Organisation : Teachers’ Recruitment Board, Tripura
Exam : STPGT – Selection Test for Post Graduate Teachers
Document Type : Previous Year Question Paper
Subject : Biological Science
Code No : AF17—XVIII
Year : 2017
Website : https://trb.tripura.gov.in/
TRB Tripura STPGT Biological Science Previous Question Paper
Question Paper of TRB Tripura Selection Test for Post Graduate Teachers Biological Science Question Paper 2017 is now available in the official website of Teachers’ Recruitment Board, Tripura.
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1. Use Black Ballpoint Pen only for writing particulars of this Question Booklet and marking responses on the OMR Answer Sheet.
2. This test is of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration and consists of 75 MCQ-type questions. Each question carries 2 marks.
3. There is no negative marking for any wrong answer.
4. Rough work should be done only in the space provided in the Question Booklet.
5. The answers are to be marked on the OMR Answer Sheet only. Mark your responses carefully since there is no chance of alteration/correction.
6. Use of eraser or whitener is strictly prohibited.
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Model Questions
Direction : Answer the following questions by selecting the correct option.
1. The term ‘species’ was coined by
(A) Linnaeus
(B) John Ray
(C) Darwin
(D) None of them
2. In five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in the kingdom
(A) Protista
(B) Monera
(C) Algae
(D) None of the above
3. ‘Glycocalyx’ is
(A) a layer present between cell wall and membrane of bacteria
(B) cell wall of bacteria
(C) a layer surrounding the cell wall of bacteria
(D) None of the above
4. Protista differs from Monera in having
(A) cell wall
(B) nuclear membrane
(C) flagella
(D) None of the above
5. Which one of the following is true for fungi?
(A) They lack a rigid cell wall
(B) They are heterotrophs
(C) They lack nuclear membrane
(D) None of the above
6. Which structure is not the characteristic of mushrooms?
(A) Ascospore
(B) Basidiospore
(C) Dikaryotic mycelium
(D) None of the above
7. Which one of the following viruses shows the presence of both DNA and RNA in its life cycle?
(A) Reovirus
(B) Cyanophage
(C) Leuko virus
(D) None of the above
8. Which one of the following shows isogamy with non-flagellated gametes?
(A) Sargassum
(B) Ectocarpus
(C) Spirogyra
(D) None of the above
9. The plant body is thalloid in
(A) Marchantia
(B) Sphagnum
(C) Funaria
(D) None of the above
10. Young sporophyte of ferns draws nourishment from gametophyte through
(A) root
(B) foot
(C) haustoria
(D) None of the above
11. The number of cotyledons in the seed of Cycas is
(A) one
(B) two
(C) many
(D) None of the above
12. Choanocyte is found in
(A) Porifera
(B) Coelenterata
(C) Ctenophora
(D) None of the above
13. The largest class of phylum Arthropoda is
(A) Arachnida
(B) Crustacea
(C) Hexapoda
(D) Chilopoda
14. Proboscis gland in Balanoglossus is related to
(A) respiration
(B) circulation
(C) reproduction
(D) excretion
15. Which one of the following has true placenta?
(A) Kangaroo
(B) Mongoose
(C) Platipus
(D) None of the above
16. Root cap is absent in
(A) hydrophytes
(B) mesophytes
(C) xerophytes
(D) None of the above
17. When the stamens of a flower are fused by anthers only and the filaments remain free, the condition is called
(A) synandrous
(B) polyandrous
(C) syngenesious
(D) None of the above
18. Caryopsis is found in
(A) sunflower
(B) maize
(C) pea
(D) None of the above
19. Colchicine is obtained from the plant Colchicum autumnale. This plant belongs to which family?
(A) Solanaceae
(B) Fabaceae
(C) Poaceae
(D) Liliaceae
20. Which of the following plants shows floral formula Å + % K5, C5, A5, G(2)?
(A) Cumin
(B) Tulip
(C) Soya bean
(D) None of the above
21. Increase in the length of petiole results from the division of
