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MCQs
Pharmacy Technician/Category B
1st
year

By :
Dr. Muhammad
Shahzad
Lecturer Excel College of health sciences
BHMS (IUB)
B.Sc
(Cell # 03023333473)

Composed by:
M. Shahbaz Sharif
CR of 1st year class (2016,17)

Excel college of health sciences (Chishtian)

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Chapter

No.1
1) Biochemistry deals with the study of chemical reactoo occuriog withio:
(a) Aoimals (b) Plaots (c) Microorgaoisms (d) Living organisms
2) Io Biochemistry the maio focus is oo structure, fuoctoo aod ioteractoos of biological:
(a) Eoviroomeot (b) Macro molecules (c) Cells (d) Chemicals
3) A shampoo may be developed that eohaoces curlioess or sofoess of hairs afer the study of
characteristcs of proteio:
(a) Albumio (b) Globulio (c) Keratin (d) Lipo proteios
4) Biochemical iovestgatoos helps for the suggestoo of best :
(a) Food & medicines (b) Clothe (c) Doctor (d) Exercise
5) Rickets, Pellagra, Beriberi, scurvy, are the examples of biochemical:
(a) Toxicity (b) Addictoo (c) Excess (d) Deficiencies

Chapter

No.2

6) Humao body mass cootaio water:

(a) 60% to 70% (b) 65% to 75% (c) 75% to 80% (d) 65% to 70%
7) Pure water is very slightly dissociated therefore called:
(a) Traospareot liquid (b) Stroog electrolyte (c) Solveot (d) Weak electrolyte
8) At 25C how maoy molecules of pure water are iooized:
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
9) pH describes the degree of _______ of a solutoo :
(a) Sweetoess (b) Acidity or alkalinity (c) Hotoess (d) Reactoo
10) pH scale raoges from:
(a) 0 to 15 (b) 1 to 14 (c) 0 to 100 (d) 0 to 14
11) pH=?
(a) –log[H¯] (b) –log[H+] (c) Log[H2] (d) Log[H+]
12) Solutoo haviog pH less thao 7 are called:
(a) Basic (b) Electrolyte (c) Acidic (d) Solveot
13) pH of blood is:
(a) 7.97 (b) 7.65 (c) 7.77 (d) 7.35
14) pH of pure water is close to:
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 9
15) Bufer is a compouod that resist to chaogiog pH of aoy solutoo oo slight additoo of:
(a) Salt (b) Acidic or basic solu. (c) Water (d) sugar
16) Substaoces which mostly do oot difuse through membraoe are called:
(a) Colloidal substances (b) Crystalloids (c) Colligatve (d) Precipitates
17) Substaoces which cao easily cao pass through membraoe are called:
(a) Bufer (b) Osmotc (c) Crystalloids (d) Colloidal substaoces
18) Sodium chloride is ao example of:
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(a) Crystalloids (b) Colloids (c) Acidic solutoo (d) Bufer solutoo
19) Colligatve propertes are those which depeod oo the oumber of:
(a) Solveot partcles (b) Solute particles (c) Solutoo partcles (d) Gas molecules
20) Wheo oumber of solute partcles iocrease io the solutoo:
(a) Osmotc pressure↑ (b) Freeziog poiot↓ (c) Boiliog poiot ↑ (d) All a, b, c
21) If oumber of solute partcles iocreases io the solutoo:
(a) Vapor pressure↓ (b) V.P remaios same (c) Vapor pressure↑ (d) All
22) Coodeosatoo of a gas, vapor, or dissolved substaoces oo the surface of a solid or liquid is called:
(a) Difusioo (b) Passive traosport (c) Adsorption (d) Osmosis
23) The process io which ioos or molecules moves from a regioo of higher cooceotratoo to a regioo of
lower cooceotratoo:
(a) Adsorptoo (b) Diffusion (c) Passive traosport (d) Actve traosport
24) Traosport of ioos aod molecules across a cell membraoe by difusioo without the applicatoo of eoergy
is called:
(a) Difusioo (b) Passive transport (c) Actve traosport (d) Adsorptoo
25) Movemeot of molecules across a cell membraoe from a regioo of lower cooceotratoo to regioo of
higher cooceotratoo with expeose of eoergy:
(a) Passive traosport (b) Osmosis (c) Active transport (d) Adsorptoo
26) The process by which a solveot passes from a solutoo of lower solute cooceotratoo to solutoo of
higher solute cooceotratoo through a semi-permeable membraoe:
(a) Surface teosioo (b) Actve traosport (c) Difusioo (d) Osmosis
27) A membraoe which is permeable to the solveot but oot to solute partcles I called:
(a) Permeable memb. (b) Semi-permeable mem.(c) Cell membraoe (d) Nuclear membraoe
28) Osmotc pressure is equal to the:
(a) Hydrostatic pressure by solvent on semi-permeable membrane (b) Surface teosioo
(c) Blood pressure (d) Vapor pressure
29) Cootractve teodeocy of the surface of the liquid that allow it to resist ao exteroal force is called:
(a) Turger pressure (b) Viscosity (c) Cohesive forces (d) Surface tension
30) Ioteroal resistaoce of the molecules of aoy liquid to fow is called:
(a) Osmosis (b) Polarity (c) Vaoder wall forces (d) Viscosity

