www.anthonys.ac.in Entrance Test Biotechnology St Anthony’s College : Model Question Paper

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St Anthony’s College Shillong
Entrance Test For Admission Into
Under Graduate
Professional Courses 2010
Biotechnology
Date : Thursday, 6Th May, 2010
Time : 9:30 Am – 11:00 Am
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Model Question List : http://www.anthonys.ac.in/questions.html
Model Question Paper : http://www.anthonys.ac.in/downloads/...ioTech2010.pdf

Part A
(1 mark will be awarded for every correct answer, 0.25 will deducted for every wrong answer)
Directions for Questions 1 to 70:

Choose the best answer in each of the following by marking it on the answer sheet given to you.
1. The physical expression of a trait is called the:
a. Genotype b. Phenotype c. Allotype d. Isotype

2. The chromosome that determines maleness in humans is:
a. w b. X c. Y d. Z

3. The region of chromatin that usually undergoes transcription is:
a. nucleosomes b. heterchromatin
c. both euchromatin and heterochromatin d. euchromatin

4. Mutation theory was proposed by:
a. Charles Robert Darwin b. Hugo de Vries
c. Baptiste de Lamarck d. August Weismann

5. Analogous Structures are the result of:
a. Divergent Evolution b. Adaptive Radiation
c. Convergent Evolution d. Radical Evolution

6. What force will change the velocity of a body of mass 1 kg from 20 m/s to 30 m/s in two seconds?
a. 10 N b. 5N c. 2 kg wt d. 25 N

7. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin. If the coin falls behind him, the train must be moving with:
a. an acceleration b. a deceleration
c. a uniform speed d. all of these

8. Three resistances each of 4 ? are connected to form a triangle. The resistance between the terminals is:
a. 12 ? b. 2 ? c. 6 ? d. 8/3 ?

9. The radius of the earth is 4 times that of the moon and its mass is 80 times that of the moon. If acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth is 10 m/s2, that on the surface of the moon it will be:
a. 1 m/s2 b. 2 m/s2 c. 3 m/s2 d. 4 m/s2

10. A kilowatt hour is the unit of:
a. power b. energy c. electric charge d. electric current

11. The condition when each additional set of chromosomes is identical to the parent species is called:
a. Autopolyploidy b. Allopolypoidy
c. both (a) and (b) d. neither (a) nor (b)

12. Organelles involved in extranuclear inheritance are:
a. mitochondria and chloroplast b. golgi bodies and endoplasmic reticulum
c. lysomes and peroxisomes d. nucleus and ribosomes

13. A chromosome in which the centromere is located near the end is said to be:
a. Telocentric b. Acrocentric
c. Submetacentric d. Metacentric

14. The primary component of middle lamella consists of:
a. cellulose b. lignin c. pectin d. keratin

15. Cytoskeleton is the name given to the distribution of:
a. microtubules and microfilaments b. microactin
c. microactin and microtubules d. microfilaments