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TS SET 2013: Paper II, Life Sciences

  • Paper code: 09
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                                                                                                         SUBJECT CODE                                                SUBJECT                                                                           PAPER

                                                                                                               A-09-02                                          LIFE SCIENCES                                                                                   II
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                                                                                                               DURATION                          MAXIMUM MARKS                     NUMBER OF PAGES                                     NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
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                                        LIFE SCIENCES
                                           Paper – II

 1. Choose the correct sequence in signal               3. The correct sequence of gastrulation in

       transduction pathway.                               Frog is

        I. Hormone                                          I. Involution

       II. 7 TM Receptor                                   II. Epiboly

       III. G protein                                      III. Invagination

       IV. cAMP                                           IV. Convergence

                                                            (A) III & IV are correct
       V. PKA
                                                            (B) I & II are correct
        (A) I → II → III → IV → V
                                                           (C) I, II & III are correct
        (B) II → III → IV → V → I
                                                           (D) IV & I are correct
        (C) III → IV → V → I → II

        (D) IV → V → I → II → III                       4. Origin of first seed plants occurred during

                                                            (A) Carboniferous
 2. Identify the correct order of seminal tract
                                                            (B) Ordovician
       in male reproductive system.
                                                           (C) Devonian
        (A) Vas deferens, Ejaculatory duct,
                                                           (D) Silurian
            Epididymis, Urethra

        (B) Epididymis, Vas deferens, Ejaculatory       5. The 11th conference of parties to CBD

            duct, Urethra                                  meeting was held at

        (C) Ejaculatory duct, Vas deferens,                 (A) Bangalore

            Epididymis, Urethra                             (B) Kolkata

        (D) Epididymis, Ejaculatory duct,                  (C) New Delhi

            Vas deferens, Urethra                          (D) Hyderabad

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 6. Write the order of Rhizosphere effect in            8. Specify the order of fractionation upon

       applied agriculture                                 application of the following organellae in
                                                           cell-free          extract    in      differential
        I. Algae
                                                           centrifugation

       II. Fungi                                            I. Nucleus

                                                           II. Golgi
       III. Bacteria
                                                           III. Peroxisomes
       IV. Actinomycetes
                                                          IV. Mitochondria
        (A) I, II, III, IV                                  (A) II, III, IV and I

        (B) II, III, IV, I                                  (B) III, II, IV and I
                                                            (C) I, IV, III and II
        (C) III, IV, II, I
                                                            (D) I, IV, II and III
        (D) IV, III, II, I
                                                        9. Match inventors in List I with discoveries

 7. In the cell cycle of a typical eukaryote, the          in List II.

                                                               List I                         List II
       sequence of events operating at the time
                                                            I. Knoll and Ruska          1. Restriction
       of cell division is
                                                                                              endonuclease
        (A) S phase → G2 phase → G1 phase →                II. Meellis                  2. Electron
             M phase                                                                          microscopy
                                                           III. Arber and Smith         3. Reverse
        (B) S phase → M phase → G1 phase →
                                                                                              transcriptase
             G2 phase
                                                          IV. Baltimore                 4. PCR
        (C) S phase → G2 phase → M phase                            I    II      III    IV

              → G1 phase                                    (A)    2     4       1      3
                                                            (B)    3     4       2      1
        (D) S phase → G1 phase → M phase
                                                            (C)    3     4       1      2
              → G2 phase                                    (D)    2     4       3      1

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10. Arrange the following “suffixes” of names            12. Given below are two statements :

       of taxonomic ranks from top rank to low in            Assertion (A)     : DNA     fragments         /
       the light of ICBN rules                                                   molecules are usually
       1. “ales”                                                                 separated on Agarose
                                                                                 gels    but     not    on
       2. “oideae”
                                                                                 polyacrylamide gels in
       3. “opsida”
                                                                                 an electrical field.
       4. “aceae”
                                                             Reason (R)        : Agarose gels contain
        (A) 1, 2, 3, 4
                                                                                 smaller size pores
        (B) 1, 3, 2, 4
                                                                                 through which DNA
        (C) 3, 1, 4, 2                                                           molecules of larger
        (D) 3, 2, 1, 4                                                           size migrate easily.
                                                              (A) A is true but R is not correct
11. Specify sequential order of occurrence of
                                                                  explanation for A
       the following events for utilisation of
                                                              (B) A is true and R is false
       lactose by E. coli cells
                                                              (C) Both A and R are false
        I. Synthesis of all biomolecules needed
                                                              (D) A is false but R is true
           for growth
                                                         13. Pick up the correct combinations from the
        II. Metabolism of galactose and glucose
                                                             following :
           through glycolytic pathway
                                                             1. Rhizophora mucronata – halophyte
       III. Hydrolysis of lactose to galactose and
                                                             2. Capparis aphylla             – xerophyte
           glucose
                                                             3. Salicornia herbacea          – hydrophyte
       IV. Transport of lactose into E. coli cells
                                                             4. Picea species                – sciophyte
        (A) I, II, III, IV
                                                              (A) 1, 2 and 3
        (B) II, I, III, IV                                    (B) 1, 2 and 4
        (C) IV, III, II, I                                    (C) 1, 3 and 4
        (D) III, I, IV, II                                    (D) 1 and 3

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14. Brinjal, cabbage, cauliflower lettuce,             17 . Consider the following statements :

       potato, radish and tomato belong to                 Linkage is the phenomenon in which
                                                            1. The effect of linkage is more clearly
       (A) only one plant family                               noticeable in back cross generation

       (B) two plant families                               2. The intensity of linkage between two
                                                               genes is indirectly proportional to the
       (C) three plant families                                distance between them
                                                            3. Linked        genes    do     not     show
       (D) four plant families
                                                               independent segregation

15. In pseudo allelism, genes are                           4. The frequency of recombination
                                                               between two linked genes can not
       (A) structurally allelic and functionally               exceed 50%
                                                               Which of the statements given above
            non-allelic
                                                               are correct ?
       (B) structurally as well as functionally             (A) 1, 2 and 4
                                                            (B) 2, 3 and 4
            non-allelic
                                                            (C) 1, 3 and 4
       (C) functionally allelic and structurally            (D) 1, 2 and 3

            non-allelic                                18. Match the following pathogen and related
                                                           type of vaccine.
       (D) structurally as well as functionally
                                                            I. Hepatitis – A         1. Live attenuated
            allelic                                         II. Rotavirus            2. Inactivated
                                                           III. Tetanus              3. Recombinant
16. Haemolysis is the process in which                     IV. Hepatitis – B         4. Inactivated
                                                                                          exotoxin
       (A) All the blood cells are destroyed
                                                                  I     II     III   IV
       (B) Only RBC are destroyed                           (A)   1     2      3     4
                                                            (B)   2     3      4     1
       (C) Only WBC are destroyed
                                                            (C)   2     1      4     3
       (D) Only platelets are destroyed                     (D)   4     3      2     1

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19. Assertion (A) : Genetic engineering can                     21. Assertion (A)    : Geographical isolation
                               be used to develop                                      occurs when original
                               transgenic         animals                              population is divided
                               capable of producing                                    by geological barrier.
                               proteins of pharmaceutical
                                                                   Reason (R)        : These population due
                               value, process called
                                                                                       to mutation in their
                               Pharming.
                                                                                       gene        pool      do
       Reason (R)        : Proteins of this type are                                   interbreed when they
                               not made in an active                                   contact again.
                               form by microorganisms
                                                                    (A) Both A and R are true and R is the
                               or by plants.
                                                                        correct explanation
       Which of these statements are correct ?                      (B) Both A and R are true but R is not
        (A) A is correct but R is wrong                                 the correct explanation
        (B) Both A and R are correct                                (C) A is true but R is false
        (C) Both A and R are wrong                                  (D) A is false but R is true
        (D) R is correct but A is wrong
                                                                22. Assertion (A)    : Rapid extinction of
20. Match the following :                                                              species observed in
          List I                        List II                                        tropical countries.
        I. Latimeria               1. Connecting link
                                                                   Reason (R)        : Intensive agriculture
       II. Archaeopteryx           2. Mutation theory                                  practices are common
       III. HMS Beagle             3. Living Fossil                                    in tropical countries.
       IV. Evening Primrose 4. Charles Darwin                       (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is

