PU CET PG 2018 Question PaperMSc Zoology

MSc(HS/2Yr)(Zoology)
1. Dolphins belong to which group
A) Fishes B) Turtles C) Mammals D) Amphibians

2. Locomotary organs of echinoderms are called
A) Parapodia B) Pseudopodia C) Tube feet D) Setae

3. Melatonin is a hormone of the
A) Pituitary gland B) Pineal gland C) Pancreas D) Thymus gland

4. Which of the following are uricotelic
A) Reptiles and birds B) Birds and mammals
C) Fishes and reptiles D) Reptiles and mammals

5. Which of the following is globe fish
A) Tetraodon B) Chaenocephalus C) Heteropneustes D) Gobitus

6. The gills of elasmobranchs are
A) Lamelliform B) Filiform C) Lophiform D) Filamentous

7. Egg laying mammal is
A) Kangaroo B) Platypus C) Opossum D) Monkey

8. Whales belong to order
A) Chiroptera B) Carnivora C) Cetacea D) Proboscidia

9. Fangs of snakes are present on
A) Pterygoid B) Maxillae C) Vomer D) Palatine

10. Raptorial feet are present in
A) Vultures, Eagles, Owls B) Herons, Snipe, Jacana
C) Fowl ,Pheasants, sparrows D) Eagle, crow ,sparrow

11. Phenomenon of neotony is not shown by
A) Necturus B) Siren C) Frog D) Proteus

12. Green gland is excretory organ of
A) Insecta B) Crustacea C) Arachnida D) Myriapoda

13. The codont teeth are present in
A) Amphibians B) Reptiles C) Birds D) Mammals

14. Free swimming Larva of Aurelia is

A) Ephyra B) Planula C) Amphiblastula D) Redia

15. The most conspicuous system absent in Taenia is
A) Digestive B) Nervous C) Excretory D) reproductive

16. Jacobson’s organ is present in
A)Rabbit B) Dog C) Starfish D) Uromastix

17. The transition zone where two different types of communities meet
A) Ecotype B) Ecotone C) Ecocline D) Ecosystem

18. Jim Corbett Park is known for
A) Lions B) Tigers C) Blackbuck D) Rhinoceros

19. The respiratory organs of spiders are
A) Gills B) Lungs C) Book lungs D) Book gills

20. Vibrssae are associated with function of
A) Thermoregulation B) Gustation
C) Tectile perception D) Reproduction

21. Peripatus belongs to
A) Crustacea B) Onychophora C) Myriapoda D) Arachnida

22. Which of the following is not part of ambulacral system
A) Stone canal B) Madreporite C) Radial canal D) Excurrent canal

23. Prawn and cockroach belong to same
A) Order B) Family C) Class D) Phylum

24. Feathers at the base of wing quills are called
A) Down feathers B) Coverts C) Barbules D) Filoplumes

25. Weberian ossicles are found in
A) Frog B) Birds C) Fishes D) Snakes

26. Halteres are modified
A) Forewing B) Hindwings C) Antennae D) Elytra

27. Most fossils are found in
A) Granite B) Sedimentary rocks C) Lava flows D) Black soil

28. The wings of bird and wings of insect are
A) Analogous structures B) Homologous structures
C) Vestigial structures D) Autologous structures

29. The earliest era in the geologic record is the
A) Coenozoic B) Precambrian C) Paleozoic D) Mesozoic

30. Which of the following is primarily an ectotherm
A) Hawk B) Shrew C) Elephant D) Lizard

31. Which of the following is not a larval stage of liver fluke
A) Miracidium B) Sporocyst C) Cysticercus D) Cercaria

32. Which of the following is a chemoreceptor
A) Ommatophore B) Nuchal lobe C) Ospharidium D) Radula

33. Which of the following is a vertebrate
A) Cuttle fish B) Globe fish C) Silver fish D) Devil Fish

34. Nervous system is ventrally located in
A) Fish B) Earthworm C) Amphibian D) Tadpole

35. Which one of the following is concerned with color vision
A) Rods B) Cones C) Iris D) Blind spot

36. Glochidium larva is found in the phylum
A) Echinodermata B) Mollusca C) Arthropoda D) Cnidaria

37. Aristotle’s lantern is found in
A) Sea Urchin B) Sea cucumber C) Crenoids D) Starfish

38. Peripatus is considered connecting link between
A) Platyhelminthes and Aschelminthes B) Coelenterates and annelids
C) Annelids and Arthropods D) Arthropoda and Molluscs

39. The volume of gas inspired or expired with each breath is known as
A) Vital capacity B) Dead volume C) Tidal volume D) Reserve volume

40. Which of the following is an inhibitory neurotransmitter
A) Acetyl choline B) GABA C) Glutamate D) Strychnine

41. Which of the following cause instability of lysosomal membrane
A) Cholesterol B) Vitamin K C) Cortisone D) Antihitamines

