Botany 2026

BALOCHISTAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Written Evaluation Test for the Post(s) of

Lecturer (B-17)

In the Balochistan Agriculture College, Quetta

botany

Total Marks: 100

January 2, 2026.

Time Allowed: 03 Hours

NOTE:

i. Attempt five in all questions, Section-I is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

ii. Draw neat and label diagrams wherever necessary.

iii. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.

iv. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.

v. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.

vi. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

Section-I

Q-1

(A) Select the correct answer. (05)

i) The capacity of plants to complete its life-cycle is called:

a) Periodicity

b) Floristic

c) Vitality

d) Stratification

ii) The interchange of parts between non-homologous chromosome is called:

a) Duplication

b) Inversion

c) Deletion

d) Translocation

iii) The black spores produced in smut are:

a) Chlamydospores

b) Teleutospores

c) Aeciospores

d) Basidiospores

iv) Phragmoplast are synthesized by:

a) Dictyosome

b) Lysosome

c) Ribosome

d) Peroxisome

v) The change in gene frequencies by chance is called:

a) Genetic drift

b) Gene flow

c) Gene pool

d) Gene mutation

(B) Fill in the blanks. (05)

i) The period from the time a cell is produced until it completes mitosis is called

ii) The fragments of DNA which are synthesized along the lagging strand are

called

iii) The synthesis of mRNA from DNA is called

iv) Sucrose form by linking a molecule of to a molecule of

v) The sequence of organisms through which energy moves in ecosystem is called

C) Encircle the statement as true or false. (05)

i) A gamete without any sex-chromosome is called nullo gomete. (True/False)

ii) Frameshift mutation cause a shift in the reading from. (True/False)

iii) Polar end or trails of phospholipid has fatty acid molecules. (True/False)

iv) A biological community together with the associated abiotic environment is

called Biomes. (True/False)

v) The micronutrients are Fe, Mn, B, Cu, Zn, Mo and Cl. (True/False)

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