Biology MCQs
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A cistron is ________?
A. Structural of gene
B. Functional unit of RNA
C. Functional unit gene
D. Replication unit of gene
The air spaces may comprise upto _________ of total volume of leaf surface?
A. 30%
B. 20%
C. 40%
D. 50%
In which animal respiratory surface are found in more than one organ?
A. birds
B. human
C. fish
D. frog
Stentor is a/an____________?
A. Ciliate
B. Foraniniferan
C. Actinopods
D. Apicomplexan
Which disease has been totally eradicated from the world because of effective
vaccination?
A. Measles
B. Polio
C. Small pox
D. Hepatitis
If bile pigments are prevented from leaving digestive tract, then they
cause_____________?
A. Hepatitis
B. Jaundice
C. Gall stones
D. Blockage
All of the following are similarities between nervous and endocrine system
except:_____________?
A. Produce chemical messengers
B. Release chemical messengers in extracellular space
C. Homestatic in function
D. Having slow but prolonged effects
Addition of salts and other solutes from other cells into xylem sap, __________
the water potential of the xylem sap
A. Increases.
B. Lowers.
C. Doesn’t effect.
D. Maintains.
The cell wall is usually composed of two overlapping halves called epitheca and
hypotheca in__________?
A. Diatoms
B. Desmids
C. Pyrrophyta
D. Chlorophyta
Group of living organisms of the same species living in the same place at the
same time is called ?
A. Community
B. Population
C. Ecosystem
D. Biome
enzyme is_____________?
A.bio catalyst
B.hormone
c. Gland
D.None of these
The bond formed when two or more atoms complete their electron shells by
sharing electrons is called_____________?
A. Ionic bond
B. Hydrogen bond
C. Covalent bond
D. Electrovalent bond
The branch of Biology which deals with the use of data and techniques of
engineering & technology concerning living organisms is:
A. Human Biology
B. Environmental Biology
C. Genetics
D. Bio-technology
Plasmids are used as cloning vectors for which of the following reasons?
A. Can be multiplied in culture
B. Self-replication in bacterial cells
C. Can be multiplied in laboratories with the help of enzymes
D. Replicate freely outside bacterial cells
What is the branch of biology in which structure and function of tissues are
studied___________?
A. Cell Biology
B. Taxonomy
C. Histology
D. Morphology
A painful burning sensation produced in the chest cavity usually associated with
the back flush of acidic chyme into the esophagus is__________?
A. Pyrolysis
B. Pyrosis
C. Peristalsis
D. Dyspepsia
The Study of organisms inhabiting the sea and Ocean and the physical and
chemical characteristics of their environment is:
A. Social Biology
B. Marine Biology
C. Environmental Biology
D. Fresh Water Biology
The sponges in which sperms develop first are included in the category
of__________?
A. Peritandrous
B. Pertandrous
C. Protendrous
D. Protandrous
In the human body Gall bladder is the part of the ___________ system?
A. Nervous
B. Reproductive
C. Digestive
D. Respiratory
Which one the following fatty acid is more soluble in an organic solvent and has
higher melting point____________?
A. Acetic acid
B. Butyric acid
C. Palmitic acid
D. All have same
Apiculture means:____________?
A. Chicken farming
B. Horse forming
C. Silkworm farming
D. Honey bee farming
The normal range of the number of white blood cells in a microliter of blood is
between _________ ?
A. 2,500 and 09,300
B. 4,500 and 10,000
C. 4,900 and 12,000
D. None of these
Actin and myosin are the basic proteins involved in contractile machinery of our
body to which type of proteins do they belong____________?
A. Globular proteins
B. Fibrous Proteins
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
Excessive increase in temperature of medium causes the enzyme molecule
to____________?
A. Activate
B. Unaffected
C. Denatured
D. None of these
Which one of the following remove nucleotides from the ends of DNA or RNA?
A. Endonuclease
B. Exonuclease
C. S 1 nuclease
D. Deoxyribonuclease
Which of the following marine fishes are considered direct descendents of fresh
water ancestors?
A. Hagfish
B. Jelly Fish
C. Star Fish
D. Bony fishes
Marine fish can keep their internal environment hypertonic with respect to the
surrounding salty water by retaining.
A. Excessive urea which will increase their internal solute concentration and prevent body
shrinkage in hypertonic environment
B. Trimethyl alanine
C. Ammonia
D. Trimethylamine oxide
Deficiency of K+ causes_____________?
A. Stunted growth & strong chlorosis
B. No electron transport chains
C. Premature death of leaves
D. Stunted growth of roots
When the Left Ventricle in the human heart contracts, the blood moves to
the_________ ?
A. Brain
B. Pulmonary Artery
C. Aorta
D. Lungs
The molecules of living matter that provide building blocks are mostly based on:
A. Carbon
B. Nitrogen
C. Hydrogen
D. Ammonia
Which of the following disease results in Paralysis due to viral attack on C.N.S:
A. Measles
B. Herpes simplex
C. Hepatitis
D. Polio
PS I has chlorophyll a molecule which absorbs maximum light of _________ nm
?
A. 600
B. 650
C. 680
D. 700
Commonly in other plants than tall ones the speed of upward movement of
water is____________?
A. 8mh-1
B. 1 mh-1
C. 7 mh-1
D. 4 mh-1
Father of genetics?
A. Morgan
B. Darwin
C. Aristotle
D. Mendal
In some cases the blastomere can produce complete embryo the cleavage will
be___________?
A. Spiral and determinate
B. Radial and indeterminate
C. Spiral and indeterminate
D. Radial and determinate
Ribosomes + m-RNA?
A. Polysome
B. Phlosome
C. Polosome
D. None of these
The human naked eye can differentiate between two points which are
__________ apart?
A. 1.0 mm
B. 0.1 mm
C. 1.0 cm
D. 1.0 dm
Homologous chrosomes which are present in male and female both are known a
_________?
A. Heterosomes
B. Replosomes
C. Androsomes
D. Autosomes
There are _________ hypothesis which may explain opening and closing of
stomata?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Which of the following plays the major role in providing support to young
herbaceous parts of the plant?
A. Living cells of epidermis with higher turgor pressure.
B. Living cells of cortex and pith with higher turgor pressure.
C. Collenchyma cells
D. All of these
Animals that produce metabolic heat at low level and also absorb heat from the
surroundings are called__________?
A. Endotherms
B. Ectotherms
C. Heterotherms
D. Homeotherms
Which one of the following specially result in chronic liver disease leading to
hepatic failure:
A. HAV
B. HBV
C. HCV
D. HEV
The part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is
called____________?
A. Corpus callosum
B. Medulla oblongata
C. Cerebral cortex
D. Cerebellum
Dolly, the sheep was a highly successful clone from a somatic cell, reported back
in________?
A. 1993
B. 1994
C. 1995
D. 1996
The discease in which transmembrane carrier for the chloride ion is not
produced is__________?
A. Hyperchloesterolemia
B. Cystic fibrosis
C. Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome
D. AIDS
Who discovered the bacteria causing tuberculosis and also developed various
techniques of media preparation and maintenance of pure
culture_____________?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Leeuwenhoek
At the induction of action potential opening of Na+ gate with influx of Na+ is a
___________ processes?
A. Active transport
B. Passive transport
C. Diffusion
D. none of these
PH of fresh Saliva?
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 0
Puccinia is a parasitic___________?
A. Plant
B. Fungus
C. Animal
D. Algae
The concept that various organisms dominated this planet during various
geological time period and thus placing organisms in a time squence came from
the studies by________?
A. Environmental biologist
B. Paleontologist
C. Marine biologist
D. Social biologist
One of the reasons why some people cough while eating a meal may be due to
the improper movement of _______ :
A. Larynx
B. Diaphram
C. Epiglottis
D. None of these
Which of the following gases readily combines with the haemoglobin of the
blood?
A. Carbon monoxide
B. Methene
C. Oxygen
D. Nitrogen dioxide
The blood vessel carrying blood from the lungs to the heart is_______?
A. Hepatic artery
B. Pulmonary artery
C. Pulmonary vein
D. Renal artery
The branch of biology which deals with the study of social behavior and
communal life of human beings living in any environment is called________?
A. Environmental biology
B. Social biology
C. Human biology
D. Both b and c
Who coined the term Animalcules for microorganisms like Bacteria and
protozoa______________?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Leeuwenhoek
Blood does not coagulate inside the body due to the presence of___________?