   Codes :                                                              correct explanation of (A)

              I    II    III       IV                               (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is
        (A)   1    3     4         2
                                                                        not correct explanation of (A)
        (B)   3    1     4         2
        (C)   1    3     2         4                                (C) (A) is true but (R) is false

        (D)   3    1     2         4                                (D) Both (A) and (R) are false

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23. Small intestine consists of these parts            26. Which one of the following is correctly
                                                           matched ?
        I. Duodenum
                                                            (A) The number of           – carrying
       II. Jejunum
                                                                individuals in each       capacity
       III. Ileum
                                                                population in any
       IV. Caecum
                                                                ecosystem is limited
        (A) I, II and III are correct

        (B) I, II and IV are correct                        (B) The common plant        – salicornia
        (C) I, III and IV are correct                           used as green

        (D) II, III and IV are correct                          manure
                                                           (C) Epiphytic orchids are – moist
24. Which one of the following cell is diploid ?
                                                                abundantly seen           deciduous
        (A) Primary polar body
                                                                                          forest
        (B) Spermatid
                                                           (D) Amphibious plant        – Nymphaea
        (C) Primary spermatocyte
                                                       27. Assertion (A)    : Overgrazing contributes
        (D) Spermatozoa
                                                                              to “endemism”.
25. Which of the following pair of plants are
                                                           Reason (R)       : Overgrazing affects the
       C4 plants ?
                                                                              species diversity.
        I. Maize, Sugarcane
                                                           In the context of above statements, which
       II. Pea, Rose
                                                           one of the following statement is correct ?
       III. Potato, Rice
                                                            (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is
       IV. Sorghum, Bajra                                       the correct explanation of (A)
        (A) I & II are correct                              (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is
        (B) III & II are correct                                not correct explanation of (A)

        (C) II & IV are correct                            (C) (A) is true but (R) is false

        (D) I & IV are correct                             (D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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28. Cell cycle regulators are                                    31. Arrange the following in correct path of
        (A) cdks                                                     energy flow in an ecosystem :
        (B) cyclins                                                  1. decomposers
        (C) cyclins and cdks                                         2. herbivores
        (D) cyclases                                                 3. producers

29. Sperm lysins include                                             4. carnivores

        I. Hyaluronidase                                              (A) 3, 2, 4, 1

        II. Acrosin                                                   (B) 2, 3, 4, 1

       III. Pepsin                                                    (C) 1, 3, 2, 4
                                                                      (D) 1, 2, 3, 4
       IV. Antifertilizin
        (A) I & II are correct                                   32. Study the following lists and match them :
        (B) II & III are correct                                         List I                   List II
        (C) III & IV are correct                                            th
                                                                      I. 20 century          1. Genetic
        (D) I & IV are correct                                                                    engineering
30. Assertion (A) : Translocation heterozygotes                                                   studies
                                                                            th
                            are    semisterile         and            II. 18 century         2. Taxonomy and
                            accompanied            with                                           physiology
                                                                            th
                            multivalent association.                 III. 17 century         3. Role of
                                                                                                  chromosomes
       Reason (R)       : The gametes formed
                                                                                                  in heredity
                            through          alternate
                                                                            th
                            disfunction are functional              IV. 19 century           4. Discovery of
                            while those formed by                                                 cell
                            adjacent disfunction are                                         5. Laws of
                            non viable.                                                           Inheritance
        (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is                     Codes :
             correct explanation of (A)                                      I    II   III   IV
        (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is                      (A)    1    2    4     5
             not correct explanation of (A)                           (B)    3    2    4     5
        (C) (A) is true but (R) is false                              (C)    1    2    5     4
        (D) (A) is false but (R) is true                              (D)    3    4    2     5

