DUET 2018 M.Sc. Botany Question Paper with Answer Key PDF (June 17 - Shift 3)

DUET Questions

• 1.

  Which of the following statements is wrong?

  • Pollen grains remain viable for several months because their outer covering is made of sporopollenin
  • No enzyme can degrade sporopollenin
  • Pollen grains are well represented in fossil strata due to sporopollenin
  • Pollen wall has cavities containing proteins
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• 2.

  Which one of the following alkylbromides undergoes most rapid solvolysis in methanol solution to give corresponding methyl ether?

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• 3.

  Most stable carbocation is

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• 4.

  A hammer of mass $200\, kg$ strikes a steel block of mass $200\, g$ with a velocity $8\, ms^{-1}$. If $23\%$ of the energy is utilized to heat the steel block, the rise in temperature of the block is (specific heat capacity of steel = $460 \; J \; kg^{-1} \; K^{-1}$)

  • 8 K
  • 16 K
  • 12 K
  • 24 K
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• 5.

  Which will undergo fastest $82$ substitution reaction when treated with $NaOH$?

  • $H_5C_2 - \underset{\overset{|}{H}}{\overset{\underset{|}{C}H_3}{C}} - Br$
  • $CH_3 - \underset{\overset{|}{C}H_3}{\overset{\underset{|}{C}H_3}{C}} - Br$
  • $H - \underset{\overset{|}{C_2}H_5}{\overset{\underset{|}{C}H_3}{C}} - Br$
  • $H - \underset{\overset{|}{Br}}{\overset{\underset{|}{H}}{C}} - CH_2 - CH_2 - CH_3$
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• 6.

  What is the shape and magnetic nature of permanganate ion ?

  • Pyramidal diamagnetic
  • Tetrahedral, diamagnetic
  • Tetrahedral, paramagnetic
  • Planar, paramagnetic
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