TNPSC Curator Botany Old Question Paper 2010
| TNPSC – Curator & Asst.Curator – Botany – 2010 | |
| Sr. No. | Questions with multiple options |
| 1. | Which of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Orthostiches – phyllotaxy (b) Totipotent – turgid (c) Fasciation – photoperiodism (d) Bilateral symmetry – pine cone |
| 2. | Which of the following have been called as mobile electron carriers?
I. Coenzyme – Q II. Cytochrome – C III. Cytochrome – B IV. Cytochrome – a. Of these I and IV I and II I and III III and IV |
| 3. | In the non-cyclic photophosphorylation of plants, the electron donor is
(a) O (b) S (c) (d) O |
| 4. | During cycle the following chemicals are formed in a sequential manner. Choose the correct sequence of conversion as given below:
(a) RuBP → PGA → PGAL → DHAP (b) RuBP → PGAL → PGA → DHAP (c) RuBP → an unstable C6 compound → PGAL → PGA (d) RuBP → an unstable C6 compound → PGA → PGAL |
| 5. | The average of the sum of squares of the deviation about mean is called
(a) Variance (b) Absolute deviation (c) Standard deviation (d) Mean deviation |
| 6. | Red rust of tea is caused by
(a) Algae (b) Fungi (c) Cuscuta (d) Balanophora |
| 7. | Nitrogen fixation in soil is caused by
(a) Chlorophyceae (b) Phaeophyceae (c) Myxophyceae (d) Rhodophyceae |
| 8. | National Biodiversity Act of India comes into effect in the year
(a) 2003 (b) 2001 (c) 2002 (d) 2004 |
| 9. | Convention on Biological Diversity is also called
(a) CBD (b) Biological Convention (c) Global Conservation (d) Rio or Earth Summit |
| 10. | International Man and Biosphere Program is initiated by
(a) UNEP (b) WTO (c) UNESCO (d) FAO |
| 11. | Acrinomycete genus used to induce nodule formation
(a) Rhizobium (b) Frankia (c) Azotobacter (d) All of these |
| 12. | The cell wall of gram positive bacteria shows
(a) Pepudoglycan (b) Cellulose (c) Hemicelluloses (d) Chitin |
| 13. | Prokaryotic chromosome contains
(a) Histone (b) Non-histone (c) Histidine (d) All of these |
| 14. | Extreme value has no effect on
(a) Average (b) Median (c) Geometric mean (d) Harmonic mean |
| 15. | Regression analysis can be used for
(a) Reducing the length of confidence interval (b) For prediction of dependent variate value (c) To know the true effect of certain treatment |
| 16. | A sample consists of
(a) All units of population (b) 50% units of population (c) 5% units of population (d) Any fraction of population |
| 17. | Brewer’s yeast is named
(a) Mansemula (b) Saccharomyces (c) Rhodotomla (d) Baculo virus |
| 18. | Largest Newspaper Industry in India is located at
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh |
| 19. | What is the source of chewing gum?
(a) Sugar from sugarcane (b) Gum Arabic from Acacia spp. (c) Latex from Achrus sapota (d) Fluid from Musa spp. |
| 20. | Opium is obtained from
(a) Dried leaves (b) Roots (c) Latex from unripe capsules (d) Seeds that are fried |
| Data Collected & Published by – K. Jeyanthi | |
| Published on – 6th Oct 2021 | |
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