Question Bank No: 1

1. Which of the following is mainly produced by the activity of anaerobic bacteria on sewage?

 a)Marsh gas
 b)Laughing gas
 c)Propane
 d)Mustard gas

2. Which of the following is a gram- negative bacterium?

 a)Escherichia coli
 b)Bacillus subtilis
 c)Streptomyces coelicolor
 d)Amycolatopsis orientalis

3. The most common fungal partners of mycorrhiza are _______ species

 a)Azotobacter
 b)Glomus
 c)Azolla
 d)Frankia

4. Semiconservative replication of DNA was first demonstrated in

 a)Salmonella typhimurium
 b)Drosophila melanogaster
 c)Escherichia coli
 d)Streptococcus pneumoniae

5. One of the free- living anaerobic nitrogen- fixer is

 a)Azotobacter
 b)Beijerinckia
 c)Rhodospirillum
 d)Rhizobium

6. Ethanol is commercially produced through a particular species of

 a)Aspergillus
 b)Saccharomyces
 c)Clostridium
 d)Trichoderma

7. Cyanobacteria serves as important biofertilizers in the fields of

 a)Rice
 b)Maize
 c)Wheat
 d)Sugar cane

8. Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of :

 a)Envinia
 b)Xanthomonas
 c)Pseudomonas
 d)Alternaria

9. Southern blot technique is connected with

 a)Widal test
 b)ELISA test
 c)DNA profiling
 d)Sonography

10. Scientists pin pointed the location of colour processing centres in human visual cortex by means of

 a)PET scanning
 b)NMR imaging
 c)CT scanning
 d)Ultra-sound scanning

11. Blood cancer is

 a)Leukemia
 b)Thrombosis
 c)Haemophilia
 d)Hemolysis

12. A sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria is

 a)Leprosy
 b)AIDS
 c)Syphilis
 d)Pertussis

13. Which one of the sexually transmitted diseases is correctly matched with its pathogen?

 a)Urethritis-Bacillus anthracis
 b)Syphilis-Treponema pallidum
 c)Gonorrhoea- Entamoeba histolytica
 d)Soft sore- Bacillus brevis

14. Cyclosporine is useful in

 a)Prophylactic for viruses
 b)Immunosuppressant
 c)Prophylactic for marasmus
 d)Treating allergic eczema

15. Lysis of foreign cells is mediated through

 a)IgM only
 b)IgA only
 c)IgM and IgG
 d)IgD and IgE

16. Passive immunity is

 a)Inherited
 b)Obtained through vaccination
 c)Acquired through infection
 d)Obtained through sera of other animals enriched with antibodies

17. A disease due to allergic reaction is

 a)Goitre
 b)Hay fever
 c)Enteric fever
 d)Skin fever

18. Type of immunoglobulin present in colostrum/ mother's milk is

 a)IgA
 b)IgG
 c)IgD
 d)IgE

19. Antiserum has

 a)Antigen
 b)Antibody
 c)White blood corpuscles
 d)Red blood corpuscles

20. Azolla is used as a biofertiliser because it

 a)Multiplies very fast to produce massive biomass
 b)Has association of nitrogen fixing Rhizobium
 c)Has association of nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria
 d)Has association of mycorrhiza

21. Most famous nitrogen fixing bacterium/ biofertilizer is

 a)Nitrobacter
 b)Nitrosomonas
 c)Nitrosococcus
 d)Rhizobium

22. Which is a microbial insecticide?

 a)Bascillus thuringiensis
 b)B.subtilis
 c)B. polymixa
 d)B. brevis

23. Pomato is

 a)Somatic hybrid
 b)Natural mutant
 c)Androgenic haploid
 d)Somatic embryoid

24. Plant raised from single germinating pollen grain under cultural conditions would be

 a)Diploid
 b)Haploid
 c)Triploid
 d)Tetraploid

25. Variations observed during tissue culture of some plants are known as

 a)Clonal variations
 b)Somaclonal variations
 c)Somatic variations
 d)Tissue culture variations

26. Who could grow Tomato roots successfully and develop the technique of tissue culture for the first time

 a)Hilderbrandt
 b)P.R.White
 c)W.H.Muir
 d)F.C.Steward

27. In callus culture, roots can be induced by the supply of

 a)Auxin and no cytokinin
 b)Higher concentration of auxin and lower concentration of cytokinin
 c)Higher concentration of cytokinin and lower concentration of auxin
 d)Both auxin and cytokinin in equal proportions

