IITKGP GATE 2021 Biotechnology Question Paper : Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Organisation : Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Exam Name : Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
Subject : Biotechnology
Year : 2021
Document Type : Previous Years Question Papers
Website : https://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/index.html

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The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science for admission into the Masters Program and Recruitment by some Public Sector Companies.

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Biotechnology

Q. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 7 to 3. Among the options below, an acceptable value for the total number of students in the class is:
(A) 21
(B) 37
(C) 50
(D) 73

Q. Consider the following sentences:
(i) Everybody in the class is prepared for the exam.
(ii) Babu invited Danish to his home because he enjoys playing chess.
Which of the following is the CORRECT observation about the above two sentences?

(A) (i) is grammatically correct and (ii) is unambiguous
(B) (i) is grammatically incorrect and (ii) is unambiguous
(C) (i) is grammatically correct and (ii) is ambiguous
(D) (i) is grammatically incorrect and (ii) is ambiguous

Q._______ is to surgery as writer is to ________ Which one of the following options maintains a similar logical relation in the above sentence?
(A) Plan. outline
(B) Hospital, ibrary
(C) Doctor, book
(D) Medicine, grammar

Q. There are five bags each containing identical sets of ten distinct chocolates. One chocolate is picked from each bag. The probability that at least two chocolates are identical is
(A) 0.3024
(B) 0.4235
(C) 0.6976
(D) 0.8125

Q. Given below are two statements 1 and 2, and two conclusions I and II.
Statement 1: All bacteria are microorganisms.
Statement 2: All pathogens are microorganisms.

Conclusion I: Some pathogens are bacteria.
Conclusion II: All pathogens are not bacteria.

Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is logically CORRECT?

(A) Only conclusion I is correct
(B) Only conclusion II is correct
(C) Either conclusion I or II is correct.
(D) Neither conclusion I nor II is correct.

Q.Some people suggest anti-obesity measures (AOM) such as displaying calorie information in restaurant menus. Such measures sidestep addressing the core problems that cause obesity: poverty and income inequality. Which one of the following statements summarizes the passage?
(A) The proposed AOM addresses the core problems that cause obesity.
(B) If obesity reduces, poverty will naturally reduce, since obesity causes poverty.
(C) AOM are addressing the core problems and are likely to succeed.
(D) AOM are addressing the problem superficially.

Q. Coronavirus genome consists of
(A) double-stranded DNA
(B) double-stranded RNA
(C) negative-sense single-stranded RNA
(D) positive-sense single-stranded RNA

Q. The enzyme that transcribes the eukaryotic genes encoding precursor ribosomal RNAs (pre-rRNAs) of 28S, 18S and 5.8S rRNAs is
(A) RNA polymerase I
(B) RNA polymerase II
(C) RNA polymerase BI
(D) RNA polymerase IV

Q.CRISPR-Cas system is associated with
(A) adaptive immunity in eukaryotes
(B) adaptive immunity in prokaryotes
(C) innate immunity in eukaryotes
(D) innate immunity in prokaryotes

Q.The process by which intracellular macromolecules are supplied for lysosomal degradation during nutrient starvation is
(A) apoptosis
(B) autophagy
(C) phagocytosis
(D) pinocytosis

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