BIOLOGY

CHP 1 TO CHP 5
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ’s)

01. The study of distribution of animals in nature is called.

(a) Zoogeography (b) Biodiversity (c) Geography (d) Wild life
02. The study of internal structure is.
(a) Morphology (b) Anatomy (c) Histology (d) Physiology
03. A large regional community primarily determined by climate is called as.
(a) Biome (b) Biosphere (c) Population (d) Community
04. The muscles of stomach is of which type.
(a) Skeletal (b) Smooth (c) Cardiac (d) All above
05. Defective genes can be repaired by.
(a) Chemotherapy (b) Gene therapy (c) Radiotherapy (d) Physiotherapy
06. Fungi, algae, protozoans and various prokaryotes are.
(a) 17.6% (b) 19.9% (c) 9.4% (d) 9.4%
07. The number of the species of insects is.
(a) 53.1% (b) 17.6% (c) 19.9% (d) 9.4%
08. The reasoning from the general to specific is.
(a) Deductive (b) Inductive (c) Scientific (d) Theoretical
09. Which of the following is not an attribute of population?
(a) Pollution density (b) Gene frequency
(c) Gene flow (d) Gene structure
10. The most recent era is.
(a) Proterozoic (b) Paleozoic (c) Cenozoic (d) Mesozoic
11. In human body amount of oxygen is.
(a) 50% (b) 65% (c) 70% (d) 40%
12. Muscle tissue is specialized for.
(a) Contraction (b) Conduction (c) Secretion (d) Excretion
13. In human body amount of carbon (C) is.
(a) 65% (b) 10% (c) 18% (d) 3%
14. The tentative explanation of observation.
(a) Hypothesis (b) Deduction (c) Law (d) Theory
15. Important vector in modern genetic engineering is.
(a) Nucleoid (b) Mesosome (c) Ribosome (d) Plasmid
16. In 1997, scientists in Scotland succeeded in cloning a.
 (a) Sheep (b) Horse (c) Goat (d) Cow
17. The HIV virus causes.
(a) Tuberculosis (b) Cancer (c) AIDS (d) Hepatitis
18. An aphid that attacks Walnut tree is being controlled biologically by.
(a) Wasp (b) House fly (c) Honey bee (d) Mosquito
19. The percentage of water in bacterial cell is about.
(a) 15% (b) 18% (c) 50% (d) 70%
20. Globular proteins differ from fibrous proteins in.
(a) Having amino acids
(b) Their repeating units joined by peptide bone
(c) Being soluble in aqueous medium
(d) Being non-crystalline
21. The potential source of organic compound is.
(a) Hydrogen (b) Carbon (c) Nitrogen (d) Oxygen
22. Human tissue have 85% water in cells of.
(a) Brain (b) Bone (c) Blood (d) Liver
23. Keratin is an example of fibrous proteins present in.
(a) Blood (b) Muscle (c) Bone (d) Nail and hair
24. The specific heat of vaporization of water is.
(a) 457 Keal/kg (b) 574 Keal/kg (d) 547 Keal/kg (d) 475 Keal/kg
25. Starches with iodine give colour.
(a) Blue (b) Red (c) Green (d) Yellow
26. Which one of following is not a polysaccharide?
(a) Chitin (b) Cutin (c) Pectin (d) Dextrin
27. The heterogeneous group of compounds related to fatty acids is called.
(a) Protein (b) Lipid (c) Glucose (d) Carbohydrates
27. Lactose is a.
(a) Monosaccharides (b) Oligosaccharides
(c) Polysaccharides (d) Pectin
28. The sequence of amno acids in a protein molecule was determined by.
(a) E. Chatton (b) F. Meischer (c) F. Sanger (d) J. Watson
29. Our blood normally contains……………glucose.
(a) 0.6% (b) 0.8% (c) 0.06% (d) 0.08%
30. Cotton is the pure form of.
(a) Cellulose (b) Glycogen (c) Waxes (d) Amino acid
31. Which one is the most common polysaccharide on earth?
 (a) Starch (b) Cellulose (c) Glycogen (d) Dextrin
32. The alpha chain of hemoglobin has amino acids.
(a) 174 (b) 171 (c) 141 (d) 146
33. The % age of t RNA in a cell is.
(a) 3-4% (b) 40-50% (c) 80% (d) 10-20%
34. Nucleohistones are present in.
(a) Nucleoli (b) Chromosomes (c) Ribosomes (d) Mitochondria
35. 80% of the total RNA in the cell comprises.
(a) mRNA (b) tRNA (c) rRNA (d) RNA-DNA hybrid
36. Silk fiber, myosin, fibrin and keratin are examples of.
(a) Fibrous proteins (b) Tough proteins
(c) Oval proteins (d) Globular proteins
37. The vitamins are essential raw material for the synthesis of.
(a) Activators (b) Co-factors (c) Co-enzymes (d) Prosthetic group
38. Golgi apparatus is concerned with cell.
(a) Division (b) Lysis (c) Storage (d) Secretion
39. In repiratory chain NADH is oxidized by.
(a) Co-factor (b) Co-enzyme
(c) Cytochroem “b” (d) Cytochrome “C”
40. Enzyme that produces amino acids.
(a) Trypsin (b) Erypsin (c) Chymotrypsin (d) Amino peptidases
