BIOLOGY – PHYSICS

CHEMISTRY MCQs
1) Which gland is not associated with human 12) Grana refers to
alimentary canal? a) glycolysis of glucose b) by-product of photosynthesis
a) salivary glands b) adrenal gland c) stacks of thylakoids d) stacks of quantasomes
c) liver d) pancreas
13) A specific function of light energy in the process
2) In humans, bile juice is secreted by of photosynthesis is to
a) pancreas b) small intestine a) activate chlorophyll b) split water
c) esophagus d) liver c) synthesis glucose d) reduce CO2

3) An enzyme which can only act in acidic medium is 14) ATP formation during photosynthesis is known
a) pepsin b) trypsin as
c) rennin d) amylase a) phosphorylation b) photophosphorylation
c) oxidative phosphorylation
4) The part of digestive system where no digestion d) substrate level phosphorylation
occurs
a) duodenum b) esophagus 15) Dark reaction in photosynthesis is called so
c) stomach d) mouth because
a) it does not require light energy
5) Which of the following animals has no need for a b) cannot occur during daytime
gall bladder? c) occurs more rapidly at night
a) horse b) lion d) it can also occur in darkness
c) dog d) human
16) Which of the following is connected with
6) About how much saliva does a person produce transport of water in plants?
each day? a) phloem b) xylem
a) 100 ml b) 250 ml c) epidermis d) cambium
c) 500 ml d) 1500 ml
17) The ultimate cause for movement of water
7) Saliva has the enzyme against gravity in a tree is
a) pepsin b) ptyalin a) osmosis b) imbibitions
c) trypsin d) rennin c) transpiration d) photosynthesis

8) Curdling of milk in the stomach is due to the 18) Which of the following is not an example of a
action of selectively permeable membrane?
a) pepsin b) rennin a) plasma lemma b) cell Wall
c) HCL d) rennin c) mitochondrial membrane
d) chloroplast membrane
9) Pepsinogen is secreted by
a) gastric glands b) intestinal glands 19) Which of the following is responsible for
c) chief cells d) parietal cells guttation?
a) root pressure b) transpiration
10) Pancreas has c) photosynthesis d) osmosis
a) only endocrine cells
b) only one type of cell, the same functioning both in an 20) Phenyl mercuric acetate
exocrine and endocrine fashion a) reduces transpiration rate
c) two types of cells-exocrine and endocrine b) reduces photosynthesis
d) only exocrine cells c) kills the plant d) reduce respiration

11) Largest gland in human body is 21) Which of the following has no blood but
a) liver b) pancreas respires?
c) pituitary d) thyroid a) earthworm b) hydra
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c) cockroach d) fish 35) Mountain sickness results due to
a) anaemic hypoxia b) arterial hypoxia
22) Which type of respiratory organs are present in c) lack of sufficient RBCs d) lack of sufficient WBCs
spiders and scorpions?
a) book lungs b) gill books 36) Which one of the following is the most common
c) gills d) lungs type of transpiration?
a) stomatal b) lenticular
23) At high altitude, RBCs of human blood will c) foliar d) cuticular
a) increase in number b) decrease in number
c) decrease in size d) increase in size 37) The process of the escape of liquid from the tip
of uninjured leaf or through hydathodes is called
24) Vocal cords occur in a) transpiration b) guttation
a) pharynx b) glottis c) evapo-transpiration d) evaporation
c) bronchial tube d) larynx
38) In a closed circulatory system, blood is
25) Which one of the following structures closes the completely enclosed within
respiratory passage during ingestion of food? a) the skeleton b) sinuses
a) larynx b) epiglottis c) vessels d) hearts
c) hard palate d) soft palate
39) The smallest blood vessel in the body is a
26) The covering of lungs is called a) capillary b) artery
a) pericardium b) pleural membrane c) vena cava d) vein
c) perichondrium d) peritoneum
40) Both erythrocytes and leucocytes are formed in
27) The narrowest and most numerous tubes of the
lungs are termed as a) bone marrow b) thymus
a) bronchus b) alveoli c) arterial walls d) lymph nodes
c) bronchioles d) hilum
41) An erythrocyte lives for approximately
28) The exchange of gases in a mammal takes place a) one week b) one month
is c) four months d) one year
a) trachea b) bronchioles
c) bronchi d) alveoli 42) The abnormal increase in the total RBC count is
referred to as
29) Volume of air inspired and expired with each a) pneumonia b) polycythemia
normal breath is called c) leucopenia d) anaemia
a) tidal volume b) inspiratory capacity
c) total lung capacity d) residual volume 43) The life span of human WBC is normally
a) 12–13 days b) 80-90 days
30) Tidal volume of air in a normal healthy man c) 100-120 days d) 20-30 days
during inspiration is about
a) 300 – 400 ml b) 500 – 700 ml 44) The function of vitamin K is in
c) 900 – 1000 ml d) 100 – 250 ml a) regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism
b) blood clotting c) respiration
31) The maximum possible volume of air, which can d) carbohydrate metabolism
be inspiration, is called as
a) tidal air volume b) vital lung capacity 45) Oxygenated blood is carried by
c) complemental air volume a) pulmonary vein b) pulmonary artery
d) total lung capacity c) hepatic portal vein d) renal vein

