Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following is not in situ conservation method?

  • National parks

  • Wildlife sanctuary

  • Biosphere reserves

  • Scared groves

  • Scared groves


E.

Zoological parks

Zoological park is an ex situ conservation method, whereas, National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, Biosphere Reserve and Sacred grooves are in situ conservation methods.


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Morphine, used as an analgesic is obtained from

  • Erythoxylum coca

  • Atropa belladonna

  • Papaver somniferum

  • Cannabis sativa

  • Cannabis sativa


Short-lived immunity acquired from mother to foetus across the placenta or through mother's milk to the infant is categorized as

  • Active immunity

  • Passive immunity

  • CMI

  • Autoimmunity

  • Autoimmunity


In a polynucleotide chain of a DNA molecule, the two nucleotides are linked through

  • hydrogen bonds

  • 5' – 3' phosphoester linkage

  • 3' – 5' phosphodiester linkage

  • N-glycosidic linkage

  • N-glycosidic linkage


In a population, a gene has two alleles 'A' and 'a'. The frequency of allele 'A' is 0.4. What will be the frequency of allele 'a'?

  • 0.4

  • 0.6

  • 0.48

  • 0.16

  • 0.16


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Two pink flowered snapdragon plants(Rr) are self-pollinated. The probability of the off springs to have white flowers are

  • 25%

  • 50%

  • 75%

  • 2.5%

  • 2.5%


Column I Column II
i. Statins A. Propionibacterium shermanii
ii. Swiss cheese B. Streptococcus
iii. Cyclosporin A C. Aspergillus niger
iv. Citric Acid D. Trichoderma polysporum
v. Clot buster E. Monaseus purpureus
  • i - E; ii - A; iii - D; iv - C; v - B

  • i - B; ii - A; iii - D; iv - D; v - C

  • i - C; ii - A; iii - B; iv - C; v - D

  • i - C; ii - E; iii - A; iv - D; v - B

  • i - C; ii - E; iii - A; iv - D; v - B


Which of the following microbes is used for the commercial production of ethanol?

  • Clostridium butylicum

  • Trichoderma polysporum

  • Monascus purpureus

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae


Evolution of different species in a given geographical area, starting from a point and spreading to other geographical areas is known as

  • Geographic isolation

  • Migration

  • Parallel evolution

  • Natural selection

  • Natural selection


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Which of these are examples of evolution by anthropogenic action?

(i) Adaptive radiation of marsupials of Australia.

(ii) Appearance of antibiotic resistant microbes.

(iii) Evolution in finches Galapagos island.

(iv) Appearance of dark winged moth in England during post industrialization period.

(v) Convergent evolution of placental mammals in Australia.

  • (i) and (iii) only

  • (v) only

  • (ii) only

  • (ii) and (iv) only

  • (ii) and (iv) only