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14001.

Question : Name the structure in leaflet of Cycas, which performs the function of lateral vein.

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SOLUTION :TRANS FUSION TISSUE.
14002.

Question : Name the strains used in Gram staining procedure.

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SOLUTION :CRYSTAL VIOLET and SAFRANIN.
14003.

Question : Name the stage of the cell cycle at which, each one of the following events occur : Pairing between homologous chromosomes takes place.

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SOLUTION :ZYGOTENE.
14004.

Question : Name the stage of cell cycle at which one of the following events occur Pairing between homologous chromosomes takes place.

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SOLUTION :ZYGOTENE
14005.

Question : Name the stage of cell cycle at which one of the following events occur Crossing over between homologous chromosomes takes place

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SOLUTION :PACHYTENE
14006.

Question : Name the stage of cell cycle at which one of the following events occur : (i) Chromosomes are moved to spindle equator. (ii) Centromere splits and chromatids separate. (iii) Pairing between homologous chromosomes 'takes place. (iv) Crossing over between homologous chromosomes takes place.

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SOLUTION :(i) METAPHASE
(II) Anaphase
(iii) Metaphase of Meiosis - I
(iv) PROPHASE of Meiosis - I
14007.

Question : Name the stage of cell cycle at which one of the following events occur Chromosomes are moved to spindle equator.

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SOLUTION :ANAPHASE I
14008.

Question : Name the spherical structures foundin the inner surface of lamellar membrane :

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Quantasomes
Stroma
Granum
Thylakoid

Answer :a
14009.

Question : Name the stage of cell cycle at which one of the following events occur Centromere splits and chromatids separate.

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SOLUTION : ANAPHASE II
14010.

Question : Name the specialised connective tissue.

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SOLUTION :CARTILAGE, BONES and BLOOD.
14011.

Question : Name the special structures in deuteromycetes that produces conidia.

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SOLUTION :Pycnidium , ACERVULUS, sporodochium and synnemata.
14012.

Question : Name the special structures by which lichens reproduces.

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SOLUTION :SOREDIA.
14013.

Question : Name the smallest blood vessel.

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SOLUTION :CAPILLARIES
14014.

Question : Name the smallest bones in the body.

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Solution :3 EAR osssicles or bones MALLEUS, INCUS and STAPES.
14015.

Question : Name the smallest angiosperm.

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ANSWER :Wolffia
14016.

Question : Name the site (s) of pyruvate synthesis. Also, write the chemicalreaction whereinpyruvic acid dehydrogenaseacts as a catalyst.

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Solution :Pyruvate is made at the end of Glycolysis . Two molecules of pyruvate are FORMED from molecule of Glucose.
Pyruvic acid dehydrogenase forms Acetyl CoA frompyruvic acid. For that`NAD^(+)`coenzyme Aand `Mg^(+2)` are necessary .
Equation :
Pyruvic acid `+ CoA+ NAD + underset("Pyruvate dehydrogenase ")overset (MG^(+2))to "Acetyl "CoA + NADH + H^(+) + CO_(2) uarr`
14017.

Question : Name the sensory organs of arthropods?

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SOLUTION :ANTENNAE, Simple and COMPOUND EYES , statocysts .
14018.

Question : Name the scientists who proposed cell theory. Also list its main postulates.

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SOLUTION :By Schleiden & Schwann
– All living organisms are COMPOSED of cell and PRODUCTS of cell.
– All CELLS arise from pre–existing cells (by Virchow)
14019.

Question : Name the scientists who postulated the cell theory.

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SOLUTION :MATTHIAS Jakob Schleiden and THEODORE SCHWANN.
14020.

Question : Name the scientists who discovered sexual reproduction inbacteria.

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SOLUTION :Joshua Lederberg and EDWARD L. Tatum (1946) in E. COLI.
14021.

Question : Name the scientists who discovered HMP shunt. Also expand the term HMP shunt.

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Solution :HMP shunt refers to Hexose Monophosphate shunt which was DISCOVERED by WARBURG. Dickens and LIPMANN.
14022.

Question : Name the scientists who developed electron microscope.

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SOLUTION :M. KNOLL and E. RUSKA.
14023.

Question : Name the scientist who proposed the fluid mosaic model about the structure of plasma membrane. Describe the stucture of plasma membrane according to the model.

