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23401.

Question : A leaf without petiole is known as :

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Sessile
Sub-sessile
Sub-petiolate
Simple

Answer :B
23402.

Question : A leaf of 20cm^(2) growth 5cm^(2) per hour and B leaf of 25cm^(2) grows 5cm^(2) per hour The relativegrowth rate of leaf A and B respectively is

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25% and 20%
20% and 25%
50% and 100%
25% and 50%

ANSWER :A
23403.

Question : A leaf peeling of Tradescantia is kept in a medium having 10% NaCl. After a few minutes if we observe the leaf peel under the microscope, we are likely to see

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Entry of WATER into the CELL
The cell BURSTING out
Diffusion of NaCl into the cell
Exit of water from the cell

Answer :D
23404.

Question : A leaf is modified to phyllode in :

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Potato
Australian
Citrus
Dalbergia

Answer :B
23405.

Question : [A]: Leaf in Daucus carota is decompound. [R]: Saprophytic and parasitic modes of nutri- . tion are considered as advanced feature

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the correct EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :B
23406.

Question : A leads to mixing of genetic material of male and female which is known as B, which result is formation of C. Fill in the above blanks with suitable option

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fertilization ( A) & syngamy ( B) & Synkaryon (C)
Fertilization (A) & APOMIXIS (B) & Embryo (C)
Syngamy (A) & AMPHIMIXIS (B) & Synkaryon (C)
Syngamy (A) & Apomixis (B) & Synkaryon (C)

Answer :C
23407.

Question : A lataral deviation of the alignment of the vertebral column is called

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Kyphosis
Scoliosis
Lordosis
Cyanosis

ANSWER :B
23408.

Question : A large proportion of oxygen remains unused in the human blood even after its uptake by the body tissues. This O_2

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Acts as a RESERVE during muscular exercise
Raises the `pCO_2` of blood to 75 mm of Hg.
Is ENOUGH to keep OXYHAEMOGLOBIN saturation at 96%
Helps in releasing more `O_2` to the EPITHELIAL tissues

Answer :A
23409.

Question : A large number of unknown species of plantsand animals are believed to be present in :-

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TEMPERATURE forests
Antarctica
TAIGA
TROPICAL FOREST

ANSWER :A
23410.

Question : A large bract which completely encloses whole inflorescence is called as :

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Spadix
Cyathium
Spathe
Involucre

Answer :C
23411.

Question : [A]: Lampbrush chromosomes arf3 found in the oocytes of certain animals during the prophase of meiosis. Such chromosomes consist of two central strands along which fine loops extend laterally. [R]: The loops are thought to be active re- gions of RNA synthesis

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

Answer :B
23412.

Question : A lakewith aninflowof domesticsewagerich inorganicwastemay result in

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DRYING of the lakevery soondue to ALGAL bloom
an increasedproductionof fishdue toof nutrients
DEATHOF fishdue to lake of oxygen

Answer :C
23413.

Question : A lake which is rich in organic waste may result in(A) increased population of aquatic organisms due to minerals(B) drying of the lake due to algal bloom(C) increased population of fish due to lots of nutrients(D) mortality of fish due to lack of oxygen

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increased population of aquatic organisms due to minerals
drying of the LAKE due to algal bloom
increased population of FISH due to LOTS of nutrients
mortality of fish due to LACK of OXYGEN 

Answer :D
23414.

Question : A lake with an inflow of domestic sewage rich in organic waste, may result in:

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Death of FISH due to LACK of oxygen
Death of LAKE very soon due to ALGAL bloom
Increased PRODUCTION of fish due to lot of nutrients
Increased population of aquatic web organisms

Answer :A
23415.

Question : A lake near a village suffered heavy mortality of fishes within a few days.Consider the following reason for this i) Lots of urea and phosphate fertilzers were used in thecrops in the vicnity.II)The area was sprayed with DDT by an aircraft .The lake water turned green and stinky.Phytoplankton population in the lake decilend initially therby greatly reducing photosynthesis. whichtwo of the above were the main causes of fish mortality in the lake?

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II,III
III,IV
I,III
I,Ii

Answer :D
23416.

