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Which of the following biomes is incorrectly paired with the description of its climate?

  1. Savannah - Cool temperature and uniform precipitation during the year

  2. Tundra - extreme cold, permafrost and brief summer

  3. Chapparal - mild and wet winters, hot and dry summer

  4. Tropical - nearly constant temperature and rich varieties present here

  5. Steppe - temperate biome


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Savannahs have warm temperature year round. There are actually two very different seasons in a savannah; a very long dry season (winter) and a very wet season (summer). 

Gracilicutes and firmicutes are two types of divisions of

  1. rotifers

  2. phoronids

  3. bacteria

  4. ciliata

  5. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gracilicutes (Latin: gracilis, slender, and cutis, skin, referring to the cell wall) is a controversial taxon in bacterial taxonomy. Firmicutes refers to the gram positive class of bacteria.

The fuzzy layer lining the coated pits and coated vesicle is composed of

  1. glycoproteins

  2. ferritin

  3. transferrin

  4. clathrin

  5. glycolipids


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Clathrin is a protein that plays a major role in formation of coated vesicles.

Genophore refers to

  1. prokaryotic nucleus

  2. chromosome of the prokaryotes

  3. genome of the eukaryote

  4. nucleosome of the eukaryotes

  5. none of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Genophore is the chromosome equivalent in viruses, prokaryotes and certain organelles.

A mutation carried on human mitochondrial DNA is inherited through only the mother. This states that

  1. egg cells do not contain mitochondrial DNA

  2. sperm cell mitochondria lacks DNA

  3. maternal mitochodrial DNA is degraded in zygote

  4. paternal mitochondrial DNA does not enter the egg

  5. all the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is true during fertilization.

Which of the following is not involved in cycling of nitrogen?

  1. Legumes

  2. Artemesia

  3. Rhizobium

  4. Azolla

  5. Anabena


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. Asteraceae family is not involved in nitrogen fixation.

Which of the following is a form of selection that operates in most natural populations?

  1. Disruptive selection

  2. Stabilising selection

  3. Kin selection

  4. Artificial selection

  5. Sexual selection


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Stabilising selection (not the same thing as negative selection, is a type of natural selection in which genetic diversity decreases and the population mean stabilises on a particular trait value.

Anti-infection vitamin is

  1. cyanocobalamin

  2. pantothenic acid

  3. thiamine

  4. riboflavin

  5. retinol


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Vitamin A is essential for vision, and when converted to retinoic acid, it is essential for skin health, teeth remineralisation and bone growth. Hence, it is also known as anti-infection vitamin.

Which of the following phenomenon occurs in a situation where individuals of two previously isolated demes come back into sympatry?

  1. Truncation selection

  2. Isolation

  3. Heterosis

  4. Character displacement

  5. Frequency depended selection


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A phenomenon in which species that live together in the same environment tend to diverge in those characteristics that overlap; exemplified by Darwin's finches.

Genetic variation cannot occur with an individual through the process of

  1. genetic drift

  2. recombination of genes

  3. gene mobility

  4. crossing over

  5. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is the change in frequency of a gene variant in a population due to random sampling.

Which one of the following organisms is correctly paired with its trophic level?

  1. Cyanobacteria - producer

  2. Grasshopper - secondary consumer

  3. Zooplanktons - producers

  4. Eagle - detritivore

  5. Azolla - Primary consumers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cyanobacteria is the blue green algae that contains chlorophyll, hence these are producers.

A second messenger derived from membrane lipid is

  1. cyclic AMP

  2. calmodulin

  3. inostiol phosphate

  4. protein kinase

  5. cyclic GMP


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

These are membrane derived second messengers. They play crucial roles in diverse cellular functions such as cell growth, apoptosis, cell migration, endocytosis, and cell differentiation.

Which of the following is a mismatched pair?

  1. Neritic zone - shallow area over continental shelf

  2. Abyssal zone - deepest benthic zone

  3. Intertidal zone - characterised by presence of plants

  4. Pelagic zone - area of open water

  5. Littoral zonre - close to the shore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the intertidal zone, the most common organisms are small and most are relatively uncomplicated organisms.

The main target organs for tropic hormones are

  1. exocrine glands

  2. endocrine glands

  3. blood vessels

  4. muscles

  5. mixed glands


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Endocrine glands are glands that secrete their products, mainly hormones, directly into the blood. Tropic hormones are hormones that have other endocrine glands as their target.

The synthetic version of _______________ is used as an effective measure to control insect population.

  1. ecdysone hormone

  2. moulting hormone

  3. juvenile hormone

  4. prothoracotropic hormone

  5. none of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of acyclic sesquiterpenoids that regulate many aspects of insect physiology.

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