I am providing you the Previous Year Question Paper of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) JRF Exam

ICMR JRF Exam Question Paper


1. Which of the following organelle is involved in photorespiration?
a) Peroxisomes
b) Ribosomes
c) Glyoxysomes
d) Dictyosomes

2. Which of the following is regarded as the “Living fossil”?
a) Cycas revoluta
b) Ginko biloba
c) Taxus brevifolia
d) Rhynia

3. What is the physiological pH of human beings?

a) 7
b) 6.8
c) 7.8
d) 7.4

4. Which of the following is a non ionizing radiation?
a) UV
b) X-ray
c) Beta
d) Gamma

5. BLOSUM stands for
a) Blocks amino acid substitution matrix
b) Basic local substitution matrix
c) Biological substitution matrix
d) Biological subtraction matrix

6. Brass is an alloy of
a) Cu and Zn
b) Cu and Ag
c) Zn and Ag
d) Zn and Fe

7. Which of the following is non-mutagenic?
a) Acridine
b) IR
c) UV
d) X-ray

8. Spontaneous theory of generation was disproved by
a) Louis Pasteur
b) Aristotle
c) Van Helmont
d) John Needham

9. Acid rain is due to
a) NO2
b) CO2
c) SO2
d) H2SO4

10. Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity
a) rain water
b) sea water
c) boiled water
d) distilled water

11. The unit of radioactive decay constant
a) Rontgen
b) Rad
c) Ram
d) Ampere

12. Spirulina is rich in
a) Carbohydrates
b) Fats
c) Proteins
d) Vitamins

13. The technology that involves silencing of transcriptional RNA
a) RNA interference
b) Antisense technology
c) RNA blocking
d) Transcriptional inactivation

14. Non essential amino acids include
a) methionine, lysine, leucine
b alanine, aspartate glutamate
c) threonine, valine, Histidine
d)isoleucine, valine, histidine

15. DNA foot printing is a technique for identifying
a) DNA-DNA binding
b) DNA-RNA binding
c) Protein-DNA binding
d) Protein- RNA binding