RDET Previous Year Zoology question paper Kumaun University 2020

By Kamal Pandey / June 2, 2021 / PhD Entrance

This is the Part-2 of Previous Year Zoology question paper Kumaun University. To solve Part-1 Click here.

Part-2

Sibling species term was used by Mayr in the year:

1924

1925

1942

1968

None

Mutation theory considers only one of the following:

Natural selection

Somatic variation

Continuous variations

Discontinuous variation

None

'Use of evolution is a population not species' is one of the essential points of:

Darwinism

Neo Darwinism

Lemarkism

Neo Lemarkism

None

Gametogenesis is an example of:

Meiosis

Mitosis

Interphase

Replication of DNA

None

Pyloric glands in herdmania are present in:

Stomach and intestine

Stomach and pharynx

Pharynx and intestine

Oesophgus and intestine

None

Members of the order Myxiniformes are commonly known as:

Sharks

Long fishes

Hag Fishes

Lampreys

None

Skull in members of Ratitae is:

Schizognathous

Desmognathous

Diomognathous

Aegithognathous

None

Typical prototherian character is:

4-Chambered heart

Presence of cloaca

Torsal spur in males

Segmented sternum

None

Teeth of prototherians are:

Diphyodont

Thecodont

Monophyodont

Absent

None

10.

Protozoans are mainly classified on the basis of:

Locomotary organ

Types of nuclei

Contractile vacuole

Mode of nutrition

None

1 out of 5

11.

Which one of the following cells maintains water currents in sponges?

Porocyte

Choanocyte

Myocyte

Chromocyte

None

12.

Polymorphism is shown in:

Hydrozoa

Anthozoa

Scyphozoa

Actinozoa

None

13.

Peripatus is connecting link between:

Annelida and Arthropoda

Annelida and Platyhelminthes

Annelida and Mollusca

Mollusca and Arthropoda

None

14.

Respiration in Asterias occurs in the:

Pedicellarial

Ossicles

Papulae

Madreporite

None

15.

Balanoglossus belongs to the group:

Annelida

Urochordata

Hemichordata

Cephalochordata

None

16.

The enzyme which hydrolyses triglycerides to fatty acid and glycerol is called :

Pepsin

Lipase

Maltase

Zymase

None

17.

The formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate is called:

Glucogenesis

Gluconeogenesis

Glycogenesis

Glycolysis

None

18.

If nerves of heart are cut then heart will:

Beat rhythmically

Stop

Beat arythmically

Shrink

None

19.

The end product of anaerobic respiration is:

Lactic acid

Oxalic acid

Glucose-1 6 phosphatase

Pyruvic acid

None

20.

Which one of the following mostly acts as a inhibitory neurotransmitter?

Epinephrine

GABA

Acelylocholine

Histamine

None

2 out of 5

21.

Which one of the following functions is performed by the liver?

Deamination

Glucagon production

Bile production

Detoxification

None

22.

Which of the following is termed as cytochrome oxidase?

cyt b + C₁

cyt a + a₃

cyt a+C

cyt C₁

None

23.

Link between glycolysis, Kreb' s cycle and Beta-oxidation of fatty acid or carbohydrate and fat metabolism is:

Oxaloacetic

Acetyl CoA

Citric acid

Succinic acid

None

24.

Which one of the following statements about a plot of velocity v/s substrate concentration for an enzyme that follows Michaelis Menten Kinetics is false?

Km is the substrate concentration at which V=1/2 Vmax

The shape of the curve is hyperbola

As substrate concentration increases the initial velocity of reaction V also increases

At very high substrate concentration the velocity curve becomes a horizontal line that intersects the Y-axis at Km

None

25.

Reabsorption of water in distal parts of kidney tubules/urine formation is controlled by:

Relaxin

Calcitonin

Oxytocin

Vasopressin

None

26.

The most abundant protein in the human body is:

Myosin

Albumin

Collagen

Haemoglobin

None

27.

Which one of the following digestive juices has the minimum pH

Gastric juice

Bile

Pancreatic juice

Saliva

None

28.

How much oxygen is transported by one gram of haemoglobin in blood?

20 ml

2.34 ml

4 ml

1.34 ml

None

29.

Fat soluble vitamins are:

A, B and C

A, B and D

A, D, E and K

C and D

None

30.

Endoenzymes act at:

Acidic pH

Alkaline pH

Neutral pH

Any pH

None

3 out of 5

31.

The mechanism by which bacterial DNA is transferred into another bacterial cell through a phage is known as:

Transduction

Transformation

Conjugation

Translation

None

32.

Plasmids occur in:

Viruses

Chromosomes

Bacteria

Chloroplasts

None

33.

The causative agent of tuberculosis is:

Mycobacterium

Pneumococcus

Streptomyces

Salmonella

None

34.

Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by:

Streptomyces

Aspergillus

Penicillium

Bacillus subtillis

None

35.

The first clonal animal of the world is:

Molly sheep

Polly sheep

Dolly sheep

Molly goat

None

36.

Restriction enzymes may be used for:

Making recombinant DNA

Gene mapping

Diagnosis of genetic disease

All of the above

None

37.

Transgenic oraganisms are produced by:

Deleting sex chromosomes

Inducing gene mutations

Intoducing foreign genes

Arresting spindle fibre formation

None

38.

The best method to protect genetic resource is:

Gene library

Cloning of plants

Cryopreservation

Germinal cell cloning

None

39.

Clonal cell lines can be obtained by:

Autoradiography

Tissue culture

Centrifugation

Cell fractionation

None

40.

The eloctron microscope is made up of:

Flurochromes

Polariser and analyser filter

electromagnetic lenses

Objective and ocular lenses

None

4 out of 5

41.

Give the correct order of the procedures listed below, to prepare a specimen for microscopic examination:

Embedding, rehydration, dehydration, mounting, fixation, staining, sectioning

Embedding, dehydration, rehydration, mounting, fixation, staining, sectioning

Fixation, dehydration, embedding, sectioning, staining, mounting, rehydration

Fixation, dehydration, embedding, sectioning, rehydration, staining, mounting

None

42.

The process by which amount of DNA, RNA and protien can be known at a time is:

Cell fractionation

Autoradiography

Phase contrast microscopy

Tissue culture

None

43.

The hormone which causes growth of body is secreted by:

Anterior pituitary gland

Posterior pituitary gland

Thyroid gland

Adrenal gland

None

44.

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) is primarily used by:

3-D external surface only

3-D internal study of tissue

2-D external study

2-D internal study

None

45.

Hyposecretion of neurohypophysis causes:

Goitre

Encephalitis

Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes mellitus

None

46.

Which pair of hormones acts as synergistic hormones?

Estrogen and testosterone

Estrogen and FSH

Progesterone and FSH

FSH and LH

None

47.

Who first isolated and crystallized thyroxine?

Addison

W. Beaumont

Pavlov

Kocher

None

48.

Cretinism is due to less secretion of :

Adrenal gland

Thyroid gland

Parathyroid gland

Pituitary gland

None

49.

Living cells can be studied by :

Phase contrast microscope

Fluorescent microscope

Electron microscope

Light microscope

None

50.

The statements true about viruses is :

They are living organisms

They are larger than bacteria

They have DNA or RNA

They replicate in animal cells only

None

5 out of 5

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