32) Percentage of O2 present in inhaled air in man is 46) In mammals, oxygenated blood enters the heart
about at the
a) 21% b) 78% a) right atrium b) left atrium
c) 1% d) 43% c) right ventricle d) left ventricle

33) Oxygen is transported in blood mainly by 47) Which chamber of the heart has the thickest
a) leucocytes b) erythrocytes muscular walls
c) thromobocytes d) blood plasma a) right atrium b) left atrium
c) right ventricle d) left ventricle
34) Asthma is a respiration disease caused due to
a) infection of trachea b) infection of lungs 48) When the right ventricle of heart contracts, the
c) bleeding into pleura cavity blood goes to
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c) aorta d) lungs c) left kidney at a higher level than the right one
d) right kidney at a higher level than the left one
49) The tricuspid valve occurs between the
a) right auricle and right ventricle 61) Function of glomerulus in mammalian kidney is
b) pulmonary aorta a) reasbsorption of salts
c) carotico-systemic aorta and left ventricle b) urine formation through blood filtration
d) left ventricle c) urine collection d) all of the above

50) Typical ‘lub-dub’ sound heard in heartbeat are 62) The reabsorption of glucose in a nephron occurs
due to in
a) closing of bicuspid and tricuspid valves a) loop of Henle
b) closing of semilunar valves b) first half of proximal tubule
c) closure of bicuspid-tricuspid valves followed by semilunar c) distal convoluted tubule
valves d) proximal part of collecting ducts
d) blood under pressure through aorta
63) Strongest cartilage is
51) What is blood pressure? a) hyaline cartilage b) fibrous cartilage
a) the pressure of blood on the heart muscle c) elastic cartilage d) none of the above
b) the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and
veins 64) Striated muscles are found in
c) the pressure of blood on the walls of veins only a) gallbladder b) wall of bladder
d) the pressure of blood on the walls of arteries only c) leg muscles d) lungs

52) Which one of following is called pace maker of 65) Strongest muscle in the body is present in
the heart? a) arm b) jaw
a) SA node b) AV node c) thigh d) neck
c) Chordae tendianae d) AV septum
66) Axial skeleton in man is made up of
53) Blood groups in man were discovered by a) 126 bones b) 100 bones
a) Mendel b) Francis Nelson c) 103 bones d) 80 bones
c) S. Miller d) Landsteiner
67) Skull of man is made up of
54) Rh factor was discovered by a) 10 bones b) 22 bones
a) William Harvey b) Landsteiner c) 30 bones d) 24 bones
c) Robert Hook d) C. De Duve
68) Longest bone is that of
55) Rh factor is named after a) humerus b) stapes
a) Drosophila b) a Monkey c) femur d) radio-ulna
c) a Rat d) a Man
69) In man ribs are attached to
56) Excretion means a) calvicle b) ileum
a) removal of substances present in excess c) sternum d) scapula
b) formation of those substances that have some role in the
body 70) The smallest bone in mammals is
c) removal of such substances that have never been part of a) septomaxillary b) dentary
the body c) femur d) stapes
d) all of the above
71) The longest cell in the body of an animal is
57) A mammal excretes nitrogen in the form of a) osteocytes b) neuron
a) ammonium ions b) amino acids c) chromatophores d) lymph corpuscles
c) urea d) uric acid
72) Which cell stops dividing after birth?
58) Kidneys are not only organs of excretion. Their a) glial cells b) epithelium
work is supplemented by c) liver d) neuron
a) liver b) heart
c) large intestine d) skin 73) The largest number of cells bodies of neurons in
our body is found in
59) The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the a) brain b) spinal cord
a) ureter b) nephron c) tongue d) retina
c) malpighian tubule d) islets of Langerhans
74) Which part of human brain is more developed in
60) The two kidneys lie comparison of others?
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c) optic lobes d) medulla oblongata 87) Jaundice is a disease of
a) kidney b) pancreas
75) Which part of mammalian brain controls the c) liver d) duodenum
muscular co-ordination?
a) cerebrum b) cerebellum 88) Male mosquito does not carry malarial parasite
c) corpus callosum d) medulla oblongata because:
a) it is too small to bite man.
76) There are how many pairs of spinal nerves in a b) it lacks the modified mouth parts
human c) malarial parasites cannot reproduce in them.
a) 8 b) 12 d) female mosquito is more deadly
c) 25 d) 31
89) Continuous fever, headache, slow pulse, pain in
77) There are how many pairs of cranial nerves in a the stomach, rose colored ashes are the major
human? symptoms of
a) 8 b) 12 a) plague b) typhoid
c) 25 d) 31 c) mumps d) measles

