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1. To protect and improve the quality of our 4. Choose the correct match
environment, government of India has passed
Environment (Protection) Act in the year ______ Mean Mean
1. 1974 2. 1981 Type of Annual Annual
3. 1986 4. 1987 Biome Rainfall Temperature
2. Read the following statements and chooser the (mm) (C)
correct option Tropical 2000-
1 23-27
Statement A: Electrostatic precipitator can Rain Forest 3500
remove over 99% particulate matter present in Temperate
1000-
exhaust from a thermal power plant. 2 Needle Leaf "6-15"
2500
Statement B: According to CPCB particulate size Forest
2.5m or less in diameter are responsible for Tropical
900-
causing the greatest harm to human health.
3 deciduous "6-20"
1600
forest
1. Only statement A is correct.
Temperate
2. Only statement B is correct.
4 Broad Leaf 400-900 0-10
3. Both statements A and B are correct.
Forest
4. Both statements A and B are incorrect.
3. State True (T) or False (F) for the following
statements and select the correct option
A. Motor vehicles equipped with catalytic
converter should use unleaded petrol because
5. Triangular age pyramid represents
lead in the petrol inactivates the catalyst.
1. Expanding population.
B. Recently government of India has instituted
2. Declining population.
the Amrita Devi Bishnoi Wildlife Protection Award
3. Mature population.
for
4. Both 1. and 3.
individuals from urban areas that have shown
6. Match the following columns and choose the
extraordinary courage and dedication in protecting
correct option
wildlife.
Column-I Column-II
C. Reforestation may occur naturally in a
a. Eurythermal (i) 0.1-0.28 m
deforested area.
b. Hypersaline lagoons (ii) Organisms can
A B C
tolerate and thrive in a wide range of temperature
1. T T F
c. Stenohaline (iii) > 100 ppt
2. T F T
saltconcentration
3. T F F
d. UV–C (iv) Organisms are
4. F F T
restricted to a narrow range of salinities
1. a(ii), b(iii), c(i), d(iv)
2. a(ii), b(iv), c(iii), d(i)
3. a(i), b(iv), c(iii), d(ii)
4. a(ii), b(iii), c(iv), d(i)
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7. Choose the incorrect match 2. The IUCN red list (2004) documents the
extinction of 784 species in the last 500 years.
Vertical distribution of 3. Amazon rainforest is so huge that it is called
different species the ‘heart of the planet’
1 - Stratification
occupying different
levels 4. Extinction of Steller’s sea cow and passenger
The most productive Sugarcane pigeon were due to their overexploitation by
2 - humans.
ecosystem field
The most limiting 14. Who coined the term ecosystem and defined it as
3 nutrient of marine - Nitrogen the sum total of interactions between biotic and
ecosystem abiotic
Release of inorganic components?
nutrients from humus
4 - Mineralisation 1. C. Mobius 2. A.G. Tansley
during the process of
decomposition 3. Forbes 4. Friederich
15. Detritus is
1. Dead raw material for decomposition.
8. Each tropic level has certain mass of living
2. Partially decomposed organic matter.
material at a particular time called
3. Dead remains of animals & plants.
1. Standing crop 2. Standing state
4. Both 1. and 3.
3. GPP 4. NPP
16. In aquatic ecosystem, major channel for energy
9. Term ‘biodiversity’ was popularised by
flow is
1. Robert May 2. Edward Wilson
1. Grazing food chain.
3. Paul Ehrlich 4. C. Mobius
2. Detritus food chain.
10. Choose the incorrect match regarding examples
3. Auxiliary food chain.
of recent extinctions.
4. Parasitic food chain.
1. Quagga - Africa
2. Steller’s Sea Cow - Russia
17. State True (T) or False (F) for the following
3. Dodo - Myanmar
statements and select the correct option
4. Thylacine - Australia
a. Mammals from colder climates generally have
11. Read the following statements and choose the
larger ears and limbs to minimize the heat loss.
correct option
b. Experience of altitude sickness is due to low
Statement 1:The success of mammals is largely
atmospheric pressure at high altitudes.
due to their ability to maintain a constant body
c. The size of a population for any species is not
temperature.
a static parameter.
Statement 2:Majority of the animals and nearly all
d. Resources for growth for most of the animal
plants cannot maintain a constant internal
population are finite and become limiting sooner
environment.
or later.
1. Only statement 1 is correct.
a b c d
2. Only statement 2 is correct.
1. T T T T
3. Both statements are correct.
2. F T T T
4. Both statements are incorrect.
3. F F F F
12. Select the correct option regarding relative
4. T F T F
contribution of various greenhouse gases to total
global warming.
