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1. Whic from the following is the correct classification?
Kingdom โ Order โ Class โ Family
Kingdom โ Phylum โ Class โ Order
Kingdom โ Class โ Species โ Family
Kingdom โ Class โ Phylum โ Family
2. Which from the following is NOT the function of Enzymes?
speed up chemical reaction
digest food substances
involved in cellular respiration
maintain healthy epithelial tissues
3. The small intestine consists of
duodenum, jejunum and ileum
duodenum, caecum and ileum
duodenum, jejunum and rectum
caecum, colon and rectum
4. Red Blood Cells are produced by the
kidneys
Lungs
Bone Marrow
Lymph
5. The lifespan of platelets is ___ days.
5
6
100
120
6. The salt and water balance of the body fluid is maintain by the
Kidneys
Urinary bladder
Lymph
Chloroplasts
7. The pH concentrations at which maltase is least effective are
1 and 7
1 and 14
7.5 and 14
10 and 14
8. Most cells lacking a cell wall also lack
mitochandria
chloroplasts
a vacuole
a Golgi complex
9. The Hardy-Weinberg principle applies to
locomotion
population genetics
blood transportation
the cell theory
10. Genetic information is transmitted from DNA to
the sites of protein synthesis
proteins
amino acids
digestive enzymes
11. The part of brain which is responsible for long term memory and learning is
hippocampus
medulla
amygdala
hypothalamus
12. The number of thoracic vertebrae
7
12
9
5
13. The anti-diuretic hormone acts on which part of nephron to cause re-absorption of water?
proximal convoluted tubule
loop of henle
collecting duct
distal convoluted tubule
14. When a single gene has multiple phenotypic effects the phenomena is called
pleiotropy
codominance
over dominance
epistasis
15. The duration of G-2 phase is
10 hrs
30 min
9 hrs
4.5 hrs
16. The initiation codon is
AGU
UAA
UAG
AUG
17. Bony fishes have brain with how many pair of cranial nerves?
10
11
14
12
18. The most common rust fungi species are
ustilago
puccinia
aspergillus
penicillium
19. Kelps belong to which phylum?
rhodophyta
chlorophyta
phaeophyta
pyrrophyta
20. Super blue green algae or expensive pond scum contain __________ protein.
55%
75%
45%
60%
21. Cohesion tension theory is given by
Morgan
Dixon
Robert
Sacks
22. Air sacs in most of the birds are
6
11
9
12
23. Air spaces in leaf comprises total volume of
40%
45%
50%
55%
24. In class crustacea of phylum arthropoda sexes are
separate
hermaphrodite
separate and hermaphrodite both
none of them
25. First complete seed appears in
cenozoic era
jurassic era
devonian era
carboniferous era
26. Major cause of chlorosis in plants is shortage of
magnesium
sulphur
nitrogen
iron
27. All are the deformities of skeleton caused by nutritional deficiencies except
osteomalacia
rickets
microcephaly
none of them
28. Colour blindness is
x-linked recessive trait
y-linked recessive
y-linked dominant
x-linked dominant
29. Which of the following is not sex-linked recessive
colour blindness
haemophilia
tfm syndrome
hypophosphatemic ricket
30. Female reproductive cycle is completed in
27 days
28 days
26 days
29 days
31. All are paired facial bones except
maxilla
nasal
lacrimal
mandible
32. Which of the following is not an endotherm
bird
mammals
amphibian
insects
33. In bud condition the upper surface of leaf shows more growth than lower surface in
epinasty
hyponasty
nutation
circumnutation
34. Which one of the following is not a neurotransmitter
acetylcholine
histine
adrenaline
serotonin
35. The maximum speed of nerve impulse recorded in human is
80 m/s
100 m/s
120 m/s
140 m/s
36. New cells were formed by division of previously existing living cells, statement given by
Pasteur
Lorenz oken
Robert hooke
Rudolph virchow
37. Capsid of herpes virus contain number of capsomers
162
252
165
152
38. Hepatitis A virus is
RNA enveloped
RNA non-enveloped
DNA envelope
DNA non-envelope
39. Antibiotic that can cause allergic reactions
tetracycline
streptomycin
penicillin
terramycin
40. Which is used as pollution indicator
kelp
spirogira
oscillatoria
aspergillus
41. Which is used to lower blood cholesterol
cyclosporine
lovastatin
ergotine
penicillin
42. Ringworm and athletes foot are superficial fungal infection caused by certain
zygomycota
ascomycota
basidiomycota
deuteromycota
43. Paraphyses is a character of class
anthocerotae
hepaticopsida
bryopsida
psilopsida
44. The family Solanaceae include all except
sweet pea
potato
tobacco
tomato
45. Percentage of photosynthesis carried out by terrestrial plants
11%
10%
20%
70%
46. Which thing in the gall bladder precipiatate to form gall stones
bile salts
bile acids
protein
cholesterol
47. Energy trapped by producers in the ecosystem is
1%
99%
75%
65%
48. Phytoplanktons include all except
protista
bacteria
algae
crustaceans
49. The number of chromosome in mouse is
20
26
40
32
50. Nicotine causes all of the following effects except
increase blood pressure
increase heart beat
increae digestive mobility
increase the action of acetylcholine
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