a) Syzygium rubicundum

b) Szygium aromiticum

c) Syzygium jambolana

d) Syzgium cumini

225) An important chief constituent of Zingiber of icinale is ------------

a) eugenol
b) Zingiberine

c) Codeine

d) morphine

226) A chemical constituent somniferine is present in -------------

a) Withania somnifera

b) Zingiber of icinale

c) Curcuna longa

d) Justicia adhatoda

227) A bitten alkaloid of Justicla adhatoda is ----------

a) Vasicinine

b) phyllembin

c) Caryophyllene

d) Zingiberine

228) Justicia adhatoda is commonly called ----------

a) clove

b) vasoka

c) Turmeric

d) Aswagandha

---------is used in ayurvedic medicine in case of Zingiber of icinale

a) rhizome

b) fruits

c) leaves

d) flower buds.

230) The native place of clove referred to -----------

a) Moluccas island

b) India
c) West Indies d) Africa

231) ---------- fruits are richest natural source of Vit-C.

a) Emblica

b) Zingiber

c) Withania

d) Syzygium

232) ---------- is one of the important constituents of Triphala churna in ayurvedic preparations.

a) Emblica fruits

b) clove buds

c) Zingiber rihizome

d) withania roots

233) Flowers buds of -------- are used in ayurvedic medicines.

a) clove

b) Amla

c) Zinger

d) Vasaka.

234) Chavanprash a ayurvedic tonic is made from ----------

a) Emblica of icinalis

b) Tinospora cordifolia

c) Terminalia bellerica

d) Terminalea chebula

235) --------- is one of the chemical constituents present in Syzygium aromaticum

a) Caryophyllene

b) Zingiberine

c) coderine

d) Morphine

236) --------- oil is used in mouthwash preparations.

a) Clove

b) Zinger
c) turmeric

d) Amla

237) --------- is a ayurvedic preparation extracted from dry stem of Tinospora

a) gulvel satva

b) sunth

c) Avalkathi

d) Chavanprash

238) Chewing -------- prevents nausea and vomiting

a) Amla fruits

b) clove

c) Vasaka leaves

d) Zinger rhizome

239) Active constituent of ---------- inhibits growth of E. coli.

a) Tinospora

b) clove

c) Withania

d) Vasaka

240) Zingiber originated in ---------

a) Africa

b) Far east

c) South-East Asia

d) Moluccas

241) ---------- is used in antiseptic ointments and lotions for skin.

a) clove oil

b) zinger oil
c) Amla oil

d) Root paste

242) --------- is a important constituent of Emblica of icinalis

a) phyllemblin

b) Zingiberene

c) engenol

d) curcumene

243) --------- is commonly called Horse tail pteridophyte

a) Equisetum

b) Ophioglossum

c) Adiantum

d) Psilotum

244) --------- is the spore producing structure in Psilotum

a) Sorus

b) Strobilus

c) Synangium

d) Sporangium

245) Pinus belongs to class ---------

a) psilopsida

b) Bryopsida

c) Anthocerotopsida

d) Coniferopsida

246) The ovules of Pinus are --------

a) Campycotropus

b) Orthotropus
c) Circinotropus

d) Anatropous

247) Ocimum shows ------------ type of inflorescence.

a) Verticillaster

b) Capitulum

c) Cyathium

d) Spadix

248) -------- is an essential whorl of a flower.

a) Corolla

b) Bracteole

c) Gynoecium d) Calyx

249) Standard or vexillum is a part of ----------- Corolla.

a) Canpanulate

b) Cruciform

c) Caryophyllaceous

d) Papilionaceous

250) Bentham and Hooker published -------- for a system of classification of plants.

a) Indian herbs

b) Genera plantarum

c) Materia medica

d) Garcia d'orta

251) The natural openings in the periderm region of stem are known as --------

a) Hydathodes

b) Stomata

c) pneumatothodes

d) lenticles

252) Bulliform cells are present in -------------

a) Banyah leaf

b) Sunflower leaf
c) Maize leaf

d) Mangifera leaf

253) 70s of prokaryotic ribosome is composed of -------- subunits.

a) 30s and 50s

b) 60s and 40s

c) 60s and 20s

d) 40s and 40s

254) DNA and histones are present usually in fixed ratio of ---------

a) 1:2

b) 1:1

c) 1:3

d) 1:4

255) There are about fifty --------- enzymes present in the Lysosomes.

a) nitrogenase

b) hydrolases

c) phosphatases

d) catalases

256) The tendency of genes to remain together during the process of inheritance is called --

---------

a) mutation

b) deletion

c) Linkage

d) evolution

257) Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum Linn. contain pyridine alkaloid named --------

a) bixin

b) Phellandrene
c) nimbin

d) nicotine

258) The rhizome of turmeric contain colouring matter ----------

a) curcumin

b) Saponins

c) glycoside

d) flavonoids

259) Butea monosperma flowers yield ------------

a) blue-green dye

b) bright-yellow dye

c) orange-red dye

d) Pink-red dye

260) The stem of Tinospora cordifolia consists medicinally important constituent ---.

a) curcumin

b) vascicinine

c) glucoside-giolin

d) gingerin

261) The leaves of Justicia adhatoda contain an important alkaloid called ---------

a) columbin

b) curcumin

c) tinosporol

d) vasicinine

262) ---------- is one of the constituents of ayurvedic medicine 'Triphala churna'

a) Turmeric rhizome

b) Ginger rhizome
c) Stem of Tinospora

d) Emblica fruit

263) A stele without a central pith is called a ----------

a) Dictyostele

b) Protostele

c) Siphonostele

d) Solenostele

-------- and Archegonia are produced in the prothallus.

a) antheridia

b) ascogonia

c) Oogonia

d) Spermatangia

265) In Stele, a smooth core of xylem is surrounded by Phloem is called a ----------

a) Haplostele

b) Plectostele

c) Siphonostele

d) actinostele

266) ---------- is a leafless pteridophyte

a) Selaginella

b) Psilotum

c) marsilea

d) Equisetum

267) Pteridophytes belonging to equisetineae are called ------------

a) Horse tail pteridophytes

b) liverworts
c) hornworts

d) mosses

268) The xylem in Equisetum root is usually -----------

a) Diarch

b) monarch

c) tetrarch

d) Polyarch

269) The tubers in Equisetum are -----------

a) one internode long

b) neither nodes or internodes

c) two internode long

d) several internode long

270) The root of Equisetum shows -----------

a) double layered pericycle

b) cortical aerenchyma

c) double layered endodermis

d) single layered endodermis

271) Annulus in the cone of Equisetum lies at the ---------

a) base of Sporangiophore

b) base of Sporangium

c) base of cone

d) top of sporangiophore

272) The number of Sporangia in Equisetum per sporangiophore ranges between ---

a) 2-4

b) 5-10
c) 15-20

d) 20-30

273) The jacket of a mature Sporangium of Equisetum is ---------

a) 1-2 layered

b) 4-8 layered

c) 3-5 layered

d) many layered

274) The elaters in the Sporangium of Equisetum are derived from -----------

a) Exospore

b) epispore

c) epispore

d) exosporium

-------- sporangiophores are present in each whorl in Equisetum cone.

a) two

b) four

c) twelve

d) twenty

-------- elaters are present in Equisetum spore

a) two

b) four

c) six

d) eight

277) Antherozoids of Equisetum are --------

a) spiral biflagellate

b) sickle shaped biflagellate

c) spiral multiflagellate

d) sickle shaped multiflagellate

278) In --------- antheridia are produced on the lobes of the prothallus

a) Psilotum

b) Marsilea

c) Equisetum

d) Rhynia

279) Prothallus of Equisetum is ------------

a) only monoecious

b) dioecious

c) equally of mono & dioecious

d) usually monoecious or partly dioecious

280) The vallecular canals in Equisetum are present --------

a) below the ridges

b) below the furrows

c) between ridges and furrows

d) between epidermis and endodermis

281) Equisetum belongs to ----------

a) Sphenopsida

b) Psilopsida

c) Lycopsida

d) Eligulopsida

282) The Stele in Psilotum stem is of ----------

a) Protostele

b) Solerostele
c) Polystele

d) dictyostele

283) In ----------- scaly leaf lacks midrib.

a) Equisetum

b) Psilotum

c) Marsilea

d) Selaginella

284) ---------- reproduces vegetatively by gemmae.

a) Equisetum

b) Seloginella

c) Psilotum

d) Marsilea

285) Specialised structures are developed in Psilotum to produce spores are called ----------

a) Synangia

b) Conidia

c) anthercidia

d) Oogonia

286) Each sporangium in Psilotum is ------------ lobed.

a) two

b) three

c) four

d) five

287) Eusporangiate type of sporangium development is found in ---------

a) Selonginella

b) Marsilea
c) Nephrolepis

d) Psilotum

288) --------- is Homosporous.

a) Equisetum

b) Psilotum

c) Selaginella

d) Marsilea

289) Psilotum belongs to order -----------

a) Equisetales

b) Psilotales

c) Rhyniales

d) Marcileales

290) The gametophyte of Psilotum grows as ------------

a) Parasite

b) epiphyte

c) Saprophyte

d) halophyte

291) Spermatozoids in Psilotum are ---------

a) biflagellate

b) biflagellated and uncoiled

c)multiflagellate and spirally coiled

d) uniflagellated and coiled

The roots of Pinus have symbiotic association of ----------

a) bacteria

b) alga
c) ecto-mycorrhiza

d) endomycorihiza

293) Winged pollen grains are found in ----------

a) Pteris

b) Pinus

c) Selaginella

d) Psilotum

294) The wing of Pinus derives from --------

a) Seed coat

b) axis of cone

c) bract scale

d) avuliferous scale

295) Pinus seed develop ----------- cotyledons

a) one

b) two

c) many

d) fleshy

296) Seeds of ---------- are edible and named Chilgoza

a) Pinus roxhurghii

b) Pinus gerardiana

c) Pinus wallichiana

d) Pinus armandi

297) Resin from Pine is obtained by ---------

a) tapping

b) maceration
c) squashing d) ratting

298) The foliage leaves of Pinus are ---------

a) lanceolate

b) terete

c) acicular

d) spinous

299) Pinus seedlings thrives well in soil with ---------

a) mycorrhiza

b) algae only

c) bacteria only

d) algae and bacteria

300) The stele of pinus root has resin canal in the region of ------------

a) Protoxylem

b) Metaxyleum

c) Phloem d) Pith

301) The wood of Pinus is ----------

a) monoxytic and manoxylic

b) monoxylic and manoxylic

c) monoxylic and pycnoxylic

d) polyxylic and pycnoxylic

302) Pinus needle has stomata of ---------- type.

a) normal and haplochelic

b) sunken

c) sunken

d) normal and syndeto chelic

303) The supra stomatal spaces of Pinus needle is called ---------

a) vertitube

b) respiratory chamber

c) photosynthetic chamber
d) exceretory chamber

304) Microsporophylls of Pinus are ---------

a) acicular

b) circular

c) dorsivental

d) terete

305) The ovules of Pinus are ----------

a) orthotropous

b) circinotropam

c) campylotropus

d) anatropus

306) The endosperm in Pinnus is formed ------------

a) before meiosis

b) before fertilization

c) after triple fusion

d) after fertilization

307) Archegonium in Pinus is --------- called

a) ten

b) six

c) four

d) eight

308) The male gametes of Pinus are ----------

a) uniflagallate

b) biflagellate

c) non-flagelluar

d) multiflagellar

309) The axis with single flower is considered as ---------- inflorescence.

a) solitary cymose

b) racemose
c) special

d) corymbose

310) The entire inflorescence is enclosed by a large bract called -----------

a) spatue

b) sripule

c) petiole

d) scape

311) --------- type of inflorescence is found in Caesalpinia pulcherrima.

a) verticillaster

b) Catkin

c) raceme

d) umbel

312) Spikelet inflorescence is found in ----------

a) poaceae

b) solanaceae

c) Caesalpiniaceae

d) Acanthacsa.

313) Catkin type of inflorescence is found in ----------

a) caesalpinia

b) M. acalypha

c) maize

d) margosa

314) Banana shows -------- inflorescence.

a) Catkin

b) thyrsoid cyme
c) compound spadix

d) caryumb

315) Capitulum inflorescence is found in ----------

a) Datura

b) Sunflower

c) Centella

d) Onion

316) Centella (Hydrocotyle) shows ------------ inflorescence.

a) simple umbel

b) Compound umbel

c) cymose

d) racemose

317) Compound umbel inflorescence is present in -----------

a) Hydrocotyle

b) Epicotyle

c) Onion

d) Caesalpinia

318) Ray florets are present at periphery in ----------- inflorescence.

a) verticillaster

b) umbel

c) racemose

d) capitulum

-------- is a typical example of Capitulum

a) sunflower

b) onion
c) ocimum

d) Datura

320) --------- is an example of solitary cymose inflorescence

a) Datura

b) Chinorose

c) jasminum

d) Ocimum

321) Heliotropium shows -------- type of inflorescence.

a) Helicoid cyme

b) Scorpioid cyme

c) biparous cyme

d) multiparous cyme

322) Bougeinuillea shows -------- inflorescence.

a) monochasial cyme

b) dichasial cyme

c) racemose

d) solitary cyme

323) Verticillaster inflorescence is present in ------------

a) Ocimum

b) Onion

c) Carrot

d) Datura

324) Cup shaped involucre is present in ----------

a) cyathium

b) verticillaster
c) Hypantholium

d) umbel

325) Male, female and gall flowers are present in ----------- inflorescence.

a) Cyathrium

b) Hypanthodium

c) Verticillaster

d) capitute

326) ----------- is one of the essential whorls of a flower

a) corolla

b) calyx

c) bract

d) androecium

327) In Gynandropsis, the elongation of second and third internode is called -----

a) anthophore

b) gynophore

c) gynandrophore

d) sporangiophore

328) The spongy and flat top modified thalamus is present in -----------

a) carrot

b) chinorose

c) Annona

d) chinorose

329) Cupulate type of Calyx is present in ----------

a) vinca

b) Bryophyllum
c) Datura

b) Bombax

The disc florets exhibit

a) pappus

b) marigold

c) Datura

d) petalloid sepat

331) Petalloid sepals are present in --------

a) mussaenola

b) Barleria

c) Tridax

d) Salvia

332) Flower having four free petals arranged in the form of cross is called -------- corolla.

a) caryophyllaceous

b) Papillionaceous

c) Cruciform

d) Rosaceous

333) The shape of corolla is like butterfly is called ---------

a) Cruciform

b) Papilionaceous

c) Caryophyllaceous

d) Rosaceous

334) Cucurbita flower shows ---------- type of corolla

a) campanulate

b) cruciform
c) Rotate

d) Infundibuliform

335) Bryophyllum flower shows ---------- type of corolla

a) Cruciform

b) rotate

c) Urceolate

d) Hypocrateriform

336) Strap shaped corolla is present in -----------

a) ray floret of sunflower

b) Catharanthus

c) Bryophyllum

d) Ipomoea

337) Bilabiate corolla is present in -----------

a) Cucurbita

b) Salvia

c) Dahlia

d) Mirabilis

338) Twisted aestivation is found in -----------

a) China rose

b) Salvia

c) Anona

d) Caesalpinia

339) Imbricate aestivation is found in -----------

a) China-rose

b) Salvia
c) Caesalpinia

d) Clitoria

340) Vexillary aestivation is common in flowers of ----------

a) Clitoria

b) Salvia

c) Caesalpinia

d) Shinorose

341) The fusion of stamens on sepals is called ----------- condition.

a) Cpipetalous

b) pisepalous

c) epiphyllous

d) inferior

342) The fusion of Stamens with petals is called ---------- condition

a) epipetalous

b) gynostegium

c) epipetalous

d) episepalous

343) Adhesion between androecium and gynoecium is called -------------

a) gynostegium

b) monoadeliphy

c) diadelphy

d) polyadephy

344) Disc florets of sunflower shows ------------- stamens

a) Synandrous

b) syngenesious
c) polyadelphous

d) monoadelphous

-------- pistil is present in Michelia

a) syncarpous

b) apocarpous

c) tricarpellary

d) bicarpellary

346) --------- placenration is present in sunflower

a) marginal

b) basal

c) axile

d) parietal

When micropyle, Chalaza and funiculus lie in one straight vertical line; the ovale is

termed as ------------

a) campylotropous

b) circinotropus

c) anatropous

d) orthotropous

348) ---------- type of fruit is present in sunflower

a) cypsela

b) achene

c) caryopsis

d) Samara

349) ---------- exhibit samara type of fruit

a) Terminalia arjuna

b) sunflower
c) maize d) cypsela

350) Mustard shows ------------- type of fruit

a) Siliqua

b) drupe

c) capsule

d) follicle

351) Ocimum shows ------------- type of fruit

a) carcerule

b) drupe

c) regma

d) Lomentum

352) Acacia fruit is called ----------

a) Reqwa

b) carcerule

c) cremocarp

d) Lomentum

353) Coconut exhibit ----------- fruit

a) fibrous drupe

b) regma

c) cremocarp

d) Lowentum

354) Cucurbita shows ------- of fruit

a) regma

b) pepo

c) carcerule

d) cremocarp

355) Michelia shows ------------

a) Etacrio of folliclies

b) Elaero of achenes
c) Etaerio of dmpe

d) Sorosis

356) Etaerio of berries is present in ------------

a) China rose

b) Datura

c) Anona

d) Ocimum

357) Fruit of fig is called ----------

a) Sorosis

b) Syconus

c) drupe

d) Pepo

358) Mulberry shows --------- type of fruit

a) etaerio of berries

b) etaerio of blrapes

c) etacrio of achenes

d) etaerio of follicles.

359) A term plant taxonomy was coined by -----------

a) A.P. deCandolle

b) Bentham and Hooker

c) Hutchinson

d) Linnaeus

360) In 1565, Garcia d'orta published and translated a book -------- in Latin language.

a) Indian Medicinal plants

b) Indian ornamental plants

c) Indian herbaceous plants

d) Indian trees

361) Indian Botanic Garden was established by -------- in 1787.

a) Leut.col. Robert Kyd

b) Roxburgh

c) Calder

d) Wallich

362) Indian botanic Garden is situated at ------------

a) Calcutta

b) Lucknow

c) Darjeling

d) Coimbatore

-------- tree appear like tiny forest in Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta.

a) Fig

b) Indian rubber

c) Banyan

d) Margosa

364) ---------- are the wonder of Indian Botanic Garden, Calcutta. a) Giant water lilies b) Bamboos c)
Roses d) Phlox

365) National Botanic Garden, Lucknow was established by ---------- . a) Sadat Ali Khan b) Roxburgh c)
Wallich d) Calder

366) Lead botanical Garden was funded by --------- to Shivaji University, Kolhapur in

1996. a) MoEF b) DBT c) DST d) UGC

367) Bentham and Hooker published ----------- . a) Genera plantarum b) Indian trees

c) Indian Meteria Medica d) Indian herbs

368) Radial voscular bundles are present in --------- a) Sunflower stem b) Maize stem c) Jowar stem d)
Maize root. 369) ---------- is present in vascular bandle of Maize stem. a) bundle sheath b)
sclerenchynatous

c) lignin sheath d) collenchymate sheath. 370) Hypodermis in maize stem is made up of -------- a)
parenchyma b) collenchyma c) sclerendyma d) chlorenchyma
371) When cambium is absent vascular bundle it is called ---------- a) bicollateral b) closed c) open as well
as closed d) only open

372) Tetrarch vascular bundles are present in ---------- a) sunflower roots b) sunflower stem

c) maize stem d) maize root

373) Starch sheath is present in covtex of --------- stem

a) sunflower b) maize c) jowar d) wheat

374) Hard bast is made up of ---------- a) parenchyma b) collenchyma c) xylem d) sclerenchyma

375) Adaptive abnormal secondary growth is found in --------- stem. a) Bignonia b) Dracaena c) Yucca d)
Aloe

376) Non-adaptive abnormal secondary growth is found in ------- stem. a) Dracaena b) Bignonia c)
Serjania d) sunflower. 377) Cap cells are present in alga -------- . a) Sargassum b) Nostoc

c) Oedogonium d) Spirogyra

378) Male and Female conceptacles are present in ---------- . a) Oedogonium b) Spirogyra

c) Sargassum d) Nostoc

379) The antibiotic Penicillin is obtained from ------------- . a) Penicillium b) Mucor

c) Aspergillus d) Puccinia

380) Puccinia is a -------------- . a) Saprophyte b) Ectoparasite

c) Obligate Parasite d) Facultative Parasite

381) Lichens are formed by Symbiotic association between alga and ---------- . a) bacteria b) fungus

c) bryophyte d) pteridophyte

382) Sexual reproduction in Anthoceros is ------------ . a) isogamous b) anisogamous

c) oogamous d) plasmogamous

383) Mushrooms produce ------------ . a) ascospores b) conidiospores

c) basidiospores d) teleutospores

384) The main source of biofertilizers are ------------ . a) Mycoplasma b) Pteridophytes

c) BGA d) Bryophytes

385) Sporophyte with cylindrical capsule, bulbous foot and no distinct seta is present in ----

--------- . a) bryopsida b) anthoceratopsida

c) hepaticopsida d) pteropsida

386) ------------- alga is abundant in Sargasso sea. a) Nostoc b) Sargassum

c) Ectocarpus d) Oedogonium

387) A circular electron dense structure that surrounds the nuclear pore is referred as -------

---. a) Lumen b) Annulus

c) Peri nuclear space d) nucleoplasm

388) During anaphasic movement, metacentiric chromosome assure ---------- shape. a) „M‟ b) „W‟

c) „V‟ d) „N‟ 389) Ribosomes are responsible for ----------- synthesis. a) Lipid b) Plasmolytic enzyme

c) Carbohydrates d) Protein

390) Camillio Golgi discovered a organelle viz.------------- . a) Golgi complex b) Peroxisomes

c) Lysosomes d) Nucleus

391) Autoysis occurs in --------------. a) Ribosomes b) Lysosomes

c) Dictyosomes d) Mitochondrion

392) The phenomenon which works opposite to linkage is referred as --------- . a) Deletion b) Mutation

c) Crossing over d) Epistasis

393) The botanical name of Para-rubber tree is ----------- . a) Castilla elastica b) Ficus elastic

c) Manihot glaziovii d) Hevea brisiliensis

394) Apocarotenoids like bixin and narbixin are present in --------- . a) Azadirachta indica b) Indigofera
tinctoria

c) Butea monosperma d) Bixa orellana

395) Emblica fruits are rich in --------- .

a) Vitamin-B b) Vitamin-D

c) Vitamin-C d) Vitamin-A

396) The important ayurvedic tonic „Gulvel Satva‟ is obtained from stem of ---------. a) Tinospora
cordifolia b) Emblica officinalis

c) Curcuma longa d) Zingiber officinale

397) Phytochrome pigments exist in -------- forms. a) P b) P

c) P & P d) None of the above

398) Naturally occurring hormone in coconut is --------- a) Gibberellin b) Ethylene

c) Auxins d) Cytokinins

399) ------------- is long day plant. a) Coconut b) Wheat

c) Tobacco d) Cabbage

400) 261) There are ------------- phytogeographical regions of India. a) Nine b) Eight

c) Twelve d) Ten

401) ------------- serve as good indicator of land productivity. a) Forest b) Community

c) Population d) Organisms

402) 263) ----------- succession takes place in xeric area. a) Xerosere b) Lithosere

c) Pasmmosere d) Hydrosere

403) Salt glands are found in ------------ plants. a) Xerophytic b) Halophytic

404) ------------- deals with cultivation of flowering plans. a) Pomoculture b) Olericulture

c) Floriculture d) Landscape gardenting

405) Art of connecting two pieces of living tissue together is known as ------- . a) Grafting b) Layering

c) budding d) Cutting

406) Bryophyllum is propagated by ----------- cutting. a) Stem b) Leaf

c) Root d) None of these

407) Etiolation in plants is caused when they are grown in ----------- . a) intense light b) dark

c) blue light d) red

408) Avena coleoptiles test was performed by ---------------- . a) R. V. Thimann b) F. W. Went

c) F. Skoog d) L. J. Audus

409) The term vernalization was coined by ---------- . a) Purvis b) Chourad

c) Mekchers d) Ly senko

410) Seed dormancy in pulses is due to -----------. a) thin seed coat b) hard seed coat

c) immature embryo d) auxin

411) Glycine max is a -------- plant. a) short-day b) long day

c) CAM d) Day neutral

412) ----------- growth hormone is found in coconut milk. a) Kinin b) Abscissic acid

c) lndole-acetic acid d) Gibberellic acid

413) -------------- is a submerged hydrophyte. a) Typha b) Vallisnaria

c) Salvinia d) Azolla

414) Air layering is also denoted as ------------ . a) Whip graft b) Top-tongue graft
c) Approach graft d) Goote

415) ------------ serves as a good indicator of land productivity. a) Forest b) Pollution

c) Desert c) Agriculture

416) ------------- deals with the distribution of plants. a) Phytomorphology b) Geomorphology

c) Phytogeography d) Geology. 417) The wall of a guard cell surrounding stomatal pore is ---------- . a)
thin and elastic b) thin and non-elastic

c) thick d) thick and nonelastic

h Due to deficiency, the older leaves show marginal chlorosis and necrosis

a) Copper b) Phosphorus

c) Potassium d) Calcium

419) During light reachion, splitting of water molecule occurs, the process is referred as ---

--------- . a) Photolysis. b) Phosphorylation

c) Photoperiodism d) Photorespiration

420) -------------- show symbiotic association between alga and a fungus. a) Bacteria b) Viruses

c) Lichens d) Pteridophytes

421) Fungi growing on cattle or animal dung are called ---------- fungi. a) entomogenous b) aquatic

c) parasitic d) coprophilous

422) ---------- is a fresh water alga. a) Spirogyra b) Ulva

c) Sargassum d) Ectocarpus

423) -------------- is responsible for biological nitrogen fixation. a) Nustoc b) Sargassum

c) Polysiphonia d) Spirogyra

424) -------------- lack chlorophyll pigments. a) Fungi b) alga

c) bryophytes d) pteridophytes

425) -------------- is called bread mould fungus. a) Puccinia b) Cercospora

c) Mucor d) Cercospora

426) Polyporus and Ganoderma causes -------------- to highor plank

a) Wood rotting b) parasitic

c) aquatic d) entomogenous

427) Riccia belongs to ------------ . a) Sphenopsida b) Lycopsida

c) Hepaticopsida d) Anthocerotopsida

428) The thallus of bryophytes consists only ---------- type of cells. a) collenchymatous b)
pareachymatous

c) lignified d) silicified

429) The loss of water from aerial organs in the form of water vapour is called --------------- a) respiration
b) assimilation

c) transpiration d) diffusion

430) -------------- number of elements are „essential elements‟. a) seventeen b) Seven

c) twenty one d) twenty Seven

431) In photophosphorylation process, process, sunlight is used for synthesis of -------------

--------- . a) PGA b) ATP

b) AMP d) ADP

432) In C4 cycle, the first stable compound is three carbon organic acid named as -----------