Question : A lake near a village suffered heavy mortality of fishes within a few days. Consider the following reasons for this : 1. Lots of urea and phosphate fertilize were used in the crops in the vicinity 2 The area was spreyed with DDT by an aircraft3. The lake was turned green and stinky 4. Phytoplankton populations in the lake declined initially therby greatly reducing photosybthesis.

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1 and 2
2 and 3
3 and 4
1 and 3

Answer :B
23417.

Question : A Lake ecosystem is

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Artificial
Abiotic 
Natural
Hydrological 

ANSWER :C
23418.

Question : A lake community suddenly suffers from algal blooms. Using the strategy of biomanipulation, an ecologist may propose

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add FISH FEED on algae
adding mineral NUTRIENTS to the water
adding fish that cats ZOOPLANKTON
REMOVING fish that eats zooplankton

Answer :A
23419.

Question : A lake ceceiving nutrients is :

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Oligotrophic
Eutrophic
Sink
Autotrophic

Answer :B
23420.

Question : A lady, whose father was colourblind and mother was normal, got married with a man suffering from Hypertrichosis and haemophilia. What percentage of their offsprings will have alleles of two trait genotypically -

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0
0.25
0.5
0.75

Answer :C
23421.

Question : (a) Label the three tiers 1, 2, 3 given in the above age pyramid. (b) What type of population growth is represented by the above age pyramid ?

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SOLUTION :• (a) 1. Pre-REPRODUCTIVE POPULATION
2. Reproductive population
3. Post-reproductive population
• (b) Expanding or growing population
23422.

Question : A lady with pregnancy of Ist trimester had a road accident with a mild injury on her left arm and forehead. She rushed to a nearby hospital. The doctor immediately advised to have some biomedical diagnosis. a. Mention any three major biomedical equipments used for the above diagnosis. b. Justify the selection of these equipments for the diagnosis.

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Solution :a. i. X-ray to be taken for the left arm.
ii. MRI or CT SCAN to find out any abnormality in the head.
iii. Ultrasound sonography to know about the SITUATION of the developing embryo.
b. Through the X-ray film, doctors can know WHETHER there is a fracture in the left arm.
With the help of MRI or CT scan, the condition of the brain can be known whether there is damage to any part.
Ultra sound sonography helps in detecting the condition of the embryo.
23423.

Question : [A]: Kornberg and Ochoa got Nobel Prize in the field of genetics. [R]: Because they proposed mutation Theory

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

Answer :C
23424.

Question : A kind of Biotechnology involving manipulation of DNA is

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DNA replication
Genetic ENGINEERING
DENATURATION
RENATURATION

Solution :Genetic engineering
23425.

Question : [A]:Jaws suspensorium in Mammals is craniostylic. [R]: Articulation of lower jaw is at the man- dibular tossa of the squamous region of the temporal bone rather than at the quadrate.

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

Answer :A
23426.

Question : [A]: Isolation is a mechanism which prevents interbreeding among other wise potential mates.[R]: It is the key factor without which all other factors of evolution will merge into jumble of no significance

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :B
23427.

Question : [A]: It is not possible to take photograph and count chromosomes when they are highly coiled and condensed. [R]: Each species has a variable number of chromosomes.

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the correct EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

Answer :D
23428.

Question : [A]: Isolation prevents inbreeding among the otherwise potential mates.[R]: It preserves variations which can lead to speciation.

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT explanation of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :A
23429.

Question : Which of the following happens in first phase of waste water treatment ?

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ery small PARTICLES are filtered out.
Organic waste is decomposed using bacterial activity
Large SUSPENDED substances are filtered out.
Water is chlorinated. 

ANSWER :C
23430.

Question : (a) is the smallest prokaryote and can survive with out (b)

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(a) asterococcus mycoides, (B)Oxyzen
(a) MYCOPLASMA mycoides, (b) WATER
(a) Mycoplasma GALLISEPTICUM, (b) Oxyzen
(a) Mycoplasma gallisepticum, (b) Water

Answer :C
23431.

Question : a' is associated with whom in figure ?