78) Pituitary gland is found in 90) Bark of which plant yields famous drug of
a) around trachea b) gonad malaria?
c) pancreas d) brains a) cinchona b) quercus
c) betula d) eucalyptus
79) Which of the hormones is responsible for the
emotional state such as fear and anger and causes 91) Deficiency of vitamin C causes
rise of blood pressure and rate of heartbeat? a) rickets b) beriberi
a) insulin b) adrenaline c) scurvy d) night blindness
c) progesterone d) thyroxine
92) If there were no ultraviolet rays reaching the
80) The main function of plasma membrane is to earth, human should suffer from deficiency of
a) maintain cell shape and size a) fatty acids b) essential amino acids
b) control of all cellular activity c) vitamin D d) vitamin E
c) regulate the flow of materials into and out of the cell
d) store cell material 93) Smog is a combination of
a) fire and water b) smoke and fog
81) Function of a Centriole is c) water and smoke d) air and water
a) formation of spindle fibers
b) formation of nucleolus 94) Sound becomes a hazardous noise pollution if its
c) initiation of cell division level is a above
d) formation of cell plate a) 30 Db b) 120 dB
c) 80 dB d) 150 Db
82) Functional activities of a cell are controlled by
a) nucleus b) nucleolus 95) Maximum threat to the world is from (among the
c) mitochondria d) cytoplasm following)
a) global warming b) ozone hole
83) Study of Algae is called c) water pollution d) soil erosion
a) phycology b) mycology
c) dendrology d) mycology 96) Which of the following is the symbol of the metal
that occurs in liquid form at ordinary temperature?
84) Which of the following is a non-poisonous a) Na b) Sn
snake? c) Pb d) Hg
a) cobra b) python
c) viper d) krait 97) Which of the following is least compressible?
a) gas b) liquid
85) Which of the following diseases is caused by a c) solid d) none of these
virus?
a) typhoid b) cholera 98) Which of the following is not a chemical change?
c) influenza d) diphtheria a) rusting of iron b) converting water into steam
c) making curd from milk d) heating coal
86) DTP vaccine is given to infants to immunize them
against 99) Atomicity of Phosphorous is
a) diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid a) 1 b) 2
b) diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus c) 4 d) 6
c) diarrhea, pneumonia and tuberculosis
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100) The number of atoms present in a molecule of 113) Which of the following acid is used in fire
an element is known as its extinguishers?
a) valency b) atomicity a) hydrochloric acid b) sulphuric acid
c) chemical Formula d) symbol c) nitric acid d) oxalic acid

101) Random Movement of particles was discovered 114) Which of the following acid is used by
by goldsmiths for cleaning gold and silver ornaments?
a) Robert Brown b) E. Goldstein a) HCL b) H2SO4
c) James Chadwick d) Wilhein Weins c) HNO3 d) H3PO4

102) Scattering of light by colloidal particles is 115) Which order of relative size amongst the
known as following is incorrect?
a) Tyndall effect b) Brownian motion a) Li < Na < K b) C < Si < Al
c) reflection d) rectilinear propagation c) Mg > Al < Na d) F < Cl < Br

103) Which of the following non-metals occur in 116) Which one of the following has the smallest
liquid form at room temperature? size?
a) bromine b) carbon a) Al b) Al+
+2
c) sulphur d) chlorine c) Al d) Al+3

104) Brass is an example of a ______ 117) Which of the following is an example of fossil
a) homogenous compound fuel?
b) homogenous mixture a) coal gas b) coke
c) heterogeneous mixture c) natural gas d) producer gas
d) heterogeneous compound
118) When steam is passed over hot coke, it
105) Which of the following is not a noble gas? produces
a) helium b) neon a) producer gas b) synthesis gas
c) argon d) hydrogen c) tear gas d) coal gas

106) Which of the following acids is present in sour 119) Producer gas is a mixture of
milk? a) carbon monoxide and nitrogen gas
a) glycolic acid b) lactic acid b) carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas
c) citrus acid d) tartaric acid c) carbon monoxide and water vapour
d) carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide
107) Which of the following acids is called the king
of the acids? 120) Water gas consists of
a) acetic acid b) phosphoric acid a) water vapour and coal dust
c) oxalic acid d) sulphuric acid b) a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen
c) a mixture of carbon monoxide and the nitrogen
108) The sharp pain caused by the sting of an ant is d) water vapour and methane.
due to
a) malic acid b) nitric acid 121) The gas used in the welding and cutting of
c) formic acid d) lactic acid metals is
a) ethane b) ethene
109) Vitamin C is an organic acid known as c) ethyne d) propene
a) ascorbic acid b) citrus acid
c) glycolic acid d) acetic acid 122) Coal with largest C content is
a) anthracite b) peat
110) Soaps are sodium salts of c) lignite d) bituminous
a) mineral acids b) fatty acids
c) bases d) carbonic acid 123) An allotropic form of carbon used for cutting
and drilling is
111) Sodium bicarbonate is also known as a) charcoal b) bone charcoal
a) washing soda b) baking soda c) graphite d) diamond
c) glauber’s salt d) lime soda
124) Cinnabar is an ore of
112) Which of the following is not a property of a) Pb b) Zn
acids? c) Hg d) Cu
a) all acids have a sour taste
b) acids turn blue litmus red 125) Which of them is not an ore of silver?
c) acids turn red litmus blue a) Ag2S b) AgNO3
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126) Which of the following alloys contains Tin? c) rust d) reduction
a) brass b) solder
c) duralumin d) steel 140) The tip of the lead pencil is made of
a) lead b) graphite
127) An amalgam of metal has which other element? c) zinc d) charcoal
a) C b) Ag
c) Mg d) Hg 141) The most abundant element in the sun’s
atmosphere is
128) Gold is alloyed with which metal to make it a) xenon b) argon
harder? c) hydrogen d) oxygen
a) Cu b) Hg
c) Ag d) C 142) Ordinary glass is a mixture of
a) sodium silicate, Calcium silicate
129) The most abundant element in the universe is b) sodium silicate, Calcium silicate and Silica
a) helium b) oxygen c) sodium silicate and Silica
c) silicon d) hydrogen d) none of the above

