Entrance Test
for admission to M.Sc. Zoology for the session 2009-2010

Roll No. ……………………….			No. of Page(s): ……………..
Signature of Candidate : ……………		Signature of Invigilator: …………..

[Maximum Time : One hour]			[Maximum Marks : 100]

Note:	1.	Each question carries 2 marks.
2.	There will be no negative marking.
3.	Each question has four possible answers out of which one is correct.
4.	Candidates are required to darken the corresponding circle in the OMR answer-sheet supplied separately?

Q.No.1.: Substrate concentration at which an enzyme attains half its maximum velocity is:

(a)	Threshold value			(b)	Half life
(c)	Michaelis-menten constant		(d)	Concentration coefficient

Q.No.2.: In human males, even some recessive sex-linked allele are able to express their effect because:

(a)	There is a single genome			
(b)	Autosomes are single but sex chromosomes are two
(c)	There is only one x-chromosome		
(d)	There is only one y-chromosome

Q.No.3: Darwin’s finches are an excellent example of :
(a)	Connecting links			(b)	Seasonal migration
(c)	Brood parasitism			(d)	Adaptive radiation

Q.No.4. : Amphicoelus vertebrae has:
(a)	One concavity				(b)	Two concavities
(c)	One convexity				(d)	Two convexities

Q.No.5 : Poison gland is modified:
(a)	Sweat gland				(b)	Sebaceous glands
(c)	Salivary gland				(d)	Mucus glands