41. Enzymes involved in respiration, are found in.
(a) Chloroplasts (b) Ribosome (c) Mitochondria (d) Nucleus
42. The carbohydrate digesting enzyme is called.
(a) Isomerase (b) Lipase (c) Protease (d) Amylase
43. Metals ions are related to.
(a) Coenzymes (b) Vitamins (c) Cofactors (d) Substrate
44. The active site of an enzyme.
(a) Never changes
(b) Form no chemical bond with substrate
(c) Determines, by its structure, the specificity of the enzyme
(d) Looks like a lump projecting from the surface of an enzyme.
45. The inorganic and detachable cofactors are called.
(a) Activators (b) Coenzymes (c) Prosthetic groups (d) Inhibitors
46. 4.50 is optimum pH value for the enzyme.
(a) Arginase (b) Sucrase (c) Enterokinase (d) Chymocryptase
47. Induced fit model was proposed by.
(a) Emil Fisher (b) Koshland (c) Jenner (d) Pasteur
48. The optimum pH of salivary amylase is.
(a) 2.80 (b) 4.80 (c) 6.80 (d) 8.80
49. The enzyme with optimum pH=7.60 is.
(a) Arginase (b) Enterokinase (c) Catalase (d) Sucrase
50. The optimum pH of Enterokinase is.
(a) 1.50 (b) 3.50 (c) 5.50 (d) 7.50
51. Optimum pH value for enzyme arginase is.
(a) 7.60 (b) 9.70 (c) 6.40 (d) 5.2
52. The competitive inhibitor of succnic acid is.
(a) Fumaric acid (b) Malonic acid (c) Citric acid (d) Acetic acid
53. When cross section of centriole is observed it show as it consists of.
(a) 9-microtubules (b) 3-microtubules
(c) 11-microtubules (d) 6-microtubules
54. The normal pH of blood is.
(a) 7.4 (b) 6.0 (c) 8.0 (d) 9.0
55. The phylum which is exclusively marine is.
(a) Cnidaria (b) Porifera (c) Enhinodermata (d) Annelida
56. The resolution of human naked eye is.
(a) 1mm (b) 1um (c) 1nm (d) 1cm
57. The cells which secrete their hormones are.
(a) Blood cells (b) Nerve cells (c) Gland cells (d) Bone cells
58. A chromosome is composed of.
(a) RNA (b) DNA (c) ATP (d) NAD
59. In 1831, the presence of nucleus in the cell was reported by.
(a) Robert Koch (b) Robert Hooke
(c) Robert Mug Abe (d) Robert Brown
60. The soluble part of cytoplasm is called.
(a) Cisternae (b) Gel (c) Polysome (d) Cytosol
61. Centriole is associated with.
(a) DNA synthesis (b) Spindle formation
(c) Respiration (d) Reproduction
62. Cell theory was formulated by.
(a) Watson and Crick (b) Shleiden and Schwann
(c) Lorenz Oken (d) Louis Pasteur
63. Golgi apparatus is concerned with cell.
(a) Division (b) Lysis (c) Secretion (d) Storage
64. Organelle ……………. is concerned with cells secretion.
(a) Ribosomes (b) Mitochondria (c) Centrioles (d) Golgi complex
65. The diameter of peroxisome is approximately.
(a) 0.2pm (b) 0.3pm (c) 0.4pm (d) 0.5pm
66. Chromoplast impart colours to the plants other than.
(a) Yellow (b) Red (c) Green (d) Blue
67. Infoldings of inner membrane of mitochondria are.
(a) Granum (b) Thylakoids (c) Cisternae (d) Cristae
68. The number of chromosomes in fruity fly drosophila.
(a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) 48
69. Closely related classes are grouped into.
(a) Division (b) Order (c) Family (d) Kingdom
70. Family includes related.
(a) Species (b) Genera (c) Families (d) Orders
71. Independent evolutionary unit is.
(a) Species (b) Population (c) Genus (d) Family
72. The common name for Solarium melangena is.
(a) Onion (b) Brinjal (c) Potato (d) Amaltas
73. AIDS is caused by.
(a) Fungi (b) Bacteria (c) Virus (d) Lichen
74. The mysterious brain infection is caused by.
(a) Virion (b) bacteria (c) Prion (d) Fungi
75. The virion is surrounded by a protein coat called.
(a) Capsomere (b) Centromere (c) Capsid (d) None of these
76. Inflectious Hepatitis is caused by.
(a) Hepatitis A virus (b) Hepatitis B virus
(c) Hepatitis C virus (d) Hepatitis D virus
77. The first step in the replication of bacteriophage is.
(a) Penetration (b) Adsorption (c) Injection (d) None
78. Prions are made up of.
(a) Lipids (b) Nucleic Acid (c) Proteins (d) None of these
79. Hepatitis D is also called.
(a) Serum Hepatitis (b) Infectious Hepatitis
(c) Delta Hepatitis (d) Bacterial Hepatitis
80. Which one of the following is not viral disease?
 (a) Cow pox (b) Mumps (c) Tetanus (d) Small pox
81. Lytic cycle completion occurs about.
(a) 15 Min (b) 25 Min (c) 35 Min (d) 05 Min
82. HIV infects and multiplies in.
(a) Cat (b) Monkey (c) Dog (d) Pigs

