JIPMER MBBS ZOOLOGY

MODEL PAPER
1. In mammals, histamine is secreted by 2) 21
3) 24
1) Fibroblasts 4) 30
2) Histocytes
3) Lymphocytes
4) Mast cells
7. Calcitonin is a thyroid hormone which

1) Elevates potassium level in blood

2. The layer of cells that secrete enamel of tooth is 2) Lowers calcium level in blood
3) Elevates calcium level in blood
1) Dentoblast 4) Has no effect on calcium
2) Ametoblast
3) Osteoblast
4) Odontoblast
8. Condition of failure of kidney to form urine is called

1) Deamination
3. which important green house gas, other than carbon 2) Entropy
dioxide, is being produced from the agricultural 3) Anuria
fields? 4) None of these

1) Arsine
2) Sulphur dioxide
3) Ammonia 9. Solenocytes are the main excretory structures in
4) Nitrous oxide
1) Annelids
2) Molluscus
3) Echinodermates
4. The exchange of gases in the alveoli of the lungs takes 4) platyhelminthes
place by

1) Osmosis
2) Simple diffusion 10. The functional unit of contratile system in striated
3) Passive transport muscle is
4) Active transport
1) Cross bridge
2) Myofibril
3) Sacromere
5. Carbon monoxide is a pollutant because it 4) Z-band

1) Reacts with oxygen

2) Inhibits glycolysis
3) Reacts with haemoglobin 11. The contraction of gall bladder is due to
4) Makes nervous system inactive
1) Gastrin
2) Secretin
3) Cholecystokinin
6. Total number of bones in the hindlimb of a man is 4) entergastrone

1) 14
12. the most important component of the oral 4) sponges
contraceptive pills is

1) Progesterone
2) Growth hormone 18. Which cranial nerve has the highest number of
3) Thyroxine branches?
4) Luteinising hormone
1) Facial nerve
2) Trigeminal
3) Vagus nerve
13. Sympathetic nervous system induces 4) None of these

1) Heart beat
2) Secretion of digestive juice
3) Secretion of saliva 19. Which of the following is mismatched?
4) All of the above
1) Vitamin-K-Beri-beri
2) Vitamin-D-Rickets
3) Vitamin-C-Scurvy
14. The middle piece of the sperm contains 4) Vitamin-A-Xerophthalmia

1) Proteins
2) Centriole
3) Nucleus 20. The joint between atlas and axis is called
4) mitochondria
1) Pivot joint
2) Hinge joint
3) Saddle joint
15. The term ‘aquaculture’ means 4) Angular joint

1) Aspergillosis
2) Inland fisheries
3) Marine fisheries 21. The blood group with antibody-a antibody-b is
4) Both (b) and (c)
1) B
2) A
3) O
16. Active immunity means 4) AB

1) Resistance developed after disease

2) Increasing quantity of blood
3) Resistance developed before disease 22. Rate of heart beat is determined by
4) Increasing rate of heart-beat
1) Purkinje fibres
2) Papillary muscles
3) SA-node
17. The canal system is a characteristic feature of 4) AV-node

1) Echinoderms 23. The junction between the axon of one neuron and the
2) Helminthes dendrite of the next is called
3) Coelenterates
 1) Junction point
2) A synapse
3) A joint 29. Animals of class-Mammalia have
4) Constant bridge
1) Seven cervical vertebrae
2) Seven cranial nerve
3) Single ventricular chamber
24. Chondrichthyes is characterised by 4) Fourteen cervical vertebrae

1) Placoid scale
2) Ventral mouth
3) Ctenoid scale and ventral mouth 30. Vaccine for tuberculosis is known as
4) Placoid scale and ventral mouth
1) PAS vaccine
2) BCG vaccine
3) OPV
25. Secondary body cavity with segmented mesodermal 4) DPT
lining is called

1) Haemocoel
2) Neurocoel 31. Sir Godfrey Hounsfield developed the diagonostic
3) True coelom technique of
4) pseudocoelom
1) CT scanning
2) MRI
3) Endoscopy
26. Stratified epithelium is found in 4) bronchoscopy

1) Seminiferous tubule
2) Fallopian tube
3) Nasal cavity 32. Alcoholism may lead to
4) Kidney tubules
1) Skin cancer
2) Liver cirrhosis
3) Viral disease
27. Dead space air in man is 4) Eye infections

1) 500ml
2) 150ml
3) 250ml 33. The basic point of classification is
4) 1.5l
1) Species
2) Genus
3) Family
28. Vetebrate brain differentiates from 4) phylum

