Which one of the following areas in India, is a hot spot of biodiversity?

• Eastern Ghats

• Gangetic plain

• Sunderbans

• Sunderbans

The Test-tube Baby Programme employs which one of the following techniques?

• Intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

• Intra uterine insemination (IUI)

• Gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT)

• Gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT)

Which one of the following is a case of wrong matching?

• Somatic hybridization - Fusion of two diverse cells

• Vector DNA - Site for tRNA synthesis

• Micropropagation - In vitro production of plants in large numbers

• Micropropagation - In vitro production of plants in large numbers

The Leydig cells as found in the human body are the secretory source of

• Progesterone

• Intestinal mucus

• Glucagon

• Glucagon

Cirrhosis of liver is caused by the chronic intake of 

• opium

• alcohol

• tobacco(chewing)

• tobacco(chewing)

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Which one is a true statement regarding DNA polymerase used in PCR?

• It is used to ligate introduced DNA in recipient cells

• It serves as a selectable marker

• It is isolated from a virus

• It is isolated from a virus

Given below is the diagrammatic representation of one of the categories of small molecular weight organic compounds in the living tissues. Identify the category shown and the one blank component X in it

• Category                       Component
  Nucleoside                         Uracil
  
  
• Category                       Component
  Cholesterol                       Guanin
• Category                       Component
  Amino acid                       NH₂
• Category                       Component
  Amino acid                       NH₂

Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition?

• Azotobacter

• Aspergillus

• Glomus

• Glomus

The extinct human who lived 1,00,000 to 40,000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eye brows, retreating for heads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was

• Homo habilis

• Neanderthal human

• Cro-magnon humans

• Cro-magnon humans

If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous base sequence as ATCTG, what would be the complentary RNA strand sequence?

• TTAGU

• UAGAC

• AACTG

• AACTG