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Condensor
REACTION CHAMBER
Flask
Electrod

Solution :Reaction chamber
23432.

Question :(a)is the extrachromosomal DNA present in(b)of prokaryotic cell.

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(a) Mesosome (b) PLASMAMEMBRANE
(a) Mesosome (b) Cell WALL
(a) PLASMID (b) NUCLEUS
(a) Plasmid (b) Cytoplasm

Answer :D
23433.

Question : (a) India has greater ecosystem diversity than norway .Do you agree with the statement? Given reasons in support of your answer (b) Write the difference between genetic biodiversigy and species biodiversity that exists at all the levels of biologicval orgainisation

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Solution :(a) India has GREATER ecosystem diversity than norway yes because of desert rain forest mangrovescoral reefs wetlands estureaies and alphine meadows
(b) Genetic diversity:
(i)Genetic diversity is the TOTAL number of genetic characteristics in the genetic MAKE up of a speicis
(ii) A single speices musght show high diversity at the genitc level (e.g chinese indian american african) etc india has more than 50000 genetically different strains of rice and 1000 varities of mango.
(iii) Genetic diversity allows species to adopt to changing environments .This diversity aims to ensure that some species survive drastic changes and thus carry on disirable genes.
specific diversity :
(i) It is the ratio of one species population over total number of organisms across all species in the givben biome zero would be infinete diversity and one represents only one speices present
(ii) Species diversity is a measure of the diversity within an ecological COMMUNITY that incorporated both species richness (the number of speices in a community ) and the evenesss of speices
(iii) For example the western Ghats have a greater amplhibian speices diversity than the eastern ghats .thereare more than 200000 species in india of which several are confined to indian (endemic)
23434.

Question : A: Irreparable computers and other electronic goods are known as electronic waste (e-waste). R : More than 50% of e-waste generated by the developed countries is exported to developing(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.(C) Assertion is true but Reason is false.(D) Assertion is false but Reason is true. countries.

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Both Assertion and REASON are true and Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Assertion is false but Reason is true. 

Answer :C
23435.

Question : [A]: Incompatibility is a gene physiological process. [R]: Moderately high temperatures are also known to reduce self incompatibility reaction in certain plants.

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is false
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :B
23436.

Question : a. In which part of the human female reproductive system do the following events take place? I - Release of 1^(st) polar body. II - Release of 2^(nd) polar body III - Fertilisation IV - Implantation b. From where do signals for parturition originate and what does maternal pituitary release for stimulating uterine concentrations for child birth?

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Solution :a. I - STROMA of the ovaryII - Ovary
III - Fallopian tube IV - Uterus
b. From uterus SIGNALS for parturition originate and oxytocin from posterior lobe of PITUITARY STIMULATES uterine contractions for child BIRTH.
23437.

Question : [A] :In vertebrates, motor fibres to striped muscle. parasympathetic fibres to smooth muscle. and preganglionic sympathetic ii- bres are cholinergic. [R]: Cholinergic designates the type of nerve fibre that releases acetylcho|ine from its end- ing when stimulated by a nerve impulse.

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If both A and R are true and R is the correct EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

Answer :A
23438.

Question : [A]: In vertebrates, motor fibres to striped muscle, parasympathetic fibres to smooth muscle, and preganglionic sympathetic fi- bres are cholinergic. [R]: Cholinergic designates the type of nerve fibre that releases acetylcholine from its end- ing when stimulated by a nerve impulse

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :A
23439.

Question : A. In the figure, which is the coccus form of bacteria

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ANSWER :B
23440.

Question : [A]: In some organisms the end stages of the ancestral development pattern are dropped, as ·in case of neoteny.[R]: In some animals, some middle stages are dropped in the descendents

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is false
If both A and R are false

Answer :B
23441.

Question : .A. in the above trancription unit is

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Promoter
Terminator
STRUCTURAL gene
Regulator

ANSWER :A
23442.

Question : [A] :In old age, the skin gets wrinkled. [R]: Epidermis has a single layer of cells.

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If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :C
23443.

Question : [A]: In paracentric inversions the centromere is outside the inverted segment. [R]: In pericentric inversion, the inverted seg- ment includes the centromere

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT explanation of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

Answer :B
23444.

Question : [A] :In mammals, ends of presynaptic fibres are enlarged to form synaptic Knobs which are separated by a synaptic cleft from postsynaptic neurons. Each synaptic knob contains many mitochondria and small gran- ule-Iike synaptic vesicles filled with minute packets of the chemical that transmits im- pulses to postsynaptic neurons. [R]: The chemical transmitters are called neurohumors which proportionate to K^+in- flux.

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT explanation of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is false
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :C
23445.

Question : [A]: In low degree smoking is helpful [R]: In low doses, nicotine stimulates con- duction of nerves impulses & relaxes the muscles

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If both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :A
23446.

Question :(a) In human genome which one of the chromosomes has the most genes and which one has the fewest? (b) Scientists have identified about 1.4 million single nucleotide polymorphs in human genome. How is the information of their existence going to help the scientists?

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Solution :(a) Chromosome Is has the most GENES and chromosome Y the least. (b) Scientists have identified about 1.4 million locations, where DNA differs in single base in human beings, CALLED single nucleotide polymorphism. Such observations help in FINDING chromosomal locations for DISEASE associated sequences and tracing human history
23447.

Question : [A]: In large groups of animals and plants, there are identical enzymes and hormones available.[R]: This suggests organic evolution

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If both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
If A is true and R is FALSE
If both A and R are false

ANSWER :A
23448.

Question : (a) in humans, males are heterogametic and females are homogametic. Explain. Are there any examples where males are homogametic and females heterogametic ?

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SOLUTION : (a) The term homogametic and heterogametic refer to the organism depending upon whether all the GAMETES contain one or same type of sex chromosome (Homo = same) or two different types of sex CHROMOSOMES (HETERO = different).
= (i) Humans show XX/XY type of sex determination, i.e. Females contain two copies of X chromosome and males contain one X and one Y chromosome. (ii) Therefore, ova produced by females contain the same sex chromosome, i.e. X. (iii) On the other hand the sperms contain two different types of chromosomes, i. e. 50% sperms have X and 50% have Y chromosome open from half the autosomes (Meiosis). Therefore, the sperms are different with respect to the composition of sex chromosome.
=In case of humans, females are considered as homogametic (XX). Males are considered as heterogametic (XY). Yes, there are examples where males are homogametic and females are heterogametic. In some birds the mode of sex determination is denoted by ZZ (males) and ZW (females)
23449.

Question : A -In human male, testes are extraabdominal and lie in scrotal sacs. R -Scrotum acts as thermoregulator and keeps temperature lower by 2^@C for normal sperm production.

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a) A and R are true, R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A
b) A and R are true, R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) Both A and R are false

Solution :A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A
23450.

Question : (a) In humans, males are heterogametic and females are homogametic, Explain. Are there any examples where males are homogametric and females are heterogametic ? (b) Also describe as to, who determines the sex of an unborn child ? Mension whether temperature has a role in sex determination.

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Solution :(a) (i) The term homogametic and heterogamete refer to the organism DEPENDING upon whether all the gametes contain one type of sex chromosome (Homo = same) or two different types of sex chromosomes (Hetero = different) HUMANS show XXXY type of determination i.e. Females contain 2 copies of X chromosome and males contain 1 X & 1 Y chromosome. Therefore, ova produced by females contain the same sex chromosome i.e. X. On the other hand the sperms contain 2 different types of chromosomes i.e. 50% sperms have X and 50% have Y chromosome open from half the autosome (Meiosis). Therefore, the sperms are different with respect to the composition of sex chromosome. In CASE of humans, females are considered to be homogametic while males are heterogametic.
(ii) Yes, there are examples where males are homogametic and females are heterogametic. In some birds the mode of sex determination is denoted by ZZ (males) and ZW (females).
(b) As a rule the heterogametic organism determines the sex of the unborn child. In case of humans, since males are heterogametic it is the father and not the mother who decides the sex of child. In some animals like crocodiles, lower temperature favour hatching of female offsprings and higher temperatures lead to hatching to male offsprings.