--------- . a) Pyruvicacid b) Oxaloacetic acid

c) 3-Phosphoglyceric d) Phosphoric acid

433) Heterocysts in blue green alga consists of enzyme ------------ . a) nitrate reductase b) nitrogenase

c) catalase d) dehydrogenase

434) nif-genes are reported in bacterium ---------- ------------. a) Escherichia coli b) Xanthomonas
compestris

c) Cercospora rosicola d) Klebsiella pneumonieae

435) Artificial fruit ripening can be made by using --------- a) auxin b) cytokinin

c) ethylene d) abscisin

436) ------------- show inhibitory action on growth process. a) Abscisic acid b) Gibberellic acid

c) Napthalene acetic acid d) Indole-3-butyric acid

437) Glycolysis process occurs in ---------------

a) Cytosol b) Endoplasmic reticulum

c) mitochondria d) chloroplast

438) Nitrogen is convered to ammonia in presence of ------------- enzyme. a) peroxidise b) caltalse

c) ligase d) Nitrogenas

h Healthy root nodules in leguminous plants are pink due to presence of red pigment
called ------------ . a) haemoglobin b) leghaemoglobin

c) anthocyanin d) cyanophyan

440) Naturally accurring hormone present in coconut milk is called ------------- . a) Abscisin b) Ethylene

c) Gibberellin d) Gytokinin

441) The substance responsible for flowering stimulus is known as ----------- . a) Kinetin b) florigen

c) Vernalin d) Abscisin

442) -------------- is essential for fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. a) Zinc b) Nickel

c) Molybdenum d) Copper

443) ------------ deficiency is responsible for physiological disease like mottled chlorosis. a) Magnesium b)
Molybdenum

c) Manganese d) Chlorine

444) Kranz anatomy is seen in ---------- plants. a) C3 b) C4

c) CAM d) CAM and C3

445) -------------- is the site of photochemical reactions in chloroplast. a) Ribosomes b) Lysosome

b) Chromosome d) Quantasomes

446) ---------- enzyme catalyzes the reduction of Nitrogen to ammonia. a) Nitrogenase b) Peroxidase

c) Catalase d) nitrate reductase

447) The growth curve is usually referred as ---------- curve. a) sigmoid b) rhomboid

c) - shaped d) V-shaped. 448) The naturally occurring hormone in coconut milk is ----------------- . a)
ethylene b) cytokinin

c) abscisin d) auxin

449) The shrinkage of protoplasm due to loss of water is known as ------------- a) Endosmosis b)
plasmolysis

c) Exosmosis d) transpiration

450) The botanical name of Lucerne is ------------ . a) Medicgo sativa b) Cymbopogon nardus

c) Phaseolus vulgaris d) Stylosanthes guyanensis

451) Coconut oil is obtained from ------------------ part of fruit.

a) Mesocarp b) Endocarp

c) Solid endosperm d) Cotyledons

452) Perfume obtained from rose is called ----------------- . a) Henna b) Jasmine

c) Otto d) None of these

453) The natural source of Vitamin „C‟ is -------------- . a) Fruit of Withania b) Fruit of Tinospora

c) Fruit of opium d) Emblica officinalis

454) The botanical name of ginger is ------------- . a) Papaver somniferum b) Zingiber officinale

c) Rawolfia serpentina d) Emblica officinalis

455) Curcumin is present in ------------- . a) Annatto b) Turmeric

c) Henna d) Saffron

456) The term „Rubber‟ is firstly coined by ------------ . a) Priestly b) Mackintosh

c) Goodyear d) None of these

457) Cat‟s tail name is referred to -------------- . a) Acalypha hispida b) Quisqualis indica

c) Aster amellus d) Celosia cristata

458) Zhukovsky proposed -------------- megacentres for diversity of cultivated plants. a) 12 b) 11

c) 10 d) 8

459) Lucerne or Alfalfa is main source of ------------- . a) Dyes b) Fodder legume

c) Fibres d) Edible oil

460) In India mustard oil is called as ----------- oil. a) Coconut b) Groundnut

c) Sarson d) Palm

461) Coir is obtained from ------------- fruit. a) Arachis hypogyea b) Cicer arietinum

c) Brassica juncea d) Cocos nucifera

462) “Otto of Rose” is prepared from ------------ of Rosa damascene plant. a) Flower b) Leaf

c) Stem d) Fruit

463) Which part of the syzygium aromaticum plant is medicinally important -------- a) Stem b) Floral bud

c) Seed d) Fruit

464) Azadirachta is a source of ---------- . a) Rubber b) Dye

c) Insecticide d) Prefume

465) Indigo dye is obtained from --------------- of Indigofera tinctoria plant. a) Root b) Stem

c) Bark d) Leaf

466) Chlorosis usually occurs -----------. a) in strong light b) in dark

c) due to excessive respiration d) due to deficiency of Mg and Fe

Process of selective transmission of liquid through semipermeable membrane is called

as ----------------. a) Difusion b) Osmosis

c) Plasmolysis c) Transmission

468) Which of the following is a micronutrient --------------- . a) Na b) K

c) Ca d) Cu

469) For the synthesis of organic matter the green plants need --------------- . a) Light b) Chlorophyll

c) CO2 d) All of these

470) ATP formation during the photosynthesis is termed as -------------- . a) Phosphorylation b)

Photophosphorylation

c) Oxidative photophosphorylation d) Non of these

471) Enzyme ----------- catalyze the reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia. a) Nitrogenase b) Nitrate
reductase

c) Protease d) Ligase

472) Vernalization is the effect of ------------ on flowering. a) room temperature b) atmospheric pressure

c) low temperature d) high temperature

473) The hypothetical chemical involved in flowering in plans is ------------ . a) IAA b) GA

c) Kinetin d) Florigen

474) ------------ are the micronutrients to the plants. a) N, P, K b) Cu, Fe, Mn

c) Ca, K, Na d) C, N, O

475) During night, the stomata are open in -------------- . a) C3 plants b) C4 plants

c) C3 and C4 plants d) CAM plants

476) -------------- number of elements are called essential elements. a) 17 b) 20

c) 25 d) 30

477) In photosynthesis light is converted to ------------- . a) Kinetic energy b) Chemical energy

c) Radiant energy d) Photochemical energy

478) Naturally occurring hormone in coconut is ----------- . a) Auxin b) Gibberellin

c) Cytokinin d) Ethylene

479) Phycobilins are found in --------------- . a) Algae b) Fungi

c) Actinomycet d) Bacteria
480) The growth curve is usually ------------ . a) „S‟ shaped b) „V‟ shaped

c) „J‟ shaped d) Bell shaped

481) Kranz anatomy is characteristic of ------------ . a) C3 plants b) C4 plants

c) CAM plants d) Succulant plants

482) Uniseriate unbranched filaments are found in -------------- . a) Oedogonium b) Chara

c) Polysiphonia d) Sargassum

483) Sargassum belongs to order -------------- of phaeophyta. a) Zygnematales b) Oedogoniales

c) Fucales d) Siphonales

484) -------------- is commonly known as blue mold or green mold. a) Penicillium b) Rhizopus

c) Cercospora d) Puccinia

485) An alternate host of Genus Puccinia causing wheat rust is --------- . a) Launea b) Malva

c) Helianthus d) Berberis

486) Lichens growing as crust on rocks and bark are ------------ lichens. a) Crustose b) Terricoles

c) Saxicoles d) Lignicoles. 487) Anthoceros reproduces vegetatively by ------------- . a) Propagules b)

Tubers

c) Spores d) Elaters

488) Botanical name of oyster mushroom is ------------ . a) Agaricus bisporus b) Volvariella volvacea

c) Pleurotus sajor-kaju d) Agaricus bitorquis

489) ----------- used as a biofertilizer form blue green algae. a) Azotobacter b) Acetobacter

c) Azospirillum d) Nostoc

490) Sexual reproduction in Sargassum is -------------- . a) Conjugatory b) Isogamous

c) Oogamous d) Anisogamous. 491) Litmus as a acid base indicator is obtained from a lichen named
---------- . a) Roccella b) parmelia

c) Graphis d) Cladonia

492) Gibberellic acid was isolated from ---------- fungus. a) Aspergillus nidulans b) Aspergillus flavans

c) Gibberella fujikuroi d) Aspergillus nigricans. 493) Wheat is an example of ---------------. a) Short day
plant b) Long day plant

c) Day neutral plant d) Medium day plant

494) The hypothetical chemical responsible for flowering in plant is --------------- . a) GA b) IAA

c) Kinetin d) Florigen
495) Vernalization is the effect of ---------------- on flowering. a) Atmospheric temperature b) Room
Temperature

c) High temperature d) Low temperature

496) --------------- deals with distribution of plants. a) Geography b) Phytogeography

c) Biogeography d) Zoogeography

497) ------------- is a free floating hydrophyte. a) Eichhorania b) Hydrilla

c) Valisneria d) typha

498) Andaman region shows dominant --------------- forest. a) Mangrove b) Pine

c) Sal d) Xerophyte. 499) The plants serve as „measure‟ or index are called ------------- . a) Plant indicators
b) Animal indicators

c) Environmental indicators d) Pollution indicators

500) Pomegranate is generally propagated by ----------------- . a) Air layering b) Mound layering

c) Trench layering d) Tip layering

501) The upper part of the graft is called --------------- . a) Stock b) Rhizome

c) Scion d) Root

502) A standard growth curve of plant, is ------------- shaped. a) bell b) sigmoid

c) pyramid d) square

503) The classical Avena curvature test was performed by --------------- . a) F. Skoog b) F.W. Went

c) L. J. Oudus d) S. Miller

504) ------------- is capable of delaying of leaf senescence. a) Gibberellic acid b) Cytokinin

c) Abscisic acid d) Auxin

505) -------------- is the indicator of low moisture contents of the soil. a) Acacia nilotica b) Agrostis
biemalia

c) Cassia tora d) Capparis decidua

506) To explain distribution of plants, a theory of tolerance was first proposed by ----------- a) Salisbury b)
Cain

b) Good d) Thoday

507) The plant succession taking place in an aquatic environment is known as ---------------

--. a) hydrosere b) xerosere

c) halosere d) hydrophilic
508) The exposure of plants to low temperature for induction of flowering is called ---------

--. a) photoperiodism b) Photorespiration

c) vernalisation d) stratification

h Breaking of seed dormancy by either rupturing or weakening of hard seed coat is

known as ----------------- . a) stratification b) scarification

c) devernalisation d) guttation

510) In ---------------- the root formation takes place on the branches which are still

attached to the parent plant. a) cutting b) grafting

c) layering d) budding

511) An art of connecting two pieces of living plants together, is known as ----------- a) layering b)
budding

c) grafting d) cutting

512) --------- performed experiment in DNA Technology

a) Boyer and Cahen b) Mc clintaff c) Watson and Crick d) Willard

513) --------- is one of the important stages of Recombined DNA Technology

a) repression of genes b) lysis of clones

c) Insertion of selected DNA into cloning vector d) Doubling of clones

514) --------- are one of the most important groups of enzymes for the manipulation of

DNA

a) Endonucleases b) Restrictin endonucleases

c) Helicase d) Primases

515) --------- are enzymes that restrict the viral replication

a) Nitrate reductiase b) restriction endonucleases

c) belicase d) primase

516) Restiotion endonucleases are --------- enzymes

a) bacterial b) viral c) fungal d) algal

517) Restriction endonucleases are first discovered in ---------- that restricting replication of

bacterio phages

a) Rhizobium b) Pseudomonous c) bacteriophages d) E. coli

518) -------- are used for joining cut DNA fragments

a) Endonucleases b) Polymerases c) Ligases d) isomerase

h During cloning experiments, there is need to prevent frequent unwanted ligation of

DNA. For this ------- enzyme is used. a) restriction endonucleases b) isomerase c) alkaline phosphatase

d) both 'a' & 'b' 520) --------- enzymes is essential to remove phosphate groups

a) alkaline phosphatase b) acid phosphatase c) ligase d) endonuclease

521) Nucleases are the enzymes that break the --------- bonds of DNA

(a) Hydrogen b) phosphodiester c) Carbon d) Hydrogen and carbon

522) --------- are the good examples of endonucleases

a) Restriction endonucleares b) Primare

c) helicase d) exonucleases

523) ---------- cuts either single or double stranded DNA molecates of random sites. a) Deoxyribonucleas-
I b) alkaline phosphatase

c) acid phasphatase d) helicase

524) ---------- groups of enzymes that catalyse synthesis of nucleic acid molecules. a) Endonucleases b)
Exonuclease c) Polymerases d) primase

525) RNA specific nucleases are referred to as ------- a) DNAse b) RNAses c) phosphatase d) helicase

526) ----------- are extra chromosomal, double stranded, circular, self replicating DNA

molecules. a) bacteriophages b) virions c) plasmids d) Cosmids

527) Plasmids carrying set of transfer genes are called --------- plasmid. a) Conjugative b) Non-conjugative
c) fusitive d) negative. 528) Plasmids carrying genes resistant to antibiotics are referred to as ---------- a)
F-plasmids b) R-plasmids c) S-plasmids d) Phage

529) ---------- are the vectors possessing the characteristics of both plasmids and

bacteriophage

a) Virion b) E.coli c) Cosmids d) Phasids. 530) ---------- introduced yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)
which is a synthetic DNA that

can accept large fragments of foreign DNA. a) M. olson b) Sanger c) Boyer d) Boyer and Cohen

531) The southern blotting is named after the scientist ----------- a) Ed. Southern b) Olson c) Gilbert d)
Sanger

532) --------- technique is important for the confirmation of DNA cloning results. a) Ed southern blotting
b) Northern blotting
c) Western blotting d) Northern & Western blotting

533) In case of identification of parenthood, Thieves -------- blatting method is very useful. a) Northern b)
Southern

c) both Southern or Northern d) Western

534) --------- technique is the technique used for specific identification of RNA molecules. a) Southern b)
Western

c) Northern d) either Southern or Western

535) --------- is a technique (in vitro) for generating large quantities of a specified DNA

a) Polymerase chain Reaction (PCR) b) Southern blotting

c) Northern blotting d) Western blotting

536) PCR technique is developed by ---------- a) Karry Mullis b) Gilbert c) Olson d) Sanger

537) A basic tool for molecular biologists, is referred to as ---------- a) PCR b) VCR c) TCR d) Non of these.
538) ---------- is a cell free amplification technique for synthesizing multiple identical

copies of any DNA of interest. a) PCR b) Southern blotting c) Northern blotting d) Dot blotting

539) PCR is used to diagnose retrovival infection like --------- a) Tmv b) Tuberculosis c) HIV d) Cancer

540) ---------- is considered as present day genetic detective. a) gene bank b) gene pool

c) DNA finger printing d) DNA chip

541) Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) represents a strength of ----------

that serves as a marker for mapping a specified gene. a) RNA b) mRNA c) tRNA d) DNA

PCR Technique is much simpler and quicker to amplify the DNA and conveniently

used for --------- of DNA. a) digestion b) lysis c) denaturation d) sequencing

The basis for DNA finger printing is ------------ availability of cloned DNA

knowledge & human kanotype

occurrence of restriction fragment length polymorphism. Phenotypic differences between individuals.

