TNPSC 2019: Curator in Museum Department, Botany (PG Degree Std)
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27. Which acid soaking method helps to overcome seed dormancy?
(A) Amino acid
q/ Sulphuric acid
(C) Ferric acid
(D) Mercuric acid
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28. Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
(A) Leaf Rust of Coffee Srilanka
(B) Late Blight of Potato Europe
,~ Downy Mildew of grapes, Pakistan
(D) Bunchy top of Banana Sirlanka
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38. . The genes of different traits located on different loci on the same chromosome are
~ Linked
(B) Alleles
(C) Pleiomorphic
(D) Mutated
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3H. Albinism in corn is due to
(A) deficiency of light
(B) deficiency of minerals
(C) through bacteriophage
~ cytoplasmic inh~ritance.
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40. Translocase is an enz,Ymerequired for
.~ Chain elongation in protein synthesis
(B) DNA replication
(C) RNA synthesis
,(D) Initiation of protein synthesis
41. Collagen are
(A) Contractile proteins
(B) Protective proteins
'$ Structural proteins
(D) Transport proteins
(A)
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44. Among the follo~ing which one does not come under the category of green house gases
(A) Carbon dioxide
~. Sulphur dioxide
(C) Methane
(D) Nitrous oxide
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45. Example for total stem parasite is
(A) Loranthus
(B). Orobanche
\iii!" Cuscuta
(D) Santalum
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46. The conversion of ammonia into nitrated is known as
(A) Ammonification
/ Nitrification
(C) Denitrification
(D) Both (B) and (C)
47. Depletion of Ozone layers in the stratosphere will cause
. (A) Cholera
~ Skin cancer
(C) Blood pressure
(D) Head ache
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48. Among the following which is the most stable ecosytem?
(A) Mountain
\JI!f" Ocean
(C) Forest
(D) Desert
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(C) ffiIT(5i
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67. Who was the Nobel prize winner for virus classification?
(A) Dimmock et al.
(B) Casjens
.; David Baltimore
(D) LHT
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(a) Edward Jenner 1. Porcelin Filter
(b) Benjamin Jestly 2., Crystallized the TMV
(c) Charles Chamberland 3. First vaccination
(d) M-Stanley 4. Small pox vaccine
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(C) 2 1 3 4
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. 72. Find the incorrect statement:
(i) During autoclaving vita~ins and hormones are denatured
(ii) The surface of all plant materials has microbial contaminants
(iii) Always select old plant part as explant
(iv) Each plant cell having ability to reproducE!a whole plant
~. (iii) only (B) (iv) only
(C) (ii) only (D) (i) only
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85. Proteins linked with a coloured pigment is called
.~ Chromoprotein
(B) Glycoprotein'
(C) Lipoprotein
(D) Phosphoprotein
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(A) Rancidity
¥ Saponification
(C) Hydrogenation
(D) Emulsion
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89. Molecular formula for chlorophyll "a" is
(B) C55 H72 05 N 4 Mg
90. Which of the following IS heterocyst bearing cyanobacterium which fixes atmospheric
nitrogen?
~ Rivularia
(B) Lyngbya
(C) Plectonema
(D) Oscillatoria
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94. An area where wild animals are conserved and regulated hunting is permitted
(A) Community reserves (E) Conservation reserves
.lVf'" Game reserves (D) Ramsar sites
(A)
95. Sacred eulturallandscape shows undisturbed ancient woodlands with slow growing trees
are called
.(A) Sacred groves ~ Sacred cliff.
(C) Sacred garden (D) Sacred plants
(A)
(C)
96. A well known arsenic scavenger
(Al Eichhornia
~ Pistia
(Cl Azolla.
(D) Chlorella
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127. Among the following which statement is correct?
1. The secondary xylem dicotyledons more varied in kind, size from and arrangement.
II. The secondary xylem dicotyledons more varied in kind and size.
III. The secondary xylem dicotyledons more varied in form and arrangement.
IV. The secondary xylem dicotyledons more varied in size and arrangement.
~I (B) II
(C) III (D) IV
(A) I (B) II
(C) III (D) IV
128. Crassulae denotes
~ Tracheids little thickenings
(B) Annual little thickenings
(C) Parenchyma little thickenings
(D) Nodal little thickenings
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137. Which of the cytoplasm is responsible for cytoplasmic inheritance?
