Grade 10 Biology Model Examination 2006

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1. Who was the Ethiopia biologist known for his discovery of Vaccine of the
terrible disease rinderpest?
A. Dr. Akililu Lemma C. Dr Tewolde Behan G/Egzibher
B. Professor Tilahun Yilma D. Professor YalemsehayMekonnen
2. Before it wondered it research the Armaver Hansen Research institute
Studied only:
A. Leprosy C. Tuberculosis
B. HIV/AIDS D. Malaria
3. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A. Microscope an instrument for managing specimens.
B. The largest single cell in the world is an Ostrich egg.
C. Microscopes are only used by biologist.
D. Resolution is the ability to distinguishes between two separate points.
4. The term that refers to the scattering parts of the object to show it details
clearly using a microscope is
A. Mounting C. Resolving
B. Staining D. Magnifying
5. Which of the following is not found only Animal cells?
A. Mitochondria C. Ribosome
B. Cell membrane D. Lysosome

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6. In which of the following parts of a plant does photosynthesis?

A. Chromosomes C. Vacuole
B. Chloroplast D. Cellulose
7. Which cell structure is responsible for selective exchange of materials?
A. Nucleus C. Cell wall
B. Cell membrane D. Cytoplasm
8. An animal cell having an internal salt concentration of 0.5% was
immersed in a 5% salt solution; the cell would probably:
A. Expand and burst C. Retain normal size
B. Shrink D. Swells
9. Membrane bound organelles that contain hydrolytic enzymes are:
A. Ribosomes C. Lysosome
B. Golgi apparatus D. Mitochondria
10. Which one of the following types of stain used for starch?
A. Haematoxylin C. Methylene blue
B. Iodine D. Acetocarmine
11. The test for the presence of fat food staffs can be made by:
A. Emulsion test C. Benedict test
B. Biurets test D. Iodine test
12. Which of the following is a micro nutrient?
A. Carbohydrate C. Protein
B. Minerals D. Lipids
13. Which of the following statement are not correct?
A. All lipids are insoluble in water
B. The chemical elements that going to all lipids are contain C,H and
oxygen
C. Saturated fatty acid each carbon atom is joined to the one by a double
covalent bond.
D. All lipids discovered in organic solvents.

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14. The Rovages in foods are very helpful for

A. Constipation C. absorption
B. Regular egestion D. A and B
15. Which of the following combinations is wrong?
A. Sucrose = Glucose + Fructose
B. Lactose = Glucose + Glactose
C. Maltose= Glucose + Glactose
D. All of the above
16. In what type of reaction do fatty acids and glycerol join together to from
lipids?
A. Hydrolysis C. Condensation
B. Reduction D. Oxidation
17. A human digestive enzyme that optimally functions at PH around
neutrality is:
A. Lipase C. Pepsin
B. Maltose D. Sucrose
18. The finger like projections in the small intestine are known as
A. Microvilli C. Lacteal
B. Villi D. Sphincters
19. The actual exchange of gases occurs at the
A. Trachea C. Nasal passage
B. Alveoli D. Bronchioles
20. During inspiration
A. The diaphragm moves up ward
B. Air pressure increases in the chest cavity
C. Intercostal muscles move up and out wards.
D. The rib cage moves down.

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21. Which of the following is the correct order according to decreasing size?
A. Bronchus trachea bronchiole alveolus
B. Trachea bronchus bronchiole alveolus
C. Trachea bronchiole bronchus alveolus
D. Bronchus bronchiole trachea alveolus
22. At high altitude a person gets less oxygen in one breath than he gets at
low altitude because, at high altitude:
A. The percentage of oxygen in the air less
B. The air is thinner
C. The lung volume decrease of low Temperature
D. Blood contains less amount of hemoglobin.
23. Which of the following is the harmful effect of nicotine and tar in
cigarette smoke?
A. Throat and lip cancer C. Bleeding in the brain
B. Narrowing of blood Vessels D. All of the above
24. The direct energy source of cellular respiration is
A. Lactic acid C. glycogen
B. ATP D. glucose
25. Adenosine triphosphate is formed from:
A. AMP+P0-4 C. ADP+P0-4 +energy
B. ADP+P0-4 D. None
26. When an athlete is running very fast the substance that is accumulated
in his muscle cell is:
A. ATP C. Pyruvic acid
B. Lactic acid D. Alcohol
27. Which of the following blood vessels supply oxygenated blood to the
liver?

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A. Portal vein C. Hepatic artery

B. Hepatic portal vein D. Hepatic vein
28. Which blood vessel has a wall that is only one cell thick?
A. Aorta B. Capillary C. Artery D. Vein

29. Which of the following has the thickest wall?

A. Right atrium C. Left ventricle
B. Left atrium D. Right ventricle
30. If you cut your finger, blood comes out and then stops flowing. This is
due to clotting of blood by:
A. Arteries C. Platelets
B. Veins D. Plasma
31. If the blood pressure is measured as 120/80mm Hg, the term 80 refers to
A. Diastole C. Septum
B. systole D. Pulse
32. The wall that separates the left side of the heart from the right side of the
heart is?
A. Pulse C. Cardinal
B. Septum D. Ventricle
33. A disease condition caused by uncontrolled production of white blood
cells in the body:
A. Anemia C. Leukemia
B. Hemophilia D. Goiter
34. Which blood group is considered as universal donor?
A. A C. AB
B. B D. O
35. One of the process of killing micro-organisms on an object by making it
safe to handle without fear of contamination is:
A. Pasteurization C. Sterilization
B. Agar D. Using disinfectant

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36. Immunity passed from mother to fetus by way of the placenta is

described as:
A. Artificial passive C. Natural active
B. Artificial active D. Natural passive

37. Which of the following statement about Tape Worm is true?

A. Each proglottids of tape worm having male or female organs.
B. Fertilized egg are found in the youngest segments
C. The most mature proglottids eventually break loose and are passed
out in the faces.
D. B and C
38. Which of the following is a viruse disease?
A. Gastroenteritis C. Gonorrhea
B. Vibrio cholera D. Syphilis
39. Which of the following best describes the cells which are attacked by the
virus which causes HIV/AIDS?
A. White blood cell C. B-cells
B. T-cells D. Lymphocytes
40. The scientific name of mango is Mangifera indica, mangifera denotes
the name of:
A. Family C. genus
B. . Species D. class
41. The modern scheme of classification of living things is based on:
A. 2 kingdom system C. 4 kingdom system
B. 3 kingdom system D. 5 kingdom system
42. Which of the following is a wrong matched?
A. Phylum porifera – the sponges
B. Phylum coelenterate – hydra
C. Phylum platy helminthes – Round worm
D. Phylum Annelida – Earth worms

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Question number43__51 are only for non-visually impaired

candidates.

43. The genotypic ratio in the offspring resulting from the cross Aa x Aa is:
A. 3:1 B. 1:2:1 C. 1:1 D. 2:2
44. Suppose in a DNA strand of 3000 bases, 30% of the bases molecules are
known to be adenine. How many cytosine base molecules are present in
the same DNA strand?
A. 900 B. 1800 C. 600 D. 1200
45. In garden peas, tall is dominant over short. Across between heterozygous
produced 1,600 pea plants. How many of them are expected to be short
pea plants?
A. 800 C. 1600
B. 400 D. 1,200
46. A given parent, after having 6 consecutive daughter the chance that
they have to produce a son is;
A. 0% C. 50%
B. 25% D. 100
47. A woman having blood group O and a man having blood group AB
produce children. What would be the genotype of the blood groups of
their children?
A. A C. O
B. B D. A and B
48. Which of the following is correct about an animal whose dental formula

is I C P M?

