2010
Paper I
Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20)
(i) Choanocytes are found in?
(a) Coelentrate
(b) Annelida
(c) Porifera
(d) Arthropoda
(e) All of these
(c) Porifera
(ii) House fly is a common insect having ______ legs.
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) None of these
(a) 4
(iii) Silver fish is included in:
(a) Pisces
(b) Arthropoda
(c) Annelida
(d) None of these
(c) Annelida
(iv) Number of vertebrae in neck of a giraffe are:
(a) 10
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) None of these
(c) 7
(v) Flame cell is typical of:
(a) Annelida
(b) Chordata
(c) Porifera
(d) Platyhelminthes
(e) None of these
(d) Platyhelminthes
(vi) Nervous system originates from:
(a) Epidermis
(b) Mesodermis
(c) Endodermis
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(d) None of these
(vii) Mammals are characterized by:
(a) Mammary Glands
(b) Hair
(c) All of these
(d) None of these
(c) All of these
(viii) Nucleus is not present in RBC of:
(a) Fish
(b) Snake
(c) Bird
(d) Mammal
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
(ix) Scales in fish derive their origin from:
(a) Epidermis
(b) Mesodermis
(c) Endodermis
(d) None of these
(b) Mesodermis
(x) Sound in insect is produced through:
(a) Mouth
(b) Tracheal movements
(c) Wing beat
(d) None of these
(c) Wing beat
(xi) Sole of foot in man has ______ location:
(a) Dorsal
(b) Ventral
(c) lateral
(d) None of these
(b) Ventral
(xii) Coelome in adult mammals is represented by:
(a) Visceral cavity
(b) Cavity in brain
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
(a) Visceral cavity
(xiii) The Skeleton in insects is:
(a) Exoskeleton
(b) Endoskeleton
(c) None of these
(d) Both of these
(a) Exoskeleton
(xiv) Sea horse is included in:
(a) Mammals
(b) Fish
(c) Reptiles
(d) None of these
(b) Fish
(xv) Circulatory system is open type in:
(a) Annelida
(b) Insects
(c) Mammals
(d) None of these
(b) Insects
(xvi) The body cavity is regarded as pseudocoele in Nematodes because:
(a) Has ectodermal origin
(b) Not completely lined by Mesodermal epithelium
(c) Has endodermal origin
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(b) Not completely lined by Mesodermal epithelium
(xvii) True metameric segmentation is characteristic of:
(a) Molluses
(b) Annelida
(c) Arthropoda
(d) None of these
(b) Annelida
(xviii) Hollow dorsal nervous system is present in:
(a) Amphiexus
(b) Fish
(c) Mammals
(c) None of these
(e) All of these
(e) All of these
(xix) Contractile vacuole in protozoa is mainly responsible for:
(a) Excretion
(b) Osmoregulation
(c) respiration
(d) None of these
(b) Osmoregulation
(xx) Scorpion is included in:
(a) Insects
(b) Arachnida
(c) Echinodermata
(d) None of these
(b) Arachnida
Paper II
Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20)
(i) Cell membrane is formed of:
(a) Carbohydrate
(b) Lipid
(c) Protein
(d) Lipoprotein
(e) None of these
(d) Lipoprotein
(ii) Electron transport chain reaction occur in:
(a) Cell membrane
(b) Cell wall
(c) Endoplasm
(d) Mitochondrion
(e) None of these
(d) Mitochondrion
(iii) Ribosomes in cell are responsible for:
(a) Protein formation
(b) Glycolysis
(c) Lipid breakdown
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
(a) Protein formation
(iv) Golgi complex is responsible for:
(a) Carbohydrate metabolism
(b) Protein synthesis
(c) Lipid synthesis
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(e) All of these
(v) Basic excretory chemicals in all the cells is:
(a) Urea
(b) Uric acid
(c) Ammonia
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(b) Uric acid
(vi) Oxygen transport from lungs to tissue occurs through:
(a) Difference in pressure
(b) Solubility in plasma
(c) Attachment with RBC surface
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(c) Attachment with RBC surface
(vii) FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) is produced in:
(a) Ovary
(b) Hypothalamus
(c) Pituatary
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(c) Pituatary
(viii) Lipase is an enzyme responsible for:
(a) Carbohydrate metabolism
(b) Lipid breakdown
(c) Protein breakdown
(d) None of these
(a) Carbohydrate metabolism
(ix) Law of segregation is applicable to:
(a) Homozygous individual
(b) Heterozygous individual
(c) Both Homozygous and heterozygous
(d) None of these
(d) None of these
(x) Sex linked genes concern:
(a) Sex characters
(b) Somatic character
(c) Mostly somatic character
(d) None of these
(a) Sex characters
(xi) XXY individual in man is a phenotypic male, because:
(a) Two X chromosomes are present
(b) Y-chromosome is present
(c) Both X and Y chromosomes are present
(d) None of these
(b) Y-chromosome is present
(xii) Trisomic condition can be produced through:
(a) Primary Non-disjunction
(b) Secondary non-disjunction
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
(a) Primary Non-disjunction
(xiii) First living organism on this planet was:
(a) A protozoan
(b) An algae
(c) Bacteria
(d) A virus
(e) None of these
(c) Bacteria
(xiv) Theory of Natural Selection was proposed by:
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) A.R. Wallace
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
(a) Charles Darwin
(xv) Lamarck’s theory of inheritance of acquired characters says:
(a) Environment forces a character
(b) Environment selects a character
(c) Environment has no effect
(d) None of these
(a) Environment forces a character
(xvi) Orthoselection means:
(a) Selection occurring at different times
(b) Selection occurring at different rates
(c) Selection occurring in one direction
(d) None of these
(e) All of these
(c) Selection occurring in one direction
(xvii) Haeckle’s biogenetic law says:
(a) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny
(b) Phylogeny repeats ontogeny
(c) None of these
(d) Both a and b together
(a) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny
(xviii) Ecosystem is a system involving biotic and abiotic components which:
(a) Interact
(b) Interact for energy flow
(c) No interaction
(d) None of these
(b) Interact for energy flow
(xix) Nitrogen biogeochemical cycle is regarded as gasous cycle because:
(a) Nitrogen is a gas
(b) Recycling is almost complete
(c) Major part of cycle is in gasous state
(d) None of these
(a) Nitrogen is a gas
(xx) Raw material for evolution are variation, which are produced through:
(a) Gene mutation
(b) Chromosomal aberration
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
(a) Gene mutation