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Biology

Class

NEET Class 12

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101.

The microbial biocontrol agent for butterfly caterpillar is

  • Bacillus thuringiensis

  • Sacchromyces

  • Lactobacillus

  • Cyanobacteria

  • Cyanobacteria


A.

Bacillus thuringiensis

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is used as a microbial control agent in order to control butterfly caterpillars. It is sprayed on plants like Brassica and fruit trees which are attacked by insect larvae. In the gut of larvae, Bt release toxin and insect larvae are killed. It kills only caterpillars, leaving all other insects unharmed.


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102.

The first human-like hominid was called

  • Homo habilis

  • Homo erectus

  • Homo sapiens

  • Dryopithecus

  • Dryopithecus


103.

Oparin and Haldane proposed

  • the theory of natural selection

  • that migration affects genetic equilibrium

  • that mutations caused speciation

  • that the first form of life could have come from preexisting non-living organic molecules

  • that the first form of life could have come from preexisting non-living organic molecules


104.

Choose the wrong pair

  • Divergent evolution – Forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetah and human

  • Convergent evolution – Flippers of penguins and dolphins

  • Homologous structures – Vertebrate hearts

  • Analogous structures – Tendrils of Bougainvillea and Cucurbita

  • Analogous structures – Tendrils of Bougainvillea and Cucurbita


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105.

The moiety present at the 5' end of ribose sugar in a polynucleotide is

  • OH

  • CH2

  • Phosphate

  • Adenine

  • Adenine


106.

14 TT : 12 Tt : 14 tt is the binomial expansion of

  • 12 T + 12 t2

  • 14 T + 14 t2

  • 14 T + 12 t2

  • 12 T + 14 t2

  • 12 T + 14 t2


107.

An example for codominance

  • Eye colour in Drosophila

  • Seed shape and colour in pea plants

  • ABO blood group in man

  • Haemophilia in man

  • Haemophilia in man


108.

The nuclear structure observed by Henkings in 50% of the insect sperm after spermatogenesis was

  • X body

  • Autosome

  • Y chromosome

  • Nucleolus

  • Nucleolus


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109.

Physical association of genes on a chromosome is called

  • Repulsion

  • Linkage

  • Aneuploidy

  • Duplication

  • Duplication


110.

In the double-helical structure of DNA, the pitch of the helix is

  • 3.4 nm

  • 0.34 nm

  • 6.6 nm

  • 34 nm

  • 34 nm


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