Multiple Choice Questions

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One gene-one enzyme relationship was established for the first time in

  • Neurospora crassa

  • Salmonella typhimurium

  • Escherichia coli

  • Escherichia coli


A.

Neurospora crassa

One gene-one enzyme relationship was intially proposed by Beadle and Tatum and based on the experiments conducted on Neurospora crassa. They were awarded by Nobel Prize in 1958.

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A genetically engineered micro-organism use successfully in bioremediation of oil spills is a species of

  • Pseudomonas

  • Trichoderma

  • Xanthomonas

  • Xanthomonas

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In which one of the following preparations are you likely to come across cell junctions most frequently?

  • Ciliated epithelium.

  • Thrombocytes

  • Tendon

  • Tendon

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What is common between parrot, platypus and kangaroo?

  • Homeothermy

  • Toothless jaws

  • Functional post-anal tail

  • Functional post-anal tail

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Which pair of the following belongs to Basidiomycetes?

  • Birds nest fungi and Pufballs

  • Pufballs and Calviceps

  • Peziza and Stink horns

  • Peziza and Stink horns

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Spore dissemination in some liverworts is aided by

  • elaters

  • indusium

  • calyptra

  • calyptra

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A person who is on a longer hunger strike and is surviving only on water, will have

  • more sodium in his urine

  • less amino acids in his urine

  • more glucose in his blood 

  • more glucose in his blood 

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Which one of the following pairs, is not correctly matched?

  • Abscisic acid -  Stomatal closure

  • Gibberellic acid - Leaf fall

  • Cytokinin - Cell division

  • Cytokinin - Cell division

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Which one of the following is a matching pair of a body feature and the animal possessing it?

  • Post-anal tail   -   Octopus

  • Ventral Central nervous system - Leech nervous system

  • Pharyngeal gill slits absent in embryo

  • Pharyngeal gill slits absent in embryo

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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Animals                          Morphological features
(i) Crocodile             -       4-chambered heart
(ii) Sea urchin          -        Parapodia
(iii) Obelia                -       Thecodont
(iv) Lemur                -       Thecodont

  • A, C and D

  • B, C and D

  • Only A and D

  • Only A and D

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