Lecturer in Botany Collegiate Education 278/2016 Answer Key

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Post : Lecturer in Botany
Department : Collegiate Education
Category Code : 278/2016
Qulification: Masters Degree in Botany
Question Paper Code : 43/2017/OL
Date of Test : 01-06-2017



  1. Which term is specifically used for miniature succession of microorganisms?
    • Disclimax
    • Subsere
    • Serule
    • Climax

  2. Smith (1933) used the following one term instead of conjugales in his algal classification.
    • Euconjugatae
    • Mougeotiaceae
    • Zygnematales
    • Desmoidiodeae

  3. Desikachary (1959) called single celled hormogones of blue green algae as
    • Planococci
    • Carpospores
    • Statospores
    • Paraspores

  4. A layer which helps in the opening of anther
    • Tapetum
    • Endothecium
    • Middle layer
    • Epidermal cell

  5. Which statement is not true for the mosses?
    • Sperm produced in archegonia
    • Sporophyte is dependent upon gametophyte
    • Sporophytes grows by apical cell division
    • Mosses are probably sister to the vascular plants

  6. The soil best for plant is
    • Loam soil
    • Fine sand
    • Coarse sand
    • Clay

  7. The abundance of a species population within its habitat is called
    • Absolute density
    • Regional density
    • Relative density
    • Niche density
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  8. The following one relationship lasts over time
    • Mutualism
    • Parasitism
    • Symbiosis
    • Commensalism

  9. Replication in DNA moves from
    • 3' to 5' direction
    • 5' to 5' direction
    • 3' to 3' direction
    • 5' to 3' direction

  10. Cot ½ of DNA is defined as
    • The time taken to reanneal
    • Concentration of DNA in a cell at any time
    • Amount of cytosine bases in a single strand by DNA
    • The initial concentration multiplied by time for half of DNA to reanneal

  11. Chaperon protein help in
    • Protein folding and assembly
    • Protein folding only
    • Protein stability
    • Both Protein folding and assembly and Protein folding only
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  12. An enzyme responsible for the synthesis of tRNA
    • tRNA replicase
    • tRNA synthetase
    • RNA Polymerase
    • Ribosomal enzymes

  13. Polytene chromosome is generated by
    • DNA replication failure
    • DNA replication without segregation
    • Homologus chromosome pairing
    • Transcription process

  14. Which of the following correctly matches a phase of the cell cycle?
    • S1 immediately precedes cell division
    • G1 immediately follows cell division
    • G2, cell division
    • M, duplication of DNA
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  15. The 'RNA world hypothesis' proposes that
    • RNA formed from DNA
    • RNA is a catalyst
    • RNA is both catalyst and genetic material
    • RNA formed from protein

  16. Which of the following structure is not surrounded by one or more membrane?
    • Chloroplast
    • Mitochondria
    • Proxisome
    • Ribosome

  17. Choose the more appropriate term for 'Connexin' protein
    • Desmosomes
    • Intercellular spaces
    • Tight junctions
    • Gap junctions

  18. Water in non-cyclic photophosphorylation is used for
    • Excitation of chlorophyll
    • Hydrolysis of ATP
    • Oxidization of NADPH
    • Reduction of chlorophyll

  19. The genetic sex of a human being is determined by
    • X and Y chromosome, the male being XX
    • The Y chromosome
    • Z and W chromosome, the male being ZZ
    • The number of X chromosome, the male being XO

  20. The sum total of proteins produced by an organism.
    • Proteome
    • Metablomics
    • Genomics
    • All of these

  21. The term 'Pharming' refers to
    • Genetically modified foods from plants
    • Recombinant drugs from bacteria
    • Transgenic research by animals
    • Drug synthesis from transgenic plants

  22. What type of mating generally seen in the plant 'Primroses'?
    • Random mating
    • Both Non-random mating and self fertilization
    • Non-random mating
    • Self fertilization

  23. Which of the following is not essential for a population at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
    • No migration between populations
    • No involvement of natural selection on the alleles
    • Multiple alleles at every locus
    • Random mating

  24. 'Amborella'.
    • The first flowering plant
    • Sister group of all living angiosperms
    • The first gymnosperm clade
    • Eudicot

