SPSC Lecturer Botany Paper 25-01-2006 Page 2

SPSC Lecturer Botany Past Paper 25-01-2006

21- All the following are the examples of consumers except:

A. parasite

B. carnivorous

C. green plants

D. saprophytes

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Answer : C. green plants

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22- A cactus is an example of:

A. hydrophyte

B. xerophyte

C. saprophyte

D. pteridophyte

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Answer : B. xerophyte

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23- A food that may be contaminated by mercury is:

A. turkey

B. fish

C. chicken

D. None of these

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Answer : B. fish

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24- A fibrous type of root is present in:

A. carrot

B. radish

C. oak tree

D. grasses

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Answer : D. grasses

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25- Organisms that live together in a relationship that benefits both of them illustrate:

A. saprophytisum

B. mutualism

C. parasitism

D. fermentation

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Answer : B. mutualism

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26- The simplest method of reproduction is:

A. conjugation

B. fertilization

C. fission

D. sporolution

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Answer : C. fission

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27- All the following are fruits except:

A. tomato

B. cucumber

C. orange

D. carrot

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Answer : D. carrot

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28- The exchange of genes between homologous chromosome is called:

A. polyploidy

B. test cross

C. crossing over

D. synapse

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Answer : C. crossing over

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29- When Mendel crossed hybrids, he derived:

A. law of dominance

B. law of incomplete dominance

C. law of segregation

D. None of these

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Answer : C. law of segregation

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30- All the following are archegoniate plant except:

A. marchantia

B. lycopodium

C. stigeoclomum

D. pinus

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Answer : C. stigeoclomum

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31- A fossil plant Rhynia is named after its:

A. geological era

B. locality

C. explorer

D. None of these

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Answer : B. locality

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32- A rhizophipie in Sellagliaiella is a part of:

A. root

B. stem

C. sporangium

D. None of these

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Answer : B. stem

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33- Sclerenchyma is:

A. storage tissue

B. mechanical tissue

C. assimilatory tissue

D. vascular tissue

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Answer : B. mechanical tissue

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34- Ectocarpus, a brown alga is found in:

A. fresh water

B. marine water

C. pond water

D. None of these

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Answer : B. marine water

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35- Agar Agar is derived from the cell wall of:

A. brown-algae

B. green-algae

C. blue-green algae

D. red-algae

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Answer : D. red-algae

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36- A seed is:

A. an immature embryo

B. a female gametophyte

C. a mature oculic

D. None of these

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Answer : C. a mature oculic

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37- Energy from fossil fuel is:

A. renewable

B. non renewable

C. both A and B

D. None of these

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Answer : B. non renewable

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38- Smog is a case of:

A. air pollution

B. ozone layer thinning

C. both A and B

D. None of these

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Answer : A. air pollution

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39- Glycolysis starts and ends in the:

A. nucleus

B. mitochondria

C. plasma membrane

D. cytoplasm

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Answer : D. cytoplasm

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40- The pathway of aerobic respiration is completed in the:

A. nucleus

B. mitochondria

C. plasma membrane

D. cytoplasm

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Answer : B. mitochondria

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