Lecturer in Natural Science Collegiate Education 54/2013 Answer Key

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Post : Lecturer in Natural Science
Department : Collegiate Education
Category Code : 54/2013
Question Paper Code : 85/2017/OL
Date of Test : 17-10-2017



  1. A criterion-referenced testing
    • Encourage and reward individual excellence in achievement
    • Sample the domain of a particular achievement area broadly
    • Interpret test scores in relation to established norms
    • Emphasise mastery of specific subject matter by all pupils

  2. Ability of an individual to generate a variety of ideas, solutions, alternatives, designs, and methods is known as
    • Flexibility
    • Fluency
    • Originality
    • Elaboration

  3. Perfection in performance is identified under psycho-motor domain as
    • Naturalisation
    • Articulation
    • Precision
    • Manipulation

  4. A three-dimensional scene in depth, incorporating a group of modelled objects and figures in a natural setting is called as
    • Moke-ups
    • Puppets
    • Diorama
    • Working models

  5. The technique of presentation of an aversive stimulus or withholding of a positive stimulus to decrease the possibility of a response is
    • Positive reinforcement
    • Punishment
    • Negative reinforcement
    • None of these

  6. When writing an introduction to a research report the structure proceeds from
    • The general to the specific
    • The specific to the general
    • The general to the specific and back to the general
    • The general to the results of the research

  7. Plagiarism in research is
    • Provide citation whenever another person's work is used your thinking
    • Use paragraph after paragraph out of one or more sources and present them as a paper with citations
    • Use someone else words/ideas in research without proper citation
    • None of these

  8. A qualitative research approach in which you study cultural groups in natural setting over a prolonged period of time with a holistic view of culture is known as
    • Content Analysis
    • Ethnography
    • Case study
    • Phenomenology

  9. In an experimental design measures what it intended to measure, that design has a high level of
    • Reliability
    • Ecological validity
    • External validity
    • Internal validity

  10. The significance of stratified sampling is that
    • It reduces non-response bias
    • It ensures members of different segments of a population are represented in a sample
    • It reduces the randomness in sampling
    • None of these

  11. What type of government is established in India by the Constitution of India?
    • Presidential Government
    • Parliamentary Government
    • Quasi Presidential
    • Quasi Parliamentary

  12. When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
    • 26th November 1946
    • 26th January 1949
    • 26th November 1949
    • 26th January 1950

  13. Article 21A of the Indian Constitution specifies about
    • Right to Education
    • Right to Property
    • Right to Equality
    • Right against Exploitation

  14. Name the commission constituted to study and report on the working of centre-state relations in India.
    • Kothari Commission
    • Mandal Commission
    • Liberhan Commission
    • Sarkaria Commission

  15. How many amendments are there in the Constitution of India at present?
    • 86
    • 91
    • 93
    • 101

  16. What is the percentage of seats reserved for women in the Women's Reservation Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha on 9th March 2010?
    • 25%
    • 33%
    • 45%
    • 50%

  17. Which year was the "Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act" enacted?
    • 2002
    • 2006
    • 2012
    • 2015

  18. What is the maximum period within which information under RTI Act 2005 should be received?
    • 15 days
    • 30 days
    • 45 days
    • 60 days

  19. How many Sections does the Environment Protection Act 1986 contain?
    • 25 Sections
    • 26 Sections
    • 30 Sections
    • 32 Sections

  20. Which is the Supreme Court case which held that "right to pollution free air" is also to be included within the scope of "right to life"?
    • Kesavananda Bharati vs State of Kerala, 1973
    • Olga Tellis vs Bombay Municipal Corporation, 1985
    • S. R. Bommai vs Union of India, 1994
    • M. C. Mehta vs Union of India, 2004

  21. Powdery mildew of rubber is caused by
    • Erysiphe
    • Oidium
    • Phytophthora
    • Puccinia

  22. mRNA is synthesized by which RNA polymerase?
    • RNA Polymerase I
    • RNA Polymerase II
    • RNA Polymerase III
    • RNA Polymerase IV