  25. Atropine is obtained from the plant
    • Pacific yew
    • Priwinkle
    • Belladona
    • Foxglove

  26. The only fungi with flagella
    • Chytrids
    • Microsporidia
    • Zygomycota
    • Dikarya

  27. Reproductive structures bear one or more green cells surrounded by fungal hyphae
    • Basidiospore
    • Conidia
    • Ascospore
    • Soredia

  28. Pseudomonas tobaci which produces the toxin when it affects the tobacco plant
    • Victorin
    • Periconia toxin
    • Piricularin
    • Wild fire toxin

  29. When did the Government of India passed the 'Destructive Insects and Pests Act'?
    • 1947
    • 1914
    • 1952
    • 1925

  30. The fungus Pestalotia  palmarum belongs to the group
    • Deuteromycetes
    • Ascomycetes
    • Zygomycetes
    • Basidiomycetes

  31. The concept of in vitro cell culture was developed by
    • Kotte and Robins
    • Haberlandt
    • Hanning
    • Knop

  32. The embryo formed by unfertilized egg
    • Androgenic embryos
    • Somatic embryos
    • Parthenogenetic embryos
    • Adventive embryos

  33. The first report of forming haploid embryos from Datura by in vitro was published
    • Guha and Maheswary
    • Nitsch
    • Maheswary
    • Bourgin and Nitsch

  34. Ajmalacine, serpentine, reserpine obtained from
    • Aster group
    • Liliaceae group
    • Euphorbia group
    • Rauwolfia group

  35. National Orchidaria situated at
    • Shillong
    • Calcutta
    • Calicut
    • Palode

  36. Tree of  21st century
    • Rubber
    • Orchid
    • Neem
    • Anthurium

  37. Triticum dicoccum is commonly known as
    • Emmer wheat
    • Club wheat
    • Elinkorn wheat
    • Durum wheat

  38. The fruit of abelmoschus esculentus
    • Capsule
    • Berry
    • Loculisidal capsule
    • Hesperidium

  39. Terpenoids have been extensively used in the chemotaxonomy of
    • Horedum plants
    • Papaver plants
    • Citrus plants
    • Strychnos plants

  40. The highest chromosome number in Ophioglossum reticulatum
    • 2n = 1206
    • 2n = 1026
    • 2n = 1260
    • 2n = 1620

  41. A pendulous type of inflorescence
    • Head
    • Spike
    • Catkin
    • Umbel

  42. Which year marked the birth of modern system of biological nomenclature?
    • 1857
    • 1757
    • 1758
    • 1854
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  43. Sewall Wright effect refers to  random fluctuations in the gene frequencies in
    • Large population
    • Ecosystem
    • Small population
    • None of these

  44. The Central Tuber Crops Research Institute located
    • Kasargode
    • Trivandrum
    • Coimbatore
    • Simla

  45. A nodal organization in India to coordinate all the activities related to plant collection, introduction, documentation and sustainable management of germplasm.
    • IARI
    • ICRISAT
    • NBPGR
    • IBPGR

  46. The method of selection of plants from the population by their phenotype
    • Mass selection
    • Pureline selection
    • Clonal selection
    • Both Mass selection and Clonal selection
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  47. In which category the chemical mutagen, 2-amino purine includes
    • Alkylating agents
    • Acridine dyes
    • Other agents
    • Base analogues

  48. What is LD 50?
    • Mutagen kills 50% treated materials
    • Mutagen kills 50% un-treated materials
    • Low dose of 50% chemicals
    • Low dose of semi mutagen

  49. The codons which collectively code for the same amino acid
    • Synonymous codons or Degenerate codons
    • Initiation codons
    • Termination codons
    • Triplet codons

  50. A mother of blood group O has a child of O group. The father could be
    • O only
    • A or B
    • AB only
    • A or B or O

  51. How many genetically different gametes can be made by an individual genotype AaBbccDDEe?
    • 10
    • 32
    • 8
    • 5

  52. Cite an example of non-allelic interaction
    • Complementary gene action
    • Multiple allelism
    • Co-dominance
    • Incomplete dominance

  53. Polymerase chain reaction involves
    • Polymerisation and denaturation
    • Extension and annealing
    • Denaturation, annealing and polymerisation
    • None of these

