General Biology

Model question paper for CSIR/UGC exam covering diverse biology topics including physiology, botany, zoology, genetics, ecology, immunology, and microbiology

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In human brain, cerebral aqueduct is a part of

  1. hind brain
  2. mid brain
  3. fore brain
  4. brain stem
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which haemolytic disorder is associated with Rh factor incompatibility?

  1. Myasthenia gravi
  2. Erythroblastosi foetali
  3. Chronic anaemia
  4. Multiple sclerosis
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Phytohormone auxin is not responsible for

  1. seed dormancy
  2. parthenocarpy
  3. tropic movements
  4. apical dominance
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following fishes has cartilaginous endoskeleton and placoid scales?

  1. Exocoetus
  2. Scoliodon
  3. Sardinella
  4. Hippocampus
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A defective haemoglobin having beta chain in which sixth amino acid 'glutamic acid' replaced by valine is produced by mutation. The disorder is

  1. Haemophilia
  2. Haematuria
  3. Sickle cell anaemia
  4. Slokes-Adams syndrome
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one group of the following animals is uricotelic?

  1. Frog & Pigeon
  2. Camel & Frog
  3. Crow & Lizard
  4. Salamander & Shark
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which flagellated protistan causes African Sleeping sickness?

  1. Amoeba
  2. Plasmodium
  3. Trypanosoma
  4. Entamoeba
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following disorders is associated with antibody production against a person's own cells?

  1. Anaphylaxix
  2. Autoimmunity
  3. Hypersensitivity
  4. Allergy
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Eukaryotic cellular organization is not seen in

  1. Green algae
  2. Brown algae
  3. Blue-green algae
  4. Red algae
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cells in testes secrete testosterone?

  1. Sertoli cells
  2. Germ cells
  3. Leydig cells
  4. Spermatogonia
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first produced milk colostrum in human is very important for child's health as it contains

  1. IgG
  2. IgM
  3. IgA
  4. IgD
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which hormone helps in parturition in human by causing contraction of uterine muscles?

  1. Oestrogen
  2. Progesterone
  3. Prolactin
  4. Oxytocin
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sexually transmitted disease 'syphilis' is caused by

  1. Nisseria
  2. Corynebacterium
  3. Treponema
  4. Mycobacterium
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who proposed the species area relationship curve about the biodiversity?

  1. Robert Mayer
  2. Edward Wilson
  3. Von Humboldt
  4. Paul Ehrlich
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a biodiversity hotspot?

  1. Western Ghat and Sri Lanka
  2. Eastern Himalaya
  3. Indo-Burma
  4. Thar desert
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an ex situ method of biodiversity conservation?

  1. Sacred grove
  2. National park
  3. Sanctuary
  4. Zoological garden
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an in situ method of biodiversity conservation?

  1. National park
  2. Sanctuaries
  3. Sacred groves
  4. Botanical garden
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Type of cancer affecting epithelial tissue is

  1. sarcoma
  2. leukemia
  3. osteoma
  4. carcinoma
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sexual phase in the life cycle of plasmodium occurs in

  1. RBC of Man
  2. WBC of Man
  3. Liver cell of man
  4. Gut of mosquito
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ability of cancer cell to spread from one part of body to other through blood and lymph is called

  1. metagenesis
  2. metastasis
  3. paedogenesis
  4. parthenogenesis
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Immunoglobulin which can cross human placenta is

  1. IgA
  2. IgG
  3. IgM
  4. IgD
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Transfer of pollen grains from one plant to another with the help of birds is called

  1. anaemophily
  2. chiropterophily
  3. ornithophily
  4. hydrophily
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Transplantation of tissue or organ between individuals of different species is called

  1. autograft
  2. isograft
  3. xenograft
  4. allograft
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following oral contraceptive pills is a once in a week pill?

  1. Overal
  2. Mala D
  3. Saheli
  4. Progestasert
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an infective stage of Plasmodium vivax?

  1. Merozoite
  2. Schizont
  3. Sporozoite
  4. Gametocyte