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Post NameHigher Secondary School Teacher (Junior) Botany - Kerala Higher Secondary Education
Question Paper Code059/2022/OL
Category Code292/2020
Date of Test4 August 2022
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
In pinus male and female cone occurs on
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C. Different branches of the same plant
2
The pollination in Cycas is carried out by the agency of
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A. Wind
3
The causative organism of Red Rust of Tea is
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B. Cephaleuros
4
In Paddy fields the fertility can be improved by the addition of
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C. Azolla
5
The reserve food of Fungi is
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D. Glycogen
6
Fruit Rot of Caradamom is caused by
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A. Phytophthora palmivora
7
Rogueing is a process of
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A. Desructing the infected plants from the field at an early stage
8
Williamsonia sewardiana belongs to the order
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B. Bennettiatales
9
The spore mother cells in bryophaytes is
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A. Diploid
10
Glandular trichomes are seen in
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D. All of the above
11
Amphicribal vascular bundles are
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D. Both (1) and (2)
12
The mounting media should have the following characters
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D. All the above
13
Endosperm in Gymnosperms is
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D. Both (2) and (3)
14
Zonetreme is used to refer
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A. The position of aperture on the equator of the pollen grain
15
Vertical resistance refers to
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D. Both (2) and (3)
16
The head quarters of ICAR- Central Potato Research Institute is located at
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B. Shimla
17
Convergent evolution refers to
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B. Phylogenetically unrelated forms develop similar adaptations
18
Tetrasporic embryosac development is seen in
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D. Both (2) and (3)
19
Inferior ovary with nectariferous disc is seen in the family
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C. Myrtaceae
20
Colchicum autmnale belongs to the family
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A. Liliaceae
21
Cane and Rattans belong to the family
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B. Arecaceae
22
Which statement is correct, Pepo can be defined as (A) Simple fleshy fruit developing from tricarpellarysyncarpous inferior ovary (B) Characteristic fruit of the gourd family (C) Simple fleshy fruit developing from tricarpellaryapocarpous superior ovary (D) Simple fleshy fruit developing from tricarpellaryapocarpous half-interior ovary
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A. Statement (A) and (B)
23
Morphology of the useful part of Jute is
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B. Bast fibre
24
The herbal drug "Jeevani" is produced from the plant
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C. Trichopus zeylanicus
25
The morphology of "Aswagandh" is
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B. Root
26
Sweet Potato belongs to the family
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C. Convolvulaceae
27
Darjeeling belongs to the phytogeographic zone
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B. Eastern Himalayas
28
The Soil commonly seen in Deccan Plateau is
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C. Black Soil
29
Ecesis refers to
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A. Successful establishment and colonization of an invading species in a new locality
30
The average height of Stratosphere from the earths surface is
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Question Cancelled
31
Which among the human chromosome doesn't have nucleolar organiser region?
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C. 11 and 12
32
In a cell culture study on different phases of cell cycle it was found that one phase took around 35% of the total time. Identify the phase
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C. S phase
33
From a crime scene the following samples were obtained. Identify the most suitable sample for DNA profiling
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C. Leucocytes
34
In FISH, fluorescent dyes were tagged to probes for identification. Identify such a dye
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A. Digoxigenin
35
In eukaryotes during replication DNA polymerase synthesise okazaki fragments. These fragments composed of
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B. 100-400 nucleotides
36
Next generation amplicon sequencing is an approach to identify
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C. Both (1) and (2)
37
The rare blood type Bombay phenotype is due to a mutation of a dominant allele H which leads to homozygosity and gene interaction. This phenotype is due to
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B. Recessive epistasis
38
Poky Neurospora was identified as a mitochondrial character because
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D. All of these
39
Which of these codon, codes for the amino acid proline?
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C. CCG
40
Consider a population of rats is in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium. The allele for black colour (B) has an allelic frequency of 0.81, while the allele for white t colour (b) has an allelic frequency of 0.19. Then the percentage of heterozygous individuals in the population is
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C. 31%
41
Harlequin chromosomes are used to study
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D. Both (1) and (2)
42
Find out the correct statement
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D. Both (1) and (2) are correct
43
There is a possibility of rotation of angles φ and ĪØ of polypeptide chain which is known as dihedral angles. What is the span rotation of these angles according to Rama plot?
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D. -180 to +180°
44
Which statement is correct for Cerenkov radiation?
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Question Cancelled
45
Microheterogeneity of immunoglobulin-G is demonstrated by
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C. Isoelectric focusing
46
Which statement is not true for GC-MS
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D. Derivatization is mandatory
47
Aromatic amino acids are not synthesised by animals but certain other group synthesise these amino acids by shikimate pathway they, include
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D. All of these
48
When one molecule of oxygen binds to the ferrous part of each of the four chains of haemoglobin, enhances the further binding of Oxygen. This is explained by
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A. Allosteric modulation
49
Rubisco fixes the Carbon and has a turnover rate of 5.5s-1. How long does it take Rubisco to fix one molecule of Carbon dioxide?
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B. 0.18 seconds
50
Resistance to the diffusion of š¶š‘‚2 from outside the leaf to chloroplast occurs at different locations. Which among is the major point of resistance?
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B. Stomatal pore
51
It was observed that a gene for a disease resistance was inherited in a recessive fashion. The incidence of resistance in normal population is 1/400 and in the observed area was 1/25. What are the carrier frequencies in the normal population and in the observed area? Assume that the population studied is stable
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A. 38/400:8/25
52
Which among is a major product of DNA oxidation and its concentration is a measure of oxidative stress?
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B. 8-Oxo-dG
53
Computers store all data in binary format, if one stores the year 2022 as binary, what will be the exact binary sequence?
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A. 11111100110
54
Point out the disadvantage of snowball sampling
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A. Impossible to determine the sampling error
55
Protein Data Bank provides the 3D structure of
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D. All of these
56
Which statement is true for bus is computing?
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C. Hardware as well as software
57
A group of compounds are used in protoplast culture as osmoticum. Identify the one which is not suitable
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D. Acarbose
58
Identify the restriction enzyme that have an isocaudomer
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B. BamHI
59
Herbicide resistant transgenic plants were developed by incorporating glutathione-S transferase gene. This enzyme detoxifies which herbicide
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B. Atrazine
60
Identify the true statement
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D. All the above
61
A DNA sense strands having the sequence 3'-TACCACCCCACATTCCG-5' mutated at 5th position from 5' end with a transition, transcribed an mRNA. How many amino acids will be present in the translated polypeptide with recurrent amino acids?
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D. 4 amino acids with 3 recurrent amino acids
62
What is the probability of getting AaBbcc genotype from a cross between AaBbCc Ɨ AaBbCc?
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B. 1/16
63
š‘2 +8e- + 8H+ +16ATP →2š‘š»3 + 16š“š·š‘ƒ + 16š“ Ī  This equation refers to
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C. Nitrogen fixation
64
The substrate concentration at which reaction attains half of its maximum velocity is called
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A. Km
65
Which statement is true for snoRNA
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A. Class of small RNA, guide chemical modification of other RNA
66
Exometabolomics refers to the
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B. Metabolic foot printing
67
Physiological dormancy of seed can be broken by cold temperature treatment, which commonly ranges from
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B. 1 to 7ĀŗC
68
Vitamin B5 is essential for which of the following pathway?
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C. Fatty acid synthesis
69
Which among is a programming command line language popular in bioinformatics
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Question Cancelled
70
Which statement is true for the phase contrast microscope?
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A. Partially coherent illumination is used
71
A stratified sampling technique in which researcher select a proportional size stratum as his own judgement by random sampling from individual strata is often so expensive
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B. Quota sampling
72
Which among the following are not correct attribute-pair about the design of exploratory research (i) Overall design - Flexible design (ii) Sampling design - Probability sampling (iii) Statistical design - No preplanned design for statistical analysis (iv) Observational design - Unstructured Instruments for data collection (v) Operational design - Advanced decision about operational procedures
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B. (iii) and (iv)
73
A scale used to measuring attitudes of people, based on its construction approach as item analysis
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D. Likert scale
74
Which is the correct exemplar referencing style for a book with two editors instead of author, while citing a source in your research paper as per APA-7th edition?
