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NEST (NISER) 2024 Session 1

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This paper has 80 questions in total - 5 easy (6%), 62 moderate (78%) and 13 tough (16%). That's a fairly typical mix for this exam. By subject: Biology 0% easy, 90% moderate, 10% tough; Chemistry 0% easy, 90% moderate, 10% tough; Mathematics 20% easy, 55% moderate, 25% tough; Physics 5% easy, 75% moderate, 20% tough.

Biology questions were spread across 12 chapters, with Biomolecules (B) (4), Biological Classification (3), and Cell - The Unit of Life (2) carrying the most weight. Chemistry questions were spread across 15 chapters, with Alcohols Phenols and Ethers (3), Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (2), and Chemical Kinetics (2) carrying the most weight. Mathematics questions were spread across 15 chapters, with Definite Integration (4), Circle (2), and Quadratic Equation (2) carrying the most weight. Physics questions were spread across 13 chapters, with Atomic Physics (3), Ray Optics (3), and Work Power Energy (3) carrying the most weight.

Biology

  1. 1The effects of elevated supply, presence of legume and phosphate availability on the above-ground biomass production of a grassland communit2024 (Session 1)Components of Ecosystem
  2. 2An unknown organism that can utilise as nitrogen source was grown for several generations under four different conditions as given below: (i2024 (Session 1)Replication
  3. 3Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the year 2023 for their observation that pseudo2024 (Session 1)Nucleic Acid
  4. 4In a given plant, the flower colour is governed by a single gene locus. The flower can be either white, red, blue or purple colour. However,2024 (Session 1)Mendel’s Work and Results
  5. 5In the Tree of Life, different life forms are placed on branches of the tree based on their evolutionary relationship with each other. Howev2024 (Session 1)Viruses
  6. 6Consider the following statements about photorespiration in plants: (i) Photorespiration produces one molecule of 3-phosphoglycerate from ri2024 (Session 1)Mechanism of Photosynthesis
  7. 7In the given pedigree, circles represent females and squares represent males. Filled shapes indicate affected individuals, while unfilled sh2024 (Session 1)Genetic Disorders
  8. 8In order to generate a crop variety with C 4 carbon fixation, a researcher expressed PEPcase enzyme from C4 pathway in leaves of the C3 plan2024 (Session 1)Mechanism of Photosynthesis
  9. 9Analyze the images and deduce the correct structural description of the molecules.2024 (Session 1)Protein
  10. 10Infection with Dengue virus can potentially be fatal when the infection results in leakage of blood from blood vessels. One of the disease m2024 (Session 1)Common Health Disease
  11. 11In an ecological interaction between two species of wild plants (X1 and X2) and a crop plant ( ), wild plants compete with crop plants for n2024 (Session 1)Populations
  12. 12In the vector map, GFP denotes the green fluorescent protein, is a tetracycline resistance gene and is an ampicillin resistance gene. A DNA 2024 (Session 1)Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology
  13. 13The forelimbs of whales, bats, cheetahs and humans share similar anatomical structures and have humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals 2024 (Session 1)Evidences of Evolution
  14. 14Chloroplasts of certain algal taxa such as Euglenophyta are surrounded by three membranes while, Heterokontophyta and Cryptophyta have four 2024 (Session 1)Algae: Thallophytes
  15. 15An experimenter was analysing homogenized cell lysate (containing mitochondrial + chloroplastic + cytoplasmic contents) of a plant tissue th2024 (Session 1)Cell Organelles
  16. 16A researcher incubated algal cells with a fluorescent-labelled cytidine analogue that can enter the cells and get incorporated into nucleic 2024 (Session 1)Cell Organelles
  17. 17The graph depicts energy diagram (potential energy vs progress of reaction) of an uncatalyzed (black solid line) and enzyme-catalysed (red s2024 (Session 1)Enzymes
  18. 18Scientists have recently found that an archaebacteria belonging to the phylum Lokiarchaeota can be grown only in co-culture along with a Met2024 (Session 1)Kingdom Monera
  19. 19Identify the non-reducing disaccharide:2024 (Session 1)Carbohydrates
  20. 20A researcher found a cottony growth on a plant tissue. On microscopic examination of the sample from there, the researcher observed branched2024 (Session 1)Kingdom Fungi