A. Haemoglobin
B. Fibrin
C. Heparin
D. Plasma
Sporophyte is____________?
A. Monoploid
B. Haploid
C. Diploid
D. Polyploidy
The small intestine has three parts. The first part is called________?
A. Duodenum
B. Oesophagus
C. Larynx
D. None of these
Fungi which get their food directly from dead organic matter are
called______________?
A. Parasitic fungi
B. Predators
C. Mutualists
D. Decomposers
The branch of biology which deals with the study of chemical compounds and
the chemical processes in the fliving organisms is called_________________?
A. Chemistry
B. Biochemistry
C. Molocular biology
D. Both a and b
The atoms of different elements combine with each other through ionic or
covalent bonding to produce compounds this stable form is called__________?
A. An organ
B. A molecule
C. Tissue
D. Both a and c
Which of the statement is not true for compounds like glycoprotein and
glycolipids____________?
A. They are conjugated molecules of carbohydrates
B. Both have role in the extra cellular matrix of animals and bacterial cell wall
C. They are components of biological membranes.
D. Both are produced and secreted by endoplasmic reticulum
A substance which binds at the active site of the enzyme but does not result in
the formation of the products is called________________?
A. Irreversible inhibitor
B. Reversible inhibitor
C. Competitive inhibitor
D. Non-competitive inhibitor
Ingestion of some water with food in Amoeba takes place by the process of
______ ?
A. Endosmosis
B. Pinocytosis
C. Phagocytosis
D. None of these
Joint between two parietal bones, which is infact immovable one is an example
of_________?
A. Fibrous joints.
B. Cartilaginous joints.
C. Synovial joints.
D. None of these
Genetic information are carried in the form of long chain of molecules made-up-
of _________?
A. Amino acids
B. RNA
C. Nucleotides
D. Polypeptides
Kind of respiration through which skeletal muscles of human body gets the
energy is ________ ?
A. Acidic respiration
B. Anaerobic respiration
C. Aerobic respiration
D. Nitrogenous respiration
Normally, in the process of osmosis, the net flow of water molecules into or out
of the cell depends upon differences in the ?
A. Concentration of water molecules inside and outside the cell
B. Concentration of enzymes on either side of the cell membrane
C. Rate of molecular motion on either side of the cell membrane
D. None of these
Which of the following contains genes for drug and disease resistance in
bacteria?
A. Necleotide
B. Plasmid
C. Mesosome
D. Ribosome
If a man having blood group AB marries a woman who is heterozygous for blood
group, what is the probability of their first child having blood group B?
A. 40%
B. 45%
C. 50%
D. 71%
The greatest diversity of animals in the lake is found in which one of the
following zones?
A. Limmnetic zone
B. Littoral zone
C. Profundal zone
D. None of these
The maximum amount of oxygen which normal human blood absorbs and
carries at sea level is ________ per 100 ml of blood.
A. 10 ml
B. 20 ml
C. 30 ml
D. 40 ml
A chemical substance which can react (in place of substrate) with the enzyme
but is not transformed into product/s and thus blocks the active site temporarily
or permanently is called_______________?
A. Co-enzyme
B. Blocker
C. Inhibitor
D. Cofactor
Hydra has___________?
A. Brain
B. Nerves
C. Neuron-cells
D. All of these
Organelles are_______________?
A. Unicellular structures
B. Multi-cellular structures
C. Sub-cellular structures
D. Non-cellular structures
An association in which fungal hyphae penetrate the outer cells of the plant root
forming coils swellings and minute branches and also extend out into
surrounding soil is called______________?
A. Mycorrizael association
B. Endomycorrhizae
C. Ectomycorrhizae
D. Lichen
They are considered to be the most primitive and are surely the first of the
vertebrates?
A. Frogs
B. Reptiles
C. Amphibinas
D. Jawless fishes
DNA of mitochondria is__________?
A. circular
B. spring
C. straight
D. All of these
All phostosynthetic euglenoids lose their chlorophyll when grown in dark and
obtain their nutrients heterotrophically this statement is___________?
A. True
B. False
C. May be true may be false
D. Unpredictable
A virion is______________?
A. Virus
B. Viral protein
C. Viral lysozyme
D. Viral gene
branches of biology and medicine concerned with the structure and function of
plant and animal cells is called___________?
