PARC - Scientific Officer 2024 Past Paper with Answers

Practice the PARC - Scientific Officer 2024 past paper with 50 solved MCQs, answers and topic coverage.

50 solved MCQs across 1 approved paper

Pistia stratiotes is botanical name of ______?Answer: Water lettuce _______ is an unusual plant hormone and is the only plant hormone to exist as hydrocarbon gas.Answer: Auxin Which one of the following is taxonomically included in Araceae?Answer: Colocasia esculenta Quadrangular stems and opposite decussate leaves are important vegetative characters of which of the following families?Answer: Labiatae According to subject scholars, plant physiology is the applied field of _____?Answer: Plant Anatomy and Plant Morphology Seed germination inside the fruit while attached to the plant is ______?Answer: Vivipary Kew's Herbarium is one of the largest in the world with ______?Answer: Over seven million specimens of vascular and non-vascular plants The International Association of Botanic Gardens was formed in ________ as a worldwide organization affiliated to the international Union of Biological Sciences.Answer: 1954 Which scientist among the following hypothesized that plant splits water to release oxygen as by-product?Answer: Van Neil Which one of the following statements cannot be used to describe a species?Answer: A group with analogous structures The pigments with Yellow Color are _____?Answer: Xanthophyll The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity effective since _____?Answer: 2003 Kirthar Range is significant because it _____?Answer: Forms a border between Sindh plain and Balochistan plateau Anthocerotophyta is the latin denomination used for _______?Answer: Hornworts Which among the following is an Eponym?Answer: Narcissus pseudonarcissus The bullets are filled simultaneously, horizontally and with different speeds from the same place. Which bullet will hit the ground first?Answer: Both will reach simultaneously Which of the following is a parasitic family?Answer: Santalaceae Fossil primates found in India are _____?Answer: Sivapithecus Loquat belongs to family ______?Answer: Rosaceae If the co-factor is a non-protein like a metallic ion, it is referred to as a ______?Answer: Activator