Previous Year Questions

QUESTION ID:2

What is the length of the longest rod that can be put in a hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm such that no end of the rod is outside the bowl? (Assume that the rod has negligible thickness.)  

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On a semi-circle of diameter 10m drawn on a horizontal ground are standing 4 boys A, B, C and D with distances AB = BC = CD. The length of line-segment joining A and B is  

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You get 20% returns on your investment annually, but also pay a 20% tax on the gain. At the end of 5 years, the gain made by you (as percentage of the capital) is approximately  

QUESTION ID:5

A cubic cavity of edge 20 μm is filled with a fluid with a cubic solid of edge 2 μm. What percent of the cavity volume is occupied by the fluid?  

QUESTION ID:6

The following table shows the price diamond crystals of a particular quality. What will be the price (in lakh Rs.) of a 2.5 carat diamond crystal?  

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A man on the equator moves along 00 longitude up to 45° N. He then turns east and moves up to 90° E, and returns to the equator along 900 E. The distance covered in multiples of Earth's radius R is  

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Marks obtained by two students S1 and S2 in a four semester course are plotted in following graph.  

QUESTION ID:9

To go from the engine to the last coach of his train of length 200 m, a man jumped from his train to another train moving on a parallel track in the opposite direction, waited till the last coach of his original train appeared and then jumped back. In how much time did he reach the last coach if the speed of each train was 60 km/hr?  

QUESTION ID:10

How many digits are there in 2^17 x 3^2 x 5^14 x 7?  

QUESTION ID:11

The following sum is 1 + 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 ... - 20 = ?  

QUESTION ID:12

What is the next number in the following sequence? 2,3, 5, 6, 3, 4, 7, 12, 4, 5,9, . . . ,  

QUESTION ID:13

After giving 20%, discount on the marked price to it customer, the seller's profit was 20%. Which of the following is true?  

QUESTION ID:14

Coordinates of a point in x, y, z space is (1, 2, 3). What would be the coordinates of its refection in a mirror along the x, z plane?  

QUESTION ID:15

You are given 100 verbs using which you have to form sentences containing at least one verb, without repeating the verbs, under the condition that the number of verbs (from this set of 100) in any two sentences should not be equal. The maximum number of sentences you can form is  

QUESTION ID:16

A 4 X 4 magic square is given below. How many 2 x 2 squares are there in it whose elements add up to 34?  

QUESTION ID:17

November 9. 1994 was a Wednesday. Then which of the following is true?  

QUESTION ID:18

If a 4 digit year (e.g. 1927) is chosen randomly, what is the probability that it is NOT a leap year?  

QUESTION ID:19

Three years ago the difference in the ages of two brothers was 2 years. The sum of their present ages will double in 10 years. What is the age of the elder brother?  

QUESTION ID:20

Find the missing number in the sequence 61, 52, 63, 94, ___, 18, 001, 121.  

QUESTION ID:21

Membrane-bound and free ribosomes, are structurally identical, but differ only at a given time in terms of association with  

QUESTION ID:22

The dye used in Gram staining is  

QUESTION ID:23

Each origin of replication is activated only once. This is achieved because  

QUESTION ID:24

Electron microscopes have much higher resolution than any type of light microscope because  

QUESTION ID:25

Histone acetylase and chromatin remodeling complexes are recruited to specific regions of chromatin by  

QUESTION ID:26

 Which one of the following statements is NOT correct for propagation and maintenance of mammalian cells in vitro?  

QUESTION ID:27

A bioinformatics tool used to find the sequence similarity in the subunits of hemoglobin is  

QUESTION ID:28

The electro spray ionization spectrum of a highly purified protein shows multiple closely spaced peaks. This most likely arises due to  

QUESTION ID:29

The average energy absorbed by 10 gm of tissue from 32P radiation is 14.9 Jkg-1. The average dose in rads is  

QUESTION ID:30

In isoelectric focussing experiments, proteins are separated on the basis of their  

QUESTION ID:31

The homologous genetic recombination is a DNA repair process referred to as recombination repair. Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT for recombination repair?  

QUESTION ID:32

During protein synthesis in prokaryotes, the peptidyl transferase activity required for peptide bond formation is due to  

QUESTION ID:33

Ethylene signaling pathway is important for a fruit ripening. Which one of the following responses is routinely used to identity ethylene signaling pathway components?  

QUESTION ID:34

Which one of the following is a type of intercellullar junction in animal cells?  

QUESTION ID:35

Which one of the following is NOT related to immediate hypersensitivity reactions?  

QUESTION ID:36

Which one of the following developmental processes in animals is more dependent on cellular movements?  

QUESTION ID:37

Engrailed expression in Drosophila melenogaster defines  

QUESTION ID:38

During which one of the following stages of Arabidopsis embryogenesis, cell elongation throughout the embryonic axis and further development of the cotyledons occur?  

QUESTION ID:39

After activation of a promoter by the DNA binding activity of a transcription factor, a co-activator is recruited at the region targeted for transcription which in turn creates a binding site for a chromatin remodeling complex. Which one of the following activities of the co-activator is responsible for the recruitment of chromatin remodeling complex?  

QUESTION ID:40

Prior to transcription, chromatin changes from an inactive state to an active state by various factors in a stepwise manner. Which one of the following is involved in the initial steep during activation of a chromatin loop?  

QUESTION ID:41

The long feather train of a peacock is quoted as an example supporting  

QUESTION ID:42

A pathogen like Mycobacterium, which colonizes inside the cells of the host, is likely to be least affected by which one of the following host immune defense mechanisms?  

QUESTION ID:43

Which one of the following graphs represents the relative expression of proteins of Wnt-activated signaling cascades involved during development of an embryo?

QUESTION ID:44

Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a process that takes advantage of the RNAi mediated antiviral defence mechanism. Which one of the following ultimately guides siRNA to degrade the target transcript (mRNA)?  

QUESTION ID:45

Which one of the following molecular marker types uses combination of both restriction enzyme and PCR techniques?  

QUESTION ID:46

One hemoglobin molecule containing four heme groups can bind with four O2. The reactions of Hb and O2 are shown below. Which one of the following reactions is fastest?  

QUESTION ID:47

Which one of the following is required to anchor the synaptic vesicles to the cytoskeletal proteins in the presynaptic nerve terminals?  

QUESTION ID:48

Vasopressin acts on blood vessels leading to their constriction. Which one of the following signaling cascades will apply to the effect of vasopressin?

QUESTION ID:49

In an experiment involving mapping of 3 genes (a, b and c) in Drosophila, a three point test cross is carried out. The parental cross was AAbbCC x aaBBcc. The genotypes of the double crossovers are: Aabbcc and aaBbCc. Based on this, determine the order of the genes.  

QUESTION ID:50

In the following example, 3 independently assorting genes are known to govern coat color in mice. The genotype of few of the coat colors is given below: Agouti: A-B-C- Black: aa B-C - Albino: -- -- cc What will be the expected frequency of abino, in the F2 progeny from crosses of Pure black with albino of the genotype AAbbcc?  

QUESTION ID:51

The distance between bacterial genes as determined from interrupted mating experiments are measured in units of  

QUESTION ID:52

During the operation of C2 oxidative photosynthetic cycle, which of the following metabolites is transported from chloroplast to peroxisome?  

QUESTION ID:53

In rats, after the delivery of the offspring, mother shows the following behaviors. Which one of the following behaviors is NOT maternal?  

QUESTION ID:54

Arabidopsis thaliana seeds were planted on Murashige Skoog (MS) plates with or without a hormone added to the medium. Seeds were found to germinate late in the hormone containing MS plates as compared to MS plates without hormone. Identity the hormone.  

QUESTION ID:55

Which of the following is a correct hierarchical sequence for classification of a living organism?  

QUESTION ID:56

Branchiostomaisa  

QUESTION ID:57

The population size of a bird increased from 600 to 645 in one year. If the per capita birth rate of this population is 0.5, what is its per capita death rate?  

QUESTION ID:58

A black Labrador homozygous for the dominant alleles (BBEE) is crossed with a yellow Labrador homozygous for the recessive alleles (bbee). On intercrossing the F1, the F2 progeny was obtained in the following ratio: 9 black: 3 brown: 4 yellow. This is an example of  

QUESTION ID:59

The present global warming trend is expected to result in an increased incidence of malaria in temperate countries. The supposed underlying mechanism is that 

QUESTION ID:60

The most important reproductive strategies of big trees in a forest are  

QUESTION ID:61

In. very small populations, genetic variation is often lost through genetic drift. If the population size of a mammal on an isolated island is 50, what percentage of its genetic variation is lost every generation  

QUESTION ID:62

An ant moving straight, upon encountering an obstacle, may turn either right or left and continue moving. To test the hypothesis that the direction chosen by the ant is random, the most appropriate statistical test is

QUESTION ID:63

Among the following antigens specific to a pathogen, which one is most likely to be ineligible as a vaccine with long lasting host protective effect?  

QUESTION ID:64

Which one of the following techniques is generally used to produce transgenic animals?  

QUESTION ID:65

Which one of the following is unfavorable for protein folding?  

QUESTION ID:66

The maximum number of hydrogen bonds that can form between H2N - NH2 (hydrazine) and water is –  

QUESTION ID:67

The organs 'radula' and 'clitellum' are found in  

QUESTION ID:68

The peptide unit (Cα - C'O - NH - Cα) is planer due to  

QUESTION ID:69

Which one of the following is the most appropriate statement regarding folded proteins?  

QUESTION ID:70

Molecules primarily responsible for the formation of lipid raft are  

QUESTION ID:71

You are studying a protein that inserts itself into a model membrane (liposomes) during a reconstitution process. The protein has an N-terminal, 18-amino acid hydrophilic segment that is located on the outside of the membrane, a 19-amino acid hydrophobic transmembrane segment flanked by negatively and positively charged amino acids, and a C-terminal domain that resides inside the lumen (as depicted below in the form of a cartoon). For proper reconstitution of the protein, which of the following strategies will be appropriate?  

QUESTION ID:72

The tetrapeptide "KDEL" is well known as a retrieval signal of several newly synthesized proteins. This process is mediated through specific receptor -'- KDEL interaction. Any single amino acid change in this tetrapeptide is not allowed in terms of its binding its receptors and its subsequent retention in specific organelle whereas, secretory proteins are devoid of such tetrapeptide. From this observation indicate the localization of the receptor of this tetrapeptide:  

QUESTION ID:73

125I-labelJed diaminofluorene (DAF) is a well known photoactivable hydrophobic probe of plasma membrane integral protein. To determine the approximate length and number of hydrophobic domain in any integral membrane protein, a controlled experiment (following standard protocol) is carried out. In order to ascertain the aforesaid aspects indicate the correct combination of experimental protocols from the following choices:  

QUESTION ID:74

Cyclins are the regulatory subunits and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are the catalytic subunits. Following diagram represents the involvement of cyclins and CDKs in various stages of cell cycle:

If we knock down cyclin D in a cell by shRNA, which one of the following graphs correctly represents the level of CDK2 activity?