(A) apical meristem
(B) lateral meristem
(C) intercalary meristem
(D) None of the above
22. Vascular tissues in flowering plants develop from
(A) periblem
(B) plerome
(C) dermatogen
(D) None of the above
23. The arrangement of xylem in stem of angiosperm is
(A) endarch
(B) exarch
(C) mesarch
(D) Both (A) and (B)
24. Collateral open vascular bundles and eustele are found in
(A) monocot stem
(B) monocot root
(C) dicot stem
(D) dicot root
25. The functions of secretion of tear, milk, sweat and oil are carried out by
(A) lymphoid
(B) loose connective tissue
(C) epithelial tissue
(D) nervous tissue
26. Among the following which one is a specialised connective tissue?
(A) Bone
(B) Muscle
(C) Fibroblast
(D) None of the above
27. Which one of the following pairs of structures distinguishes nerve cells from other types of cells?
(A) Vacuoles and fibres
(B) Nucleus and mitochondria
(C) Flagella and medullary sheath
(D) Perikaryon and dendrites
28. The outer covering of cartilage is called
(A) peritonium
(B) periostium
(C) perichondrium
(D) None of the above
29. In cockroach, oothecae are formed by the secretion of
(A) mushroom gland
(B) conglobate gland
(C) collateral gland
(D) None of the above
30. The digestive juice in cockroach is secreted by
(A) Malpighian tubules
(B) hepatic caeca
(C) gizzard
(D) crop
31. Which of the following is always absent in prokaryotic cells?
(A) Mitochondria
(B) Cell wall
(C) Ribosome
(D) None of the above
32. Which of the following is not covered by membrane?
(A) Lysosome
(B) Mesosome
(C) Ribosome
(D) Vacuole
33. Fernandez-Morgan particles are found in
(A) centriole
(B) mitochondria
(C) lysosome
(D) Nucleus
34. Fluid mosaic model of plasma membrane was proposed by
(A) Watson and Crick
(B) Schleiden and Schwann
(C) Alfonso Corti
(D) Singer and Nicolson
35. Movement of cytoplasm around a vacuole is called
(A) rotation
(B) circulation
(C) somersault
(D) None of the above
36. Which of the following is a homopolysaccharide?
(A) Heparin
(B) Pectin
(C) Inulin
(D) Hyaluronic acid
37. Which one of the following is an imino acid?
(A) Pepsin
(B) Proline
(C) Renin
(D) Cysteine
38. A non-proteinaceous enzyme is
(A) ligase
(B) deoxyribonuclease
(C) lysozyme
(D) ribozyme
39. Cell division cannot be stopped in which phase of cell cycle?
(A) S-phase
(B) G1-phase
(C) G2-phase
(D) Prophase
40. 56 cells are produced in meiosis in which
(A) first division is reductional
(B) second division is reductional
(C) first division is equational
(D) None of the above
41. How many equational divisions are necessary in a cell of onion root tip to produce 256 cells?
(A) 64
(B) 255
(C) 8
(D) None of the above
42. During cell division, a cell plate is formed at which of the following stages?
(A) Interphase
(B) Cytokinesis
(C) Karyokinesis
(D) None of the above
43. Syncytium (coenocyte) formation takes place when
(A) karyokinesis is followed by cytokinesis
(B) cytokinesis does not follow karyokinesis
(C) karyokinesis not occurs
(D) None of the above
44. The longest phase of meiosis is
(A) Prophase I
(B) Prophase II
(C) Anaphase II
(D) Metaphase I
45. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of mitosis?
(A) Movement of chromosome
(B) Synapsis
(C) Spindle fibre
(D) None of the above
46. The lowest water potential is found in
(A) root hairs
(B) leaves
(C) xylem
(D) phloem
47. When the concentration of solutes is low in plant cell, absorption of water is
(A) increased
(B) decreased
(C) absent
(D) None of the above
48. Stomata open at night in
(A) succulents
(B) hydrophytes
(C) halophytes
(D) None of the above
49. Which one is a group of micronutrients in plants?
(A) Fe, Mn, Cu, O, C
(B) Ca, Mg, Fe
(C) Fe, Mn, Cu, Mo, Zn
(D) None of the above
50. Which one of the following is a free-living and anaerobic nitrogen fixer?
(A) Beijerinckia
(B) Rhodospirillum
(C) Rhizobium
(D) Azotobactor