544)The recent technique used for separating fragments of DNA is -----------.

a) Southern blotting b) Northern blotting

c) Western blotting d) Eastern blotting

545) Enzyme which acts like a Scissor in genetic engineering is ------------ a) Ligase b) Transcriptase c)
Exonuclease d) Endonuclease

546) Vector used to carry foreign DNA in genetic engineering are ---------- a) Plasmid b) phage c) Viruses
d) All of these
547) Restriction enzymes have been found in ---------- a) humans b) birds c) bacteria d) bacteriophages

548) --------- of the following cell organelle is associated with genetic engineering. a) Centriole b)
Mitochandnia c) Plasmid d) Chloroplast

549) Bacterial resistance to antibiotic is a genetic trait carried in the bacterial -------- a) Intrun b) plasmid
c) centromere d) telomere

550) Collection of bacteria with gDNA is called -------- a) DNA clones b) DNA libray c) cDNA library

d) Genomic DNA library

551) DNA fingerprinting is very useful for --------- a) Forensic studies b) tests of identity and relationships

c) Polymosphism d) All of these

552) DNA sequencing is ------------- a. Nucleotide or base sequence of a mDNA fragment. b. Nucleotide or
base sequence of a DNA fragment. c. Nucleotide design of DNA fragment

d. Nucleotide or base sequence of t-RNA. 553) Collection of cloned DNA segments from complete
genome is called -------- a) DNA library b) Genomic bank

c) Gene bank d) both 'b' & 'c' 554) The genetically transformed new plants are regarded ------------ a)
transgenic plants b) mutant plants

c) hybrids d) Cybrids

The most common vector used for genetic transformation is --------- Rhizobium b) E. coli c)
Agrobacterium tumefaciens d) Plasmid

-------- is a soil born gram negative bacterium used as vector in transgenesis. a) Agrobacterium b)
Pseudomonas c) Neurospora d) Saccharomyces

557) Agrobacterium tumefaciens induces crown gall through releasing -------- into plant

tissues. a) Cosmid b) Phasid c) Ti-plasmid d) viriod

558) A segment of Ji plasmid is referred as ----------- a) C-DNA b) T-DNA c) rRNA d) mRNA

559) T-DNA carries genes that for proteins involved in biosynthesis of auxin

and -------------- a) ABA b) IBA c) GA d) Cytokinin

T-DNA is responsible for biosynthesis of metabolites like opines (amino acid

derivatives) and ------------- derivatives like agropines, in Agrobacterium affected

tissues. a) Protein b) lipid c) sugar d) All of these

561) Agrobacterium cells consists --------- as independently replicating circular DNA. a) cosmids b)
virioids c) Ti plasmids d) Phagids

T-DNA has genes for biosynthesis of auxin. cytokinin and opine, these genes are
referred as ---------- which are determinants of tumour phenotype. a) jamping genes b) nifaenes c)
Oncogenes d) regular genes

563) Agrobacterium produce ---------- in affected plant tissue. a) virulence proteins b) nucleic acids c)
Organic acids d) GA

564) Agrobacterium mediated 'transformation is --------------- method of gene transfer. a) natural b)

artificial c) chemical d) Physical

565) ---------- genes are used for resistance to glyphosate in transformed plasma. a) epsps gene b) bxn
gene c) aada gene d) ble gene

The use of recombinant DNA technology to transfer & insert desired gene from one

organism into another organism to confer the new traits is called -------------. a) Genetic engineering b)
Transgenesis

c) Mutagenesis d) Sporogenesis

567) The foreign gene which is inserted into plant is called as ------------ . a) Vector b) Plasmid

c) Transgene d) nif-genes

568) The process of transfer of transgene is called ------------. a) Genetic engineering b) Transgenesis

c) mutagenesis d) Cytokinensis

569) Genes for insect resistance from ------------ have been used to produce transgenic

plants.

a) Bacillus thuringensis b) E. coli

c) Agrobacterium tumefaciens d) Xanthomonas

570) ------------ is a natural genetic engineer. a) Bacillus thuringensis b) Bacillus subtilis

c) Agrobacterium tumefaciens d) E. coli

571) Agrobacterium tumefaciens consists of plasmid called ------------ . a) Ti plasmid b) Vector

c) Conjugative plasmid d) Non Conjugative plasmid

572) Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfer small DNA segment of Ti plasmid is called ------- a) m-RNA b) r-
RNA

c) T - DNA d) F plasmid

573) ------------ region has the genes for the biosynthesis of aurin, cytokinin & opine. a) Virulence region
b) T - DNA region

c) Opine region d) f-plasmid region. 574) ------------ region codes for protein involved in the uptake &
metabolism of opines. a) T - DNA region b) Virulence region
c) Opine cotabolism d) Non-virulence region. 575) ------------ are microscopic tungsten or gold particles
which are coated with foreign

DNA. a) microprojectile b) macroprojectile

c) stopping plate d) Platinum wire

576) A lipid vesicle is known as ------------ . a) liposome b) microprojectile

c) macroprojectile d) lipofection

577) Delivery of foreign DNA into eukaryotic plant cell by using liposome is called -------- a)
microinjection b) electroporation

c) lipofection d) None of the above

In fibre mediated DNA delivery, the DNA is delivered into cytoplasm & vacuoles of

target cells with the help of ------------. a) silicon carbide fibre b) microprojectile

c) macroinjectile d) electroporation

579) ------------ means of disruption of cells or DNA molecule by frequency of sound

waves. a) sonication b) Lipofection

c) electroporation d) microinjection

h The technique in which the foreign DNA is introduced into the cells through the

fransient pares into the cells called ------------. a) electroporation b) sonication

c) lipofection d) macroinjection

581) ------------ gene provides resistance to drug, antibiotic or other agents that arrest the

growth of normal cells. a) markergene b) reporter

c) luxgene d) nasgene

582) ------------ is isolated from R plasmid of bacteria. a) kan gene b) hpt gene

c) dhfr gene d) nas gene

583) hPt gene synthesizes the enzyme------------ . a) hygromycin phosphotransferase b) acetyl

transferases

c) endonucleases d) cellulose

584) ------------ gene encocles for the enzymes chloramphenicol acetyl transferase. a) cat gene b) nas
gene

c) hpt gene d) kan gene

585) ------------ gene synthesizes luciferase enzyme. a) lux gene b) nas gene
c) cat gene d) hpt gene

586) --------- have no relation in determination of sex of individual. a) oxysomes b) Polysomes

c) autosomes d) oxysomes and polysomes

587) In human males the chromosomal constitution will be ------- a) 2 A + XX b) 1 A + XX c) 2A + XY d) 2A

+ XO

588) In human females the chromosomal constitution will be --------- a) 2A + XX b) 2 A + XY c) 2 A + XO d)

1 A + XY

589) Sex linked characters are -------- a) dominant b) recessive c) lethal d) mutative

590) A human ---------- is heterogametic in nature. a) male b) offsprings c) Both male & female d) female

In human, ---------- is homogametic in nature

a) male b) female c) offsprings d) both male & female

592) In human, two chromosomes are --------- a) genetically different b) functionally different

c) morphologically different d) all of these

593) Hardy Weinberg Law is also called as law of ----------- a) segregation b) independent assortment

c) equilibrium d) mutation

594) Chromosomes related with sex determination are ---------- a) heterosomes b) -chromosomes

c) autosomes d) oxysomes

595) An autosome is ---------- a) chromosomes other than sex b) half of a sex chromosome

c) sex chromosome d) oxysome

The sex determination system in which males (XY) and females (XX) is found in all ---------- a) unicellular
organisms b) vertebrates

c) mammals d) animals

597) The sex chromosomes are segregated during --------- a) meiosisb) mitosis c) linkage d) crossing over

598) A man receives his 'x' chromosome from ---------- a) his mother only b) his father only

c) either his mother or his father d) both his father and mother

599) There are about --------- main types of sex expression in higher plants. a) 5 b) 10 c) 8 d) 20

Mc Clung reported that, ---------- is involved in sex determination

a) Y body b) 'x' body c) X and Y body d) only 'Y' body

601) In --------- organisms there are two types of chromosomes (autosomes and sex

chromosomes)
a) dioecious b) monoecious

c) andromonoecious d) gynomonecious

602) Y chromosomes has small amount of --------- and large amount of heterochromatin

a) ribosomes b) nucleosomes c) oxysomes d) euchromatin

603) The chromosomes responsible for determination of sex are called -------- a) autosomes b) sex
chromosome c) nucleosomes d) oxysomes

604) The phenotypic characters (traits) of different organisms may be of qualitative and ----

a) supplementary b) complementary c) quantitative d) inhibitory

Quantitative inheritance show ------ a) dominance b) no epistasis c) linkage d) mutation

In Quantitative Inheritance there is no involvement of --------- a) linkage b) recessiveness

c) only recessiveness d) only dominanceness

-------- is a single gene effect

a) qualitative b) quantitative

c) cumulative d) only quantitative

Each contributing allele in series of multiple genes produce --------- effects. a) equal b) unequal

c) medium d) equal as well as unequal

Quantitative trait is called -------- a) Polygene b) barnase gene c) lethal gene d) nif-gene

Polygene term was coined by --------- a) Muller b) Morgan c) Stevens d) K. Mather -------- is essential for
knowing evolution in the species

a) population genetics b) cell biology

c) biophysics d) biochemistry

By following Hardy Weinberg Law the genotype frequency in the next generation will be ----

---- a) 2 b) half c) one d) 1.5

The Hardy Weinberg Law proves, ------------ equilibrium is maintained. a) phenotypic b) genetic

c) only phenotypic d) phenotypic and genotypic

--------- responsible for cytoplasmic inheritance in Mirabilis jalapa

a) Ribosomes b) Mitochendria c) Plastid d) Golgibodies

--------- plays important role in extra chromosomal inheritance

a) Nucleus b) Cytoplasm c) Plastid d) plasma membrane

The cytoplasmic units of inheritance are called -------- a) lethal genes b) jumping genes c) plasma genes
d) nif genes

Albinism in corn is due to ------- a) mineral deficiency b) high temperature effect

c) cytoplasmic inheritance d) low intensity of light

618) Extra-nuclear genetic material is present in -------- a) nucleus b) nuclear membrane c) cell
membrance d) cytoplasm

619) ----------- are responsible for plastid inheritance

a) chloroplast DNA b) mitochondria

c) t-RNA d) r-RNA

620) Variegated coloration of leaves was first studied by --------- a) K. Correns b) Muller c) Batesond)
Punnet

h In higher eukaryotes, traits coded for extranuclear inheritance are inherited solely from

-------------- a) Nucleus b) Plasma membrane

c) Nuclear membrane d) Females gametes

622) ----------- and chloroplast organelles responsible for cytoplasmic inheritance

a) Lysosomes b) Golgibodies

c) Mitochondria d) Endoplasmic reticulum

623) Genetic variations are essential for -------- a) deviation b) alteration c) evolution d) selection

624) Repition of chromosomal segment is known as ----------- a) translocation b) transformation c)

transduction d) duplication

h Mutual exchange of chromosome segments between non-homologous chromosomes is

called --------- a) deletion b) duplication c) Inversion d) translocation

626) Rearrangement of a group of genes in a chromosome in reverse order is called ------ a) deletion b)
deficiency c) duplication d) Inversion

627) 2n

+1 chromosome number indicates ---------- a) monosomy b) bisomy c) trisomy d) nullisomy

628) 2n

-2 number of chromosome number indicates -------- a) monosomy b) nullisomy c) trisomy d) tetrasomy

629) Reverse sequence of genes in a chromosome is observed in -------- a) Inversion b) duplication c)

translocation d) deletion
630) Occurrence of three or more sets of chromosome in somatic cells is called ----- a) polyploidy b)
tetraploidy c) triploidy d) diploidy

631) Trisomy is expressed as -------- a) 2n+1 b) 2n-1 c) 2n-2 d) 2n+2

632) Loss of single chromosome, create a condition called ---------- a) diploidy b) bisomy c) monosomy d)
tetraploidy

633) Cultivated wheat is an example of --------- a) allohexaploid b) amphidiploid c) triploid d)

autotetraploid

634) Datura is a classical example of --------- a) monosomy b) trisomy c) nullisomy d) tetraploidy

635) --------- are said to be more useful than other polyploids due to they are sterile and

show more vigour. a) tetraploids b) hexaploids c) triploid d) monoploid

636) Raphanobrassica is an -------- a) autopolyploid b) allopolyploid c) hexaploid d) tetraploid

637) Chromosomal aberrations are commonly found in ----------- a) maize b) onion c) Rhoeo d) Jowar

638) Dicentric chromosome forms -------- during meiosis

a) bridge b) complete ring

c)  like figure d) non-homologous pair

639) -------- is found in duplication type of chromosome abbervations

a) linkage b) crossing over c) laggard d) position effect

640) Numerical + chromosomal aberrations involve change in --------- of chromosomes. a) number b)

structure c) shape d) position

641) --------- is an example of monosaccharides

a) Sucrose b) Lactose c) Glucose d) Starch

642) Starch is composed of ------- a) amylose b) amylose and amylopectin c) pectin d) suberin

643) Cellulose is composed of -------- a) amylose b) fructose c) glucose d) lactose

644) ----------- is the general formula of monosaccharides

a) C12H22O11 b) (C6H10O5) n c) Cn H2nOn d) C6H12O3

645) ---------- have free / potential aldehyde or ketone group in its structure. a) reducing sugars b) non-
reducing sugars

c) trisaccharides d) lipids

646) ---------- is the main constituent of cell wall in plants

a) starch b) pectin c) suberin d) cellulose

647) ---------- on hydrolysis gives large number of monosaccharides

a) oligosaccharides b) monosaccharides

c) polysaccharides d) lipids

648) ---------- is found in animals. a) Sucrose b) Fructose c) Lactose d) Maltose

