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QUESTION ID:1

The Kalka Shimla railway is an example of: 

QUESTION ID:2

The current geological age in which human activity is a major driver of climate and environmental change is called: 

QUESTION ID:3

Who coined the terms autosomal “dominant” and “recessive” for genetic characters? 

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The term ‘Allelopathy’ refer to 

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Gerontology is the study of: 

QUESTION ID:6

Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched? 

QUESTION ID:7

The laws of planetary motion were proposed by 

QUESTION ID:8

Prussic acid is another name of 

QUESTION ID:9

Which of the following remains a liquid at room temperature? 

QUESTION ID:10

Upon emission of a positron by a radioisotope, the atomic number of the daughter atom 

QUESTION ID:11

The most appropriate yardstick for measuring comparative scatteredness in different sets of data is 

QUESTION ID:12

If male and female children are equally likely to be born, what is the probability that a random chosen family of 3 children has at least one but not more than two females? 

QUESTION ID:13

In a group of 400 students, 120 are males. 30% of the males are vegetarians, whereas 76 females are non-vegeterians. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student from the group is vegetarian? 

QUESTION ID:14

In a single throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a sum of 8 or 11? 

QUESTION ID:15

For studying association between two attributes, the most appropriate test procedure is 

QUESTION ID:16

In testing significance of hypothesis, 

QUESTION ID:17

In a binomial distribution, if changes of getting success are 50% and we perform an exceedingly large number of trials, then the distribution will look like 

QUESTION ID:18

‘Random sampling’ means 

QUESTION ID:19

For a normally distributed population, cumulative density function has the shape of 

QUESTION ID:20

The most appropriate measure of dispersion when the data are contaminated by outliners is: 

QUESTION ID:21

The Nobel prize was given for the first time in the year 

QUESTION ID:22

Who invented the periodic table? 

QUESTION ID:23

Who is known as the father of Nuclear physics? 

QUESTION ID:24

Grass appears green because it 

QUESTION ID:25

Heavy floods in Kerala this year led to the outbreak of which of the following diseases? 

QUESTION ID:26

A molecule absorbs light of a particular wavelength and continues to emit the light of higher wavelength for a substantial time after excitation. The phenomena is called ______. 

QUESTION ID:27

Air bags used for the safety of car drivers contain 

QUESTION ID:28

The loudness of a sound wave is determined by its 

QUESTION ID:29

Red light is used for signals because it has 

QUESTION ID:30

Venturi meter is used to measure

QUESTION ID:31

Regarding Dmitri Ivanovsky, pick the incorrect sentence 

QUESTION ID:32

Where was India’s first specialized hospital for elephants unveiled on 17th November 2018? 

QUESTION ID:33

What is the biological polymer in paper? 

QUESTION ID:34

What is the chemical used to make a toothpaste white? 

QUESTION ID:35

Which vitamin is only found in animal products? 

QUESTION ID:36

Which metal is generally used in the making of microchips? 

QUESTION ID:37

Which disease has been eradicated from the world? 

QUESTION ID:38

What is known as the God particle? 

QUESTION ID:39

Which one of the following metals pollutes the air of a city having a large number of automobiles? 

QUESTION ID:40

Who performed the world’s first heart transplant? 

QUESTION ID:41

Which of the following is not a mixture? 

QUESTION ID:42

Our National Science Day is celebrated on February 28 to honor which scientist’s discovery? 

QUESTION ID:43

Who was the first to use the antibiotics during surgery? 

QUESTION ID:44

Which is the largest human Cell? 

QUESTION ID:45

Which country has successful eliminated malaria? 

QUESTION ID:46

Recently in Kerala, which highly infectious virus caused an outbreak? 

QUESTION ID:47

The axis of earth’s rotation relative to orbital plane is tilted by: 

QUESTION ID:48

How many megabytes (MB) are there in one gigabyte (GB): 

QUESTION ID:49

RAM in computer usually stands for: 

QUESTION ID:50

Tsumanis are usually cause by: 

QUESTION ID:51

In a female with sex chromosomes XXX, how many Barr bodies will be there:

QUESTION ID:52

The common example of point mutation is: 

QUESTION ID:53

The highly repetitive DNA in the eukaryotes occupies which fraction of the Cot curve? 

QUESTION ID:54

Ames test used to screen mutagenicity is based on 

QUESTION ID:55

Alu elements in human genome represents: 

QUESTION ID:56

Which of the following structures is an example of lymphatic vessel? 

QUESTION ID:57

Which connective tissue cells are responsible for synthesizing collagen fibers?

QUESTION ID:58

Structure in decreasing order related to Bile duct 

QUESTION ID:59

Coronary arteries arise from 

QUESTION ID:60

Which of the following structure is known to maintain the shape of a cell? 

QUESTION ID:61

The technique used to detect the presence of DNA or RNA in a non-fractionated DNA sample is 

QUESTION ID:62

Chromosome painting used to detect chromosome translocation is also called: 

QUESTION ID:63

Which of the following growth media would you expect to result in synthesis of high level of mRNA for the enzymes of the E. coli lac operon? 

QUESTION ID:64

Which protein moves the least from point of application of sample while electrophoresis 

QUESTION ID:65

Biochips are made up of 

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Microbiosensors are based on

QUESTION ID:67

P1 cloning vector allow cloning of DNA of the length of 

QUESTION ID:68

The name Alic Jeffery is associated with 

QUESTION ID:69

What is the mode of action of exonuclease III? 

QUESTION ID:70

Hot-start PCR is a modification of PCR. Which of the following is not corresponding to it? 

QUESTION ID:71

Which of the following type of enzyme inhibition is also called as end-product inhibition? 

QUESTION ID:72

Cholesterol does not act as a precursor for 

QUESTION ID:73

Allopurinol is used for the treatment of gout. It is an inhibitor of 

QUESTION ID:74

Thyroid hormone act through 

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α-oxidation of fatty acids takes place in 

QUESTION ID:76

Which of the following enzyme participates in both the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain? 

QUESTION ID:77

Pyrimidine dimer formation is a sign of DNA damage. They are induced by 

QUESTION ID:78

Which of the following molecules yields maximum number of ATPs upon oxidation? 

QUESTION ID:79

Which is true about enzymes? 

QUESTION ID:80

Calmodulin contributes to signal transduction by binding to 

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The specific DNA sequences to which the transcription factors bind are referred to as ___ 

QUESTION ID:82

The collection of proteins that can be produced by a given species is: 

QUESTION ID:83

Which of the following is a nucleotide sequence data base?

QUESTION ID:84

Human genome contains about 

QUESTION ID:85

Which of these genomes have maximum ploidy? 

QUESTION ID:86

The non-sister chromatids twist around and exchange segments with each other during 

QUESTION ID:87

Difference (in wavelength or frequency units) between positions of band maxima of absorption and emission spectra of the same electronic transition is known as 

QUESTION ID:88

Which of the following does not absorb UV radiation? 

QUESTION ID:89

Wavelength range of absorption for a peptide bond is 

QUESTION ID:90

Which of the following cannot be used to analyse unstained biological samples? 

QUESTION ID:91

Which of the following substance will not stimulate an immune response unless they are bound to a large molecule? 

QUESTION ID:92

Which of the following is the major immunoglobulin in human serum, accounting for 80% of the immunoglobulin pool? 

QUESTION ID:93

Type I hypersensitivity is mediated by which of the following immunoglobulins? 

QUESTION ID:94

Acute inflammation characteristically involves? 

