Biology Mcqs
Biology Mcqs
Biology Mcqs
Biology MCQs
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7. What is the right distribution of levels of study from smaller to larger
a) Specie, community, population , Ecosystem
b) tissue, cell, organ, system
c) Individual, Specie, population, community
d) Organelle, tissue, organ, System
1. The mechanism by which organisms maintain the stability of their cellular environment
is known as;
a. Homeostasis
b. Normal health
c. Structural adaption
d. Osmoregulation
a. Hypertonic
b. Hypotonic
c. Isotonic
d. Heterotonic
a. Hydrophytes
b. Mesophytes
c. Xerophytes
d. Succulents
4. Animals which are unable to adjust their internal salt concentration according to
external environment is;
a. Anhydrobiosis
b. Osmoregulators
c. Thermoregulatory
d. Osmoconformers
5. Which one of the following animal can survive without drinking water?
a. Kangaroo rat
b. Pig
c. Kangaroo
d. Camel
b. Ingestion
c. Assimilation
d. Deamination
7. Fresh water protozoans pumped out excess water by a special structure called;
a. Oral groove
b. Contractile vacuole
c. Pellicle
d. Vacuole
a. glucose to Glycogen
c. Glycogen to Glucose
9. Which one of the following nitrogenous compound is much more soluble in water?
a. Uric acid
b. Urea
c. Ammonia
d. Creatine
10. The removal of amino group from amino acid is called;
a. Transamination
b. Deamination
c. Translocation
d. Transposition
11. The amount of water required for the removal of 2 g of ammonia is;
a. 200 ml
b. 500 ml
c. 100 ml
d. 1000 ml
12. In flatworms excretory system consists of a net work of closed tubules with out internal
openings are called;
a. Nephridia
b. Protonephridia
c. Metanephridia
d. Nephrostome
13. According to the removal of nitrogenous wastes, reptiles and birds are the examples of;
a. Uricotelic
b. Ammonotelic
c. Ureotelic
d. Ammoniotelic
a. Nephridia
b. Collecting tubule
c. Nephron
d. Nephrotome
a. Allontoin
b. Bilirubin
c. Xanthine
d. Creatinine
16. All of the following are the plasma proteins synthesize by Liver, except that of;
a. Albumin
b. Prothrombin
c. Glycogen
d. Fibrinogen
a. 2 -- 3 %
b. 3 -- 6 %
c. 1 -- 2 %
d. 3 -- 5 %
19. Liver store tke vitamins A, D, E & K, which are the mainly;
a. Fat soluble
c. Alcoholic soluble
20. As human kidney has less than one percent of total body weight and with each cardiac cycle
it receive the bllod of about;
a. 50 %
b. 30 %
c. 20 %
d. 25 %
a. Liver
b. Muscles
c. Kidney
d. Blood
a. Citruline
b. Ornithene
c. Arginine
d. Creatinine
a. Ureter
b. Urinary bladder
c. Urethra
d. pelvis
d. Both a & b
25. In man the expulsion of urine from the body the urethra is known as;
a. Urination
b. Elimination
c. Micturition
d. Filtration
26. Each nephron has a mass of blood capillaries which are partially enclosed by the
blind ending region of the tubule is called;
a. Glomerulus
b. Bowman's capsule
c. Loop of henle
d. Vasa recta
27. The inner layer of the Bowman's capsule is made up o un-usual cells called;
a. Endothelial cells
c. Ciliated cells
d. Podocytes
28. the blood pressure in kidneys is higher that in the other organs this high pressure
is maintained because;
a. The afferent arteriole has a large diameter and efferent arteriole has a smaller diameter
c. The efferent arreriole has a large diameter than the afferent arteriole
29. Marine mammal such as whale has a very thick layer of isulating fat called blubber just
under the skin, which one of the is not related to the adaptive value of this fat?
a. Because it is insoluble in water, so does not affect the osmotic balance of the cells
b. As fat is an energy storing compound, so it is utilized by the animal when storage of food
c. Fat has low energy contents as compared to other energy storing compound such as glycogen
30. Which part of the Nephron maintains the normal pH of human blood?
a. Bowman's capsule
d. Collecting duct
31. Which one the following properties of water is the main contributory factor
enabling homeotherms to adapt, to a range of environment?
