Explanation 2067-11-28

1. The correct answer is d.

Greater the O.N of central atom, more is the acidity. So, HClO 4 > HClO3 > HClO2 > HClO [order
of acidity]
2. The correct answer is a.
3. The correct answer is b.
Orthormobic crystal packing is identical to match – box (a  b  c;  =  =  = 90)
Cubic (a = b = c,  =  =  = 90)
Monoclinic (a  b  c,  =  =   90)
Tetragonal (a = b  c,  =  =  = 90)
4. The correct answer is c.
5. The correct answer is b.
CH3COONa is formed by reaction between NaOH (strong base) and CH 3COOH (weak acid). So,
on hydrolysis it gives basic solution.
6. The correct answer is c.
-1 1
K = mol l sec The reaction is of 2nd order  litre mol -1 sec -1
mol l 
-1 2

7. The correct answer is d.

Wt. of NaOH = No. of moles  Mol. wt = 0.05  40 = 2g
Volume = 500 ml
 N = wt. of NaOH  1000  2 1000  0.1N
Eq. wt.  volume 40  500
pOH = -log[OH-]  pOH = 1 So, pH = 14 – 1 = 13
8. The correct answer is d.
We have, cell constant (K) = l/A = 1.25/2.5 cm = 0.5 cm-1
9. The correct answer is c.
In the titration of weak acid (CH3COOH) and strong base (NaOH), phenolphthalein is used.
In titration of weak base (Na2CO3) and strong acid (HCl), methyl orange is used.
For strong acid Vs strong base, any kind of indicator can be used.
10. The correct answer is a.
We have, H =  + (n)gRT
So, H =  - 2RT
11. The correct answer is a.
12. The correct answer is c.
Fraction of isotope left (1/2)n where n = no. of half live
So, the required fraction = (1/3)3 = 1/8
13. The correct answer is a.
CO contains 14 electrons which is same to that CN-(13 + 1e-S)
Isoelectronic species are the species containing the same number of electrons.
14. The correct answer is d.
According to Fajan’s rule, covalent character of an ionic bond is favoured by:
i) small positive ion (e.g. LiCl > KCl)
ii) large negative ion (e.g. KI > KF)
iii) large charge on ion
15. The correct answer is b.
According to B – L concept, acids are proton donor while bases are proton acceptor.
HCO3- can lose proton to get changed into CO3-- as well as can accept proton to become H2CO3.
Thus, it can act as both acid and base.
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 According to Lewis concept, lone pair donor are bases and lone pair acceptor are acids.
16. The correct answer is d.
The oxidation number of metal in respective metal carbonyls (e.g. Fe(CO)5, Ni(CO)4) is always
zero.
In haemoglobin, iron is in +2 oxidation state.
Chlorophyll contains Mg metal in +2 oxidation state.
17. The correct answer is c.
Using normality equation,
N1V1 (before dilution) = N2V2 (after dilution)
or, N/2 (500 – x) = N/10 (500)
or, 500 – x = N/10  500  2/N = 100
or, x = 500 – 100 = 400 cm3
18. The correct answer is a.
Rusting of iron is an oxidation process.
Fe  Fe+++ + 3e- (loss of e-s by iron)
Rust is Fe2O3 + Fe(OH)3
Iron gets rust by the action of air, water and CO2.
Rusting is basically an electrochemical phenomena.
19. The correct answer is b.
Double bond is prioritized first than triple bond.
Lowest sum rule is followed
So, IUPAC name is pent-3-en-1-yne
20. The correct answer is d.
All no. of bonds, lone pairs are same of both enolic and ketonic forms.
21. The correct answer is a.
Both H and n are negative. The forward reaction would be favoured by low temperature and
high pressure.
22. The correct answer is b.
23. The correct answer is b.
H2SO4  2H+ + SO2-4
H+ 2  molarity = 2  0.005 = 0.01
pH = -log(0.01) = 2
24. The correct answer is b.
PbCl2  Pb+2 + 2Cl-
Ksp = [Pb+2] [Cl]2
25. The correct answer is b.
Electromagnetic separation – for magnetic impurities e.g. cassirite, Wolfrmite
Lavigation/Hadraulic washing – (Gravity separation) – for oxides ore. e.g. Bauxite, Haematite etc
Forth floatation – for sulphides ore e.g. PbS, ZnS, CuFeS2. It is based on preferential wetting of ore.
Leaching – chemical method, used for concentration of ores of Al, Au, Ag
26. The correct answer is b.
27. The correct answer is c.
Purification of aluminum by electrolytic process is called Hoop’s process.
Purification of Bauxite ore fused with NaOH by Baeyer process.
Purification of bauxite ore containing silica by Serpeck process
Purification of bauxite fusing with Na2CO3 by Hall’s process.
28. The correct answer is b.
29. The correct answer is a.
30. The correct answer is a.
Conc. HCl : Conc.HNO3 in 3: 1 ratio is aqua regia
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 Gold is soluble in it.
31. The correct answer is a.
2 2
E = hv or h - E = ML T = ML2T-1
v T 1
32. The correct answer is c.
Here, acceleration means acceleration due to gravity. So it is constant. ‘g’ being acting vertically
downward, force is also acting along downward direction. So it does not affect horizontal
component of velocity where as vertical component is affected.
33. The correct answer is b.
34. The correct answer is c.
For a given material of the wire, breaking stress is constant
A 
F1
 2
F So, F2  F1  2  =  F  4A 2   4F =80 Kg wt.
A  1 
 1
1
A1 A 2  A1 
35. The correct answer is c.
2ππ2 T 2  22  (5  10 2 ) 2  70  10 3
F   2.2N
d 7  0.5  10 3
36. The correct answer is d. 125%
p  emK , K p2
37. The correct answer is d. Equal to 00c
Q1=heat supplied by water if it was to cool up to 0 0c
= 1000 × 1× 10 = 10,000cal
Q2 = heat required by ice to melt completely
= 1000 × 80 = 80,000cal
as, Q1 < Q2 , So ice will not melt completely
38. The correct answer is a.
KE a 2  0 2 1
 
