M.Phil Entry Test  paper1DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY Faculty of Biological Sciences QUAID-I-AZA UNIVERSITY
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Date: 28/03/2021

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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Faculty of Biological Sciences
QUAID-I-AZA UNIVERSITYTotal Marks: 40 Time: 1 hr.
Name: ___________________________ Father Name: __________________
Roll No: _________________________ Date: __________________________
Field/Supervisor Name: _____ (Please select from the “Fields” file)_________________
Note: Part A consists of 20 subject (Zoology ) related multiple choice questions (MCQs), while part B
consists of MCQs /short questions related to field of your interest.
The details of each faculty member and field could be accessed from the Department website.
Part A
Max Marks: 20 Time: 20 Min
Q.No.1: Encircle the correct answers (20 × 1= 20)
1. Cell organelles involved in synthesis of protein hormones are ------------------.
a. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
b. Mitochondria
c. Golgi bodies
d. None of above
2. Cholesterol side chain cleavage reaction in the biosynthesis of steroid hormones
occurs in--------------------
a. Mitochondria
b. Endoplasmic reticulum
c. Golgi bodies
d. Secretory granules
3. The hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretary system secretes oxytoxin and
vasopressin from the ……… ………..
a. Anterior pituitary
b. Posterior pituitary
c. Secondary plexus
d. Median eminence
4. The androgens stimulate the Wollfian ducts to make the ---------------------.
a. Oviduct, uterus and cervix
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b. Epididymis, vas deferens and prostate
c. Seminal vesicle and prostate
d. Both b and c
5. The regular periodicity of spermatogenic initiation is called--------------------
a. Spermatogenesis
b. Spermatogenic wave
c. Spermatogenic cycle
d. None of the above
6. The junction between A and B microtubule of one outer doublet of axoneme is
strengthen by the protein known as---------------.
a. Nexin
b. Tektin
c. Kinesin
d. dynein
7. A plant, bacterial or fungal cell that had its cell wall partially removed using
either mechanical or enzymatic means is called-----------------------.
a. Phragmoplast
b. Mitoplast
c. Protoplast
d. Both b & c
8. Connexins are a family of structurally related transmembrane proteins that
assemble to form-------------------
a. Tight junction
b. Gap junction
c. Desmosomes
d. lamellopodia
9. Terrestrial reptiles are-----------------------animals.
a. Ammonotelic
b. Ureotelic
c. Uricotelic
d. Horotelic
10. -------------- an essential amino acid and must be provided in diet.
a. Alanine
b. Glutamate
c. Serine
d. Methionine
11. A strong acid has--------------------
a. Low pKa
b. Low pH
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c. Both a & b
d. High pKa
12. ----------------------is an extracellular layer surrounding the egg cell membrane and
is often used in sperm recognition.
a. Fertilization envelope
b. Zona pellucida
c. Vitelline envelope
d. Both b & c
13. Sun-rays at equator strike---------------------.
a. Horizontally
b. Vertically
c. Uniformly
d. Obliquely
14. Bony fishes have a heart with --------- chambers.
a. One
b. two
c. four
d. Five
15. The highly modified bivalve gills are called --------------
a. Filibranch
b. Eulamellibranch
c. interfilamential
d. demibranch
16. Plasmodium belongs to ----------------------
a. Sarcodina
b. Ciliata
c. Flagrllata
d. Sporozoa
17. Transmural pressure gradient across the lung wall is equivalent to----------
a. intrapleural pressure plus atmospheric pressure
b. atmospheric pressure minus intrapleural pressure
c. intrapleural pressure and intra-alveolar pressure
d. intra-alveolar pressure minus intra-pleural pressure
.18. The oxygen carrying capacity is defined as--------------------------
a. the combined volume of oxygen contained in the alveoli and anatomic
dead space volume
b. the volume of oxygen contained in half saturated blood
c. the volume of oxygen that is actually exchanged at the level of alveoli
d. the volume of oxygen contained in a volume of oxygen saturated blood
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19. Which of the statements is CORRECT:
a. At the ABO locus, there are three alleles. Alleles I
A
and I
B
are partial
dominant to each other, but are completely dominant to i allele.
b. Allele I
A
is dominant to allele i but is co-dominant to I
B
.
c. Allele i is recessive to allele I
A while allele I
A
and I
B
are incompletely
dominant.
d. Allele I
A
is epistatic to the i allele but is co-dominant to the I
B
allele
20. Which of the statement is CORRECT:
a. Aneuploidic chromosomal changes occur during gametogenesis and are a
major cause of spontaneous abortions in humans.
b. Euploidic chromosomal changes are more common in animals compared to
the plants.
c. Change in chromosome number is common in many species and various
sub-populations exist which have different chromosomes.
d. After studying the chromosomes, Watson and Crick proposed their model
of double helical structure of DNA.