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1.

Define Organogenesis.

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The morphological changes occur in the callus leading to the formation of shoot and roots is called organogenesis.

2.

How much heat energy is released when 5g of water at 20°C changes to ice at 0°C? [Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2Jg-1 °C-1 Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336Jg-1]

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θ = mcΔθ + mL

= 5 x 4.2 x 20 + 5 x 336

= 420 + 1,680

= 2,100Joule 

3.

Mention any three macronutrients and micronutrients used in MS medium.

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Macronutrients:

1. Ammonium nitrate 

2. Potassium nitrate 

3. Calcium chloride

Micronutrients:

1. Manganese sulphate 

2. Zinc sulphate 

3. Potassium iodide

4.

Given below are the secondary metabolites. Mention their plant source1. Digoxin 2. Vincristine..

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1. Digoxin is obtained from Digitalis purpuria. 

2. Vincristine is obtained from Catharanthus roseus.

5.

Synseeds are developed by encapsulating embryoids with ___________ (a) Sodium chloride (b) Potassium iodide (c) Sodium alginate (d) Potassium dichromate

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(c) Sodium alginate

6.

How will you avoid the growing of microbes in nutrient medium during culture process? What are the techniques used to remove the microbes?

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The microbial growth in culture medium can be overcome by autoclaving the medium at Plant Tissue Culture II 121°C (15 psi) for 15 to 30 minutes.

Chemical sterilization using chemicals, sterilizing using UV radiation. Alcoholic sterilization using ethanol, autoclaving and filtration etc., are the various techniques used to remove microbes.

7.

Name the two inherent capacity responsible for cellular totipotency.

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Redifferentiation and Dedifferentiation.

8.

Source of agar is _____

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Marine algae (Sea weeds)

9.

Write the composition of vitamins used in MS medium.

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Glycine 2.0 mg/1, Nicotinic acid 0.5 mg/1, Pyridoxin HC10.5 mg/1 and Thiamine HC10.1 mg/1.

10.

How the autoclaving is done for culture media?

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Culture media are dispensed in glass containers, plugged with non-absorbent cotton or sealed with plastic closures and then sterilized using autoclave at 15 psi (121°C) for 15 to 30 minutes.

11.

What is Agar? Mention its role in plant tissue culture.

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Agar is a complex mucilaginous polysaccharide obtained from marine algae (sea weeds), used: as solidifying agent of culture media.

12.

Name any four culture media used in plant tissue culture,

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1. Murashige and Skoog medium 

2. Gamborg medium 

3. White medium 

4. Nitsch’s medium

13.

An electrolyte is(a) A solution(b) A metal plate(c) A non metal(d) A liquid that conduct electricity

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(d) A liquid that conduct electricity

14.

What is used to protect the circuit from overload and short circuit?(a) Fuse(b) Electric bell(c) Electric coil(d) Magnetic needle

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Fuse is used to protect the circuit from overload and short circuit.

15.

State True/False a string is automatically appended by a null character.

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A string is automatically appended by a null character. True

16.

Which mode of Python invoking the interpreter without passing a script file as a parameter ?

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Interactive Mode Programming.

17.

Which mode of Python invoking the interpreter with a script parameter begins execution of the script and continues until the script is finished ?

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Script Mode Programming.

18.

What is the difference between a WHERE clause and a HAVING clause of SQL SELECT statement.

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WHERE is used to filter records before any groupings take place. HAVING is used to filter values after they have been groups. Only columns or expressions in the group can be included in the HAVING clause's condition.

19.

Multi line comment starts with ..... and ends with ........(a) /’ and ‘/ (b) */ and /*(c) /* and */ (d) ‘/ and /’

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(c)  /* and */

20.

We know that C++ is a high level language. From the following which statement is true.(a) C++ contains English like statements. (b) C++ contains mnemonics (c) C++ contains only 0 and 1 (d) None of these

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(a) C++ contains English like statements.

21.

C++ is a ....... language. (a) High level (b) Low level (c) Middle level (d) None of these

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(a) High level

22.

Pick the hexa decimal integer from the following.(а) 217 (b) 0 × 217 (c) 0217 (d) None of these

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(b) 0 × 217, an hexa decimal integer precedes Ox.

23.

C++ is a successor of ........ language.(a) C# (b) C (c) Java (d) None of these

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C++ is a successor of C language.

24.

From the following pick a character constant.(a) ’A’ (b) ‘ALL’ (c) ‘AIM’ (d) None of these

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(a) ‘A’, a character enclosed between single quote.

25.

C++ was developed at ..............(a) AT & T Bell Laboratory (b) Sanjose Laboratory (c) Kansas University Lab (d) None of these

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(a) AT & T Bell Laboratory

26.

Non graphic symbol can be represented by using .............

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Escape Sequence.

27.

From the following which is not a character constant.(а) ‘c’ (b) ‘e’ (c) ‘d’ (d) “c”

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(d) “c”, It is a string constant the others are character constant.

28.

C++ was developed by.......... (a) Bjarne Stroustrup (b) James Gosling (c) Pascal (d) None of these

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(a) Bjarne Stroustrup.

29.

Manish wants to write a program to produce a beep sound. Which escape sequence is used to get an alert (sound). (a) \a (b) \d (c) \s (d) None of these

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Manish wants to write a program to produce a beep sound. Which escape sequence is \a

30.

To represent null character .......... is used (a) \n (b) \0 (c) \f (d) \s

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To represent null character \0 is used.

31.

From the following pick a string constant. (a)  ‘a’ (b) “abc” (c) ‘abc’ (d) None of these

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(b) “abc”, a character constant must be enclosed between double quotes.