1. CO2 CFCs N2 O CH4
2. CH4 CO2 N2 O CFCs 18. If ‘N’ is the population density at time t, then its
density at time ‘t+1’ will be
3. N2O CO2 CFCs CH4
1. Nt 1 Nt [(B I) (D E)]
4. CO2 CH4 CFCs N2O
2. Nt 1 Nt [(B I) (D E)]
13. Select the incorrect statement 3. Nt 1 Nt [(B I) (D E)]
1. Species diversity decreases as we move
4. Nt 1 Nt [(B I) (D E)]
away from the equator toward the poles.
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19. Choose the incorrect match regarding population 25. Choose the correct types of ecological pyramid on
interactions. the basis of following data of dry weights.
Species A Species B (i) Secondary consumer - 11 kg/m2
1. Amensalism – – (ii) Tertiary consumer - 1.5 kg/m2
2. Parasitism + – (iii) Primary producer - 809 kg/m2
3. Commensalism + 0 (iv) Primary consumer - 37 kg/m2
4. Mutualism + + 1. Upright pyramid of biomass.
20. Which of the following statements is/are correct? 2. Inverted pyramid of biomass.
(a) The entire sequence of communities that 3. Inverted pyramid of energy.
successively change in a given area is called 4. Upright pyramid of number.
sere. 26. During primary succession on rocks, pioneer
(b) The natural reservoir of phosphorus is rock. species are
(c) Ecological pyramids do not accommodate 1. Annual grasses.
food web. 2. Perennial grasses.
1. Only statement (a) is correct. 3. Xerophytic shrubs.
2. Only statement (b) is correct. 4. Lichens.
3. All (a), (b) and (c) are correct. 27. Out of total cost of various ecosystem services,
4. All (a), (b) and (c) are incorrect. the soil formation accounts for about __A__, and
21. In most ecosystems, all the pyramids of number, contribution of other services like recreation and
energy and biomass are upright. It indicates that nutrient cycling, are less than __B__ each.
(a) Producers are more in number and biomass In the above statement for ‘A’ and ‘B’, which
than the herbivores. option is correct?
(b) Herbivores are less in number and biomass 1. A – 6%, B – 10% 2. A – 50%, B – 10%
than the carnivores. 3. A – 10%, B – 50% 4. A – 10%, B – 6%
(c) Energy at a lower tropic level is always more 28. Match the column-I with column-II and choose the
than at a higher level. correct option.
Choose the correct option.
1. Only (a) is correct. Column-I Column-II
2. Only (b) is correct. Doha
a (i) Marrakesh
3. Both (a) and (c) are correct. Amendment
Bali Action
4. Both (b) and (c) are correct. b COP-15 (ii)
Plan (2007)
22. Which one is not an example of primary
To reduce
pollutants? GHG
1. DDT 2. CO emission by
c COP-13 (iii)
3. Pollen 4. PAN at least 18%
below 1990
23. Select the mismatched pair.
level
1. Minimata disease - Mercury
Copenhagen
2. Black foot disease - Arsenic d COP-22 (iv)
Accord
3. Uremia - Copper
4. Itai-itai - Lead
1. a. – (iii), b. – (iv), c. – (ii), d. – (i)
24. In which part of the atmosphere ‘good ozone’ is
2. a. – (iii), b. – (ii), c. – (iv), d. – (i)
found?
3. a. – (i), b. – (iv), c. – (ii), d. – (iii)
1. Troposphere 2. Stratosphere
4. a. – (i), b. – (ii), c. – (iv), d. – (iii)
3. Ionosphere 4. Exosphere
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29. What is/are the correct explanation(s) for the 3. 1989 30% 65%
species richness of the tropics? 4. 1987 19.4% 30%
1. Tropics had less evolutionary time for species 36. ‘Chipko Movement’ was originated in Himalayan
diversification. region. At present this region is a part of ______
1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Uttarakhand
2. Tropics provide a relatively constant
3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Jammu and
environment.
Kashmir
3. Tropics receive more solar energy which
37. In logistic growth pattern, the influence of
contributes to greater productivity.
environmental resistances over the biotic potential
4. Both 2. and 3. are correct. is denoted by
30. Which one is not an effect of increase in the level N
1. r N 2. 1
of greenhouse gases? K
1. CO2 fertilisation effect. B
3. (b-d)×N 4. 100
2. EI Nino effect. D
3. Snow blindness. 38. Read the statements given below and choose the
correct option
4. Warming of troposphere and cooling of
Statement I: Decomposition is purely an
stratosphereand thermosphere. anaerobic process.
31. In terrestrial ecosystem, a much larger fraction of Statement II: The rate of decomposition is
energy flows through______ controlled by chemical composition of detritus and
1. GFC 2. DFC climatic factors.
3. Parasitic food chain 4. Both 1. and 3. 1. Only statement I is correct.
32. Read the following statements and choose the 2. Only statement I is incorrect.
correct option 3. Both statements I and II are correct.
Statement-1 :Food webs provide stability to 4. Both statements I and II are incorrect.
ecosystem. 39. Biomagnification of DDT in aquatic food chain
Statement-2 : Food web operates because of leads to high concentration of DDT in fish eating
birds. It results in
taste
(a) Disturbance in calcium metabolism in birds.
preference for particular food and unavailability of
(b) Thinning of egg shell and their premature
food.
breaking.
1. Only statement (2) is correct.
(c) Decline in bird population
2. Only statement (1) is correct. 1. (a) and (b) only 2. (b) and (c) only
3. Both statements are correct. 3. (a) and (c) only 4. All (a), (b) and (c)
4. Both statements are incorrect. 40. Which one is not a cause of biodiversity loss?
33. How many categories of species, IUCN Red List 1. Alien species invasion.
has? 2. Co-extinction.
1. 10 2. 12 3. Endemism.
3. 8 4. 7 4. Overexploitation.
34. Initially, how many biodiversity hot spots were 41. Select the odd one w.r.t. strategies of biodiversity
identified globally? conservation
1. 34 2. 25 1. Biosphere reserves.
2. Sacred groves.
3. 20 4. 30
3. National parks.
35. National Forest Policy __A__ of India has
4. Zoological parks.
recommended __B__ forest cover for the plains
and __C__ for the hills. Fill the blanks with
suitable A, B and C
A B C
1. 1988 33% 67%
2. 1988 30% 19.4%
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42. Match the columns and select the correct option: 3. 1953, 1962
Column-I Column-II
Earth 4. 1969, 1972
A (i) Johannesburg
Summit
World 47. In Mendel’s experiments, the contrasting traits
summit on Broadly did not show any blending in:
B (ii)
sustainable utilitarian
development 1. F1 stage
Biodiversity 2. F2 stage
plays a 3. Both F1 and F2 stages
major role in Narrowly
C (iii) 4. The statement is false as blending
many utilitarian
ecosystem was seen at all stages
services
Direct 48. What could be the genotype of a garden pea
economic Rio de plant that expresses tall trait of height?
D (iv)
benefits Janerio
from nature 1. TD
52. In a test cross, the plant expressing the 57. “Chromosomes, which are seen in all dividing
dominant phenotype is crossed with the plant: cells and pass from one generation to the
1. Which is heterozygous dominant next, are the basis for all genetic inheritance”.
2. Which is heterozygous recessive This statement is credited to:
3. Which is homozygous recessive 1. Watson and Crick
4. Which is homozygous dominant 2. Hershey and Chase
53. Which of the following is not true for the Law of 3. Sutton and Boveri
Dominance given by Mendel? 4. Meselson and Stahl
1. Characters are controlled by discrete 58. T. H. Morgan worked on the fruit fly,
units called factors. Drosophila melanogaster . Which of the
2. Factors occur in pairs. following is not an advantage of this fly?
3. In a dissimilar pair of factors one 1. They could be grown on simple
member of the pair dominates the other. synthetic medium in the laboratory.
4. The alleles show blending at the time 2. They complete their life cycle in about
of fertilization two years, and a single mating could produce
54. What is the F2 genotypic ratio in cases of a large number of progeny flies.
incomplete dominance? 3. There was a clear differentiation of the
1. 1:1 sexes – the male and female flies are easily
2. 3:1 distinguishable.
3. 1:2:1 4. It has many types of hereditary
4. 1:1 variations that can be seen with low power
55. Blood group antigens are: microscopes.
1. Carbohydrates present in plasma 59. When the two genes in a dihybrid cross are
2. Carbohydrates present on the surface situated on the same chromosome:
of RBCs 1. The proportion of parental gene
3. Plasma proteins combinations was much higher than the non-
4. Proteins present on the surface of parental type.
RBCs 2. The proportion of parental gene
56. What can be the blood groups of progeny combinations was much lesser than the non-
whose father and mother are of AB and O parental type.
blood group respectively? 3. The proportion of parental gene
1. A and B only combinations was equal to the non-parental
2. AB only type.
3. All except O 4. Only recombinants are formed.
4. A, B, AB and O 60. During his observation of spermatogenesis in
few insects, Henking found that a nuclear
structure was received by 50 % of the sperms.