1) Endoderm
2) Mesoderm
3) Ectoderm 34. Age of fishes is also known as
4) blastoderm
1) Permian era
 2) Silurian era 40. Bilateral symmetry, metameric segmentation, coelom
3) Devonian era and open circullatory system are the features of
4) Ordovician era
1) Annelida
2) Arthropoda
3) Mollusca
35. A hereditary disease which is never passed on from 4) Echinodermata
father to son is

1) X-chromosomal linked disease

2) Autosomal linked disease 41. Ancestor of man who first stood erect was
3) Y-chromosomal linked disease
4) None of these 1) Australopithecus
2) Cro-magnon
3) Java-ape man
4) Peaking man
36. One animal that does not perform locomotion is

1) Sycon
2) Nereis 42. core zone, buffer zone and manipulation zone are
3) Sepia found in
4) Euglena
1) Nationl Park
2) Sanctuary
3) Tiger reserve
37. Amount of co2 in expired air is about 4) Biosphere reserve

1) 0.04%
2) 0.03%
3) 4.5% 43. Which insecticide is more hazardous to human
4) 21% health?

1) Rotenone
2) Pyrethrum
38. Which type of white blood cells are concerned with 3) DDT
the release of histamine and the natural 4) Humulin
anticoagulant heparin?

1) Neutrophils
2) Basophils 44. One of these is not concerned with wildlife
3) Eosinophils conservation
4) Monocytes
1) IVF
39. Select incorrect pair 2) IUCN
3) WWF
1) Porifera-choanocytes 4) IBWL
2) Coelenterata-nematocysts
3) Annelid-segmentation 45. Largest tiger population is found in
4) Monera-euaryote
1) Sunderban national park
2) Corbett national park
 3) Ranthambhor national park
4) Kanha national park
51. Product of biotechnology is

1) Transgenic crops
46. Genetic material found in human immunodeficiency 2) Humulin
virus (HIV) is 3) Biofertilizer
4) All of the above
1) Double stranded RNA
2) Single stranded RNA
3) Double stranded DNA
4) Single stranded DNA 52. Phase common in aerobic and anaerobic respiration is

1) Krebs cycle
2) Glycolysis
47. Gigantism and acromegaly are due to 3) Glycogenolysis
4) ETS
1) Hypothyroidism
2) Hyperthyroidism 53. Oxyntic cells secrete
3) Hypopitutarism
4) hyperpituitarism 1) HCL
2) Trypsin
3) NaoH
4) pepsinogen
48. Spermatogenesis is under the regulatory influence of

1) ADH
2) FSH 54. Menstruation is due to sudden
3) LH
4) STH 1) Reduction of FSM
2) Increase of LH
3) Reduction in estrogen and progesterone
4) None of these
49. Which of the following can be controlled by using
biopesticides?

1) Insects 55. Urea synthesis occurs

2) Diseases
3) Weeds 1) Kidney
4) All of these 2) Liver
3) Brain
4) muscles

50. Which hormone is secreted in a woman if pregnancy

has occurred?
56. Which is common to kidney and skeleton in
1) Estrogen mammals?
2) Progesterone
3) Luteinizing hormone 1) Cortex
4) Human chorionic gonadotropin 2) Medulla
3) Pelvis
 4) Radius 2) Discontinuous variation
3) Meristic variation
4) Substantive variation

57. Which is regarded as urinary bladder of embryo?

1) Amnion 63. Origin of life occurred in

2) Allontois
3) Chorion 1) Precambrian
4) Yolk sac 2) Coenozoic
3) Palaeozoic
4) Mesozoic

58. Blood is a kind of

1) Areolar tissue 64. Branch of zoology dealing with the study of fishes is
2) Connective tissue called
3) Fluid connective tissue
4) Reticular connective tissue 1) Arthrology
2) Ichthyology
3) Saurology
4) Herpetology
59. Which of these is used to control human population?

1) Estrogen+progesterone
2) IUCD and MTP 65. Theory of continuity of germplasm was propounded
3) Tubectomy and vasectomy by
4) All of the above
1) Mendel
2) Lamarck
3) Weismann
60. Addiction to alcohol causes
4) Haekel
1) Cirrhosis
2) Epilepsy
3) Neurosis 66. the most active phagocytic white blood cells are
4) Psychosis
1) Neutrophils and eosinophils
2) Lymphocytes and macrophages
3) Eosinophils and lymohocytes
61. the most primitive vertebrates are
4) Neutrophils and monocytes
1) Ostracoderms
2) Cephalochordates
3) Placoderms 67. Darwin’s finches are an excellent example of
4) Cyclostomes
1) Adaptive radiation
2) Seasonal migration
3) Brood parasitism
62. Change in the number of body parts is called
4) Connecting links
1) Continous variation
 2) Sebum -Sweat
3) Vitamin B7 -Niacin
68. Pellagra is caused by deficiency of vitamins 4) Bundle of His -Pacemaker