130) The most abundant metal on the earth is 143) Glass used for making wind screens of
a) iron b) gold automobiles is
c) aluminium d) copper a) hard glass b) photo chromatic glass
c) safety glass d) optical glass
131) Aluminium is extracted from
a) hematite b) bauxite 144) Annealing is done to
c) calamine d) magnetite a) increase brittleness b) increase Transparency
c) decrease brittleness d) increase refractive index
132) Metallurgy is the process of
a) extracting metals from the Ore 145) Steel is preferred over iron in construction of
b) roasting the Ore c) liquefaction of nitrogen ships because
d) adding carbon to the Ore in blast furnace a) melting point of steel is higher than Iron
b) steel is more uniform than Iron
133) A metal, which melts on the palm c) steel does not rust
a) potassium b) sodium d) tensile strength of steel is not high
c) gallium d) zinc
146) The carbon content in steel is
134) The process of protecting iron by coating with a) 0.1 – 5.0% b) 2.0 – 2.5%
Zinc. c) 0.1 – 1.5% d) less than 0.1
a) smelting b) galvanising
c) rusting d) corrosion 147) Permanent magnets can be made from
a) Ni steel b) cobalt steel
135) A lustrous non-metal is c) stainless steel d) wrought iron
a) diamond b) iodine
c) sulphur d) phosphorus 148) The main constituents of cement are:
a) calcium oxide, silicon dioxide, Aluminium oxide
136) Sodium is a b) calcium oxide, Iron oxide, Sulphur dioxide
a) silvery white and very soft metal c) magnesium oxide, Silicon dioxide, Aluminium oxide
b) colourless and hard metal d) none of these
c) silvery white and very hard metal
d) colourless and very soft metal 149) A thick paste of cement, sand and water is
called
137) Which of the following is used for making a) concrete b) mortar
magnets? c) slurry d) moderator
a) duralumin b) magnalium
c) bronze d) alnico 150) The process of making soap by the hydrolysis of
fats and oils with alkalis is called
138) What should be added to pure iron to make a) hydrolysis b) saponification
stainless steel? c) esterification d) none of these
a) nickel and cobalt b) cadmium and chromium
c) nickel and cadmium d) chromium and nickel 151) The soap can be hardened by
a) adding sodium carbonate or sodium silicate during its
139) The red or Orange coating that forms on the manufacture
surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture for b) adding sodium chloride
some time is called c) adding potassium hydroxide
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152) Bleaching powder is 167) The unit for the rate of change of velocity will
a) CaO2Cl b) CaOCl2 be
c) CaClO2 d) CaCl2+O2 a) m/s b) m/s2
c) Ns d) N/s
153) Plaster of Paris is obtained by heating
a) gypsum b) limestone 168) The velocity of a body at rest is always
c) sodium carbonate d) calcium sulphate a) unity b) negative
c) zero d) infinite
154) The common name of sodium bicarbonate is
a) lime b) baking powder 169) Impulse is
c) baking soda d) washing soda a) a scalar quantity
b) a vector quantity
155) Slaked lime reacts with chlorine to give c) neither a scalar nor a vector
a) baking soda b) washing soda d) sometimes a scalar and sometimes a vector
c) bleaching powder d) cement
170) The weight of a body would not be zero
156) The main constituent of cement is a) at the centre of the earth
a) SiO2 b) CaO b) during a free fall
c) CaSO4 d) Al2O3 c) in interplanetary space
d) on a frictionless surface
157) The real bleaching agent present in bleaching
powder is 171) A man is standing on a boat in still water. If he
a) chlorine b) oxygen walks towards the shore the boat will
c) oxygen d) CaO a) move away from the shore
b) remain stationary
158) Cake does not taste bitter due to presence of c) move towards the shore
a) sodium carbonate b) tartaric acid d) sink
c) citric acid d) sugar
172) If action and reaction were to act on the same
159) What is obtained on adding lime to H2O? body,
a) lime b) limestone a) the resultant would be zero
c) slaked lime d) quicklime b) the body would not move at all
c) both (a) and (b) are correct
160) Which of the following is different from others? d) neither (a) nor (b) is correct
a) speed b) density
c) force d) time 173) The combined effect of mass and velocity is
taken into account by a physical quantity called
161) The amount of substance in the SI system of a) torque b) moment of force
units is represented by c) momentum d) moment of momentum
a) candela b) mole
c) weight d) kilogram 174) Momentum is a measure of
a) weight b) mass
162) The SI unit of temperature is c) quantity of motion d) velocity
a) Kelvin b) second
c) mole d) candela 175) A rocket works on the
a) first law of motion b) second law of motion
163) The National Physical Laboratory is situated at c) third law of motion d) law of conservation of energy
a) Kolkata b) New Delhi
c) Bombay d) None of these 176) When a bicycle travels on a rough surface, its
speed
164) The SI unit of electric current is a) increases b) decreases
a) ampere b) candela c) remains the same d) none of these
c) mole d) none of these
177) It is difficult to walk on ice because of
165) How many fundamental units are present in the a) absence of friction b) absence of inertia
SI system of units? c) more inertia d) more friction
a) 5 b) 6
c) 7 d) 3 178) The law which defines force is
a) Newton’s third law of motion
166) Which of the following physical quantities is b) Newton’s first law of motion
different from others? c) Newton’s second law of motion
a) speed b) distance d) Newton’s law of gravitation
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179) Friction between any two objects is due to 193) In summer, the clocks
a) attraction between them a) become slow b) become fast
b) repulsion between them c) gives correct time d) lose time
c) some adhesive forces between them
d) irregularities on the surfaces 194) Therm is the unit of
a) heat b) temperature
180) Pascal is the unit for c) thermometry d) work
a) pressure b) thrust
c) buoyant force d) None of these 195) Heat flows as a result of difference of
a) temperatures b) weights
181) The mercury barometer was invented by c) masses d) none of these
a) Celsius b) Fahrenheit
c) Torricelli d) Bernoulli 196) The first thermometer was developed by
a) Joule b) Fahrenheit
182) The buoyant force depends on c) Galileo d) Watt
a) depth of a liquid b) colour of a liquid
c) density of liquid d) none of these 197) Soda bottles are made of thick glass so that
they can withstand the
183) The hot air balloon rises because it is a) pressure in summer
a) denser b) less dense b) temperature in summer
c) equally dense d) the given statement is wrong c) decrease in viscosity
d) increase in potential energy
184) A boat full of iron nails is floating on water in a
lake. When the iron nails are removed, the water 198) Evaporation is the process of changing liquid
level into vapour
a) rises b) falls a) at any temperature
c) remains the same d) nothing can be said b) above its boiling point
c) at its boiling point
185) An ice cube is floating in a glass of water. What d) below its boiling point
happens to the water level when the ice melts?
a) rises b) falls 199) The period of pendulum depends upon
c) remains same d) first rises and then falls a) mass b) length
c) amplitude d) energy
186) The branch of physics which deals with the
study of fluids in motion is called 200) Potential energy of the bob is maximum
a) dynamics b) hydrostatics a) at the mean position
c) hydrodynamics d) none of these b) at the extreme position
c) between the mean position and extreme positions
187) Pressure is a d) none of these
a) scalar quantity b) vector quantity
c) normal force d) all the above are wrong 201) The force which tries to bring the body back to
its mean position is called
188) The upward force acting on the body immersed a) deforming force b) restoring force
in a fluid is called c) gravitational force d) buoyant force
a) hydrostatic pressure b) buoyant force
c) true weight d) net force 202) In which of the following media will sound
travel the fastest?
189) Work done upon a body is a) solid b) both solid and liquid
a) a vector quantity b) a scalar quantity c) liquid d) gas
c) always positive d) always negative
203) Sound waves in air are _____ waves.
190) the flowing water of a river possesses ______ a) longitudinal b) radio
energy. c) transverse d) electromagnetic
a) gravitational b) potential
c) electrical d) kinetic 204) Sound waves cannot pass through
a) a solid-liquid mixture b) an ideal gas
191) The unit of power is c) a liquid-gas mixture d) a perfect vacuum
a) watt per second b) joule
c) kilo joule d) watt 205) Out of the following, which frequency is not
clearly audible to the human ear?
192) A bird flying in the sky has a) 30 Hz b) 30,000 Hz
a) K.E. only b) P.E. only c) 300 Hz d) 3000 Hz
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206) The distance between two consecutive crests is 220) When the object is at focus of a concave mirror,
L, then the wavelength is given by the image is formed at
a) L/2 b) 2 L a) focus b) centre of curvature
c) 4 L d) L c) within focus d) infinity

