Solved Paper Assistant Botanist 2019 [Part-2] – HPSSC Hamirpur

56. Which separates Asia from Africa?

1. Nile River
2. Suez Canal
3. Panama Canal
4. None of these

57. India’s Southernmost tip is

1. Indira Point
2. Kovalam
3. Point Calimere
4. Kanyakumari

58. Which mountain range is located in India?

1. Arakan Yoma
2. Sulaiman
3. Salt Range
4. None of these

59. Which town is located on the confluence of river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda?

1. Rudraprayag
2. Devprayag
3. Vishnuprayag
4. None of these

60. Cheap money means

1. Low rates of interest
2. Low level of savings
3. Low level of income
4. None of these

61. A taxation is a tool of

1. Price policy
2. Monetary policy
3. Fiscal policy
4. Wage policy

62. SEBI was set up in

1. 1990
2. 1991
3. 1992
4. 1994

63. Gold’ is mainly related to

1. Local market
2. Regional market
3. National market
4. International market

64. In a coding system, ‘APPLE’ is represented as ‘ZKKOV’. In such system ‘COW’ will be represented as

1. XLD
2. XMD
3. WLE
4. WDL

65. The missing term in the letter series ABCE, BCDA, CDAB,? , ABCD is

1. DADC
2. DABC
3. DBAC
4. DACB

66. Who has been elected as speaker of 17^th Lok Sabha?

1. Ramcharan Bohara
2. Rahul Kaswan
3. Om Birla
4. Manoj Rajoria

67. Suman Rao, who has been crowned Femina Miss India World 2019, is from which state?

1. Maharashtra
2. Rajasthan
3. Gujarat
4. Uttar Pradesh

68. The bathing festival ‘Snana Yatra’ is recently celebrated in which of the following states?

1. Odisha
2. Jharkhand
3. Bihar
4. West Bengal

69. Which international organization has released the World investment Report 2019?

1. IMF
2. ADB
3. World Bank
4. UNCTAD

70. Meaning of the idiom ‘A wild goose chase’ is

1. Foolish and useless enterprise
2. To hunt
3. A violent chase
4. To speak harshly

71. Synonym of the word ‘Ambient’ is

1. Going round
2. Surrounding
3. That which encompasses
4. The air or sky

72. The young boy was enchanted……………the beauty of the girl.

1. At
2. By
3. With
4. In

73. ‘लम्बोदर’ में समास है

1. बहुब्रीहि
2. दावनत
3. अव्ययीभाव
4. तत्पुरुष

74. ‘पायल’ का संधि विछेद है

1. पाय + ल
2. पे + अल
3. पै+ अल
4. पाया + अल

75. शुद्ध शब्द है

1. छत्रिय
2. छत्रीय
3. क्षत्रीय
4. क्षत्रिय

76. Which is an example of colonial alga?

1. Spirogyra
2. Ulothrix
3. Volvox
4. Chlorella

77. First life on earth was

1. Cyanobacteria
2. Autotrophs
3. Photoautotrophs
4. Chemoheterotrophs

78. Chromatophores take part in

1. Respiration
2. Movement
3. Growth
4. Photosynthesis

79. Black rust of wheat is caused by

1. Puccinia
2. Mucor
3. Aspergillus
4. Rhizopus

80. Mycorrhiza represents

1. Parasitism
2. Symbiosis
3. Endemism
4. Antagonism

81. Replum is present in the ovary of a flower of

1. Pea
2. Sunflower
3. Mustard
4. Lemon

82. Moss peristome takes part in

1. Spare dispersal
2. Photosynthesis
3. Protection
4. Absorption

83. Radial symmetry is found in the flowers of

1. Brassica
2. Trifolium
3. Pisum
4. Cassia

84. The non-albuminous seed is produced in

1. Pea
2. Wheat
3. Castor
4. Maize

85. Geocarpic fruit is

1. Potato
2. Garlic
3. Onion
4. Groundnut

86. The common bottle cork is a product of

1. Xylem
2. Vascular cambium
3. Phellogen
4. Dermatogens

87. Bordered pitas are found in

1. Sieve cells
2. Vessel wall
3. Companion cells
4. None of these

88. Water-soluble pigments found in plant cell vacuoles are

1. Xanthophylls
2. Anthocyanins
3. Carotenoids
4. Chlorophylls

89. Microtubules are absent in

1. Mitochondria
2. Centriole
3. Flagella
4. Spindle fibers

90. A non- proteinaceous enzyme is

1. Lysozyme
2. Ribozyme
3. Ligase
4. Deoxyribonuclease

91. The most abundant element present in plants is

1. Carbon
2. Nitrogen
3. Manganese
4. Iron

92. Meiosis takes place in

1. Megaspore
2. Gemmule
3. Conidia
4. Meiocyte

93. Guttation is caused by

1. Transpiration
2. Root pressure
3. Osmosis
4. Osmotic pressure

94. Which is essential for the growth of the root tip?

1. Zinc
2. Iron
3. Calcium
4. Manganese

95. Which one is a C₄ plant?

1. Papaya
2. Pea
3. Potato
4. Maize

96. The substrate for photorespiration is

1. Glycolate
2. Serine
3. Glycine
4. Ribulose bisphosphate

97. Kreb’s cycle occurs in

1. Mitochondria
2. Cytoplasm
3. Chloroplast
4. Ribosomes

98. Phytochrome is a

1. Flavoprotein
2. Glycoprotein
3. Lipoprotein
4. Chromoprote

99. Which is a synthetic auxin?

1. NAA
2. IAA
3. IBA
4. None of these

100. Cotyledon of maize grain is called?

1. Coleorhizae
2. Coleoptiles
3. Scutellum
4. Plumule

101. Wind pollination is common in

1. Lilies
2. Grasses
3. Orchids
4. Legumes

102. Ratio of complementary genes is

1. 9:3:4
2. 12:3:1
3. 9:3:3:4
4. 9:7

103. Mutation generally produces

1. Polygenes
2. Lethal genes
3. Recessive genes
4. Dominant genes

104. Spliceosomes are not found in cells of

1. Plants
2. Fungi
3. Animals
4. Bacteria

105. Exon part of mRNAs have code for

1. Protein
2. Lipid
3. Carbohydrate
4. Phospholipid

106. The evolutionary history of an organism is known as

1. Ancestry
2. Paleontology
3. Ontogeny
4. Phylogeny

107. Genetic drift operates only in

1. Smaller populations
2. Larger populations
3. Mendelian populations
4. Island population

108. Triticale, the first manmade cereal crop has been obtained by crossing wheat with

1. Rye
2. Pearl millet
3. Sugarcane
4. Barley

109. Honey is

1. Acidic
2. Neutral
3. Alkaline
4. None of these

110. A nitrogen-fixing microbe associated with Azolla in rice fields is

1. Spirulina
2. Anabaena
3. Frankia
4. Tolypothrix

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