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Ernest Chain and Howard Florey's contribution was

  • discovery of streptokinase

  • establishing the potential of penicillin as an effective antibiotic

  • discovery of the DNA sequencer

  • isolating the bacterial plasmid

  • isolating the bacterial plasmid


B.

establishing the potential of penicillin as an effective antibiotic

Pencillin was the first antibiotic to be discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. The antibiotic was however, commerically extracted by efforts of Chain and Florey and was extensively used in treating wounded soldiers in World War II. Fleming, Chain and Florey were awarded Noble Prize in 1945.


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The semi dwarf wheat which was instrumental in increasing
wheat production was developed by

  • Alexander von Humboldt

  • Paul Ehrlich

  • Dr. Kurien

  • Edward Jenner

  • Edward Jenner


Viruses of the genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus are employed as

  • Gobar gas producers

  • Biological control agents

  • Anaerobic sludge digesters

  • Antibiotics

  • Antibiotics


The graphical representation to calculate the probability of all possible genotypes of offsprings in a genetic cross was developed by

  • Gregor Mendel

  • Kornberg

  • Har Gobind Khorana

  • George Gamow

  • George Gamow


Match Column I with Column II and choose the right option.

Column I Column II
1. Thomas Malthus A. Branching descent
2. Hugo deVries B. Studies on populations
3. Charles Darwin C. Use and disuse theory
4. Lamarck D. Saltation

  • 1 - D; 2 - A; 3 - C; 4 - B

  • 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C

  • 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - C; 4 - A

  • 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - D

  • 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - D


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Choose the wrong statement

  • Failure of segregation of chromatids during cell division results in aneuploidy

  • Additional copy of 'X' chromosome in males results in Klinefelter's syndrome

  • Closely located genes in a chromosome always assert independently resulting in recombinants

  • According to Mendel, recessive character never blend in heterozygous condition

  • According to Mendel, recessive character never blend in heterozygous condition


Match Column I with Column II and choose the correct option.

Column I Column II
1. Totipotency A. breeding crops with higher levels of nutrients
2. Micropropagation B. plant grown from hybrid protoplast
3. Somaclone C. producing a large number of plants through tissue culture
4. Somatic hybrid D. capacity to generate a whole plant from an explan
5. Biofortification E. Plants genetically identical to the original plant

  • 1 - D; 2 - C; 3 - E; 4 - B; 5 - A

  • 1 - A; 2 - E; 3 - B; 4 - D; 5 - C

  • 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - E; 4 - D; 5 - A

  • 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - A; 4 - D; 5 - C

  • 1 - D; 2 - E; 3 - A; 4 - D; 5 - C


Choose the wrong statement

  • Louis Pasteur demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life

  • S.L. Miller observed that electric discharge in a flask containing CH4, H2, NH3 and water vapour at 800°C formed amino acids

  • Flippers of penguins and dolphins are examples for homology

  • Homology indicates common ancestry

  • Homology indicates common ancestry


The hominid fossils discovered in Java in 1891 revealed a stage in the human evolution, which was called

  • Homo erectus

  • Dryopithecus

  • Australopithecus

  • Homo habilis

  • Homo habilis


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Multiple allelism is observed in

  • flower colour in Snapdragon

  • pod colour in Pisum sativum

  • haemophilia in man

  • sex determination in birds

  • sex determination in birds