207) The frequency of a wave is 5 Hz. It refers to 221) Which of the following is a non-luminous body?
(type of wave) a) fire b) sun
a) ultrasonics b) microwaves c) stars d) earth
c) infrasonics d) radio waves
222) A body which allows most of the light to pass
208) A pulse is a wave through it is called a
a) of high duration b) of short duration a) transparent body b) opaque body
c) which travels in vacuum only c) translucent body d) none of these
d) which travels in solids only
223) During the 19th century, light was considered to
209) Sound travels fastest in be a stream of particles called
a) water b) steel a) atoms b) electrons
c) air d) kerosene oil c) corpuscles d) quantas

210) Which of the following types of waves is 224) Who first proposed that light was wave-like in
different from others? character?
a) Light waves b) X-rays a) Huygens b) Newton
c) Radio waves d) Sound waves c) Young d) Maxwell

211) Waves produced by supersonic jet planes are 225) The screen behind the eye lens is called the
a) shock waves b) seismic waves a) iris b) ciliary muscle
c) infrasonics d) none of these c) retina d) pupil

212) Echo is produced due to 226) The middle vascular coat that darkens the eye
a) reflection of sound b) refraction of sound chamber and prevents refraction by absorbing the
c) resonance d) none of these light rays is
a) choroid b) sclera
213) SONAR is based on the principle of c) retina d) cornea
a) echo b) resonance
c) reverberation d) any one of the above 227) The amount of light entering the eye is
controlled by the
214) The audible range of frequency is a) sclera b) cornea
a) 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz b) 40 Hz to 40,000 Hz c) iris d) crystalline lens
c) 60 Hz to 60,000 Hz d) 10 Hz to 20,000 Hz
228) The eye lens is a
215) Which of the following frequencies of sound a) transparent double-convex lens
cannot be heard by human beings? b) transparent double-concave lens
a) 5 Hz b) 20 Hz c) transparent concavo-convex lens
c) 400 Hz d) 1000 Hz d) none of these

216) The mirror used in automobiles to see the rear 229) The eye lens contains a watery liquid called the
field of view is a) aqueous humour b) peroxide
a) concave b) convex c) vitreous humour d) none of these
c) plane d) none of these
230) Long-sightedness is caused by the eyeball
217) The mirror used in search lights is being too short. It can be corrected by the use of a
a) concave b) convex a) convergent lens b) plane mirror
c) plane d) none of these c) divergent lens d) none of these

218) Shaving mirrors are 231) A lens which is thicker in the middles and
a) convex mirrors b) concave mirrors thinner at the edges is called a _____ lens.
c) plane mirrors d) none of these a) convex b) concave
c) cylindrical d) none of these
219) The laws of reflection are true for
a) the plane mirror only b) the concave mirror only 232) A lens which is thinner at the middles and
c) the convex mirror only d) all reflecting surfaces thicker at the edges is called a _____ lens.
a) convex b) concave
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233) Which of the following lens is used to minimise 246) Trypanosoma is
hypermetropia? a) bacteria b) fungus
a) convex lens b) concave lens c) algae d) protozoa
c) cylindrical lens d) none of these
247) Seeds are called the products of sexual
234) Most of the refraction of light takes place in the reproduction due to
a) iris b) cornea a) it gives rise to new plants
c) pupil d) retina b) formation by fusion of pollen tubes
c) it can survive for longer periods
235) When the light is very bright, d) are formed by fusion of gametes
a) the iris makes the pupil expand
b) the iris makes the pupil contract 248) The most essential organ for fertilization is
c) the iris and the pupil remain as they are a) juicy fruit b) green sepals
d) none of these c) coloured petals d) mature ovule

236) Who discovered by his experiments with glass 249) BCG vaccine is used to protect a child from
prisms that white light consists of seven colours? a) polio b) plague
a) Newton b) Faraday c) dengue d) tuberculosis
c) Maxwell d) Young
250) Bulliform cells are present in
237) Autosomes in humans are paired in a) lower epidermis of monocot leaves
a) 21 pairs b) 24 pairs b) upper epidermis of monocot leaves
c) 22 pairs d) 16 pairs c) dicot stem
d) upper epidermis of dicot leaves
238) The light which refracts most while passing
through a prism is 251) Sebaceous glands are found in
a) red b) violet a) dermis of skin of mammals
c) indigo d) yellow b) epithelium of intestine of frog
c) epithelium of stomach of frog
239) The planet having the largest number of d) epidermis of skin mammals
satellites amongst the following is
a) Jupiter b) Saturn 252) One of the most resistant known biological
c) Uranus d) Mars material is
a) lignin b) hemicelluloses
240) In the absence of his tone proteins in c) sporopollenin d) lignocelluloses
prokaryotes, the an ioinic charges of each inter
nucleotide phosphate in DNA is neutralized by 253) Parthenogenesis is a type of
a) phospholipids b) polyamines a) sexual reproduction b) asexual reproduction
c) polysaccharides d) glycelipids c) budding d) regeneration

241) Phagocytosis and pinocytosis are collectively 254) Which one of the following is not correct about
termed as cathode rays?
a) endocytosis b) suspension feeding a) They are deflected to the positive plate of
c) omnivores d) mucous trap electromagnetic field
b) The nature of cathode rays does not depend upon the
242) Which one of the following is called pacemaker nature of gas taken in the discharge tube
of the heart? c) The nature of cathode rays depends upon the nature of
a) SA node b) AV node gas taken in the discharge tube
c) Chordae tendinae d) AV septum d) Cathode rays are made up of material particles