83. What statement about nucleolus is not true?

a) Without membranous boundary b) Hereditary centre

c) Composed of two regions d) Synthesizing site for rRNA

84. What statement about the nuclear envelope is not true?

a) Its inner membrane bears ribosomes. b)RNA and some proteins pass through it.
c) It is a double membrane, structure. d) It has pores.
85. Chimpanzee has the number of chromosomes:
a) 44 b) 46 c) 64 d) 48
86. Gametes are also called:
a) Sperms b) Gonads c) Eggs d) Germ cells
87. Drosophila melanogaster is the biological name of:
a) Butterfly b) Fruit fly c) Housefly d) Tsetse fly
88. The number of chromosomes in normal body cells are:
a) Haploid b) Diploid c) Monoploid d) Triploid
89. Prokaryotes include blue-green algae and:
a) Viruses b) Bacteria c) Protozoans d) Protists
90. Eukaryotes include animals, plants, fungi and:
a) Protista b) Monera c) Bacteria d) Viruses
91. The sedimentation coefficient of prokaryotic ribosome is:
a) 80S b) 30S c) 50S d) 70S
92. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of prokaryotic cell is its:
a) Cell membrane b) Hereditary material c) Ribosomes d) Cell wall
d) Prokaryotes
93. Each chromosome consists of two identical chromatids at the beginning of cell division
which are held together at:
a) Myomere b) Centrosome c) Centromere d) Central sap
94. Ribosomes and DNA are also present in:
a) Mitochondria b) Golgi complex c) Endoplasmic reticulum d) Lysosomes

95. Which of the following is a true statement?

a) Viruses do not need ribosomes for protein formation.
b) Viruses use the host's ribosomes for their own needs.
c) New viral ribosomes form after viral DNA center the cell.
d) Viruses carry with them their own machinery for protein formation.

