Down's syndrome is due to
A. chromosome number increase in 21st pair autosome
B. chromosome number decreases in 21st pair autosome
C. chromosome number increases in 18th pair autosome
D. chromosome number decreases in 18th pair autosome
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Consider the following statements regarding Lamarckism and choose the correct answer:
1. Lamarck believed that change of form of either plants or animals was due to change in environment
2. Lamarck had the idea that organs of plants and animals are developed according to their urgent need
3. Constant use or exercise of organs results in the formation of new organs or increase in size
4. The living beings both plants and animals produce in nature more offsprings than could ordinarily survive
A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
B. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true
D. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
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The form of micorrhizal association where the fungus lives in the intercellular spaces as well as in the cortical cells is known as
A. Ectomicorrhiza
B. Endomicorrhiza
C. Exomicorrhiza
D. None of the above
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Thalassemia is a hereditary disease. It affects
A. blood
B. spleen
C. lungs
D. heart
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Formation of RNA (mRNA) over DNA template is called
A. translation
B. transcription
C. reverse transcription
D. initiation
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Who proposed the Big-Bang theory?
A. Father Saurez
B. Abbe Lemaitre
C. Arno Allen Penzias
D. Edwin P Hubble
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Consider the following statements
1. Pasteur's swan neck experiment proved that new organisms arise from pre-existing ones.
2. Theory of Use and Disuse of Organs was given by Lamarck.
3. Darwin wrote the book 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection' in 1859.
4. Lamarck wrote the book 'Philosophie Zoologique'.
Which of the statements given above is/are true?
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 2 and 3
D. 1 and 2
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Which of the following biofertilizers include such microorganisms which solubilize bound phosphate of rock and soil to increase the availability of soluble phosphate to the plants?
A. Microphos biofertilizers
B. Nitrogen fixing bacteria
C. Rhizobial biofertilizers
D. Cyanobacteria
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For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct?
A. About 25 million years
B. About 65 million years
C. About 35 million years
D. About 15 million years
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DNA test was developed by
A. Dr. Alec Jeffreys
B. Dr. VK Kashyap
C. Watson and Crick
D. Gregor Mendel
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One crossover appears to reduce the possibility of another one in its neighbourhood. This phenomenon is referred to as
A. Coincidence
B. Gene mapping
C. Dominance
D. Interference
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Which one among the following is not correct about Down's syndrome?
A. It is a genetic disorder
B. Effected individual has early ageing
C. Effected person has mental retardation
D. Effected person has furrowed tongue
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The sterilizing agents for callus cultures include
A. Sodium hypochlorite
B. Mercuric chloride solution
C. Aqueous solution of bromine
D. All of the above
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Energy for the creation of first organic compounds was probably provided by
A. Solar radiation such as ultraviolet light
B. Electric discharges from water current
C. Electric discharges such as Iightning
D. Both A and C
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Abiogenesis means
A. origin of eukaryotes
B. origin of life from living organisms
C. origin of life fromnon-living organisms
D. origin of prokaryotes
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The kind of polyploid usually arising by crossing between organisms of different ploidy level is known as
A. Autoploid
B. Primary polyploid
C. Secondary polyploid
D. Pentaploid
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As the loss of a fragment results in deletion of genes, inversions are sometimes referred to as
A. Linkage suppressors
B. Meiotic suppressors
C. Mitotic suppressors
D. Cross-over suppressors
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Which of the following factors resulted in the phenomenon called struggle for existence?
A. Rapid multiplication
B. Inheritance of useful variations
C. Limited food and space
D. Both A and B
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Which of the following features of DNA make if unequally suited to store and transmit genetic information from generation to generation?
A. Complementary of the two strands
B. Double helix
C. Number of base pairs per turn
D. Sugar phosphate backbone
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The protein chain elongation factors in prokaryotes are
A. EF - 1, EF - 2 and EF - G
B. EF - 1, EF - Ts and EF - G
C. EF -1, EF - 2 and EF - Ts
D. EF - Tu, EF - Ts and EF - G
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