  54. DNA is separated by
    • Agarose Gel electrophoresis
    • PAGE
    • SDA-PAGE
    • SDS-PAGE
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  55. If the respiratory substrate is fat and oil, what will be the R.Q.?
    • 1.7
    • 1.0
    • 0.7
    • infinite

  56. Biosynthesis of Ethylene from
    • Mevalonic acid
    • Tryptophan
    • Methionine
    • Cysteine

  57. A programme to identify complete gene structures in genomic DNA
    • SWISSPORT
    • BLAST
    • GENSCAN
    • Phylip

  58. A mating is expected to produce 50% heterozygotes and homozygotes is
    • Both BB x Bb and Bb x Bb
    • BB x Bb
    • Bb x Bb
    • bb x bb

  59. How many triplet codons can be made from four nucleotides A, U, G and C containing one or more Uracils?
    • 37/64
    • 27/64
    • 17/64
    • 47/64

  60. Given the antisense strand DNA codon 3'TAC5', the anticodon that pairs with corresponding mRNA codon could be
    • 3'UAC5'
    • 3'CAT5'
    • 5'AUG3'
    • None of these

  61. Super bug is a
    • Transgenic plant
    • Transgenic insect
    • Bacterium
    • Virus

  62. Which of the following is a cloning vector?
    • Cosmid
    • All of these
    • Phasmid
    • Plasmid

  63. The following one sclerids is found in the seed coats of Pisum sativum
    • Astrosclerids
    • Brachysclerids
    • Osteosclerids
    • Trichosclerids

  64. Haematoxylin belongs to which category?
    • Acidic stains
    • Neutral stains
    • Basic stains
    • All of these

  65. DPX stands for
    • Distrene Plasticizer  Xylene
    • Dilute Primary Xylol
    • Distrene Prime Xylene
    • Dilute Plastic Xylol

  66. Cells which are involved in the lateral transport of solutes
    • Parenchyma cells
    • Leaf traces
    • Transfer cells
    • Foliar trace
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  67. Secondary cortex is
    • Phellogen
    • Phelloderm
    • Phellum
    • Complementary cells

  68. A graph which containing frequencies in the form of vertical rectangles
    • Frequency curve
    • Frequency polygon
    • Histogram
    • Both Frequency curve and Frequency polygon

  69. The first TEM was designed by
    • Koehler
    • Smith
    • Zeiss
    • Knoll and Ruska

  70. The pollen tube enters through the nucellus by a process
    • Porogamy
    • Chalazogamy
    • Mesogamy
    • Orthogamy

  71. If a student is not able to follow a class, teacher may
    • Repeat the same many times
    • Explain it in different ways
    • Ask him to leave that topic
    • Feel sympathy towards him

  72. An effective teacher adopt the norms of
    • Autocratic society
    • Laissez-faire society
    • All these
    • Democratic society

  73. To develop rapport with students
    • Do not punish students
    • Do not blame students
    • Treat them in a humanistic way
    • Keep contact with parents

  74. If students ask question in the class
    • Ask them to find answer from Internet
    • Ask them not to disturb the class
    • Ask them to meet after the class
    • Encourage them to ask questions

  75. Open book examination helps to
    • Compel students for not learning
    • Compel students for not attending the classes
    • Compel students to think in different ways
    • None of these

  76. Research that is conducted purely for the development of theory is termed
    • Applied research
    • Fundamental research
    • Laboratory research
    • Action research

  77. In an experiment of visual perception you make sure that your laboratory has the same temperature and has the same level of lighting throughout the experiment. This is an example of
    • Holding extraneous variable constant
    • Manipulating an independent variable
    • Randomly assigning participants to conditions
    • Ignoring extraneous variables

  78. Two factors that enter into determining the number of participants needed to ensure a valid survey are
    • Administration technique and population characteristics
    • Population characteristics and sampling technique
    • Sampling technique and the amount of acceptable error
    • The amount of acceptable error and expected magnitude of proportions in the population

  79. A scale that provides the most information about a variable is the
    • Nominal scale
    • Ordinal scale
    • Interval scale
    • Ratio scale

  80. When you critically evaluate the method section of a research report, the litmus test of that section is
    • Whether you can replicate the study from the description given
    • Whether the method described is a standard one
    • The test given to the participants to determine whether they should be included in the study
    • Any test that is administered as a part of the procedure