b. Storage of vitamin C
c. Production of plasma albumin
d. Production granulocytes
a. Humming birds
b. Bat
c. Fish
d. Birds
34. Human maintains their high body temperature with in a narrow range of
about; a. 36 -- 38 oC
b. 35 -- 37 oC
c. 37 -- 38 oC
d. 37 -- 39 oC
a. Thalamus
b. Hypothalamus
c. Medulla oblongata
d. Cerebellum
a. Filtrate to Glomerulus
b. Filtrate to blood capillaries
c. Glomerulus to filtrate
d. Pelvis to filtrate
37. Which of the following chemicals displaces the set point of the hypothalamus?
a. Antigen
b. Antibodies
c. Antibiotics
d. Pyrogen
a. Calcium stone
b. Oxalate stone
d. Carbonate stone
a. Urea
b. Ammonia
c. Both a & b
d. Uric acid
1. The matrix of the bone is composed of;
a. Calcium phosphate
b. Collagen
c. Chitin
d. Calcium carbonate
b. Cockroach
c. Cray fish
d. Millipedes
a. Tendons
b. Ligaments
c. Cartilage
d. Bones
4. All of the following are related to cranial bones, except that of;
a. Parietal
b. Occipital
c. Vomer
d. Frontal
5. The structure formed by the fusion of anterior five pelvic vertebrae is the;
a. Axis
b. Sacrum
c. Atlas
d. Coccyx
a. Chondrocytes formation
b. Hematoma formation
c. Callus formation
d. Bony callus
9. which one is not correct about the sliding filament model of muscle contraction?
a. I - band
b. sarcolemma
c. Sarcomeres
d. H - zone
11. Which one of the following acts as a shock absorber to cushion the tibia and the femur where
they come together?
a. Central disc
b. Ligament
c. Cartilage
d. Tendons
b. Fiber
c. Filament
d. Fibril
13. The original function, in the first vertebrates, of the skeleton was to provide;
b. Minerals
c. blood cells
a. Tendon
b. Cartilage
c. Disc
d. ligament
a. Jaw
b. Pelvis
d. Thigh
16. Which one of the following is likely to have the strongest leg bones?
a. Jockey
b. Swimmer
c. Golfer
d. Weight lifter
a. Motor unit
c. Sarcomere
d. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
18. According to the now-established sliding- filament model of muscle contraction, the
molecules that move o shorten a muscle are;
a. Creatine phosphate
b. Collagen
c. Myosin
d. Actin
19. Cross bridges, which connect the two molecules of a fibril during a muscle contraction,
are made of;
a. Troponin
b. Tropomyosin
c. Actin
d. Myosin
a. An aerobic work
b. Aerobic work
c. Sarcoplasmic release
d. Tetanus
21. The ion that must be present for binding of the cross bridges is;
a. sodium ion
b. Potassium ion
c. Calcium ion
d. Magnesium ion
a. Muscle
b. Muscle fiber
c. Muscle bundle
d. Muscle fibril
a. Lactic acid
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Acetic acid
d. Calcium ions
24. An all-out sprint cannot continue for more than about 45 seconds because the muscles;
a. Ischium
b. Pubis
c. Ilium
d. Acetabulum
26. The mammals used on the hoofed tip of the toes are called;
a. Unguligrades
b. Plantigrades
c. Digitigrades
d. Saltatorials
c. Reptiles
d. Mammals
a. Dipnoi
b. Reptiles
c. Birds
d. Mammals
a. Reptiles
b. Fishes
c. Mammals
d. Amphibians
a. Caudal fin
b. Myonemes
c. Tube feet
d. Foot
b. Earth-worm
c. Tape-worm
d. Amoeba
32. In man the contraction of which of the following muscles make the arm straight?
a. Triceps Brachii
b. Brachialis
c. Biceps Brachii
d. Brachioradialis
a. Sarcomeres
b. T - tubules
c. Bone marrow
d. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
a. Pull it bones
b. Push it bones
36. Tiny animals, such as the larvae of Cnidarians, move from place to place chiefly by;
a. Cytoplasmic streaming
d. Amoeboid movement
37. The to-fro-movements of cilia and flagella in euglena & paramecium are caused by;
a. Sliding microtubules
b. Contracting microfilaments
b. Hinge joint-Hip
c. Synovial joint-elbow
a. Adenosine Triphosphate
b. Lactic acid
c. Creatine phosphate
d. Both a & b
b. Twelve pairs
c. Ten pairs
d. Both a & b
a. Remodeling
b. Hematoma
c. reduction
d. Bony callus
a. RNA only
b. DNA only
2. A virion is a
a. Virus
b. Viral ribosome
c. Viral lysosomes
d. Viral gene
b. Cannot metabolize
4. Most RNA viruses carry a gene for an enzyme that uses viral RNA as template in the
synthesis of more viral RNA this enzyme is
a. Reverse transcriptase
b. RNA polymerase
c. Viral nuclease
d. RNA replicase
6. Much of the research on gene expression has been done with E.coli, which inhibits the human
intestine.This organism is a
a. Plasmid
b. Virus
c. Bacterium
d. Protozoan
a. Transcription
b. Post-transcription
c. Translation
d. Cojugation
8. When DNA is exchanged via eytoplasmic bridges between two bacteria the process is called
a. Transduction
b. Conjugation
c. Transformation
d. Recombination
9. When a bacteriophage in its lytic phase carries some of the bacterium's partially digested
chromosome with it to another host cell the process is called
a. Conjugation
b. Transformation
c. Transduction
d. Restricted transduction
10. A bacteriophage with a lysogenic cycle must have genes that are
a. Made of RNA
11. which of the following fungus is used to give the flavour , aroma and Characteristics
colour to some cheese?
