Botany Lecturer/Assistant Professor Examination by Kerala PSC 2009 (Cat. No. 464/2007) Part 2 (MCQ 011)

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Part – 2 (Questions 26 – 50) (MCQ 011)

(26).  True statements about retro-transposons include which of the following?

I.     They replicate through an RNA intermediate
II.   They utilize reverse transcriptase for replication
III. They may contain introns

a.       I only
b.      III only
c.       I and II
d.      I, II and III

(27).  The most recent common ancestor of all land plants was most similar to modern-day members of which group?

a.       Brown algae
b.      Red algae
c.       Charophyceae
d.      Cyanobacteria

(28).  The type of classification which is also known as Adansonian classification:

a.       Numerical taxonomy
b.      Chemo taxonomy
c.       Molecular taxonomy
d.      None of the above

(29).  Which of the following is characteristic of alternation of generations in land plants?

a.       Meiosis in sporophytes produces haploid spores
b.      Gametophytes produce spores that develop in to gametes
c.       Either the gametophyte or the sporophyte is unicellular
d.      Haploid sporophyte make haploid spores

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Kerala PSC Botany Lecturer / Assistant Professor Question Paper: Cat. No. 464/2007: Part 1 (MCQ 010)

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Original question paper of Kerala PSC Botany Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Category No. 464/2007) examination conducted by Kerala PSC (Public Service Commission) on 20/06/2009 (Q. Code 196/2009) for the appointment of Botany Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Government Colleges of Kerala under the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Trivandrum, Kerala. Questions are in MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) format.


Part – 1 (Questions 1 – 25) (MCQ 010)

(1).  Simple collateral vascular bundles are found in :

a.       Equisetum
b.       Lycopodium
c.       Pleopteris
d.       Selaginella

(2).  Sort out the branched alga :

a.       Oedogonium  
b.       Spirogyra
c.       Zygnema
d.       Ectocarpus

(3). P-proteins are found in :

a.       Companion cells
b.      Sieve elements
c.       Pith
d.      Vessels

(4). A mutation in a codon leads to the substitution of one amino acid with another. What is the name for this type of mutation?

a.       Nonsense mutation
b.      Missense mutation
c.       Frame-shift mutation
d.      Promoter mutation

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