Chemistry

  1. 1Aqueous solution of sodium salt of 2-methylbutanoic acid on Kolbe electrolysis yields (major product). is2024 (Session 1)Properties and Preparation of Alkanes
  2. 2An intramolecular aldol reaction of in the presence of dilute NaOH yields a mixture of aldol reaction products. One of the products that can2024 (Session 1)Chemical reactions for aldehydes and ketones
  3. 3Consider the following reactions: and , respectively, are2024 (Session 1)Reactions of Phenol
  4. 4Consider the following ethers. Among them, the ethers that can be synthesized under mild conditions using Williamson's ether synthesis are2024 (Session 1)Preparation of Ethers
  5. 5Consider the following compounds. Among them, the compounds that show aromaticity are2024 (Session 1)Conjugation and Aromaticity
  6. 6Consider the following reactions: In this context, the correct statement is2024 (Session 1)Reactions of Alcohols
  7. 7Glucose on treatment with bromine water yields . upon treatment with excess of acetic anhydride yields . The structure of is2024 (Session 1)Preparation and Reactions of Glucose
  8. 8The correct order of basicity is2024 (Session 1)Alkaline Earth Metals
  9. 9Certain amount (say, n moles) of a monoatomic ideal gas of volume , temperature , and pressure is expanded against a constant external press2024 (Session 1)Entropy and Second law of thermodynamics
  10. 10Consider the following reaction The correct ratio in the balanced equation is2024 (Session 1)Balancing of redox reactions
  11. 11The compound having highest covalent character in the metal-chlorine bond is2024 (Session 1)Polarization
  12. 12Among the elements , and Zn , the one having the highest second ionization energy is2024 (Session 1)Properties of D-block elements
  13. 13The spin only magnetic moment of a manganese (atomic number 25) amine complex is 2.83 BM . The oxidation state of Mn in the complex is2024 (Session 1)Terminology of coordination compounds
  14. 14Consider the radioactive decay, (radioactive) (stable). At time is present in the pure form and at , the ratio of amounts of and is 1:3. The2024 (Session 1)Radioactivity
  15. 15The correct statement regarding chromate and dichromate is2024 (Session 1)Compounds of Transition Metals
  16. 16Consider two sparingly soluble salts and . At temperature , the solubility products of these two salts are found to be equal. At a higher te2024 (Session 1)Solubility
  17. 17Consider the first order reaction , involving ideal gases , , and inside a reaction chamber of fixed volume and at constant temperature. The2024 (Session 1)Integrated rate laws
  18. 18Consider the reaction equilibrium at a constant temperature T and at different values of total pressure P . Let V denote the volume of the r2024 (Session 1)Law of Mass Action, Equilibrium Constant (Kc and Kp) and its Application
  19. 19Consider the following molecular orbitals that are formed by sidewise (or lateral) overlap of adjacent 2 p atomic orbitals of carbons in a c2024 (Session 1)Molecular Orbital Theory
  20. 20The hydrogen spectrum consists of an infinite number of spectral lines grouped into different series. A particular series arises from the el2024 (Session 1)Hydrogen spectrum

Mathematics

  1. 1Let be the set of all functions such that for all and . Then2024 (Session 1)Functional Equation
  2. 2The number of pairs of rational numbers such that is2024 (Session 1)Inequalities
  3. 3For positive real numbers and , the number of solutions of in is2024 (Session 1)Relation between Roots and Coefficients
  4. 4The number of positive integers such that the equation has a solution in is2024 (Session 1)Relation between Roots and Coefficients
  5. 5The number of points in where the function attains its maximum is2024 (Session 1)Maximum and Minimum Values
  6. 6Consider the closed interval and label it as . In the next step, divide the interval into three parts and delete the middle interval . Let b2024 (Session 1)Geometric Progression
  7. 7Let and be the points of intersection of the circles and Let be the point . The distance between the point and the line is2024 (Session 1)Common Chord
  8. 8Let be a differentiable, strictly increasing function such that . Let for all in . Then2024 (Session 1)Properties of Definite Integration
  9. 9Let and be continuous functions on such that and . Then is2024 (Session 1)Properties of Definite Integration
  10. 10Let Then2024 (Session 1)Definite Integration by Substitution
  11. 11Let and let for all in . Then is equal to2024 (Session 1)Properties of Binomial Coefficients
  12. 12Let be a square with sides of unit length. Let and be the points in the square such that and are equilateral triangles. Then the area of the2024 (Session 1)Area bounded by two curves
  13. 13The ordinary differential equation has2024 (Session 1)Order and Degree
  14. 14Let be the total number of integer solutions to the equation where each , is non-negative and not divisible by 3 . Then is equal to2024 (Session 1)Division of Identical items
  15. 15Let be the diameter of a circle with radius 1 centred at the point . Let be a point on the circle such that . Let be the foot of the perpend2024 (Session 1)Equation of Circle & its intercept
  16. 16Let be three non-collinear points. Let and be points on segments and respectively such that line is parallel to line . Suppose that and . Le2024 (Session 1)Sine Rule and its application
  17. 17A man has two homes - one in city A and another in city B . He travels between these two cities by flights. The only flight from city A to c2024 (Session 1)Total Probability
  18. 18Let be the equivalence relation on defined by if . Then2024 (Session 1)Questions on number of relations and sets
  19. 19Let be the function satisfying and . Let be the function that satisfies Then is equal to2024 (Session 1)Properties of Definite Integration
  20. 20Let and be two matrices such that and , where 0 is the zero matrix. Then2024 (Session 1)Basic Algebra of Matrices

Physics

  1. 1A body of mass is subjected to a position dependent force , where and are positive constants. The motion is bounded with a maximum amplitude2024 (Session 1)Simple Harmonic Motion
  2. 2A point particle of mass is oscillating inside a one-dimensional potential energy well of the form where is a positive constant. The particl2024 (Session 1)Energy
  3. 3A rigid body is rotating with a constant angular speed of about a fixed axis passing through the points and with coordinates and respectivel2024 (Session 1)Rotational kinematics
  4. 4A solid object is dropped from height under the influence of gravity. The object experiences a drag force whose magnitude is proportional to2024 (Session 1)Energy
  5. 5A planet of mass is in uniform circular motion about a star of mass . Let and be the velocity, angular momentum and position vector, respect2024 (Session 1)Motion of satellite
  6. 6A particle of unit mass is released from origin with a velocity inside a potential well. The potential energy associated with this well is o2024 (Session 1)Energy
  7. 7A metal wire has radius and carries a constant current . It is thermally insulated and its resistivity is temperature independent. The coeff2024 (Session 1)Electric Power and Heating Effect of Current
  8. 8An ideal gas inside a container is heated such that its internal energy changes at a slow constant rate . Due to a leak in the container, th2024 (Session 1)First Law of Thermodynamics
  9. 9A muon has same charge as the electron and its mass is about 200 times larger than electron mass. It decays in seconds. A muonic hydrogen at2024 (Session 1)Bohr's Atomic Model
  10. 10A large conducting slab having uniform surface charge density is placed between a parallel plate capacitor as shown in the figure. The net s2024 (Session 1)Electric Flux and Gauss Law
  11. 11Select the correct statement regarding the Thompson and Rutherford models of the atom.2024 (Session 1)Atomic Models
  12. 12In an adiabatic compression of a monoatomic ideal gas, the pressure increases to times the original pressure. Let be a typical inter-particl2024 (Session 1)Thermodynamic Processes
  13. 13A solid sphere of uniform density and radius cools radiatively with a time constant as per the following expression: where is the initial te2024 (Session 1)Radiation
  14. 14A quarter circular loop of radius and carrying current is placed in the -plane as shown in the figure. The -component of magnetic field at i2024 (Session 1)Magnetic Field
  15. 15Consider a linear object of height placed in front of a convex lens of focal length which gives rise to an image of height cm on the screen 2024 (Session 1)Mirror Formula, Reflection in Spherical Mirror
  16. 16The Balmer series of hydrogenic spectral lines refers to an electron transitioning from to where is the principal quantum number. A hydrogen2024 (Session 1)Bohr's Atomic Model
  17. 17A powerful point light source is placed at the bottom of a large pool containing water. The depth of the pool is 5 m and the refractive inde2024 (Session 1)Critical angle and total internal reflection
  18. 18Two semi-infinite wires are placed along and axes, respectively as shown in the figure. A square loop of side length is kept such that it's 2024 (Session 1)Magnetic Field
  19. 19The minimum distance, in cm, between an object and it's real image through a convex lens of focal length 10 cm is2024 (Session 1)Mirror Formula, Reflection in Spherical Mirror
  20. 20Consider a monoatomic ideal gas with number of atoms per unit volume, , at absolute temperature T . The mass of each atom is . In describing2024 (Session 1)Speed of Gas

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are in the NEST (NISER) 2024 Session 1 paper?

This paper has 80 questions in total - 20 each from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.

2.Can I practise questions from just one subject?

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3.Where can I find the Session 2 paper for the same year?

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4.How is the NEST (NISER) 2024 Session 1 paper structured?

The NEST (NISER) 2024 Session 1 paper on MARKS has 80 questions, organised by subject:

  • Biology: 20 questions - 20 single-correct.
  • Chemistry: 20 questions - 20 single-correct.
  • Mathematics: 20 questions - 20 single-correct.
  • Physics: 20 questions - 20 single-correct.
5.How difficult is the NEST (NISER) 2024 Session 1 paper?

Each question on MARKS carries a difficulty rating. Of the 80 rated questions in this paper, 5 (6%) are easy, 62 (78%) are medium and 13 (16%) are hard. Subject wise:

  • Biology: 0 easy, 18 medium, 2 hard
  • Chemistry: 0 easy, 18 medium, 2 hard
  • Mathematics: 4 easy, 11 medium, 5 hard
  • Physics: 1 easy, 15 medium, 4 hard
6.Which chapters were asked the most in the NEST (NISER) 2024 Session 1 paper?

The chapters with the most questions in each subject were:

  • Biology: Biomolecules (B) (4), Biological Classification (3), and Cell - The Unit of Life (2).
  • Chemistry: Alcohols Phenols and Ethers (3), Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (2), and Chemical Kinetics (2).
  • Mathematics: Definite Integration (4), Circle (2), and Quadratic Equation (2).
  • Physics: Atomic Physics (3), Ray Optics (3), and Work Power Energy (3).
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