  23. The organelle directly involves in Apoptosis
    • Mitochondria
    • Golgi complex
    • Endoplasmic reticulum
    • Ribosome

  24. In which Era Angiosperms continued to diversify?
    • Paleozoic
    • Mesozoic
    • Cenozoic
    • Archaeozoic

  25. The classification of organism based entirely on observed phenotypic similarities and differences are called
    • Phenetics
    • Cladistics
    • Phyletics
    • None of these

  26. Geosmin is a volatile substance produced by
    • Actinomycetes
    • Zygomycetes
    • Basidiomycetes
    • Phycomycetes

  27. Pollinia are present in which of the following family?
    • Apocynaceae
    • Verbenaceae
    • Asclepiadaceae
    • Lamiaceae

  28. Casparian thickening in endodermis is made up of
    • Cutine
    • Suberine
    • Pectin
    • Chitin

  29. Which of the following is a non-nucleated cell?
    • Companion cell
    • Sieve tube
    • Trachied
    • Collenchyma

  30. Caryopsis is the type of fruit found in which of the following family?
    • Asteraceae
    • Cyperaceae
    • Poaceae
    • Amaranthaceae

  31. The stage of meiosis in which chromosomes pairs and cross over takes place
    • Prophase I
    • Metaphase I
    • Prophase II
    • Metaphase II

  32. Which of the following is not an adaptive modification of a xerophytic plant?
    • Well developed Aerenchyma
    • Sunken stomata
    • Scale leaves
    • Lacunar tissues

  33. Proton motive force during oxidative phosphorylation is generated in mitochondria by
    • Exchanging protons for Na+ ions
    • Pumping protons out in the intermembrance space
    • Pumping OH ions in the mitochondria
    • Hydrolysis of ATP

  34. Which one of the following compounds is not a part of alkaloid class of secondary metabolite?
    • Lignin
    • Indole
    • Propane
    • Pyrrolidine

  35. Which one of the following is not true for monocots?
    • Sieve tubes with companion cells
    • Vascular bundles are numerous
    • Vascular cambium present
    • All of these

  36. Which one of the following chemical is a DNA intercalator?
    • 5-bromouracil
    • Ethyl methyl salfonate
    • Acrydine orange
    • None of these

  37. In Eukaryotic replication helicase loading occurs with all replications during
    • G0 phase
    • G1 phase
    • S phase
    • G2 phase

  38. The dye used in gram staining is
    • Methyl blue
    • Rhodamine
    • Crystal violet
    • Fast green

  39. Which of the following makes it possible to calculate the pKa of any acid from the molar ratio of proton donor?
    • Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
    • Jennings-Kaback equation
    • Arnon-Jagendorf equation
    • None of these

  40. Which one of the following is a heterosporous Pteridophyte?
    • Psilotum
    • Equisetum
    • Selaginella
    • Pteris

  41. Which one of the following Bryophyte shows algal association in the thallus?
    • Riccia
    • Marchantia
    • Anthoceros
    • Targionia

  42. A pie chart or circle graph can be used to display
    • Quantitative data
    • Qualitative data
    • Both Quantitative data and Qualitative data
    • None of these

  43. Which of the following is not a biodiversity application software?
    • ALICE
    • WORLD MAP
    • LITCHI
    • GLIS

  44. Lymphocytes that activate B cells and T cells are
    • Macrophage
    • Helper T cells
    • Cytotoxic T cells
    • All of these

  45. Winged pollen grains are found in
    • Pinus
    • Gnetum
    • Podocarpus
    • Cycas

  46. Circinte vernation is present in which of the following pteridophyte?
    • Selaginella
    • Lycopodium
    • Marsilia
    • Equisetum

  47. The system of classification by Hutchinson is an example for
    • Phylogenetic
    • Artificial
    • Natural
    • None of these

  48. Hypanthodium is the characteristic inflorescence of
    • Ocimum
    • Ficus
    • Sunflower
    • Calotropis

  49. The actual range of an organism in nature is termed as
    • Fundamental Niche
    • Realized Niche
    • Habitat
    • Ecosystem