1) B5
2) B2
3) B6 74. Which is substitution of mitochondria in E.coil?
4) B1
1) Golgi body
2) Mesosome
3) Ribosome
69. Notochord originates from 4) Glyoxysomes

1) Mesoderm
2) Ectoderm
3) Endoderm 75. Animal cell differ from plant cell in possessing
4) None of these
1) Vacuoles
2) Centrosomes
3) Pastids
70. Parthenogenesis is a term of 4) Mitochondria

1) Budding
2) Asexual reproduction
3) Sexual reproduction 76. Which of the following organelles does not contain
4) regeneration RNA?

1) Plasmalemma
2) Ribosome
71. Bartholin’s gland is found in 3) Chromosome
4) Nucleolus
1) Penis
2) Stomach
3) Liver
4) Vagina 77. Dutrochet has given the concept about cell in

1) 1834
2) 1814
72. Drugs that cause malformation in developing embryo 3) 1822
during pregnancy are called 4) 1824

1) Teratogens
2) Nicotine
3) Tranquillisers 78. The scientific name of gharial is
4) Alcoholic beverages
1) Naja bungarus
2) Gavialis gangeticus
3) Hemidactylus flavivridis
73. Which set is similar? 4) None of these

1) Corpus luteum - Graafian follicles

79. In which of the following haemocyanin pigment is 2) Mucosa
found? 3) Bone
4) Cartilage
1) Lower invertebrates
2) Echinodermata
3) Insecta
4) Annelida 85. Yellow bone marrow is found specially in the
medullary cavity

1) Long bones
80. Which of the following cells in earthworm play a role 2) Spongy bones
similar to liver invertebrates? 3) Short bones
4) All of the above
1) Amoebocytes
2) Mucocytes
3) Chloragogen cells
4) Epidermal cells 86. Space in the jaw bone unoccupied by teeth is called

1) Dentine
2) Diastema
81. Chondrichthyes is characterized by 3) Enamel
4) Crown
1) Placoid scale
2) Placoid scale and ventral mouth
3) Ventral mouth
4) Ctenoid scale and ventral mouth 87. Endemic goiter is a state of

1) Normal thyroid function

2) Moderate thyroid function
82. Ichthyology is study of 3) Increased thyroid function
4) Decreased thyroid function
1) Aves
2) Amphibians
3) Reptiles
4) Fishes 88. Hormone responsible for the secretion of milk after
parturition is

1) ACTH
83. What will happen if ligaments are torn? 2) LH
3) ICSH
1) Bone will become unfixed 4) Prolactin
2) Bone will become fixed
3) Bone less movable at joint and pain
4) Bone will move freely at joint and no pain

89. What is another name for wind pipe?

84. Achondroplasia is a disease related with the defect in
the formation of 1) Trachea
2) Larynx
1) Membrane 3) Oesophagus
 4) Lungs 95. the thermos table enzymes, Taq and Pfu, isolated
from thermophilic bacteria is

1) RNA polymerases
90. Soil salinity is measured by 2) DNA ligases
3) DNA polymerases
1) Porometer
4) Restriction endonucleases
2) Calorimeter
3) Conductivity meter
4) Potometer
96. Biolistic technique is used in

1) Gene transfer process

91. Predation and parasitism are which type of 2) Tissue culture process
interactions. 3) Hybridisation process
4) Germplasm conservation process
1) (+, +)
2) (+, 0)
3) (-, -)
4) (+, -) 97. The largest gene in man is

1) Insulin gene
2) Tumour suppressor gene
92. The ultimate source of energy for living being is 3) Beta globin gene of haemoglobin
4) Dystrophin
1) Sunlight
2) ATP
3) Fats
4) Carbohydrates 98. Herbicide resistant gene in plant is

1) Mt
2) Gt
93. Which of the following species are restricted to an 3) Ct
area? 4) Bt

1) Sympatric species
2) Sibling species
3) Allopatric species 99. The most recent and direct pre-historic ancestor is
4) Endemic species
1) Cro-Magnon
2) Neanderthal
3) Pre-Neanderthal
94. The effect of cigarette smoking and radon in 4) None of these
combination on lungs is

1) Fatal
2) Synergistic 100. Rh-factor can produce disease
3) Mutualistic
4) Antagonistic 1. AIDS
2. Turner’s syndrome
3. Erthroblastosis foetails
4. Sickle cell anaemia