243) The life span of human WBCs is normally 255) Cathode rays are produced when high electric
a) 12-13 days b) 80-90 days voltage is applied to the gas held in a discharge tube
c) 100-120 days d) 20-30 days at a pressure of about
a) 10-3 atm b) 10-5 atm
244) Oxygenated bold is carried by c) 1 atm d) 100 atm
a) pulmonary vein b) pulmonary artery
c) hepatic portal vein d) renal vein 256) The electronic configuration of chlorine with
atomic number 17 is
245) The reserve food in fungal cell is a) 2, 8, 7 b) 2, 9, 6
a) glucose b) fructose c) 2, 10, 7 d) 2, 9, 9
c) glycogen d) starch
257) A divalent cation has 10 electrons and 12
neutrons. The atomic number and mass number of
the elements are
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a) 12, 24 b) 10, 12 a) Sound travels in straight line
c) 11, 25 d) 8, 12 b) Sound travels in the form of waves
c) Sound is a form of energy
258) Isotopes differ in the number of d) Sound travels faster in vacuum than in air
a) electrons b) protons
c) neutrons d) nucleons 270) A body is thrown vertically upwards with a
velocity . Find the true statement from the
259) The only elements having no neutron is following.
a) protium b) deuterium a) Both velocity and acceleration are zero at its highest
c) tritium d) All of these point
b) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is zero at the
260) -particle are highest point.
a) double positive helium nucleus c) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is of downwards at
b) single positive helium nucleus its highest point
c) neutral helium atom d) Velocity is zero at the higher point and maximum height
d) None of these
u2
reached is
261) Neutron was discovered by 2g
a) J J Thomson b) James Chadwick
c) Goldstein d) Rutherford 271) The process of respiration is concerned with
a) liberation of oxygen b) liberation of carbon dioxide
262) Man made synthetic fibre is c) liberation of energy d) intake of oxygen
a) wool b) rayon
c) nylon d) cotton 272) Cyanobacteria are
a) bacteria b) virus
263) Which one of the following statements is not c) algae d) fungi
correct?
a) All metals are solid at room temperature 273) Which one of the following statements is
b) All metals are good conductor of heat and electricity wrong?
c) All metals from basic oxides a) Voltmeter should have high resistance
d) All metals possess luster when freshly prepared b) Ammeter should have low resistance
c) Ammeter is placed in parallel
264) Among metals, the poorest conductor of heat is d) Voltmeter is placed in parallel across the conductor in a
a) lead b) tin circuit
c) bismuth d) mercury
274) A. The resistance of super conductor is zero.
265) The correct order of electrical conductivity is B. The super conductor are used for the transmission
a) Al > Au > Cu > Ag b) Cu > Ag > Al > Au of electric power.
c) Au > Ag > Al > Cu d) Ag > Cu > Au > Al a) A and B are true b) A and B are false
c) A is true and B is false d) A is false and B is false
266) Beakers A, B and C contain zinc sulphate, silver
nitrate and iron (II) sulphate solutions, respectively. 275) The resistivity of a wire
copper pieces are added to each beaker. Blue colour a) increase with the length of the wire
will appear to in case of b) decreases with the area of cross-section
a) beaker A b) beaker B c) decreases with the length and increases with the cross-
c) beaker C d) All the beakers section of a wire
d) None of the above
267) A particle is projected up with an initial velocity
of 80 ft/s. The ball will attain height of 96 ft/s from 276) Ohm’s law is true
the ground after a) for gases at low temperature
a) 2.0 and 3.0 s b) Only at 3.0s b) for metallic conductor
c) Only at 2.0 s d) After 1 and 2 s c) for electrolytes when current passes through them
d) for diode when current flows
268) A stone is dropped into water from abridge 44.1
m above the water. Another stone is thrown 277) Which of the following is not an endocrine
vertically downward 1 s later. Both strike the water gland?
simultaneously. What was the initial speed of the a) Salivary gland b) Pituitary gland
second stone? c) Thyroid gland d) Adrenal gland
a) 12.25 m/s a) 14.75 m/s
c) 16.23 m/s d) 17.15 m/s 278) Two rods of same material and length have
their electric resistance to ratio 1 : 2. When both
269) Which one of the following statements is rods are dipped in water, the correct statement will
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1) A has more loss of weight b) increasing the temperature
2) B has more loss of weight c) increasing the pressure
3) Both have same loss of weight d) increasing the pressure and lowering the temperature
4) Loss of weight will be in the ratio 1 : 2
289) The term ‘rancidity’ represents
279) The temperature of the Sun is measure with a) acid rain b) oxidation of fatty food
a) platinum thermometer b) gas thermometer c) rottening of fruit
c) pyrometer d) vapour pressure thermometer d) fading of coloured clothes in the sun

