Biology MCQs for SSC Exams Free E-book

Biology MCQs for SSC Exams

Biology is the study of living organisms. It is one of the most important subjects in science for
competitive exams. In such exams there are around 3-4 questions that are asked from
Biology. Therefore, it is important to be aware of the basic concepts in Biology to score more
marks and ace the exams. In this e-book, we are providing MCQs from different areas of
biology to the students to prepare for the upcoming SSC CGL exam.

1. The study of growing plant without soil

(b) WBC
in water containing nutrient is known
as:
(c) Platelets
(a) Hypotonics
(d) None of these
(b) Hydrotonics
Answer: b
(c) Hydrophonics
4. Leptospirosis is a disease caused by?
(d) Hydrology
(a) Fungus

Answer: c (b) Virus

(c) Bacteria
2. Which of the following is true about
heart? (d) Protozoa

(a) Heart circulates blood Answer: c

(b) Heart supplies oxygen to blood

5. Erythrocytes is the other name for?
(c) Heart purifies blood
(a) White blood cells
(d) Heart separates excretory wastes from
blood (b) Platelets

Answer: a (c) Stem Cells

(d) Red Blood Cells

3. Which of the following have nucleus?

Answer: d
(a) RBC

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6. Which of the following is not a fat- (c) Vitamin E

soluble vitamin?
(d) Vitamin C
(a) Vitamin A
Answer: d
(b) Vitamin B

(c) Vitamin K 10. Rickets is caused due to deficiency

of which vitamin?
(d) Vitamin E
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
Answer: b
(c) Vitamin B
7. The sourness of curd is due to the
(d) Vitamin C
presence of?

Answer: b
(a) Lactic Acid

(b) Citric Acid

11. The common name for
(c) Acetic Acid Cyanocobalamin is?

(d) Malic Acid

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin B 2
Answer: a
(c) Vitamin B 12

8. The common bread mould fungi is also (d) Vitamin E

known as?

(a) Mucor Answer: c

(b) Neurospora
12. Which of the following acts both as an
(c) Rhizopus
exocrine gland and endocrine gland?
(d) Aspergillus
(a) Pancreas
Answer: c (b) Testis
(c) Ovary
9. The vitamin found in Amla (d) Adrenal
(Gooseberry) is?

(a) Vitamin B
Answer: a

(b) Vitamin D

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13. Deficiency of Vitamin A causes which 17. Lizard belongs to which category of
disease? animals?

(a) Amphibian
(a) Scurvy
(b) Reptilia
(b) Night Blindness
(c) Aves
(c) Cancer
(d) Pisces
(d) Goitre
Answer: b
Answer: b
18. Jaundice is caused due to
14. What disease is caused by HIV? (a) Excess sugar
(b) Excess fat
(a) Pancreatitis
(c) Excess bilirubin
(b) Diabetes
(d) Excess water
(c) Cancer

(d) AIDS Answer: c

Answer: d 19. Deficiency of Vitamin C causes?

(a) Goitre
15. Saliva helps in the digestion of
(b) Marasmus
(a) Protein (c) Dysentery
(b) Fats (d) Scurvy
(c) Fibre
(d) Starch
Answer: d

Answer: d
20. Tuberculosis is caused by

16. The functional unit of kidney is called (a) Virus

(b) Algae
(a) artery
(c) Fungi
(b) nephron
(d) Bacteria
(c) neuron
(d) axon
Answer: d
Answer: b

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21.Haemoglobin is present in? 25. Parthenogenesis is a process in which:

(a) Platelets (a) Development of embryo without

fertilization
(b) Red Blood Cells

(c) White Blood Cells (b) Development of egg without

fertilization
(d) None of these
(c) Fruits develop without hormone
Answer: d
(d) Fruits develop without fertilization

22.The scientific name of Mango is?