649) Heparin is an example of ---------- a) monosaccharides b) oligosaccharide

c) heteropolysacchoids d) homopolysacc

harides

650) (C6H10O5) n is the general formula of ------------ a) maltose b) starch c) raffinose

d) sucrose

651) --------- enzymes are responsible for degradation of starch

a)  -  amylases b) Invertase c) nitrogenase d) phosphatase

652) In -------- isomers carbon atoms are arranged in a straight chain / branched chain

a) positional b) skeletal c) functional d) meta

-------- have same structural formula but differs in configuration. a) structural isomers b) stereoisomers

c) functional isomers d) positional isomers

654) Triose contain ----------- carbon atoms. a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 8

655) Commercially important corn starch is a source of -------------- a) glucose b) fructose c) maltose d)
rhamnose

656) Lipids are esters of --------- and glycerol

a) saturated fatty acid b) unsaturated fatty acid

c) fatty acids d) essential oil -------- is a common sterol found in the mammals

Ergasterol b) cholesterol c) carotenoids d) cytosol

Which of the following is not a saturated fatty acid ?

a) palmitic b) steari c) lauric d) Linoleic

659) The lipids contain, besides C, H, O and --------- a) Nitrogen & iron b) Iron & sulphur

c) Phorphorus & Calcium d) Nitrogen, phosphorous & sulphur

An unsaturated fatty acid having minimum molecular weight is - a) Linolenic b) Crotonic c) Oleic d)
Behenic

661) The terpenes are also called - a) Sterane b) Isoprenoids c) Steroids d) Sex hormones
Which of the following is not a saturated fatty acid ?

a) Gebberellic acid b) Carotenoids c) latex d) glucose

Which of the following is important in oxidative & fat metabolism ?

a) Pyruvic acid b) Glucose c) Acetyl coA d) CO2

Those lipids which are formed by the combination of fatty acids & carbohydrates are called --

---------a) Glycolipids b) Sphingolipids

c) Compound lipids d) Derived lipids

When fatty acids having odd number of carbons are oxidized it is called

a) -oxidation b) -oxidation

c) -oxidation d) -oxidation

The number of fatty acid molecules condensing with glycerol to form the simple lipid

a) One b) three c) two d) four

In the syntheses of triglycerids, there is participation of - a) Acetyl CoA & ATP b) Acetyl CoA, NADPH &
ATP

c) Acyl CoA & NADPH d) Acyl CoA & ATP

Lipids are esters of ---------- and glycerol. a) saturated fatty acid b) unsaturated fatty acid

c) neithr saturated nor unsaturated fatty acids d) essential oil ---------- is a common sterol found in
mammals. a) Ergasterol b) Cholesterol c) Carotenoids d) xanthin

---------- introduced the word Protein. a) Sanger b) Moalder c) Watson & Crick d) Crick

The number, Nature and sequence of Amino Acid molecules in a polypeptide chain is called -

----------- structure. a) Primary b) secondary

c) tertiary d) Quaternary

---------- is the example of secondary structure of Protein

a) - helic & -pleated sheet b) Globular proteins

c) Glycine d) Lysine. ---------- proteins have an N-terminal signal peptide which target the proteins to be

synthesized

a) Secretary proteins b) Plasma membrane proteins

c) Lysosomal proteins d) plasma globulin. ---------- is the example of fibrous proteins

a) Albumin b) fibrinogen c) Plasma globulin d) None of these. Albumin is ------ a) Globular proteins b)
fibrous proteins
c) Both of these d) None of these. The operon model of gene regulation and organization in Prokaryoles
was proposed by ------- a) Jacob & Monod b) Beadle & Tatum

c) Messelson & Stahi d) Wilkins & Franklin

Proteins are formed by the condensation of ------------ a) fatty acids b) Amino acids

c) Carbohydrates d) Nucleic acids

Transcription is ----------- Recognition of base sequence on m-RNA

Transfer of genetic information from DNA to m-RNA

Recognition of amino acid by RNA synthesis

Assembly of amino acids by m-RNA in the form of polypeptide. Translation is ---------

formation of protein from RNA

formation of DNA from DNA

formation of RNA from DNA

formation of DNA from RNA

Transcription of DNA is aided by -------------- a) RNA polymerase b) DNA polymerase

c) Exonuclease d) Recombinase

Amino acid sequence in Protein synthesis is decided by ----------------- a) t-RNA b) s-RNA c) m-RNA d) r-
RNA

682) The prokaryotic RNA polymerase compresses a core enzyme combined with the

comprises factors

a) Sigma b) Omega c) alpha d) Delta

683) The codons causing chain termination are --------- a) TAG, TAA, TGA b) GAT, AAT, AGT

c) AGT, TAG, VGA d) UAG, UGA, UAA

684) Intron is a part of DNA which ----------- a) Codes for protein synthesis b) helps in forming prices of
DNA

c) Initiates transcription d) does not code of protein synthesis

Reverse transcriptase is ------------ DNA dependent RNA polymerase

DNA dependent DNA polymerase

RNA dependent DNA polymerase

RNA dependent RNA polymerase

In operon concept regulator gene functions as - a) Repressor b) Regulator c) Inhibitor d) All the above.
The RNA that picks up specific amino acid from amino acid pool in the cytoplasm to

ribosome during protein synthesis is called ---------- a) m-RNA b) t-RNA c) r-RNA d) DNA

688) In splits genes; the coding sequences are called ----------- a) operon b) Introns c) Cisrons d) Exons

689) Repressor is the product of --------- a) Operator gene b) structural gene

c) promoter gene d) regulator gene

690) The site of t-RNA which binds it to m-RNA molecule is ----------- a) 5' end b) 3' end c) Codon d)
Anticodon

691) The Polypeptide chain is initiated by ------------------- a) Glycine b) Lysine c) Methionine d) Leucine

692) Transcription involves synthesis of ----------------- a) m-RNA b) t-RNA c) r-RNA d) DND693) Lac operon
is ---------- a) Repressible operon b) Inducible operon

c) Arabinose operon d) Overlapping gene

694) The length of m-RNA that carries information of complete polypeptide synthesis is

called ------------- a) Cistron b) Codon c) Operon d) Muton

Correct sequence of the transfer of genetic information during formation of a polypeptide is -

---------- DNA, t-RNA, r-RNA & m-RNA

m-RNA, r-RNA, dna & amino ACID

r-RNA, DNA, m-DNA & t-RNA

DNA, m-RNA , t-RNA and Amino acid

The genetic information is determined by --------- a) Variation b) Morphological trends

c) sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide chain d) structural pattern

Watson & Crick are known for their discovery that DNA a. Is a

single stranded helix

b.Contains deoxyribose only

c. Synthesizes r-RNA

d.Is a double stranded helix

DNA is present in ---------- a) chloroplast, b) Nucleus c) Mitochondria d) All the above. Nucleic acid was
first discovered as nucleic by -------- a) A. Kornberg b) J. Griffth c) H.G. Khorana d) F. Meisch

A nucleoside consists of ------- a) Sugar + Phosphate b) Sugar + Pyrimidive + Phosphate

c) Sugar + Purine + Phosphate d) sugar + Purine/Pyrimidive

In DNA, the sugar is ----------- a) Ribose b) Deoxyribose c) Cellulose d) Arabinose

Watson & Crick proposed the model of DNA structure in --------- a) 1963 b) 1943 c) 1953 d) 1955

Experimental demonstration of the semi conservative mode of DNA replication was given by

------- a) Watson & Crick b) Bauden & Pirie

c) Meselson & Stahi d) Huberner & Riggs. A riboside is ------- a) Ribose + Phosphate + base b) Ribose +
base

c) Ribose + Phosphate d) Base + Phosphate

705) In DNA, base pairing occurs as --------- a) Thymine with adenine b) Cytosine with cytosine

c) Adenine with thymine d) cytosine with

706) The nitrogeneous purine base occurring in RNA is -------- a) Guanine b) Trymine c) Uracil d) Cytosine

707) DNA contains a --------- a) five carbon sugar b) Six carbon sugar

c) Four carbon sugar d) Chain of nucleosides

708) Synthesis of DNA takes place by -------- a) Transduction b) Transcription c) Transformation d)

Replication

h If the base sequence in one polynucleotide series of DNA is G-C-A-T-G, what shall be

sequence in the replicated complementary strand ?

a) G-C-A-T-G b) C-G-T-A-C

c) A-T-G-C-G d) G-C-A-T-C

710) The structure of DNA was given by ---------- a) Wilkins b) Watson & Crick c) Muller d) Morgan

711) The difference of RNA from DNA is in the ------------- a) Purine b) Pentose sugar c) Pyrimidine d)
Nucleotides

712) DNA was synthesized in vitro by --------- a) A. Kornberg b) A. Garrod c) J.D. Watson d) H..G Khorana

h Nucleotides are formed of -------- Purive & Pyrimidine bases & phosphates

Pyrimidine, sugar & phosphates

Pyrimidine, sugar & phosphates

Purine, pyrinidine bases, sugar & phosphates

h The nitrogen bases in DNA are ------------ a) AUGC b) UTGC c) ATGC d) ATUC

715) A nucleoside differs from a nucleotide in not having ---------- a) phosphate b) sugar c)Nitrogen base
d) Phosphate & sugar

716) The diameter of DNA molecule is -------- a) 50 A

o b) 20 A

oc

716) The diameter of DNA molecule is -------- a) 50 A

o b) 20 A

o c) 100 A

o d) 200 A

The two strands of DNA are bound by -------- phosphate - diester bonds b) Covalent bonds

c) Ionic bonds d) Hydrogen bonds

The two strands of DNA --------- are similar in nature & complementary

are antiparallel & complementary

are basically different in Nature

are anti-parallel & non complementary

The diameter of A-DNA molecule is -------- a) 20 A

o b) 19 A

o c) 23 A

o d) 18 A

A unit composed of a sugar & base linked with -glycoside bond is known as a)

Nucleotide b) Nucleoside c) Glycoside d) Purine

Nucleotides are present in one turn of DNA helix ?

a) Nine b) Eight c) Ten d) Twenty

The type of coiling in DNA is ----------- a) Right handed b) Left handed c) Zig-zag d) Opposite

An enzyme that forms the two strands of NA

a) Polymerase b) Ligase c) Synthetase d) Helicase

Double hydrogen bond occurs in DNA between -------- a) Ademine & thymine b) Uracil & thymine

c) Thymine & Cytosive d) Adenine & guanine

The formation of m-RNA from DNA is called ------ a) Translation b) Transformation

c) Transduction d) Transcription

Transcription means synthesis of --------- a) DNA b) r-RNA c) m-RNA d) t-RNA

In RNA, base is found in place of thymine found in DNA. a) Uracil b) Adenine c) Pyridine d) Butodene

The function of nucleous is the synthesis of -------- a) DNA b) m-RNA c) r-RNA d) t-RNA

------- is the most unstable type of RNA. a) t-RNA b) viral RNA c) r-RNA d) m-RNA

The initiating codon in eukaryotes is ----------- a) GAU b) AUG c) AGU d) UAC

------- enzyme can catalyze RNA to give rise to DNA.

a) Restriction enzyme b) DNA polymerase

c) RNA polymerase d) Reverse transcriptase

The message from nuclear DNA for the synthesis of specific cytoplasmic protein is carried

by -------- a) m-RNA b) t-RNA c) S-RN d) r-RNA

733) Ribosomal RNA is synthesized in ----------- a) Nucleolus b) Nucleosome c) Riboxome d) Lysosome

734) Non genetic RNA is of ----------- a) Two types b) three types c) only one type d) five types

735) An anticodon is ------------- a) Triplet base on r-RNA b) Triplet base on t-RNA

c) Triplet base on m-RNA d) Non triplet base on r-RNA

736) RNA contains --------- a) Hexose b) Ribose c) fructosed) Glucose

737) Maximum amount of RNA is formed in the ---------- a) Nucleoplasm b) cytoplasm c) Nucleolus d)
Ribosome

738) Amino acid binding site of t-RNA is --------- a) 5' end b) -CCA3' end c) DHU loop d) Anticodonal loop

The RNA that picks up a specific amino acid from amino acid pool of cytoplasm & carries it

to ribosome during protein synthesis is --------- a) g-RNA b) t-RNA c) r-RNA d) m-RNA

The person who received a Nobel prize for describing the molecular structure of t- RNA is ------------. a)
Nirenberg b) Holley c) Ochoa d) Khorana
741) Genetic information in a DNA molecule is ended in the ------------ a) base pairings b) sequence of
nucleotides

c) proportion of each base present d) the turning pattern of the helix

The two strands of double helix model of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds between

-------- a) sugar and nitrogenous bases b) Sugar and phosphate group

c) phosphate groups and nitrogenous bases d) any nitrogenous bases

743) The number of cytosine bases in a DNA molecule is --------- a) equal to number of uracil base b)
equal to number of guanine base

c) equal to number of adenine bases d) double the number of uracil base

DNA molecules are composed of three units viz. phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing

base

a) Proteins b) lipids c) Fats d) deoxyribose

DNA molecule consists nitrogenous bases viz. the two double ring purines codenine and

guanines and 2 single ringed ------- a) deoyribose b) lipids c) phosphate d) pyrimidine

-------- proposed definitive model of molecular structure of DNA

a) Watson b) Crick c) Watson and Crick d) Levene

747) The molecular structure of DNA proposed by Watson and Crick is ----------- model. a) single b)
double-helix

c) Polyhedral d) coiled

748) The sugar molecule (De oxyribose) in each DNA nucleotide is bound to a -------- at

10, 5

th carbon position and to a phosphate group phosphate group at its 3

rd carbon

position is ----------- a) lipid group b) protein group c) phosphate group d) Not known

749) The basic molnomers used in DNA replication are ------- a) amino acids b) glucose c) DNA
nucleotides d) RNA nucleopides