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A. It has a total of 30 teeth

B. It has a total of 6 pre molars
C. It has a total of 2 canines
D. It has a total of 6 molars

Question 49 – 51 are based on the following illustration

Hawks

Toads Snakes

Insects Lizards Field mice

Worms

Green plants

49. The total weight of all the organisms in each group in each group would
be the greatest for all the
A. Snakes C. Green plant
B. insects D. Field mice
50. In the above food web if the number of warms is greatly increased:
A. The green plant population will increase
B. The toads population will increase
C. The insects population will be decrease
D. The Hawks and Lizards population will increase
51. If the Hawks from the above food web is completely eliminated, then:
A. The number of Lizards increase
B. The number of Field mice increase
C. The Competition between Toads for food will be intense
D. B and C

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52. Plants absorb nitrogen from the soil in the form of:
A. Atmospheric N2 C. Ammonium
B. Nitrates D. Denitrifying bacteria

53. Plant which store water in their fleshy leaves, stems or roots are known as:
A. Succulents C. Zooplankton
B. Succession D. None of the above
54. Which of the following statements are corrects?
A. All types of microorganisms are used in biotechnology.
B. An aerobic respiration provides less energy than aerobic respiration.
C. When yeast has a plenty of oxygen they respire an aerobically.
D. A and B are correct
55. The modern applications of biotechnology include?
A. Brewing of beer C. Production of new medicine
B. Making bakery D. Making alcoholic drinks
56. Which of the following are disadvantage of using ethanol as a fuel?
A. It does not produce toxic gases when burnt.
B. It is a carbon – neutral activity
C. It takes a lot of plant material to produce the ethanol
D. All are advantage of ethanol
57. Which of the following is the correct nitrogen containing bases of the
DNA pair:
A. Cytosine A denine C. Cytosine Guanine
B. Adenine Uracil D. Cytosine thymine
58. An allele that is expressed in the phenol type of a heterozygous
individual is a:
A. Codominant allele C. Dominant allele
B. Recessive allele D. None of the above

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59. Which of cell division is recognizing as reducing division?

A. Mitosis C. cytokinesis
B. meiosis D. karyokinesis

60. Which of the following types of cells are produced by normal mitosis cell
division in human skin cells
A. 4-diploid cells C. 2-diploid cells
B. 4-haploid cells D. 2-haploid cells
61. In which stage of mitosis does the centromere split and begin to pull the
sister chromatids to the opposite poles of the cell?
A. Prophase C. Interphase
B. Anaphase D. Metaphase
62. The point at which the chromatids are held together is called
A. Centriole C. Centrosome
B. Centromere D. Chromatin
63. Chiasmata is the site of
A. Sex-linked traits C. division
B. Crossing over D. none of the above
64. Which of the following is correct about albinism?
A. Risk of skin cancer C. Melanin does not develop
B. Vision problem D. All
65. Neurons which transmit in pulses from the effector organs to the central
nervous system is:
A. Sensory neurons C. Association neurons
B. Motor neurons D. Multi- polar neurons
66. The middle pigmented layer of the eye is called:
A. Sclerotic C. choroid
B. Retina D. Blind spot

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67. Which of the following sensory organs has chemo receptors?

A. Eye C. Ear
B. Skin D. Nose
68. Which of the following is not a part of the inner ear?
A. Semicircular canal C. Sacculus
B. Eustachian tube D. Ultriculus

69. The amount of light entering the eye is determined by the size of the
A. Retina C. fovea
B. Pupil D. sclaria
70. If you are a drunken person, you may sway about because alcohol affects
the normal functioning of the:
A. Cerebellum C. Medulla
B. Cerebrum D. Thalamus
71. The correct order of the three ear ossicles from the inside to the outside is:
A. Malleus incus stapes
B. Malleus stapes incus
C. Stapes incus Malleus
D. Incus stapes Malleus
72. The nucleus of the neuron is located in the
A. Synapse C. Celle body
B. Dendrites D. Axon
73. Animal have one of the following in their eyes to see colour;
A. Lens C. rods
B. Iris D. cones
74. Which of the stimuli and response is mismatched?
A. Light phototropism C. Water hydrotropism
B. Gravity Geotropism D. Contact chemotropism

