Previous Year Questions

QUESTION ID:2

Going 40m to South of her house, Mehar turns left and goes another 20 m. Then, turning to the North, she goes 20m, and then starts walking to her house. In which direction, is she walking now? 

QUESTION ID:3

Which two months in a year have the same calendar? 

QUESTION ID:4

At a railway station a 24-hour watch loses 3 minutes in 4 hours. If it is set correctly on Sunday noon, when will the watch show the correct time? 

QUESTION ID:5

How many primary or deciduous teeth does a normal human have? 

QUESTION ID:6

Find the day of the week on 16th January, 1969? 

QUESTION ID:7

The theme of World Immunization Week 2021 is: 

QUESTION ID:8

One yard is equal to how many inches? 

QUESTION ID:9

Which of the following variant is known as the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2? 

QUESTION ID:10

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines give instructions to body’s cells to make the “spike protein.” Which of the following is an m-RNA vaccine for COVID-19? 

QUESTION ID:11

Harvey J Alter, Charles M Rice and Michael Houghton won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2020 for: 

QUESTION ID:12

The instrument that records the intensity of earthquakes is: 

QUESTION ID:13

Which city is known as ‘Gold capital of the world’? 

QUESTION ID:14

The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from: 

QUESTION ID:15

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified which country as Malaria free in 2021? 

QUESTION ID:16

Which of the following is not an anti- virus software? 

QUESTION ID:17

Gases usually used for filling an electric bulb are: 

QUESTION ID:18

A pea when soaked in water, gains about 40% by weight and 20% by volume. By what factor does the density increase? 

QUESTION ID:19

GPS is an abbreviation for? 

QUESTION ID:20

One light year is equal to: 

QUESTION ID:21

The scientific study of dreams is called: 

QUESTION ID:22

Nosophobia is: 

QUESTION ID:23

The colour of the onion is pink due to the presence of: 

QUESTION ID:24

The gas used for artificial ripening of fruits is: 

QUESTION ID:25

The pH of human blood is about: 

QUESTION ID:26

The flower shown in the image is the source of which of the following anticancer drugs?

QUESTION ID:27

Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity? 

QUESTION ID:28

Anosmia and ageusia is loss of _______ and ______, respectively. 

QUESTION ID:29

According to Indian law, what is the minimum age of a person for employment in a factory? 

QUESTION ID:30

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice priced at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety priced at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is: 

QUESTION ID:31

What is chemical symbol for Tungsten? 

QUESTION ID:32

What type of study is best suited for the initial evaluation of rare diseases? 

QUESTION ID:33

Which of the following phases of clinical trial evaluates safety and tolerability of a drug in healthy volunteers? 

QUESTION ID:34

If a diagnostic test is 90% sensitive, what will be the percentage of false negative results? 

QUESTION ID:35

Fertilisation of an ovum by a sperm commonly occurs in which part of the female reproductive system? 

QUESTION ID:36

Which one of the following is the basis of the modern periodic table? 

QUESTION ID:37

Carbon, diamond and graphite are together called: 

QUESTION ID:38

Ethyl mercaptan added to the otherwise odourless LPG cooking gas for imparting a detectable smell to the gas is a compound of: 

QUESTION ID:39

"Operation Flood" is a movement related with the product: 

QUESTION ID:40

Indian Standard Time (IST) refers to the local time of which city? 

QUESTION ID:41

A bag contains 7 green and 8 white balls. If two balls are drawn simultaneously, the probability that both are of the same colour is: 

QUESTION ID:42

Mode can be determined by applying the formula: 

QUESTION ID:43

When an investigator uses the data, which has already been collected by others, such data is called: 

QUESTION ID:44

Sum of the deviation of the variable values 3, 4, 6, 8, 14 from their mean is: 

QUESTION ID:45

The mean of 5 observations is 4.4 and their variance is 8.24. If three of the observations are 1, 2 and 6. The other two observations are: 

QUESTION ID:46

Marital status of a group of people represents which variable: 

QUESTION ID:47

If a test statistic rejects the null hypothesis when it is true, then which type of error is made: 

QUESTION ID:48

Which one of the following is NOT a non-parametric test? 

QUESTION ID:49

If a constant 20 is subtracted from each of the value of X and Y, the regression coefficient of Y on X is: 

QUESTION ID:50

In a regression model, a situation in which the error term is same or constant across all values of the independent variables is known as: 

QUESTION ID:51

The culture media shown in the image is:

QUESTION ID:52

Staphylococcal food poisoning manifests within how much time after ingestion of contaminated food: 

QUESTION ID:53

A patient diagnosed to be having malaria was successfully treated with an anti-malarial drug extracted from a plant ‘sweet wormwood’. The compound had been discovered by Nobel Laureate Tu Youyou in 1972. Which compound are we talking about here? 

QUESTION ID:54

An organism isolated from a female patient having urinary tract infection producing mucoid colonies, oxidase negative, Voges Proskauer test positive, urease positive could be? 

QUESTION ID:55

During an outbreak of a viral infection, all health care workers are advised to wear personal protective equipment. For the purpose, N95 respirators were also provided. What does N95 stands for? 

QUESTION ID:56

Which of the following is a Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator used in the treatment of estrogen-dependent breast cancer? 

QUESTION ID:57

Aldosterone causes: 

QUESTION ID:58

Oxytocin is useful for: 

QUESTION ID:59

The Langendorff apparatus shown below is characterized by which of the following statements?

QUESTION ID:60

Which of the following antidote – poison combination is incorrect? 

QUESTION ID:61

Which of the following is CORRECT regarding surfactants of the lungs? 

QUESTION ID:62

Which of the following is a muscle involved in normal inspiration? 

QUESTION ID:63

Which of the following region of eye has the greatest concentration of cones? 

QUESTION ID:64

Which of the following diseases is not caused by fungi? 

QUESTION ID:65

A high school athlete with a past medical history of structural heart problems presents to the cardiology clinic for a periodical check-up. On examination, his heart rate was 96 beats/ min and BP was 140/86 mm Hg. What would be the mean arterial pressure (MAP) in this patient? 

QUESTION ID:66

Histones pack the DNA into a repeating array of DNA-protein particles called: 

QUESTION ID:67

Which one of the following is used to study the structural details of biological tissues using freeze-fracture technique? 

QUESTION ID:68

Pericentric inversion is a type of chromosome mutation in which: 

QUESTION ID:69

Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is a technique to study: 

QUESTION ID:70

To study the living cells without staining, which of the following microscopes can be used? 

QUESTION ID:71

The material used as a bioplastic is: 

QUESTION ID:72

What is PHRED score in a Next generation sequencing data? 

QUESTION ID:73

What does SNP stand for? 

QUESTION ID:74

“Compensation” refers to which of the following processes in relation to flow cytometry? 

QUESTION ID:75

Which one of the following crosses will produce two phenotypes in the next generation? 

QUESTION ID:76

The type of inheritance in which many traits of a character are spread across a gradient and the effect of each allele is additive, is: 

QUESTION ID:77

Both the alleles express themselves equally in F1 generation, EXCEPT: 

QUESTION ID:78

In the cross AaBBcc x aaBbCc, what is the probability of an offspring that is aaBbcc? 

QUESTION ID:79

Gene for starch synthesis in pea plant is functionally connected with: 

QUESTION ID:80

When a diploid female plant is crossed with a tetraploid male, the ploidy of endosperm cells in the resulting seed is: 

QUESTION ID:81

Out of the seven contrasting pairs of characters studied by Mendel in pea plant, how many had colour-based contrasting traits? 

QUESTION ID:82

Which one of the following is called Sewall Wright Effect? 

QUESTION ID:83

Bone is connected to muscles with the help of: 

QUESTION ID:84

A 5-year-old female patient was brought to the OPD by her mother with the chief complaints of speech impairment, a small head size and problems in movement and balance (ataxia). She also finds baby’s behaviour as unique in the form of frequent laughter, hyperactivity and short attention span. On genetic analysis, deletion in the maternal chromosome 15 was found. Which of the following can present with these symptoms? 

QUESTION ID:85

Burkitt’s lymphoma occurs due to translocation of: 

QUESTION ID:86

Which of the following is NOT a vestigial organ in man? 

QUESTION ID:87

A toxic substance responsible for the chills and high fever recurring every three to four days in malarial fever is: 

QUESTION ID:88

Multiload 375 is: 

QUESTION ID:89

Which group’s members have same chromosomal set and protoplasm? 

QUESTION ID:90

ZIFT refers to the transfer of embryo in fallopian tube up to: 

QUESTION ID:91

All the following are components of a flow cytometer, EXCEPT: 

QUESTION ID:92

Which of the following forms left-handed helix? 

QUESTION ID:93

Restriction endonucleases are very important enzymes used in Genetic engineering. They are used for: 

QUESTION ID:94

If a hemophilic man marries a carrier woman, then which of the following holds true for his progenies? 