QUESTION ID:95

A tissue graft between two people who are not genetically identical is termed a 

QUESTION ID:96

Cell-mediated immunity 

QUESTION ID:97

B cells differentiate to form 

QUESTION ID:98

Opsonin is the 

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The class of an immunoglobulin 

QUESTION ID:100

Chain is present in which antibodies (DROP)

QUESTION ID:101

The study of nests of birds is known as: 

QUESTION ID:102

An example of ruminant animal is 

QUESTION ID:103

Name the phylum that have highest number of species 

QUESTION ID:104

Which of the following is not an insect? 

QUESTION ID:105

Who wrote the book “Origin of species”? 

QUESTION ID:106

In Drosophila, the sex is determined by 

QUESTION ID:107

Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era is characterized by 

QUESTION ID:108

Which of the following causes Byssinosis?

QUESTION ID:109

Silk is produced by _______ 

QUESTION ID:110

Which of the following is characterized as third generation pesticide? 

QUESTION ID:111

Fusion of male gamete with the polar nuclei of embryo sac is known as: 

QUESTION ID:112

In the F2 generation of a Mendelian dihybrid cross, the number of genotypes and phenotypes are: 

QUESTION ID:113

Which of the plants introduced from new world to the old world? 

QUESTION ID:114

Which one of the following is caused by a fungus?

QUESTION ID:115

Elicitors are molecules that: 

QUESTION ID:116

Rumen Gas largely consists of Carbon Dioxide and methane in the proportion of 

QUESTION ID:117

Tuberculosis lesions are prominent in digestive tract rather than in respiratory tract in 

QUESTION ID:118

Kennel cough in dogs is caused by 

QUESTION ID:119

Yolk sac route inoculation should be done on 

QUESTION ID:120

Which of the following is not an occupational zoonotic disease? 

QUESTION ID:121

Which of the following organism is an obligate aerobe? 

QUESTION ID:122

Which of the following is not transmitted by soil?

QUESTION ID:123

Phenol co-efficient indicates 

QUESTION ID:124

Definitive host of guinea worm is 

QUESTION ID:125

Which of the following is true? 

QUESTION ID:126

Plasmid which do not possess information for self-transfer to another cell are known as: 

QUESTION ID:127

Which of the following is dimorphic fungus? 

QUESTION ID:128

An example of single stranded linear DNA virus is 

QUESTION ID:129

Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay is used for the detection of bacterial 

QUESTION ID:130

Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD) is caused by 

QUESTION ID:131

Pick up the amino acid, which is present in the body but not found in proteins: 

QUESTION ID:132

Which part of the body best represents the core body temperature? 

QUESTION ID:133

The velocity of blood flow is highest in: 

QUESTION ID:134

Insulin increases entry of glucose in the liver cells by increasing the: 

QUESTION ID:135

Physiological dead space is calculated by 

QUESTION ID:136

Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding DNA methylation? 

QUESTION ID:137

Which of the following is not an example of post translational modification? 

QUESTION ID:138

Which of the following statement is incorrect about the genetic code is? 

QUESTION ID:139

The TATA box:

QUESTION ID:140

In gel electrophoresis, which of the following molecule will move faster if the amount of DNA present is same in all? 

QUESTION ID:141

The uptake of external DNA into bacterial cell is facilitated in the presence of 

QUESTION ID:142

Which of the following vector contains telomeric sequences? 

QUESTION ID:143

Which of the following takes place in both bacterial as well as eukaryotic mRNA synthesis? 

QUESTION ID:144

Which of the following amino acid is present abundantly in histones? 

QUESTION ID:145

If the amount of ‘G’ in a DNA sample is 20%. What will be the amount of ‘T’? 

QUESTION ID:146

Human telomeres consist of tandem repeats if sequence: 

QUESTION ID:147

The original codon changes to stop codon in which type of mutation: 

QUESTION ID:148

Crossing over occurs in which phase: 

QUESTION ID:149

Person having sex chromosomes XXY suffers from which of the following: 

QUESTION ID:150

Multiple genes are involved in the inheritance of which of the following disease: