BIOLOGY

Question 1: Primary phloem develops from

1. Lateral meristem
2. Protoderm
3. Extrastelar cambium
4. Provascular tissue

Question 2: Night blindness is cause by lack of which vitamin?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin B
3. Vitamin C
4. Vitamin D

Question 3: Plant have ____ while animals lack it.

1. Starch
2. Cellulose
3. Protein
4. Fat

Question 4: Monocot root differs from dicot root in having

1. Open vascular bundles
2. Scattered vascular bundles
3. Well-developed pith
4. Radially arranged vascular bundles

Question 5: Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?

1. Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts
2. Stem and leaf
3. Roots and chloroplast bearing parts
4. Bark and leaf

Question 6: Mumps is a disease caused by

1. Fungus
2. Bacterium
3. Virus
4. None of these

Question 7: One of the following is not a function of bones.

1. Place for muscle attachment
2. Protection of vital organs
3. Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones
4. Production of blood corpuscles

Question 8: Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is.

1. 46
2. 47
3. 48
4. 49
 Question 9: Osmosis is the flow of solution from higher concentration to a solution of lower
concentration through a semi permeable membrane. What is incorrect in this statement?
1. Exact concentration of solution is not given
2. Character of semi permeable membrane is not given
3. The flow of solution is not possible through semi permeable membrane
4. All are incorrect

Question 10: One of the following is most suitable for study of mutations.
1. Haploids
2. Diploids
3. Tetraploids
4. Polyploid

Question 11: Photosynthesis takes place faster in.

1. Yellow light
2. White light
3. Red light
4. Darkness

Question 12: Nitrogen is fixed in ecosystems in ways stated below. Which one of the statements
below is false?
1. by cyanobacteria
2. by electrical discharges in the atmosphere
3. by industrially synthesized fertilizer
4. By denitrification

Question 13: Mutation is

1. a factor responsible for plant growth
2. a change which affects the offspring of F2 generation only
3. a change that is inherited
4. a change which affects the parents

Question 14: Plants are killed in winter by frost

1. because of desiccation and mechanical damage to the tissues
2. because no photosynthesis takes place at such low temperature
3. because respiration ceases at such low temperature
4. because there is no transpiration

Question 15: Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of

1. root
2. stem
3. fruit
4. leaf

Question 16: Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called
1. halophytes
2. hydrophytes
3. mesophytes
4. xerophytes

Question 17: Phloem is a tissue found in

1. reproductive organs of animals
2. plants
3. insects
4. mammals

Question 18: Most of the red, blue and purple colours of plants are due to a pigment called
1. anthocyanin
2. carotene
3. chlorophyll
4. xanthophylls

Question 19: Ordinary table salt is sodium chloride. What is baking soda?
1. Potassium chloride
2. Potassium carbonate
3. Potassium hydroxide
4. Sodium bicarbonate

Question 20: Organic Substances which, in very small amounts, control growth and development
called
1. vitamins
2. hormones
3. enzymes
4. None of the above

Question 21: Neurospora is used as genetic material because

1. it has short life cycle of 10 days
2. the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
3. meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
4. is a diploid fungus

Question 22: Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into
1. free nitrogen
2. urea
3. ammonia
4. proteins

Question 23: Pigmentation of skin is due to

1. lymphocytes
2. monocytes
3. leucocytes
4. melanocytes

Question 24: Plants synthesis protein from

1. starch
2. sugar
3. amino acids
4. fatty acids

Question 25: Our major foods, fibres, spices, fruits and beverage crops are
1. flowering plants
2. gymnosperms plants
3. pteridophytes
4. bryophytes
Question 26: Rain water helps to increase the ____ to some extent.
1. phosphorous contents
2. nitrogen contents
3. calcium contents
4. potash contents

Question 27: Plants receive their nutrients mainly from

1. chlorophyll
2. atmosphere
3. light
4. soil

Question 28: Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of
1. dengue fever
2. filariasis
3. encephalitis
4. yellow fever

Question 29: Pollination is best defined as

1. transfer of pollen from anther to stigma
2. germination of pollen grains
3. growth of pollen tube in ovule
4. visiting flowers by insects

