Section"A"

Q no. 1. ​MCQ's ​40×0.5=20

1.Ornithology is the
(A) Study of bones
(B) Study of birds
(C) Study of smells
(D) None of the above
2.The number of chromosomes in human body is
(A) 42
(B) 44
(C) 46
(D) 48
3.Animal synthesis protein from
(A) Starch
(B) Sugar
(C) Amino acids
(D) Fatty acids
4.Enzymes
a) Do not require activation energy
b) Do not change requirement of activation energy
c) Increase requirement of activation energy
d) decrease requirement of activation energy
5.Of the following foods, which one is the best source of protein?
(A) Butter
(B) Fish
(C) Lettuce Lettuce
(D) Milk
6.Paleontology is a branch of science that deals with the
(A) Behaviour of animals
(B) Origin and growth of plants
(C) The forms of life as revealed by fossils of animals or plants
(D) Formation of new stars
7.The branch of science that studies cells is called
(A) Cytology
(B) Entomology
(C) Homoplasy
(D) Hormonology
8. Ecology deals with
(A) Birds
(B) Cell formation
(C) Relation between organisms and their environment
(D) Tissues
9.Which one of the following statements regarding enzyme inhibition is correct?
a) Competitive inhibition is seen when a substrate competes with an enzyme for binding to a
inhibitor protein
b) Non Competitive inhibition of an enzyme can be overcome by adding large amount of
substrate
c) Non competitive efficiency inhibitors often bind to the enzyme irreversibly
d) Competitive inhibition is seen when the substrate and the inhibitor compete for the active site
on the enzyme
10.Any molecule which acts directly on an enzyme to lower its catalytic rate is called
a) Regulator
b) Repressor
c) Inhibitor
d) Moderator
11.Poison glands of snakes are homologous to
(A) Electric organs of fishes
(B) Stings of rays
(C) Sebaceous glands of mammals
(D) Salivary glands of vertebrates
12. The element found in all amino acids that is not found in carbohydrates is
(a) Carbon (b) Oxygen (c) Hydrogen (d) Nitrogen
13.Entomology is the science that studies
(A) Behaviour of human beings
(B) Insects
(C) The origin and history of technical and scientific terms
(D) The formation of rocks
14.Prokaryotic cells lack
(A) Nucleolus
(B) Nuclear membrane
(C) Membrane bound by organelles
(D) All of these
15.Nucleotides are building blocks of nucleic acids. Each nucleotide is a composite molecule
formed by
a) nitrogenous base- sugar- phosphate
b) nitrogenous base- sugar- OH
c) sugar-phosphate
d) (nitrogenous base sugar phosphate)n
16.Plants have _________ while animals lack it.
(A) Starch
(B) Cellulose
(C) Protein
(D) Fat
17.Nymph is the name of young one of
(A) Butterfly
(B) Beetle
(C) Housefly
(D) Cockroach
18.Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered in
1831 by
(A) Robert Hooke
(B) Robert Brown
(C) Rudolf Virchow
(D) Theodore Schwann
19.The science of naming the organism is known as
a) Mycology
b) Taxonomy
c) Dendrology
d) Pedology
20.. The primary grouping of protozoa is based upon their
a) Feeding habits
b) Mode of reproduction
c) Mode of locomotion
d) Mode of nutrition
21.An example of a dimorphic/dioecious protozoan is
a) Amoeba proteus
b) Paramecium
c) Polystomella
d) Plasmodium
22.Besides erythrocytes, the plasmodium attacks one more type of cells in our body; these are
a) Muscle cells
b) Nerve cells
c) Kidney cells
d) Hepatocytes
23.Sleeping sickness in man is caused by trypanosoma by the bite of the infective
a) male tse-tse fly
b) female tse-tse fly
c) both male and female tse-tse fly
d) male and female Aedes mosquito
24.The largest animal ever existed on earth is
a) Woolly Mammoth
b) African elephant
c) Tyrannosaurus
d) Sulphur bottom (blue) Whale
25.Which class has the largest number of animals?
Insects
a) Mammals
b) Fishes
c) Insects
d) Reptiles
26.Acoelomates are characterized by
a) The absence of brain
b) The absence of mesoderm
c) A solid body without a cavity surrounding internal organs
d) A coelom that is not completely lined with mesoderm
27. Which of the following combinations of phylum and description is incorrect?
a) Echinodermata-bilateral symmetry as larvae, coelom present
b) Nematoda-roundworms, pseudocoelomate
c) Platyhelminthes- flatworms, gastrovascular cavity, acoelomate
d) Calcarea-gastrovascular cavity, coelom present
28.Bilateral symmetry is seen in the body organisation of
a) Only chordates
b) Vertebrates only
c) Vertebrates, annelids, arthropods, and cnidarians
d) annelids, arthropods and vertebrates.
29.In which of the animals the heart does not have the left and right auricles/atrium?
a) Cartilaginous and bony fishes
b) Frogs and toads
c) Lizards and snakes
d) Crocodiles and alligators
30.Platyhelminthes are best described as
a) flatworms, triploblastic , acoelomate animals
b) flatworms, diploblastic , acoelomates
c) flatworms, triploblastic , coelomates
d) flatworms, triploblastic , pseudocoelomates animals
31.Free living platyhelminthes forms belong to the class
a) Cestoda
b)Trematoda
c) Turbellaria
d) Nematoda
32.In platyhelminthes, flame cells are component of their
a) reproductive system
b) excretory system
c) nervous system
d) respiratory system
33.Fasciola hepatica is an endoparasite that lives in the
a) liver of sheep
b) blood of sheep
c) spleen of sheep
d) Intestine of sheep
34.Hemocoelic body cavity is a characteristic of
a) Ascaris
b) Leech
c) Cockroach
d) Snails
35.True and complete metamorphosis is found in
a) Silverfish
b) grasshopper
c) cockroach
d) moth and mosquito
36.The mouth parts of house fly are of
a) piercing and sucking type
b) biting and chewing type
c) sucking and sponging type
d) biting, sucking and lapping type
37.Liquid form of triglycerides at ordinary room temperature are called
a) Oils
b)Solid
c) Fats
d) None of these
38.The fats and oils are respectively rich in
a) Unsaturated fatty acids
b) Saturated fatty acids
c) Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids
d) None of these
39.RNA is genetic material in
a) some viruses and prokaryotes
b) some viruses only
c) some viruses, prokaryotes and some primitive eukaryotes
d) none of the above
40.The term enzymes are coined by
a) Pasteur
b) Buchner
c) Urey Miller
d) Kuhne