QUESTION ID:75

To test whether bacteria with enhanced toluene degradative abilities could be created for cold environment, a TOL (toluene-degrading) plasmid from a mesophilic bacterial strain was transferred by conjugation into a facultative psychrophile. The psychrophile was able to degrade salicylate (SAL) but donot toluene. The recombinant strain carried the introduced TOL- plasmid and its own SAL plasmid. The results are as follows: Identify A, B, C, X and Y:  

QUESTION ID:76

A small fraction of clear cellular lysate was run on an isoelectric focusing gel (IEF) to purify a particular protein, which showed a number of sharp bands corresponding to different pI value. The protein of interest has a pI of 5.2. Therefore, the band corresponding to pI 5.2 was cut, eluted with appropriate buffer and subjected to SDS PAGE, which showed 3 distinct bands. One of the following inferences CANNOT be drawn from the above observations?  

QUESTION ID:77

Chromosome organization becomes clearer from a series of biochemical, electron microscopic and X-ray crystallographic studies. When interphase chromatin is isolated in low salt buffer and observed under EM, 11 nm bead on string organization is seen. Interphase chromatin directly observed under EM shows 30 nm fibre. When histones are depleted from metaphase chromosome and visualized under EM, it shows a huge number of very large' loops associated with scaffold. Following interpretations can be made from these:

A. 11 nm fibre is formed when nucleosomes are brought closer by scaffold.

B. 30 nm interphase chromatin is formed by zig-zag organization of nucIeosomes of 11 nm fibre.

C. 30 nm fibre makes a solenoid packing to form the metaphase chromosome.

D. 30 nm fibre gets organized into loops due to SARs getting associated with scaffold proteins and coming closer.

The correct combination of interpretations is:  

QUESTION ID:78

In a plaque-forming cell assay, antigen specific B-cell numbers are assessed. In this assay, antigen coated sheep red blood cells (SRBCs) are lysed by the hapten specific B cells by complement-mediated cytotoxicity. In an assay that tried to enumerate the TNP-specific B-cells elicited in TNP-KLH-primed mice, no plaques were formed despite the presence of antigenspecific antibody producing B cells. Which of the following is NOT the reason for the absence of plaques?

QUESTION ID:79

Cytochrome-c has only one tryptophan residue (W) which is buried. The protein in cacodylate buffer (pH 6.0) is excited at 280 nm, and its emission spectrum measured in the range of 300-450 nm. The same measurement was repeated on the protein in the buffer containing 6M guanidine hydrochloride. It was observed that there is an increase in the intensity of the emission spectrum of the guanidine hydrochloride treated cytochrome-c. The most probable reason for this increase is:  

QUESTION ID:80

The above diagram represents a 2 Kb insert successfully introduced between two BamH1 sites of a 3.8 Kb vector in desired orientation. The HindIII site on the insert and EcoRl site on the vector is also indicated. If the insert was introduced in the opposite orientation, which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?  

QUESTION ID:81

The hydrogen atoms in the δ (delta) methylene group of lysine will give the following splitting pattern in the 1HNMR spectra of lysine  

QUESTION ID:82

Combination of molecular markers with their classification based on either dominant or co-dominant types are shown below:

A. SSR and RFLP: co-dominant.

B. SSR and RAPD: co-dominant.

C. RAPD and RFLP: dominant.

D. AFLP and RAPD: dominant.

Which one of the following is the correct combination?  

QUESTION ID:83

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are very specific for aminoacylation of tRNAs with the correct cognate amino acids. However, there is a possibility of a mismatch between the tRNA and its cognate amino acid. This error is corrected by the inherent proof-reading activity of the aminoacyl-tRNA, synthetase. In case of two very similar amino acids, namely valine and isoleucine, isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase employs the following possible approaches for an error free aminoacylation

A. It removes an incorrect amino acid by hydrolyzing the aminoacyl-AMP linkage following first reaction step.

B. It is activated for proof-reading activity, leading to breakage of the bond between the wrong amino acid and tRNA.

C. It has an intrinsic ability to recognize the structural difference between amino acids leading to abortive elimination of the non-cognate amino acid.

D. It gets sequestered in the second step with the wrong amino acid, and that freezes the aminoacylation process.

Which of the following combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:84

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have recently been shown to play a significant role in the fine tuning of gene expression. Some miRNAs induce gene silencing by binding to mRNAs and inducing inhibition of translation. On the other hand, there are miRNAs that bind to mRNAs and activate their degradation. The following characteristics can be applicable to miRNAs that inhibit mRNA translation:

A. miRNA is partially complementary to region of target mRNA in the 3' UTR.

B. miRNA always base pairs with mRNA around an AU-rich sequence.

C. miRNA base pairs with mRNA through 6-7 nucleotides at its 5’ end referred to as "seed sequence" as well as few additional bases elsewhere.

