List of top Questions asked in CUET (PG)- 2024

Arrange the following soil horizons as they occur from top to bottom:
Horizons:
A. O horizon
B. A horizon
C. B horizon
D. E horizon
E. C horizon
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Acidic soils are mostly found in:
A. Cold climate
B. Hot climate
C. Dry climate
D. Humid climate
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Match List I with List II:

LIST I (Aquaculture system)	LIST II (Potential Environmental Impact)
A. Coastal Pond	I. Transfer of diseases
B. Inland Pond	II. Introduction of exotic species
C. Mollusk Culture	III. Destruction of mangroves
D. Net Pen/Cage	IV. Degradation of land

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Arrange the following phases of successional development of a vegetation community in reverse order (last to first) as suggested by F.E. Clements:
Phases:
A. Phase of migration
B. Phase of nudation
C. Phase of ecesis
D. Phase of reaction
E. Phase of stabilization
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Polar species tend to have longer geographical ranges than tropical species in many taxonomic groups. This is generally known as:

Island communities are a special case in community dynamics in which species makeup is driven by interaction between:
A. Predator abundance
B. Disturbance
C. Colonization
D. Extinction
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A sound pressure level of 40 decibels is equivalent to a sound pressure of:

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LIST I	LIST II
A. Fragmentation	I. Degradation of detritus into simple inorganic substances by bacteria and fungi
B. Humification	II. Release of nutrients from humus by microbial action
C. Catabolism	III. Breakdown of detritus by earthworms into smaller particles
D. Mineralisation	IV. Dark coloured substances, highly resistant to microbial action

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Arrange the stages by which a species becomes invasive in an area:
A. Introduced
B. Established
C. Pest
D. Imported
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In the asthenosphere, the velocity of S-waves in partly molten rocks:
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain Constant
D. First increases then decreases
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The ”Biofilm” is a thin layer that constitutes:

What is the hardness of corundum in the Mohs scale of hardness?

It took 168 years for a population to increase from 0.4 million to 3.2 million. If we assume exponential growth at a constant rate over that period of time, the growth rate would be approximately:

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LIST I	LIST II
A. Feldspar	I. Halide
B. Gypsum	II. Silicate
C. Azurite	III. Carbonate
D. Halite	IV. Sulfate

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LIST I - Ecological Parameters	LIST II - Unit of Measurement
A. Net primary productivity	I. g/m2
B. Absorbed photosynthetically active radiation	II. g/L
C. Phosphorus	III. Joules/area/year
D. Plant biomass	IV. gC/area/year

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The main limiting factors for both plants and animals on a global scale are:
A. Fire
B. pH
C. Temperature
D. Moisture
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A sample has an absorbance of 2. Its transmittance would be:

Overall Glycolysis yields some ATPs, but in early stages, ATP is utilised to phosphorylate sugar substrates. In which of the following steps is ATP consumed?

The process that results in a chemical becoming increasingly concentrated at successive higher trophic levels in a food web is referred to as:

Arrange the following greenhouse gases in increasing order of their relative contribution to global warming:
Greenhouse gases:
A. CO₂
B. N₂O 
C. CFCs 
D. CH₄
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Stratospheric ozone protects us from:

Give the structure of X and Y:

We perceive a person’s face as a whole, and not as a collection of eyes, nose, mouth, etc. A face therefore is an example of:

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List I (Vitamin)	List II (Disorder)
(A) Vitamin-A	(I) Night blindness
(B) Vitamin-D	(II) Scurvy
(C) Vitamin-C	(III) Fat-soluble vitamin
(D) Vitamin-K	(IV) Blood clotting

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Why does the presence of proline destabilize α-helix?
(A) Proline residue introduces a destabilizing kink in the α-helix
(B) In proline, the nitrogen atom is a part of a rigid ring, and rotation about N-C bond is not possible
(C) The nitrogen atom of a proline residue in a peptide linkage has no substituent hydrogen to participate in hydrogen bonds with other residues
(D) Proline residue works as a helix linker
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