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| 13001. |
The greatest evolutionary change enabling the land vertebrates to be completely free from water, was the development of [CPMT 1972, 79; CMC Vellore 1993; MP PMT 1996] |
| A. | Four legs |
| B. | Lungs |
| C. | Shelled eggs and internal fertilization |
| D. | Four chambered heart |
| Answer» D. Four chambered heart | |
| 13002. |
Evolution means [BHU 1982, 85; MP PMT 1996] |
| A. | History of race |
| B. | Development of race |
| C. | History and development of race with variations |
| D. | Progressive development of the race |
| Answer» D. Progressive development of the race | |
| 13003. |
The evolution of higher taxonomic groups such as new classes, new orders etc. is known as |
| A. | Micro evolution |
| B. | Mega or macro evolution |
| C. | Sympatric evolution |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sympatric evolution | |
| 13004. |
Recapitulation theory (Biogenetic law) explains "Ontogeny repeats Phylogeny''. It was given by [CPMT 1973, 78, 80, 81, 82, 89, 91, 95, 2002; BHU 1980, 82, 90, 2005; MP PMT 1994, 95; RPMT 1995 KCET 2004] |
| A. | Lamarck |
| B. | Haeckel |
| C. | Darwin |
| D. | Robert Hooke |
| Answer» C. Darwin | |
| 13005. |
Which of the following dominated in palaeozoic era |
| A. | Reptiles |
| B. | Fishes |
| C. | Birds |
| D. | Mammals |
| Answer» C. Birds | |
| 13006. |
The concept of inheritance of acquired characters was developed by [Orissa JEE 1994; MP PMT 1995] |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | August Weismann |
| C. | Charles Darwin |
| D. | Jean Baptiste de Lamarck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13007. |
The term 'biocoenosis' is coined by [KCET 2001] |
| A. | Earnst Haeckel |
| B. | E.P. Odum |
| C. | Charles Darwin |
| D. | Karl Mobius |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13008. |
DNA replication of semiconservative type was first demonstrated by [MP PMT 1993, 94; DPMT 1996; AMU 1997; BHU 1997] |
| A. | Watson and Crick |
| B. | Taylor |
| C. | Meselson and Stahl |
| D. | Khorana |
| Answer» D. Khorana | |
| 13009. |
Which is the wrong combination [AMU 2000] |
| A. | Landsteiner ? Blood group |
| B. | Chargaff and Davidson ? A = T; G = C |
| C. | Watson and Crick ? DNA structure |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13010. |
Determination of sex linked genes was first made by [Wardha 2001] |
| A. | Mendel |
| B. | Morgan |
| C. | Bridges |
| D. | Sturtevant |
| Answer» C. Bridges | |
| 13011. |
The study of acquired characters of animals and plants is called |
| A. | Genetics |
| B. | Eugenics |
| C. | Evolution |
| D. | Ctetology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13012. |
What is the name of the book written by Aristotle [Pb. PMT 1999] |
| A. | Histoire Naturella |
| B. | Systema Nature |
| C. | Historia Animalia |
| D. | Philosophie Zoologique |
| Answer» D. Philosophie Zoologique | |
| 13013. |
Study of abnormal embryonic growth comes under [AIIMS 1992] |
| A. | Teratology |
| B. | Ontogeny |
| C. | Morphogenesis |
| D. | Parthenogenesis |
| Answer» B. Ontogeny | |
| 13014. |
Swan-necked flask experiment was done by [KCET 1996] |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Louis Pasteur |
| C. | Robert Koch |
| D. | Francesco Redi |
| Answer» C. Robert Koch | |
| 13015. |
Obtaining silk from silkworms is called [CPMT 1991] |
| A. | Apiculture |
| B. | Sericulture |
| C. | Horticulture |
| D. | Pisciculture |
| Answer» C. Horticulture | |
| 13016. |
Study of animals that live and subsist on other animals is [JIPMER 1998] |
| A. | Ecology |
| B. | Pathology |
| C. | Taxonomy |
| D. | Parasitology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13017. |
Oncology is the study of [BHU 1992] |
| A. | Dead cells |
| B. | Living cells |
| C. | Dividing cells |
| D. | Cancer cells |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13018. |
The study of fungi is [AMU 1998] |
| A. | Phycology |
| B. | Bryology |
| C. | Pteridology |
| D. | Mycology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13019. |
Branch of Zoology dealing with the study of fishes is known as [KCET 1994; BCECE 1995; Orissa JEE 2002] |
| A. | Herpetology |
| B. | Ichthyology |
| C. | Mammalogy |
| D. | Ornithology |
| Answer» C. Mammalogy | |
| 13020. |
Study of liver is known as |
| A. | Herpetology |
| B. | Nidology |
| C. | Hepatology |
| D. | Horology |
| Answer» D. Horology | |
| 13021. |
Who was the first Indian to be awarded the world food Prize in 1987 [AIIMS 2003] |
| A. | B.R. Barwale |
| B. | Anna Hazare |
| C. | Sunderlal Bahuguna |
| D. | M.S. Swaminathan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13022. |
Genetic engineering is connected with [MP PMT 1993; BHU 2000] |
| A. | Eugenics |
| B. | Euthencis |
| C. | Euphenics |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 13023. |
Aquaculture does not include [BHU 2003] |
| A. | Pisces |
| B. | Prawns |
| C. | Silkworm |
| D. | Shell fishery |
| Answer» D. Shell fishery | |
| 13024. |
Amniocentesis detects [CBSE PMT 1997; Pb. PMT 2000] |
| A. | Deformity in brain |
| B. | Hereditary diseases |
| C. | Deformity in heart |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Deformity in heart | |
| 13025. |
Assertion : Darwin?s finches show a variety of beaks suited for eating large seeds, flying insects and cactus seeds. Reason : Ancestral seed-eating stock of Darwin?s finches radiated out from South American mainland to different geographical areas of the Galapagos Islands, where they found competitor-free new habitats. [AIIMS 2005] |
| A. | If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion |
| B. | If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion |
| C. | If the assertion is true but the reason is false |
| D. | If both the assertion and reason are false |
| Answer» B. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion | |
| 13026. |
Which were dominant during mesozoic era [CPMT 1984] |
| A. | Pisces |
| B. | Ruling reptiles |
| C. | Birds |
| D. | Ruling mammals |
| Answer» C. Birds | |
| 13027. |
The modern man differs from the apes in [BHU 2004] |
| A. | Protruding eyes |
| B. | Spare body hair |
| C. | Wearing of clothes |
| D. | Arms shorter than legs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13028. |
Fossils are dated now by [CPMT 1975; AFMC 1980; MP PMT 1994, 2001] |
| A. | Stratigraphic position |
| B. | Amount of calcium residue |
| C. | Association with other animals |
| D. | Radioactive carbon \[({{C}^{14}})\] contents |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13029. |
Dicondylic skull with 10-pairs of cranial nerves occur in: |
| A. | Pi sees |
| B. | Amphibia |
| C. | Reptilia |
| D. | Mammalia |
| Answer» C. Reptilia | |
| 13030. |
Which of the following feature is not common between Newt & Hemidactylus7 |
| A. | Body is divisible into head, neck, trunk and tail. |
| B. | Head with pair of eyes and tympanic membrane. |
| C. | Trunk has 2 pair of limbs for locomotion. |
| D. | Heart is 3-chambered. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13031. |
Which animals become asymmetrical due to torsion in body and shell? |
| A. | Gastropoda |
| B. | Cephalopoda |
| C. | Pelecypoda |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Cephalopoda | |
| 13032. |
The free swimming larva of coelenterates is: |
| A. | Onchosphere |
| B. | Hydrula |
| C. | Planula |
| D. | Amphiblastula |
| Answer» D. Amphiblastula | |
| 13033. |
A student was given a specimen to identify on the basis of the characteristics given below. (i) They are metamerically segmented. (ii) They have closed circulatory system. (iii) They have circular and longitudinal muscles for locomotion. (iv) Identify the specimen. |
| A. | Prawn |
| B. | Pheretima |
| C. | Wuchereria |
| D. | Ctenoplana |
| Answer» C. Wuchereria | |
| 13034. |
Which one of the following groups of animals is correctly matched with its characteristic feature without even a single exception? |
| A. | Reptilia: possess 3-chamberedgheart with one incompletely divided ventricle. |
| B. | Chordata: Possess a mouth provided with an upper and lower jaw |
| C. | Chondrichthyes: Possess cartilaginous endoskeleton. |
| D. | Mammalia: Give birth to young one. |
| Answer» C. Chondrichthyes: Possess cartilaginous endoskeleton. | |
| 13035. |
Which of the following snake is not poisonous? |