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75. The wave of depolarization on the cell membrane of a neuron in the

course of nerve impulse transmission is called;
A. Resting potential C. Resting axon
B. Action potential D. Polarized neuron
76. Which of the following eye defects can be corrected by wearing eye
glasses with cylindrical and equally curved lens?
A. Long sight C. Astigmatism
B. Short sight D. Presbiopia (old-sight )

77. A nerve impulse is carried from the nose to the brain by the:
A. Optic nerve C. Spinal nerve
B. Olfactory nerve D. auditory nerve
78. The correct sequence in increasing order of effectiveness among the
following contraceptive is:
A. Condom, natural method, hormone injection, IUD
B. Hormone implants, IUD, Hormone injection, condom
C. Natural method, Hormone injection, condom, IUD, Surgical
D. IUD, Hormone implants, natural method, Hormone injection
79. Of the following which gland and hormone are mismatched?
A. Pituitary – growth hormone C. Testes – testosterone
B. Thyroid – thyroxin D. Adrenal – Glucagon
80. The main function of loop of Henele is
A. Reabsorption of Na+ C. Concentration of Urine
B. Reabsorption of Cl- D. dilution of Urine
81. In which part of the kidney do we find the Bowman’s capsule of
nephrons?
A. Cortex C. Medulla
B. Renal pelvis D. Pyramid

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82. The process of removing the amino groups of the excess amino acids by
the liver cells is called
A. Detoxification C. Osmoregulation
B. Deamination D. Homeostasis
83. One of the following is not behavioral methods of Temperature
regulation?
A. Clothing C. Hibernation
B. Vasoconstrictions D. Aestivation
84. In a typical leaf, photosynthesis Chiefly takes place in the
A. Epidermal cells C. Palisade mesophyll
B. Spongy mesophyll D. Guard cell

85. Cobalt thiocyanate (Cobalt chloride) changes clolour in the presence of

water does it go from:
A. Pink to blue C. blue to yellow
B. Blue to pink D. pink to white
86. Which of the following is not hypogeal germination?
A. Wheat C. Onions
B. sorghum D. Kidney beans
87. The plant growth hormone that causes plant growth abnormally tall is
A. Cytokinin C. Auxins
B. Ethylene D. Gibberellins
88. Which of the following are not an endemic Ethiopian plants?
A. Zigba, juniper(tid), Enset, bahirzaf
B. Kererro, Sembo trees, Nigeseed, Zigba
C. Enset, teff, Zigba, Koso, blue gum
D. A and B are true
89. Which of these chemicals has caused the formation of the ‘Ozone hole’?
A. C02 C. Sulfur dioxide
B. CFCs D. nitrogen oxide

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90. Which of the following is a sanctuary rather than a national park in

Ethiopia?
A. Bale C. Omo
B. Senkelle D. Gambela

Question number 91-100 are only for visually impaired

candidates.

91. Which of the following groups of plants live in symbiosis with nitrogen
fixing bacteria?
A. Mosses C. Legumes
B. Grasses D. Conifers

92. A photograph of the chromosome content of an organism is called ____

A. Autosome C. Chromosome
B. Karyotype D. Cytokinesis
93. In RNA the pyrimidine base that replaces thymine is:
A. Guanine C. Cytosine
B. Uracil D. Adenine
94. The time between the formation of a cell through mitosis and the
beginning of the next mitosis is called
A. Telophase C. Interphase
B. Anaphase D. Metaphase
95. In natural food chain there are always more ;
A. Secondary consumers C. producer
B. Primary consumer D. Tertiary consumer
96. Which of the following is not an abiotic component of an ecosystem?
A. Sunlight B. Rain full C. food D. Wind
97. Which of the following is mismatched?
A. Insecta insects C. Chilopoda Spiders
B. Diplopoda Millipedes D. A and B

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98. Which of the following types of vitamins need to make strong bones and
teeth?
A. Vitamin A C. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin B D. Vitamin D
99. A measure of the total amount of dry organic matter produced in a given
community is known as
A. Population C. Biomass
B. Ecosystem D. Food chain
100. Which of the following compounds is quickly absorbed through the wall
of stomach?
A. Minerals C. fat
B. Protein D. Alcohol

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