QUESTION ID:95

The expected phenotypic ratio of a dihybrid cross is: 

QUESTION ID:96

ABO blood grouping in human beings cites the example of: 

QUESTION ID:97

Bt Cotton is a: 

QUESTION ID:98

In an area where DDT had been used extensively, the population of birds declined significantly because: 

QUESTION ID:99

If a mutation converts a triplet codon “UGC” to “UGA”, it is called 

QUESTION ID:100

False about TATA box is that it: 

QUESTION ID:101

During complete metabolism of glucose, the number of ATP formed is: 

QUESTION ID:102

Vitamin B12 deficiency can be diagnosed by urinary excretion of: 

QUESTION ID:103

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

QUESTION ID:104

Bilirubin in serum can be measured by: 

QUESTION ID:105

A positive Benedict’s test is not given by: 

QUESTION ID:106

Bordeaux mixture is: 

QUESTION ID:107

Two-dimensional gels are used to: 

QUESTION ID:108

Health adjusted life expectancy (HALE) refers to: 

QUESTION ID:109

The weight of the baby becomes 5 times the birth weight by the age of:

QUESTION ID:110

Which of the following laboratory values should a nurse expect to be elevated in a child who has pancreatitis? 

QUESTION ID:111

An infant is to receive 28 mg of Phenobarbital (Luminal) orally per day divided into two equal doses for seizure control. The medication is dispensed as 20 mg per 5 ml. How many millilitres should the nurse administer for each dose? 

QUESTION ID:112

Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for about: 

QUESTION ID:113

RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is a conserved biological response to: 

QUESTION ID:114

Databases such as CATH and SCOP are used to identify: 

QUESTION ID:115

Two sequences are said to be homologous if: 

QUESTION ID:116

What is the function of Chaperonins? 

QUESTION ID:117

The colour of earthworm body is brown due to: 

QUESTION ID:118

Which of the following amino acids does not have an aromatic ring? 

QUESTION ID:119

The first clinical application of gene therapy over a 4-year-old girl was for: 

QUESTION ID:120

The computational methodology that tries to find the best matching between two molecules, a receptor and ligand is called: 

QUESTION ID:121

The dual resistance vector is: 

QUESTION ID:122

Radioactive decay of the nucleus emits which of the following electromagnetic radiations? 

QUESTION ID:123

Which of the following produce antibodies? 

QUESTION ID:124

Perforin lined pores in target cell are developed by: 

QUESTION ID:125

Which type of immunity is developed after exposure to pathogens? 

QUESTION ID:126

The infectious stage of Plasmodium that enters the human body is: 

QUESTION ID:127

The vaccine against polio viruses is an example of: 

QUESTION ID:128

The chemical test that is used for diagnosis of typhoid is: 

QUESTION ID:129

Cell mediated immunity involves all, EXCEPT: 

QUESTION ID:130

T lymphocytes in a lymph node are concentrated in which of the following anatomical locations? 

QUESTION ID:131

Which of the following groups is formed only of the hermaphrodite organisms? 

QUESTION ID:132

Which of the following products of apiculture is used in cosmetics and polishes? 

QUESTION ID:133

Holstein-Friesian, Brown Swiss and Jersey are all well-known: 

QUESTION ID:134

Sabin-Feldman dye test is used in the diagnosis of:

QUESTION ID:135

Aquatic larva of mosquito is known as: 

QUESTION ID:136

While calculating Air Quality Index, the data for which of the following pollutant(s) is essential? 

QUESTION ID:137

Which among the following is a cold desert? 

QUESTION ID:138

Which of the following is most commonly applied in automobile exhaust system? 

QUESTION ID:139

Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant? 

QUESTION ID:140

Itai-Itai disease is associated with which metal poisoning? 

QUESTION ID:141

The scientific name of the flower shown in the image is:

QUESTION ID:142

A host plant produces a toxin that is lethal to aphids feeding on its leaves. Over time, some of the aphids become immune to the toxin. In response, the host plant begins to produce a different toxin that is lethal to aphids. This is an example of: 

QUESTION ID:143

Which of the following best describes a pattern of idealized population growth that is restricted by limiting factors? 

QUESTION ID:144

Induction of cell division activity and delay in senescence is caused by: 

QUESTION ID:145

Which plant part is modified into pitcher in pitcher plant? 

QUESTION ID:146

Natural insecticide obtained from Neem tree is: 

QUESTION ID:147

Which of the following insect can be used for production of formic acid? 

QUESTION ID:148

The practice of painless killing of laboratory animal to relieve pain after experimentation is called: 

QUESTION ID:149

Which of the animals are referred to as solipeds? 

QUESTION ID:150

Which one of the following is a mammal?