32.

Ajo wants to print a matter in a new line. Which escape sequence is used for this?(a) \a (b) \n(c) \s (d) None of these

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\n is used for this

33.

From the following which is known as string terminator (a) ‘\0’ (b) ‘\a’ (c) *\s* (d) ‘\t’

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 ‘\0’ is known as string terminator

34.

Adeline wrote a C++ program namely sum.cpp and she compiled the program successfully with no error. Some files are generated. From the following which le is a must to run the program(a) sum.exe (b) sum.obj (c) sum.vbp (d) sum.htm

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sum.exe file is a must to run the program

35.

The ______________ manager updates the operating system as well as other softwares periodically.

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Correct Answer is  Package

36.

True or False:The keyboard is an input device that enters numbers and characters.

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Correct Answer is  True

37.

True or False:The main function of hardware devices is to direct commands and data into computers.

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Correct Answer is  False

38.

Describe the liver and list out its functions.

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Liver is the largest digestive gland of the body which is reddish brown in colour. It is divided into two main lobes, right and left lobes. On the undeside of the liver, the gall bladder is present. It stores the bile which is secreted by the liver. The bile is secreted into the smll intestine when food enters it. Bile helps in the digestion of fats.

Functions of Liver:

  • Controls blood sugar and amino acid levels
  • Synthesizes foetal red blood cells
  • Produces fibrinogen and prothrombin, used for clotting of blood
  • Destroys red blood cells
  • Stores iron, copper, vitamins A and D.
  • Produces heparin (an anticoagulant)
  • Excretes toxic and metallic poisons
  • Detoxifies substances including drugs and alcohol
39.

Tabulate the enzymes secreted by the digestive glands secrete in a human body.

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Digestive glandsEnzymes
Salivary glandsPtyalin (Salivary amylase)
Gastric glandsPepsin
Rennin (in infants)
PancreasPancreatic amylase
Trypsin
Chymotrypsin
Pancreatic lipase
Intestinal glandsMaltase
Sucrase
Lipase

40.

Differentiate Domain name and URL?

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Domain name:

1. Domain name is the trAnswer:lated and simpler form of IP address

2. Part of URL

3. It is subdivided into subdomains eg, .in, .uk

URL:

1. URL is the full web address used to locate a webpage

2. Complete web address including domain names.

3. It is divided into method domain name, port, path www.ibm.com

41.

“The codon is a triplet and is read in a contiguous manner without punctuations.” Provide the genetic basis for the statement.

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Since there are only four bases which code for twenty amino acids, the code should be made up of three bases, i.e., (4 × 4 × 4) = 64 codons; a number more than the required.

If the codon consists of four letters, only (4 × 4), only sixteen codons are possible, which is less than the required. Hence the codon is a triplet. 

As the ribosome moves on mRNA, continuously without break, the codons are read in a contiguous manner.

42.

Describe the three parts of small intestine.

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The small intestine is the longest part of the alimentary canal. 

It comprises of 3 parts – duodenum, jejunum and ileum.

  • Duodenum is C-shaped and receives the bile duct (from liver) and pancreatic duct (from pancreas).
  • Jejunum is the middle part of the small intestine. It is a short region. It contains the enzymes like sucrase, maltase, lactase and lipase.
  • Ileum forms the lower part of the small intestine. It is the longest part of the small intestine. It contains minute finger like projections called villi. Absorption of food takes place here.
43.

Who proposed the term ‘Allelomorph’?(A) Hugo De Vries(B) Morgan(C) Tschermak(D) Bateson

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Correct answer is D.

Alleles, the abbreviated form of term allelomorphs indicates alternative forms of the same gene.

44.

What is spermatogenesis?

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The process of formation of sperms is called spermatogenesis.

45.

Verify the following using Boolean Law as:X+Z=X+X’Z+Y.Z

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Taking RHS

X + X'Z + YZ

= (X + X') . (X + Z) +YZ (Distribution Law)

= 1.(X + Z) + YZ                        (A + A' = 1)

= X + Z + YZ

= X + Z (1 + Y)

= X + Z             (1 + A =1; 1.A =A)

= Hence Verified

46.

Verify the following using the truth table:(i) X+0=X(ii) X+x’=1

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(i)  

X0Y =X + 0
000
101

Hence, X + 0 = X

(ii)

XX'Y = X + X'
011
101

Hence,X + X' = 1

47.

Verify the following using Boolean Law as:A+C=A+A’.C+B.C

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A + C = A + A 'C + BC

Solve R.H.S

A + A'C + BC

(A + A').(A + C) + BC      (Using distributive law)

1.(A + C) + BC                   [Q.A + = 1]

= A + C + BC

= A + C(1 + B)

= A + C.1 = A + C = L.H.S. (Hence, verified)

48.

Verify the following using the truth table:(i) X.X’=0(ii) X+1=1

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(i)   

XX'Y = X.X'
010
100

 (ii)

X1Y = X + 1
011
111

49.

Write the Boolean Expression for the result of the Logic Circuit as shown below:

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The boolean expression is :

I=[(A+b).(A’+C’)].(B+C)

50.

What is dialysis or artificial kidney?

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When kidneys lose their filtering efficiency, an excessive amounts of fluid and toxic waste accumulate in the body. This condition is known as kidney (renal) failure. For this, an artificial kidney is used to filter the blood of the patient. The patient is said to be put on dialysis and the process of purifying blood by an artificial kidney is called hemodialysis. When renal failure cannot be treated by drug or dialysis, the patients are advised for kidney transplantation