  81. "The term 'law' in Article 21 of the Constitution refers to positive or state made law and not natural justice and this meaning of the language of Art. 21 cannot be modified with reference to preamble". The above observations on the utility of preamble as an aid of interpretation was made by the Supreme Court in
    • Berubari Union Cae (AIR 1960 SC 845)
    • A. K. Gopalan V. State of Madras (AIR 1950 SC 27)
    • Kesavananda Bharathi V. State of Kerala (AIR 1973 SC 1461)
    • Golaknath V. State of Punjab (AIR 1967 SC 1643)

  82. Safeguards from arbitrary arrest and detention under Articles 22(1) and 22(2) is not available in case of
    • Preventive detention
    • Alien enemies
    • Both Preventive detention and Alien enemies
    • Neither Preventive detention nor Alien enemies

  83. Which of the following are correctly matched?
    i) Ninth Schedule      Added by 1st Amendment
    ii) Tenth Schedule     Added by 52nd Amendment
    iii) 11th Schedule       Added by 73rd Amendment
    iv) 12thSchedule       Added by 74th Amendment
    • i & ii
    • i, ii & iii
    • ii, iii & iv
    • i, ii, iii & iv

  84. Indian Constitution consists of
    • 22 Parts
    • 28 Parts
    • 23 Parts
    • 12 Parts
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  85. If Rajya Sabha fails to return a money bill with its recommendations within 14 days allowed to it.
    • The Bill becomes void
    • Again a fresh bill has to be introduced in Lok Sabha
    • It is deemed to have been passed by both houses on the expiry of that period
    • The Bill becomes void & Again a fresh bill has to be introduced in Lok Sabha only

  86. Sexual abuse of children by public servants and blood relatives, impregnating  a child and striping a child naked in public are treated as an offense of ________________ under protection of children from Sexual Offense Act 2012.
    • Sexual assault under Sec. 7
    • Aggravated sexual assault under Sec. 9
    • Aggravated penetrative sexual assault under Sec. 5
    • Sexual harassment under Sec. 11

  87. How many schedules does the Right to Information Act 2005 have,
    • 5
    • 2
    • 10
    • 8

  88. How frequently shall Social Audit be conducted in Grama Panchayat under Mahathma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act?
    • Once in every six months
    • After one yaer
    • Every month
    • 15 days

  89. The National Food Security Act came into force in
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2014
    • 2011

  90. The first _______________ has been launched for blind and visually impaired in 2015.
    • Eyeway National  Programme
    • Eyeway National Helpdesk
    • Eyeway domestic Helpdesk
    • None of these

  91. Keibul Lamjao, worlds only floating national park is located in which state?
    • Assam
    • Tripura
    • Manipur
    • Arunachal Pradesh

  92. The leader of revolt of 1857 in Lucknow was
    • Tatya Tope
    • Kunwarsingh
    • Birjis Qadir
    • Begum Hazrat Mahal

  93. "Atoms can neither be created nor be destroyed" This principle is created by
    • Avogadro
    • Dalton
    • Rutherford
    • Neils Bohr

  94. The first book completely printed in the Malayalam Language?
    • Samkshepavedartham
    • Vedopadesham
    • Bible
    • Rajya Samajaram

  95. Paliyam Satyagraha was launched by
    • A. G. Velayudhan
    • T. K. Madhavan
    • C. Kesavan
    • Mannath Padmanabhan

  96. Olympics in 2016 was held at
    • Beijing
    • Rio De Janeiro
    • Tokyo
    • Brazil

  97. "Sabdikkunna Kalappa" written by
    • S. K. Pottakkad
    • Kesav Dev
    • Vallathol Narayana Menon
    • Ponkunnam Varky

  98. International Mother Language Day is being observed the world on
    • 21 February
    • 8 March
    • 22 April
    • 5 June

  99. Jhansi Rani of Travancore
    • Anna Chandi
    • Arya Pallan
    • Akkamma Cherian
    • Kuttimalu Amma

  100. Atma vidya Sangam was found by
    • Ayyam kali
    • Chattampi Swamikal
    • Sreenarayana Guru
    • Vaghbhatananda

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