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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Bio-Physics (Ph.D.) solved question paper 2017

Bio-Physics (Ph.D.) 

1.        Which is the major force of attraction that stabilizes the 3-D structure of globular protein?
A)                Hydrophobic force                                          B) Hydrogen bond C) Peptide bond                                                  D) Vander Waals interactions                             
2.        Which of the following is unfavorable for protein folding?
A)                Conformational entropy                                  B) Hydrophobic interaction  C) Van Der Waal’s interactions                              D) Hydrogen bonding                                  
3.        Under the influence of sunlight, x is synthesized in our skin from y, where x and y respectively are

A)                Vitamin D, cholesterol                                                B) Vitamin C, collagen C)  Vitamin A, retinol                                                  D) Vitamin B, starch                                     
4.        The bond between first phosphate group attached to sugar molecule in a nucleotide is 
A)                Phosphoester     B) Phosphodiester    C) Glycosidic      D) Phosphoanhydride                                   
5.        In an alpha-helical polypeptide, the backbone hydrogen bonds are between 
A)                NH of n and CO of n+4 amino acid
B)                CO of n and NH of n+3 amino acid
C)                CO of n and NH of n+4 amino acid
D)                NH of n and CO of n+3 amino acid                  
6.        In electron microscope, as compare to filament, the potential on shield is always
A)                Positive                       B) Negative                 C) Zero                        D) Random    
7.        On excessive administration of digitalis
A)                Inversion of P wave take place                                   B) Elongation of QRS wave take place
C) Inversion of T wave take place                              D) None of these                                          
8.        Frequency range of beta rhythm in normal EEG
A)                8-13 Hz                       B) 18-30 Hz               C) 1-3.5 Hz                 D) 4-7 Hz                       
9.        What is the main source of natural background radiation?
A)                Electrons                                                         B) X-rays                                 C) Neutrons                                                                D) Alpha-particles                                      
10.    Which photon processes are dominant in the context of diagnostic radiology?
A)                Compton scattering and photoelectric effect
B)                Photoelectric effect and pair production
C)                Compton scattering and pair production
D)                Compton and Rayleigh scattering                  
11.    Magnetic gradient in which direction selects slice thickness in MRI
A)                X-axis             B) Y-axis                     C) Z-axis                     D) All of these
12.    What does θ signifies in Brags equation: 2d Sin θ=nλ
A)                Angle between incident x-ray and diffracted x-ray
B)                Angle between incident x-ray and plane of crystal
C)                Angle between incident x-ray and protein molecule 
D)                Angle between incident x-ray and x-ray grid

13.    201T81 has a decay constant of 9.49 × 10−3 hr−1. Find the activity in becquerels of a sample containing 1010 atoms

A)                4.8 X 104 bq    B) 12.6 X 104 bq         C) 2.64 X 104 bq         D) 8.42 X 104 bq
 (hint Act=lambda Xnumber of atoms, 9.49 X10)

14.    An MRS system assumes a nominal frequency of exactly 300 MHz, the approximate resonance frequency for protons in a 7-tesla magnetic field. The peak against which other resonances are compared occurs at 300.004 MHz. Find the chemical shift in parts per million for a peak that occurs at a resonance frequency of 299.998 MHz.

A)                10 ppm                        B) 20 ppm                   C) 30 ppm                   D) 40 ppm
15.    In MRI, which pulse sequence will give rise to T1 weighted image
A)                Echo planer pulse sequence
B)                Spin echo pulse sequence with long TR and long TE
C)                Spin echo pulse sequence with long TR and short TE
D)                Partial saturation pulse sequence
16.    Calculate the distance between parallel planes of cube having miller indices 200
A)                a/2                   B)  a/4                         C) a/6              D) a/8
17.    Calculate the total number of electrons bombarding the target of an x-ray tube operated at 200 mA for 0.1 sec.

A)                200 X 1017 electrons                           B) 0.5  X 1017 electrons
C)  1.25 X 1017 electrons                                D) 25 X 1017 electrons
18.    Two double stranded DNA samples that are identical with respect to the number of base pairs, but differs significantly in their GC content, can be separated by.
A)                Density gradient centrifugation
B)                Agarose gel electrophoresis

C) Dialysis

D) Oligo-dT column chromatography

(2)
19.                Which of the following is not true about RNA?
A)    RNA is chemically more reactive than DNA
B)    2’-OH prevents RNA to adopt B-conformation
C)    RNA was discovered by Hoppe-Seyler
D)    Feulgen reaction is performed by both DNA and RNA
20.                In the cell cycle:
A)    M-phase is both the most complex and the longest phase
B)    There is a Go phase in equilibrium with the G1 phase
C)    Quiescent cells cannot be induced to re-enter the cell cycle
D)    Microtubule spindles form during the S-phase

21.                Which of the following modifications leads to protein degradation?
A)    Methylation           B) Acetylation C) Phosphorylation     D) Ubiquitination

22.                The catabolite activating protein (CAP) 
A)    Binds to allolactose
B)    Interacts with the β subunit of RNA polymerase
C)    Binds the operator sequence of the lac operon
D)    Causes a binding in the DNA near the start site of transcription

23.                Apoptosis or programmed cell death, occurs in all of the following cases except
A)    In virus-infected cells
B)    In cells damaged by injury
C)    In cells with potentially cancer-causing mutations
D)    During the elimination of tissue between the digits in the formation of human fingers

24.                At which of the following sites is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide highest?
A)    Exhaled gas                                               B) Alveolar gas
C)  Systemic arterial blood                             D) Systemic venous blood