  50. A bioinformatic tool used to find the sequence similarity in the subunit of Heamoglobin is
    • FASTA
    • PSI PLOT
    • HUMMER
    • BLAST

  51. During double fertilization in plants, one of the sperm fuse with the egg cell and other sperm fuse with
    • Synergid cell
    • Central cell
    • Antipodal cell
    • Nucellus cell

  52. A cross is made between a pure breeding plant having red colored flowers with a pure breeding plant having white colored flowers. Such a cross is called
    • Test cross
    • Monohybrid cross
    • Dihybrid cross
    • Back cross

  53. Which one of the following is a vital stain?
    • Cotton blue
    • Ganus green
    • Crystal violet
    • Safranin

  54. rRNA is synthesized in
    • Nucleus
    • Nucleolus
    • Mitochondria
    • Cytoplasm

  55. Which of the following compound is generally translocated in the phloem?
    • Sucrose
    • D-glucose
    • D-mannose
    • D-fructose

  56. Which among the following is the thiamine deficiency disease?
    • Pellagra
    • Scurvy
    • Beriberi
    • Rickets

  57. Which theory was proposed by Weismann?
    • Mutation theory
    • Germplasm theory
    • Use and disuse theory
    • Modern synthetic theory

  58. What is the scientific name of Lion-tailed macaque?
    • Macaca radiata
    • Trachypithecus johnii
    • Semnopithecus entellus
    • Macaca silenus

  59. Who invented the technique for sequencing DNA strands?
    • Craig Venter
    • Alan Maxam
    • Frederic Sanger
    • Walter Gilbert

  60. Which antibody mediate type I hypersensitivity (anaphylactic) reactions?
    • Ig E
    • Ig G
    • Ig M
    • Ig D

  61. Which is a copper containing respiratory pigment?
    • Chlorocruorin
    • Haemocyanin
    • Haemerytrhin
    • Myoglobin

  62. How will you calculate your pulse pressure?
    • By adding the maximum and minimum pressures measured
    • By multiplying the maximum and minimum pressures measured
    • By dividing the maximum and minimum pressures measured
    • By finding out the difference between the maximum and minimum pressures measured

  63. Which is the most prominent excitatory transmitter?
    • Dopamine
    • Acetylcholine
    • Glutamate
    • Somatostatin

  64. Which region is considered as the 'Cradle of Speciation'?
    • Western Himalaya
    • Eastern Himalaya
    • Western Ghats
    • Gangetic Plain

  65. Which of the following has cement glands?
    • Mytilus
    • Pholas
    • Lithophage
    • Chiton

  66. Which genetic element provide palaeontological records of evolutionary events?
    • Junk DNA
    • Transposons
    • Overlapping genes
    • Pseudogenes

  67. Which enzyme is serving as 'molecular glue' that is used to produce recombinant DNA?
    • Lyases
    • Ligases
    • Polymerases
    • Endonucleases

  68. What is spelaeology?
    • Study of desert
    • Study of grassland
    • Study of caves
    • Study of tundra

  69. Who proposed the term 'eugenics'?
    • Muller
    • Clintock
    • Morgan
    • Galton

  70. Which learning behavior helps a baby bird to identify its mother?
    • Sexual imprinting
    • Filial imprinting
    • Imitation
    • Sensitization

  71. Which law of Mendel is called as the 'Law of purity of gametes'?
    • Law of dominance
    • Law of independent assortment
    • Law of segregation
    • All of these

  72. Name the technique which is used for the detection of proteins by the use of antibodies.
    • Northern Blotting
    • Southern Blotting
    • Western Blotting
    • PAGE

  73. Among the following which explains the sex chromatin body and gene dosage compensation in mammals?
    • Lyon hypothesis
    • Mutation theory
    • Chromosome theory
    • Genic balance theory

  74. What would happen through the trisomy to the 21st pair of autosomes?
    • Klinefelter's syndrome
    • Down's syndrome
    • Turner's syndrome
    • Edward's syndrome