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A. Melendy, R., and Kincaid, C. (Eds.). (2018). Birth order and personality. Doubleday
75
Which among the condition should be satisfied before the chi-square test is applied
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C. Overall number of item must be reasonably large
76
"All education proceeds by the participation of the individual in the social consciousness of the race" the quote from john Dewey exponent to
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A. Social aim of education
77
Which among the following features are to be considered as the merits and demerits of Montessori method compared to constructive approach of learning? (i) Individualized learning (ii) Education through sense training (iii) Emphasize on biological approach (iv) Belief in transfer of training
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A. (i) and (ii) are merits, (iii) and (iv) are demerits
78
Checklists are the effective tools of continuous and comprehensive assessment because it precedence to
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C. Assessment as learning
79
Performance learning is brain friendly learning and leads to quality because it
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C. identifies the next stage in skill development
80
Which of the following thinking skill is not related with reasoning
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D. Look for alternative and innovative outcomes
81
Examine the three statements listed below (i) There have been three proclamations of National Emergency in India (ii) In June 1975, National Emergency was proclaimed due to internal disturbance] (iii) In October 1962, National Emergency was proclaimed due to Chinese aggression Check the true nature of the statements
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A. All the statements are correct
82
Arrange the states in ascending order based on the number of seats in the council of state (i) Tamil Nadu (ii) Maharashtra (iii) Bihar (iv) Karnataka
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C. (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
83
"If the people who are selected are capable and of character and integrity, they would be able to make the best even of a defective constitution" Whose words are these?
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B. Dr. Rajendra prasad
84
Who moved the objectives resolution in the constituent assembly
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C. Jawaharlal Nehru
85
Regarding the provisions of the constitution of India, taken from other countries, which one is not matched correctly?
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D. Judicial Review - United kingdom
86
Trace out the incorrect statement
Answer
D. SSA's intervention does not include uniforms
87
Global Environment Facility (GEF) grants are not available under a particular focal area. Identify it
Answer
A. Social forestry
88
The untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 was enacted in pursuance of which article of the constitution of India?
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B. Article 17
89
In 2011, an expert committee was formed to assess the draft law regarding food security who was the Chairman?
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D. Dr. Rangarajan
90
'Vishaka Guidelines' is related to
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C. The sexual Harassment of women at workplace
91
Find the correctly matched (i) Tolan - Kramadipikas (ii) Karthika Tirinal Rama Varma - Rajasuyam (iii) Clement Padiri - Samkshepa Vedarham (iv) Fr. Paulino Bartalomeo - Kudasa Pusthakam
Answer
Question Cancelled
92
(i) Rajyasamacharam - Dr. Hermann Gundert (ii) Kerala Mitram - Devajee Bheemji (iii) Mithavadi - Madhavam (iv) Paschimodayam - C Krishnan
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C. Only (i) and (ii) true
93
(i) Koftagari work - Wood (ii) Marquetry work - Metal (iii) Lapidary work - Synthetic stone (iv) Rattan work - Cane
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C. Only (ii) and (iv) true
94
(i) Vailoppilly Sreedara Menon - Oonjalinel (ii) Nalappattu Narayana Menon - Nimisham (iii) G.Sankara Kurupu - Kannuneer Tulli (iv) Ullur S Parameswara Iyer - Pingala
Answer
Question Cancelled
95
(i) Chaliyam Fort - Pattu Marakkar (ii) Fort Manual - Albuqurque (iii) Puthuppanam Fort - Nuno da Cunha (iv) FortSt Angelo - Francisco Almeda
Answer
B. (i), (iii) are false and (ii), (iv) are true
96
(i) Punam Namboothiri flourished in the court of Mnanvikrama the Zamorin of Calicut (ii) The eighteen Royal poets were known as Patinettara Kavikal (iii) Manavikrama wrote Krishnagiti
Answer
Question Cancelled
97
(i) Travancore Mahajana was founded by Vakkam Abdul Khadar Maulavi (ii) Vakkam Abdul Khadar Maulavi got published his articles in Arabic in Al Manar from Egypt (iii) Sadhu Jana paripalana Sangham later turned into Pulaya Mahasabha in 1938
Answer
D. All the above are true
98
(i) 'Anasthasyayude Rakthasaksyam' was written by Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara (ii) The Mappila Marumakkathayam Act was passed in 1934 (iii) Savarna Jatha was organised in 1924 from Vaikom to Trivandrum
Answer
B. Only (ii) is false
99
(i) Gandhiji described Akkamma Cheriyan as the Joan of Arch (ii) The author of 'The story of 114' is Anna Chandi (iii) The statue of Akkamma Cheriyan is erected in Vellayambalam
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C. Only (iii) is true
100
(i) English East India Company set up a spice plantation at Ancharakandy in 1799 (ii) J.D. Munro cultivated tea first time in Kerala in 1877 (iii) Trikana Matilakam was a famous center of Jain religion and learning in Kerala
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D. All the above are true

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