All India Entrance Test for Biotechnology Industrial Training

Modal Test Paper

Exam Pattern:

1. The test will be objective type consisting of multiple choice questions.

2. The correct choice has to be marked on an OMR sheet

3. Qualifying mark: 50

4. Duration of Test 90 min

5. Total No. of questions: 100.

6. Each question carries 1 mark

7. No negative marking

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English

1. Johnny ......... that he'd never steal again [ ]

A. Swear
B. Swore
C. Sworn
2. The wind was fierce last night. It ......... the entire house and blew down some trees
outside. [ ]

A. Shake

B. Shook

C. Shakes

3. Just a moment... I've got the answer on the ____ of my tongue. [ ]

A. Top
 B. Tap

C. Tip

D. Back

4. You've borrowed such a great deal of money from me lately. I need to ......... exactly how
much you owe me. [ ]

A. Make up

B. Put out

C. Work out

D. Clear up

5. _______ in a home where two parents work is a difficult task indeed. [ ]

A. Children brought up

B. To bring up children

C. Bringing up children

Chemistry

1. The molecular weight of H2SO4 is 98. The amount of the acid present in 400ml of 0.1M
solution [ ]
A. 2.45g
B. 3.92g
C. 4.9g
D. 9.8g
2. Normality of one molar sodium carbonate solution is [ ]

A. 1N
B. 3N
C. 2N
D. 0.5N
 3. The mole fraction of water in 20 % aqueous H2O2 solution (w/w) approx. is [ ]
A. 1.0
B. 0.88
C. 0.6
D. 1.2
4. The relative lowering of vapour pressure of a dilute solution of non-volatile solute is
equal to [ ]
A. The ratio of the number of solute molecules to the total number of molecules in
the solution.
B. Ratio of the number of solvent molecules to that of the solute molecules.
C. Ratio of the number of solute molecules to the number of solvent molecules.
D. Ratio of the number of solvent molecules to that of the total number of
molecules.
5. 20 ml of 0.1 M H2SO4 solution is mixed with 30 ml of 0.05 M NaOH solution. The
nature and the normality of the resulting solution are [ ]
A. Acidic 0.05 N
B. Basic 0.05 N
C. Acidic 0.04 N
D. Basic 0.04 N

Analytical reasoning

An employee has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members.
The offices are numbered 1 - 6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from
each other by six foot high dividers. Hence voices, sounds and cigarette smoke flow easily from
one office to another.
Miss Robert's needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Mike and
Mr. Brown need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss.
Hardy, is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the biggest
window. .
 Mr. Donald requires silence in the offices next to his. Mr. Tim, Mr. Mike and Mr. Donald
are all smokers. Miss Hardy finds tobacco smoke allergic and consecutively the offices next to
hers to be occupied by non-smokers.
Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during
office hours.
1. The ideal candidate to occupy the office furthest from Mr. Brown would be [ ]
A. Miss Hardy
B. Mr. Mike
C. Mr. Tim
D. Mr. Donald
E. Mr. Robert

2. The three employees who are smokers should be seated in the offices. [ ]
A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 2, 3 and 6
C. 1, 2 and 5
D. 1, 2 and 3
E. 1, 2 and 6

3. The ideal office for Mr. Mike would be. [ ]

A. 2
B. 6
C. 1
D. 3
E. 4

Biochemistry

1. Uracil is excluded from DNA by the action of: [ ]

A. dUTPase

B. uracil nucleoside glycosidase

C. both A and B

D. neither A nor B

2. The V max is expressed in units of: [ ]

A. moles per liter

 B. grams per mole

C. moles of product per minute per mo Ie of enzyme

D. micro moles per minute

E. micromoles of product per minute per mg of enzymes

3. Alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase is involved in: [ ]

A. glycolysis

B. gluconeogenesis

C. both A and B

D. neither A nor B

4. Which of the following compounds does not contain ribose: [ ]

A. ATP

B. NADP+

C. CoA

D. FAD

E. thiamine P-P

5. Which of the following is a co-enzyme for pyruvate carboxylase: [ ]

A. thiamine

B. biotin

C. lipoic acid

D. NAD+
 E. FAD

Molecular Biology

1. Unwinding of DNA is done by [ ]

A. DNAse
B. Topoisomerase
C. Ligase
D. Reverse transcriptase
2. Most of the DNA replication is [ ]
A. Unidirectional
B. Multidirectional
C. Localized
D. Bi directional
3. The first apparently successful gene therepy was carried out in 1990 for [ ]
A. Muscular dyntrophy
B. Adenosine deaminase deficiency
C. Hyper cholestreolemia
D. Cystic fibrosis
4. DNA segments are analysed by [ ]
A. Southern blotting
B. Western blotting
C. Northern blotting
D. Dot blots
5. An effective method for placing plasmid DNA into recipient bacteria is called [ ]
A. Insertion mutation procedure
B. Calcium chloride transformation procedure
C. Buoyant density transformation procedure
D. Cesium chloride density gradient
Microbiology

1. Put the following Taxonomic groupings in order from smallest to largest: [ ]

 I.Genus II.Family III.Species IV.Order,
V.Phylum VI.Kingdom VII.Class
A) III,I,II,VII,IV,V,VI
B) III,I,IV,II,VII,V,VI
C) III,I,II,IV,VII,V,VI
D) III,II,I,VII,IV,V,VI
E) VI,V,VII,IV,II,I,III
2. Antoni v an Leeuwenhoek is known as the Father of [ ]
A) Microbiology
B) Microscopy
C) Biochemistry
D) Chemotherapy
E) Protozoology and Bacteriology
3. All of the following are characteristics of viruses EXCEPT: [ ]
A) They are visible with a light microscope
B) They are obligatory parasites
C) They are composed of genetic material and protein
D) They are smaller than prokaryotic cells
E) They are a cellular
4. The microbial formation of alcohol from sugar is known as [ ]
A) Pasteurization
B) Abiogenesis
C) Antisepsis
D) Fermentation
E) Metabolism

5. Which of the following would NOT be found within a prokaryotic cell? [ ]

A) Cytosol
B) Ribosomes
C) Centrioles
D) Inclusions
 E) Nucleoid

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