1. Which one of the following animals possesses two chambered heart?
2. In eukaryotic chromatin organization, which one of the histones seals off the nucleosome at the location at which linker DNA enters and leaves the nucleosome?
3. Which one of the following parasites does NOT cause lymphatic filariasis?
4. A species adapted to a specific habitat is called
5. The phylum that is characterized by the animals having a “water vascular system” is
6. The finches on the Galapagos Islands have widely differing beaks adapted according to their diets. This is an example of
7. Which one of the following animals is named as a “living fossil”, where the animal is persisting above 400 million years without further major morphological evolution?
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11. Match the given vitamins in Column I with the related proteins in Column II
Column I .............Column II a) Vitamin C .....1) Thrombin b) Vitamin K .....2) Rhodopsin c) Vitamin A ......3) Pyruvate dehydrogenase d) Vitamin B1 ....4) Prolyl hydroxylase
12. Match the following terms in Column I with the appropriate explanation in Column II
Column I .................Column II a) Spliceosome ....1) Cell scavengers b) Peroxisome ......2) Metabolism of long chain fatty acids c) Lysosome ........3) Microtubules d) Centrosome ......4) Post transcriptional modifications
13. Match the respective behaviour given in Column I with the appropriate explanation in Column II
Column I ......................................Column II a) Agonistic behaviour .......1) Individual behaviour where fitness of other ...........................................increases at the expense of self b) Hierarchical behaviour ...2) Individuals contribute towards enhancement of ...........................................mutual fitness c) Altruistic behaviour .......3) Aggressive behaviour of individuals within a ..........................................population d) Cooperative behaviour ...4) Existence of different levels of dominance within ..........................................a population
14. Closure of neural tube during neurulation is the process in which neural tube eventually forms a closed cylinder that separates from surface ectoderm. Which one of the following terms is linked to the failure in the closure of entire neural tube i.e. brain and spinal cord, over the body axis?
15. Which one of the following factors does NOT contribute to “allopatric speciation”?
16. Match the hormones in Column I to their respective physiological effects in Column II
Column I ..................................Column II a) Melatonin ...........1) Inhibition of secretion of growth hormone b) Oxytocin ............2) Synthesis of milk in mammary gland c) Cholecystokinin ..3) Secretion of milk and uterine contraction d) Prolactin ............4) Secretion of enzymes from pancreatic acinar cells e) Somatostatin ......5) Regulation of circadian rhythms
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