NEET Biology Solved Question Paper 2015

Cholesterol is a precursor for each of the following except

• bile salts

• vitamin D

• insulin

• steroids

The 1st CO₂ fixation product of C₄ plant is

• Oxaloacetic acid

• ribulose biphosphate

• phosphoenolpyruvate

• phosphoglyceric acid.

Which one of the following is an incorrect combination

• Adenine, thymine, cytidine

• Adenine, cytosine, thymine

• Guanine, thymine, uracil

• Cytosine, uracil, guanine

Gonadotropin releasing hormone is transferred to anterior pituitary by

• left coronary artery

• hypophysial portal veins

• axons of neurosecretory cells

• nuclei of hypothalamus

Which of the following genera is associated with coralloid roots?

• Cycas

• Taxus

• Pinus

• Sequoia

Which part of the nephrons is impermeable to water

• Proximal convoluted tubule

• Distal convoluted tubule

• Ascending limb of loop of Henle

• Descending limb of loop of Henle

Which of the following groups of algae produces algin?

• Phaeophyceae and Chlorophyceae

• Rhodophyceae and Phaeophyceae

• Chlorophyceae and Rhodophyceae

• Phaeophyceae only

Mature RBCs lose their ability for

• DNA replication

• Anaerobic respiration

• Aerobic respiration and DNA replication

• Aerobic respiration, DNA replication and RNA synthesising machinery

Match the following and select correct option.

  Column1        Column2

A. Pteris           1) Gymnosperm

B. Cycas           2) Bryophyte

C. Sphagnum    3) Algae

D. Sargassum   4) Pteridophyta

• A-(4), B-(2), C-(1), D-(3)

• A-(4), B-(1), C-(2), D-(3)

• A-(2), B-(3), C-(4), D-(1)

• A-(1), B-(4), C-(3), D-(2)

Hiccups can be best described as

• forceful sudden expiration

• forceful contraction of intercostal muscles during deep breathing

• vibration of the soft palate during breathing while sleeping

• jerky incomplete inspiration.