Chapter No.3
31) Carbohydrate geoerally made up of carboo, hydrogeo aod:
(a) Nitrogeo (b) Phosphorus (c) Oxygen (d) Sulphur
32) Carbohydrates meaos:
(a) Sugar (b) Salts (c) Hydrated carboo (d) Both a & c
33) Geoeral formula of carbohydrate is:
(a) C2o(H2O)o (b) Co(HO)o (c) Co(H2O)2 (d) Cn(H2O)n
34) Geoerally carbohydrate are soluble io:
(a) Organic liquid (b) Ioorgaoic liquid (c) Acidic solutoo (d) Water
35) Carbohydrates of low molecular weight have:
(a) Biter taste (b) Tasteless (c) Less sweet taste (d) Sweet taste
36) There are two types of carbohydrates oo the base of fuoctooal groups aldehyde aod:
(a) Phosphate group (b) Ketone group (c) Amioo group (d) Carbohydrate group
37) Major source of carbohydrate is:
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(a) Aoimal source (b) Mioeral source (c) Plant source (d) Sea water
38) Which ooe is rich source of carbohydrate is:
(a) Cereals (b) Fruits (c) Seeds of cotoo (d) Dry leaves
39) Carbohydrates are the ______ most occuriog substaoce io the oature afer water:
(a) 3rd (b) 4th (c) 6th (d) 2nd
40) Dry weight of plaot is due to cellulose:
(a) 50-60% (b) 50-80% (c) 50-70% (d) 50-65%
41) Process of photosyothesis caooot be dooe without:
(a) Light (b) shade (c) Water (d) Both a & c
42) 6CO2 + 6H2O + Light → C6H12O6 + ------------?
(a) 4H2O (b) 2O2 (c) 6O2 (d) 3O2
43) Ooe gram of carbohydrates provides:
(a) 2 cal (b) 3 cal (c) 4 cal (d) 5 cal
44) Process of oxidatoo of carbohydrate is called:
(a) Respiration (b) Expiratoo (c) Hydrolysis (d) Hemolysis
45) Respiratoo reactoo is C6H12O6 → CO2 +H2O + ----------?
(a) L (b) M (c) G (d) E
46) Simple sugars are absorbed directly ioto blood stream by:
(a) Small intestine (b) Skio (c) Mouth (d) Nooe of these
47) Compouod or complex sugars are oot absorbed directly ioto blood, frst cooverted ioto:
(a) Polysaccharides (b) Disaccharides (c) Oligosaccharides (d) Monosaccharide
48) Glucose stores io muscles & liver io the form of:
(a) Iosulio (b) Maltose (c) Sucrose (d) Glycogen
49) Carbohydrates are utlized by the body for the productoo of:
(a) Proteios (b) Amioo acids (c) Oxygeo (d) Energy
50) Eoergy supplied by carbohydrates to the body is:
(a) 50 to 60% (b) 50 to 70% (c) 60 to 80% (d) 50 to 80%
51) The efect of carbohydrate oo calcium absorptoo:
(a) Increase (b) Decrease (c) No chaoge (d) Uokoowo
52) The efect of carbohydrates oo body’s cholesterol level is:
(a) Iocrease (b) decrease (c) No chaoge (d) Uokoowo
53) Frieodly bacteria io GIT gets________ from carbohydrates:
(a) Oxygeo (b) Nitrogeo (c) Nutrients (d) Protectoo
54) Which molecules of carbohydrates are more sweet:
(a) Monosaccharide (b) Disaccharides (c) Oligosaccharides (d) Polysaccharides
55) Simple sugars which caooot be further hydrolysis is called:
(a) Polysaccharides (b) Oligosaccharides (c) Disaccharides (d) Monosaccharide
56) Empirical formula of mooosaccharide with o=3 or larger is:
(a) (CH2O2)o (b) (CH2O)n (c) (CHO2)o (d) (CH2O4)o
57) Mooosaccharide are basic uoit of:
(a) Carbohydrates (b) Proteios (c) Lipids (d) Nucleus
58) Which ooe is oot the example of mooosaccharide:
(a) Glucose (b) Rafnose (c) Fructose (d) Galactose
59) Further hydrolysis of mooosaccharide is:
(a) Not possible (b) Possible (c) Sometme possible (d) Difcult
60) Mooosaccharide are geoerally soluble io:
(a) Acetooe (b) Ethaool (c) Water (d) Ether
61) Mooosaccharide have fuoctooal groups:
(a) Aldoses (b) Phosphate (c) Ketoses (d) Both a & c
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62) Glucose is the example of:

(a) Aldoses (b) Ketoses (c) Alkyls (d) Oligosaccharides
63) Fructose is the example of:
(a) Aldoses (b) Ketoses (c) Derivatves carbs. (d) Peotoses
64) Two joioed mooosaccharide are called:
(a) Oligosaccharides (b) Polysaccharides (c) Disaccharides (d) Peotose sugar
65) Sweetoess aod molecular mass of disaccharides is greater thao:
(a) Monosaccharide (b) Oligosaccharides (c) Proteios (d) Polysaccharides
66) If all the sugar molecules io disaccharides are same called:
(a) Homeostatc (b) Homeoserous (c) Homogenous (d) Heterogeoeous
67) If all the sugar molecules io disaccharides are difereot is called:
(a) Homogeoous (b) Heterogeneous (c) Homopolysaccharides (d)
Hetropolysaccharides
68) Which ooe is oot the example of homogeoous disaccharides:
(a) Sucrose (b) Lactose (c) Cellulose (d) Nooe of these
69) Which ooe is the example of heterogeoeous disaccharides:
(a) Sucrose (b) Lactose (c) Maltose (d) Both a & b
70) Oligosaccharides cootaios mooosaccharide:
(a) 2 (b) 3 to 7 (c) 3 to 10 (d) 4 to 11
71) Rafoose is composed of glucose, fructose aod:
(a) Sucrose (b) Galactose (c) Dextrose (d) Cellulose
72) Polysaccharides are composed of _____ oumbers of simple sugar molecules:
(a) 1 to 6 (b) 3 to 9 (c) 1 to 9 (d) More than 10
73) Hydrolysis of Polysaccharides give:
(a) Mooosaccharide (b) Disaccharides (c) Oligosaccharide (d) All a, b and c
74) Polysaccharides have taste:
(a) Sweet (b) Biter (c) Salty (d) Tasteless
75) Polysaccharides are optcally:
(a) Actve (b) Not active (c) Both a & b (d) Negatve
76) Polysaccharides serves as stores of______ io the cell:
(a) Water (b) Oxygeo (c) Fuels (d) Nooe of these
77) Molecular mass of polysaccharides is:
(a) Equal to the oligosaccharides (b) Greater than mono, Di and
oligosaccharides
(c) Less thao Disaccharides (d) Less thao oligosaccharides
78) Polysaccharides which oo hydrolysis yields mooosaccharide of ooe type are called:
(a) Homopolysaccharides (b) Heteropolysaccharides
(a) Homogeoeous polysaccharides (d) Both a & c
79) Which is the example of hetero polysaccharides:
(a) Starch (b) Glycogeo (c) Maltose (d) Mucilage’s
80) Which is preseot abuodaotly io cell wall of plaots:
(a) Starch (b) Cellulose (c) Glycogeo (d) Mucilage’s
81) Which is stored food material io plaot graios:
(a) Starch (b) Cellulose (c) Glycogeo (d) Mucilage’s
82) Which ooe is stored io aoimals muscles aod liver:
(a) Starch (b) Cellulose (c) Glycogen (d) Mucilage’s
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Chapter No.4
83) Steroids, oils aod waxes beloogs to:
(a) Carbohydrates (b) Lipids (c) Proteios (d) Nucleic acids
84) Lipids are:
(a) Soluble io water (b) Iosoluble io water (c) Soluble io ooo-polar solu.(d) Both b & c
85) Primary buildiog blocks of lipids are faty acids aod:
(a) Amioo acids (b) Glycerol (c) Nucleotdes (d)
Mooosaccharide
86) Ao orgaoic acid with a loog straight hydrocarboos chaio aod eveo oumber of carboo atoms:
(a) Amioo acids (b) Glycerol (c) Fatty acid (d) Steroids
87) Glycerol is a colorless or yellowish syrupy alcohol with:
(a) Sweet taste (b) Salty taste (c) Biter taste (d) Sour taste
88) Oleic acid, stearic acid aod butyric acid are the example of:
(a) Amioo acids (b) Steroids (c) Cholesterol (d) Fatty acids
89) Simple lipids are esters of faty acids with:
(a) Carbohydrates (b) Nucleoproteios (c) Alcohols (d) Alkalis
90) Chemical compouod formed by the ioteractoo of acid & alcohol is called:
(a) Faty acids (b) Steroids (c) Waxes (d) Esters
91) Fat io liquid state is called:
(a) Alcohol (b) Ether (c) Wax (d) Oil
92) Esters of faty acids with loog chaio mooohydric alcohol called:
(a) Fats (b) Waxes (c) Compouod lipids (d) Resios
93) Secretoo of humao skio haviog waxes is called:
(a) Sweat (b) Sebum (c) Oily face (d) Pimple
94) Exoskeletoo of arthropods is composed of:
(a) Waxes (b) Proteios (c) Carbohydrates (d) Booes
95) Faty acids with double bood io structure are called:
(a) Saturated faty acids (b) Unsaturated f.acids (c) Esseotal faty acids (d) Noo-esseotal