a. Yeast
b. Ergot fungi
c. Aspergillus
d. Penicillium
12. According to mode respiration which one of the following group of bacteria can grow either
in the presence or absence of oxygen?
a. Facultativebacteria ( E.coli )
b. Microaeerophilic ( campylobacter )
c. Pseudomonas
d.Spirochete
a. RNA-enveloped
b. DNA-non enveloped
c. DNA-enveloped
d. DNA-naked virion
a. Yellow fever
b. Polio
c. Measles
d. Xerophthalmia
15. In some bacteria when division ocurrs in random plane it will produce an Arrangement called
a. Streptococcus
b. sarcina
c. Diplococcus
d. Staphylococuus
a. Cocci
b. Bacilli
c. Stained pink
d. Spirochete
a. Sleeping sickness
b. Rabies
c. Pellagra
d. Typhoid
18. Mumps and measles viruses belong to group paramyxo-viruses which are the
c. RNA non-enveloped
19. There are about known species of bacteria that causes the diseases in man
a. 250
b. 150
c. 200
d. 300
a. Round shape
b. Tadpole like
c. Cubical shape
d. Rod shape
21. The flavour,all of the following is due to bacterial activity, except that of
a. Butter milk
b. Yogurt
c.Ice crem
d. Cheese
22. A scientist who established principles of immunity in "Anthrax &Rbies" was the
a. Leeuwenhoek
b.Pasteur
c.Koch
d.Jenner
b.Antitoxins
c. Toxoids
d.Afflotoxins
a. Penicillin
b. Streptomycin
c. Riboflavin
d. Terramycin
b. 1.1 to 1.50 m
c. 2.0 to 6.0 m
d. 0.75 to 1.75 m
26. Which one is true for periplasmic space ,in different groups of bacteria
a. 1-4 %
b. 11-12%
c.8-11%
d. 20-60%
28, Which one of the following antibiotics &related compounds cause permanent discoloration