Question 30: Radical vascular bundles are those in which

1. xylem is surrounded by phloem
2. phloem is surrounded by xylem
3. xylem and phloem occur on the same radius
4. xylem and phloem occur on the different radii

Question 31: Most common disease of poultry in India is

1. fowl pox
2. tick fever
3. ranikhet
4. coryza

Question 32: Movement of cell against concentration gradient is called

1. osmosis
2. active transport
3. diffusion
4. passive transport

Question 33: Photo-oxidation is

1. photorespiration
2. photolysis
3. light and oxygen induced breakdown
4. All of the above

Question 34: Plants developing in dry conditions are

1. xerophytes
2. mesophytes
3. lithophytes
4. hydrophytes

Question 35: Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their
1. embryonic zone
2. growing point
3. root hairs
4. zone of elongation

Question 36: Most highly intelligent mammals are

1. whales
2. dolphins
3. elephants
4. kangaroos

Question 37: Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in the

1. salivary glands
2. pituitary glands
3. thyroid glands
4. pancreas

Question 38: Monotremes are unique mammals because they

1. posses hair
2. give birth to live young
3. secret milk in a pouch
4. lay eggs

Question 39: Ramapithecus and Cro-Magnon man are considered

1. ancestors of modern man
2. ancestors of monkey
3. ancestors of lion
4. None of the above

Question 40: Pyorrhoea is a disease of the

1. nose
2. gums
3. heart
4. lungs

Question 41: Prokaryotic cells lack

1. nucleolus
2. nuclear membrane
3. membrane bound by organelles
4. All of these

Question 42: Outer covering of virus made up of protein is

1. capsid
2. coat
3. virion
4. viriod

Question 43: Pulses are a good source of

1. carbohydrates
2. fats
3. proteins
4. vitamins

Question 44: O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from

1. CO2
2. water
3. sugar
4. pyruvic acid

Question 45: Of the following taxonomic categories which is the most inclusive (i.e. is the highest in
hierarchy)?
1. Order
2. Subspecies
3. Class
4. Genus

Question 46: Nymph is the name of young one of

1. butterfly
2. beetle
3. housefly
4. cockroach

Question 47: Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered
in 1831 by
1. Robert Hooke
2. Robert Brown
3. Rudolf Virchow
4. Theodore Schwann

Question 48: Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all
classes of
1. hormones
2. enzymes
3. proteins
4. vitamins

Question 49: Myopia is connected with

1. ears
2. eyes
3. lungs
4. None of these

Question 50: Pollination by wind is called

1. anemophily
2. hydrophily
3. zoophily
4. entomophily

BIOLOGY
Question 51: Plants growing on sand are called as
1. chasmophytes
2. oxylophytes
3. lithophytes
4. psammophytes

Question 52: out of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates present in a cell membrane, what is true?
1. Lipids are maximum
2. Carbohydrates are minimum
3. Carbohydrates are maximum
4. All three are in equal proportion

Question 53: Our skin, when exposed to excess sunlight, becomes dark. This is because our skin
pigments called
1. flavoxanthin
2. melanin
3. carotene
4. Xanthophyll

Question 54: Pollen grains in plants are produced in

1. roots
2. leaves
3. flower
4. stem

Question 55: Ozone hole refers to

1. hole in ozone layer
2. decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere
3. decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere
4. increase in the thickness of ozone layer in troposphere

Question 56: Plant development is influenced by

1. quality of light only
2. quality and quantity of light
3. quality and duration of light
4. quality[comma] quantity and duration of light

Question 57: Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber-yielding plants of
which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India. All these belong to
1. angiosperms
2. gymnosperms
3. monocotyledons
4. dicotyledons

Question 58: Normal adult human male has

1. 10 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
2. 14 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
3. 18 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
4. 24 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood

Question 59: Placenta is the structure formed

1. by the union of foetal and uterine tissue
2. by foetus only
3. by fusion of germ layers
4. None of these

Question 60: Poison glands of snakes are homologous to

1. electric organs of fishes
2. stings of rays
3. sebaceous glands of mammals
4. salivary glands of vertebrates