A. Nephrology
B. Semiology
C. Orology
D. Cytology
It is stiff rod of special cells surrounded by connecive tissue present in the mid -
dorsal region and appears in the embryos of all chordates
A. Placenta
B. Notochord
C. Cranianta
D. Ligule
Of the following which one is not the characteristic of the plants included in
psilopsida_____________?
A. Gametophyte is colourless
B. They have mycorrhizal association
C. Rhizoids bear Rhizome
D. Aerial branches have veinless outgrowths
In sponges fertilization takes place in____________?
A. Ectoderm
B. Mesenchyme
C. Endoderm
D. Uterus
Which one of the following stage preceeds mitosis during cell cycle?
A. G1 phase
B. S phase
C. G2 phase
D. M phase
Term the time during which an orgnism is present in the body before causing
disease ?
A. Rest period
B. Incubation period
C. Sleeping period
D. Inclubation time
Protonema is___________?
A. Thallus like
B. Algae like
C. Fungus like
D. Plant like
The site/s where most of the uptake of water and minerals take place
is/are__________?
A. Root hairs
B. Root cells
C. Underground stem
D. All of these
All of the following are elements that plants need in very small amounts
except___________?
A. Iron
B. Hydrogen
C. Chlorine
D. Copper
Polychaeta have____________?
A. Tentacles
B. Palps
C. Eyes
D. All of these
_______ are the first group of invertebrates which have developed a closed
circulatory system.
A. Nematods
B. Annelids
C. Arthropods
D. Molluscs
Which of the following fish drink large amount of sea water and excrete
concentrated urine resulting in maximum salt excretion and minimal water loss?
A. Hagfish
B. Fresh water fishes
C. Bony fishes
D. None of these
Virus is__________?
A. unicellular
B. multicellular
C. acellular
D. none of these
Which type of sensory structures carrying the touch sensations are present in
papillae extending into ridges of the fingertips___________________?
A. Hair end organs
B. Meissner’s Corpuscles
C. Pacinian corpuscles
D. None of these
The one which causes contraction of wall of the uterus during and after birth?
A. ADH
B. MSH
C. Oxytocin
D. Progesterone
It is the measure of force with which blood pushes up against the walls of blood
vessels.
A. Stroke volume
B. Cardiac output
C. Blood pressure
D. Blood flow
Abscisic acid promotes flowering in short day plants and inhibits in long day
plants, which of the following is antagonistic to abscisic acid in terms of
flowering______________?
A. Gibberellins
B. Cytokinins
C. Auxins
D. Ethene.
In which of the following pigments major energy reserves and cell wall are like
plants?
A. Rhodophyta
B. Chlorophyta
C. Phaeophyta
D. Chrysophyta
NADPH2 provides___________?
A. assimilatory power
B. chemical energy
C. energized electrons
D. All of these
The branch in which organism’s life cycle, mode of transmission and interaction
with their hosts are studied is:
A. Anatomy
B. Physiology
C. Parasitology
D. Social Biology
The point at which there is no net exchange of gases between leaves and
atmosphere is known as_____________?
A. Neutral point
B. Compensation point
C. Parallel point
D. Competitive point
Chemical substances used on living tissues that inhibit the growth of micro
organism are called___________?
A. Antiseptics
B. Disinfectants
C. Antibiotics
D. Vaccines
The increase in pH of blood has ________ effect on the oxygen carrying capacity
of haemogolobin?
A. plus ve
B. – ve
C. No
D. All of these
During the process of cell division which of the following divides first?
A. cytodplasm
B. vacuoles
C. mitochondria
D. nucleus
The one which can tolerate highest external osmotic pressure is __________?
A. Algae
B. Amoeba
C. Fungi
D. Bacteria
There are __________ types of nutrients needed by plants besides light to carry
out photosynthesis
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
Proteins and lipids are converted into glycolipids and glycoproteins by adding
carbohydrates by___________?
A. Ribosomes
B. Cytoplasm
C. Golgi apparatus
D. Endoplasmic reticulum
In a hot summer after noon, if your body’s Homeostatic machinery keep your
internal temperature quite lower than that of external than this is an example
of____________?
A. Positive feed back
B. Negative feed back
C. Feed back
D. Osmoregulation
The concept that various organisms dominated this planet during various
geological time period and thus placing organisms in a time squence came from
the studies by ?
