Arrange the expansion of
n
1/ 4
1/ 2
2x
1 x
+ in decreasing powers of x. Suppose the coefficient of the first
three terms form an arithmetic progression. Then the number of terms in the expansion having integer
powers of x is-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) more than 3
The distance between two consecutive DNA base pairs is 0.34 nm. If the length of a chromosome is 1 mm,
the number of base pairs in the chromosome is approximately-
(A) 3 million (B) 30 million (C) 1.5 million (D) 6 million
The fluid part of blood flows in and out of capillaries in tissue to exchange nutrients and waste materials.
Under which of the following conditions will fluid flow out from the capillaries into the surrounding tissue ?
(A) When arterial blood pressure exceeds blood osmotic pressure
(B) When arterial blood pressure is less than blood osmotic pressure
(C) When arterial blood pressure is equal to blood osmotic pressure
(D) Arterial blood pressure and blood osmotic pressure have nothing to do with the outflow of fluid from
capilleries
Restriction endonucleases are enzymes that cleave DNA molecules into smaller fragments. Which type of
bond do they act on ?
(A) N-glycosidic Bond (B) Hydrogen bond
(C) Phosphodiester bond (D) Disulfide bond
If you dip a sack full of paddy seeds in water overnight and then keep it out for a couple of days, it feels
warm. What generates this heat ?
(A) Imbibation
(B) Exothermic reaction between water and seed coats
(C) Friction among seeds due to swelling
(D) Respiration
Conversion of the Bt protoxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis to its active form in the gut of the insects is
mediated by-
(A) acidic pH of the gut (B) alkaline pH of the gut
(C) lipid modification of the protein (D) cleavage by chymotrypsin
Of the following combinations of cell biological processes which one is associated with embryogenesis ?
(A) Mitosis and Meiosis (B) Mitosis and Differentiation
(C) Meiosis and Differentiation (D) Differentiation and Reprogramming