Answer: a
(a) Mangifera Indica
26. Alveoli belongs to which system of
(b) Homo sapiens human body?
(c) Azadirachta Indica
(a) Excretory system
(d) None of these
(b) Respiratory system
Answer: a
(c) Circulatory system

23.Aflatoxins are produced by : (d) Reproductive system

(a) Viruses
Answer: b
(b) Fungi

(c) Algae 27.Which is the longest bone in human

(d) Bacteria body?

Answer: b
(a) Tibia

24.Ginger is considered as a (b) Fibula

(c) Femur
(a) Modified leaf
(d) Stapes
(b) Modified bulb

(c) Modified root

Answer: c
(d) Modified stem

28.Which is the smallest bone in human

Answer: d
body?

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(a) Patella Answer: d

(b) Lunate
32. Who discovered penicillin?
(c) Calcenus
(a) Robert Brown
(d) Stapes
(b) Hugo de Vries
(c) Alexander Fleming
Answer: d
(d) Charles Darwin

29. Plant which grow in saline soil are Answer: c

called

(a) Succulents 33. Type 1 Diabetes is caused due to

(b) Halophytes (a) Body unable to produce fat

(c) Hydrophytes (b) Body unable to produce sugar

(d) Xerophytes (c) Body unable to produce insulin

(d) Body unable to produce protein

Answer: b

30. The pigment that gives plants green Answer: c

colour is called
34. Myopia is a defect of
(a) Haemoglobin
(a) Liver
(b) Bilirubin
(b) Lungs
(c) Chlorophyll
(c) Brain
(d) Anthocyanin
(d) Eyes
Answer: c

31.Who discovered bacteria? Answer: d

(a) Robert Brown

35. Plants having root nodules are called?
(b) Marie Curie
(a) Epiphytic Plants
(c) Alexander Fleming
(b) Aquatic Plants
(d) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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39.BCG vaccine is used to prevent?

(c) Parasitic plants
(a) Diabetes
(d) Leguminous plants
(b) Whooping cough

Answer: d (c) Arthritis

36. Wilson’s disease is due to (d) Tuberculosis

accumulation of which metal

(a) Iron Answer: d

(b) Sodium
40.Transport of water in plants is possible
(c) Lead through

(d) Copper
(a) Parenchyma
Answer: d
(b) Chloroplast

37. Who founded Binomial Nomenclature? (c) Xylem

(a) Charles Darwin (d) Phloem

(b) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Answer: d

(c) Carolus Linnaeus

41. Agar agar is derived from
(d) James Watson
(a) Protozoa
Answer: c
(b) Bryophyte

38. Soyabean is a good source of (c) Fungi

(a) Carbohydrate (d) Algae

(b) Minerals
Answer: d
(c) Fat
42. Which of the following is called the
(d) Protein energy currency of the cell?

Answer: d (a) DNA

(b) RNA

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(c) ATP (d) Dengue

(d) DDT
Answer: c

Answer: c 46. Cholera is caused by which

microorganism?
43. Which hormone induces cell
elongation in plants? (a) Protozoa

(a) Cytokinins (b) Fungi

(b) Dormin (c) Bacteria

(c) Gibberellins (d) Virus

(d) Auxins
Answer: c

Answer: c 47. Which type of trees shed their leaves

once in a year?

44. Five kingdom classification was (a) Coniferous trees

proposed by?
(b) Deciduous trees
(a) R. H. Whittaker
(c) Evergreen trees
(b) Ernst Mayr
(d) None of the above
(c) D. I. Ivanovsky

(d) M. W. Beijerinck Answer: b

Answer: a 48. Grey matter is present in?

45. Which disease is caused by female (a) Kidney

Anopheles Mosquito?
(b) Liver

(a) Polio (c) Lungs

(b) Cholera (d) Brain

(c) Malaria

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49. Amino acids are required for the

synthesis of?

(a) Fats

(b) Proteins

(c) Carbohydrates

(d) Acids
Answer: b

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50. Pasteurization means
(a) Process of breaking down milk
(b) Process of distillation of milk
(c) Process of sterilisation of milk
(d) Process of fermentation of milk
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Answer: c

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