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(A} Hardly any change in quatity and quantity of urine formed · ·•, i, '.,,rr.;mo!Q ne
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(B) Concentration of.urea goes high in the blood beca1,1seJb.e, ty9 J _ .'1(lQtable to remove it from the blood.
(C) Urea is produced in excess in the body.
(D) None of these

3. · Substrate which is not filtered through glomerulus :

(A) Plasma (B} Glucose {C) Blood corpuscles (D) Urea
4. Urine is always fluid except in :
(A) Birds (B) Humans (C)Amphibians (D)Mammals
5. Among which of the following are part of nephron ?
(A) Cortex (B) Medulla (C) Bowman's capsule (D) Collecting duct
6. Excess bile pigments in urine indicate :
(A)Anaemia (B} Diabetes insipidus (C)Jaundice (D)AII of these
7. Which blood vessel contains the least amount of urea.
(A} Hepatic vein (B} Renal vein (C) Hepatic portal vein (D) Renal artery
8. The filtrate from the glomerulus contains :
(A) Urea and uric acid (B) Urea, uric acid and ammonia
(C) Urea, uric acid, ammonia and water (D) Urea, uric acid, glucose and water.

9. Excretion is required for maintaining homeostasis of body fluids through regulation of their :
(A) Volume composition, pH and osmotic potential
(B)Volume
(C) Composition and pH
(D) Osmotic potential
10. Which of the following mechanism would account for increased urine production?
(A) Decreased amount of antidiuretic hormone secretion.
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(D) The proximal tubules reabsorbing more water '
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(A) Urinary bladder (B) Ooaca (C) Rectum (D).IJrl x910lsm sriT
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(A) Food Vacuole (B) Plasma membrane
(C) Contractile vacuole (D) Both Band C
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(C) Larger than that of efferent (D) There is no effe~nt-ve ssel

16. Difference between glomerular filtrate and plasma is of:

(A) Proteins (B) Potassium
(C) First is white whereas latter is yellow (D) First is yellow wher;eas latter is white

17. The urine under normal conditions does not contain glucose because:
(A) The normal blood sugar is fructose
(B) Glucose of blood is not filtered in the glomerulus
(C) Glucose in glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed in the uriniferous ·tubul~s
(0) Glucose in glorrieruraifiltrat-e is converted into glycogen.
18. The filtrate from glomerulus contains :
(A) Blood without cells and proteins (B) Plasma without sugar
(C) Blood with proteins but without cells (D) Blood without urea

19. Nitrogenous waste pr-oducts 'are eliminated mainly as :

(A) Urea in tadpole and ammonia in adult frog (B) Ammonia in tadpole and urea in adult frog
(C) Urea in both tadpole and in adult frog (D) Urea in tadpole and uric acid in adult frog

KVPY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

Haemodialysis is a treatemerit option for patients with malfunctions of: (KVPY-2009)
1.
(A) Kidney (B) Heart (C) Liver (D) Lui;tgs
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2. The interior of a cow-dung pile kept for a few days is quite warm. This is mostly because : (KVPY-201
(A) Cellulose present in the dung is a good insulator.
(B) Bacterial metabolism inside the dung releases heat.
(C) Undigested material releases-heat due to oxidation by air.
(0) Dung is dark and absorbs a lot of heat.

3. If you compare adults of two herbivqre species of different sizes, but from the same geographical area, the
amount of faeces produced per~ body wei~ht would be (KVPY-2010)
(A) More in the smaller one than the larger one (B) More in the larger one than the smaller one
(D) Not possible to predict which would be more ~
(C) Roughly the same amount in'both
The Bowman's capsule, a part of the kidney is the site of (KVPY-2013)
4.
(A) filtration of blood constituents (B) re-absorpt ion of water and glucose
(C) formation of ammonia (D) formation of urea

5. The major nitrogenous excretory product in mammals is,

(D) urrcacid
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(A) amino acids (B) ammonia (C) urea

6. Both gout and kidney stone formation is caused by . .. (l<VPY-2014)

(A) Calcium oxalate (B) Uric acid (C) Creatinine (D) Potassiiim ch1?~®
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(A) facilitate cell-cell communication by rapid transfer of small molecules • .... _
(B) cement the neighbour ing cells , •'
(C) stop substances from leaking
(D) provide gaps in the tissue to facilitate uptake of small molecules acr~p,_ ~., :u,c;;;;>,.

9. The major excretory product of birds is :

(A) urea (B) uric acid (C) nitrates
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KVPY PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

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