  75. Evolution of bat is an example for
    • Macroevolution
    • Microevolution
    • Coevolution
    • Mega evolution

  76. Egg of which organism exhibit holoblastic equal cleavage?
    • Bony fish
    • Frog
    • Amphioxus
    • Bird

  77. Which of the following is a Japan based database?
    • Genbank
    • DDBJ
    • EMBL
    • None of these

  78. Which germ layer shows epiboly?
    • Ectoderm
    • Endoderm
    • Mesoderm
    • All of these

  79. What is the name given to the organism which live at the air-water interface?
    • Periphyton
    • Nekton
    • Neuston
    • Benthos

  80. Which is the first step of ecological succession?
    • Nudation
    • Ecesis
    • Aggregation
    • Reaction

  81. Which is the first phase of the cardiac cycle?
    • Isovolumetric contraction period
    • Ventricular ejection period
    • Isovolumetric relaxation period
    • Ventricular filling period

  82. Melatonin is a derivative of which amino acid?
    • Glutamate
    • Valine
    • Tryptophan
    • Methionine

  83. Name the graph that contains frequencies in the form of vertical rectangles.
    • Histogram
    • Line graph
    • Bar diagram
    • Range chart

  84. What is the product of the fusion between a plasma cell and a tumor cell?
    • Lymphoma
    • Hybridoma
    • Myeloma
    • Natural Killer cell

  85. Which cycle is known as Warburg-Dickens-Horecker pathway?
    • Krebs cycle
    • Ornithine cycle
    • Pentose phosphate cycle
    • EMP pathway

  86. Which group of genes respond to same environmental signal even though they may encode different proteins whose functions are different?
    • Modulon
    • Operons
    • Regulons
    • Stimulons

  87. Among the following which is a primary inductor?
    • Chorda mesoderm
    • Optic vesicle
    • Lens
    • Cornea

  88. In which type of learning behavior, reasoning ability is used to solve problems rapidly?
    • Latent learning
    • Imitation
    • Insight learning
    • Imprinting

  89. According to whom each organic being is continuously improved by nature?
    • Darwin
    • Lamarck
    • Henslow
    • Mayr

  90. Who reported the presence of respiratory centre in the medulla of brain?
    • Eccles
    • Berger
    • Walter
    • Mislavsky

  91. The Muslim cultural organization called Muhammadiya Sabha was founded by
    • Makhti Tangal
    • E. Moidu Moulavi
    • Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
    • Hamadani Tangal

  92. India established full diplomatic relation with Israel in the year
    • 2016
    • 1998
    • 1988
    • 1992

  93. Jana Padasala was founded by
    • Sree Narayana Guru
    • Vaikunda Swamikal
    • Swami Vaghbhadananda
    • Chttampi Swamikal

  94. Who was the first editor of the Malayalam newspaper Keralamithram?
    • C. V. Kunhirama Menon
    • Kandathil Varghese Mappila
    • K. C. Maman Mappila
    • Devji Bhimji

  95. In which year Ayyankali founded the first school for the lower castes in Venganoor?
    • 1909
    • 1927
    • 1917
    • 1907

  96. In the beginning, the Malayalam newspaper Kerala Kaumdi started it publication from
    • Alapuzha
    • Kollam
    • Mayyanad
    • Thiruvananthapuram

  97. The Wild Life Photographer who spotted a rare white tiger for the first time in the Nilgiris biosphere reserve in Tamil Nadu is
    • Nilanjan Ray
    • Steve Bloom
    • Rohit Varma
    • Moose Peterson

  98. The Pak test fired short range Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile is
    • Babur-3
    • Nasr
    • Barq
    • Zarb

  99. The Chairman of the GST Council is
    • President of India
    • Prime Minister of India
    • Union Finance Secretary
    • Union Finance Minister

  100. The book, Monuments Matter: India's Archaeological Heritage Since Independence is authored by
    • Nayanjot Lahiri
    • B. B. Lal
    • John Marshall
    • Mortimer Wheeler

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