A. Environmental biologist
B. Paleontologist
C. Marine biologist
D. Social biologist
Stomata open due to _________ of K+ into the guard cells from the surrounding
epidermis
A. Diffusion
B. Active transport
C. Osmosis
D. All of these
Among the following organisms which shows the best adaptations for
locomotion?
A. Amoeba.
B. Earthworm.
C. Reptiles
D. Amphibians.
Which one forms the raw material for coenzymes_______________________?
A. Vitamins
B. Carbohydrates
C. Proteins
D. Metals
The branch of biology which deals with the study of social behavior and
communal life of human beings living in any environment is called ?
A. Environmental biology
B. Social biology
C. Human biology
D. Both b and c
How many moles of carbon dioxide are produced by complete oxidation of one
mole of puruvic acid?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 6
The plant dye Henna imparts orangered colour to skin and hairs due to its
reaction with which of the following?
A. Lipids
B. Carbohydrates
C. Amino acids
D. Protein and amino acids
Which of the following category is most general with its members lest
resembling with each other than the other categries_____________?
A. Species
B. Genus
C. Family
D. Order
Which of the following animals has a respiratory system with one way flow of
the air through the lungs, and the air is renewed after inspiration?
A. Cockroach
B. Earthworm
C. Aves
D. Frogs
Extremely long molecule of DNA that is tightly folded to fit inside the cell
component is called_____________?
A. Nucleus
B. Chromosome
C. Chromatid
D. Chromatin body
Of the following, which one causes higher production of food in green plants?
A. Blue
B. Orange
C. Red
D. Violet
Which one of the following syndrome is the result of meiotic non dysjunction?
A. Klinefelters syndrome
B. Turners syndrome
C. Downs syndrome
D. All of these
Unbroken series of organisms arranged from ancestor to descendant sequence
is____________?
A. Biodiversity
B. Phyletic lineage
C. Connecting link
D. Evolutionary line
The structure which has been formed or modified from gill pouches in humans
is___________?
A. Gills
B. Eustachian tube
C. Middle ear
D. Lungs
The first clinical application of gene therapy over a 4 year old girl was
for_________?
A. Adenosine deaminase deficiency
B. Adenosine deficiency
C. Growth deficiency
D. Adenine deficiency
Aerating openings formed in the bark through which exchange of gases takes
place and water is lost in the form of vapours are___________?
A. Hydathods
B. Stomata
C. Lenticels
D. None of these
They are present in the underground parts of the plants and stored food?
A. leucoplast
B. chromoplast
C. chloroplast
D. stem
Which of the following animal excrete nitrogenous waste mainly as uric acid?
A. Hydra
B. Planaria.
C. Humans
D. Birds.
Autophagosomes are____________?
A. Those lysosomes which eat parts of their own cells to generate energy.
B. Those lysosomes which eat old and worn out cellular organelles.
C. Lysosomes which help in extracellular digestion
D. Both a and b
Movement of the material across the cell membrane which does not requiring
expenditure of metabolic energy is called__________?
A. Active transport
B. Passive transport
C. Co-transport
D. Counter transport
In lysogenic cycle the process of spearation of phage DNA from the hosts
chromosome and initiation of lytic cycle is called______________?
A. Lysis
B. Lysogeny
C. Induction
D. Adsorption
From one pyruvate passing through Kreb’s cycle, how many NADH are formed?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Which of the following virus has special affiliations with the tumor production:
A. Hepatitis virus
B. Retrovirus
C. Polio virus
D. Pox virus
Those bacteria which are fully dependent upon their host for nutrition are
called__________?
A. Heterotrophic bacteria
B. Chemosynthetic bacteria
C. Saprophytic bacteria
D. Parasitic bacteria
Which one of the following is most likely to occur in an animal during winter?
A. Activation of sweat glands
B. Dilation of skin blood vessels
C. Panting
D. Thermogenesis
Attachment of the bacteriophage with the receptor site on the bacterial cell wall
involves_______________?
A. Strong covalent bond between virion and the receptor site.
B. Week chemical unior between them
C. Both A and B depending upon the phage
D. None of these
Gram +ve bacteria on treatment with crystal violet dye give _________colour?
A. red
B. green
C. purple
D. pink
An enzyme which can convert single stranded RNA into double stranded viral
DNA is called____________?
