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KUET 2022 Question Paper M.Sc. Botany

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1. Choose the most appropdate response among the 5. The non motile, greatly thickened asexual spore
following : in algae are called :
(A) The genetic material of viruses is enclosed (A) Ascospores
in a protein coat called capsid (B) Zoospores
(B) All viruses perform both lyic and lysogenic (C) Hypnospores
cycles (D) Aplanospores
6. Pick the pair that is incorrecrly matched
(C) Both (A) and (B) are conect
(A) Cycas - Corraloid roots
(D) Only (A) is conect and (B) is inco(ect
@) Pinus - Winged pollen grains
2. The pigment phycoerythrin is characteristic of: (C) Cycas - Wirged pollen grains
(A) Green algae (D) Pinus - Myconhizal Association
(B) Red algae 7' A very thick walled non flagellated stucture which
is produced by fusion of specialized budding
(C) Biown algae
structures from mycelia of homothallic or
(D) Blue green algae heterothallic mating t ?es is called :
3. The primary advantage of Bentham and Hooker (A) Basidiospore
system ofclassification is : (B) Zygospore
(A) The classification is exclusively based on (C) Ascospore
evolutionary relationships (D) All the above
(B) The classification is mainly based on 8. Which ofthe following is not conectly matched ?
phltochemistry and anatomical features (A) Chlamydomonas - Udcellular and flagellate
(C) Th€ classification is based on similarities at (B) Ectocarpus - Profusely branched and
genetic/molecular level uniseriate filaments
(C) Oedogonium - Filamentous, multicellular
(D) The classification is based on the actual
and unbranched
examination of the specimens
(D) Vaucheria - Unicellular, colonial and
4. Choose the most apFopriate match among the flagellate
following :
9. Identifr the incorrect statement about binomial
(A) Rh iz op u s s to I onifet-Zy gomy cqtes & Ve n t ur ia system of nomenclature :
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- D othideomy cetes (A) Binomial nomenclattrre has two parts namely
(B) Rhizopus stolonifer - Dothideomycetes genetic epithet and specific epithet
&Ventu d inaequalis - Zygomycetes (B) Both genetic and specific names should be
(C) Rhizopus stolonifel - Zygolnyaetes & Latinized
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(C) The genedc and specific names should start
-Deuteromycetes
with a small and capital letter respectively
(D) Rhizopus stolonifer - Basidiomycetes &
(D) The generic and specific names should start
Ve nt u r i d i n a e q ua I i s- Ascomyc€tes
with a capital and small letter respectively

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10. Among the following, which is not the 15' Identiry the mismatch with regard
characteristic feature of Bryophytes ? features :
(A) Heteromoryhic altemation of generation (A) Root apex - Tunica-Corpus Theorl'
(B) Sporophyte is dependent on gametoph)4e (B) Vessels - bordered Pits
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12. In which of the following activities, the moss
pedstome takes Part in ? (D) Haploid and produced before fertiliz^tion
(A) Spore dispersal 18. The document that contains all the information
(B) Photosynthesis related to a particular genus or family is termed

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(C) Both (A) and (B) are true following algal R?es :