Question 61: Plants that grow in saline water are called

1. halophytes
2. hydrophytes
3. mesophytes
4. thallophytes

Question 62: Prothrombin which helps in clotting of blood is released by

1. lymphocytes
2. erythrocytes
3. monocytes
4. blood platelets

Question 63: Norepinephrine increases

1. respiration
2. urine production
3. saliva production
4. blood pressure

Question 64: N2 content is kept constant in the biosphere due to

1. N2 fixation
2. industrial pollution
3. nitrogen cycle
4. absorption of N2

Question 65: Plants hormone that induces cell division is

1. auxins
2. gibberellins
3. kinins
4. domins

Question 66: Photosynthesis is a process

1. reductive and exergonic
2. reductive and catabolic
3. reductive[comma] endergonic and catabolic
4. reductive[comma] endergonic and anabolic

Question 67: Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named

1. haemoglobin
2. keratin
3. collagen
4. myoglobin

Question 68: Process of cell division can take place by

1. heterosis
2. fusion
3. mitosis
4. None of these

Question 69: On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?
1. Gram
2. Maize
3. Pea
4. Wheat

Question 70: Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous emission of

1. protons (alpha particles)
2. electrons (beta particles)
3. gamma rays (short wave electromagnetic waves)
4. All of the above

Question 71: Most abundant tissues of our body are

1. muscular
2. connective
3. epithelial
4. nervous

Question 72: Movements due to light are shown by

1. flowering plants
2. lower plants
3. all land plants
4. all the plants

Question 73: Radish is a

1. bulb
2. conn
3. modified root
4. tuber

Question 74: Plants wilt due to excess of

1. transpiration
2. photosynthesis
3. absorption
4. None of these

Question 75: Plant bends towards the source of light on account of the movement of curvature
known as
1. geotropism
2. thigmotropism
3. chemotropism
4. phototropism

Question 76: The disease Rickets is caused by the deficiency of

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin B
3. Vitamin C
4. Vitamin D
Question 77: Number of ribs found in a typical human ribcage is
1. 16
2. 21
3. 24
4. 28

Question 78: Which one of the following is not an enzyme

1. Chymotrypsin
2. Trypsin
3. Pepsin
4. Insulin

Question 79: Water molecules enter plant epidermal cells by

1. Active Transport
2. Translocation
3. Osmosis
4. None of the above

Question 80: Pepsin is released by the zymogen cell of

1. Intestine
2. Duodenum
3. Stomach
4. Liver

Question 81: Colon and rectum is a part of

1. Small Intestine
2. Large Intestine
3. Stomach
4. Ureter

Question 82: Which one is the first organelle to be discovered

1. Chloroplast
2. Nucleus
3. Vacuole
4. Lysosome

Question 83: Which one is located at the rear of the abdominal cavity
1. Liver
2. Kidneys
3. Heart
4. Pancreas

Question 84: Most of the enzymes are

1. Fats
2. Carbohydrates
3. Proteins
4. Minerals

Question 85: Maximum number of ATP molecules that can be yield by glycolysis process in
prokaryotic cells is
1. 22
2. 29
3. 32
4. 38

Question 86: Which one is the largest artery in the human body
1. Radial Artery
2. Ulnar Artery
3. Aorta
4. Arterioles

Question 87: The brain is a part of which organ system

1. Respiratory System
2. Circulatory System
3. NervousSystem
4. None of the above

Question 88: The audible sounds that heart are made by the closing of the
1. Arteries
2. Veins
3. Valve
4. Ventricle

Question 89: The elastic vessels which transport blood from the heart is known as
1. Arteries
2. Sinusoids
3. Capillaries
4. None of the above

Question 90: The elastic vessels which transport blood to the heart is known as
1. Arteries
2. Veins
3. Capillaries
4. None of the above

Question 91: The color of Hemoglobin is

1. Red
2. Yellow
3. White
4. Colorless

Question 92: The plants which are live in soil, but dependent on water for reporduction is known as
1. Algae
2. Pteridophytes
3. Bryophytes
4. Angiosperms

Question 93: Bacteria is included in the kingdom classification of

1. Protista
2. