List of practice Questions

Health nutrition and hygiene education to mother, non formal pre-school education to children aged 3-6 years, supplementary feeding for all children below 6 years is the major objective of which of the following programme ?

What is the age group of beneficiaries under NOAPS (National Old Age Pension Scheme) ?

Which of the following falls under voluntary product certification ?

Non - nutrient constituents present in foods that have physiological or biological activity and influence health are referred as _________.

Diet given during severe infection, gastrointentional disorders and in early phase of recovery after surgery is ________.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of HACCP ?

Which of the following nutrition programme in India aim to prevent blindness caused by Vitamin - A deficiency ?

Who among the following developed the canning process in the year 1810 ?

In which year, Government of India announced the setting up of mega food processing parks for boosting food processing industry in India ?

The unit of Productivity in terms of energy is :

Which of the following ecosystem is most productive in terms of net primary productivity?

Ex-situ conservation method does not include:
(A) Cryopreservation 
(B) National park 
(C) Zoological park 
(D) Sacred groves 
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Match LIST I with LIST II

LIST I		LIST II
A	Dodo	I	Africa
B	Quagga	II	Russia
C	Thylacine	III	Mauritius
D	Stellar Sea Cow	IV	Australia

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Identify the metal which is NOT used in catalytic converters.

Arrange the following steps of PCR in correct sequence.
(A) Temperature induced denaturation of double stranded DNA. 
(B) Isolation of gene of interest 
(C) Amplification of gene by using Taq polymerase 
(D) Primer annealing on the separated templates 
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Match LIST I with LIST II

LIST I		LIST II
A	First Restriction Endonuclease	I	GAATTC
B	Disarmed Plasmid	II	Selectable markers
C	Antibiotic resistant genes	III	Hind II
D	EcoRI	IV	Vector

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Gene therapy is a collection of methods for:

Which of the following statements are NOT true for biopiracy?
(A) It is the use of bio-resources by multinational companies with proper authorisation by the concerned country 
(B) Developing countries are rich in biodiversity 
(C) Developed countries are rich in traditional knowledge related to bio resources 
(D) Biopiracy involves inadequate compensation and benefit sharing between developed and developing countries, while using latter's bioresources by the former 
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In the exponential growth model equation
\( dN/dt = rN \)
'N' stands for:

The organism that breeds only once in their life time:

Saccharum barberi was originally grown in:

Identify the statements which hold true for apiculture.
(A) Apis dorsata is the most common honey bee species used for apiculture 
(B) Honey is the food of high nutritive value and finds use in indigenous system of medicine 
(C) Bee keeping is not labour intensive 
(D) Honeybees also produce beewax 
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Match List I with List - II.

LIST I (Animal breeding)		LIST II (Type)
A	Crossing tall F2 progeny with recessive parent to determine its genotype	I	Cross-breeding
B	Breeding within the same breed with no common ancestor	II	Inter-specific hybridization
C	Breeding of superior male of one breed with the superior female of another breed	III	Test-crossing
D	Breeding of animals of two different but related specie	IV	Out-crossing

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Which of the following microbes is not used as a biocontrol agent?

Which of the following organism helps the plants in the absorption of phosphorus from soil?