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Biology - Biology - General Aptitude (GA) Previous Year Questions

Practice Biology - Biology - General Aptitude (GA) previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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Biology question pattern

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

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Easy 16 61.5%
Medium 10 38.5%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 16 61.5%
MSQ 7 26.9%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 3 11.5%

Subject weightage

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General Aptitude (GA)
26 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Biology
26 Qs

Subtopic coverage

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Biology
26 Qs

Paper coverage

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Life Sciences (XL) 2022
26 Qs

Included previous year papers

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All Biology previous year questions

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which of the following is/are phanerogamic parasite(s)?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

When a true breeding tall plant containing red flowers was crossed with the true breeding dwarf plant containing white flowers, all F1 plants were tall with red flowers. When the F1 plant was self-pollinated, considering independent assortment of plant height and flower colour traits, the calculated percentage probability of dwarf plants bearing red flowers in the F2 generation is _______ percent (round off to 2 decimal places).

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
A hypothetical plant gene ADSH22 is encoded by the nuclear genome. The length of the mature mRNA for ADSH22 is 2150 nucleotides (nts). This mRNA has a 270 nts long 5’ UTR and 200 nts long 3’ UTR. Taking average molecular weight of an amino acid as 115 Dalton (Da), the calculated molecular weight of ADSH22 protein is _______ kDa (round off to 1 decimal place).
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
The terminal acceptor of electron during anaerobic respiration in Methanococcus is __________.
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which one of the following mutagens convert DNA’s adenine to hypoxanthine?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which one of the following leukocytes are present in the largest proportion in healthy human blood?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

The site of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria is __________.

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
The antimicrobial activity of vancomycin is due to the __________.
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
Phenolics act as disinfectant by __________.
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which of the following methods are used for the identification of microorganisms?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which of the following are present in Gram-negative bacteria?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
Nonsense suppressor mutation is found in __________.
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Choose the correct match for structural components of bacteria to their function.

Structural componentFunction
(P) Flagella(i) prevent cell lysis
(Q) Cell wall(ii) chemotaxis
(R) Metachromatic granules(iii) storage for ATP
(S) Magnetosomes(iv) cell orientation
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Match the pathogen with the appropriate disease.

PathogenDisease
(P) Streptococcus pyogenes(i) Scarlet fever
(Q) Brucella species(ii) Pott’s disease
(R) Mycobacterium tuberculosis(iii) Traveler’s diarrhea
(S) Escherichia coli(iv) Undulant fever
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
Match the correct mode of cell division with respective bacteria.
Bacteria
(P) Streptomyces species
(Q) Rhodopseudomonas acidophila
(R) Bacillus subtilis
(S) Nocardia species
Mode of cell division
(i) [diagram: oval cell → elongated cell with septum → two cells]
(ii) [diagram: oval cell → cell with bud → elongated cell with septum → two cells]
(iii) [diagram: elongated cell → two cells]
(iv) [diagram: hypha with spores → hypha with chain of spores]
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
The correct sequence of overall biochemical reaction which expresses the process of denitrification is ____
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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which of the following diseases are caused by family of DNA viruses?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which of the following Gram-positive cocci are found in biofilm of dental plaque?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

Which of the following statements are TRUE for archaea?

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2022 · General Aptitude (GA) · Biology
Life Sciences (XL) 2022

If the plasmid given below is digested with restriction enzymes HindIII and EcoRI, considering complete digestion, how many DNA fragments will be released?

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