750) The exact replication of DNA is possible due to the -------- a) base pairing rules b) genetic code c)
mitosis

d) fact that the DNA molecules are enclosed within a nuclear membrane. 751) --------- enzyme
catalogues the synthesis of new strands of DNA molecule. a) DNA ligase b) DNA polymerase c) nelicase
d) primase
752) In DNA replication -------- enzyme unwind the helix

a) Primase b) DNA ligase c) Topoisomerare d) Helicase

In DNA replication the Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand are joined together by

enzyme ---------- a) helicare b) primase c) DNA polymerase d) DNA ligase

In DNA replication, the primer is --------- small deoxyribonucleotide primer

small ribonuclotide primer

Helix destablishing proteins

Enzyme taking part in joining nucleotide to their complainant template bases. Topisomerase is involved
in ------------

a) producing RNA primer b) separation of DNA strands

c) providing nick in DNA d) joining the DNA segments

Okazaki segments are small ----------- a) segments of RNA b) segments of DNA

small DNA segments formed over DNA template running over 3-s direction. Okazaki fragments give rise
to ----------- a) master strand b) Lagging strand c) sense strand d) Leading strand

Leading strands during DNA replication is formed -------- a) first b) continuously c) Ahead of replication

In short segments

Formation of RNA over the temptate of DNA is ---------- a) replication b) transversion

c) translation d) transcription

The process of multiplication of DNA from DNA is known as ------ a) replication b) transversion c)
translation d) transcription

761) The area of unwinding and separation of DNA strands during replication is called -----

----- a) Initiation point b) origin c) primer d) replication fork

Two strands of DNA are --------- a) similar & parallel b) similar but not parallel

c) complementary and anti-parallel d) complementary and parallel

DNA acts as template for synthesis. a) DNA b) RNA c) Protein d) DNA and RNA

Meselson - stahl experiment confirm that DNA replication is --------- a) Conservative b) semi-conservative

c) Not conservative d) Not semi-conservative

In post replication repair of DNA molecules, there is first cross strand exchange and then -----

------ a) excision repair b) Incision repair

c) excision and incision repair d)

Replication errors are fortunately corrected by ---------------- a) primase b) ligase c) DNA polymerase d)
helicase

Eukaryotes have --------- a.One promoter in gene structure

b. Two promoters in gene structure

c. No promoter gene

d. Many promoters in gene structure

768) According to operon concept, regulator gene form ------ a) an inducer b) a repressor

c) a small peptide d) a general inhibitor

769) Regulated unit of genetic material is called -------- a) operator gene b) promoter gene

c) operon d) Regulator

770) Tryptophan operon is --------- a) repressor b) Inducible system

c) controlled by regulator gene d) made of 3 structural genes

771) Exons and introns are parts of ------------- a) DNA b) RNA c) mRNA d) t-RNA

772) Operon consists of ------------- a) Regulator & repressor b) Regulator, structural gene and operator

c) Regulator & operator d) Regulator, structural operator & promoter

773) An environmental agent that triggers transcription from operon is -------- a) depressor b) inducer c)
regulator d) controlling element

The lac operon is an example of ---------- a) arabinose operon b) inducible operon

c) overlapping gene d) repressible operon

775) In split genes the coding sequences are called ----------- a) cistrons b) introns c) exons d) operons

776) In lac operon model, the addition of lactose induces synthesis of -------- a) -galactosidase b)
permease c) transacetylase d) a,b & c

777) Gene expression in eukaryotes at a time never exceeds -------- a) 15% of the total b) 25% of the
total

c) 35% of the total d) 45% of the total

778) A split gene is -------- a) Arranged as exons and introns b) cistron

c) muton d) recon

Genes that are involved in turning 'on' or 'off' the transcription on a set of genes are called ----

------ a) Polymorphic genes b) promoter gene

c) regulator genes d) operator genes

RNA processing is --------- An event that occurs after RNA transcribed. The rejection of old worn-out RNA

An event that occurs before RNA is transcribed

Both 'a' & 'c' A gene is made up of ------------ a) DNA b) RNA c) Amino acids d) either DNA or RNA

In negative operon co-repressor --------- a) binds with repressor b) does not binds with sepresser

c) binds with induced d) None of these

Transfer of genes from owe gene pool to another is called --------- a) speciasion b) Genetic drift c)
Mutation d) Gene flow

one of the following ------- is not a component of operon model

a) primer gene b) promoter gene

c) Regulator gene d) structural gene

The operon gene of lac operon is 'turned on' when lactose molecule binds with -------- a) promoter gene
b) operator protein

c) Represser gene d) m-RNA

Lac-operon concept in E. coli was proposed by ------- a) H.G. Khorana b) Jacob and Monad

c) Watson & Crick d) Meielson and Stahl

Gerome means -------- diploid set of chromosomes

haploid set of chromosomes

polyploids set of chromosomes

triploid set of chromosomes

Regulation of gene activity is carried out by -------- a) special genes b) cytoplasm c) golgibodies d) other
genes

Modern concept of gene means -------- a) a segment of DNA b) a segment of chromosome

c) a functional unit of DNA d) all of these. 790) In operon model regulator gene functions as ------ A
functional unit of DNA

a) Regulator b) Inti c) Repressor d) stimulator

791) ---------- are called ray fungi. a) basidiomycetes b) actinomycetes c) deuteromycetes d) ascomycetes

792) Bacteria growing in hotwater springs are called ---------- . a) thermophiles b) halophiles c)
lithophytes d) cryophytes

793) Cell wall of actiomycetes is made up of ----------. a) chitin b) cellulose c) lipo-protein d)

peptidoglycon
794) Pleomorphism is one of the characteristics of ---------- . a) Phytoplasma b) viruses c) fungi d)
actinomycetes

795) Triple layered cell membrane of phytoplasma contains---------- . a) lipids b) glycan c) mannitol d)
sterol

796) Fungi cell wall is made up of ---------- . a) chitin b) cellulose c) hemicellulose

d) fungal cellulose and chitin

797) Phytoplasma can be stained with ---------- stain. a) safranin b) cotton blue c) diene's blue d) crystal
violet

798) The genetic material of viruses is ---------- . a) Only DNA b) either DNA or RNA c) only RNA d) DNA &
RNA

799) Phytoplasma are ---------- . a) saprophytes b) facultative saprophytes

c) obligate parasites d) facultative parasites

800) Viruses are ---------- . a) saprophytes b) obligate intracellular parasites

c) facultative parasites d) facultative parasites

801) Viruses multiplies in ---------- . a) culture medium b) dead tissue c) living tissue d) soil

802) Bacteria producing heat resistant structure called ---------- . a) capsules b) endospores c) exospores
d) aplanospores

803) Bacteria commonly reproduce vegetatively by ---------- . a) conjugationb) budding c) binary fission d)
chlamydospores

804) Thermoacidiophilic bacteria are found in ---------- . a) low pH water b) high salt water

c) hot water springs d) brackish water

805) Bacteria growing in extreme habitat are called ---------- . a) nitrifying bacteria b) extremophiles

c) symbiotic bacteria d) lithophytes

806) Bacteria are stained with ---------- . a) safranin b) lightgreen c) cotton blue d) crystal violet

807) Spherical bacteria are termed as ---------- . a) bacillus b) coccus c) spirillum d) vibrio

808) Spiral bacteria are referred as ---------- . a) vibrio b) coccus c) spirillum d) bacillus

809) Comma shaped bacteria are called ---------- . a) streptococcus b) diplococcus c) bacillus d) coccus

810) Rod shaped bacteria are called ---------- . a) streptococcus b) diplococcus c) bacillus d) coccus

811) Bacteria cell walls are composed of ---------- . a) aminoacids and polysaccharides b) cellulose

c) chitin d) pectin

812) Fungi exhibit ----------mode of nutrition. a) autotrophic b) hetrotrophic c) pinocytic d) phagocytic

Newly ploughed soil produce smell after rain by actinomycetes is due to emission of -

--------- . a) geosmin b) CO2 c) SO2 d) O2

814) Fungi lacks ----------. a) chitin b) pectin c) chlorophyll d) glycons

815) Fungi growing on dead organic matter are called ---------- . a) saprophyte b) parasite c) symbiont d)
obligate parasite

816) Methanagenic bacteria produce ---------- . a) SO2 b) methane c) CO2 d) O2

817) Acetobacter produces ---------- on fermentation. a) Itaconic acid b) gluconic acid c) gibberellic acid
d) kojic acid

818) Gibberella fusikuroi produces ---------- . a) gluconic acid b) gibberellic acid c) kajic acid d) Itaconic
acid

819) Aspergillus niger is used for obtaining ---------- . a) citric acid b) lactic acid c) gibberellic acid d)
antibiotics

820) Penicillin is obtained from ---------- . a) Aspergillus flavus b) Aspergillus tamari

c) Penicillium chrysogerum d) Aspergillus tamarii

821) Streptomyces griseus is used to obtained antibiotics like ---------- . a) penicillin b) grisesfulvin c)
aureofungia d) Streptomycin

822) Bacillus polymyxa is used to obtain antibiotics ---------- . a) griseofulvin b) penicilliun

c) Streptomycin d) Amoxycillin

823) Chlorotetacycline is obtained from ---------- . a) Streptomyces griseus b) Penicillium notatum

c) Streptomyces aureofaciens d) Penicillium chrysogerum

824) Yeast is used for obtaining beer from ---------- by fermentation. a) rice b) barley c) corn d) wheat

825) ---------- is used on a wide scale for obtaining vine from grapes. a) Saccharomyces cerevisiae b)
Aspergillus nigricans

c) Hordenm vulgare d) Lactobacillus plonatum

826) Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used to obtain ---------- from sugars by fermentation. a) ethyl alcohol b)
fats c) lipids d) lactic acid

827) Plant diseases are classified based on pathogen as parasitic and ---------- . a) epiphytic b) non-
parasitic c) epidemic d) sporadic

828) Necrosis refers to ---------- . a) overgrowth of tissue b) death of tissue

c) undergrowth of tissue d) malformation of tissue

829) Hypertrophy refers to ---------- . a) overgrowth of tissue b) death of tissue

c) undergrowth of tissue d) malformation of tissue

830) Localised death of tissue forming crater like appearance is known as ---------- . a) wilting b) dieback
c) necrosis d) canker

831) The disease occurring widely but periodically is called ---------- digease. a) epidemic b) endemic c)
epiphytotic d) sporadic

832) The disease occurring irregularly in relatively few instances are called -------- . a) epidemic b)
endemic c) epiphytotic d) sporadic

833) Symptoms like dwarfing and rosetting considered under ---------- . a) wilting b) neerosis c) dieback d)
hypoplasia

834) Witchesbroom / phyllody are classified under ---------- . a) shot holes b) becrosis c) hypertrophy d)
dieback

835) ---------- is known as yellowing. a) greening of leaf tissue b) distortion of leaf tissue

c) disintegration of chlorophylls d) disintegration of tissue

836) Disintegration of chlorophylls from leaves is referred as ---------- . a) chlorosis b) matting c)

malformation d) dwarfing

837) Diseases of pulses are classified as ---------- . a) pulses crop diseases b) vegetable crop diseases

c) cash crop diseases d) fruit crop diseases

838) Diseases transmitted through soil are referred as ---------- . a) air borne diseases b) soil borne
diseases

c) water borne diseases d) seed borne diseases

839) Pathogen transmitted through seed is called ---------- . a) seed borne b) soil borne

c) air borne d) water borne

840) Viral diseases are transmitted by ---------- . a) soil b) seed c) air d) insect vector

841) Pathogens causing are ---------- soil borne. a) wilting b) necrosis c) die back d) phyllody

842) Root knots are the example of ---------- . a) necrosis b) dwarfing c) hypertrophy d) motting

843) ---------- is used as a natural culture medium. a) PDA b) CDA c) Sabourds medium d) Potato cylinders

844) ---------- is a semisynthetic medium. a) PDA b) CDA c) Hogland medium d) Richards medium

845) ---------- invented pasterisation method of sterilisation. a) Louis pasteur b) Richard c) Sabourds d)
Hogland

846) Steam sterilization is done under pressure at ---------- temp. using antoclave.

a) 121

0c b) 120

0c c) 100
0c d) 131

0c

847) Steam sterilisation is done under ---------- pressure. a) 15 lbs b) 20 lbs c) 10 lbs d) 30 lbs

848) Delicate surgical implements are sterilized by ---------- . a) autoclave b) hot air c) radiations d) direct
heat

849) Liquid media sensitive to heat are sterilized by ---------- . a) autoclave b) tyndalisation c)
pasterisation d) radiation

850) Glasswares are sterilized by using ---------- . a) strong acids b) alkalis c) radiation d) direct heat

851) Soil borne organisms are cultured by using ---------- . a) leaf cut method b) tissue cut method

c) soil dilution method d) streak method

852) Agar is used as ---------- in culture media. a) solidifying agent b) liquefying agent

c) chelating agent d) nutritive agent

853) Dextrose in PDA is a source of ---------- to organisms. a) nitrogen b) sulphur c) carbon d) potassium

854) Agar Agar is obtained from ---------- . a) Gracillaria b) Oscillatoria c) Sargassum d) Batrachospermum

855) Grassy shoot of sugarcane is caused by ---------- . a) bacteria b) fungi c) Phyoplasma d) viruses

856) Casual organism of leaf spot of turmeric is ---------- . a) Cercospora personata b) Colletotrichum
falcatum

c) Taphrina maculans d) Sphacelotheca sorghi

857) Casual organism of yellow vein mosaic of bhendi is ---------- . a) Colletotrichum fulcatum b)
Xanthomonas campestris

c) Yellow vein mosaic virus d) Mycoplasma like organisms

858) Grain smut is caused by ---------- . a) Ustilago scitamineae b) Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

c) Colletotrichum fulcatum d) Sphacelotheca sorghi

859) Downy mildew of bajra is also called ---------- . a) white rust disease b) red rust disease

c) brown rust disease d) green ear disease

860) Grassy shoot disease of sugarcane is transmitted through ---------- . a) viruses b) bacteria c) insects
vectors d) fungi

861) Grassy shoot disease is commonly found in ----------. a) rice b) wheat c) barley d) sugarcane

862) Causal organism of grain smut of Jowar is ---------- . a) Xanthomohas campestris b) Sphacelotheca
sorghii

c) Taphrina maculans d) Ustilago scilamineae

863) Citrus canker is caused by ---------- . a) Taphrina maculans b) Ustilago scilamineae

c) Xanthomohas campestris d) Collection falcatum

864) Colletotrichum linelemuthianum cause ---------- disease. a) red-rot b) wheat rust c) brown rot d)
anthracnose of bean

865) Dowry mildew of bajara is caused by ---------- . a) Xanthomohas campestris b) Peronospora viticola

c) Albugo candida d) Sclerospora graminicola

866) Antibiotic like streptomycin is used against ---------- . a) brown spot disease b) citrus canker

c) leaf spot d) white rust

867) Transformation of grains into green leafy structures is referred as ---------- . a) die back b) chlorosis
c) green ears d) phyllody

868) ---------- is a non-symbiotic biofertilizer. a) VAM b) Azotobacter c) Anabaena d) Rhizobium

869) ---------- fixes biological nitrogen in root nodules. a) Acetobacter b) Azotobacter c) Rhizobium d)
Nitrobacter

870) ---------- cyanobacterium fixes biological nitrogen. a) spirogyra b) Nostoc c) Ulothrix d) Volvox

The nitrogen fixing non-symbiotic bacteria associated with maize roots are named as -

--------- . a) Acetobacter b) Azotobacter c) Enterobacter d) Azospirillum

872) VAM provide ---------- to plants. a) sulphates b) nitrates c) phosphates d) carbonates

873) ---------- blue green alga is a strong nitrogen fixer in rice field.

a) Ulothrix b) Aulosira c) Derxia d) Tolypothrix tenuis

---------- isolated from sugarcane rhizosphere that fixes biological nitrogen. a) Azotobacter croococcum
b) Azospirullum lipoferum

c) Acetobacter diazotrophicus d) Aspergillus awamarii

---------- is a phosphate solubilizing bacterium (PSB). a) Azotobacter diazotrophicus b) Pseudomonas

striata

c) Xanthomohas campestris d) Xanthobacter autotrophicus

Seed inoculation with ------- exhibited increased grain yield in Jowar and Rice. a) Azotobacter brasilense
b) Rhizabium leguminosiarum

c) Rhizobium phaseoli d) Acetobacter diazotrophicus

---------- is a symbiotic root nodule bacterium. a) Calathrix b) Ulothrix c) Psudomonas d) Rhizobium

Kingdom monera include ------- a) Bacteria b) fungi c) viruses d) Algae

Kingdom monera was cracked by ------- a) Bessey b) de Candolle c) Whittaker d) Haeckel

One of the following is rod-shaped bacterium

a) Bacillus b) Streptococcus c) Pseudomonas d) Diplococcus

Blue green algae are referred as ------ a) Nitrogen fixing fungi b) Photosynthetic bacteria

c) nitrogen-fixing bacteria d) sulphur utilizing bacteria

Curve or comma shaped bacteria are called --------- a) coccus b) vibrio c) Bacillus d) Spirillum

Spiral bacteria are termed as ------- a) Coccus b) Bacillus c) Spirillum d) vibrio

Spherical bacteria are termed as -------- a) Bacillus b) coccus c) Spirillum d) vibrio

The term 'blue green alga' refers to ----- a) Cyanobacteria b) Phosphate solubilizing bacteria

c) sulphur utilizing bacteria d) methane bacteria

886) Bacteria are stained by - stain

a) crystal violet b) Eosin c) Carmine d) Haematoxylin

Bacteria with single flagellum are called ------- a) Monotrichous b) Peritrichous c) Atrichous d)
Cephalotrichous

Bacterial cells are usually enclosed by - -------- a) slimy capsule b) suberised capsule

c) lignified capsule d) chitinous capsule

Bacterial cell wall is composed of ------ a) cellulose and chitin b) cellulose and pectin

c) chitin and pectin d) Amino acids and poly saccharides

Some bacteria found in extreme habitat are called ------- a) Extremophiles b) symbiotic bacteria

c) Osymbiotic bacteria d) Nitrifying bacteria

Thermoacidophilic bacteria found in --------- a) Hot acidic springs b) High salty water

c) low pH water d) High temp. springs

Bacteria commonly reproduce vegetatively by -------- a) conjugation b) Budding c) Binary fission d)

chlamydosperes

Some bacteria, produce heat resistant structures, called -------- a) Capsules b) Endospores c) Exospores
d) Aplanospores

One of the following is autotrophic bacterium

a) Pseudomonas b) Xanthomonas c) Chlorobium d) Rhizobium

Methanogenic bacteria produce --------- a) Oxygen b) CO2 c) Methane d) SO2

Bacteria present in milk called -------- a) Lactobacillus b) Bacillus subtitis

c) Baccillus denitrificans d) Pseudomonas

Infectious material of virus is ---------- a) DNA and RNA b) DNA or RNA c) RNA only d) DNA only

---------- can be crystallized

a) Bacteria b) Mycoplasma c) Viruses d) fungi

Virus multiplies in ------- a) culture medium b) dead tissue

c) living tissue d) soil

Viruses are ------- a) obligate intercellular parasites b) facultative parasites

c) saprophytes d) facultative saprobes

Viruses are considered to be ---------- a) Living organisms b) non-living organisms

Living organisms which have lost power of multiplication

a transitional group between non-living & living

Mycoplasma consists --------- a) only RNA b) only DNA

c) DNA & RNA both d) either DNA or RNA

Taxon having cytoplasm DNA and RNA but no cell wall is ------- a) Bacteria b) Mycoplasma c) Chlamydias
d) fungi

904) Mycoplasma contain

a) Only RNA b) only DNA

c) DNA & RNA both d) either DNA or RNA

Mycoplasma can be stained with -------- a) Methylene blue b) Carmine c) Aceto orcein d) Diene's blue

The cell membrane in mycoplasma is -------- layered

a) single b) double c) triple d) four

Cell membrane of mycoplasma contain -------- a) Sterol b) nucleic acids c) amino acids d) lipids

---------- have primitive nucleus

a) bacteria b) mycoplasma c) Actinomycetes d) Viruses

Actinomycetes are - a) Gram's negative b) Gram's positive

c) a & b both d) Only Gram's negative

--------- is blood sucking parasites of mites, lice ticks & fleas

a) Mycoplasma b) viruses c) Ricketsias d) bacteria

Ricketsias are ------- a) Gram's Negative b) Gram's positive

c) a & b both d) Only Gram's positive

--------- lacks ATP generating pathways

a) only mycoplasmas b) only Bacteria

c) only viruses d) chlamydias and viruses

Cell wall of Ricketsias contains - --- a) lipoprotein b) cellulose c) chitin d) Muramic acid

---------- are called energy parasites

a) mycoplasmas b) Rickettsias c) Chlamydias d) Viruses

Outer membrane of chlamydias contain ------- a) lipoprotein b) Peptidoglycan

c) lipopolysaccharides d) Muramic acid

One of the following cann't be cultured outside the cell

a) Bacteria b) fungi c) virsues d) both a & b

Food stored in fungal cell is --------- a) Glucose b) starch c) sucrose d) Glycogen

All fungi are ----- a) parasites b) saprophytes c) autrophs d) Heterotrophs

--------- is predatory fungi

a) Corticolous b) coprophilons c) Entomogenous d) saxi colous

A group of fungi in which sexual reproduction is either unknown or lacking --------- a) Ascomycetes b)
Basidiomycetes

c) Phycotrocetes d) Deuteromycetes

In ascomycetes, fruting bodies are of --------- type. a) Cleistothecia b) Perithecia c) Apothecia d) All of
these

Haustoria in fungi are meant for ----- a) attachment of mycelium with host b) spreading the mycelium

c) reproduction in fungi d) absorption of food

Fungi growing on dung of animals are called --------- a) coprophilous b) corticolous c) saxicolous d)
Zoophilous

The mycelium having different kinds of nuclei is called

a) monokaryotic b) Dikaryotic c) Heterozygous d) Heterokaryotic

Fungi growing on dead organic matter is called ------- a) saprophyte b) parasite c) symbiotic d)
Sporophyte

Most simple thallus in fungi converted into reproductive cells are -------- a) Holocarpic b) dimorphic c)
sporophytic d) Eucarpic

One of the following is asexually produced structure

a) Pycnidia b) Basidia c) Perithecia d) ascothecia

'+ve', '-ve' strained gametes are produced in ----------

a) Deuteromycetes b) Phycomycetes

c) Basidiomycetes d) Actinomycetes

When a portion of fungal mycelium is used in the formation of reproductive structure, the

organism is called -------- a) Eucarpic b) Holocarpic c) Acarpic d) dimorphic

h Mycelium is typically coenocytic in ------------ a) Basidiomycetes b) Ascomycetes c) Phycomycetes d)

None of these

h Deuteromycetes lack --------- a) Spores b) Hyphae c) asexual reproduction d) Sexual reproduction

932) Before sexual reproduction, mycelium in basidiomycetes become -------- a) Coenocytic b)

Monokaryotic c) dikaryotic d) Only Coenocytic

Isogamy is common in --------- a) Primitive fungi b) basidiomycetes c) deuteromycetes d) None of these

In Heterogamous ---------

female gamete is larger and male gamete is smaller

male gamete is larger & female gamete is larger

Both gamete are smaller

Both gamete are larger

Somatogamy is also called --------- a) pseudomixis b) Hologamy c) isogamy d) anisogamy

Direct fusion occurs in ---------- a) Zygomycotina b) Ascomycotina

c) Deuteromycotina d) Basidiomycotina

-------- is most efficient method of sexuality in fungi

a) somatogamy b) Holagamy c) isogamy d) anisogamy

In ---------- whole male & female thallus acts as mycelium. a) Heterogamy b) Hologamy c) Somatogamy d)
Isogamy

Puccinia is an example of

a) spermatisation b) direct fusion c) Somatogamy d) Isogamy

In isogamy ---------- both gametes are similar in size & motile

both gametes are not similar in size & motile

both gametes are similar in size & non motile

both gametes are not similar in size & non-motile

941) Uncinula belongs to order --------- a) Erysiphales b) Aspergillales c) Mucordos d) Polyporales

942) Ceistothecium in Uncinula is characterized by -------- a) Straight appendages b) curved appendages

c) forked appendages d) Branched appendages

943) Cleistothecium in Uncinula is ---------- a) without opening b) with opening

c) with or without opening d) None of these

944) Mycelium in Uncinula produce ------------ of haustoria

a) knob shaped b) cleistothecium

c) sclarothecium d) pseudothecium

945) Polyporus is -------- fungus

a) Leaf inhabiting b) Wood rotting

c) coprophilous d) entomogenous

946) Basidiocarp in Polyporus is ---------------- after maturation

a) soft, b) corky or leathery and woody

c) Not soft d) only woody

947) Polyporus belongs to ----------- family

a) Albuginaceae b) Aspergilaceae

c) Polyporaceae d) Erysiphaceae

948) Polyporus belongs to ----------- fungi

a) Truffels b) Puff ball c) Pore d) foot ball

949) Albugo is called --------- a) white rust fungus b) Brown rust fungus

c) orange rust fungus d) black rust fungus

950) Albugo commonly occurs on --------- a) cruciferous plants only b) Amaranthaceae members only

c) a and b d) Malvaceae members

951) Conidia in Albugo develops in ----------- succession. a) acropetal b) basipetal c) centripetal d)

centrifugal

952) Acetobacter produce ----------- a) citric acid b) Gluconic acid c) kojic acid d) Gibberelic acid

Cibberella fjikuroi produce --------- a) citric acid b) Gibberellic acid c) Gluconic acid d) Lactic acid

Clostridium produces ------------ a) Glucoconic acid b) fumaric acid c) lactic acid d) kojic acid

--------- is obtained from citric acid by transformation using Acetobacter terreus which is
used as resin in detergents. a) Itaconic acid b) citric acid c) Gluconic acid d) fumaic acid

Lactic acid is obtained by formentation using --------- a) Lactobacillus b) Azotobacter c) Acetobacter d)

Pseudomonas

Yogh is obtained from fermentation of milk by using

a) Streptomces lactis b) Streptoeacus thermophilus

c) Lactobacillus bulgaricus d) None of these

Butter milk is obtained by using -- a) Leuconostoc citrovorum b) Leuconostac dextranicum

c) Streptomyces cremoriu d) All of these

Kefir' a food product is obtained by using

a) Saccharomyces kefir b) Torula kefir

c) Lactobacittus caucasicus d) All of these

Cheddar cheese is obtained by using ---- a) Streptocaceus cremoris b) Streptomycis lactis, c) Mucor
pusillus d) Both a and b

Oives are prepared by using lactic acid fermentation through --------- a) Leuconostoc mosenterrides b)
Lactobacillus plantanum

c) Both a & b d) None of these

To obtain grapevine, fresh fruits of grape are fermented with ------- a) Candida vini & Candida krusei b)
Torulopsis stellate

Kloeckera apiculata & K. cortices d) All of these

The principal substrates from fresh grapes are utilized for fermentation to obtain vine, They

are ------- a) sugars and nitrogen compounds b) starch

c) Pectin d) lipids

On a large scale, ----------- is used for fermentation of fresh grapes to yield grapne-vine. a) Aspergillus
flavus b) Aspergillus nigricans

c) Aspergillus niger d) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

965) ---------- obtained from grapes

a) Bhewine b) Yellow wine c) Orange wine d) Champagne

966) ----------- is used as substrate to obtain beer by yeast fermentation. a) Rice b) Bajra (Pearlmillet) c)
Barley & malt d) Corn

967) For flavouring beer, the essential oil from ---------- plant is used. a) Humulus lupulus b) Hordeum
vulgare
c) Hordeum distichum d) Hordeum hexastichum

968) Soy sauce, a dark brown liquid with salty taste is obtained from --------- by using

Aspergillus oryzae as starter. a) Brassica nigra b) Brassica compestris

c) Brassica rapa d) Glycine max. 969) ----------- is a food product obtained from soybean fermented by
Rhizopus

a) Tempen b) Ontjom c) Soysauce d) Miso

970) ----------- is a Japanese food product obtained from soybean for flavouring meat

vegetable. a) Hamanatto b) ontjom c) sufu d) miso

971) 'sufu' a Chinese cheese made from cakes of --------- curd. a) soybean b) French bean c) kidney bean
d) Limabean