A. DNAase
B. RNAase
C. DNA polymerase
D. Reverse Transcriptase
Which one of the following animal has two separate circulatory pathways?
A. Shark
B. Whale
C. Frog
D. Lizard
Who first observed and thus hypothesized that new cells are formed from
previously existing living cell?
A. Theodor Schwann and Schleiden
B. Rudolph Virchows
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Both b and c
A stone measuring 0.4 cm, blocking the outlet of renal pelvis resulting in mild to
moderate tract obstruction. Which of the following technique will be opted to
remove this stone?
A. Kidney surgery
B. Burring a hole and removing the stone manually (nephrolithotomy)
C. Extracorporeal Shock wave lithotripsy
D. None of these
Death cap/death angel (Amanita) and Jack O Latern mushroom are examples
of__________?
A. Edible mushrooms
B. Poisonous mushrooms
C. Both of these
D. None of these
How many nucleosomes are found in helical coil of 30 nm chromatin fibre ____?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 06
D. 09
Pulling upward of water and dissolved minerals towards the leaves through the
xylem tissue is called__________?
A. Transpiration pull
B. Root pressure
C. Ascent of sap.
D. All of these
The higher animals have special organs for exchange of gases as their skin is
___________ ?
A. Thin
B. Thick
C. Soft
D. Hard
An illness which largely affects girls usually just after the onset of puberty.
A. Bulimia nervosa
B. Obesity
C. Anorexia nervosa
D. None of these
Terrestrial animals like kangaroo rat survive even without drinking water
since__________?
A. They don’t require water for their metabolic process
B. They can retain excessive water in their body during raining season.
C. They feed on carbohydrate rich seeds which can provide them with metabolic water
D. They are anhydrobiotic organisms
which of the following gives to rise two daughter cell during cell division?
A. meiosis
B. mitosis
C. both a & b
D. none of these
Ecdysone is_________________?
A. An enzyme that digest endocuticle during an arthropodal ecdysis
B. A newly formed exoskeleton in authropods
C. A hormone that regulates moulting in arthropods
D. A process that involves moulting
The atoms of different elements combine with each other through ionic or
covalent bonding to produce compounds this stable form is called:
A. An organ
B. A molecule
C. Tissue
D. Both a and c
Van neil hypothesis about the production of oxygen during phosynthesis was
based on the study and investigations on___________?
A. Bacteria
B. Algae
C. Protenema
D. Cyanobacteria
Symbionts which help plants in uptake of phosphorous and trace metals such as
zinc and copper.
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. Cyanobacteria
Which of the following group of tracheophyta has expanded or scale like leaves
which are alwaysed arranges in whorls?
A. Psilopsida
B. Lycopsida
C. Sphenopsida
D. Prteropsida
rRNA constitutes ____________% of the total cellular RNA?
A. 3-4 %
B. 10-20%
C. 80%
D. 90%
Which of the following animal uses Setae and Muscles for their Iocomotion?
A. Cockroach
B. Snail
C. Earthworm
D. Star fish
Dysentery is a disease that can lead to severe diarrhea with mucus or blood in
the feces caused by inflammation in?
A. Stomach
B. Small intestine
C. Colon
D. Liver
The distal blind end of the malpighian tubules bathes freely in____________?
A. Digestive tract
B. Intestines
C. Haemocoel
D. Coelom
2. Which one of the following organisms can serve as a biofertilizer for rice
crop?
A. Blue-green algae
B. Rhizobium sp.
C. Mycorrhizal fungi
D. None of these
Chromatid is _________ ?
A. One half of chromosome
B. Haploid chromosome
C. Complete chromosome
D. Duplicate chromosome
Biebs that are broke off from cell are called __________?
A. Apoptotic bodies
B. Necrosis bodies
C. Tuberculosis bodies
D. Cytokinetic bodies
in which cell ribosome are of large size and present either on endoplasmic
reticulum or free in cytoplasm?
A. prokaryotic
B. eukaryotic
C. both
D. all the above
The survival of an animal depends upon its ability to take some from its
environment____________?
A. Chemicals
B. Hydrocarbons
C. Organic molecules
D. Inorganic molecules
Y-chromosome is _________?
A. Acrocentric
B. Telocentric
C. Submetacentric
D. Acentric
In which of the following joint muscles are arranged in the same plane as that of
joint?
A. Between radius and ulna.
B. Between ulna and scapula
C. Between humerus and scapula
D. Between femur and tibia.
Transport of minerals from soil to epidermal cells of roots via carrier protein
molcules along their concentration gradient is called___________?
A. Diffusion.
B. Facilitated diffusion.
C. Passive transport.
D. Active transport.
four daughter cells are given to rise during the process of____________?
A. meiosis
B. mitosis
C. cell division
D. none of these
The skeleton of the sponges is in the form of variously shaped needle like
structures called___________?
A. Stripules
B. Spicules
C. Brails
D. Spines
Branch of biology which deals with the study of chemical components and
chemical processes in living organisms is called________________?
A. Molecular biology
B. Physiology
C. Biochemistry
D. Atomic biology
Which one of the following is different from all the rest regarding the number of
cells inits body_______________?
A. Rusts
B. Mushrooms
C. Molds
D. Yeasts
Two or more populations of different species living and interacting in the same
area form
A. Biosphere
B. Community
C. Population System
D. Ecosystem
E. Species
Which of the following step occurs immediately after binding of Ca2+ with
troponin molecule during muscle contraction.
A. Binding sites of actin get attached to the myosin head.
B. Troponin uncovers the actin binding sites.
C. Tropomyosin gets removed from the binding sites of actin filaments.
D. Ca2+ goes back inside sarcoplasmic reticulum.
A genome is___________?
A. Appearance of an individual
B. Genetic basis of few characters
C. Full set of genes of an individual
D. All of these
The plants which produce embryo but lack vascular tissues and seeds are placed
in_________?
A. bryophytes
B. pteridophytes
C. tracheophytes
D. all of these
The one that stores calcium is __________?
A. Sarcolemma
B. Sarcoplasm
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. Cytosol
Which of the following pathogen type cause disease that can be treated with
antibiotics ?
A. bacteria
B. fungi
C. virus
D. none of these
Wilkins X-ray diffraction showed the diameter of the DNA helix as ________?
A. 10A
B. 20A
C. 30A
D. 40A
Insulin is a human__________?
A. Gene
B. Protein
C. Glucose
D. Diabetes
The animals in which coelom is formed due to splitting of mesocerm are known
as____________?
A. Pseudocoelous
B. Schizocoelous
C. Enterocoelous
D. Emphicoelous
If two ends of fractured bone are opened and kept united via screws and wires
drilled in bone substance. This step in fracture repair is called___________?
A. Open reduction.
B. Closed Fixation.
C. Open fixation.
D. Immobilization
Pancreas is/are__________?
A. Endocrine Gland
B. Exocrine Gland
C. Digestive Gland
D. All of the above
NADH is oxidized by___________?
A. Coenzyme ?
B. Cytochrome b
C. Oxygen
D. Glycolysis
___________ are needed as a source of energy for the vital activities of the
body?
A. Calcium
B. Iron
C. Water
D. Carbohydrates
If the number of chromosomes in most body cells of a mammal is 40, the cells in
the seminiferous tubule will have___________?
A. 40 chromosomes
B. 20 chromosomes
C. 10 chromosomes
D. While some other will have 20
In which of the following example of fungi dikaryotic hyphae exist for long
period?
A. Deuteromycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. All of these
There are _________ stomata per square cm of leaf surface in Tobacco plants?
A. 1200
B. 12000
C. 100,000
D. 1000
The diffusion of ions along with water also takes place by mass flow system
along the ________ path?
A. Tonoplast
B. Apoplast
C. Symplast
D. Vacuolar
The only group of algae having no flagellated motile cells at any stage
is___________?
A. Chrysophyta
B. Phaeophyta
C. Pyrrophyta
D. Rhodophyta
Which of the following constituent is/are maximum in the filtrate that leaves
proximal convoluted tubules?
A. Glucose
B. Amino acids
C. Nitrogenous waste
D. All of these
The leaf is bilobed with midrib between them. The plant is____________?
A. Saraccnia
B. Dionaea
C. Pitcher plant
D. None of these
Cytoplasmic strands that extend through pores in adjacent cell walls are known
as___________?
A. Pseudopods
B. Symplasts
C. Plasmodesmata
D. Pili
Different species of plants and animals living in the same habitat is called?
A. Population
B. Community
C. Biome
D. Habitat
What happens during muscle contraction to the length of each myosin and
action filament?
A. Z- lines get closer
B. A band becomes short
C. 1 band elongates
D. There is no change in sarcomere
X-chrosome is _________?
A. Telocentric
B. Submetacentric
C. Acrocentric
D. Acentric
There are cells in human body called Faggot cells which cause__________?
A. AIDS
B. Tuberculosis
C. Smallpox
D. Leukaemia
During digesting the phagocytosed food particles vesicles formed from fusion of
phagocytic vacuole with the enzymes secreted by Golgi apparantus are
called_______?
A. Lysosomes
B. Primary lysosomes
C. Secondary lysosomes
D. Food vacuole
One of the commonest cause of food poisoning are the toxins produced
by__________?
A. Azobacter
B. Nitrosomonas
C. Campylobacter
D. Nitrobacter
Mammalian kidney, under restricted water supply can conserve water by over
________ % reabsorption of glomerular filtrate
A. 80.50%
B. 90.50%
C. 95.50%
D. 99.50%
Blood does not clot in the blood vessels due to the presence of ___________?
A. Thrombin
B. Fibrinogen
C. Heparin
D. Prothrombin
In esterification OH comes from_______________?
A. Organic acid
B. Alcohol
C. Water
D. Sugar
Maintenance of normal resting potential via movement of K+ inside the cell and
na+ out is a/an ___________ process?
A. Active
B. Passive
C. Diffusional
D. None of these.
Who opposed the idea the cell is an empty space bounded by thick wall?
A. Lorenz Oken
B. Schwann
C. Robert Brown
D. Rudolph Virchow
Those fungi which can grow only on their living host and cannot be grown on
available defined growth culture medium e.g. various mildews and most rust
species are called_____________?
A. Parasitic fungi
B. Obligate parasitic fungi
C. Facultative parasitic fungi
D. All of these
Which of the following bones bones are present in the plam of hand?
A. Carpals
B. Metacarpals
C. Phalanges
D. Metatarsals
Breeders have developed new and better varieties of food items by using which
technique?
A. Pasteurization
B. Hydroponic culture technique
C. Genetic engineering
D. Biological control techniques
Different species of plants and animals living in the same habitat is called
___________?
A. Population
B. Community
C. Biome
D. Habitat
Which of the following cell organelles is absent in animal cells and present in a
plant cell?
A. Cell wall
B. Cytoplasm
C. Vacuoles
D. Mitochondria
At which times there is no net gaseous exchange between leaves and the
atmosphere.
A. Day time.
B. Night time.
C. Dawn & Dusk.
D. Mid night.
The unicellular organisms ingest large molecules into their cytoplasm from the
external environment without previously digesting them. This process is
called___________?
A. Diffusion
B. Osmosis
C. Phagocytosis
D. Plasmolysis
A pressure created by active secretion of salts and other solutes from other cells
into xylem sap is called___________?
A. Transpiration pull
B. Root pressure
C. Osmotic pressure.
D. None of these
Detachment of myosin head and actin in rigor mortis occurs due to__________?
A. stored ATP in body
B. hypercalcemia
C. autolysis in body
D. hyperactivity of mitochondria
A disease of longs in which inside of the lungs is damaged resulting in cough and
fever?
A. Lung cancer
B. Asthma
C. Emphysema
D. Pulmonary tuberculosis
In which of the following component of the body, lactic acid fermentation takes
place?
A. Brain
B. Heart
C. Liver
D. Muscles
A chemical substance that reacts with enzyme but is not transformed into
product and thus blocking active site is called__________?
A. Substrate
B. Co-factor
C. Inhibitor
D. Promotor
____________is about 2.4 meter in length and comprising about two fifth of the
small intestine?
A. Duodenum
B. Jejunum
C. Ileum
D. Caecum
Amphoixus is a__________?
A. Chordate
B. Protochordate
C. Lower chordate
D. All of these
The word which E-Chatton suggested for bacteria and blue green algae
was_____________?
A. Autotrophs
B. Heterotrophs
C. Pro-cariotique
D. Eu-cariotique
Those organisms which can prepare their own food from simple inorganic
material and can store energy are called___________?
A. Autotrophs
B. Heterotrophs
C. Procariotique
D. Eu-cariotique