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Question Booklet No. : .............................

ENTRANCE TEST-2025
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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ZOOLOGY
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Total Questions : 60 Question Booklet Series

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1. The body cavity of Coelenterates is called: 7. The paurometabolous development is found in:
(A) Coelom (A) Housefly
(B) Pseudocoelom (B) Grasshopper
(C) Both (A) and (B) (C) Mayfly
(D) None of the above (D) Silverfish
2. How many proglottids are found in adult Taenia 8. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature
solium ? of Echinoderms ?
(A) 1000 (A) Cephalization
(B) 1000-2000 (B) Water vascular system
(C) 2000 (C) Enterocoelous coelom with mesodermal derived
(D) 2000-3000 archenteron
3. Which of the following protozoans perform (D) Poorly developed circulatory system
locomotion through ciliary movements ? 9. Which of the following statement is true about
(A) Balantidium, Paramecium, Vorticella Elasmobranchs ?
(B) Euglena, Lophomonas, Entamoeba (A) Skeleton is made up of cartilage
(C) Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena (B) Five to seven gill openings on each side
(D) Trichonympha, Vorticella, Lophomonas (C) Placoid scales are present
4. Which cells are involved in food reserve and nutrient (D) All of the above
storage in sponges among the following ? 10. Which of the following belongs to Cephalochordata ?
(A) Choanocytes (A) Herdmania
(B) Amoebocytes (B) Jellyfish
(C) Collencytes (C) Amphioxus
(D) Thesocytes (D) Sea urchin
5. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of 11. The excretion of salt is carried out by osmoregulators
phylum Arthropoda? through:
(A) Haemocoelom (A) Gills
(B) Ventral nerve cord (B) Bladder
(C) Metameric segmentation (C) Fins
(D) Closed circulatory system (D) Scales
6. True coelom, segmentation and closed circulatory 12. A tunicate, marine invertebrate belongs to the sub-
system are characteristic of phylum: phylum:
(A) Arthropoda (A) Hemichordata
(B) Annelida (B) Urochordata
(C) Mollusca (C) Cephalochordata
(D) Echinodermata (D) Protochordata

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13. The thoracic and abdominal cavity are separated by 19. In man, the sour taste receptors are found on:
a muscular diaphragm in: (A) Tip of the tongue
(A) Fishes (B) Tip and sides of the tongue
(B) Lizards (C) Along the lateral edges of the tongue
(C) Crocodiles (D) At the base of the tongue
(D) Birds
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(D) None of the above
(D) Carpometacarpus
21. The erythrocytes are nucleated in:
15. In some insects, the filter chamber is a modification
(A) Mammals
to:
(A) Conserve water (B) Man

(B) Remove excess fluid (C) Camel
(C) Digest proteins (D) None of the above

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(C) Fangs (D) Mollusca
(D) Poison muscles 23. Approximately, how many nerve cells are present in
17. The hairs in mammals are the derivatives of: a human brain:
(A) Epidermis (A) 1 million

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25. Embryo reaches into the uterus from the fallopian tube 31. Plenty of water is required for the excretion of:
in about: (A) Ammonia
(A) 24 hours
(B) Urea
(B) Two days
(C) Uric acid
(C) Seven days
(D) All of the above
(D) 3 weeks
32. The most common vertebrate respiratory pigment is:
26. When the yolk particles are present in little amount
and are fairly evenly distributed throughout the (A) Haemoglobin
cytoplasm, the egg is known as: (B) Haemocyanin
(A) Oligolecithal (C) Pinnaglobin
(B) Telolecithal (D) Vanadium
(C) Centrolecithal 33. A muscle unable to undergo a sustained contraction
(D) Macrolecithal is:
27. Which of the following contains diploid number of (A) Cardiac muscle
chromosomes ?
(B) Skeletal muscle
(A) Primary spermatocyte
(C) Visceral muscle
(B) Secondary spermatocyte
(C) Spermatid (D) None of the above
(D) Spermatozoan 34. Which of the following has receptors for hearing ?
28. Which of the following type of placenta is found in (A) Ampulla
human beings ? (B) Vestibule
(A) Epitheliochorial (C) Macula
(B) Endotheliochorial (D) Organ of corti
(C) Haemochorial 35. During vision, a bundle of nerve fibres carrying
(D) All of the above electrical impulses from the retina to the brain is called:
29. Which of the following is odd one ?
(A) Optic nerve
(A) Lipase
(B) Choroid
(B) Maltase
(C) Ciliary body
(C) Lactase
(D) None of the above
(D) Sucrase
30. Trypsin has highest activity of protein digestion at pH 36. What effect does high concentrations of carbon
of: dioxide have on haemoglobin and blood ?
(A) pH 6 (A) An increase in blood pH
(B) pH 8 (B) A decrease in blood pH
(C) pH 10 (C) Haemoglobin picking up more oxygen
(D) pH 12 (D) No effect on haemoglobin

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37. When one or more pairs of spiracles totally disappear 43. Which of the following taxonomic characters cannot
from the usual 10 pairs in insects, the arrangement is be studied in preserved material ?
termed as: (A) DNA
(A) Apneustic (B) Protein
(B) Holopneustic (C) Egg structure
(C) Hemipneustic (D) Behavior

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(D) In the brain 45. The tendency of linked genes to remain together during
the process of inheritance is called:
39. Deficiency of vasopressin hormone causes:
(A) Linkage
(A) Diabetes insipidus
(B) Synapses
(B) Diabetes mellitus
(C) Crossing over
(C) Gestational diabetes
(D) Terminalization
(D) Addison’s disease
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(B) N-blotting
(B) Category
(C) S-blotting
(C) Taxon
(D) All of the above
(D) All of the above 47. Which of the following is the most familiar sex-linked
41. The main source of ATP in a cell is: character ?
(A) Glycolysis (A) Haemophilia
(B) Krebs cycle (B) Red-green colour blindness

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(B) Reverse transcriptase
(C) Spherosomes (C) DNA polymerase
(D) All of the above (D) RNA polymerase

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49. The smallest segment of DNA responsible for genetic 55. The immune system which works against self is:
mutation is: (A) Self-immune system
(A) Cistron (B) Specific immunity
(B) Mutan (C) Auto-immunity
(C) Recon (D) None of the above
(D) None of the above 56. A unit of evolutionary morphological change equal to
one standard deviation per generation is called:
50. DNA replication in most prokaryotic cells is:
(A) Darwin
(A) Unidirectional
(B) Haeckel
(B) Bidirectional
(C) Von Baer
(C) Conservative
(D) Haldane
(D) All of the above
57. Who finalized the biological species concept ?
51. Which gene is commonly used in the study of DNA
(A) Carolus Linnaeus
barcoding and phylogeny of animal phyla ?
(B) Aristotle
(A) Mitochondrial gene
(C) Theophrastus
(B) Nuclear gene (D) Ernst Mayr
(C) Ribosomal gene 58. Morphologically similar and reproductively isolated
(D) Mutant gene species are termed as:
52. The temperature-dependant sex determination is found (A) Sympatric species
in : (B) Sibling species
(A) Reptiles and teleost fish (C) Allopatric species
(B) Fishes and amphibians (D) Parapatric species
(C) Both (A) and (B) 59. Which of the following is the most important factor
(D) None of the above for splitting up of the species and establishing a new
species ?
53. Animals defend their territory against:
(A) Adaptation
(A) Predator
(B) Climate
(B) Any intruder
(C) Heredity
(C) Intruder of another species
(D) Isolation
(D) Intruder of same species
60. What was the largest of the known mass extinctions
54. Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between: of life on earth ?
(A) Amphibians and Reptiles (A) Ordovician-Silurian
(B) Reptiles and Mammals (B) Devonian
(C) Reptiles and Birds (C) Permian-Triassic
(D) Birds and Mammals (D) Triassic-Jurassic

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