972) 'Idli' is made from backgram & rice by using ----------- as starter in fermentation. a) Torulolopsis
candida b) Aspergillus niger

c) Aspergillus flavus d) Aspergillus oryzae

By using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as starter in fermentation of sugary, starchy materials, ---

------- is obtained. a) ethyl alcohol b) oleic acid c) glycerol d) Oxdic acid. 974) Traditional Indonesian food
'Ontjom' is obtained through fermentation of -------- by

using Neurospora. a) potato b) sweet potato

c) Peanut & coconut cake d) Asporagus roots

975) Algae growing in hot water springs are called --------- a) thermophytes b) epiphytes c) cryophytes d)
endophytes

976) Algae growing on ice are called ------- a) epiphytes b) cryophytes c) endophytes d) thermophytes

977) Algal forms growing on other plants are called ----------- a) endophytes b) thermophytes c)
epiphytes d) parasites

978) Alga growing on animals, are described as -------- a) endophytes b) epiphytes c) epizoic d) endozoic

979) Blue green alga growing endozoically inside the protozoan are called ------- a) cyanallae b)
symbionts c) epiphytes d) parasites

980) Alga growing as a parasite on tea leaves is named as ------- a) Anabaena b) Nostae c) Cephaleuros d)
Chlorella

981) Blue green Alga growing as endophyte inside the leaf of Azolla fern, is named as -----

------ a) Chlorella b) Oscillatoria c) Cladophora d) Anabaena

982) --------- alga grows as endophyte inside the coralloid roots of Cycas. a) Chlorella b) Nostoc c)
Ectocarpus d) Polysiphonia
Several forms of alga remained attached to bottom or to submerged objects are called

-------- a) thermophytes b) Cryophytes c) benthos d) epipelic

984) Algal forms growing on bottom soil are called ---------- a) epipelic b) lithophytic c) epiphytes d)
epizoic

985) Symbiotic relationship of -------- with fungi, constitute a thallas of lichen. a) Nostoc b) Ectocarpus c)
Polysiphonia d) Spiragya

986) Polysiphonous thallas is found in --------- a) spiragya b) Nostoc c) Oedogonium d) Polysiphonia

987) The algal thallus appearing like a microscopic tree are called --------- . a) dendroid b) palmelloid c)
colonial d) siphonous

988) ---------- exhibit filamentous plant body. a) Nostoc b) Ulothrix c) Anabaena d) Scytonema

989) ---------- is growing in freshwater belonging to red alga. a) Ulothrix b) Oedogonium

c) Ectocarpus d) Batrachospermum

990) The branches of limited and unlimited growth are found in ----------- a) Chlorella b) Volvox c)
Spirulina d) Chara

991) The sexual reproduction in Chara is ----------- a) isogamous b) anisogamous c) Oogamous d)

heterogamous

992) --------- is the male sex organ in Chara

a) globale b) nucule c) bulbil d) protonema

993) ---------- is the female sex organ in chara

a) nucule b) bulbil c) protonema d) globule

994) The cells of Chara possess --------- shaped chloroplasts. a) cup b) stellate c) reticulate d) discoid

995) The star shaped bodies meant for vegetative reproduction in Chara are rich in --------- a) starch b)
proteins c) lipids d) cellulose

996) The wall of the globule in Chara is composed of ------- a) shield cells b) primary capitulum

c) manubrium d) secondary capitulum

997) The nucule of Chara is capped by ------- a) nodal cells b) internodal cells c) tube cells d) coronary
cells

998) The number of tube cells in a nucule of Chara are ------ a) three b) four c) five d) many

999) The number of manubrial cells in globule of Chara are ------ a) four b) eight c) sixteen d) thirty two

1000) The number of corticating filaments at a node in chara ranges from -------- a) 2-12 b) 6-20 c) 16-48
d) 24-64
1001) The oogonium of Chara is surrounded by --------- a) tube cells b) internodal cells c) nodal cells d)
coronary cells

1002) Chara baltica is a --------- a) marine alga b) fresh alga

c) lithophytic d) cryophytic

1003) Chara multiplies vegetatively by forming -------- stars. a) lipid b) protein c) nitrogenous d) amylum

1004) Plant body of Ectocarpus grow as ------ on other algae

a) benthos b) parasite c) epiphyte d) Chryophyte

1005) Ectocarpus filaments show -------- habit

a) heterotrichous b) dendroid c) palmelloid d) coccoid

1006) Apical cell of Ectocarpus is --------- shaped

a) dome b) capitate c) pointed d) lobed

1007) Chromatophores in cells of Ectocarpus are -------- a) Discoid b) cup shaped c) stellate d) reticulate

1008) The zoospores of Ectocarpus are ---------- a) uniflogellabe b) terminally biflagellate

c) laterally biflagellate d) quadric flagellate

1009) The female gametes of Ectocarpus secrete --------- a) histidine b) asparagene c) serine d) sirenine

1010) The gametes of Ectocarpus are -------- a) pyramidate b) kidney-shaped c) sickle shaped d) spiral

1011) The haploid Ectocarpus forms ------ gametangia

a) unilocalar b) plsurilocular c) bilocular d) empty

1012) Coenocytic mycelium occurs in -------- a) puccinia b) Aspergillus c) Albugo d) Uncinula

1013) Fungi cell wall is made up of ------ a) lignin b) suberin c) chitin d) fungal cellulose and chitin

1014) Parasitic fungus usually obtain nutrition by producing --------- within host tissue

a) haustoria b) appresoria c) appendages d) synnemata

1015) Fungi are ------- a) autotrophs b) Heterotrophs c) symbionts d) epiphytes

1016) Albugo causes rust commonly called ---------- a) red rust b) white rust c) brown rust d) black rust

1017) Albugo is a ----------- a) focaltative parasite b) facultative saprophyte

c) obligate parasite d) saprophyte

1018) Mycelium of Albugo is ------------ a) coenocytic b) rhizomorphic c) holocarpic d) multiseptate

1019) Sexual reproduction in Albugo is ---------- a) somatogamous b) heterogamous c) oogamous d)

isogamous
1020) Sporangia in Albugo are produced in ---------- manner. a) basipetal b) centrifugal c) centripetal d)
intercalary

1021) Cell wall of Albugo mycelium is made up of ------------ a) lignin b) suberin c) cellulose-glucan d)
mannan-glucan

1022) The reserve food in Albugo is -------- a) chitin b) proteins c) oil and glycogen d) mannan

1023) The egg in Albugo is represented by -------

a) periplasm b) ooplasm c) oosphere d) peridium

1024) The botanical name of white rust fungus is -------- a) Aspergillus niger b) Albugo canclida

c) Penicillium notatum d) Uncinula necator

1025) Mushroom is a -------- a) Saprophyte b) obligate parasite

c) epiphyte d) facultative parasite

1026) According to Ajnsworth, Aagaricus belongs to ----------- a) Deuteromycotina b) Ascomycotina

c) Basidiomycotina d) Mastigomycotina

1027) In Aagaricus sexual reproduction occurs by -------- a) Somatogamy b) binary tission c) isogamy d)
conjugation

1028) -------- is a edible field mushroom commonly occurring in rainy season. a) Agaricus xanthodermus
b) Agaricus sylvations

c) Agaricus compestris d) Agaricus placomyces

1029) The subglobose peltate umbrella shaped cap of mushroom is referred as --- a) gill b) stipe c) Pileus
d) Velum

1030) The fertile cells of Hymenium in Agaricus are called ------- a) trama b) basidia c) cystidia d) conidia

1031) --------- mycelium is observed during somatogamy in Agaricus

a) dikorytic b) monokarytic c) multikaryotic d) coenocytic

1032) Primary mycelium of opposite strain in Agaricus , fuse to form ------- mycelium. a) monokaryotic b)
coenocytic

c) dikaryotic d) polymorphic

1033) Most widely cultivated edible mushroom is ------ a) Agaricus bisporus b) Agaricus compestos

c) Agaricus sylvaticus d) Agaricus placomyces

1034) ---------- is a cultivated edible oyster mushroom. a) Agaricus bisporus b) Agaricus compestos

c) Agaricus arvensis d) Plectrotus sajor - kaja

1035) The union of two protoplasts of opposite strain is referred as ------- a) Plastrogamy b) Karyogamy
c) conjugation d) heterogamy

1036) ---------- is common in most primitive fungi

a) Anisogamy b) isogamy c) heterogamy d) Hologamy

1037) somatogamy in higher fungi is also called ------- a) apomixes b) pseudomixis

c) gametangial contact d) karyogamy

1038) morphologically distinguishable gametangia in fungi are referred as ------ a) isogametangia b)

synangia c) heterogamentangia d) spermatangia

1039) fusion of two gametangial cells in fungi is called -------- a) indirect fusion b) direct fusion

c) binary fussion d) spermatization

1040) Direct fusion occurs in --------- a) ascomycetes b) zygomycetes

c) deuteromycetes d) basidiomycetes

1041) -------- are used for study of genetic recombination

a) Bacteria b) viruses c) fungi d) alga

1042) --------- bacterial strain transformation process of genetic recombination is studied by

Griffith (1928)

a) Diplococcus pneumoniae b) Pseudomonas

c) Salmonella d) Pneumococcus

1043) ---------- process is called phage-mediated genetic transfer

a) Transformation b) Transduction c) Conjugation d) Repulsion

1044) Transducting phages are characterized by the presence of -------- a) r-RNA b) t-RNA c) m-RNA d)
bacterial DNA fragment

1045) Transduction was first studied in ---------- a) Escherichia b) Rhizobium c) Salmonella d)

Pseudomonas

1046) The extra genomic DNA segment of bacteria is ------------ a) Episome b) plasmid c) cosmid d) viroid

1047) Extra chromosomal DNA fragment in bacteria is called ---------- a) plasmid b) desmid c) cosmid d)
viroid

1048) Bacterial genome consist of ----------- a) DNA & histones b) DNA only

c) histones only d) DNA without histones

1049) The term 'plasmid' is coined by ------------ a) Lederberg b) Griffith c) Tatum d) Wollman
1050) In bacteriophage, the genetic material is ----------- a) DNA b) RNA c) only DNA d) both DNA & RNA

1051) Plant viruses have ----------- a) DNA b) RNA c) Only DNA d) both DNA & RNA

1052) Phages that show lysogenic cycle are called

a) temperate phage b) Arivulent phage

c) virulent phage d) lytic phage

1053) Transformation mechanism of recombination in bacteria is discovered by ----- a) Griffith b) Tatum

c) Lederberg and Tatum d) Zinder and Lederberg

1054) Conjugation mechanism of recombination in bacteria is discovered by ------ a) Leaderberg and

Tatum b) Zinder and Lederberg

c) F. Griffith d) Leaderberg

1055) Transduction mechanism of recombination in bacteria is discovered by -------- a) Zinder b) Zinder

and Lederberg

c) F. Griffith d) Leaderberg and Tatum

1056) Emasculation is carried out ----- a) before anthesis b) after anthesis

c) before fruiting d) after fruiting

1057) "Pure line" term coined by -------- , a Danish botanist

a) Norman Blorlaug b) Mendel c) Darmin d) Johansen

1058) The term 'arrow' is referred to the inflorescence of -------- a) Jowar b) bajra c) sugarcane d)
Groundnut

1059) The botanical name of cultivated sugarcane is ---------- a) Saccharum of icinarum b) Saccharum
spontancum

c) Saccharum robustum d) Sorghum halpense

1060) Peg formation is related with the morphological development of ovary in ----- a) Jowar b)
Groundnut c) Sugarcane d) Cotton

1061) Groundnut is ----------- crop. a) self pollinated b) cross pollinated

c) sterile d) often cross pollinated

1062) The botanical name of Groundnut is ------------ a) Arachis hypogaea b) Arachis monticola

c) Archis villosa d) Phaseolus vulgaris

1063) 'Valencia' Spanish and Virginia are varietal forms of ---------- crop. a) jowar b) sugarcane c) cotton
d) groundnut

1064) --------- is not a cross pollinated crop. a) Banana b) Papaya c) groundnut d) carrot
1065) ----------- is applied for improvement in self pollinated crops. a) Pedigree method b) Double cross

c) Multiple cross d) Back cross

1066) Emasculation means ----------- from flower. a) removal of gynoecium b) removal of petals

c) removal of anthers d) removal of sapals

1067) Early Testing method of inbred lines was proposed by ----------- a) Johansen b) Borlaug c) Jenkins d)
Swaminathan

1068) CO 740 is the ------------ resistant variety of sugarcane developed by mutation

breeding. a) rust b) smut c) red rot d) wilt

1069) TMV-10 is the Virginia bunch type variety of ---------- a) Potato b) tomato c) groundnut d) brinjal

1070) Curl Tea Cut (CTC) is an example of ------------ a) autoploidy b) allopolyploidy c) Aneuploidy d)
eupolyploidy

1071) ---------- is an example of Allopolyploidy

a) TV-29 b) Raphanobrassica c) Virginia d) Valencia

1072) ---------- is variety of wheat developed by mutation breeding

a) golden promise, b) Gautam c) Sharabati sonora d) virginia

1073) ---------- is an example of salt tolerant variety developed by mutation breeding in rice. a) Laxmi b)
Automita - 2 c) Valencia d) Spanish

1074) ---------- is used to develop genetic male sterility in cucurbits. a) maleic hydrazine b) 2-4, D c)
gibberelic acid d) cytokinin

1075) A sudden heritable change in a characteristic of an organism is called --------- a) hybridization b)

Mutation c) Selection d) emasculation

1076) Complete genetic male sterility is produced by recessive (MS) gene at ------- a) higher temperature
b) higher pressure

c) higher chilling effect d) lower temperature

1077) ------ Nobel prize winner referred as father of Green revolution.

a) M.S. Swaminathan b) Norman Borlaug

c) Jenkins d) Johansen

1078) Genetic male sterility is governed by -------------- a) Two recessive gene b) two dominant genes

c) single recessive gene d) single dominant gene

1079) ------------ is carried out to avoid