Multiple Choice Questions

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'Kyoto Protocol' is a multination international treaty for

  • phasing out green house gases

  • controlling ozone destroying substances

  • management of hazardous wastes

  • conservation of biodiversity


A.

phasing out green house gases

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which extends United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that Global warming is occuring and is caused by CO2 emissions.


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Insect pest resistant Bt cotton plant was developed using

  • somaclonal variation

  • micropropagation

  • somatic hybridisation

  • Transgenic technology


Emasculation ensures cross-pollination in

  • staminate flower

  • bisexual flower

  • neuter flower

  • pistillate flower


Formation of polysome does not require

  • rRNA

  • mRNA

  • tRNA

  • snRNA


Genes which are located only in the X-chromosome are known as

  • epistasis genes

  • holandric genes

  • operator genes

  • antiepistasis genes


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Industrial melanism is an

  • effect of industrial pollution

  • effect of mutation

  • evidence of survival of fittest

  • evidence of favour of natural selection


The concept of hot- spot was first introduced by

  • Mayer

  • Simpson

  • Myers

  • David


With the rise of water temperature, dissolved oxygen

  • remains unchanged

  • increases in amount

  • decreases in amount

  • is more available to the aquatic organisms


Intermediate host of malarial parasite is

  • pig

  • man

  • mosquito

  • larva of mosquito


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Which codon is not an indicator of completion of protein synthesis?

  • UAG

  • AUG

  • UAA

  • UGA