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33. Transcription activator protein                      36. Assertion (A)      : The Larynx or voice
                                                                                      box is responsible
        (A) Transcribe a message off a DNA
                                                                                      for the production of
            template
                                                                                      sound and the pitch
        (B) Bring regions near in eukaryotic gene
                                                                                      of voice.
            and allow gene to be transcribed
        (C) Bind to ribosomes to activate the                Reason (R)         : Without vocal cords
                                                                                      help    the      sound
            production of specific protein
                                                                                      cannot be produced.
        (D) Are essential to function of tRNA
                                                              (A) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ true and ‘R’ is the
            during translation
                                                                    correct explanation
34. Which of the following sequences is most                  (B) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ true but ‘R’ is not
       common in territorial behaviour ?                            the correct explanation
        (A) Threat, combat, advertisement                     (C) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false
        (B) Advertisement, threat, combat                     (D) ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is true
        (C) Combat, threat, advertisement
                                                         37. Match the following blood cells and their
        (D) Threat, advertisement, combat                    nucleus shape.
35. The faithful replication of genomic DNA is                   List I                           List II
       facilitated by                                        (Blood cell)               (Nucleus shape)
        I. Insertion of correct complementary                 I. Neutrophils              1. Bi-lobed
          bases as guided by the template DNA                 II. Eosinophils             2. K i d n e y
          strand                                                 shape
       II. Proof reading function of DNA pol III             III. Basophils               3. Multi lobed
       III. Proof reading function of DNA pol I              IV. Limphocytes              4. Oval shape
       IV. 5′ → 3′ exonuclease activity of DNA              Code :
          pol III                                                    I    II    III      IV
        (A) I and IV are correct                              (A)    3    1     2         4
        (B) II and III are correct                            (B)    1    2     4         3
        (C) II, III and IV are correct                        (C)    2    1     4         3
        (D) I, II and III are correct                         (D)    4    2     1         3

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                                                           39. Match the following :
38. List I consists of some terms and List II
                                                                I. Hapten                 1. Necrosis
       includes their corresponding examples.
                                                               II. J-chain                2. Shoot apex
       Select the code showing correct matching.
                                                               III. High conc. of
           List I                     List II                     Auxinin                 3. Monovalent

         (Terms)                    (Examples)                IV. Sudden death
                                                                  of cells                4. IgA
        I. Guttation            1. Shrinkage of
                                                                      I      II     III   IV
                                     cells in
                                                                (A)   1      2      3     4
                                     hypertonic                 (B)   4      3      2     1
                                     solution                   (C)   3      4      2     1
                                                                (D)   2      3      1     4
        II. Imbibition          2. Loss of water in

                                     transpiration         40. Statement (A) : Both chlorophyll a and
                                                                                    chlorophyll b contain
       III. Plasmolysis         3. Swelling of
                                                                                    C, H, O, N and Mg.
                                     seeds during                                   However they differ
                                     germination                                    structurally.

       IV. Diffusion            4. Exudation of                Reason (R)         : Chlorophyll     a   and
                                                                                    chlorophyll b differ with
                                     water from
                                                                                    each other with regard to
                                     leaves
                                                                                    the number of carbon
   Codes :                                                                          and nitrogen atoms.