PE a / 22 4
39. The correct answer is d. Red
R
 , R = real depth, A = apparent depth
A
Ar > Av [  v r ]
40. The correct answer is c. 1256 lumen
Luminous intensity I = 100 candela
Luminous flux F = 4  I
F = 4  3.14  100 = 1256 lumen
41. The correct answer is d. Quadrupled
D

d
42. The correct answer is b.
Conductor, (earth is considered as a good6conductor of huge size when a small charge is given to
earth, its potential does not change. Therefore potential of earth is taken to be zero because of its
nature).
43. The correct answer is b. 4
K o A
c
d
44. The correct answer is d. R/n2
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45. The correct answer is c. 311.0
46. The correct answer is c. Circle
47. The correct answer is a. h/e
48. The correct answer is b. Shadow photography
49. The correct answer is d. It is not possible.
50. The correct answer is d.
Kinetic energy is high enough to overcome repulsion.
51. The correct answer is a.
Multiple fruit is fruit developing from whole inflorescence. e.g. pineapple, mulberry etc
Apple is a kind of false fruit whose edible part is thalamus
Simple fruit is derived from a single ovary or compound ovary of single flower
Aggregate fruits are formed by numerous carpels of a single flower
52. The correct answer is d.
Replication – DNA synthesis or duplication
Transcription – process by which single strand of RNA is transcribed from one of the strands of
DNA
Translation – formation of polypeptide from mRNA
Translocation – step in protein synthesis
Transformation – process by which DNA is isolated from one type of cells when introduced into
other is able to give some properties of the former to the later.
53. The correct answer is b.
Bicollateral – cambium and phloem occur twice e.g. dicot stems of guard family
Collateral – xylem placed towards inside and phloem outside
Radial vascular bundles are feature of dicot and monocot roots
54. The correct answer is a.
55. The correct answer is a.
Sesbania, crotolaria juncea (sun hemp) etc are commonly used green manure
Hordeum is name of barley and has malting quality
Aloe vera is taken as a medicinal herb
56. The correct answer is b.
57. The correct answer is c.
Leaf tendrils are thread like sensitive structure, which coil around the support and help in climbing
58. The correct answer is d.
In dicot having kidney shaped guard cells,
When guard cells Guard Tough inner Stoma
Get distended by  cells wall become open
Turgor pressure expanded convex
And vice-versa for closure.
59. The correct answer is b.
Killed vaccine – typhoid vaccine, cholera vaccine
Toxoid – tetanus toxoid
Attenuated living vaccine – oral polio, BCG, NMR
Antibodies as vaccines – anti-tetanus serum, anti-rabies serum
60. The correct answer is a.
61. The correct answer is b.
Carpel – megasporophyll
Pollen sac – microsporangia
Pollen grain – microspore
Pollen tube – male gametophyte
Stamen – microsporophyll

