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