TNPSC Group II Exam-2013-Model Test Paper-General Science-Part 2

TNPSC Group II exam-2013- Model Exam-General Science-Part 2

26.  The salivary gland affected by Mumps virus is   

1. Parotid gland

2. Sub maxillary gland 

3. Sublingual gland    

a. 1 and 2 only

b. 1 only 

c. 2 and 3 only    

d. 1 and 3 only    

Answer: B

27. Which one of the following not a intestinal juice

a. Sucrase 

b. Maltase

c. Amylase     

d. Lipase     

Answer: C

28. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?

a. earthworm              - Nephridia  

b. Tapeworm             - Flame Cells

c. Mammals               - Kidneys     

d. Insects                    - Contractile    Vacuole

Answer: C

29. Which one of the following animals has two chambered heart ?

a. Fish 

b. Birds

c. Earthworm    

d. Cockroach      

Answer: A

30. Consider the following regarding Arteries

1. It carries blood from heart to the organs

2. The walls are thin and elastic

3. It is found deep inside the muscles

4. Valves are absent

Codes

a. 1, 2 and 3 are true

b. 2, 3, and 4 are true

c. 1, 2 and 4 are true

d. 1, 3 and 4 are true

Answer: D

31. In the Human beings, the area or region known for cough is

a. Epiglottis  

b. Carina 

c. Hyoid bone     

d. Oropharynx      

Answer: B

32. What is the correct order of aerobic oxidation of glucose?

 a. Glycolysis, Odidation of Pyruvic acid, Kreb cycle and Electron transport chain

b. Glycolysis, Kreb cycle,  Odidation of Pyruvic acid, and Electron transport chain

c. Kreb cycle, Glycolysis,  Odidation of Pyruvic acid, and Electron transport chain

d. Kreb cycle, Electron transport chain, Glycolysis and Odidation of Pyruvic acid

Answer: A

33. Which one of the following is a parasitic plant?

a. Mushroom  

b. Mucor 

c. Cuscutta     

d. Yeast       

Answer: C

34. The energy currency of the cell is

a. FAD  

b. NADP

c. ADP   

d. ATP       

Answer: D

35. Who is father of Medicine?

a. Aristotle  

b. Carl Linnaeus

c. Thomas Malthus    

d. Hippocrates

Answer: D

36. What is the correct order of Classification?  

a. Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species  

b. Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species  

c. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species     

d. Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Order, Family, Genus, Species   

Answer: C

37. Which one of the animals/groups are good indicators of environmental changes?

a. Reptiles     

b. Amphibians  

c. Birds     

d. Mammals

Answer: B

38. Consider the Statements

 Assertion: Penguins can survive freezing cold temperature

Reason: There is thick layer of fat below the skin of penguins

a. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the Correct Explanation to Assertion

b. Both Assertion and Reason are correct BUT Reason is not the Correct Explanation to Assertion

c. Assertion is true Reason is false

d. Assertion is false Reason is true

Answer: A

39. Mammals lays egg is are

a. Echidna     

b. Platypus   

c. Both a and b      

d. Blue Whales 

Answer: C

40. Echolocation is related to

a. Snakes     

b. Bats   

c. Fishes       

d. Animals  

Answer: B

41. Autotomy is a special character available in the following animals

1. Star Fish

2. Lizard

3. Dolphin 

4. Vulture 

Codes

a. 1 and 3 are true

b. 2, 3, and 4 are true

c. 1 and 2 are true

d. 1, 3 and 4 are true

Answer: C

42. Find out the odd man out

a. Androgen     

b. Estrogen    

c. FSH     

d. LH  

Answer: A

43. Consider the following statements

 Assertion: Mother's milk is best for the Child  

Reason: Lactoferin present in the milk

a. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the Correct Explanation to Assertion

b. Both Assertion and Reason are correct BUT Reason is not the Correct Explanation to Assertion

c. Assertion is true Reason is false

d. Assertion is false Reason is true

Answer: B

44. Which one of the following is a vivipary animal?

a. Vipers     

b. Horses     

c. Hawks      

d. Peacocks     

Answer: B

45.  The correct four stages of metamorphism of insects are?

a. Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult      

b. Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult      

c. Larva, Egg, Pupa, Adult      

d. Adult, Pupa, Larva, Egg     

Answer: A

46. Arrange the correct sequence according to evolutionary trend

a. Reptiles, Pisces, Aves, Amphibian, Mammalian

b. Reptiles, Pisces, Aves, Amphibian, Mammalian

c. Pisces, Amphibian, Reptiles, Aves, Mammalian    

d. Pisces, Amphibian, Aves, Reptiles, Mammalian     

Answer: C

47. Which one of the following is not a character of a Prokaryotic cell?

a. They are very small

b. Lacks nucleolus

c. has single chromosome    

d. Cell divided through mitotic division      

Answer: D

48. Who coined the word protoplasm?

a. Robert Hook

b. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek 

c. Purkinje    

d. Robert Brown      

Answer: C

49. What is the methods cell divisions takes place?

1. Amitosis

2. Mitosis 

3. Meiosis  

Codes

a. 1 and 3 are true

b. 2 and 3 are true 

c. 1 and 2 are true

d. All the above 

Answer: D

50. In the mitosis cell division, karyokinesis takes place

a. Prophase

b. Metaphase 

c. Anaphase

d. Telophase 

Answer: D