96. Which is the most effective protection against viral infections:

a) Washing hands b) Antibiotics c) Disinfectants d) Natural
immunity of the host

97. Common cold is caused to human by the:

a) Oncovirus b) Adenovirus c) Parvovirus d) Retrovirus

98. Which of the following are found in all viruses?

a) DNA, RNA and protein.
b) Protein, nucleic acid, carbohydrate
c) Protein and nucleic acid.
d) Envelope, nucleic acid, capsid.

99. An isolated virus is not considered living since it:

a) Separates into two inert parts b) Is coated with an air tight shield
c) Rapidly looses its genome chemically inert d) Cannot metabolize

100. A virion is a:
a) Viral gene b) Viral enzyme
c) Viral protein d) Virus

SHORT QUESTIONS
Q.1. Define Hypothesis.
Q.2. What is meant by bioremediation?
Q.3. Define Biotechnology.
Q.4. What is a Biome?
Q.5. Define biodiversity.
Q.6. What is phyletic lineage?
Q.7. Define a Law.
Q.8. What are transgenic plants?
Q.9. What is meant by Biological control?
Q.10. What is Hydroponic culture technique?
Q.11. What is gene therapy?
Q.12. What is meant by integrated disease management?
Q.13. What are deductive and inductive reasoning?
Q.14. Differentiate between population and community.
Q.15. Define theory. Write important features of theory.
Q.16. What are the attributes of population?
Q.17. Write the percentage of six bioelements which constitute 99% of the total human
biomass.
Q.18. Define Specific heat capacity.
Q.19. What is heat of vaporization? What is the advantage of heat of vaporization?
Q.20. How does water protect as an effective lubricant?
Q21. Differentiate between glycosidic and peptide bonds.
Q22. Differentiate between aldo-sugars and keto sugars.
Q23. How much solar energy is used in the synthesis of 10g glucose and in which form it is
stored?
Q24. What is glycosidic bond?
Q25. Differentiate between amylose and amylopectin starches.
Q26. Cellulose is digested by the herbivores but not by humans. Why?
Q27. Sketch structures of ribofuranose and gluopyranose.
Q28.Why do lipids store double the amount of energy as compared to the same amount of any
carbohydrate?
Q29.Differentiate between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids
Q30. What are enzymes and coenzymes?
Q31. What is a co-factor?
Q32. Differentiate holoenzyme and Apoenzyme?
Q33. What is Induced Fit Model?
Q34. How do extreme changes in pH affect enzyme?
Q35. Differentiate between irreversible and reversible inhibitors.
Q36. Differentiate between Competitive and Non-competitive inhibitors
Q.37 . Define optimum pH of enzyme.
Q.38 .What is an inhibitor? OR Define inhibitors of Enzymes.
Q.39. Differentiate between prosthetic group and coenzyme.
Q.40.Who said "omnis cellula-e-cellula"?what does it mean?
Q.41. Define the term “resolution of eye”.
Q.42. Why is cell membrane called differentially selectively permeable membrane?
Q.43.Define endocytosis
Q.44. Define active transport.
Q.45. Differentiate between phagocytosis and pinocytosis.
Q.46.What are pocks?
Q.47.How can we prevent AIDS?
Q.48.What is reverse transcriptase?
Q.49. What are the symptoms of Hepatitis?
Q.50.What is virology?
 MOST IMPORTANT LONG Q

1. What is cloning? Discuss its method and applications ?

2. Discuss biology in services of mankind in the field of diseases control.
3. What are polysaccharide? Describe different types and give example.
4. Describe three main types of RNA?
5. Describe biological properties and importance of water?
6. What are plastid/Explain the structure and function of chloroplast.Draw figure
7. Write a note on ribosomes?
8. In what way prokaryotic cells are different from eukaryotic cell?
9. Describe infection cycle of HIV with label diagram
10. What is hepatitis? Discuss its common types and symptoms?