D. miRNA is always partially complementary to the 5' UTR of the target mRNA.

Choose the correct option from the following:  

QUESTION ID:85

Attenuation is a mechanism involved in the regulation of tryptophan operon in E. coli. When tryptophan levels are high in the cell, region 2 of the trpL is blocked from pairing with region 3. This allows the pairing of region 3 and 4 leading to the formation a rho-independent termination. What would be the structure of the trpL region in E. coli cells where protein synthesis has been inhibited?  

QUESTION ID:86

In order to identify the regulatory regions of a novel promoter sequence shown above, four 150 bp deletion constructs were made in a luciferase reporter system as indicated above in boxes A to D. After transfection, the observed level of promoter activity (%) as analyzed by luciferase assay of all the constructs is indicated in the right of the figure. Identify the best correct combination of regions in the options given below that indicate the presence of a positive and a negative regulatory elements respectively.  

QUESTION ID:87

A 6.4 Kb plasmid DNA has two restriction endonuclease sites, HindIII and EcoRI. Complete double digestion of the plasmid with both the enzymes yields two fragments of 3.1 and 3.3 Kb. In order to study DNA repair process, a G:T mismatch was introduced in one strand of HindIII site and the damaged plasmid was incubated in a reconstituted repair system containing all the factors and enzymes required for repair. If the efficiency of the repair system is 50%, which one of the following band patterns on agarose gel will be obtained after treating the repaired plasmid with both HindIII and EcoRI?

QUESTION ID:88

The following statements are made on DNA replication:

A. Replication fork is a branch point in a replication 'eye' or 'bubble'.

B. A replication bubble contains two replication forks.

C. DNA replication is continuous according to the interpretation made by Okazaki.

D. Multiple priming events are required for both leading and lagging strands to initiate DNA synthesis.

Which one of the following is the correct combination?  

QUESTION ID:89

Torpedo is a trans-membrane receptor on follicle cells that binds with Gurken protein located in the presumptive dorsal surface of the oocytes and inhibits a cascade leading to nuclear localization of the Dorsal Protein. In an experiment, Drosophila germ line chimeras were made by interchanging pole cells (germ line precursors) between wild type embryos and embryos from mother homozygous for a mutation of torpedo gene. These transplants produced: i) wild type females whose egg came from mutant mother, and ii) torpedo deficient females whose egg came from wild type mother. The possible outcome of this experiment can be:

A. Torpedo deficient eggs developed in wild type ovary induced normal embryos.

B. Wild type eggs developed in Torpedo deficient ovary produced ventralized embryos.

C. Torpedo deficient eggs developed in wild type ovary produced ventralized embryos.

D. Dorsal protein enters in the nuclei of dorsal side of embryos which came from wild type eggs developed in Torpedo deficient ovary.

E. Dorsal protein remains cytoplasmic in the dorsal side of the embryos which came from wild type eggs developed in Torpedo deficient ovary

Which of the above combination is correct?  

QUESTION ID:90

The proximal distal growth and differentiation of the tetrapod limb bud are made possible by a series of interactions between the apical ectodermal ridge (AER) and limb bud mesenchyme directly beneath it. Some of the interactions performed in chick demonstrated the following results:

A. When the AER was removed at any time of development, further development of distal limb skeletal elements ceased.

B. When leg mesenchyme was placed directly beneath the wing AER, distal hindlimb structures developed at the end of the wing.

C. When limb mesenchyme was replaced by a non-limb mesenchyme beneath the AER, the limb still developed

D. When an extra AER was grafted onto an existing limb bud, the development of the limb ceased.

Which of the above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:91

During lens formation in the Xenopus, the following statements have been proposed:

A. Lens induction can be achieved in the absence of optic vesicle after priming of head ectoderm by the anterior neural plate.

B. The optic vesicle can induce the presumptive trunk ectoderm to form the lens.

C. Only the head ectoderm can respond to direct signals from the optic vesicle form the lens.

D. The anterior neural plate primes the head ectoderm via BMP4 and Fgf8 prior to signals from the optic vesicle.

Which of the above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:92

Nitrogen fixation is basically a process of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia (NH3). One of the key enzymes in the process is "nitrogenase". The production and activity of nitrogenase is very highly regulated as highlighted below:

A. Nitrogen fixation through nitrogenase is an energetically expensive process.

B. Nitrogenase encoding gene is under a constitutive promoter.

C. Nitrogenase is highly sensitive to oxygen.

D. Endogenous availability of the cofactor of nitrogenase enzyme is very low.

Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct:  

QUESTION ID:93

Mutation in a gene x in Arabidopsis thaliana results in more number of lateral root formation. Which one of the following is the correct statement?  

QUESTION ID:94

The amount of each enzyme present in the chloroplast stroma is regulated by mechanisms that control the concerted expression of nuclear and chloroplast genomes. Following are certain statements regarding the regulation of chloroplast enzymes:

A. Nucleus-encoded enzymes are translated on 70S ribosomes in the cytosol and subsequently transported into the plastid.

B. Plastid encoded enzymes are translocated in the stroma on prokaroyte like 70S ribosomes.

C. Light modulates the expression of stromal enzymes encoded by the nuclear genome via specific photoreceptors.

D. The eight small subunits of rubisco is encoded in plastid.

Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct?  