42. Sarcoplasmic reticulum is formed of

A) Golgi cisternae B) Mitochondria
C) Endoplasmic reticulum D) Microbodies

43. Prokaryotic flagellum has a protein called
A) Actin B) Tubulin C) Flagellin D)Keratin

44. Cytochrome C is a mobile carrier between
A) Complex I and II B) Complex II and III
C) Complex I and III D) Complex III and IV

45. Antibody diversity is generated by
A) Protein splicing B) Somatic mutation
C) Allelic exclusion D) Interchromosomal recombination
46. Diastase converts
A) Protein into sugar B) Fats into fatty acids
C) Polypeptide into dipeptides D) Starch into maltose

47. Fossil hominids of the genus Australopithecus have been recovered mainly from
A) Southern and Eastern Africa B) Southern Australia
C) Shiwalik hills of northern India D) Regions close to Beijing in China

48. The author of classic work “origin of life on earth” is
A) Darwin B) Fox C) Oparin D) Urey

49. Genetic drift occurs when a few individuals colonize an island. This particular
phenomenon is called
A) Bottleneck effect B) Founder effect C) Random mating D) Assortive mating

50. Haversian canals are found in
A) Long bones of rabbit B) Simple sponges of ascon type
C) Internal ear of mammals D) Spinal chord of vertebrates

51. 9th vertebra of frog is
A) Procoelus B) Amphicoelus C) Acoelus D) Heterocoelus

52. Terrestrial insects excrete
A) Urea B) Ammonia C) Uric acid D) Hippuric acid

53. A transition mutation is
A) Substitution of purine/pyrimidine with purine or pyrimidine
B) Substitution of a purine with pyrimidine or vice –versa
C) Insertion of one or two bases into DNA chain
D) Always a missense mutation

54. Calmodulin is a
A) Membrane protein B) Protein that binds calcium
C) Kinase D) Second messenger

55. Intercellular signaling in which one cell can communicate with other over long
distances is called
A) Paracrine B) Autocrine C) Juxtacrine D) Endocrine

56. From evolutionary point of view, which one of the following is closer to man
A) Shark B) Flying fish C) Dolphin D) Emu

57. When a trait exhibits complete dominance, a cross between heterozygotes produces
A) 1:2:1 Phenotypic ratio B) 3:1 phenotypic ratio
C) 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio D) 1:1 phenotypic ratio

58. Lyon hypothesis is based on:
A) Recombination B) Heredity
C) dosage compensation D) Barr Body

59. Turner syndrome is represented by
A) XXXY B) XXX C) XO D) YO

60. Plasmids can take inserts of
A) 10 Kb B) 10 Bp C) 100Kb D) 10 MB

61. Plasmodium falciparum causes
A) Pneomonia B) Dysentry C) Malaria D) Cholera

62. Appetite is controlled by
A) Stomach B) Hypothalamus C) Cerebellum D) Liver

63. Pyrimidine dimers are corrected by
A) Base excision repair B) Nucleotide excision repair
C) Mismatch repair D) SOS response

64. In a repressible regulation the gene is regulated by
A) Repressor binding to an operator
B) Presence of substrate
C) Transcription factor binding at promoter
D) Product of its enzyme pathway

65. In which form the carbon dioxide is carried in the blood
A) Sodium carbonate B) Sodium bicarbonate
C) Potassium carbonate D) Magnesium bicarbonate

66. Crossing over occurs between
A) Homologous chromosomes B) Sister chromatids
C) Chromatids of homologous chromosomes D) Any two chromosomes

67. Venous blood is carried to the lungs for oxygenation by the
A) Pulmonary arteries B) Pulmonary veins
C) Right ventricle D) Pulmonary arterio- venous shunt

68. Phenylketonuria is a human disease. A person affected by disease suffers from
A) Kidney failure B) Liver failure C) Mental idiocy D) Sexual infertility

69. Pancreatic duct transports secretions from pancreas to the
A) Stomach B) Duodenum C) Liver D) Colon

70. The insect vector of Leishmaniasis is
A) Tse Tse fly B) Phlebotomus C) Culex D) Anopheles
71. Trypanosoma gambiense produces in man
A) Kala azar B) Sleeping sickness C) Oriental sore D) Malaria

72. Which of the following is a soft coral
A) Tubipora B) Heliopora C) Alcyonium D) Aeropora

73. Which of the following is an example of jawless fish
A) Lung fish B) Sea horse C) Lamprey D) Shark

74. Integumentary respiration takes place in
A) Collembola B) Grasshopper C) Mayflies D) Cockroach

75. Spongocoel of a sponge is lined by
A) Porocytes B) Choanocytes C) Amoebocytes D) Mesenchyme

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