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 Ovule – megasporangium
Embryo sac – female gametophyte
Egg – female gamete
62. The correct answer is a.
Photometer – rate of transpiration
Protometer – size of stomata/pore area of stomata
Manometer – root pressure
Hygrometer – relative humidity
Respirometer – respiration
Auxanometer – growth
Crescograph – growth per seconds
63. The correct answer is c.
Hydrophily – by water e.g. vallisneria, zoostera
Anemophily – by wind/air e.g. gramineae
Zoophily – by animals
Entemophily – by insects
Ornithophily – by birds e.g. Bombax
Cheiropterophily – by bats e.g. anthocephalous
Ophiophily – by snakes e.g. Arisaema
Malacophily – by snails e.g. slugs
64. The correct answer is a.
Gemma is multicellular and is formed inside gemma cups.
It helps in vegetative reproduction
Each gemma of Marchantia can form 2 marchantia thalli at a time
Other method for vegetative reproduction are fragmentation death and decay of older thallus
Sexual reproduction by antheridium and archegonium
65. The correct answer is a.
Indusium is kidney shaped
Stomium is thin and help in dispersal of spores
Annulus is responsible for dehiscence of sporangium
Frond is large sized leaf which are bipinately compound
66. The correct answer is c.
Nucleolus forms ribosomal sub-units.
67. The correct answer is c.
Disjunction is separation of homologous chromosome without centromere splitting. It takes place
in Anaphase I. Due to disjunction each pole has half number of chromosome.
68. The correct answer is a.
Rest of the options do not match.
69. The correct answer is c.
Inflorescence of Gramineae – panicle of spikelet or spikes of spikelet
Cruciferae – Raeme
Compositae – head or capitulum
70. The correct answer is b.
Penicillin was discovered in P. notatum but it is commercially produced from P. chrysogenum.
71. The correct answer is d.
Meristem tip culture is best method to produce virus free plant as the apical part is not affected by
virus.
Callos is undifferentiated and unorganized mass of cells
In shoot culture, various adventitious, apical and axillary shoots can be used as explants for plant
tissue culture. This techinique is also called clonal propagation

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 In embryo culture, ovule are excised and embryos are dissected out and transferred to culture
medium
72. The correct answer is b.
0,2,2,3,3 – digital formula of fore-limb of frog.
2,3,3,3,3 – digital formula of fore-limb of rabbit.
0,3,3,3,3 – digital formula of hind-limb of rabbit.
73. The correct answer is a.
Carpals  8 bones in 2 rows of 5 and 3
Rest of the options are wrong.
74. The correct answer is d.
Tse-tse fly, Glossina palpalis – vector/secondary host of Trypanosoma spp.
Louse, Pediculus spp. – may transmit typhoid.
May-fly and fire-fly – transmit no disease.
75. The correct answer is b.
Carcinomas – cancer of epithelial tissue
Leukemias – cancer of bone marrow
Blood cancer – also called Leukemias
76. The correct answer is d.
Based on amount (moderate) of yolk, egg of frog is Mesolecithal as it contains moderate amount
of yolk.
Based on distribution of yolk, egg of frog is telolecithal as yolk of egg is concentrated in the
vegetal half of the egg.
Based on concentration of yolk in the center, egg of insects is (e.g. cockroach) centrolecithal.
Based on amount (large) of yolk, egg of arthropods fishes, reptiles, birds and monotremes are
macrolecithal/megalecithal/polylecithal.
Based on amount (small) of yolk egg of starfish, Amphioxus eutherian mammals are
microlecithal/alecithal/oligolecithal/meiolecithal.
77. The correct answer is b.
Pinna – present in all mammals except prototheria, cetacean and sirenia.
Hairs – present in all mammals except cetacea and sirenia.
Diaphragm – present in all mammals
78. The correct answer is d.
Elastic fibres – also called yellow fibres – long, branched
Reticulated fibres – network of fibres, immature collagen fibres
79. The correct answer is c.
Glucagon - helps in breakdown of glycogen to glucose in liver.
Insulin – helps to convert glucose into glycogen in liver and muscles.
Thyroxin – regulates basal metabolic rate (BMR).
80. The correct answer is a.
The egg that is released from graffian follicle during ovulation is actually a secondary oocyte
(comes from primary oocyte) which has undergone meiotic I only. The meiotic II takes place only
at the time of fertilization and turns the secondary oocyte into a mature ovum and a polar body.
81. The correct answer is c.
Liver is the largest gland/internal organ of body.
Liver of frog – 3 lobes (large left, small right and small median)
Liver of rabbit – 5 lobes (left half consists of left central, left lateral, spigelian lobe and right half
consists of right central and caudated lobe).
Liver of man – 4 lobes (right, left, caudate and quadrate).
82. The correct answer is d.
Corpora allata – neuro-secretory cells – secrete juvenile hormone/neotinin.

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83. The correct answer is a.
Pork tapeworm – Tania solium
Beef tapeworm – Tania saginata
Dog tapeworm – Echinococcus granulosus
Dwarf tapeworm – Hymenolepis nana
84. The correct answer is b.
Autogamy – process of self-fertilization in Paramecium aurelia and produces two daughter
paramecia.
Cytogamy – temporary attachment of two paramecia without nuclear exchange.
Endomixis – occurs in P.aurelia; it is asexual reproduction of one individual producing four
daughter paramecia.
Hemixis  reconstitution of macronucleus in Paramecium without any change in micronucleus.
85. The correct answer is c.
Tryponosoma – causes sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis.
Leishmania  causes kala-azar/black fever/leishmaniasis.
Mosquito  vector/host
86. The correct answer is d.
Coelentrateta – another name of Cnidaria.
Mollusca – another name of soft-bodied animals.
Protozoa – another name of unicellular/acellular animalcules.
87. The correct answer is b.
5th-7th – oesophagus
8th-9th (or 8th only) – gizzard
Option a is given for confusion.
88. The appropriate answer is a.
All of the following are represented under Nematoda commonly called roundworms. However,
Ascaris – generally
Wuchereria bancrofti – filarial worm
Necator americana – hook worm
Trichinella spiralis – trichinia worm
Ancylostoma duodenale – hook worm
Enterobius vermicularis – pin/thread/seat worm
89. The correct answer is c.
Anopheles – transmits malaria
Culex – transmits filaria, JE (Japanese encephalitis), yellow fever
Aedes – transmits dengue, yellow fever
Housefly – transmits amoebiasis
90. The correct answer is d.
Lower jaw – rabbit and human – toothed
No jaw - cockroach
91. The correct answer is c.
Ureotelic – excretory product is urea, e.g. amphibians and mammals.
Uricotelic – excretory product is uric acid, e.g. reptiles, birds and insects.
Ammonotelic – excretory product is ammonia, e.g. salamanders, most aquatic animals.
Aminotelic – excretory product is amino acid, e.g. some snails.
92. The correct answer is c.
Oparin-Haldane theory was experimentally proved by Miller and Urey experiment named as
stimulation experiment in which spark discharge apparatus was used.
Next simulation experiment after Miller and Urey – done by Melvin-Calvin.
93. The correct answer is d.

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 Narcotics – painlkillers, analgesic e.g. Morphine, heroin, codeine
Sedatives – induces deep sleep e.g. valium
Stimulant – are also called mood elevator e.g. caffeine, cocaine
Hallucinogen – alter thoughts, feelings and perceptions e.g. LSD, marijuana, mescaline etc
94. The correct answer is b.
Viruses – connecting link between  living and non-living
Proterospongia – connecting link between  Protozoa and Porifera
Peripatus – connecting link between  Annelida and Arthropoda
Neopilina – connecting link between  Annelida and Mollusca
Seymouria – connecting link between  Amphibians and Reptiles
95. The correct answer is a.
Salmonella typhi  causes typhoid
Neisseria meningitides  causes meningitis
Treponema pallidum  causes syphilis
96. The correct answer is a.
Migratory fishes are of following
Anadromous – lives in sea but migrate to fresh water e.g. salmon, sea-lamprey, Hilsa etc
Catadromous – lives in fresh water but migrate to sea e.g. European eel and American eel
Potamodromous – migration is confined to fresh water only for breeding, e.g. carp and trout fishes
Ocenodromous – migration is confined to sea only for feeding, e.g. Mackerels, tunna, herrings
(Clupea) etc.
97. The correct answer is a.
Prostrate glands – in Pheretima – secrete ground substance for sperms
Albumen glands – in Pheretima – secrete albumen on skin
Pharyngeal glands – in Pheretima – secrete mucin and proteolytic enzyme
98. The correct answer is a.
Outer circular and inner longitudinal smooth muscles – present in the body wall of invertebrates.
Rest of the options are wrong.
99. The correct answer is b.
Transport of CO2 – carbonic acid
Dissociation of hemoglobin – oxy-hemoglobin conversion
Exchange of gases – Bohr’s effect and Haldane’s effect
100. The correct answer is b.
With pineal stalk of diencephalon – is attached pineal body
With optic lobe – is attached optic nerves
With olfactory lobe – is attached olfactory nerves