QUESTION ID:95

Aquaporins are a class of proteins that are relatively abundant in plant membranes. Following are certain statements regarding the properties of aquaporins:

A. Aquaporins form water channels in membrane.

B. Some aquaporins also transport uncharged molecules such as NH3.

C. The activity of aquaporins is not regulated by phosphorylation.

D. The activity of aquaporin is regulated by calcium concentration reactive oxygen species.

Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct?  

QUESTION ID:96

Following statements are related to oxidative phoshorylation.

A. Redox reactions of electron transport chain coupled with ATP synthesis are collectively called oxidative phosphorylation.

B. Three major processes: glycolysis, oxidative pentose phosphate pathway and citric acid cycle are related to oxidative phosphorylation.

C. Electron transport proteins are bound to outer of the two mitochondrial membranes.

D. In the electron transport chain electrons are transferred to oxygen from NADH.

Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct?  

QUESTION ID:97

In terpene biosynthesis pathways, three acetyl-CoA are joined together stepwise to form mevalonic acid. Which one of the following three- steps is required by mevalonic acid to form isopentenyl diphosphate or isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP)?  

QUESTION ID:98

Satellite RNAs (sat-RNAs) are species of RNA associated with specific strains of some plant RNA viruses, although it is not necessary for their replication. Few statements are given below on sat-RNA

A. Presence of sat-RNA leads to reduction in severity of disease symptoms.

B. Presence of sat-RNA leads to increase in severity of disease symptoms.

C. sat-RNA is constitutively expressed like coat proteins and is independent of virus infection.

D. sat-RNA is not constitutively expressed like coat proteins but is expressed only after virus infection.

Which one of the following combinations of above statements regarding sat-RNA is correct?  

QUESTION ID:99

Respiration can be inhibited voluntarily for some time. The point at which respiration cannot be voluntarily inhibited is known as breaking point. Following explanations are offered for the breaking point:

A. J-receptors stimulate respiratory centers

B. Hering-Breuer reflex operates

C. The rise of arterial pCO2 stimulates the respiratory centre

D. The fall of arterial pO2 stimulates the respiratory centre

Which of the above combination is correct?  

QUESTION ID:100

Following sets of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites
(i) normal sporozoites
(ii) sporozoites with mutation in the C-terminal of circumsporozoite (CS) antigen
(iii) sporozoites with mutation in the N-terminal region of circumsporozoite (CS) antigen
are injected into 2 groups of mice one normal (Group A) and one (Group B) where localized knock down of heparin sulfate (receptor for CS antigen in liver cells) is achieved by injecting specific shRNA expressing lentiviral particles in the liver prior to infection. 15 days post infection parasitemia is measured by counting infected RBC through Giemsa staining.
Which of the following groups will show maximum level of parasitemia?

QUESTION ID:101

The following statements are related to excretion in invertebrates:

A. Flame cells are found in molluscs and jelly fish.

B. Nephridia and Malpighian tubules convert ammonia to urea for water conservation.

C. Green glands are found in flatworm and help in the excreta elimination.

D. Excretory canals in nematodes carry waste materials to excretory pores in the body wall.

Choose the correct answer  

QUESTION ID:102

Patients suffering from familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are mostly homozygous for the defective gene and have profoundly elevated levels of serum cholesterol. The reason may be that the gene for highly specific receptor for LDL is either defective or missing in these patients. In an experiment, cells were taken from both normal individual and homozygote (FH) subjects, incubated in buffer with 125I-labeled LDL in presence or absence of excess unlabeled LDL for various time periods and then 125I-labeled LDL bound to cells was measured. Which of the following is the best fit graph for the above experiment?

QUESTION ID:103

The following statements have been proposed for a cancer cell.

A. Binding of p53 with MDM2, a ubiquitin E3 ligase; is a precondition for cancer progression.

B. Phosphorylation of a tyrosine residue in the C-terminus of human c-Src is essential for cell invasion and motility.

C. Loss of function of both alleles of a tumor Suppressor gene prevents metastasis.

D. Dimerization of C-myc-Max leads to enhanced cell proliferation.

Which of the combinations of the above statements is correct?  

QUESTION ID:104

Collagen is the most prevalent extracellular matrix protein. Which of the following is NOT true for collagen?  

QUESTION ID:105

CD4+ T cells are co-cultured with macrophages in the presence of immobilized anti-CD3 antibody under four different conditions: (A) Interleukin (IL)-4 plus anti-IFN γ antibody, (B) IL-12 and anti-IL-4 antibody, (C) Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, (D) TGF-β and IL-6 for three rounds to induce T-helper cell differentiation identifiable by the cytokines they express predominantly. Which one of the following is the most likely combination of predominant cytokine expression in these cultures?  

QUESTION ID:106

At the 2-celled stage of Caenorabditis elegans development the blastomeres were experimentally separated and allowed to proceed in development. One of the blastomere (P1) developed generating all types of cells it would normally make while the other blastomere (AB) made only a fraction of the cell types it would normally make. The following conclusion could be drawn:

A. The determination of both P1 and AB was autonomous.

B. The determination of both P1 and AB was conditional.

C. The determination of P1 was autonomous and AB was conditional .

D. Both asymmetric division and cell-cell interactions specify cell fate in early development.

Which of the above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:107

Four groups of one-day old female BALB/c neonates had received the following treatments:

A. Epidermal cells from CS7BL/6 male plus anti β2 microglobulin antibody.

B. Epidermal cells from C57BL/6 male plus antibodies to β2 microglobulin, CD40 ligand, CD80 and CD86.

C. Epidermal cells from C57BL/6 female plus anti-CD80 antibody,.

D. Epidermal cells from C57BL/6 female mice. When these BALB/c neonates grew six weeks old, they received skin transplant from C57BL/6 male mice. Transplantation rejection time varied between these four groups. Starting from the fastest to the slowest rejection, which one of the following is the most likely order?  

QUESTION ID:108

A mechanical pressure was exerted on a specific location of a peripheral nerve of a mammal. The touch or pain receptors were stimulated from the skin surface innervated by the same nerve. The action potential generated by touch receptor stimulation was blocked beyond the point of mechanical pressure. But the action potential generated by pain receptor stimulation passes through the point of mechanical pressure. Following explanations were offered for these observations:

A. The large diameter 'A' fibres were affected by mechanical pressure

B. The small diameter 'C' fibres were not affected by mechanical pressure

C. The intermediate diameter 'B' fibres were affected by mechanical pressure

D. The large diameter 'A' fibres were not affected by mechanical pressure

Which of the above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:109

When a skeletal muscle with an intact nerve supply is stretched, the muscle contracts and the tone increases. The following explanations are offered for this observation: A. Golgi tendon organ was stimulated by the stretching of muscle

B. γ-motor neurons were excited by the stimulated afferent nerve fibres from the stretched muscle

C. Muscle spindle was stimulated by stretching of muscle

D. α-motor neurons were excited by the stimulated afferent nerve fibres from the stretched musscle

Which of the combination is correct?  

QUESTION ID:110

Assume that in terms of 'genetic fitness' the 'benefit' of performing an altruistic act to a relative is 500 units and the 'cost' involved is 150 units. Following Hamilton's Rule the act should be performed if the relative is a  

QUESTION ID:111

The diagram below depicts a simplified tree of life with three domains and one of the domains including Whittaker's three major kingdoms. Which of the following is the correct naming of the numbered boxes?  

QUESTION ID:112

Sleeping sickness is a disease caused by a protozoan parasite and the following statements pertain to that disease:

A. The vector for this disease is tsetse fly.

B. The vector for this disease is Trypanosoma brucei.

C. The parasite's body is covered by a dense coat of variable surface glycoprotein (VSG).

D. There are several thousands of VSG genes, only one of them expressing at a time, which helps the parasite in evading host's immune response.

E. Several thousand copies of VSG genes express concurrently, paralyzing the host immune system.

Which of the following is the correct combination of the statements given above?  

QUESTION ID:113

Fish species X and Y feed on mayfly nymphs in their stream habitat. In a laboratory experiment, the predation intensity of X and Y on their prey was tested under dark (D) and light (L) conditions. Thus, the experimental protocol included four aquaria - LX, LY, DX and DY. In each aquarium containing 100 mayfly nymphs, one fish was introduced and allowed to feed for 30 minutes. Then the fish was removed and the number of mayfly nymphs left uneaten in each aquarium was counted. The results are shown graphically below The most significant conclusion from the results is:  

QUESTION ID:114

There are three species of frogs - A, B and C. Species A does not provide parental care for its eggs and larvae. Species B is subjected to predation by a predator that selectively feeds only on small-sized larvae. Species C faces progressively decreasing opportunities for breeding with increasing age. Assuming that resources available for reproduction are similar for A, B and C. Which of the following strategies would have been favored?  

QUESTION ID:115

The three graphs (A, B, C) show population growth (N) patterns in relation to N or time (t) Which of the following is correct with reference to the Y-axis label and the type of population growth?  

QUESTION ID:116

Which of the following set of observations is true with reference to a comparison of aquatic (A) and terrestrial (T) ecosystems?  

QUESTION ID:117

A small lake has three trophic levels- phytoplankton (autotrophs), Zooplankton (herbivore) and planktivorous fish (primary carnivore). Into this lake, a population of piscivorous fish (secondary carnivore) was introduced to study the 'topdown' effects". What is the expected long-term consequence of such an introduction to phytoplankton and zooplankton trophic levels?  

QUESTION ID:118

Following is the diagram of three idealized survivorship curves of animals. Find the correct match between the group of animals and the respective survivorship curves. 

QUESTION ID:119

Following are the characteristics of species that make them more or less prone to extinction: Rare – a Common – b Good dispersal rate – c Poor dispersal rate – d Low specialization – e High specialization – f High variability – g Low variability – h Low trophic status – i High trophic status – j Long life span – k Short life span – l High reproductive output – m Low reproductive output – n Which of the following is the correct combination of characteristics that makes the species more prone to extinction?  

