Previous Year Questions

QUESTION ID:2

Which of the following is the secondary messenger in GPCR signaling:

QUESTION ID:3

Glycosidic linkages present in Glycogen are:

QUESTION ID:4

Steps in a gene cloning experiment are:

(A) The gene to be cloned, is inserted into a vector that transports the gene into a host cell.

(B) After a large number of cell divisions, a colony of identical host cells is produced.

(C) In the host cell the vector multiplies producing identical copies of itself as well as of the gene that it carries.

(D) When the host cell divides, copies of the recombinant DNA molecule are passed to the progeny.

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QUESTION ID:5

In the fuzzy matching of regular expressions with a query sequence:

(A) Degree of closeness between two strings is determined.

(B) Distance metric is known as edit distance.

(C) Edit distance determines how close two strings are, by finding the minimum number of edits required to transform one string to another.

(D) Four main types of edits are Insert, Delete, Switch and Replace.

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QUESTION ID:6

Match List I with List II

QUESTION ID:7

Citrate a product of Kreb cycle/TCA cycle inhibit the process of Glycolysis, which enzyme is inhibited by Citrate

QUESTION ID:8

Glycosylation is type of post-translational modification in which the carbohydrate group is added to the protein amino acids, which amino acid is linked to N- linked Glycosylation:

QUESTION ID:9

The Michaelis constant (Km) in enzyme kinetics represents:

QUESTION ID:10

Which of the following class A tumor arising from endodermal tissue is linked to

QUESTION ID:11

Match List I with List II

QUESTION ID:12

Match List I with List II

QUESTION ID:13

In the process of photosynthesis, electrons are produced from the photolysis of water molecules. Which among the following is the 1st electron carrier from Photosystem 2

QUESTION ID:14

Arrange the following in the increasing order of reducing power:

(A) Li+

(B) Zn2+

(C) Na+

(D) H+

QUESTION ID:15

In Gel Electrophoresis the gel matrices should have following properties:

(A). Adjustable pore size

(B). Should exhibit electroosmosis

(C). Chemically inert

(D) Pore size does not depend on the concentration of gels

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QUESTION ID:16

Which cells are primarily responsible for producing antibodies in response to an infection

QUESTION ID:17

When influenza virus enters a cell, it immediately starts to do which of the following

QUESTION ID:18

Which of the following statements are correct for Shuttle Vectors:

(A). These vectors are created by the recombinant techniques.

(B). These vectors can be grown in one host and can be moved into another without any extra manipulations.

(C). They contain two origins of replications.

(D). They are designed to replicate in cells of two different species.

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QUESTION ID:19

A special type of template independent DNA polymerase which doesn't require a template strand for DNA synthesis:

QUESTION ID:20

In prokaryotes a polymerase enzyme DNA Pol I function in removing the RNA primer from the newly synthesized DNA strand, what is eukaryotic homolog of this enzyme

QUESTION ID:21

Which of the following is the most direct cause of polyteny in somatic cells of certain organisms

QUESTION ID:22

The presence and distribution of specific mRNAs within a cell can be detected by

QUESTION ID:23

The correct sequence of steps in PCR is:

(A). Denaturation

(B). Annealing

(C). Primer Extension

(D). A mixture of DNA fragment to be amplified, two primers, four deoxyribose triphosphate and DNA polymerase is created.

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QUESTION ID:24

Which among the following technique do not use PCR for polymorphism detection

QUESTION ID:25

The bacteria causing crown gall disease in plants

QUESTION ID:26

The transfer of tissue between genetically identical individuals is called

QUESTION ID:27

Technique could be used to demonstrate protein binding specific DNA sequence

QUESTION ID:28

Which of the following describes the process of introducing a plasmid into a host cell

QUESTION ID:29

Which of the following best describes homologous recombination:

QUESTION ID:30

DNA repair pathway which involves the enzyme glycosidases

QUESTION ID:31

In which Organelle the alpha-oxidation of fatty acids takes place

QUESTION ID:32

Types of mutation present in the gene which doesn't lead to any change in protein sequence:

QUESTION ID:33

Consider the set ℝ of all real numbers. The empty set ∅ in ℝ is

(A). closed

(B). open

(C). not open

(D). not closed

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QUESTION ID:34

If Then l is equal to 

QUESTION ID:35

The order of the finite group U(13) is

QUESTION ID:36

The center of a group G is a subgroup of G, where G can be

QUESTION ID:37

If {u,v,w} is a linearly independent subset of a vector space V then which of the following sets are linearly independent subset of V.

(A). {u, u+v, u+v+w}

(B). {u+v, v+w, u-w}

(C). {u+w, v+w, u+v+w}

(D). {0}

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QUESTION ID:38

If E and F are two events associated with the same sample space of a random experiment such that $P(E) \neq 0$ and $P(F) \neq 0$, then which of the following defines the conditional probability of the event $E$ given that the event F has already occured?

QUESTION ID:39

Let X be a random variable. If the mean of X is 3.4, then what is the mean of the random variable Y=2X+9?

QUESTION ID:40

What is the angle between the pair of lines 

QUESTION ID:41

QUESTION ID:42

Match the following List-I of differential equations with their respective order and degree in List-II.