280) In case of uniform circular motion, which of the 290) Evaporation of liquid occur at
following physical quantity do not remain constant? a) boiling point
a) Speed b) Momentum b) fixed temperature lower than the boiling point
c) Kinetic energy d) Mass c) all temperature
d) None of the above
281) Inertia is that property of a body by virtue of
which the body is 291) The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the
a) unable to change by itself the state, the rest a) ureter b) nephron
b) unable to change by itself the state of uniform motion c) malpighian tubule d) islets of langerhans
c) unable to change by itself the direction of motion
d) unable to change by itself the state of rest and of 292) Largest part of the brain of human being is
uniform linear motion called
a) olfactory lobe b) cerebral hemisphere
282) A rider on horse back falls when horse starts c) corpus callosum d) optic nerve
running all of a sudden because
a) rider is taken back 293) Which part of human brain is more developed
b) rider is suddenly afraid of falling in comparison to others?
c) inertia of rest keeps the upper part of body at rest a) Cerebrum b) Cerebellum
whereas lower part of the body moves forward with the c) Optic lobes d) Medulla oblongata
horse
d) None of the above 294) Hearing is controlled by
a) tyemporal lobes b) cerebrum
283) A person is standing in a elevator. In which c) hypothalamus d) parietal lobe
situation, he finds his weight less than actual when
a) the elevator moves upward with constant acceleration 295) The two kidneys lie
b) the elevator moves downward with constant acceleration a) at the level of ovaries
c) the elevator moves upward with uniform velocity b) at the same level
d) the elevator moves downward with uniform velocity c) left kidney at a higher level than the right one
d) right kidney at a higher level than the left one
284) When the speed of a moving body is doubled
a) its acceleration is doubled 296) Example of analogy is
b) its momentum is doubled a) wings of bird and butterfly
c) its kinetic energy is doubled b) limbs of horse and man
d) its potential energy is doubled c) wings of bat
d) None of the above
285) Which of the following is not a chemical
reaction? 297) Removal of anthers from flowers is the process
a) Souring of milk b) Rusting of iron which is known as
c) Dissolution of sugar in water a) emasculation b) breeding
d) Digestion of food in our body c) manuring d) fallowing

286) The physical state of water at 100°C is 298) Improved variety of paddy (rice) is
a) solid b) liquid a) Ranjit b) Sonalika
c) gas d) plasma c) Ganga 101 d) Pusa 215

287) Which of the following characteristics are 299) Which one of the following crop doesn’t
associated with gaseous state? required more nitrogen fertilizers?
a) Definite shape, compressible, fixed volume a) Maize b) Paddy
b) Incompressible, fixed shape and size c) Clover (Berseem) d) Sugarcane
c) No fixed shape and size, highly compressible
d) Fixed shape, incompressible, closely packed 300) Which one is used for weeding?
a) Insecticides b) Weedicides
288) A gas can be liquefied by c) Herbicides d) Pesticides
a) lowering the temperature

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186
C
C
182
187
C
A
183
188
B
B
184
189
B
B
185
190
C
D
191 D 192 D 193 A 194 A 195 A
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. 196 C 197 A 198 D 199 B 200 B
1 B 2 D 3 A 4 B 5 A 201 B 202 A 203 A 204 D 205 B
6 D 7 B 8 B 9 C 10 C 206 D 207 C 208 B 209 B 210 D
11 A 12 C 13 A 14 B 15 A 211 A 212 A 213 A 214 A 215 A
16 B 17 C 18 B 19 A 20 A 216 B 217 A 218 B 219 D 220 D
21 A 22 A 23 A 24 D 25 B 221 D 222 A 223 C 224 A 225 C
26 B 27 C 28 D 29 A 30 B 226 A 227 C 228 A 229 A 230 A
31 B 32 A 33 B 34 D 35 B 231 A 232 B 233 A 234 B 235 B
36 A 37 B 38 C 39 A 40 A 236 A 237 C 238 B 239 B 240 B
41 C 42 B 43 A 44 C 45 A 241 A 242 A 243 A 244 A 245 C
46 B 47 D 48 D 49 A 50 C 246 D 247 D 248 D 249 D 250 A
51 B 52 A 53 D 54 B 55 B 251 A 252 C 253 B 254 C 255 A
56 A 57 C 58 A 59 B 60 C 256 A 257 A 258 C 259 A 260 A
61 B 62 B 63 B 64 C 65 C 261 B 262 C 263 A 264 A 265 D
66 D 67 B 68 C 69 C 70 D 266 B 267 A 268 A 269 D 270 D
71 B 72 D 73 A 74 A 75 B 271 D 272 C 273 C 274 C 275 D
76 D 77 B 78 D 79 B 80 C 276 B 277 A 278 C 279 C 280 B
81 A 82 A 83 A 84 B 85 C 281 D 282 C 283 B 284 B 285 C
86 B 87 C 88 B 89 D 90 A 286 C 287 C 288 D 289 B 290 C
91 C 92 C 93 B 94 C 95 B 291 B 292 B 293 A 294 C 295 C
96 D 97 C 98 B 99 C 100 B 296 A 297 A 298 B 299 C 300 B
101 A 102 A 103 A 104 B 105 D
106 B 107 D 108 C 109 A 110 B
111 B 112 C 113 B 114 C 115 C
116 D 117 C 118 B 119 A 120 B
121 C 122 A 123 D 124 C 125 D
126 B 127 D 128 A 129 B 130 C
131 B 132 A 133 B 134 B 135 B
136 A 137 D 138 D 139 C 140 B
141 C 142 A 143 C 144 C 145 C
146 C 147 D 148 A 149 B 150 B
151 A 152 B 153 A 154 B 155 C
156 A 157 A 158 B 159 C 160 D
161 B 162 A 163 B 164 A 165 C
166 D 167 B 168 C 169 B 170 D
171 A 172 C 173 C 174 C 175 C
176 B 177 A 178 B 179 D 180 A

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