AIPMT 2008 Prelims

180 Questions • 180 Minutes • 2008

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Q161
A transgenic food crop which may help in solving the problem of night blindness in developing countries is
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Q162
Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of
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Q163
Which one of the following is linked to the discovery of Bordeaux mixture as a popular fungicide?
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Q164
Which one of the following is being tried in India as a biofuel substitute for fossil fuels?
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Q165
Trichoderma harzianum has proved a useful microorganism for
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Q166
Gel electrophoresis is used for
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Q167
To which type of barriers under innate immunity, do the saliva in the mouth and the tears from the eyes, belong?
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Q168
Match the disease in Column I with the appropriate items (pathogen/prevention/treatment) in Column II [table] Column I | Column II ; (a) Amoebiasis | (i) Treponema pallidum ; (b) Diphtheria | (ii) Use only sterilized food and water ; (c) Cholera | (iii) DPT Vaccine ; (d) Syphilis | (iv) Use oral rehydration therapy [/table]
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Q169
Consider the following statements about biomedical technologies (a) During open heart surgery blood is circulated in the heart-lung machine (b) Blockage in coronary arteries is removed by angiography (c) Computerised Axial Tomography (CAT) shows detailed internal structure as seen in a section of body (d) X-ray provides clear and detailed images of organs like prostate glands and lungs Which two of the above statements are correct?
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Q170
Which one of the following pairs of codons is correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid?
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Q171
Cry 1 endotoxins obtained from Bacillus thuringiensis are effective against
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Q172
Modern detergents contain enzyme preparations of
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Q173
The linking of antibiotic resistance gene with the plasmid vector became possible with
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Q174
Which one of the following proved effective for biological control of nematodal disease in plants?
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Q175
Main objective of production/use of herbicide resistant GM crops is to
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Q176
Consider the following four measures (a - d) that could be taken to successfully grow chick-pea in an area where bacterial blight disease is common (a) Spray with Bordeaux mixture (b) Control of the insect vector of the disease pathogen (c) Use of only disease-free seeds (d) Use of varieties resistant to the disease Which two of the above measures can control the disease?
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Q177
Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of
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Q178
Cornea transplant in humans is almost never rejected. This is because
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Q179
Which of the following pairs of organs includes only the endocrine glands?
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Q180
What is antisense technology?
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Paper Info
  • Exam: AIPMT Prelims
  • Year: 2008
  • Questions: 180
  • Duration: 180 mins
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