| A. | Naja-naja |
| B. | Python |
| C. | Bungarus |
| D. | Hydrophis |
| Answer» C. Bungarus | |
| 13036. |
The adults are radially symmetrical but larvae exhibit bilateral symmetry in: |
| A. | Mollusca |
| B. | Hemichordata |
| C. | Echmodermata |
| D. | Cephalochordata |
| Answer» D. Cephalochordata | |
| 13037. |
Hemichordates have now been placed with the non-chordates, close to echinoderms, because true |
| A. | notochord is absent. |
| B. | pharyngeal gill-slits are lacking. |
| C. | dorsal nerve cord is absent. |
| D. | eart is lacking. |
| Answer» B. pharyngeal gill-slits are lacking. | |
| 13038. |
Which of the following statements (i) to (v) are incorrect? (i) Parapodia are lateral appendages in arthropods used for swimming. (iii) In molluscs radula is responsible for the process of excretion. (iii) Aschelminthes are dioecious. (iv) Echinoderm adults show radial symmetry. (v) Ctenophorans are diploblastic. |
| A. | (i) and (ii) |
| B. | (i) and (iii) |
| C. | (i), (iv) and (v) |
| D. | (iii) and (v) |
| Answer» B. (i) and (iii) | |
| 13039. |
Locomotion in Kangaroo is: |
| A. | Volant |
| B. | Saltatorial |
| C. | Cursorial |
| D. | Graviportal |
| Answer» C. Cursorial | |
| 13040. |
In animals of which class, the number of body segments is definite? |
| A. | Oligochaeta |
| B. | Hirudinaria |
| C. | Polychaeta |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Polychaeta | |
| 13041. |
A rhabditiform larva is formed in the life cycle of: |
| A. | Ascaris |
| B. | Tapeworm |
| C. | Hydra |
| D. | Leucosolenia |
| Answer» B. Tapeworm | |
| 13042. |
Which of the following pairs of animals are similar to each other pertaining to the feature stated against them? |
| A. | Pteropus and Ornithorhyncus - Vivipanty |
| B. | Garden lizard and crocodile-Three chambered heart |
| C. | Ascaris and Ancylostoma-Metameric segmentation |
| D. | Sea horse and flying fish-Cold blooded (poikilothermal) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13043. |
The characteristic feature of pernicious anaemia is: |
| A. | increase in size of RBC. |
| B. | deficiency of haemoglobin in RBC. |
| C. | delay in maturation of erythroblasts. |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. deficiency of haemoglobin in RBC. | |
| 13044. |
An example of a holocrine gland is: |
| A. | A sweat gland |
| B. | A salivary gland |
| C. | A pancreatic gland |
| D. | A sebaceous gland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13045. |
In cockroach, the first pair of wings are known as: |
| A. | Sterna |
| B. | Terga |
| C. | Tegmina |
| D. | Halteres |
| Answer» D. Halteres | |
| 13046. |
A transitional epithelium is found in or where would you look for pseudo stratified columnar epithelium: |
| A. | Kidney |
| B. | Ureter |
| C. | Trachea |
| D. | Blood vessel |
| Answer» D. Blood vessel | |
| 13047. |
Refer the given figure and identify the correct characteristic feature. It is a type of loose connective tissue. (i) It contains fibroblast, macrophages, collagen fibres and mast cells. (iii) The cells of this tissue are specialised to store fats. (iv) The wall of internal organs such as the blood vessels, stomach and intestine contains this type of tissue. |
| A. | (i) and (ii) |
| B. | (i) and (iii) |
| C. | (ii) and (iii) |
| D. | (iii) and (iv) |
| Answer» B. (i) and (iii) | |
| 13048. |
The given diagram represents the reproductive organ of male cockroach. Choose the correct matching of labelling 1, 2, 3, 4. |
| A. | 1 - 8th sternum, 2 - Anal cercus, 3 - 10th tergum, 4 -Anal style |
| B. | 1 - 10th tergum, 2 -Anal cercus, 3 - Anal style, 4 - 8th sternum |
| C. | 1 - Anal style, 2 - Anal cercus, 3 - 10th tergum, 4 - 8th sternum |
| D. | 1 - Anal cercus, 2 - 8th sternum, 3 - 10th tergum, 4 -Anal style. |
| Answer» B. 1 - 10th tergum, 2 -Anal cercus, 3 - Anal style, 4 - 8th sternum | |
| 13049. |
Glisson's capsule is a delicate connective tissue capsule covering the: |
| A. | Spleen |
| B. | Liver |
| C. | Kidney |
| D. | Gall bladder |
| Answer» C. Kidney | |
| 13050. |
Which of the following can be absorbed by hepatic caeca? |
| A. | Glucose and ammo acid |
| B. | Glucose and lipid |
| C. | Lipid |
| D. | Glucose |
| Answer» E. | |