               I    II    III   IV                             In the context of above two statements
                                                               which one of the following is correct ?
        (A)   4     3     1     2
                                                                (A) A is wrong R is correct
        (B)   3     1     2     4
                                                                (B) A is wrong B is wrong
        (C)   1     3     4     2                               (C) A is correct B is wrong
        (D)   2     3     1     4                               (D) A is correct B is correct

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                                                            43. Which one of the following is NOT correct
41. If in 8 hours an exponentially growing cell
                                                                matched pair ?
                                              6
       population increases from 2 × 10           to             (A) Sigma factor     – Transcription
             9
       2 × 10 cells/ml, calculate generation time                (B) Rho factor       – Translation
                                                                 (C) Amino acyl       – Attachment         of
        (A) 51.6 min
                                                                     synthetase          amino acid to
        (B) 87.2 min                                                                     tRNA
                                                                 (D) Primase          – DNA
       (C) 21.8 min
                                                                                         replication
       (D) 10.9 min                                         44. Which one of the pairs is NOT correctly
                                                                matched ?
42. Given below are two statements, one
                                                                 (A) P element                – Drosophila
       labeled as Assertion (A) and other labeled                (B) Composite transposon – Tn10
       as Reason (R).                                            (C) Complex transposon – Tn3
                                                                 (D) Retro transposon         – Mu
       Assertion (A) : In the zygote, there is no
                                                            45. Given below are two statements.
                        cytoplasmic contribution
                                                                Assertion (A)     : In view of availability of
                        from parental side.                                         amino acids – Histidine
                                                                                    and Tryptophan in the
       Reason (R)      : The cytoplasmic part of                                    medium, their synthesis
                                                                                    by E. coli cells does not
                        the sperm is discarded
                                                                                    take place.
                        just before fertilization.
                                                                Reason (R)        : Synthesis of the above
        (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is                                    two amino acids by
                                                                                    E. coli cells is regulated
            the correct explanation
                                                                                    by attenuation process.
        (B) Both (A) and (R) false                               (A) A is wrong and R is correct

       (C) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is                  (B) A is correct and R is correct
                                                                     explanation of A
            not correct explanation of (A)
                                                                 (C) A and R are wrong
       (D) (A) is true but (R) is false                          (D) A is correct and R is wrong

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46. DNA microarray technique                              48. Phaeoporphyrin nucleus of chlorophyll a
                                                              contains ________ double bonds in a
        I. is used to assess transcription from
                                                              conjugated fashion.
           multiple genes at a time
                                                               (A) 10
        II. works best for organisms whose
                                                               (B) 11
           genomes are completely sequenced
                                                              (C) 13
       III. Uses gene chip
                                                              (D) 9
       IV. Scanners employ lasers, special
                                                          49. In photosystem II of photosynthesis, the
           microscope and camera to create
                                                              order of flow of electrons through different
           image of array                                     carriers
        (A) I, II, III, IV are correct                         (A) Plastoquinone,        plastocyanin,

        (B) I, II, III are correct                                 cytochrome – 559, cytochrome – 553

                                                               (B) Plastoquinone, cytochrome – 559,
        (C) I, III, IV are correct
                                                                   cytochrome – 553, plastocyanin
        (D) I, III are correct
                                                              (C) Plastocyanine, plastoquinone,
47. An operon consists of                                          cytochrome – 559, cytochrome – 553

        I. Promotor                                           (D) Cytochrome – 559, cytochrome – 553,
                                                                   plastoquinone, plastocyanin
        II. Functionally related structural genes

       III. Operator                                      50. Xenobiotic compounds are recalcitrant
                                                              because they are
       IV. Transcription of functionally related
                                                               (A) Not recognized as substrate by micro
           structural genes from a single promoter
                                                                   organisms
        (A) I and II are correct
                                                               (B) Chemically not stable
        (B) II and III are correct
                                                              (C) Highly non-toxic to micro-organisms
        (C) I, II, III and IV are correct                     (D) Recognized as substrate by micro
        (D) I, II and IV are correct                               organisms

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Source: Telangana State Eligibility Test. Question paper published by Telangana State Eligibility Test.