Life Sciences
GATE XL exam:gate PYQs
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Question 85
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Which one of the following animals has “Book Lungs” as a respiratory organ?
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Which one of the following describes the “innate behavior” of an animal?
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Which one of the following represents a true “Ecological population”?
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Which of the following animals show “Bottle cells” during the gastrulation stage of development?
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The organisms that obtain energy from inorganic compounds are known as
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Which of the following is/are the causative agent(s) of Filariasis?
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In a population of 1000 wild dogs in a grassland, 360 and 480 dogs had black body colour with genotypes BB and Bb, respectively. In the same population, remaining dogs were white in colour with a genotype of bb. Based on this data, the frequency of allele “b” in the population is ______ (round off to one decimal place).
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A mature rat sperm cell has 2.5 μg of genomic DNA that is equivalent of a haploid genome. Compared to this sperm cell, the amount of genomic DNA (in μg) in a somatic cell, which is in the G2 phase of cell cycle, will be ______ (in integer).
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In an experiment, excess amount of bicoid mRNA (more than wild-type expression level) was injected into the posterior pole of a wild-type Drosophila embryo at pre-blastodermal stage. Out of the following options, which one represents the best expected phenotype in the resulted developing embryo?
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Match the hormones/precursors listed in Column I with their chemical type in Column II and the tissue of origin listed in Column III
Column I: P. Glucagon; Q. Pregnenolone; R. FSH; S. Melatonin
Column II: (i) Tryptophan derivative; (ii) Peptide; (iii) Steroid; (iv) Glycoprotein
Column III: a. Anterior pituitary; b. Pineal; c. Adrenal; d. Pancreas
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