JAM 2018 Joint Admission Test Old Question Paper : jam.iitkgp.ac.in Kharagpur
Name of the Organisation : Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Name of the Exam : Joint Admission Test 2018
Document Type : Old Question Papers
Year : 2018
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IITKGP JAM Joint Admission Test Old Question Paper
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Instructions
1. The examination is of 3 hours duration. There are a total of 60 questions carrying 100 marks. The entire paper is divided into three sections, A, B and C. All sections are compulsory. Questions in each section are of different types.
2. Section – A contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. Questions Q.1 – Q.30 belong to this section and carry a total of 50 marks.
3. Section – B contains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). Q.31 – Q.40 belong to this section and carry 2 marks each with a total of 20 marks.
4. Section – C contains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions. Q.41 – Q.60 belong to this section and carry a total of 30 marks. Q.41 – Q.50 carry 1 mark each and Questions Q.51 – Q.60 carry 2 marks each.
5. Only Virtual Scientific Calculator is allowed. Charts, graph sheets, tables, cellular phone or other electronic gadgets are NOT allowed in the examination hall.
6. The Scribble Pad will be provided for rough work.
Model Questions
Biological Sciences
Section – A :
Multiple Choice Questions :
Q. 1 – Q.10 carry one mark each.
Q.1 One of Koch’s postulates states that the suspected causative organism should
(A) not grow in artificial media
(B) get cleared by the host immune system
(C) always be associated with other organisms and hence cannot be grown as pure culture
(D) be grown in pure culture
Q.2 Archaebacteria differ from bacteria in
(A) lacking peptidoglycan in the cell wall
(B) lacking membrane bound organelles
(C) containing circular chromosome
(D) containing formyl-methionine as an initiator amino acid
Q.3 Which one of the following, involving transfer of a phosphate group, is an example of substrate-level phosphorylation?
(A) ATP to phosphoenolpyruvate
(B) GTP to ADP
(C) ATP to lipids
(D) phosphoenolpyruvate to ADP
Section – B :
Q. 31 – Q. 40 carry two marks each.
Q.31 Which of the following statements are TRUE for hexokinase and glucokinase?
(A) They are both ubiquitously present in all cells
(B) They are isozymes
(C) They differ in their Km for glucose
(D) They are identical in their primary structure
Q.32 Which of the following statements about mature tRNA and/or mRNA are FALSE?
(A) tRNAs end with CCA sequence at the 3’ end
(B) Both form clover-leaf structures
(C) Both are polyadenylated at their 3’ ends
(D) All tRNAs are devoid of introns
Q.33 Which of the following statements are CORRECT about meiosis?
(A) Bivalents are formed in meiosis I
(B) Homologous chromosomes separate from each other in meiosis I
(C) Sister chromatids are separated from each other in meiosis I
(D) Each round of chromosome segregation is followed by one round of DNA replication
Biotechnology
Section – A :
Multiple Choice Questions :
Q. 1 – Q.10 Carry One Mark Each.
Q.1 Which one of the following protozoan parasites belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa?
(A) Toxoplasma gondii
(B) Leishmania donovani
(C) Entamoeba histolytica
(D) Trichomonas vaginalis
Q.2 Which one of the following statements is CORRECT for Mycoplasma?
(A) Their cells are of definite shape.
(B) They are resistant to lysis by osmotic shock.
(C) Their growth is not inhibited by penicillin.
(D) They are nonpathogenic to human.
Q.3 Which one of the following organelles is enclosed by a single membrane?
(A) Ribosome
(B) Mitochondria
(C) Endoplasmic reticulum
(D) Centrosome
Section – B :
Q. 31 – Q. 40 carry two marks each.
Q.31 Antibody binds to antigen in solution through
(A) ionic interactions.
(B) hydrogen bonds.
(C) van der Waals interactions.
(D) hydrophobic interactions.
Q.32 Plasmid mediated antibiotic resistances in bacteria are acquired by
(A) hydrolysis by ß-lactamase (penicillin resistance).
(B) expression of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme (kanamycin resistance).
(C) mutation in DNA gyrase (quinolone resistance).
(D) overproduction of dihydrofolate reductase (trimethoprim resistance).
Q.33 Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT for G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) mediated signaling?
(A) GPCRs contain seven membrane spanning regions.
(B) GPCRs are linked to heterotrimeric G protein consisting of a, ß and ? subunits.
(C) In the absence of GPCR interacting ligand, a subunit of G protein is bound to GTP and complexed with ß? subunits.
(D) In the presence of GPCR interacting ligand, GTP is displaced from a subunit of G protein by GDP, GDP bound a subunit dissociates from ß? dimer and activates the effector.
Geology
Q.1 Which one among the following planets in the Solar system is most similar in size to the Earth?
(A) Mercury
(B) Venus
(C) Neptune
(D) Uranus
Q.2 In which one of the following tectonic settings are the highest mountain chains and thickest crust found?
(A) Island arc
(B) Continental arc
(C) Continental collision
(D) Transcurrent
Q.3 The second-most abundant oxide in the Earth’s crust is
(A) Al2O3
(B) SiO2
(C) CaO
(D) Na2O
Q.4 The type of dentition found in Trigonia is
(A) schizodont
(B) taxodont
(C) pachydont
(D) isodont
Q.5 Which one of the following minerals has isolated (SiO4)4– tetrahedra linked by divalent cations in octahedral coordination?
(A) Muscovite
(B) Quartz
(C) Beryl
(D) Olivine
Section – B :
Q. 31 – Q. 40 carry two marks each.
Q.31 Which of the following change(s) when a dipping bed with a plunging lineation is rotated about a vertical axis?
(A) Dip amount of bed
(B) Plunge amount of lineation
(C) Plunge direction of lineation
(D) Strike of bed
Q.32 Which of the following indicate(s) the presence of directed stress in a rock?
(A) Porphyritic texture
(B) Schistosity
(C) Gneissosity
(D) Mylonitic texture
Q.33 The correct combination(s) of ranks and corresponding categories of stratigraphic units is/are
(A) Formation – Lithostratigraphy
(B) System – Chronostratigraphy
(C) Period – Chronostratigraphy
(D) Group – Biostratigraphy