CPMT Sample Paper Biology

1. A cartilaginous fish with operculum considered as connecting link
between bony fishes and cartilage fishes
(a) Protopterus (b) Latimeria (c) Chimaera (d) Sphyrna

2. Maximum noise limit in the silence zone near hospitals at night is
(a) 80dB (b) 70dB (c) 75dB (d) 40dB

3. ........ are examples for group transferring (transferase)
enzyme
(a) Hexokinase, triose phosphate isomerase, cytochrome
oxidase
(b) Hexokinase, Glutamate Pyruvate amino transferase
(c) GOGAT, Amylase
(d) Aldolase, enolase, ferredoxin

4. Paleontology is the study of
(a) Primates (b) Birds (c) Fossils (d) Bones

5. Louis Pasteur is known for
(a) View for Biogenesis
(b) Spontaneous generation
(c) Use and disuse of organs
(d) Method of sterilization and germ theory of disease

6. Vampire bats are
(a) Frugivorous (b) Sanguivorous
(c) Insectivorous (d) Omnivorous

7. The total number of nitrogen bases, deoxy ribose sugars and
phosphate present in a double stranded DNA are 16, 16 & 14
respectively. What is the length of DNA?
(a) 10.88nm (b) 2.72nm (c) 5.44nm (d) 2.38nm

8. Study of tissue is
(a) Anatomy (b) Physiology (c) Histology (d) Ecology

9. 'John Snow' is associated with
(a) Parasitology (b) Immunology (c) Pharmacology (d) Genetics

10. In termites, sterile castes are
(a) workers (b) soldiers (c) nasutes (d) all the above

11. The most important ozone depleting substance (ODS) in the
stratosphere is
(a) SO2 (b) Methane (c) CFC (d) PAN

12. Match the following
A B
a) Club Fungi 1) Fusarium
b) Sac fungi 2) Zygomycetes
c) Conjugation 3) Basidia
d) Fungi imperfecti 4) Apothecium
(a) a1, b2, c3, d4 (b) a2, b1, c4, d3
(c) a3, b4, c2, d1 (d) a4, b3, c2, d1

13. Ornithology is concerned with the study of
(a) Fishes (b) Birds (c) Animal fossils (d) Reptiles

14. Reducing agent or reductant in anaerobis respiration process is
(a) Triose phosphate (b) Pyruvic acid
(c) NADH (d) 1,3 diphosphoglyceric acid

15. One of the following is a connecting link between annelida and
mollusca
(a) neomenia (b) peripatus (c) neopilina (d) ctenoplana

16. The term 'Protista' was given by
(a) E. Haeckel (b) John Ray (c) Linnaeus (d) G. Cuvier

17. In plants, during photosynthesis
(a) Entropy increases, free energy increases, total energy
increases
(b) Entropy decreases, free energy decreases, total energy
increases
(c) Entropy decreases, free energy increases, total energy
increases
(d) Entropy increases, free energy increases, total energy
decreases

18. Linnaeus had the credit for
(a) Discovery of blood circulation (b) Theory of biogenesis
(c) Discovery of microscope (d) Binomial nomenclature

19. Study of lizards is
(a) Serpentology (b) Herpetology (c) Serology (d) Ornithology

20. Chromosomes labeled with A/a, B/b, C/c, D/d, E/e where slash
line separates one chromosome from its homologue. How many
different kind of meiotic products can this individual produce?
(a) 32 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 4

21. Branch of Zoology dealing with the study of fishes is known as
(a) Herpatology (b) Ichthyology (c) Saurology (d) Arthrology

22. The hemichordate Balanoglossus has its larva called
(a) Bipinnaria (b) Veliger (c) Tornaria (d) Ammocoete

23. For Gycosidation and Glycosylation lipids and proteins are
supplied by
(a) Golgi (b) ER (c) Mitochondria (d) Chloroplast

24. Study of human being is known as
(a) Antropoidy (b) Anthropology
(c) Humanology (d) Homonidology

25. The book 'The Origin of life on Earth' was written by
(a) Charles Darwin (b) Stanley Loyld Miller
(c) A.I. Oparin (d) S.L. Miller and Urey

26. One of the following made a commitment to reduce green
house gases
(a) UNCED (b) Earth summit at Rio De Janiero
(c) Kyoto Protocol (d) Montreal Protocol

27. Which among the following combinations are haploid?
(a) Endosperm of gymnoserm, protonema, prothallus, perisperm
(b) Protonema, prothallus, perisprem, nucellus leaves of funaria
(c) Endosperm of gymnosprem, protonema, prothallus, capsule
of funaria
(d) Endosperm of gymnosperm, protonema, prothallus, Ricca
vegetative thallus

28. Study of behaviour of animals is known as
(a) Ecology (b) Sociology (c) Ethology (d) Anthropology

29. Australian lung fish is
(a) lepidosiren (b) neoceratodes
(c) crypto branchus (d) protopterus

30. The living agnatha are included under
(a) Ostracodermi (b) Placodermi
(c) Cyclostomata (d) Holocephali

31. World habitat day is on
(a) 3rd October (b) 4th October
(c) 21st March (d) 5th June

32. Study of growing old is
(a) Genology (b) Genecology (c) Gerontology (d) Gynecology

33. Blood groups were discovered by
(a) Landsteiner (b) Altmann (c) Ronald Ross (d) Losch

34. The salamander popularly called 'congo eel' is
(a) Amblystoma (b) Necturus (c) Amphiuma (d) Siren

35. The agroforestry method of planting herbs and shrubs between
woody trees like sal and teaks is called
(a) Jhum cultivation (b) Taungya system
(c) Urban forestry (d) Social forestry

36. Study of animals that live and subsist on other animals is
(a) Pathology (b) Ecology (c) Parasitology (d) Taxonomy

37. Two enzymes common in Glycosis & Calvin cycle are
(a) Aldolase & Transaminase
(b) Aldolase & Trios phosphate isomerase
(c) Aldolase & PEP carboxylase
(d) Phospho hexo isomerase & Enolase

38. The Ethnology is the study of
(a) Man kind behaviour (b) Past life of organisms
(c) Conditions of animals (d) Joints

39. Which one of the following is a free living nitrogen fixing
bacteria
(a) Nitrosomonas (b) Nitrocystis (c) Rhizobuim (d) Clodtridium

40. Sedentary echinoderms are included under
(a) asteroidea (b) ophiuroidea (c) holothuroidea (d) crinoidea

41. Cockroach and Grasshopper are
(a) ametabolous (b) paurometabolous
(c) hemimetabolous (d) holometabolous

42. Term 'Biology' was introduced by
(a) Aristotle (b) Lamarck (c) Darwin (d) Linnaeus

43. Study of nuclear cytology is
(a) Neurology (b) Mycology (c) Rhinology (d) Karyology

44. Choose the organophosphate pesticide
(a) Aldrin (b) Endrin (c) Parathion (d) BHC

45. Study of snakes is called
(a) Ichthyology (b) Serpentology
(c) Herpetology (d) Entomology

46. AbCDeFgh are the gight genes located on 5th chromosome
(paternal). Its homologue (maternal) may have the gene
sequence
(a) abcdefgh (b) aBcdEfGH (c) AbCdEfGh (d) any of the above

47. Aquatic birds like penguin are included under the super order
called
(a) Ratitae (b) Carinatae (c) Odontognathae (d) Impennae

48. The term 'Cell' was given by
(a) Robert Hooke (b) Weisemann (c) Darwin (d) Cuvier

49. Choose the odd toed hoofed mammal
(a) Hippopotamus (b) Camel (c) Giraffe (d) Rhinoceros

50. Stink glands are seen in
(a) Buthus (b) Julus (c) Scolopendra (d) Araenia

Answers

1 C 11 C 21 B 31 B 41 B
2 D 12 C 22 C 32 C 42 B
3 B 13 B 23 B 33 A 43 D
4 C 14 C 24 B 34 C 44 C
5 D 15 C 25 C 35 B 45 B
6 B 16 A 26 C 36 C 46 D
7 D 17 C 27 D 37 B 47 D
8 C 18 D 28 C 38 A 48 A
9 C 19 B 29 B 39 D 49 D
10 D 20 B 30 C 40 D 50 B