QUESTION ID:120

An elderly person suffering from calcium deficiency was advised to take calcium rich food and to supplement the diet with vitamin D. The absorption of calcium in the intestine was increased with the supplementation of vitamin-D. Following explanations were offered for this increased calcium absorption by vitamin D:

A. The synthesis of Calbindin-D9K and Calbindin-D28K in enterocytes was stimulated.

B. The number of Ca2+ -ATPase molecules in enterocytes was increased.

C. The synthesis of divalent metal transporters 1 (DMT1) in the enterocytes was stimulated.

D. The number of hephaestin in the enterocytes was increased.

Which of the above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:121

A series of cell lines was created by fusing mouse and human somatic cells. In mouse-human somatic cell hybrids, human chromosomes tend to get lost before becoming a stable cell line. Some hybrid cell lines may carry human chromosome deletions. Each cell line was examined for the presence of chromosomes and for the production of an enzyme. The following results were obtained: Which segment of the chromosome has the gene encoding for the enzyme  

QUESTION ID:122

Upon prolonged illumination, activated rhodopsin does not activate transducing, hence the vision is impaired. This could be because of the following explanations:

A. Most of the activated rhodopsin gets phosphorylated and is unable to activate transducin.

B. Most of the activated rhodopsin gets dephosphorylated and is unable to activate transducin.

C. Arrestin further interacts with phosphorylated rhodopsin.

D. Arrestin further interacts with dephosphorylated rhodopsin.

Which of the above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:123

Some key characteristics of the four classes of phylum Mollusca are listed below:

A. They have two lateral (left and right) shells (valves) hinged together dorsally; they do not have distinct head or radula; they disperse from place to place largely as larvae.

B. They generally creep on their foot; the heads of most of this group have a pair of tentacles with eyes at the end; during embryological development, they undergo torsion

C. They have oval bodies with overlapping calcareous plates; underneath the plates, the body is not segmented; they creep along using a broad, flat foot surrounded by a groove or mantle cavity in which the gills are arranged.

D. They have highly developed nervous system; most members of this class have closed circulatory systems.

The correct match of the above characteristics with the classes of Mollusca is  

QUESTION ID:124

The following situations might lead to the evolution of monogyny in birds:

A. Male has to assist the female in rearing the offspring.

B. Male guards the female against other males trying to mate with her.

C. One male may not produce enough sperm required to fertilize all the eggs produced by the female.

Which of the above is/are correct?  

QUESTION ID:125

The body weight of adult female of a strain of Drosophila is 1.8±0.45 mg (mean ± standard deviation). In a laboratory experiment, each of the 3 groups (A, B, C) of this strain was subjected to a different type of selection pressure having influence on the female body weight. After many generations of experimental selection pressure, the body weight changed as follows: Group A: Body weight distribution - Normal, 1.8 ± 0.08 mg Group B: Body weight distribution - Bimodal at 1.4 and 2.2 mg Group C: Body weight distribution - Normal, 2.2 ± 0.08 mg Which of the following correctly gives the types of selection that have occurred in the three groups?  

QUESTION ID:126

A few events in the history of life on earth are given below A. Radiation of mammals and bird; Flourishing of insects and angiosperms B. Primitive plants and fungi colonize land; Diversification of echinoderms. C. Seed plants appear; Fishes and Trilobites abundant; earliest amphibians and insects. D. Earliest birds and Angiosperms appear; Gymnosperms dominant E. Invasion of land by primitive land plants and Arthropods F. Mass marine extinctions; Reptiles radiate; Amphibians decline. Which of the following is a correct match of the above events with the geological period during which they had occurred?  

QUESTION ID:127

Following are certain statements regarding the use of Agrobacterium in plant transformation. A.

A. tumefaciens causes crown gall disease and A. rhizogenes causes hairy root disease.

B. Region A in Ti plasmid is responsible for replication. C. Region D in Ti plasmid is responsible for virulence.

D. Oncogenic (one) region in T-DNA is responsible for unusual amino acid synthesis.

Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct?  

QUESTION ID:128

Cultured animal cells were transfected with expression vector encoding either β-galactosidase (β-gal) alone or expressing a fusion protein of β-gal and glucocorticoid receptor (GR). After transfection, cells were kept in presence or absence of Dexamethasone. Immunofluorescence with a labeled antibody specific for β-gal was used to detect the expresseprotein in cytoplasm or nucleus of transfected cells. Possible results of the experiments are:

A. Expression of β-gal alone in the cytoplasm in both absence or presence of Dexamethasone.

B. Expression of β-gal-GR in the cytoplasm in the absence of Dexamethasone.

C. Expression of β-gal alone in the nucleus both in the presence or absence of Dexamethasone.

D. Expression of β-gal-GR in the nucleus in presence of Dexamethasone.

E. Expression of β-gal alone in both cytoplasm and nucleus in presence or absence of Dexamethasone.

F. Expression of β -gal-GR in both cytoplasm and nucleus in presence of Dexamethasone.

Choose the correct combination of results from the following options.  

QUESTION ID:129

Four different species concepts are given below:

A. Species separate based on their use of different ecological niches and their presence in different habitats and environments.

B. Differences in physical characteristics or molecular characteristics are used to distinguish species.

C. Species are distinct if they are reproductively isolated.

D. Phylogenetic trees and analyses of ancestry serve to differentiate species.

Which of the following gives the correct names of the above concepts?  

QUESTION ID:130

In order to develop a vaccine against a regulatory T cellpromoting but Th 1 suppressing viral infection, four groups (AD) of mice were primed with either killed virus (A) or a virusderived immune dominant peptide (B), or the same peptide but with two substitutions (C) or were left unprimed (D). Upon infection challenge, the order of increasing severity of infection was observed to be B>A>D>C. To explain the contrasting effects of these two peptides (B) and (C), their MHC-binding affinities were assessed but no difference was found. Which of the following possibilities most likely to explain their contrasting effects?  