96) Faty acids which have all siogle boods io structure are called:
(a) Saturated fatty acids (b) Uosaturated f.acids (c) Esseotal faty acids (d) Noo-
esseotal
97) Faty acids are loog straight hydrocarboos chaio aod ______ oumber of carboo atoms:
(a) Odd (b) Even (c) Multple (d) Six
98) Sphiogosioe, faty acids aod a mooosaccharide or ao oligosaccharides uoit called:
(a) Glycolipids (b) Sphiogoglycolipids (c) Glycosphiogolipids (d) Both a & c
99) Phospholipids are composed of sphiogosioe, faty acids, sugar aod:
(a) Sulphuric acid (b) Sodium sulphate (c) Sulphate group (d) Both a & b
100) Phospholipids cootaio phosphoric acid, faty acid, oitrogeoous base aod:
(a) Acid (b) Base (c) Glycerol (d) Alcohol
101) Faty acids which caooot be coostructed with io the body:
(a) Essential fatty acids (b) Noo-esseotal f.acids (c) Saturated faty acids (d) Uosaturated
f.acids
102) Lipids are esseotal for the absorptoo of:
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(a) Water soluble vitamios (b) Fat soluble vitamins (c) Thermo labile vitamios (d) Thermo
stable vitamios
103) Dietary lipids decrease the gastric motlity aod have a high_____?
(a) Molecular weight (b) Eoergy (c) Satiety value (d) Nooe of
these
104) Body fat gives aoatomical stability to:
(a) Kidoey (b) Liver (c) Stomach (d) Most of the
body organs
105) Iosulatoo of oervous tssue is made up by:
(a) Lipids (b) Carbohydrates (c) Proteios (d) Waxes
106) Lipids are iotegral part of cell protoplasm aod:
(a) Cell wall (b) Cell membrane (c) Cellular fuid (d) Cell oucleus
107) Precursor of cholesterol is:
(a) Proteios (b) Carbohydrates (c) Amioo acids (d) Lipids

Chapter No.5
108) Proteios are composed of:
(a) Mooosaccharide (b) Faty acids (c) Amino acids (d) Nucleotdes
109) Amioo acids are joioed to each other by:
(a) Polysaccharides bood (b) Poly peptide bond (c) Phosphodiester bood (d) Hydrogeo
bood
110) Polypeptde bood is formed betweeo amioo group aod:
(a) Nitrogeoous group (b) Carbooyl group (c) Phosphorus group (d) Carboxyl
group
111) Which ooe is amioo group:
(a) –COOH (b) –NH2 (c) –R (d) –C—R
112) Proteios are polymers of:
(a) Amioo groups (b) Carboxyl group (c) Faty acids (d) Amino acids
113) A oatural or artfcial substaoce made from maoy small molecules called:
(a) Compouod (b) Empirical formula (c) Ester (d) Polymer
114) Ceotral carboo atom io amioo acid is called:
(a) α-carbon (b) β-carboo (c) γ-carboo (d) δ-carboo
115) Which ooe is the fuoctoo of proteios:
(a) Wouod repair (b) Blood coagulatoo (c) Body’s buildiog block (d) All
116) Proteios are iovolved io the ______ of hormooes:
(a) Destructoo (b) Creation (c) Copy (d) Storage
117) Eozymes are _____ io oature:
(a) Carbohydrate (b) Cholesterol (c) Waxes (d) Proteins
118) Eozymes _____ rate of chemical reactoos io body:
(a) Decrease (b) Keep coostaot (c) Increase (d) Stops
119) Hemoglobio traosport io the blood:
(a) Carboo dioxide (b) Oxygen (c) Nutritoo (d) Water
120) Plasma proteios form ______ io blood:
(a) Anti bodies (b) Aotgeo (c) Clotog factors (d) Aotgeo-
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aotbody complex
121) Aotbodies helps to:
(a) Form clot (b) Preveot iofectoos
(c) To preveot harmful chemical io body (d) Both b & c
122) Hereditary traosmissioo is dooe by:
(a) Phosphoproteios (b) Glycoproteio (c) Nucleoproteins (d) Plasma
proteio
123) Lioear sequeoce of amioo acids is called:
(a) Basic structure of proteio (b) Primary structure of protein
(c) Secoodary structure of proteio (d) Tertary structure of proteio
124) Polypeptde bood betweeo Amioo acids is formed by the liokage of –NH 2 group with:
(a) –OH group (b) –CH2 group (c) –CO group (d) –CH3
125) The foldiog of the polypeptde chaio io to a specifc coiled structure is called:
(a) Primary structure of proteio (b) Secondary structure of protein
(c) Tertary structure of proteio (b) Quateroary structure of proteio
126) Secoodary coiled structure of proteio is held together by:
(a) Nitrogeo boodiog (b) Oxygeo boodiog (c) Hydrogen bonding (d) Shariog of
electroo pairs
127) Tertary structure of a proteios meaos it’s over all:
(a) Lioear structure (b) Two dimeosiooal structure
(c) Three dimensional structure (d) Four dimeosiooal structure
128) Tertary structure of proteio is:
(a) Rod like shape (b) Globe shape (c) Rectaogular shape (d) Lioear chaios of
amioo acid
129) Proteio molecules composed of more thao ooe polypeptdes chaios each with its owo structure is:
(a) Primary structure (b) Secoodary structure (c) Tertary structure (d) Quaternary
structure
130) Simple Proteios oo hydrolysis yields ooly:
(a) Faty acids (b) Amino acids (c) Sugars (d) Oils
131) Globulio, albumios are the examples of:
(a) Simple protein (b) Compouod proteio (c) Derived proteio (d) Both a & c
132) Coojugated proteios are composed of simple proteios combioed with:
(a) Non-protein part (b) Prosthetc group (c) Cofactor (d) All
133) Nucleoproteios, phosphoproteio, glycoproteio are the example of:
(a) Simple proteios (b) Coojugated proteio (c)Compouod proteio (d) Both b & c
134) Derived proteios are derived from:
(a) Simple proteios (b) Compouod proteios (c) coojugated proteios (d) All
135) Proteios are formed by the combioatoo of ______ kiods of amioo acid:
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 24
136) How maoy types of proteios has discovered:
(a) More thao 200 (b) More than 300 (c) More thao 350 (d) More thao 400
137) Numbers of staodard amioo acids is:
(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10
138) Amioo acids which doo’t take part io proteio syothesis but importaot for body are called:
(a) Staodard amioo acids (b) Non-standard amino acids
(c) Noo-esseotal amioo acids (d) Noo-fuoctooal amioo acids
139) Amioo acids which are oot produced by our body aod must be takeo from outside through diet:
(a) Staodard amioo acids (b) Noo-staodard amioo acids
(c) Noo-esseotal amioo acids (d) Essential amino acids
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140) The covaleot bood by which eozymes are lioked to gather is called:
(a) Hydrophobic bood (b) Peptide bond (c) Hydrogeo bood (d)
Phosphodiester bood
141) Proteios are polymers of:
(a) Amino acid (b) Faty acids (c) Mooosaccharide (d) Nitrogeo
bases
142) –COOH group of amioo acid is called:
(a) Carbooyl group[ (b) carboxylic group (c) Amioo group (d) Side chaio
143) Number of amioo acids which takes part io proteio formatoo:
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 200 (d) 20
144) Blood plasma cootaio proteios:
(a) 7% (b) 9% (c) 12% (d) 20%
145) Eozymes are:
(a) Proteins (b) Biocatalysts (c) Specifc io actoo (d) All
146) Proteios “acto” aod “Myosio” are preset io:
(a) Milk (b) Egg white (c) Muscles (d) Blood
147) Blood plasma proteios exerts osmotc pressure:
(a) 20-30 mmHg (b) 15-35 mmHg (c) 30-40 mmHg (d) 25-30 mmHg
148) Amioo acids preseot sperm cells:
(a) Prolamios (b) Protamine (c) Globio (d) Nooe
149) Iodioated amioo acids syothesize hormooes of:
(a) Salivary glaods (b) Paocreas (c) Thyroid glands (d) Ovary
150) Which is oot staodard amioo acid:
(a) Cysteioe (b) Alaoioe (c) Ornithine (d) Lysioe
151) Which amioo acid is a part of paototheoic acid:
(a) Citrullioe (b) β-alanine (c) Dihydroxypheoyl alaoioe (d) Tyrosioe
152) How maoy amioo acids are esseotal amoog the staodard amioo acids:
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 20
153) Precursor of dopamioe is:
(a) γ-amioo-butyric acid (b) Paototheoic acid (c) Cholesterol (d) Dihydroxy
phenyl alanine

Chapter No.6
154) Nucleic are esseotal for the life of:
(a) Plaots (b) Aoimals (c) Iosects (d) All
155) The basic structural uoit of oucleic acid is called:
(a) Amioo acids (b) Faty acids (c) Nitrogeoous base (d) Nucleotide
156) How maoy types of amioo acids are:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7
157) How maoy compooeots of a oucleotde are:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7
158) Nucleotde is composed of a sugar molecule, oitrogeoous base aod:
(a) Sulphur group (b) Nitrogeo group (c) Phosphorus group (d) Carboxyl
group
159) Sugar molecule io the structure of a oucleotde is composed of:
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(a) 4-carboos (b) 5-carbons (c) 6-carboos (d) 7-carboos

160) Io oucleic acid, oitrogeoous bases are divided ioto ______ categories:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
161) Io DNA oitrogeoous bases are:
(a) A, G, C, U (b) A, G, C, T (c) A, G, C, G (d) A, G, C, A
162) Io RNA oitrogeoous bases are:
(a) A, G, C, U (b) A, G, C, T (c) A, G, U, T (d) A, G, U, T
163) Nucleotdes cootaio peotose sugar of:
(a) 3 types (b) 2 types (c) 5 types (d) 4 types
164) DNA cootaios:
(a) Ribose sugar (b) Deoxyribose sugar (c) Glucose (d) Nooe
165) RNA cootaio:
(a) Ribose sugar (b) Deoxyribose sugar (c) Both a & b (d) Starch
166) Io oucleotde structure phosphate group is surrouoded by:
(a) Two oxygeo (b) Three oxygeo (c) Four oxygen (d) Five oxygeo
167) How maoy types of RNA:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
168) Maio fuoctoo of RNA is:
(a) Protein synthesis (b) Lipid productoo (c) Digestoo (d) Nooe of
these

Chapter No.7
169) All physiological actvites are regulated by two systems io body, Nervous system aod:
(a) Cardiovascular system (b) Respiratory system (c) Endocrine system (d) Both a & c
170) Io eodocrioe system hormooes are traosported to the target cells:
(a) Directly through ducts (b) Directly through blood stream
(c) By oerves (d) Nooe of these
171) Chemical messeoger are iovolved io:
(a) Cell signaling (b) Cell reproductoo (c) Cell divisioo (d) Nooe of
these
172) Classical hormooes are secreted by:
(a) Exocrioe glaods (b) Endocrine glands (c) Other tssues (d) Kidoeys
173) Which ooe is oot the example of eodocrioe glaods:
(a) Pituitary glaods (b) Parathyroid glaods (c) Adreoal glaods (d) Salivary
glands
174) Exocrioe glaods are traosported to target cells through:
(a) Blood stream (b) Nerves (c) Respiratory system (d) None of
these
175) Example of exocrioe glaod is:
(a) Sweat glaods (b) Salivary glaods (c) Pioeal glaods (d) Both a & b
176) Oo the base of site of productoo there are _____ types of hormooes:
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11
177) Oo the base of chemical oature there are _____ types of hormooes:
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 6
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178) Hormooes which are derived from cholesterol are called:

(a) Proteios hormooes (b) Steroid hormones (c) Tyrosioe (d) Derived
hormooes
179) Hormooal receptors are preseot oo cell membraoe, cytoplasm aod:
(a) Plasma membraoe (b) Mitochoodria (c) Nucleus (d) Nooe
180) Growth hormooe is composed of _____ amioo acids:
(a) 191 amino acids (b) 18 to 20 (c) 8 (d) 51
181) Growth hormooe is secreted by:
(a) Posterior pituitary glaods (b) Anterior pituitary glands
(c) Adreoal glaod (d) Paocreas
182) The efect of growth hormooe is:
(a) Catabolic (b) Degeoeratve (c) Anabolic (d) All
183) Growth hormooe is said to be have:
(a) Anti-insulin activity (b) Aot-glucagoo actvity
(c) Aot-diuretc actvity (d) Nooe of these
184) Other oame of aot-diuretc hormooe is:
(a) Vaso coostrictve (b) Vasodilator (c) Aot-coagulaot (d) Vasopressin
185) ADH cootaios:
(a) 9 amino acids (b) 5 amioo acids (c) 18 amioo acids (d) 15 amioo
acids
186) Vasopressio is respoosible for:
(a) Body’s regulatoo of pH (b) Body’s retention of water
(c) Body’s heat regulatoo (d) Both a & b
187) Maio role of oxytocio is:
(a) Ejectoo of milk (b) Teeth developmeot (c) Cootractoo of uterus (d) Both a & c
188) Oxytocio cootaios 8 amioo acids aod released from:
(a) Aoterior pituitary glaods (b) Posterior pituitary glands
(c) Prostate glaods (d) Pioeal glaods
189) Iosulio produced by the _____ cells of paocreas:
(a) α-cells (b) β-cells (c) γ-cells (d) δ-cells
190) Maio role of iosulio is oo:
(a) Proteio metabolism (b) Lipids metabolism (c) Carbohydrate meta… (d) Nooe of
these
191) Iosulio cootaios:
(a) 50 amioo acids (b) 51 amino acids (c) 52 amioo acids (d) 53 amioo
acids
192) Efect of iosulio oo blood glucose level is:
(a) Iocrease blood sugar (b) Keep the same level (c) Decrease sugar level (d) Nooe of
these
193) Testosterooe is respoosible for the developmeot of:
(a) Male sexual characteristics (b) Female sexual characteristcs
(c) Uterus (d) Nervous system
194) Testosterooe has efect oo:
(a) Booe (b) Sex characters (c) RBCs (d) All of these
195) Maio actoo of estrogeo hormooe is to develop the:
(a) Sexual orgaos io males (b) Sexual organs in female
(c) Booes io childreo (d) Nooe of these
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196) Biological molecule that catalyze chemical reactoos is called:
(a) Catalyst (b) Substrate (c) Enzyme (d) Vitamio
197) Ao ageot which io mioute amouot iocreases the velocity of reactoo without appeariog io foal
product:
(a) Eozymes (b) Catalyst (c) Hormooe (d) Substrate
198) Substrate oo which eozyme acts to coovert it ioto product:
(a) Eozyme (b) Co-factor (c) Substrate (d) Catalyst
199) Rate of reactoo iocrease with:
(a) Iocrease of eozyme (b) Decrease of eozyme (c) Iocrease of temperature (d) Both a & c
200) At 35C to 40C eozymatc actvity is:
(a) Very litle (b) Ioactve (c) Maximum (d) Destroy
201) Most of the eozymes are:
(a) Fats (b) Carbohydrates (c) Steroids (d) Proteins
202) Io coojugated proteio the proteio part is called:
(a) Holo eozyme (b) Apo enzyme (c) Prosthetc group (d) Nooe of
these
203) Io coojugated proteio the ooo-proteio part is:
(a) Co-eozyme (b) Apo eozyme (c) Prosthetc group (d) Both a & c
204) The complete structure of Apo eozyme aod prosthetc group is:
(a) Co-eozyme (b) Holo eozyme (c) Both a & b (d) Nooe of
these
205) Classes of eozymes are:
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 10
206) Aerobic dehydrogeoases is ao example of:
(a) Oxidoreductases (b) Traosferases (c) Hydrolases (d) Ligases
207) Eozymes which catalyze the traosfer of a fuoctooal group from ooe molecule to aoother:
(a) Hydrolases (b) Isomerases (c) Transferases (d) Lyases
208) Eozymes which catalyze the breakdowo of molecules io the preseoce of water:
(a) Oxidoreductases (b) Ligases (c) Lyases (d) Hydrolases
209) Carbooic aohydrase aod decarboxylase eozyme are:
(a) Isomerases (b) Lyases (c) Traosferases (d) Oxidoreductases
210) Eozymes iovolve io joioiog together two substrates:
(a) Isomerases (b) Lyases (c) Ligases (d) Hydrolases
211) Rate of eozymatc reactoo is directly proportooal to:
(a) pH (b) Temperature (c) Enzyme concentration (d) Product
212) Excess of product may lower the eozymatc reactoo by:
(a) Deoaturiog the eozyme (b) Occupying the active sites
(c) Iocreasiog the temperature (d) Nooe of these
213) Optmum temperature for eozymatc actvity is:
(a) 30C to 45C (b) 35C to 40C (c) 30C to 40C (d) 40C to 50C
214) At 50C the actvity of eozyme is:
(a) Very litle (b) Inactive (c) Maximum (d) Destroy
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215) Trypsio works best io:

(a) Acidic pH (b) Basic pH (c) Both a & b (d) Neutral pH

216) Pepsio works best io:

(a) Acidic pH (b) Basic pH (c) Both a & b (d) Neutral pH
217) Chemical ageots which ioactvates the eozymes are called:
(a) Co-factor (b) Apo eozyme (c) Inhibitor (d) Actvator
218) If optmum temperature aod pH are oot preseot theo reactoo is completed io:
(a) Short tme (b) Long time (c) Expected tme (d) Nooe of
these
219) Actvatoo eoergy is ______ by additoo of eozymes:
(a) Decrease (b) Iocrease (c) Fixed (d) Not required

220) Fructose is 132% sweeter thao:

(a) Glucose (b) Sucrose (c) Maltose (d) Rafoose
221) L.Aspargioase eozyme is used for:
(a) Iodigestoo (b) Cardio tooic (c) Kidoey problem (d) Cancer
treatment
222) Alcoholic beverages are maoufactured by eozyme:
(a) Amylase (b) Pepsio (c) Trypsio (d) Lactate
dehydrogeoase
223) Lock aod key model explaios the specifc actoo of:
(a) Hormooes (b) Catalysts (c) Vitamios (d) Enzymes

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224) Naturally occurriog , esseotal, orgaoic coosttueots of the diet, which io mioute amouot aid io
maiotaioiog the oormal metabolic actvites of the tssues is called;
(a) Eozyme (b) Proteio (c) Hormooe (d) Vitamin
225) Duriog growth aod pregoaocy the requiremeot of vitamios;
(a) Increased (b) Decreased (c) Remaios coostaot (d) No
requiremeot
226) Fat soluble vitamios are;
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
227) Vitamio C & B are soluble io;
(a) Fat (b) Water (c) Alcohol (d) Nooe
228)Vitamio B1 aod B3 are;
(a) Thermo labile (b) Water soluble (c) Fat soluble (d) A&B
229) Vitamio iovolved io blood clotog;
(a) B6 (b) C (c) D (d) K
230) Vitamio A is also called;
(a) Calciferol (b) Tocopherol (c) Retinol (d) Ribofavio
231) Afer oxidatoo Retoal becomes;
(a) Retinoic acid (b) Retoal (c) Retooid (d) Nooe
232) Vitamio iovolved io the maioteoaoce of oormal visual process of eye;
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(a) A (b) B (c) C (d)D

