NonVocational Teacher in Biology NVT Biology (Junior) 195/2017 Answer Key

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Post : Scientific Assistant (Electrodiagnostic)
Department : Kerala Vocational Higher Secondary Education
Category Code : 195/17
Qualification : Post Graduate Degree in Zoology/ Botony
Date of Test : 25-01-2018



  1. Scientific method of education implies
    • Inductive thinking
    • Deductive thinking
    • Both inductive and deductive thinking
    • Intuitive thinking

  2. When a research problem is related to heterogenic population, the most suitable is
    • Cluster sampling
    • Stratified sampling
    • Convenient sampling
    • Purposive sampling

  3. In research, parametric data tend to be derived from
    • Opinionnaires
    • Experiments and tests
    • Interviews
    • All of these

  4. In hypothesis testing Type 1 error occurs when one
    • Does not support the null hypothesis when it is in fact true
    • Supports the null hypothesis when it is in fact not true
    • Supports the null hypothesis when it is in fact true
    • None of these

  5. Factor analysis is
    • A test of difference
    • A test of variance
    • Method of grouping together variables
    • A test of correlation

  6. "Education should always aim at creation of new values from active experiences". Which philosophy propagates this idea?
    • Idealism
    • Naturalism
    • Realism
    • Pragmatism

  7. Reflective practice in teaching implies
    • Portfolio management
    • Journal writing
    • Peer evaluation
    • All of these

  8. The test made to compare the performance of student with other students is called
    • Criterion reference
    • Norm reference
    • Achievement
    • Diagnostic

  9. The essential characteristic of cooperative learning is
    • Effective learning
    • Positive interdependence
    • Cooperation
    • Division of labour

  10. Which of the following is assessed by Cronbach's alpha?
    • Concurrent validity
    • Construct validity
    • Content validity
    • Internal consistency

  11. Identify non-justiciable right under the Constitution of India?
    • Right to freedom of speech and expression
    • Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion
    • Right to property
    • Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions

  12. Which of the following is not a 'basic structure' of the Constitution of India?
    • Secular
    • Federal
    • Parliamentary
    • Monarchical

  13. Invoking which of the following article, Financial Emergency can be declared in India?
    • 352
    • 345
    • 360
    • 356

  14. The residuary powers under the Indian Constitution are assigned to _____?
    • State Government
    • Union Government
    • Election Commission
    • NITI Ayog

  15. Which among the following is not a Constitution Amendment Bill?
    • Election of the President
    • Supreme Court and the High Courts
    • Distribution of legislative powers between the Union and States
    • Salaries and allowances of the members of Parliament

  16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Swatchh Bharat Mission' or 'Clean India Campaign' from the Valmiki Basti in New Delhi on ___________?
    • 2 October, 2014
    • 5 October 2014
    • 30 January 2014
    • 5 June 2014

  17. Which Prime Minister of India gave the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan?
    • Narendra Modi
    • Indira Gandhi
    • Lal Bahadur Shastri
    • V. P. Singh

  18. Which year National Green Tribunal has been established?
    • 2010
    • 1978
    • 1991
    • 1998

  19. The Committee on the status of women in India recommended the setting up of _________?
    • National Commission for Women
    • National Commission for Backward Classes
    • Human Rights Commission
    • Scheduled Tribes Commission

  20. To ameliorate the conditions of the urban slum dwellers living below the poverty line without adequate shelter, the government launched which of the following programme in 2001?
    • Rajiv Awas Yojana
    • Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
    • Housing for All by 2022
    • Indira Awas Yojana

  21. Who among the following evolutionary biologist got Indian citizenship?
    • Charles Darwin
    • J. B. S. Haldane
    • Fransisco Redi
    • Spallanzani

  22. Bread moulds are classified under which division?
    • Basidiomycotina
    • Zygomycotina
    • Chtridiomycotina
    • Ascomycotina

  23. Which is also known as ballistospores?
    • Ascospores
    • Oospores
    • Basidiospores
    • Zygospores

  24. Which is the first 3-carbon compound formed in C3-cycle?
    • 3-phosphoglyceric acid
    • 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde
    • Phosphoenol pyruvic acid
    • Malic acid

  25. Algae used by Melvin Calvin and co-workers to study photosynthesis is
    • Polysiphonia
    • Spirogyra
    • Chlorella
    • Gelidium

  26. Pink disease of rubber is caused by
    • Xanthomonas citri
    • Pythium aphanidermatum
    • Phytoplasma
    • Corticium salmonicolor

  27. How many centers of origin were proposed by Nikolai Vavilov?
    • 11
    • 13
    • 14
    • 12

  28. Who among the following is a famous Indian Bryologist?
    • K. Thothathri
    • P. Maheswari
    • M. Sanjappa
    • D. K. Singh

  29. What is the meaning of the term protandrous?
    • Ovule absent
    • Gynoecium matures first
    • Androecium matures first
    • Androecium absent

  30. In Pteridophytes, gametes are produced in
    • Prothallus
    • Fronds
    • Upper surface of leaves
    • Sporophyte

  31. Most primitive water conducting structures known as hydroids are found in
    • Psilotum
    • Sphagnum
    • Lycopodium
    • Water lilies

  32. Which among the following algae gives iodine?
    • Ectocarpus
    • Oedogonium
    • Nostoc
    • Laminaria

  33. Where we can see zygotic meiosis?
    • Bryophytes
    • Pteridophytes
    • Algae
    • Fungi

  34. Which is the most common amino acid seen in the beta bend?
    • Glycine
    • Alanine
    • Threonine
    • Asparagine

  35. Lipids are the most important constituents in
    • Nucleus
    • Ribosomes
    • Lysosomes
    • Biological membranes

  36. Cardiolipin is characteristic to
    • Mitochondria
    • Endoplasmic reticulum
    • Golgi bodies
    • Nucleus

  37. The atmosphere of primitive earth is
    • CO2 rich
    • O2 rich
    • both 1 and 2
    • CO2 rich and O2 free

  38. Which among the following is a common isoform of glucose transporter?
    • GLUT1
    • GLUT3
    • GLUT4
    • GLUT2

  39. Which is the 21st amino acid recognized?
    • Proline
    • Selenocysteine
    • Hydroxyproline
    • Citrulline

  40. The lowest level of chromosome organization is
    • Nucleosomes
    • Histones
    • Lampbrush chromosomes
    • Solenoid model

  41. How many subfamilies are there under Leguminosae as per the latest Legume classification?
    • 5
    • 6
    • 3
    • 7

  42. Petals are absent in
    • Caesalpinia pulcherrima
    • Neolamarckia cadamba
    • Saraca asoca
    • Spathoglottis plicata

  43. Which is acting as extracellular messenger and intracellular communicator?
    • cAMP
    • NO
    • H2S
    • cGMP

  44. Who proposed Chemi-osmotic theory of ATP formation?
    • P. Mitchel
    • M. Calvin
    • Andrew Benson
    • L. Pauling

  45. Inheritance that is not encoded in DNA is known as
    • Epigenetic
    • Phylogenetic
    • Paraphyletic
    • Polyphyletic

  46. Which statistical tool is used to test if the standard deviations of two populations are equal?
    • T-Test
    • ANOVA
    • F-Test
    • Chi-square

  47. Anomalous secondary thickening is shown by
    • Chromalaena
    • Dracaena
    • Centella
    • Cocos

  48. What is the binomial of chickpea?
    • Lablab purpureus
    • Cicer areitinum
    • Phaseolus aureus
    • Vigna minima

  49. G2/M check point in mammalian cell cycle is mainly regulated by
    • Cyclin B/A + Cdk1
    • Cyclin A + Cdk2
    • Cyclin E + Cdk 2
    • Cyclin D's + Cdk 4 and Cdk 6

  50. Which enzyme deficiency is responsible for Niemann-Pick disease?
    • Ceramidase
    • Sphingomyelinase
    • Galactocerebrosidase
    • Hexosaminidase A

  51. The typical ΔG value during ATP hydrolysis in the cell is
    • -12 kcal/mol
    • -7.3 kcal/mol
    • -14 kcal/mol
    • 18 kcal/mol

  52. Who is the founder of Celera genomics?
    • Melvin Calvin
    • Alec Jeffrey
    • Craig Venter
    • James Watson

  53. Which among the following is a plant systematic journal published from India?
    • Cell
    • Taxon
    • Candollea
    • Rheedea

  54. How many conformational changes occurs to ribosomes, coupled with GTP hydrolysis during each cycle of chain elongation in translation?
    • Zero
    • One
    • Two
    • Three

  55. Which of the following is not semelparous?
    • Annona
    • Bamboo
    • Corypha
    • Cicada

  56. The evolution of one population in response to the evolution of another population and vice-verse is called
    • Convergent evolution
    • Co evolution
    • Divergent evolution
    • Parallel evolution

  57. Intestinal gas is the product of ____________
    • Undigested meat
    • Vitamin fermentation
    • Intestinal bacteria
    • Intestinal villi

  58. Which of the following animals does not need gallbladder?
    • Human
    • Dog
    • Lion
    • Horse

  59. Osteomalacia is a disease condition caused by the deficiency of _____________
    • Isoleucine
    • Vitamin D
    • Methionine
    • Vitamin C

  60. Breathing rate in mammals is controlled by a part of the brain called the _________
    • Hypothalamus
    • Thalamus
    • Medulla oblongata
    • Cerebellum

  61. The moulting hormone in insects is
    • Ecdysone
    • Thyroxine
    • Pheromone
    • Juvenile hormone

  62. The symptoms of an allergic reaction develop in response to
    • Complement proteins
    • Interleukins
    • Interferon
    • Histamine

  63. Name the scientist who discovered the DNA
    • Freidrich Meischer
    • James Watson
    • Avery
    • Griffith

  64. The most abundant lipid in a cell membrane is
    • Cutin
    • Glycolipid
    • Steroid
    • Phospholipid

  65. Which of the following is a type of intercellular junction in animal cell
    • Desmosomes
    • Glycocalyx
    • Plasmodesmata
    • Middle lamella

  66. The syndrome in which an individual's somatic cells will contain the three sex chromosome XXY is called
    • Turner
    • Down
    • Klinefelter
    • Edward

  67. The scientist who won "Nobel Prize" for the work in the field of Entomology
    • Ivan Pavlov
    • Karl von Frisch
    • Moses Kinby
    • Konrad Lorenz

  68. Menstruation is triggered by an abrupt decline in the amount of
    • Luteinizing hormone
    • Follicle stimulating hormone
    • Estrogen
    • Progesterone

  69. Photochemical fog always contain
    • Aluminium ion
    • Ozone
    • Methane
    • Phosphorus

  70. First national park in India is
    • Jim Corbet National Park
    • Satpura National Park
    • Panna National Park
    • Kaziranga National Park

  71. What percent of ultraviolet radiation increases with subsequent reduction of 1% ozone?
    • 8%
    • 10%
    • 2%
    • 6%

  72. Computational genomics and their analysis include
    • DNA
    • RNA
    • Both DNA and RNA
    • None of these

  73. Continuous variables are represented by
    • Histogram
    • Bar-diagram
    • Pie-chart
    • Line diagram

  74. Which is the first secondary database to be developed?
    • PRINTS
    • ROSITE
    • P farm
    • BLOCKS

  75. A computer or software system that communicates information via internet to a client
    • Windows
    • URL
    • UNIX
    • Server

  76. First functional electron microscope was developed by
    • Knowl and Ruska
    • Daniel Nathans
    • Robert Hook
    • None of these

  77. Beer-Lambert law is applied in
    • Electrophoresis
    • Chromatography
    • Colorimetry
    • Centrifugation

  78. Wild Life Protection Act was enacted in
    • 1972
    • 1960
    • 2001
    • 1968

  79. Mutation theory was proposed by
    • T. H. Morgan
    • Hugo Devries
    • Lamarck
    • Carl Correns

  80. The first restriction endonuclease enzyme discovered was __________
    • Hind II
    • Eco R I
    • Pst I
    • Sat I

  81. Which of the following is considered as the leader of Chipko Movement?
    • Baba Amte
    • Medha Patkar
    • Sunderlal Bahuguna
    • Kiran Bedi

  82. Headquarters of UNEP is at ________________
    • Switzerland
    • USA
    • France
    • Nairobi

  83. Which of the following is an ecotone?
    • Estuary
    • Pond
    • Lake
    • River

  84. Point out mangrove vegetation
    • Rhizopods
    • Rhinozoa
    • Rhinoceros
    • Rhizophora

  85. The chromosome theory of heredity was proposed by
    • Sutton and Bovery
    • Jacob and Monod
    • Bateson and Punnet
    • Correns and Tschermark

  86. The crossing over take place during
    • Zygotene
    • Diplotene
    • Pachytene
    • Diakinesis

  87. What is "blackwater fever"?
    • Leishmaniasis
    • Falciparum malaria
    • Hepatitis
    • Plague

  88. Which type of infectious disease is known as "Thursh"?
    • Giardiasis
    • Cholera
    • Sporotrichosis
    • Candidosis

  89. The enzyme gyrase is associated with
    • Transcription
    • DNA repair
    • Translation
    • None of these

  90. Which of the following method is used for studying/detecting gene expression?
    • Subtractive hybridization
    • Microarray hybridization
    • Southern hybridization
    • Differential display PCR

  91. Who was commemorated in the book 'Vyazhavatta Smaranakal' by B. Kalyanikkutty Amma?
    • Ayyankali
    • Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
    • Mannathu Pathmanabhan
    • K. Karunakaran

  92. The Travancore ruler who arrested Vaikunta Swamikal and sent to Singarathoppu Prison?
    • Ayilyam Thirunal
    • Sri Moolam Thirunal
    • Chithira Thirunal
    • Swathi Thirunal

  93. Who was the first Malayalee nominated to Rajyasabha and later become the ambassador of China?
    • Sardar K. M. Panikkar
    • Panambally Govinda Menon
    • Barrister G. P. Pillai
    • Pattom Thanu Pillai

  94. The English school at Travancore was started in the year
    • 1830
    • 1834
    • 1835
    • 1840

  95. Who was the author of 'Matha Sidhantha Samgraham'?
    • Sahodaran Ayyappan
    • Brahmananda Sivayogi
    • Swami Agamananda
    • Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi

  96. On 14th April 2016 U. N. observed the birth anniversary of which social reformist?
    • Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    • Swami Vivekananda
    • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
    • Mahatma Jyothi Rao Phule

  97. India's first Mars Orbit Mission Space Craft Mangalyan was launched on
    • November 5, 2013
    • August 15, 2013
    • August 15, 2014
    • November 5, 2014

  98. Which article of Indian Constitution deals with Right to Education?
    • Article 21(A)
    • Article 22(A)
    • Article 21(B)
    • Article 22(B)

  99. When was 'Make in India', an international marketing strategy started by Prime Minister at Delhi?
    • August 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2015
    • September 2015

  100. The theme of World Cancer Day 2016 was
    • Not beyond us
    • We can I can
    • Better measures better health
    • On fight against cancer

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