28. In Tobacco callus, which one shall induce shoot differentiation in combinaation of auxin and cytokinin

 a)Higher concentration of cytokinin and lower concentration of auxin
 b)Lower concentration of cytokinin and higher concentration of auxin
 c)only cytokinin and no auxin
 d)Only auxin and no cytokinin

29. Which ones produce androgenic haploids in anther cultures

 a)Anther wall
 b)Tapetal layer of anther wall
 c)Connective tissue
 d)Young pollen grains

30. On culturing the young anther of a plant a botanist got a few diploid plants alongwith haploid plants.Which of the following might have given the diploid plants

 a)Exine of pollen gram
 b)Vegetative cell of pollen
 c)Cells of anther wall
 d)Generative cell of pollen

31. A major use of embryo culture is in

 a)Induction of somaclonal variations
 b)Overcoming hybridisation barriers
 c)Production of alkaloids
 d)Clonal propagation

32. A totipotent cell means

 a)An undifferentiated cell capable of developing into a system or entire plant
 b)An undifferentiated cell capable of developing into an organ
 c)An undifferentiated cell capable of developing into complete embryo
 d)Cell which lacks the capability to differentiate into an organ or system

33. Hybrid vigour is eroded through

 a)Repeated crossing
 b)Repeated selection
 c)Vegetative propagation
 d)Repeated selfing

34. Four inbred/ pur line of Maize are crossed.The cross is

 a)Double cross
 b)Dihybrid cross
 c)Tetrahybrid cross
 d)Tetraploid cross

35. Emasculation of flowers is carried out through removal of

 a)Stigma
 b)Sepals and petals
 c)Anthers
 d)Entire organism

36. Polyploidy is induced by

 a)Kinetin
 b)GA3
 c)Colchicine
 d)IAA

37. Colchicine brings about

 a)Gene mutations
 b)Chromosome aberrations
 c)Quick replication
 d)Duplication of chromosomes

38. Narcotic drugs,Charas, Bhang and Ganja are obtained from

 a)Poppy plant
 b)Hemp plant
 c)Ergot
 d)Cocoa plant

39. Drugs which induce dreamy state of unconciousness are

 a)Sedatives
 b)Stimulants
 c)Hallucinogens
 d)Depressants

40. Stimulant cocaine is obtained from

 a)Rauwolfia
 b)Erythroxylon
 c)Papaver
 d)Eucalyptus

41. LSD is formed from

 a)Cannabis
 b)Claviceps
 c)Fusarium
 d)Nostoc

42. Indian state having highest population density is

 a)W.Bengal
 b)Bihar
 c)Maharashtra
 d)Punjab

43. Cancerous cells can be easily destroyed by radiations because of

 a)Lack of nutrition
 b)Rapid cell division
 c)Mutations
 d)Lack of oxygen

44. Which one is correctly matched?

 a)Oncogenes - ageing
 b)Initiation factors - Amino acid activation
 c)Replication fork - mRNA
 d)AIDS virus - REverse transcriptase

45. Which one is employed for image making in CT scan

 a)X-rays
 b)Ultrasound
 c)Positrons
 d)Hydrogen ions

46. What is true about T-lymphocytes in mammals?

 a)There are three main types - cytotoxic, helper and suppressor
 b)They originate in lymphoid tissues
 c)They scavenge damaged cells and cellular debris
 d)They areproduced in thyroid

47. Antibodies are produced by

 a)Histiocytes
 b)Mast cells
 c)Plasma cells
 d)Fibroblasts

48. Interferon suppresses the pathogenicity of

 a)Bacteria
 b)Protozoa
 c)Viruses
 d)Helminths

49. Events in body defence against infection is

 a)Inflammation, chemotaxis, diapedesis, phagocytosis and digestion
 b)Inflammation, diapedesis, chemotaxis, phagocytosis and digestion
 c)Digestion, diapedesis, phagocytosis, chemotaxis, and inflammation
 d)Diapedesis, chemotaxis, digestion, phagocytosis, and inflammation

50. Immunoglobulin that increases in number during allergy is

 a)IgA
 b)IgE
 c)IgG
 d)IgM