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1.

Which of the following amino acid is most commonly phosphorylated in prokaryotes and plants?

A. Alanine
B. Lysine
C. Glycine
D. Histidine
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following pathway targets lysosomal enzymes to lysosomes?

A. CMP pathway
B. EMP pathway
C. G6P pathway
D. M6P pathway
Answer» E.
3.

What is the process in which glutamine is converted to glutamic acid or pyroglutamic acid?

A. Acetylation
B. Methylation
C. Hydroxylation
D. Deamidation
Answer» E.
4.

Proteolysis is critical to all of the processes listed below except which?

A. Apoptosis
B. Antigen processing
C. Cell signaling
D. Cell growth
Answer» E.
5.

Which of the following is a method to target proteins to membranes in organelles, vesicles, and plasma membrane?

A. Methylation
B. Glycosylation
C. Phosphorylation
D. Lipidation
Answer» E.
6.

Which of the following is a donor of the methyl group in methylation of proteins?

A. Methionine
B. Methane
C. O-adenosyl methionine
D. S-adenosyl methionine
Answer» E.
7.

Which of the following is a well-known mechanism of epigenetic regulation?

A. S-nitrosylation
B. Phosphorylation
C. N-glycosylation
D. Methylation
Answer» E.
8.

Which of the following post-translational modification aids in converting hydrophobic or lipophilic compounds into hydrophilic compounds?

A. Glycosylation
B. Methylation
C. Ubiquitination
D. Hydroxylation
Answer» E.
9.

S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) is suggested to be the most used substrate in enzymatic reactions.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
10.

S-nitrosylation is an irreversible reaction.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
11.

Ubiquitination plays a crucial role in the degradation of proteins.

A. False
B. True
Answer» C.
12.

Ubiquitin is 8-kDa polypeptide consisting of how many amino acids?

A. 77 amino acids
B. 67 amino acids
C. 66 amino acids
D. 76 amino acids
Answer» E.
13.

Which of the following post-translational modification is shown in the figure below?

A. S-nitrosylation
B. Ubiquitination
C. Lipidation
D. Phosphoglycosylation
Answer» E.
14.

Load cells are used for the measurement of pressure.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
15.

The pinch valve consists of a sleeve closed by pinch bar.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
16.

Which of the following is used for measuring gas flow?

A. Rotameter
B. Spectrophotometer
C. UV transilluminator
D. Chromatography
Answer» B. Spectrophotometer
17.

Which of the following is not an antifoam device?

A. Discs
B. Propellers
C. Brushes
D. Load cell
Answer» E.
18.

Which of the following valve consists of a horizontal plug or disc is raised or lowered to control flow rate?

A. Plug valves
B. Globe valves
C. Butterfly valve
D. Needle valves
Answer» C. Butterfly valve
19.

Which of the following valve is the most widely used in the design of the fermenter?

A. Diaphragm valve
B. Needle valve
C. Butterfly valve
D. Plug valve
Answer» B. Needle valve
20.

Which of the following valves is the most suitable for aseptic operation?

A. Butterfly valves
B. Ball valves
C. Needle valves
D. Globe valves
Answer» C. Needle valves
21.

What is the function of check valves?

A. To prevent the reversal of flow of liquid
B. To reduce the pressure
C. To reduce the flow rate
D. To increase the flow rate
Answer» B. To reduce the pressure
22.

Which of the following valve is used for pressure control?

A. Gate valves
B. Globe valves
C. Needle valves
D. Safety valves
Answer» E.
23.

Which of the following valve consists of a disc which rotates about a shaft in a housing?

A. Butterfly valves
B. Piston valve
C. Ball valves
D. Pinch valves
Answer» B. Piston valve
24.

Which of the following valve consists of a tapered plug?

A. Piston valve
B. Globe valve
C. Needle valve
D. Plug valve
Answer» D. Plug valve
25.

In which of the following valve a sliding disc is moved in or out of flow path?

A. Gate valve
B. Globe valve
C. Needle valve
D. Piston valve
Answer» B. Globe valve
26.

Who gave the treatment of strain gauge measurements?

A. Brodgesell
B. Aiba
C. Bourdon
D. Hall
Answer» C. Bourdon
27.

Which of the following is used to control the agitation speed?

A. Dynamometer
B. Tachometer
C. Strain gauge
D. Bourdon tube
Answer» B. Tachometer
28.

Which of the following is used in agitation measurement?

A. Torsion dynamometer
B. Bourdon tube
C. Diaphragm gauge
D. Strain gauge
Answer» B. Bourdon tube
29.

For a compressible fluid the kinematic viscosity is affected by temperature and pressure variation.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
30.

In liquids in order to measure the viscosity of fluid experimentally we consider the variation of shear stress with respect to what property?