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SOLUTION :Singer and Nicolson
Lipidbilayer (POLAR head and HYDROPHOBIC tail)
Protein - integral and peripheral
PHOSPHOGLYCERIDES
14024.

Question : Name the scientists who proposed the cell theory.

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MATTHIAS SCHLEIDEN and THEODOR SCHWANN.

Solution :Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann.
14025.

Question : Name the scientist who proposed the C_4pathway. Name one such plants.

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SOLUTION :HATCH and SLACK. MAIZE and SORGHUM.
14026.

Question : Name the scientist who introduced the term protoplasm.

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SOLUTION : J. E. PURKINJE.
14027.

Question : Name the scientist who are credited with cell theory.

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SOLUTION :SCHLEIDEN and SCHWANN.
14028.

Question : Name the scientist associated with cohesion-tension theory

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SOLUTION :Henry H. Dixon and John H. JOLLY
14029.

Question : Name the scientist who coined the term 'chromosome'.

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SOLUTION : W. WALDEYER.
14030.

Question : Namethe respiratorysurfacein the human lung .

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SOLUTION :ALVEOLI.
14031.

Question : Name the ring of hygroscopic tooth-like structures encirclingthe mouth of the capsule of mosses.

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SOLUTION :PERISTOME
14032.

Question : Name the roots that arise from any other plant part except the radicle.

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SOLUTION :ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS.
14033.

Question : Name the respiratory pigments of annelids?

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SOLUTION :HAEMOGLOBIN and CHLOROCRUORIN.
14034.

Question : Name the respiratory pigment of molluscs.

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SOLUTION :HAEMOCYANIN, a COPPER CONTAINING PIGMENT.
14035.

Question : Name the respiratory organs of cockroach.

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SOLUTION :TRACHEAE
14036.

Question : Name the respiratory organs of flatworm,earthworm, fish, prawn, cockroach and cat.

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SOLUTION :Flatworm-Body SURFACE
Earthworm-Moist SKIN
Fish-Gills
Prawn-Gills
Cockroach-Trachea
Cat-Lungs
14037.

Question : Name the region of lungs where exchange of gases occurs.

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ANSWER :ALVEOLI SACS
14038.

Question : Name the region of light carotenoids absorption.

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SOLUTION :Blue-violet REGION of LIGHT.
14039.

Question : Name the region of brain, which constitutes ‘brainstem’.

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SOLUTION :Mid brain, HIND brain (PONS, MEDULLA oblongata)
14040.

Question : Name the reactant used and products formed during oxidation of pyruvic acid.

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Solution :`{:("Reactants used", "Products FORMED"),("1 mol. of phyruvic ACID", "1 mol. of acetyl CoA"),("1 mol. of COENZYME A", 1 H^(+)),(1 NAD^(+),1 NADH^(+)),(,1 CO_(2)):}`
14041.

Question : Name the pyrimidines found in DNA.

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SOLUTION :THYMINE and CYTOSINE are pyrimides in DNA.
14042.

Question : Name the proteins present in the blood that play important part in clotting of blood.

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SOLUTION :PROTHROMBIN and FIBRINOGEN.
14043.

Question : Name the protozoan which inhabits the intestine of termites.

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SOLUTION :Trichonymph
14044.

Question : Namethe proteins which regulates the contraction of muscles .

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SOLUTION :ACTIN , MYOSIN, TROPOMYOSIN and TROPONIN .
14045.

Question : Name the proteins present in muscles .

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SOLUTION :ACTIN and MYOSIN.
14046.

Question : Name the proteins associated with locomotory and skeletal orgenelles of a cell.

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SOLUTION :Tubulin, dynein and nexin are PROTEINS if cilia and flagella , tubulin of microtubules , actin and myosin of microfilaments , Keratin, desmin, vimentin, `NF_(i)`, `NF_(m)`, `NF_(h)` and glial fibrilary acid protein (GFAP) of intermediate FILAMENTS.
14047.

Question : Name the proteins involved in the activation of genes & their proteins to performs cell division.

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SOLUTION :KINASES & CYCLINS.
14048.

Question : Name the protein which form the intercellular ground substance.

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ANSWER :COLLAGEN.
14049.

Question : Name the protein present in the flagella of bacteria.

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SOLUTION :FLAGELLIN
14050.

Question :Name the protein found in A-band and l-band of a myofibril.

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SOLUTION :MYOSIN and ACTIN PROTEINS RESPECTIVELY.