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KUET 2022 Question Paper M.Sc. Microbiology

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ENTRANCE TEST!2022
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theory: by:
i. Celltheory was proposed by Scleiden and (A) Petri
Schwarut (B) Skoog
ii. Cells are generated ftom the dead material (C) Pasteur
spontaneouslY
(D) Hesse
iii. Cell is the basic unit oflife. 7. The correct bionomial nomenclature ofone ofthe
Choose the conect answer/s ftom the codes given
imponanr bacteria aLso krown as super bug is:
below:
(A) Pseud,omonas Putida
(A) i, ody
(B) ii, iii onlY (B) Pseudomonas putida
(L) r,luo y (C) pseudomonas Putida
(D) iii, only (D) pseudomonas putida
2. Archaebacteda are discovered bY : 8. The bacteria living at low temperatures are called

(A) FneLnan as:

@) Carl Woese (A) Mesophiles
(C) Ehrlich @) Thermophiles
(D) Pasteur (C) Psychrophiles
3. Who is considered to be the father of medical (D) None ofthe above
microbiology ? 9. In most multicellular species of algae, individuals
(A) Koch produce special sex cells, called gametes that
(B) Pasleur have following feature/s :
(C) lemer (A) that contain only one set ofchxomosomes
(D) Tatum (B) the gametes from two individuals fuse
4. Who is /are associated with the discovery of sexually and can develop directly into
conjugation in bacteria ? offspring
(A) Crdffih (C) they can form cells that subsequently
(B) Lederberg and Tatum produce sporcs
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) All ofthe above.
(D) Neither (A) nor (B) 10. Bovine spongiform encephalopathyis also known
i. Wtti"n of tne fotlowing is considered to be a by the name/s ;
procaryotic ?
(A) Mad dog disease
(A) Protozoan (B) Mad cow disease
@) Helminth (C) KuIu disease
(c) Mold
(D) Cyanobacterja

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=- is not able to sdmulate
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14 By-whal genetic analysis mechanrsm,
genorype 39.
ot a dominanr plam can
be determrned ? ;.-. l9l$iqu" is helptul in constructon of
(A) pedigee analysis
oenomic librafies.
(B) Back cross (A) Colonyhybridization
(C) Test cross (B) Shotgunapproach
(D) Dihybrid cross (c) PcR
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specifies tle site for transcrjpbon
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(B) Initiate tle replication (A) Primers and buffer
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(D) Terminate tle transcription (D) AII ofthe above
36 Consider the following ,tat.menrs 41. In clinical biochemislry
ubout ,h" workjng as a clinical
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screntist is to :
i. It stains slightly {a) in diagosiag and
ii: It is partially condensed felp
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managing Ue djsease
ofbiood. LtIine and other
iii. lt is genetically acti ve chromatin bodyfluids
with genes.
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;"::f: and bioahemical atalyses
results ofchemical

(A) i, ody (c) Both (A) and (B)
(B) ii, iii only (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
(c) i, ii, and iii 42. An-LDII isoenzlirnes test
(D) iii onty is used to find out the
location..t'?e, and severiry
,t ol:lr"cessfidty reated
leulemia acute
canllelp diagnose a number
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(A) Recent heart attack
(A) Thornas (B) Liver djsease. including
(B) Henry hepalitis a|ld
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(C) GI. c2 phase
(C) Interleukines
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HDLs considered as good cholesterol vehicles, 48. One ofthe following homrones responsible for
are s),nthesized in : making RNA and proteins can be:
(A) Liver (A) ArD<in
(B) Blood (B) Gibberellins
(C) Intestines (C) Ethylene
(D) Panqease (D) Cltokinin
45. The o/o
water absorbed by herbaceous
49. rcfers to the formalion of embryoids ftom
plants is lost during transpiralion.
the pollen.grains in the tissue culture medium.
(A) 60
(A) Double fertilization
(B) 7s
(B) Cellulartotipotency
(c) e0
(C) Organogenesis
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(D) Test tube culture
46. Consider the following statements about the
50. More and more secondary metabolite production
Nitrogen fixationinplants by niti&ingbacte a:
can be achieved tbrough the hairy root cultues
i. They convert free nitrogen to nitrogen
induced by nansfomLing planr cells witl :
compounds
(A) Agrobacterium rhizogenes
ii. They oxidize alnlnonia to nitrates
iii. They reduc€ nitrates to free nitrogen @) Agobacterium tumefaciens
Choose the conect answer/s fiom the codes given
(C) Baci us thalingiensis
below : (D) \trus
(A) i, only 51. Which among the following plant fibres is known

(B) ii only as the "golden fibre" ?

(C) i, iii only (A) Coir
(D) ii, iii onty (B) Jute
47. The CO, is converted to malate, a four carbon (C) Hemp
organic compound which is stored in the
_ (D) All ofthe above
where it is later hansported to the chloroplast for 52. Brassica junceq is the scentific name of which
colversion ofmalate to CO, for photos]'nthesis. one ofthe following Rabi crops ?
(A) Vacuoles (A) Peas
(B) Endoplasmicreticulum (B) Cmm
(C) Chloroplast (C) Wheat
(D) Mitochon<lria (D) Mustard
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ald the Dal and Wular lakes alone produce about symmetrical distribution, then :
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(B) Ecologicaleffciency
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(C) Enerry flow effrciency
values 4.2, 4.3,4.0 and 4.1 taken in the lab is :
@) Relative ratio of energy flovr'
55. Among the following chemical species, one
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