Chandigarh University has decided to conduct an entrance cum scholarship test named as Chandigarh University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) for admission to various programs so as to provide an opportunity to bright and inquisitive young minds from across the country to study in most challenging and diverse academic environment.
CUET Sample Papers Aspirants who wish to take the CUET 2023 exam can practise the CUET 2023 sample papers to understand the exam format. Candidates will get a better understanding of the CUET syllabus and exam pattern through the CUET 2023 sample papers. The CUET sample papers contain MCQs based on cases, assertions, reasons, statements, and arguments/conclusions, and they cover various domains.
1. The term species was coined by______.
- Aristotle
- Linnaeus
- John Ray
- Engler
2. “New Systematics” introduced by Sir Julian Huxley in 1940 is also known as
- Biosystematics
- Cladistics
- Phenetics
- Numerical Taxonomy
3. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
- Puccinia – Smut
- Root pressure – Guttation
- Cassia – Imbricate aestivation
- Root – Exarch protoxylem
4. Nuclear membrane is absent in
- Penicillium
- Nostoc
- Volvox
- Agaricus
5. In the five-kingdom classification, Chlamydomonas and Chlorella have been included in
- Plantae
- Algae
- Protista
- Monera
6. Single-celled eukaryotes are included in
- Fungi
- Protista
- Monera
- Archaea
7. Maximum nutritional diversity is found in the group
- fungi
- Plantae
- Monera
- Animalia
8. Which one of the following is common to multicellular fungi, filamentous algae and protonema of mosses?
- Diplontic life cycle
- Multiplication by fragmentation
- Mode of Nutrition
- Members of kingdom Plantae
9. Which statement is wrong for viruses?
- All are parasites
- Antibiotics have no effect on them.
- They have ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins.
- All of them have helical symmetry.
10. Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group?
- Paramecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium
- Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista
- Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus
- Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an algae and a protozoan.