233) Dryoess of coroea aod mucous membraoes of eye is called;
(a)Nyctalopia (b) Xerophthalmia (c)Keratomalacia (d) Nooe
234) Night bliodoess due to disturbaoce io the visual pathway is termed as;
(a) Nyctalopia (b) Xerophthalmia (c) Keratomalacia (d) Coojuoctvits
235) Keratoizatoo, degeoeratoo & thickoess of coroea is termed as ;
(a) Glaucoma (b) Xerophthalmia (c) Keratomalacia (d) Cataract
236) Dry skio, crackiog of lips, fragility, britle oails, giogivits, aod hair loss are symptoms of toxicity of
vitamio;
(a) B6 (b) B12 (c) K (d) A
237) Ergosterol is obtaioed from;
(a) Vegetable origin (b) Aoimal (c) Bacterial (d) Viral
238) The most actvated form of vitamio D is;
(a) Cholocalciferol (b) 25-Hydroxycholocalciferol
(c) 1, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (d) Nooe
239) Actvity of parathyroid glaod iocreased io;
(a)Hypercalacemia (b) Hypocalcemia (c) Low Hb level (d) Reduced
phosphate absorptoo
240) Developmeot of oodule at costochoodral juoctoo is called;
(a) Kyphosis (b) Lordosis (c) Rickety rosary (d) Nooe
241) Sofoess of skull booes is termed as;
(a) Pigeoos chest (b) Lordosis (c) Scolosis (d) Carniotabes
242) Rickets aod osteomalacia are called by the defcieocy of vitamio;
(a) C (b) D (c) E (d) k
243) Sofoess aod beodiog of booes of legs are maio symptoms of;
(a) Paralysis (b) Iosomoia (c) Beriberi (d) Rickets
244) Vitamio which preveot the habitual abortoo by keepiog the layers of embryo healthy;
(a) A (b) B12 (c) B6 (d) E
245) Vitamio K is also called;
(a) Aot-sterility vit. (b) Aot-coagulaot vit. (c) Anti-Hemorrhagic vit. (d) B & C
246) Defcieocy of vitamio K results io;
(a) Proloog bleediog (b) Decreased digestoo (c) Iocreased clotog tme (d) A & C
247) Major fuoctoo of vitamio C is;
(a) RBCs productoo (b) Acts as co-eozyme (c) Wound repair (d) DNA syothesis
248) Defcieocy of vitamio C results io disease;
(a) Beriberi (b) Rickets (c) Scurvy (d) Bliodoess
249) Vitamio B1 is also called;
(a) Ribofavio (b) Niacio (c) Thiamin (d) Pyridoxioe
250) Beriberi is treated by vitamio;
(a) B5 (b) B1 (c) B6 (d) B12
251) Pellagra is preveoted by vitamio;
(a) Niacin (b) Paototheoic acid (c) Ribofavio (d) Thiamioe
252) Paototheoic acid is also called;
(a) Vit.B2 (b) Vit.B3 (c) Vit.B6 (d) Vit.B5
253) Vitamio oecessary for the syothesis of oeurotraosmiters;
(a) B1 (b) B2 (c) B6 (d) B3
254) We are uoable to use fats, carbohydrates or proteios without;
(a) Vit.B2 (b) Vit.B3 (c) Vit.B5 (d) Vit.B6
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255) Cracked aod red lips, iofammatoo of lioiog of mouth aod toogue, mouth ulcers, sore throat are
symptoms of defcieocy of vitamio;
(a) B5 (b) B1 (c) B6 (d) B2
256) Vitamio oecessary for the productoo of hemoglobio;
(a) Vit.B1 (b) Vit.B2 (c) Vit.B5 (d) Vit.B6
257) Thick, scaly pigmeoted rash oo skio exposed to suolight, swolleo mouth, vomitog, diarrhea,
headache, fatgue, are symptoms of;
(a) Pellagra (b) Scurvy (c) Cyaoocobalamio defcieocy (d) Vit. E defcieocy
258) Which vitamio is used to treat cervical caocer, migraioe, acoe, muscle cramps, buroiog feet syodrome
aod eye cooditoos;
(a) Niacio (b) Pantothenic acid (c) Ribofavio (d) Thiamioe
259) Bioto is also called;
(a) Vitamio B12 (b) Vit.B7 (c) Vit.B9 (d) Vit.6
260) Which vitamio actvates amioo acids for proteio syothesis?
(a) B7 (b) B12 (c) Ascorbic acid (d) Vit.B9
261) Loose teeth, poor healiog, low immuoity are symptoms of;
(a) Anemia (b) Scurvy (c) Folic acid toxicity (d) Nooe
262) Vitamio oot fouod io plaots;
(a) Vit.B12 (b) Ascorbic acid (c) Cyaoocobalamio (d) a & d
263) Vitamio iovolved io the productoo of RBCs;
(a) Vit.B12 (b) Vit.B9 (c) Vit.B6 (d) Vitamio C
264) Lassitude, aoemia, dermatts, fall of hairs, muscular paio, are symptoms of defcieocy of Vitamio;
(a) B9 (b) B12 (c) B7 (d) C

Chapter No.10
265) The applicatoo of biological orgaoism, systems or processes to maoufacturiog aod service iodustries
is called:
(a) Biochemistry (b) Biotechnology (c) Biology (d) Zoology
266) Biotechoology which deals with health care aod medical felds is termed as:
(a) Red biotechnology (b) white biotechoology (c) Blue biotechoology (d) Greeo
biotechoology
267) Biotechoology which deals with agriculture is termed as:
(a) Red biotechoology (b) white biotechoology (c) Blue biotechoology (d) Green
biotechnology
268) Biotechoology deals with iodustries:
(a) Red biotechoology (b) white biotechnology (c) Blue biotechoology (d) Greeo
biotechoology
269) Biotechoology deals with marioe aod fresh water:
(a) Red biotechoology (b) white biotechoology (c) Blue biotechnology (d) Greeo
biotechoology
270) Modero biotechoology has its roots io two braoches of scieoces:
(a) Molecular biology & Biochemistry (b) Microbiology & Biochemistry
(c) Molecular biology & Zoology (d) Molecular biology & Microbiology
271) The process which iovolves the removal of faulty geoes from the cell aod additoo of correct geoe io
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its place is called:

(a) Traoscriptoo (b) Genetic engineering (c) Traoslatoo (d) Nooe
272) Cootrolled use of biological ageots such as microorgaoisms or cellular compooeots for the beoeft of
maokiod:
(a) Biology (b) Geoe therapy (c) Biotechnology (d) Biochemistry

Chapter

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273) A substaoce which dooates H+ ioo or protoo is called:
(a) Acid (b) Base (c) Alkali (d) bufer
solutoo274) A cooditoo io which there is iocrease io H+ cooceotratoo or decrease io pH is called:
(a) Alkalosis (b) Acidosis (c) Regulatoo (d) Acid-base
balaoce
275) A substaoce which is H+ ioo or protoo acceptor called:
(a) Alkali (b) Acid (c) Base (d) Salt
+
276) A cooditoo io which there is decrease io H cooceotratoo or ao iocrease io pH:
(a) Alkalosis (b) Acidosis (c) Acid-base balaoce (d)
Dehydrogeoatoo
277) The mechaoism which maiotaios the homeostatc pH value io body:
(a) hybridizatoo (b) Aotbody formatoo (c) Acid base balance (d) Nooe