| Statement I: | Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually. |
| Statement II: | In general, carnivores are more adversely affected by competition than herbivores. |
| A: | Lenticels are the lens-shaped openings permitting the exchange of gases. |
| B: | Bark formed early in the season is called hard bark. |
| C: | Bark is a technical term that refers to all tissues exterior to vascular cambium. |
| D: | Bark refers to periderm and secondary phloem. |
| E: | Phellogen is single- layered in thickness. |
| 1. | B and C only | 2. | B, C and E only |
| 3. | A and D only | 4. | A, B and D only |
| Assertion (A): | In gymnosperms, the pollen grains are released from the microsporangium and carried by air currents. |
| Reason (R): | Air currents carry the pollen grains to the mouth of the archegonia where the male gametes are discharged and pollen tube is not formed. |
| 1. | (A) is False, (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True, (R) is False. |
| 1. | The amount of some toxic substances of industrial wastewater increases in the organisms at successive trophic levels. |
| 2. | The micro-organisms involved in biodegradation of organic matter in a sewage-polluted water body consume aquatic organisms. |
| 3. | Algal blooms caused by excess of organic matter in water improve water quality and promote fisheries. |
| 4. | Water hyacinth grows abundantly in eutrophic water bodies and lead to an imbalance in the ecosystem dynamics of the water body. |
| Assertion (A): | A flower is defined as a modified shoot wherein the shoot apical meristem changes to floral meristem. |
| Reason (R): | Internode of the shoot gets condensed to produce different floral appendages laterally at successive nodes instead of leaves. |
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| List I | List II | ||
| A. | Cohesion | I. | More attraction in liquid phase |
| B. | Adhesion | II. | Mutual attraction among water molecules |
| C. | Surface tension | III. | Water loss in liquid phase |
| D. | Guttation | IV. | Attraction towards polar surfaces |
| Options: | A | B | C | D |
| 1. | II | I | IV | III |
| 2. | II | IV | I | III |
| 3. | IV | III | II | I |
| 4. | III | I | IV | II |
| Statement I: | Ligaments are dense irregular tissue. |
| Statement II: | Cartilage is dense regular tissue. |
| 1. | Statement I is false but Statement II is true. |
| 2. | Both Statement I and Statement II are true. |
| 3. | Both Statement I and Statement II are false. |
| 4. | Statement I is true but Statement II is false. |
| Assertion (A): | Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme. |
| Reason (R): | Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide. |
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 1. | Lemur, Anteater, Wolf |
| 2. | Tasmanian wolf, Bobcat, Marsupial mole |
| 3. | Numbat, Spotted cuscus, Flying phalanger |
| 4. | Mole, Flying squirrel, Tasmanian tiger cat |
| Assertion (A): | Endometrium is necessary for implantation of blastocyst. |
| Reason (R): | In the absence of fertilization, the corpus luteum degenerates that causes disintegration of endometrium. |
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |