Multiple Choice Questions

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The hominid fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed a stage in the human evolution, which was called

  • Homo erectus

  • Dryopithecus

  • Australopithecus

  • Homo habilis

  • Homo habilis


A.

Homo erectus

Homo erectus fossils were dicovered in Java in 1891. It had a large brain capacity around 900cc.


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Match Column I with Column II and choose the right option.

Column I Column II
1. Thomas Malthus A. Branching descent
2. Hugo deVries B. Studies on populations
3. Charles Darwin C. Use and disuse theory
4. Lamarck D. Saltation

  • 1 - D; 2 - A; 3 - C; 4 - B

  • 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C

  • 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - C; 4 - A

  • 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - D

  • 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - D


Viruses of the genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus are employed as

  • Gobar gas producers

  • Biological control agents

  • Anaerobic sludge digesters

  • Antibiotics

  • Antibiotics


Multiple allelism is observed in

  • flower colour in Snapdragon

  • pod colour in Pisum sativum

  • haemophilia in man

  • sex determination in birds

  • sex determination in birds


The semi dwarf wheat which was instrumental in increasing
wheat production was developed by

  • Alexander von Humboldt

  • Paul Ehrlich

  • Dr. Kurien

  • Edward Jenner

  • Edward Jenner


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The graphical representation to calculate the probability of all possible genotypes of offsprings in a genetic cross was developed by

  • Gregor Mendel

  • Kornberg

  • Har Gobind Khorana

  • George Gamow

  • George Gamow


Choose the wrong statement

  • Louis Pasteur demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life

  • S.L. Miller observed that electric discharge in a flask containing CH4, H2, NH3 and water vapour at 800°C formed amino acids

  • Flippers of penguins and dolphins are examples for homology

  • Homology indicates common ancestry

  • Homology indicates common ancestry


Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option.

Column I Column II
1. Totipotency A. breeding crops with higher levels of nutrients
2. Micropropagation B. plant grown from hybrid protoplast
3. Somaclone C. producing a large number of plants through tissue culture
4. Somatic hybrid D. capacity to generate a whole plant from an explan
5. Biofortification E. Plants genetically identical to the original plant

  • 1 - D; 2 - C; 3 - E; 4 - B; 5 - A

  • 1 - A; 2 - E; 3 - B; 4 - D; 5 - C

  • 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - E; 4 - D; 5 - A

  • 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - A; 4 - D; 5 - C

  • 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - A; 4 - D; 5 - C


Choose the wrong statement

  • Failure of segregation of chromatids during cell division results in aneuploidy

  • Additional copy of 'X' chromosome in males results in Klinefelter's syndrome

  • Closely located genes in a chromosome always assert independently resulting in recombinants

  • According to Mendel, recessive character never blend in heterozygous condition

  • According to Mendel, recessive character never blend in heterozygous condition


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Ernest Chain and Howard Florey's contribution was

  • discovery of streptokinase

  • establishing the potential of penicillin as an effective antibiotic

  • discovery of the DNA sequencer

  • isolating the bacterial plasmid

  • isolating the bacterial plasmid