FIITJEE KVPY (QUESTION BANK) BIOLOGY - 1 -

KVPY ANALYSIS : SA STREAM

Topics 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Topics from Botany
1. Plant Morphology
2. Plant Physiology
a. Absorption of Water 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1
b. Ascent of sap
c. Translocation of Organic Solute.
d. Transpiration and Guttation
Topics from Zoology
1. Life Processes
a. Digestion 2 4 1 2 2 3 3 4
b. Respiration 1 2 2 1 1 2
c. Transportation 1 1 3 1 1 1
d. Excretion 1 1 1
e. Nervous System 3 2 1 1 1 2
f. Endocrine System 1 1 1 1
2. Genetics 1 2 2 1 4 3 2
3. Human Health and Diseases 1 1 1
4. Immunity 1 1 1 2 1
General Biology
1. Diversity of Living Organisms 2 1 1 2 2
2. Cell Biology and Cell Division
1 2 3 2 3 3 2
Tissue System.
3. Biomolecules 4 1 1 1
4. Ecology 1 2 2 3 1 2
5. Evolution 1 2 1
6. Biotechnology 1 2 1 1
7. Food production and management
1 1 1 1
and Natural resources

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BIOLOGY
MORPHOLOGY & ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS
1. Stilt roots which grow obliquely from basal nodes of culm stem and acting as brace are
found in
(a) Sorghum (b) Maize (c) Sugarcane (d) All of the above

2. Pneumatophores or breathing roots occurs in

(a) Hydrophytes (b) Epiphytes (c) Xerophytes (d) Mangrove plants

3. Ginger is a stem which can be differentiated from root because it

(a) Grows parallel to the ground
(b) Stores food
(c) Lacks chlorophyll
(d) Has nodes and internodes

4. The special type of inflorescence found in ficus where the female flower is at the bottom
and the male flower near the ostiole and enclosed within a cup shaped fleshy thalamus
(receptacle) with ostiole is called
(a) Cyathium (b) Verticillaster (c) Spadix (d) Hypanthodium

5. Potato and sweet potato

(a) Have edible parts which are homologous organs
(b) Have edible parts which are analogous organs
(c) Have been introduced in India from the same place.
(d) Are two species of the same genus

6. Phylloclade is a modification of
(a) Leaf (b) Root (c) Flower (d) Stem

7. An example of axile placentation is

(a) Marigold (b) Argemone (c) Dianthus (d) Lemon

8. The arrangement of ovules in the cavity of ovary is

(a) Aestivation (b) Placentation (c) Pollination (d) Fertilisation

9. Inflorescence is the collection of

(a) Petals (b) Stamens (c) Flowers (d) Carpels

10. Arrangement of flowers on the floral axis is termed as inflorescence. Regarding

inflorescence which of the following statement is not correct
(a) In racemose – main axis is continues to grow
(b) In cymose – main axis is terminates into flower
(c) In racemose – flowers are in basipetal succession

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(d) In cymose – growth of main axis is limited

11. Mechanical tissue consisting of living cell is

(a) Sclerenchyma
(b) Collenchyma
(c) Chlorenchyma
(d) Parenchyma

12. Vessel differs from trachieds

(a) In being derived from single cell
(b) In having vertical rows of cells with cross walls dissolved
(c) In being living
(d) They help in conduction of water

13. Meristematic cells are

(a) Thin walled, isodiametric, nucleate and less protoplasmic
(b) Thin walled, isodiametric, nucleate and densely protoplasmic
(c) Thick walled, isodiametric, non nucleate and densely protoplasmic
(d) Thick walled, isodiametric, nucleate and less protoplasmic

14. Promeristem is found in

(a) Embryo (b) Root apex (c) Shoot apex (d) Intercalary region

15. Companion cells are found in the phloem of

(a) Pteridophytes and angiosperms
(b) Pteridophytes and gymnosperms
(c) Gymnosperms and angiosperms
(d) Only angiosperms

16. Vascular bundles are scattered in

(a) Bryophytes (b) Dicot root (c) Dicot stem (d) Monocot stem

17. Collenchymatous hypodermis is characteristic of

(a) Dicot stem (b) Monocot stem (c) Dicot root (d) Monocot root

18. Largest number of chloroplast is found in

(a) Palisade tissue
(b) Spongy tissue
(c) Transfusion tissue
(d) Bundle sheath cells

19. In dicot stem’s secondary growth is due to the activity of

(a) Apical meristem
(b) Lateral meristem
(c) Intercalary meristem
(d) Promeristem

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20. Conduction of sap in plants occurs through

(a) Heart wood
(b) Sap wood
(c) Xylem
(d) All of the above

2015-SA
1. Which one of the following is a modified leaf?
(a) Sweet potato (b) Ginger (c) Onion (d) Carrot

2014-SA
1. The stalk of a leaf is derived from which one of the following types of plant tissue?
(a) Sclerenchyma (b) Parenchyma (c) Chlorenchyma (d) Collenchyma

2012-SA
1. If you are seeing mangroves around you, which part to India are you visiting
(a) Western Ghats
(b) Thar desert
(c) Sunderban
(d) Himalayas

2. The roots of some higher plants get associated with a fungal partner. The roots provide
food to the fungus while the fungus supplies water to the roots. The structure so formed
is known as
(a) lichen (b) anabaena (c) mycorrhiza (d) rhizobium

2010- SA
1. A scientist has a house just beside a busy highway. He collects leaves from some plants
growing in his garden to do radio-carbon dating (to estimate the age of the plant by
estimating the amount of a radioisotope of carbon in its tissues). Surprisingly the radio-
carbon dating shows that the plant is a few thousand years old.
(a) Was the result of the radio-carbon dating wrong or can you propose a reason for such
an observation ?
(b) What simple experiment can be done to test the reason that you have proposed ?

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PLANT KINGDOM
1. Which of the following substances is obtained from algae?
(a) Agar-agar (b) Chocolate (c) Butter (d) Wax

2. Which alga is of giant size?

(a) Microcystis (b) Dictyota (c) Laminaria (d) Macrocystis

3. Pyrenoids are those structures which are

(a) Protein particles surrounding starch
(b) Fat surrounding starch
(c) Fat surrounding protein
(d) Starch particles surrounding protein

4. Water bloom generally occurs due to

(a) Hydrilla
(b) Bacteria
(c) Blue- green algae
(d) Green- algae

5. If a moss protonema is developed from few cells of the moss capsule wall, then most
probably will be
(a) Haploid (b) Diploid (c) Triploid (d) Polyploidy

6. Female reproductive part of bryophytes is

(a) Antheridium (b) Oogonium (c) Archegonium (d) Sporangium

7. In moss capsule, dispersal of spores takes place through

(a) Peristome teeth
(b) Annulus
(c) Calyptras
(d) Operculum

8. Azolla is used as a biofertiliser because it

(a) Multiplies very fast to produce massive biomass
(b) Has association of nitrogen fixing Rhizobium
(c) Has association of nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria
(d) Has association of mycorrhiza

9. New leaf of fern is called

(a) Sporophyll (b) Frond (c) Leaf petiole (d) Leaf node

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10. First vascular plant is

(a) Thallophyta (b) Bryophyta (c) Pteridophyta (d) Spermatophyte

11. In which of the following groups would you place a plant which produces seeds but lacks
flower and fruits?
(a) Fungi (b) Bryophytes (c) Pteridophytes (d) Gymnosperms

12. In gymnosperms pollination is exclusively by

(a) Animals (b) Wind (c) Water (d) Insects

13. Coralloid roots of cycas possess a symbiotic alga

(a) Aulosira (b) Spirogyra (c) Ulothrix (d) Anabena

14. The giant tree among the pines

(a) Cedrus (b) Pinus (c) Dalbergia (d) Sequoia

15. Largest flower Rafflesia is

(a) Total stem parasite
(b) Total root parasite
(c) Partial stem parasite
(d) Partial root parasite

16. An angiosperm differs from a gymnosperms by possessing

(a) Ovule (b) Xylem vessels (c) Xylem tracheids (d) Seed

17. Winged pollen grain is the characteristic feature of

(a) Cycas (b) Ephedra (c) Gnetum (d) Pinus

18. Which one of the following is not a monocot?

(a) Rose (b) Orchids (c) Palms (d) Banana

19. Double fertilisation is characteristic feature of

(a) Bryophytes (b) Pteridophytes (c) Gymnosperms (d) Angiosperms

20. The algae used as food in space travel is

(a) Ulothrix (b) Spirogyra (c) Nostoc (d) Chlorella

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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
1. The major portion of dry weight of plant comprises of
(a) Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
(b) Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium
(c) Calcium, magnesium and sulphur
(d) Carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen

2. The element required by plants in large quantity is

(a) Nitrogen (b) Calcium (c) Sulphur (d) Phosphorous

3. Death of stem and root tips occur due to deficiency of

(a) Phosphorous (b) Calcium (c) Nitrogen (d) Carbon

4. A professor kept some moist seeds in an air tight jar and started lecturing. At the end of
the experiment, an explosion occurred in the jar. What did the professor want to explain?
(a) Osmosis
(b) Diffusion
(c) Anaerobic respiration
(d) Imbibition

5. When a potato piece is kept in a highly concentrated salt solution, then the
(a) Potato is plasmolysed
(b) Potato is deplasmolysed
(c) Potato cell get bursted
(d) There is no effect due to isotonic solution

6. Process of water exudation through hydathodes is called

(a) Guttation (b) Transpiration (c) Transduction (d) Hydrolysis

7. The first product of CO2 fixation in C4 plants is

(a) Phosphoglyceric acid
(b) Oxalo-acetate
(c) Malic acid
(d) Phosphoenol pyruvate

8. The process in which water is split during photosynthesis

(a) Photolysis (b) Hydrolysis (c) Plasmolysis (d) Haemolysis

9. Leaves are green because the

(a) Absorb green light
(b) Do not absorb but reflect green light
(c) Utilise green light
(d) Absorb and reflect green light

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10. Organelles involved in photorespiration are

(a) Mitochondria, chloroplast and ribosomes
(b) Mitochondria, peroxisomes and chloroplast
(c) Mitochondria, nucleus and ribosomes
(d) Mitochondria, peroxisomes and glyoxisomes

11. 85-90% of all photosynthesis of the world is carried out by

(a) Shrubs
(b) Herbs
(c) Oceanic algae
(d) Trees with large branches

12. In kerb’s cycle , the FAD precipitates as electron acceptor during the conversion of
(a) Succinyl coA to succinic acid
(b) α – ketoglutarate to succinyl CoA
(c) Fumaric acid to maleic acid
(d) Succinic acid to fumaric acid

13. net gain of ATP molecules during aerobic respiration , is

(a) 36 molecules
(b) 38 molecules
(c) 40 molecules
(d) 48 molecule

14. The sugarcane plant has

(a) Dumb bell shaped guard cells
(b) Pentamerous flowers
(c) Reticulate venation
(d) Capsular fruits

15. Knot like bodies known as ‘nodules’ found in the roots of groundnut plant are produced
by
(a) Azospirillum (b) Azotobacter (c) Pseudomonas (d) Rhizobium

16. The leaves of Mimosa pudica( sensitive plant) droop down on touch because
(a) Plants have nervous system
(b) The leaves are very tender
(c) The leaf tissues are injured
(d) The turgor pressure of leaf base changes

17. The removal of a ring of bark from trunk of a tree eventually kills it, since
(a) Mineral salts cannot go up
(b) Water cannot go up
(c) Food does not travel down and roots are starved
(d) The exposed part becomes infected with fungi

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18. In germinating seeds fatty acids are degraded exclusively in the

(a) Peroxisomes (b) Mitochondria (c) Plastids (d) Glyoxisomes

19. Protein is used as a respiratory substrate only when

(a) Carbohydrates are absent
(b) Fats are absent
(c) Both carbohydrates and fats are absent
(d) Fats and carbohydrates are abundant

20. All life on earth derive its energy directly or indirectly from the sun except
(a) Mushroom and mould
(b) Chemosynthetic bacteria
(c) Symbiotic bacteria
(d) Pathogenic bacteria

21. Highest concentration of auxins exist in

(a) At the base of various plant organs
(b) Growing tip of plants
(c) In leaves
(d) In xylem and phloem cells only

22. A higher proportion of ethylene is found in

(a) Ripening of banana
(b) Green banana
(c) Green apple
(d) Fresh potato tuber

23. Vernalisation is done at

(a) Lower temperature
(b) Low light intensity
(c) Higher temperature
(d) High light intensity

24. The hormone which was discovered through ‘foolish seedling’ disease of rice is
(a) Indole -3-acetic acid
(b) Ethylene
(c) Gibberelic acid
(d) Kinetin

25. The plant hormone, which is synthesised in shoot and translocated to lower parts , is
(a) Auxin (b) Cytokinin (c) Traumatin (d) Ethylene

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2015-SA
1. Excess salt inhibits growth in pickles by
(a) endosmosis (b) exosmosis (c) oxidation (d) denaturation

2. Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid. How many molecules of pyruvic
acid are formed from one molecule of glucose?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

3. The process of transfer of electrons from glucose to molecular oxygen in bacteria and
mitochondria is known as
(a) TCA cycle
(b) Oxidative phosphorylation
(c) Fermentation
(d) Glycolysis

4. Which one of the following is detrimental to soil fertility?

(a) Saprophytic bacteria
(b) Nitrosomes
(c) Nitrobacter
(d) Pseudomonas

5. If rice is cooked in a pressure cooker on the Siachen glacier, at sea beach, and on Deccan
plain, which of the following is correct about the time taken for cooking rice :
(a) Gets cooked faster on the Siachen glacier
(b) Gets cooked faster at sea beach
(c) Gets cooked faster on Deccan plain
(d) Gets cooked at the same time at all the three places.

2014- SA
1. Which one of the following options is true in photosynthesis
(a) CO2 is oxidized and H2O is reduced
(b) H2O is oxidized and CO2 is reduced
(c) Both CO2 and H2O are reduced
(d) Both CO2 and H2O are oxidized

2. Two semi-permeable bags contain 2% sucrose placed in two beakers, 'P' containing
water and 'Q' containing 10% sucrose. Which one of the following outcomes is true?
(a) Bag in 'P' becomes flaccid due to exosmosis
(b) Bag in 'P' becomes turgid due to endosmosis
(c) Bag in 'Q' becomes turgid due to endosmosis
(d) Concentration of sucrose remain unchanged both

2013- SA
1. Three uniformly watered plants i, ii and iii were kept in 45% relative humidity, 45%
relative humidity with blowing wind and 95% relative humidity, respectively. Arrange
these plants in the order (faster to slowest) in which they will dry up.

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(a) i = ii, iii (b) ii, i, iii (c) iii, ii, i (d) iii, i = ii

2012-SA
1. Usain Bolt, an Olympic runner, at the end of a 100 meter sprint, will have more of the
following in his muscles
(a) ATP (b) Pyruvic acid (c) Lactic acid (d) Carbon dioxide

2011-SA
1. Which one of the following colours is the LEAST useful for plant life?
(a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) violet

2. You remove four fresh tobacco leaves of similar size and age. Leave "leaf 1" as it is,
smear "leaf 2" with vaseline on the upper surface, "leaf 3" on the lower surface and "leaf
4" on both the surfaces. Hang the leaves for a few hours and you observe that leaf 1 wilts
the most, leaf 2 has wilted, leaf 3 wilted less than leaf 2 and leaf 4 remains fresh. Which
of the following conclusion is most logical ?
(a) tobacco leaf has more stomata on the upper surface
(b) tobacco leaf has more stomata on the lower surface
(c) stomata are equally distributed in upper and lower surfaces
(d) no conclusion on stomatal distribution can be drawn from this experiment.

2010- SA
1. Insectivorous plants digest insects to get an essential nutrient. Other plants generally get
this nutrient from the soil. What is this nutrient ?
(a) Oxygen (b) Carbon dioxide (c) Nitrogen (d) Phosphates

2. The break-down of glucose in a cell occurs in any of the following pathways :

Pyruvic Acid CO2+H2O (in the presence of O2 e. g in mitochondria)

Glucose Ethanol + CO2 (in the absence of O2 e.g. Yeast)
Lactic acid (in the absence of O2 e.g. lactic acid bacteria)

Three experiments (A, B, C) have been set up. In each experiment, a flask contains the
organism in growth medium, glucose and a brown dye that changes its colour to yellow when
the pH decreases. The mouth of the flask is attached to a test tube containing lime water
(Calcium hydroxide ; as shown in the figure). In C, but not in A and B, air is removed from
the flask before beginning the experiment. After a period of growth, the following
observation were made:
A : Lime water turns milky; the dye colour remains the same
B : The dye colour changes ; lime water does not turn milky
C : Lime water turns milky ; the dye colour remains the same Organism in culture
medium + Glucose + Dye Lime water
(a) Question : Identify which of the reactions is the pathways depicted above is taking
place in each experiment. Give reasons for your answer.
(b) Question : Identify which of the reactions in the pathways depicted above is expected
to occur in Red Blood Cells (RBCs).

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MORPHOLOGY & ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

ANSWER KEY

1. D 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. B
6. D 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. C
11. B 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. D 17. B 18. A 19. B 20. C

PLANT KINGDOM
ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. B
6. C 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C
11. D 12. B 13. D 14. D 15. A
16. B 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. D

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A
6. A 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. B
11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. D 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. A
21. B 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. A

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