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1. Select the incorrect statement regarding DNA replication
(a) Leading strand is formed 5’⟶ 3’ direction(b) Okazaki fragments are formed in 5’⟶ 3’ direction(c) DNA polymerase catalyses polymerisation in 5’⟶ 3’ direction(d) DNA polymerase catalyses polymerisation in 3’⟶ 5’ direction
2. The C4 plants arc photosynthetically more efficient than C3 plants because:
(a) the CO2 compensation point is more(b) CO2 generated during photorespiration is trapped and recycled through PEP carboxylase(c) the CO2 efflux is not prevented(d) they have more chloroplasts
3. Food chain in which micro-organisms breakdown the food formed by primary producers is
(a) parasitic food chain (b) detritus food chain(c) consumer food chain (d) predator food chain
4. Independent assortment of genes does not lake place when
(a) genes are located on homologous chromosomes(b) genes are linked and located on same chromosomes(c) genes are located on non-homologous chromosomes(d) All the above
5. If we completely remove the decomposers from an ecosystem, its functioning will be adversely affected, because
(a) energy flow will be blocked(b) herbivores will not receive solar energy(c) mineral movement will be blocked(d) rate of decomposition will be very high
Deselect Answer
(a) increases when pH falls(b) decreases when pH falls significantly(c) neither increase or decrease(d) either increase or decrease
11. Which is the correct combination?Deselect Answer
12. Match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given below.Deselect Answer
13. Which of the following is not currently a major cause of the global reduction in biodiversity?
(a) Overexploitation(b) Global warming(c) Habitat destruction(d) Introduction of foreign predators and disease
14. ABO blood group system is due to
(a) multifactor inheritance(b) incomplete dominance(c) multiple allelism (d) epistasis
(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)(b) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct(c) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct(d) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
20. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
(i) Endosperm formation starts prior to first division of zygote.(ii) Angiospermic endosperm is mostly 3N while gymnospermic one is N.(iii) Coconut has both liquid nuclear (multinucleate) and cellular endosperm.(iv) Milky water of green tender coconut is liquid female gametophyte.(v) Endosperm develop at the chalazal end.
(a) (i) and (ii)(b) only(iii)(c) (iv) and (v)(d) only (ii)