(D) Neither (A) nor (B) is uue (A) Chlamydomonas andEctocarpus respectively
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)t. The fem sporophye produces genetically unique 26. Find
the odd one ou1 :
spores by meiosis. What happens
to the spore after
dispersal ? (A) l^ate blight ofpo tato - phytopthota ihfestans
(A) It germinates to become a prothallus (B) Basidium * lgancas
(B) It fuses with another spore to form a zygore (C) Ascospore - Zenturia ihaequalis
(C) It develops into a thick walled structure called (D) Paddy blast - Xa nthomonas oryzae
zJgospore 2'1. A botanical garden represents collection of:
(D) It produces a sporangiophore (A) Endemic living species only
)2. In preparation ofa herbarium, identi& (B) Exotic living species only
the correct
sequence :
(C) Both endemic and exotjc living species
(A) I-abeling - pressing - Collection _ Drying _
(D) Herbarium specimens of all available plants
Poisoning - Mounting
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(B) Collection - pressing - Drying poisoning bundles are :
Mounting - Labeling
- - (A) Open, conjoint, endarch
(C) Collection - pressing _ Drying _ poisoning _ (B) Closed, conjoint, endarch
Labeling - Mounting (C) Closed, conjoint, exarch
(D) Collection - Iabeling - pressing _ Mounffng _ (D) Open, coqioint, exarch
Poisoning - Drying 29. Which of the following statements is
true about
23. The antherozoids ofFunaria are : the Tobacco Mosaic Virus ?
(A) Non-flagellate (A) Helical, DNA virus, Rod shaped
(B) Multiflagellate (B) Helical, RNA virus, Rod shaped
(C) Uniflagellate (C) Linear, RNA virus, Spherical
(D) Biflagellate (D) Linear, DNA virus, Cuboidal
Choose the incorect match among the following
: 30. In Pteridophytes, the spore bearing leaf like
(A) Gibberellic acid - Callus differentlarron structues arc called as :
(B) Abscissic acid - Stomatal closure (A) Pte dophylls
(C) Auxin -Apical dominance (B) SpoEngia
(D) Cltokinin - Cell division (C) Sporophrre
25. In bacteria, which of tlle following
can be used as (D) Sporophylls
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31. What is true about a monocot leaf ?

(A) Size of F factor in the donor cell (A) Reticulate venation
(B) Time oftransfer during conjugation (B) Absence of bulliform cells in epidermis
(C) Presence or absence of nutrients tn the (C) Mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and
medium spongy ttssue
(D) All rhe above (D) Well differentiated mesophyll

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32. In a flower structure, the s),ncarpous condition 37. According to
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(A) Fused carples phospholipids ?
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components ofthe ecosystem seen to function
(D) Anemophily - pollination by birds as
a unit ?
34. Which among the following is an example of
(A) Productivity
natural fiber ?
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(A) Zygomycetes (D) Longitudinal splitting of vascular bundle
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42. The DNA has following properties except : 46. In humans the gene for eye color is present on 'X'
chromosome. Brcwn eye color (B) is dominant to
(A) Serves as the template for the synthesis of
blue eye color (b). A female with brown eye color
mRNA in 3'to 5' direction by DNA
(BB) marries a man with blue eye color What is
pol)'merase
. the expected phenot,?e oftheir male and female
(B) Serves as the genetic material for tansfer of childrcn ?
traits from one generation to the next (A) Male has blue eyes whereas female child has
(C) Remains constant despite changes in brown eyes

environmsntal conditions (B) Male has brciwn eyes whereas female has blue
eyes
(D) In the double helical structure, adenine base
(C) Both male and female have brown eyes
pairs with thymine and guanine base pairs
(D) Both male and female have blue eyes
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4j. Identify the conect statement :
43. A population is characterized by the following
(A) In C3 plants Calvin Pathway occurs in
facto$ except : Mesophyll cells
(A) Mortality (B) In C4 plants Calvin Pathway occurs in Bundle
(B) Natality Sheath Cells

(C) Stratificatiqn (C) Both (A) and (B) are true
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
(D) Sex ratio
48. The proc€ss ofosmosis involves :
44. The first produat of C3 and C4 cycle is : (A) Movement of solute through a semi-
(A) OAA and 3-PGA respectively permeable membrane
(B) 3-PGA, OAA respectively (B) Movement of solvent through a semi-
permeable membrane
(C) PGAL, RUBP respectively
(D) OAA and PGAL respectively
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
45. What is not tue about a taxonomic key ?
49. Which ofthe following is a conect interpretation
(A) A taxonomic key is used for identification of of law of independent assortment ?
plants (A) The dominant and recessive factors of a tait
(B) A taxonomic key at a time shows acceptanca enter inlo separate garnetes during meiosis
of one character and rejection of anether (B) For multiple tuaits under consideration, each
characte! segregate independently of one another

(C) Fach statement in the key is called lead (C) For multiple traits under consideration, the
expression ofone trait is masked by the other
@) A taxonomic key will not lelp us in trait
identifyingunknownspecievplant'r (D) All the above

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adverse efect on carbon cycle in the atmosphere ?
opening ofDNA replication origins and fomation
ofnegative supercoils which aids in unwinding of (A) Overpopulation & Habitat destruction
DNA: (B) Aforestration & Invasion
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(B) Monosomy (44+X0) - Tumer syndrome
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