AIPMT 2010 Prelims

Heartwood differs from sapwood in –

Which one of the folliwng is not a lateral
meristem ?

The chief water conducting elements of xylem
in gymnosperms are :

Which one of the following statements about all the four of Spongilla, leech, dolphin and penguin is correct?

Which one of the following kinds of animals are triploblastic?

Which one of the following statements about certain given animals is correct?

One example of animals having a single opening to the outside that serves both as mouth as well as anus is

Which one of the following is an example of ex situ conservation ?

Study the four statements (a–d) given below and
select the two correct ones out of them –
(a) A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on
grain are ecologically similar in being
consumers
(b) Predator star fish Pisaster helps in maintai...

One of the free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is

Single-celled eukaryotes are included in

Virus envelope is known as

Membrane-bound organelles are absent in

Some hyperthermophilic organisms that grow in highly acidic (pH 2) habitats belong to the two groups

Genetic engineering has been successfully used
for producing –

The genetically-modified (GM) brinjal in India
has been developed for:

Some of the characteristics of Bt cotton are –

An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice

Breeding of crops with high levels of minerals,
vitamins and proteins is called –

Which of the following are used in gene
cloning ?

Which one of the following is used as vector for
cloning genes into higher organisms ?

DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive
moleculer is called –

Restriction endonucleases are enzymes which –

Stirred-tank bioreactors have been designed
for –

If due to some injury the chordae tendinae of the tricuspid valve of the human heart is partially non-functional, what will be the immediate effect?

Which two of the following changes (i \(-\) iv) usually tend to occur in the plain dwellers when they move to high altitudes (3, 500 m or more)?
(i)  Increase in red blood cell size
(ii)  Increase in red blood cell production
(iii)  Increas...

What is true about RBCs in humans?

Listed below are four respiratory capacities (i \(-\) iv) and four jumbled respiratory volumes of a normal human adult.

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During mitosis, ER and nucleolus begin to disappear at

Which stages of cell division do the following
figures A and B represent respectively?

Which one of the following has its own DNA?

The main area of variuos types of activites of a
cell is –

The plasma membrane consists mainly of –

Which one of the following structures between
two adjacent cells is an effective transport
pathway?

select the correct matching of a hormone, its source and function.

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

Toxic agents present in food which interfere with thyroxine synthesis lead to the development of

Injury to adrenal cortex is not likely to affect the secretion of which one of the following?

Low Ca++ in the body fluid may be the cause of

Carrier ions like Na+ facilitate the absorption of substances like

If for some reason our goblet cells are nonfunctional, this will adversely affect.

The biomass available for consumption by the
herbivores and the decomposers is called –

dB is a standard abbreviation used of the
quantitative expression of –

The two gases making highest relative
contribution to the green house gases are –

A renewable exhaustible natural resource is –

Darwin's finches are a good example of –

Which one of the following statements in regard to the excretion by the human kidneys is correct?

The principal nitrogenous excretory compound in humans is synthesised

Widal test is used for the diagnosis of –

Ringworm in humans is caused by :