of teeth in young children
a. Tetracyclin
b. Terramycin
c. Streptomycin
d. Penicillin
a. Penicillium
b. Actinomycetes
c. Both a%b
d. Oscilletoria
a. Virus
b. Bacteria
c. Detrius
d.Nematodes
31. Are very good bio-indicator of air quality as they are very sensitive to pollution
a. Bacteria
b. Mycorrhizae
c. Lichens
d. Water blooms
a. Linnaeus
b. Lamarck
c. Darwin
d. Wallace
2. From South America Darwin collected number of types of Finches;
a. 20
b. 11
c. 15
d. 13
a. Armadillos
b. Elephant
c. Opossum
d. Echidna
4. Which one of the following Island is present near the coastline of South America?
a. Cape verd
b. Finland
c. Galapagos
d. Iceland
a. Pisces
b. Prokaryotes
c. Protozoans
d. Algae
a. 100o C
b. 150 oC
c. 110 oC
d. 120 oC
a. Sedimentary rocks
b. Ingeous rock
c. Black soil
d. Lava flowa
8. Charles Darwin's book, On the origin of species by Means of Natural Selection, was
first published in;
a. 1779
b. 1831
c. 1859
d. 1959
9. The primary mission of the "voyage of H.M.S.beagle" (1831 -- 1836) was to;
a. Vestigial structures
b. Analogous structures
c. Phylogenetic structures
d. Homologous structures
12. The idea of common descent was first suggested to Darwin by his observations on;
a. Comparative embryology
d. Human pedigrees
13. Fossil record shows that the earliest known vertebrate fossils were of;
a. Mammals
b. Fishes
c. Amphibians
d. Reptiles
14. The structures which have common origin but different function is;
a. Vestigial structure
b. Analogous structure
c. Adaptive structure
d. Homologous structure
a. Lungs
b. Eustachian tube
c. Ear muscles
d. Larynx
a. Cytochromes-c
b. Cytochromes-b
c. Cytochromes-a
d. Cytochromes-a3
a. Migration
b. Genetic drift
c. Random mating
d. Selectiion
a. Analogous structures
b. Phylogenetic structures
c. Homologous structures
d. Vestigial structures
19. The best test of the relatedness of two species is in the similarity of their;
a. Anatomy
b. Courtship behaviour
c. Development
a. Individual
b. Population
c. Family
d. Species
21. The total collection of genes, at any one time, in a unit of evolution is called the;
a. Genotype
b. Phenotype
c. Gene pool
d. Multiple-allelic group
22. A potential danger to a population that has been greatly reduced in number is the;
d. Hardy-Weinberg disequlibrium
a. Dimorphism
b. Mutation
c. Gradeint of diploidy
d. Allelomorphism
a. Crossing over
b. Mutations
c. Gene flow
d. Non-disjunction
25. A beneficial allele increases more rapidly in frequency, if it is;
a. Dominant
b. Recessive
c. Recently mutated
d. Rare
26. Biologist who study the sequence of organisms in the fossil record are;
a. Taxonomists
b. Phycologists
c. Paleobiologists
d. Mycologists
a. Igneous rock
b. Granite
c. Basalt
d. Sedimentary rock
28. How many possible phenotypes are there for the "ABO" blood groups?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 16
29. The genotypic expression seen in a person of blood group "AB" is called;
a. Dominant-recessive
b. Incomplete dominance
c. Co-dominance
d. Over-dominance
a. Homologous structures
b. Vestigial structures
c. Adaptive structures
d. Analogous structures
a. IA / IB
b. IA / IA
c. IB / IB
d. IA / i
32. The locus of gene that controls the "AOB" blood type is present on chromosome number;
a. 11
b. 21
c. 7
d. 9
a. XO -- XX
b. WZ -- ZZ
d. XY -- XX
34. In monochromacy which types of light receiving cone cells are absent?
a. Blue -- Green
b. Red -- Blue
c. Red -- Green
d. Red -- Yellow
b. XO -- fertile male
c. XX -- is female
d. XY -- male
b. Y -- chromosome is inert
c. Female can be homozygous or heterozygous
37. The genes for blue Opsin protein are present on autosomal chromosomes number;
a. 07
b. 11
c. 09
d. 21
39. When a mutation is limited to the substitution of one nucleotide pair for another, it is called
a;
a. Point mutation
b. Transiocation
c. Base inversion
d. Sugar-phosphate deletion
a. Evolution
b. Radiation
c. Mutagenesis
d. Saltatory changes
41. The father of a girl is hemophilic but mother is normal.she may be;
a. hemophilic
b. Carrier
c. Normal
d. None of these
42. Genes not located within the nucleus are almost always located in the;
a. Cytosol
b. Cell membrane
c. Cytoskeleton
d. Organelles
key
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.d
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.d
11.a
12.c
13.b
14.d
15.b
16.a
17.c
18.a
19.d
20.b
21.c
22.a
23.d
24.b
25.a
26.c
27.d
28.a
29.c
30.b
31.b
32.d
33.a
34.c
35.b
36.d
37.a
38.b
39.a
40.c
41.b
42.d
BIOLOGY MCQS
a. datura
b. red pepper
c. petunia
d. nicotiana tobacum
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six
a. physalis
b. melangena
c. atropa
d. petunia
c. is an unstable molecule
5. which of the following organisms are involed in the spreading of cholera and hepatitis?
a. house fly
b. mosquito
c. tse tse
d. locust
a. radially symmetry
b. diploblastic
c. coelomate
a. hook worm
b. pin worm
c. thread worm
d. fillaria
8. taenia is an endoparasite of human cattle and pig that completes its life cycle in two hosts the
intermediate host is the
a. snail
c. sheep
a. nematode
b. flat worms
c. cnidarians
d. aschelminthes
10. the genus rabditis contains "enterobius vermicularis" which is commonly known as
a. pin worm
b. thread worm
c. hook worm
d. round worm
11. coelom is cavity present b/w body wall & alimentry canal and is lined by
a. ectoderm
b. endoderm
c. mesoderm
d. choanoderm
a. fasiola
b. schistosoma
c. dugesia
d. taenia
a. aurelia
b. sponges
c. hydra
d. obelia
14. n which of the following flat worms the digestive system is absent?
