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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY Connor, RAHARA, KOLKATA
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2023
SEMESTER II
M.Sc. BOTANY

BOT CC2.1
Full Marks: 50 Time: 2 hours

Group-A

1. Answer the following questions: 1 x5=5

i) What are movement proteins?

ii) What are fusiform initials?
iii) What is primary pit field?
iv) What do you mean by cambial zone?
v) What are heterocellular rays?

2. Answer any two questions from the following: 5x 2= 10

i) Give a short note on P-proteins.
ii) State the patterns of distribution of axial parenchyma.
iii) Describe the origin of secondary tissue system in different groups of dicotyledonous
angiosperms.
iv) Mention the effect of secondary growth on leaf and branch traces.

3. Give an illustrated account of nature and development of cell wall and protoplasm of
sieve tube elements. 10
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Which component of periderm arise through dedifferentiation? Write a note on structure
and development of periderm. Mention how rhytidome is formed? What are lenticels?
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Group-B

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4. Answer the following questions:
2
i) "Plant stem cells are self-renewal or differentiate or both" -justify.
1
ii) What is GRN?
2
iii) Mention the importance of YABBY (YAB) family genes in leaf development.

5 x2- 10
5. Answer any two questions from the following:
i) How cytokinin upstream signal defining the SCOC (stem cell organization centre)?
ii) Give a brief note on maintenance of stem cells in meristems.
iii) State how multiple hormonal pathways regulate ovule number?
iv) State how genes make organ boundaries?

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6. Answer any one question from the following:

i) Give a schematic outline of successive leaf developmental stages. Describe

molecular basis of leaf initiation. 5+5

ii) What is the role of polarity? State the role of MAP kinase signaling on zygote
polarity and early embryogenesis in flowering plants. 2+8
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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY Course, RAHARA, Kolunm
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2023
SEMESTER II
M.Sc. BOTANY

BOT CC 2.4
Full Marks: 50
Time: 2 hours

Group A

1. Answer the following questions: 1 X5=5

a) What are toxins?
b) What is the permission limit of Mercury in surface water?
c) What is bio-magnification?
d) What is Itai-Itai?
C) What is secondary air pollutant?
2. Answer an two from the following questions: 5 x 2 = 10
3) What is Bioremediation? Give the different types of Bioremediation processes. l+4
b) What do you mean by heavy metals? Give sources, effect and biological
monitoring of Arsenic. 2+3
c) Write a short note on ozone diplomacy.
d) Briefly state the impact of using conventional sources of energy on environment.
3. Answer any one from the following questions: 10 x 1 = 10

a) Write a short note on radioactive pollution. Mention the causes and consequences
of global warming. 4+ 6

b) What are green house gases? Describe their sources, relative contributions and
effectiveness. 2+ 8

Group B

4. Answer the following questions: 5

a) What is degree distributionin biological network? 2

b) What are the challenges in the whole genome sequencing of plants? 2

c) What is module in biological network? 1

5. Answer any two from the following questions: 5 X2 10

a) Describe the significance of hubs in protein network.

b) How multiple 'omics' data can be integrated for comprehensive system biological
analysis?

c) Discuss reason behind the scale-free topology in cellular network architecture.

d) How can we identify source node and sink node in a biological network?
6. Answer any one from the following questions: 10 x 1 = 10
a) What are the advantages of Genome-wide association studies? Mention the
significance of Gene-to-Metabolite Network in system biology. 5+5

b) Describe the differences between Top-down and Bottom-up systems biology

approaches. Mention the importance of Arabidopsis reactome web server in
explores plant system biology. 5+5
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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY COLLEGE, RAHARA, KOLKATA
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2023
SEMESTER II
M.Sc. BOTANY

BOT CC 2.3
Full Marks: 50
Time: 2 hours

Group A

1. Answer the following questions: 5

a. What are the function of proteoglycans? 2
b. Mention the significance of Cot curve? 2
c. What is Chargaffs rule? 1

2. Answer any two from the following questions 2 x 5 = 10

a. What is I5-pleated sheet? Discuss the physical properties of protein molecule. 1+4
b. What do you mean by Ribozyme? Mention its significance. 2+3

c. Although the other common amino acids are used as buffers, cysteine is rarely used
for this purpose. Why? 5
d. Explain sequential bi-substrates enzyme reaction using cleland's shorthand
notation. 5

3. Answer any one from the following questions: 1 X 10=10

a. Describe how you would determine whether an inhibition of an enzyme reaction is
a competitive or a non-competitive one. Draw a graph to illustrate your answer.
Graphically represent the Michaelis- Menten equation. 5 + 5 = 10
b. Why praline is commonly present in turns? If you wanted to improve the catalytic
efficiency of an enzyme, would you mutate amino acid residues to increase binding
affinity for the substrate or increase the binding of the transition state? Explain. An
enzyme that was purified from cells in the denatured state lacks any catalytic
activity even when the protein is refolded to the correct three-dimensional
structure. What is a likely explanation for this observation?
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Group B

4. Answer the following questions: 5

a. What do you mean by Gluconeogenesis? 1
b. State the role of leg-haemoglobin in nodulation of Rhizobium dependent N2
fixation. 2
c. What is the matrix potential of a plant cell? 2

5. Answer any two from the following questions: 2 x 5 = 10

a. What do you mean by TAM pathway of auxin biosynthesis? Describe the bioassay
of auxin by root coleoptile experiment. 2+3
b. State the different components of water potential of a plant cell. How does solute
potential regulate Ascent of Sap in plants? 2+3

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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY COLLEGE, RAHARA, KOLKATA
END SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2023
SEMESTERII
M.SC. BOTANY

BOT CC 2.2 l
Full Marks: 50 Time: 2 hours

Group A
1. Answer the following questions: 1X5=5
a) What is the difference between manual and monograph?
b) Define symplesiomorphy. Give an example.

c) What is the importance of nomenclatural type?

d) What is women nudism?
e) Mention 'two important features of eudicots.

2. Answer any TWO from the following 5X2 ... 10

a) What are the importances of Viral Herbarium?
b) Write a brief note on the naming of cultivated plants.

c) What are the difference between phenetics and cladistics? What do you mean by
convergence and parallelism? (2+l '/fl-I 'Q
d) Write a short note on Chloroplast genes as a molecular marker.

3. Answer any ONE of the following: 10X1 10

a) Write a short note on APG system of classifications.
b) Comment on the retention and rejection of names of taxer as per ICN. State the
conditions of valid publication as per present ICN.

Group-B

4. Answer the following questions : 5

a) What is aril? Comment on its morphological nature. 2
b) What do you mean by obturator? 2
c) What is periplasm? 1

5. Answer any TWO of the following: 5X2 10

a) Describe the various types of Apomixis.
b) Elaborate theprocess of male gametophe development in angiosperms.
c) Write a short note on tapetum and its functions.
d) What is pollination syndrome? Briefly describe the role of insects, birds and
mammals in pollination mechanism in plants.

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