QUESTION ID:131

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) defined as selection based on molecular markers should have some important criterion for plant breeding activities. Some statements about these criteria are mentioned below:

A. Marker should co-segregate with the desired trait of interest.

B. Marker should not co-segregate with the desired trait of interest.

C. Marker should be un-linked with the desired trait of interest.

D. Marker is used for indirect selection of a genetic determinant or determinants of a trait of interest.

Which one of above combinations is correct?  

QUESTION ID:132

In a transgenic mice line, lox P sites are introduced in the target gene A in the following manner This transgenic mice line was mated with another transgenic mice line where Cre recombinase is expressed only in B cells. What will be the expression profile of gene A in Cre/lox recombinant mice?  

QUESTION ID:133

A hypothetical gene encodes a protein with the following amino acid sequence: Phe- Pro- Thr- Ala- Val-Arg- Ser A mutation of single nucleotide alters the amino acid sequence to Phe- Leu- Leu- Leu- Leu- A second single nucleotide mutation occurs in same gene restoring back the amino acid sequence to the original. The following statements were made regarding the nature and location of the first mutation and that of the intragenic suppressor mutation:

A. The first mutation is a deletion in the second codon.

B. The first mutation is an insertion in the second codon.

C. The intragenic suppressor mutation is an insertion in the second codon

D. The intragenic suppressor mutation is a deletion in the third codon

Which combination of the above statements is correct?  

QUESTION ID:134

Three Indian animals -cormorant, lion-tailed macaque and gerbil are to be matched with the ecosystem they inhabit - Wetland (A), Desert (B), Deciduous forest (C), or Rain' forest (D). Which of the following is the correct match of each animal with its habitat?  

QUESTION ID:135

The following table summarizes the result of a cross between two strains of Neurospora having the alleles D and d, respectively. The table shows the different patterns of octad arrangement and the number of ascus observed of each type. Based on the above, fill in the blanks from the options given below, "The first two columns are from meiosis with no crossover between locus D and ___[A]___. The pattern for these two columns represent ___[B]___ segregation pattern. The distance between the locus D and the centromere is ___[C]___ map units".    

   A                                                    B                            C

1. d allele                                 first division                       10

2. centromere                           first division                      10

3. d allele                                  second division                 20

4. centromere                            second division                10

QUESTION ID:136

The inheritance pattern of a common trait which shows complete penetrance is shown below: Based on the above pedigree, fill in the blanks from the options given below: "The trait is __[A]__. The probability that a child from the marriage of individual III-I and III-2 wi11 show the trait is __[B]__ considering that the individual III-I is a carrier of the trait."         A                            B 1. Y-linked                     0 2. Y-linked                   1/2 3. Autosomal               1/8 4. Autosomal                 1/6

QUESTION ID:137

The following statements were made regarding chromosome pairing (shown in the figure below) and subsequent segregation during meiosis-I in the reciprocal translocation heterozygote:

A. Three ways of segregation in Anaphase I would be: adjacent 1 (vertically in the above figure) adjacent 2 (horizontally) and alternate.

B. Gametes resulting from adjacent 1 and adjacent 2 segregation will be non-viable because of deletions and duplications of several genes.

C. All gametes resulting from alternate segregation will be viable as they will carry both normal chromosomes or both chromosomes having trans locations in the two poles, respectively.

D. A dicentric and an acentric chromosome will be generated following alternate segregation.

Which of the following combination of statements will most appropriately explain the consequence?  

QUESTION ID:138

The list below includes names of animal phyla and classes. A. Echinodermata B. Cephalopoda C. Annelida D. Mollusca E. Hirudinea F. Asteroidea G. Arthropoda H. Crustacea. For a leech and lobster, the correct classification of the of phylum and class, respectively, is  

QUESTION ID:139

10 mM acetate buffer (pH 4.00) is diluted one million times with distilled water (pH 7.00). pH of this diluted buffer is: (Help: log10 10x = x; log10 1.10 = 0.04; log10 1.01 = 0.004)

QUESTION ID:140

Consider the structureless oligopeptide R-G-P-S-T-K-M-PE- Y-G-S-T-D-Q-S-N-W-H-F-R. The number of bonds that will be cleaved by trypsin and chymotrypsin treatments separately, are: 

QUESTION ID:141

The internal energy of a gas increases by 1J when it is compressed by a force of 1 Newton through 2 metres. The heat change of the system is:  

QUESTION ID:142

ΔGo for the base pairing of oligonucleotides (n=5) at 300 K is - 18 kJ mol^-1. What would be the approximate value of the equilibrium constant K?

QUESTION ID:143

The reaction of glutamate and ammonia to glutamine and water has a value of + 14 kJ mol-1 for ΔGo. This is coupled with the ATP reaction (ATP + H2O →ADP + phosphate). The ΔGo for this reaction is -30 kJ mol-1. The ΔGo (KJ mol-1) for the coupled reaction Glutamate + NH3 + ATP →Glutamine +ADP + Phosphate under equilibrium condition is

QUESTION ID:144

A protein is composed of leucine, isoleucine, alanine, glycine, proline, one lysine, one arginine and two cysteines connected by a disulfide bond. Conformational analysis indicates that the protein has elements of helix and beta structure. The protein is most likely.  

QUESTION ID:145

Given below are some of the methods used to assess evolutionary phylogenetic relationships among plant taxa.

A. 16S rRNA sequence

B. Mitochondrial microsatellite

C. Biochemical characterization

D. Morphology

Which two of the above methods can best reveal the evolutionary phylogenetic relationships?