He called this structure as:
1. X – body
2. Y – body
3. X – chromosome
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3. Did not carry the allele for hemopihilia 69. Histones are:
4. Was not a queen
1. Positively charged and basic amino
64. Which of the following amino acid substitution
acids
in the beta chain of the haemoglobin molecule
leads to the development of sickle cell 2. Negatively charged and basic proteins
anaemia? 3. Positively charged and acidic proteins
1. Arginine by tyrosine
2. Tyrosine by phenylalanine 4. Not found in bacteria
3. Valine by Glutamic acid 70. Consider the following statements:
4. Glutamic acid by Valine
I. The largest known human gene is
65. An individual affected with Turner’s Syndrome:
dystrophin at 2.4 million bases.
I. Is a female
II. Has 45 chromosomes II. Repeated sequences make up very large
III. Has rudimentary ovaries portion of the human genome.
Of the above statements, the correct III. There are about 2.4 million locations
statements are:
where single base DNA differences occur in
1. Only I and II
humans.
2. Only I and III
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Which of the above statements are true? II. It is the presence of a promoter in a
1. I and II only transcription unit that also defines the
3. II and III only III. Exons are said to be sequences that do not
71. Consider the following statements: Which of the above statements are true?
II. DNA chemically is less reactive and more 3. II and III only
promoter and regulatory sequences of a multiple ori and replication fork moves bi-
II.The split-gene arrangement represents an Which of the above statements are true?
Which of the above statements are true? 4.I, II, and III
2.I and III only I. The unequivocal proof of DNA being the
3.II and III only genetic material was given by Hershey and
I. All the reference point while defining a III. Beadle and Tatum proposed the one - gene
2.I and III only 3. The larger fragments remain near the
3.II and III only point on introduction in the gel
electrophoresis
4.I, II, and III
4. The smaller chromosomes in the
77. Consider the following statements:
human genome have smaller repeats of VNTR
I. The cellular factory responsible for
79. Consider the following diagram showing the
synthesizing proteins is the ribosome.
working of the lac operon in E.coli in the
II.The ribosome also acts as a catalyst for the presence of inducer and choose the correct
formation of peptide bond. statement from the ones given below:
3. Some amount of C will be present in III. The coding strand does not code for
the cell even if lactose is absent anything and is displaced during transcription
3. H2B 1. tRNA
4. H3 2. rRNA
3. mRNA
84. Match each item in Column I with one item in
Column II and chose your answer from the 4. siRNA
codes given below:
89. The structure of ribosome is made of:
Column I Column II
(antibiotic) (effect) 1. rRNA and Proteins
inhibits binding of amino
I. Tetracycline A
acyl tRNA to ribosome 2. rRNA and Polysaccharides
inhibits initiation of
II. Streptomycin B 3. mRNA, rRNA and tRNA
translation
inhibits peptidyl 4. RNA, DNA and Proteins
III. Chloramphenicol C
transferase
90. The lac Y gene codes for permease which
inhibits translocation of
IV. Erythromycin D increases the permeability of the cell to:
mRNA along ribosome
1. Glucose
Codes:
2. Galactose
I II III IV
1. A B C D 3. cAMP
2. B A D C
3. B A C D 4. β-galactosides
4. A B D C
91.
85. In the genetic code, the codon UUC codes for:
1. Methionine
2. Phenylalanine 92.
3. Tyrosine
4. Valine
86. Sickle cell anemia is caused by:
1 Chromosomal aberration
2. Point mutation
3. Non disjunction event
4. An arthropod vector
87. Insertion or deletion of how many bases will
not cause a frame shift mutation?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. Any number
88. Which of the following is also called as the
soluble RNA?
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94.
99.
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1. 34 m
2. 30 m
3. 300 m
4. 3 m
1. 360 pN
2. 36 N
172.
3. 144 p×103 N
4. 36 p×105 N
1. Y/2
2. Y
3. 2 Y
4. 4 Y
174.
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2. bc
3. cd
4. oa
1. L2Dg/E
2. L22Dg/2E
3. L2Dg/4E
4. L
1. F/2
2. 2 F
3. 4 F
4. F/4