a. tape worms
b. liver fluke
c. hydra
d. blood fluke
15. the name cnidaria has been given to this group of animals due to the presence of special cells
called
a. nematocysts
b. cnidocytes
c. pinachocytes
d. choanocytes
a. coelenterate
b. nematodes
c. aschelminthes
d. parazoa
17. pseudocoelom of round worms consists of a number of vacuolated cells filled with a
protein rich fluid that devolpes high
a. osmotic pressure
b. partial pressure
c. hydrostatic pressure
d. diffusion pressure
18. many colonial coelenterates such as "Corals" produce a hard exoskeleton composed of
a. sodium carbonate
b. calcium carbonate
c. calcium phosphate
d. silicon dioxide
19. in flat worms the excretory system consists of branching tubes ending in bulb like cells called
a. glomerulus
b. nephrostome
c. flame cells
d. nephridia
20. in multicellular organisms the integumentary and nervous system develop from
a. mesoderm
b. archenteron
c. endoderm
d. ectoderm
21. in sponges the inner body layer is made of special flagellated collar cells called
a. pinachocytes
b. choanocytes
c. gelatinous mesenchyma
d. amoeboid cells
a. hook worm
b. pin worm
c. thread worm
d. guinae worm
23. which one of the following parasitic flat worm lives in the bile duct of its host
a. taenia worm
b. dugesia
c. fasiola hepatica
d. tape worm
24. in asymmetrical parazoa the skeleton is in the form of variously shaped needle like structure
called
a. calcareous shell
b. spicules
c. siliceous shell
d. keratinized shell
a. medusae form
b. conozoid form
c. gastrozoid form
d. polyps form
a. corals
b. coral leef
c. polyps
d. medrepora
27. the bark which of the following plants are used in tanning industry
a. bauhinia verigata
b. tamarindus indica
c. cassia senna
d. both a & b
BIOLOGY TEST
a. potatoes
b.tomatoes
c. tobacco
d. red pepper
a. datura
b. tobacco
c.red pepper
d. black pepper
3. which one of the following is the favourite home garden vegetable that was once believed
to be poisoned
a. physalis
b. lipersicum esculentum
c. soalanum meelangena
d, atropa belladona
4. photosynthetic autotrophs get their energy from
a. heat
b. inorganic molecules
c. organic molecules
d. light
5. in 1930 van neil hypothesised that oxygen atoms in the oxygen gas released by plants
come from
a.carbon dioxide
b. water
c. glucose
d. chlorophyll
a. stroma
b. thylakoids
c.granum
d. lamellae
a. green&blue
b. red%green
c. blue&red
d. violet&oraange
a. action apectrum
b. anteena cells
c. reaction center
d. absorption spectrum
a. dark reaction
b. non-cyclic photophosphyrlation
c. cyclic photophosphyrlation
d. chemiosis
10. which of thr following plant leaves are used for curing of ring worm skin disease
a. cassia alata
b. cassia fistula
c. bauhinia vegeteria
11. which one of the following process releases a carbon dioxide molecule
a. glycolysis
d. hydrolysis of glycoen
12. when yeast is poducing wine, which of the following is not formed
a. pyruvic acid
b. acetyl co enzyme-A
c. ethanol
d. carbon dioxide
13. in the conversion of pyruvic acid to acetyl co eenzyme -A, pyruvic acid is
a. oxidised
b. isomerized
d. reduced
14. how many carbon atomsare in an oxolacetate molecule, ehich joins with an acetyl
group during step -1 in krebs cycle
a. 2
b.3
c.4
d.6
a. cytochrome -b
b. cytochrome a3
c. oxygen
16. the atom within each cytochrome molecule that actually accepts and releases electrons is
a. carbon
b. iron
c. zink
d. oxygen
a. four
b. six
c. three
d. five
b. glycolysis
d. oxidation of pyruvate
19. in eukaryotic cell the krebs citric acid cycle and terminal electron transport take place
b. on rough ER
c. in the cytoplasm
20. the inner membrane of mitochondria is very selective about what it normally allows to leave
the organelle.one molecule that regularly passes out of a mitochondria is
a. citric acid
b. ATP
c. pyruvic acid
d. glucose
b. store co-enzyme-A
22. a source of protons for the protons for the proton gradient with in chloroplast is
a. water
b. chlorophyll
c. CH2O
23. the molecule in the Calvin-Benson cycle that combines with carbon dioxide is
a. glyceraldehyde phosphate
b. ribulose biphosphate
c. phosphoenolpyruvate
d. 1, 3 biphosphoglycerate
24. how many carbon atoms are there in a molecule of glyceraldehyde phosphate
a. four
b. five
c. three
d. six
a. H2O
b. FADH2
c. n(CH2O)
d. NADPH
26. an edible fruit, the husk tomato obtained from the plant family the
a. poaceae
b. solanaceae
c. ceasalpiniaceae
d. cassia family