NSEJS Biology Part Test - 1
Date of Exam - 22.10.2024
Syllabus – Diversity in Living Organisms & Ecology
Section – A (single option correct)
41. Six kingdom classification was suggested by Gray and Doolittle (1982) and Carl Woese
(1990) divided these six kingdoms into three domains on the basis of sequence of
(A) r-RNA genes
(B) m-RNA genes
(C) nitrogen bases in DNA
(D) amino acids in protein
41. A
42. Which is called as mycorrhiza
(A) Root like structure made of fungal hyphae
(B) Association of fungi and roots of higher plants
(C) Fungi growing on roots
(D) All the above
42. C
43. Pseudo-mycelium is characteristic feature of
(A) Mushroom
(B) Mucor
(C) Bread mould
(D) Yeast
43. B
44. Which of the following cannot be grown on artificial culture medium?
(A) Escherichia coli
(B) TMV
(C) Aspergillus
(D) Yeast
44. B
45. Which of the following is not a character of algae?
(A) Lack of vascular tissue
(B) Little differentiation of true tissue
(C) No embryo formation
(D) None of the above
45. D
46. In contrast to Annelids the Platyhelminthes show
(A) Radial symmetry
(B) Bilateral symmetry
(C) Absence of body cavity
(D) Presence of pseudocoel
46. D
47. What is the number of chromosomes in cells of theca of capsule of Funaria, if number of
chromosomes in its rhizoids is 20?
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 40
(D) 30
47. C
48. “Botanical snakes” are
(A) Algae
(B) Bryophytes
(C) Pteridophytes
(D) Gymnosperms
48. C
49. Which of the following plants has not changed for several thousands of years?
(A) Gnetum
(B) Dryopteris
(C) Ginkgo
(D) Palms
49. C
50. Phylogenetic system differs from a natural system in its stress on
(A) Anatomical details
(B) Physiological traits
(C) Morphological details
(D) Origin and evolutionary trends
50. D
51. Tube-within-a-tube body plan is shown by
(A) Coelenterates
(B) Platyhelminthes
(C) Aschelminthes
(D) Porifera
51. C
52. Fasciola hepatica is
(A) Ectoparasite
(B) Monogenetic endoparasite
(C) Digenetic endoparasite
(D) Incidental parasite
52. C
53. A few rabbits are introduced in an un-inhabited island with plenty of food. If these rabbits
breed in the absence of any disease, natural calamity and predation, which one of the
following graphs best represents their population growth:
53. A
54. Which of the following animals is a deuterostome?
(A) Starfish
(B) Sea anemone
(C) Ant
(D) Octopus
54. A
55. If rice is cooked in a pressure cooker on the Siachen glacier, at sea beach, and on Deccan
plain, which of the following is correct about the time taken for cooking rice:
(A) Gets cooked faster on the Siachen glacier
(B) Gets cooked faster at sea beach
(C) Gets cooked faster on Deccan plain
(D) Gets cooked at the same time at all the three places
55. B
56. Characters of which group are present in all chordates in some stage or the other of their
life cycle?
(A) Gill clefts, vertebral column and notochord
(B) Mammary glands, hairs and gill clefts
(C) Notochord, scales and dorsal tubular nervous system
(D) Notochord, gill clefts and dorsal tubular central nervous system
56. D
Section – B (One or more than one options are correct)
57. High amount of Escherichia coli in water is an indicator of
(A) Hardness of water
(B) Industrial pollution
(C) Sewage pollution
(D) Presence of chlorine in water
57. C
58. Which is correct
(A) Both Azotobacter and Rhizobium fix atmospheric nitrogen in root nodules of plants
(B) Cyanobacteria, Anabaena and Nostoc are mobilizers of phosphates and plant nutrition
in soil
(C) at present it is not possible to grow maize without chemical fertilizers
(D) excessive use of chemical fertilizers may lead to eutrophication of nearby water bodies
58. D
59. A lake with an inflow of domestic sewage rich in organic waste may result in
(A) An increased production of fishes due to lot of nutrients
(B) Death of fishes due to lack of oxygen
(C) Drying of the lake very soon due to algal bloom
(D) Increased population of aquatic food web organisms
59. B
60. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature/s of all the chordates?
(A) Dorsal nerve cord
(B) A diaphragm separating thorax from abdomen
(C) Presence of coelom
(D) Pharyngeal gill clefts in the early embryonic stages
60. B
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