visvabharati.ac.in MSc Admission Test Question Paper : Visva-Bharati

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Visva-Bharati MSc Admission Test Question Paper

Time: One hour
Full Marks: 100

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Instructions

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** Do not use pencil for tick marking the answer.
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Botany

Section I : (30 Marks)
For each positive answer two marks will be awarded and for each negative answer one mark will be deducted
1. The unique component of fungal cell wall is:
a) Cellulose
c) Chitin
b) Cutin
d) Ergosterol

2. Which of the following organisation protects the trade of endangered species at international level:
a) IBWL
c) WWF
b) CITES
d) IUCN

3. Which of the following is a plant steroid hormone:
a) Ergosterol
c) Corticosteroid
b) Brassinosteroid
d) Aldosteron

4. The enzyme which maintains the chromosome from being shortened with each round of replication is :
a) Telomerase
c) Helicase
b) Reverse transcriptase
d) Topo isomerse

5. Following is the pigment which absorbs blue light is:
a) Phytochrome
c) Chlorophyll- a
b) Cryptochrome
d) Xanthophyll

6. Which of the following is an example of non-heterocystous N2-fixing cyanobacteria:
a) Nostoc
c) Lyngbya
b) Tolypothrix
d) Anabaena

7. Carnitine Shuttle is related with:
a) Protein synthesis
c) Calvin Cycle
b) ß- oxidation of fatty acids
d) Photorespiration

8. Which one of the following is not an aflatoxin producing fungus:
a) Aspergillus niger
c) Aspergillus flavus
b) Aspergillus parasiticu
s d) Aspergillus fumigatus

9. Choose the correct pair:
a) Haplostele-Dicot stem
c) Eustele-Lycopodium
b) Plectostele-Psilotum
d) Amphiphloic siphonostele-Marsilea

10. Living organisms can be best studied by:
a) Electron microscope
c) Phase contrast microscope
b) Compound microscope
d) Inverted microscope

Section II :(30 Marks)
Fill in the blanks :
1. Leucoplastids which store oil are called: _______________________________
2. The chromosome number in a somatic cell of Arabidopsis thaliana is: ____________
3. The ideal size of a herbarium sheet is : __________________ x _________________
4. The chemo attractant compound ________________________ secreted from the wounds
of dicot plants is responsible for attracting Agrobacterium tumifaciens
5. Write the scientific name of a human pathogenic bacterium: ________________ _______
6. Write the scientific name of a commercially used hexaploid crop plant: ___________ ___
7. Name one signature compound present in cell wall of Gram positive bacteria: _________
8. Lakes which are highly productive and rich in plants are called: ____________________
9. In the members of Fabaceae ___________________ type of aestivation is found
10. Mitotic crossing over is common in __________________ process of fungi

Section III : (10 Marks)
Designate Whether The Statement Is True Or False :
1. Periplasmic space is found in Gram negative bacteria
2. Pseudo-eleters are found only in Porella
3. A single amino acid is never be coded by two different codons
4. In the family Brassicaceae, the inflorescence type is cruciform
5. Endosmosis occurs when a cell is immersed in hypertonic solution
6. Plasmids are self replicating extranuclear DNA
7. All test crosses are back cross but all back crosses are not test cross.
8. The main vegetative body of Bryophyta is gametophytic in nature
9. The endosperms of Gymnosperms are triploid
10. Bordeaux mixture was first formulated by John Bordeaux of France.

Zoology

Multiple Choice Questions Marks: 50 × 2 = 100
1. The number of pyrrole ring present in one molecule of Haemoglobin is:
a) One
b) Two
b) Three
d) Four

2. Which of the following is not correct?
a) At a carrying capacity per capita birth rates and death rates are equal
b) At a carrying capacity a population has no general tendency either to increase or to decrease
c) The carrying capacity is a concept that emerges from the logistic equation
d) No real population is characterized by a single carrying capacity

3. When huge amount of sewage is dumped into a river, its B.O.D. will:
a) Slightly decrease
b) Remain unchanged
c) Increase d) Decrease

4. Which of the following pair is a sedimentary type of biogeochemical cycle?
a) Phosphorus and nitrogen
b) Phosphorus and sulphur
c) Oxygen and nitrogen
d) Phosphorus and carbon dioxide

5. The Competitive Exclusion Principle states that:
a) If two competing species coexist in a stable environment, they do so as a result of niche differentiation
b) If two competing species coexist in an unstable environment, they do so as a result of niche differentiation
c) Niche differentiation proves that there are coexisting competitors
d) Competitors can coexist because of environmental heterogeneity

6. Which one of the following steps in the clotting of blood will not occur in the absence of Vitamin K?
a) Formation of thromboplastin
b) Conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
c) Conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
d) Synthesis of prothrombin

7. As a result of hydrolysis, one molecule of lactose gives rise to:
a) 1 molecule of fructose & 1 molecule of galactose
b) Two molecules of galactose
c) 1 molecule of glucose & 1 molecule of galactose
d) Two molecules of fructose

8. The ‘regulation’ of a population refers to:
a) The means by which its size is determined
b) The means by which its density is determined.
c) The effect of predation on the population
d) A tendency to increase in size when small and decrease when large

9. The correct sequence in vertebrate embryonic development is:
a) gastrocoel – blastocoel – notochord – neural crest.
b) blastocoel – gastrocoel – neural crest – notochord.
c) gastrocoel – blastocoel – neural crest – notochord.
d) blastocoel – neural crest – gastrocoel – notochord

10. Protective Ozone layer is:
a) Above stratosphere but below mesoshpere
b) Between troposphere and stratosphere
c) Extended beyond stratosphere
d) In the tropopause

11. In a study, a group of students tested the effect of alcohol on increase or decrease of systolic blood pressure in women. After one month of study, the group wanted to see whether the null hypothesis is accepted or rejected in their study. Which of the following statistical tests best fits to verify the null hypothesis?
a) Chi square test
b) Student’s t test
c) F- test
d) Correlation

12. Chief function of Contractile Vacuole in Protozoa is:
a) Nutrition
b) Respiration
c) Osmo-regulation
d) Reproduction

13. Blood in Cockroach contains:
a) Haemoglobin
b) Haemocyanine
c) Haemovanadin
d) No respiratory pigment

14. During glycolysis, conversion of glucose-6-phosphate into fructose-6-phosphate is catalysed under the influence of an enzyme, called:
a) Phosphorylase
b) Phospho-glucose isomerase
c) Phospho-fructokinase
d) Hexokinase

15. The cross used to ascertain whether the organism is homozygous or heterozygous dominant is termed as
a) Monohybrid cross
b) Reciprocal cross
c) Test cross
d) Linkage cross