25.                In an electrocardiogram, the QRS complex represents the
A)    Depolarisation of the atria            B) Repolarisation of the atria
C)  Depolarisation of the ventricles    D) Repolarisation of ventricles

26.                Which of the following types of vector would be most suitable  for introducing DNA into         a human cell?
A)    Plasmid                 B) Bacteriophage        C) Cosmid                   D) Adenovirus

27.                SDS-PAGE does not involve
A)    Separation of proteins based on their molecular weights 
B)    Denaturation of proteins with heat and chemicals 
C)    Application of an electric field to proteins
D)    Creating a temperature gradient for denaturation of proteins

(3)
28.                The tertiary structure of protein is detected by
A)    X-ray diffraction/crystallography             B) Spectrophotometry
C) Electrophoresis                                           D) Chromatography

29.                T4 polynucleotide kinase is used for
A)    Removes 5’-phosphates from DNA and RNA
B)    Transfers terminal phosphate groups from ATP to 5’-OH groups
C)    Adds homopolymer tails to the 3’ end of DNA
D)    Used in mapping studies

30.                High doses of antibiotics can destroy the bacterial flora of the large intestine. This can    result in impaired: 
A)    Absorption of proteins   B) Blood coagulation C)  Bone resorption    D) Respiratory control

31.                Aspirin, used as a common analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent, inhibits the synthesis of which of the following?

A)    Arachidonic acid                          B) Prostaglandins
C) Glucocorticoids                                          D) Histamine

32.                During the gluconeogenic conversion of pyruvate into glucose in the liver, all of the following are involved except

A)    Pyruvate carboxylase   B)  Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase C)  Phosphoenolpyruvatecarboxykinase D)  Glucose 6-phosphatase

33.                Vitamin   B   complex   is   an   essential   for  humans because 
A)    It is obtained only from plant sources                      
B)    It is obtained only from animal sources                     
C)    It act as cofactor for various metabolic enzymes                                                        
D)    It is directly utilized in various metabolic reactions    
                                                                                                               
34.                Parts per billion can be represented as                                       
A)    ng/Kg                     B) µg/Kg                    C) µl/l                          D) µg/g 

35.                The outer part of cytoplasm is usually termed as
A)    Plasmasol              B) Plasmagel  C) Nucleoplasm          D) Protoplasm

36.                What is not a toxic form of oxygen?

A)    Singlet oxygen                                          B) Facultative oxygen
C) Superoxide free radicals                            D) Hydroxyl radical

37.                Regulation of trp operon by binding of tryptophan to trp repressor is termed as
A)    Repression             B) Induction   C) Anti termination     D) Atteneution                                   
(4)
38.                The peptide bond in proteins is 
A)    Nonpolar,but rotates to three preferred dihedral angles
B)    Planar,but rotates to three preferred dihedral angles
C)    Nonpolar and fixed in a trans configuration
D)    Planar and usually found in the trans configuration
39.                Double chained DNA strand is made radioactive in both its chains. It is allowed to replicate twice in non-radioactive medium. The result would be

A)    All strands have radioactivity                   B) Half the strands have radioactivity
C)  Three strands have radioactivity  D) Radioactivity is absent in all strands  

40.                Which of the following event does not occur during pre tRNA processing?
A)    5’ end cleavage by the RNase P  B) Addition of poly(A) site
C)  Addition of CCA sequence at 3’ end       D) Chemical modification of bases
41.                Most common type of phospholipids in the cell membrane of nerve cells is
A)    Phosphatidylcholine                                  B) Phosphatidylinositol
C)  Phosphatidylserine                                    D) Sphingomylein

42.                Fluorescence recovery after photo bleaching in live cells is used to determine
A)    Co-localization of proteins                        B) Distance between two organelles
C)  Diffusion of proteins                                D) Nucleic acid compactness
43.                Supercoiling of DNA is catalyzed by 
A)    Type I topoisomerases                              B) Type II topoisomerases
C) Type III topoisomerases                            D) Type IV topoisomerases

44.                The cylindrical channels in gap junctions are made of 
A)    Collagen    B) Connexin    C) Fibronectin             D) N-CAM

45.                Which part of the ear is responsible for detecting low frequency sound waves?  
A)    Cochlea     B) Eustachian Tube  C) Incus                         D) Ear canal 

46.                Which one of the following is not a pro-inflammatory cytokine:
A)    IL-1                       B) IL-6                        C) IL-10                      D) TNF-α

47.                Antigens in tissues can be localized with fluorescent antibodies using:
A)    Flow cytometer                                         B) Autoradiography
C)  Electron microscopy                                 D) Confocal microscopy

48.                The Φ and Ψ values for β-sheets lies in 
A)    1st  quadrant of Ramachandran plot         B) 2nd quadrant of Ramachandran plot
C)  3rd quadrant of Ramachandran plot          D) 4th quadrant of Ramachandran plot                              
       
(5)
49.                The homologous recombination is a DNA repair process referred to as recombination repair. Which one of the following statements is incorrect for recombination repair?

A)    DNA polymerase III stalls at the site of dna damage
B)    DNA polymerase III leaves a gap in the daughter strand
C)    The gap is filled by recombination between complimentary parent strand homologous to daughter strand and the gapped daughter strand
D)    Homologous recombination process is catalysed by topoisomerase II

50.                Pyrimidine biosynthesis is regulated by
A)    Dihydrofolate reductase                           B) Thymidylate synthase
            C) Hexokinase                                    D) Aspartate transcaramoylase


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