A. strain
B. shear strain
C. rate of shear strain
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
31.

If a fluid, which has a constant specific gravity, is taken to a planet where acceleration due to gravity is 3 times compared to its value on earth, what will happen to its kinematic viscosity.

A. It increases
B. It decreases
C. It remains constant
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
32.

Find the kinematic viscosity of oil having density 1962 g/m3. the force experienced for area of 20 m2 is 4.904 kN and velocity of gradient at that point is 0.2/s.

A. 0.625
B. 1.25
C. 2.5
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. 1.25
33.

Two horizontal plates placed 250mm have an oil of viscosity 20 poises. Calculate the shear stress in oil if upper plate is moved with velocity of 1250mm/s.

A. 20 N/m2
B. 2 N/m2
C. 10 N/m2
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
34.

Broca’s area of speech is present in ___________

A. Two optic lobes
B. Frontal lobe
C. Parietal lobe
D. Temporal lobe
Answer» C. Parietal lobe
35.

In human brain corpus callosum connects ____________

A. Two optic lobes
B. Bone and muscle
C. Two cerebral hemisphere
D. Two lobes of pituitary gland
Answer» D. Two lobes of pituitary gland
36.

________ layer of meninges that is thin and contains many blood vessels and nerves.

A. Ependymal
B. Dura mater
C. Monosynaptic
D. Pia mater
Answer» E.
37.

_______ is protected by bony vertebrate, adipose tissue, and spinal meninges and cerebrospinal.

A. Spinal reflexes
B. Central canal
C. Spinal cord
D. Epidural space
Answer» D. Epidural space
38.

The brain and spinal cord together make up ________

A. CNS
B. ANS
C. PNS
D. Reflux actions
Answer» B. ANS
39.

If the elements “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” are placed in a stack and are deleted one at a time, what is the order of removal?

A. ABCD
B. DCBA
C. DCAB
D. ABDC
Answer» C. DCAB
40.

Assume that the operators +,-, X are left associative and ^ is right associative. The order of precedence (from highest to lowest) is ^, X, +, -. The postfix expression for the infix expression a + b X c – d ^ e ^ f is?

A. abc X+ def ^^ –
B. abc X+ de^f^ –
C. ab+c Xd – e ^f^
D. -+aXbc^ ^def
Answer» C. ab+c Xd – e ^f^
41.

Consider the following operation performed on a stack of size 5. After the completion of all operation, the number of elements present in stack is?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4View Answer
Answer» B. 2
42.

Convert the following Infix expression to Postfix form using a stack.x + y * z + (p * q + r) * s, Follow usual precedence rule and assume that the expression is legal.

A. xyz*+pq*r+s*+
B. xyz*+pq*r+s+*
C. xyz+*pq*r+s*+
D. xyzp+**qr+s*+
Answer» B. xyz*+pq*r+s+*
43.

Convert the following infix expressions into its equivalent postfix expressions.(A + B ⋀D)/(E – F)+G

A. (A B D ⋀ + E F – / G +)
B. (A B D +⋀ E F – / G +)
C. (A B D ⋀ + E F/- G +)
D. (A B D E F + ⋀ / – G +)
Answer» B. (A B D +⋀ E F – / G +)
44.

The result of evaluating the postfix expression 5, 4, 6, +, *, 4, 9, 3, /, +, * is?

A. 600
B. 350
C. 650
D. 588
Answer» C. 650
45.

The given pair x (t) and y (t) is related by _______

A. Y (t) = d/dt (x (t))
B. Y (t) = x (t) + 1
C. Y (t) = ∫x (t) .dt
D. Not related
Answer» D. Not related
46.

The given pair x (t) and y (t) is _______

A. Y (t) = d/dt (x (t))
B. Y (t) = ∫x (t).dt
C. Y (t) = x (t) -1
D. Y (t) = x (t) /2
Answer» B. Y (t) = ∫x (t).dt
47.

Consider figure 4, is the given y (t) an integration of x (t)?

A. Y (t) = ∫x (t).dt
B. Y (t) = ∫x2 (t).dt
C. Y (t) = 3* ∫x (t).dt
D. Y (t) = 3* ∫x2 (t).dt
Answer» B. Y (t) = ∫x2 (t).dt
48.

Considering figure 3 above, is the following figure true for y [n] = x [n/2]?

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
49.

Considering figure 3 above, is the following figure true for y [n] = x [2n]?

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
50.

X [n] and y [n] is as shown below, the relationship between x [n] and y [n] is given by ______

A. X [n] = y [n]/3
B. X [n] = 3* y [n]
C. Y [n] = x [n]/3
D. Y [n] = 3*x [n]
Answer» D. Y [n] = 3*x [n]