Multiple Choice Questions

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Microtubule depolymerizing drug such as colchicine is expected to

  • inhibit spindle formation during mitosis

  • inhibit cytokinesis

  • allow mitosis beyond metaphase

  • induce formation of multiple contractile rings


A.

inhibit spindle formation during mitosis

Colchicine is an alkaloid derived from the autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale. It inhibits spindle formation in cells during mitosis so that chromosomes cannot separate during anaphase, thus inducing multiple sets of chromosomes. It does not affect cytokinesis.


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Kranz anatomy is usually associated with

  • C3 plants

  • C4 plants

  • CAM plants

  • C3-C4intermediate plants.


Leghaemoglobin is produced in response to

  • respiration

  • photosynthesis

  • fatty acid synthesis

  • N2 fixation


Apiculture is associated with which of the following groups of plants

  • Grapes, maize, potato

  • Sugarcane, paddy, banana

  • Guava, sunflower, strawberry

  • Pineapple, sugarcane, strawberry


Which of the following is correctly labelled for the given figure

  • A: PS II; B : PS I; C :e- acceptor, D: LHC

  • A: LHC; B:e- acceptor; C: PS I; D: PS II

  • A: PS I; B:PS II; C:e- acceptor; D: LHC

  • A: e- acceptor; B : LHC; C: PS Il; D: PS I


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Catecholamine in a normal person induces

  • intense salivation

  • alertness

  • decrease in heart beat

  • excessive urination.


Which of the following cartoon characters does not share its name with that of a gene

  • Tintin

  • Popeye

  • Asterix

  • Obelix


Oxygen binding to haemoglobin in blood is

  • directly proportional to the concentration of CO2 in the medium

  • inversely proportional to the concentration of CO2 in the medium

  • directly proportional to the concentration of CO in the medium

  • independent of the concentration of CO in the medium


During muscular contraction, which of the following events occur

(i) H-zone disappears
(ii) A band widens
(iii) I band reduces in width
(iv) Width of A band is unaffected
(v) M line and Z line come closer

  • (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)

  • (i), (i) and (v)

  • (ii), (iv) and (v)

  • (i), (ii) and (iii)


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The release of chemical messenger from synaptic vesicles is under the influence of these ion(s).

  • Cl- 

  • Fe and S2+

  • Ca2+

  • Mg2+ and Sr2+