(A) Sperm
~ Egg
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Zygote
(A) 6l5I P;i9J
138. Epilopsia is caused by
~ a dominant lethal gene in heterozygous conditi~n
(B) a dominant mU,tant gene
(C) a dominant lethal gene
(D) a do~inant lethal gene in homozygous condition
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139. ' The terminator codons are
(A) AUG, UAG, UGA
(B) UAC, AUG, UAG
(C) AUG, ACG, GAG
~ UAA,UAG,UGA
(A) AUG, UAG, UGA
(B) UAC, AUG, UAG
(C) AUG, ACG, GAG
(D) UAA, UAG, UGA
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140. The intervening sequence cif'gene' are known as
Introns
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(B) Exons
(C) Cistrons
(D) Codons
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(B) 6f 8;00 ((il'l) IT@IT
(C) 810iu L~ IT"",
(D) Ca; ITLIT6irroiu
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166. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by
~ Colletotrichum falcatum
(B) Cephalosporium Sacchari
(C) Leptosphaeria sacchari
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167. Corynebacterium is a ------
(A) Hemicellulose decomposer
(B) Lignin decomposer
,
Cellulose decomposer
(D) Protein decomposer
(A)
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173. . BIBCOL at Bulandshahar developed
(A) Diagnostic kit for amoebiasis
/ ..fII/f" Oral Rolio vaccine
. (C) DNA finger printing using BKM probe
(D) Vaccine for malaria
174. Friability of callus in plant tissue culture can be enhanced by
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(A) Addition of ABA in the medium
(B) Addition of GA., in the medium \
~ Repeated. subculturi"g
(D) Repeated sudace sterilization
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186. ----- pigment produces red colour in roses.'
~ Cyanidin
(B) Kaempforol
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(C) Apigenin
(D)' Lutcolin
187. The term "Enzyme" was coined by
(A) Buchner
~ Kuhne
(C) Sumner
(D) Khorona
(A) U8;6orrT
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188. In rainy season wooden doors are hard to close because of
..itf Imbibition
(B) Osmosis
.(C) Diffusion
(D) Transpira tion
(A) "- ffiffir'r ~i!'Gil
(B) ,,6iJ~0 U~6lJGil
(C) U~6lji!'Gil
(D) ~~rr6!l1uGurr8;@j
189. Glycolysis is also called
(A). Pentose phosphate pathway
~ EMP pathway
(C) Calvin cycle
(D) Citric acid cycle
(B) EMP u~G6lJ
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190. Photorespiration is also known as
(A) Glycolate cycle
(B) Cz cycle
v/' Both (A) and (B)
. (D) C. cycle
(C) (A) LnjDlJ)JLb (B) .@gGiorG'Lb
191. Anaerobic respiration occurs in
(A) Mitochondria
(B) G~lgi body
~ Cytoplasm
(D) Plasma membrane
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192. The anaerobic non-photo synthetic nitrogen fixing bacteria are
~ Clostridium
(B) Azotobacter
(C) Mycobacterium
(D) Agrobacterium
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(D) <!!>I.;;G~ITU IT';;"l-nl UJtb
193: The first product of Krebs cycle is
(A) Cis-aconitic acid
(B) Phosphoglyceric acid
(C) Oxalosuccinic acid
\I!f5 Citric acid
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Register II
Number
2019
BOTANY
(PG Degree Std)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours) [Maximum Marks: 300
Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
1. The applicant will be supplied with Question Booklet 15 minutes beforecommencement of the examination.
2. This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. Prior to attempting to. answer, the candidates are
requested to check whether all the questions are there in series and ensure there are no blank pages in
the question booklet. In case any defect in the Question Paper is noticed, it shall be reported to
the Invigilator within first 10 minutes and get it replaced with a complete Question Booklet.
If any' defect is noticed in the Question Booklet after the commencement of ex'amina:tion, it
will not be replaced. ..
3. Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
4. You must write your Register Number in the space provided on the top right side of this page. Do not
.'''.Y/-!;;~ write anything else on.the Question Booklet.
. •. <., 5. An answer sheet will be supplied to you, separately by the Room Invigilator to mark the answers .
6. You will also encode your Question Booklet Number with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen in the space
. provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode properly or fail to encode the above
information, action will be taken as per Commission's notification .
7. •Each question comprises four responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct
.response and mark in your Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there are more than one correct
response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for.
each question. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct'responses marked by you in the
Answer Sheet.
8. In the Answer Sheet there are four circles 0 ,@, @ and @ against each question. To answer the
questions you are to mark with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen ONLY'ONE circle of your choice for
each question. Select one response for each question in the Question' Booklet and mark in the Answer
Sheet. If you mark more than one answer for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. e.g. If
for any item,@ is the correct answer, you have to mark as follows:
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9. You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Question Booklet. You are. not allowed to take
this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out, of the Examination Hall. during the time of
examination. After the examination is concluded you must hand over your Answer Sheet to the
Invigilatoi. You are allowed to take the Question Booklet with you only after the Examination is over.
10. Do not make any marking in the question booklet except in the sheet before the last page of
the question booklet, which can be used for rough work. This should be strictly adhered.
11. In all matters and in cases of doubt, the English version i.-final.
12.. Applicants have to write and shade the total number of answer fields left blank on the boxes provided
at side 2 of OMR Answer Sheet. An extra time of 5 minutes will be given to specify the number of
answer fields left blank.
13.. Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or penalty ,as
the Commission may decide at their discretion. '
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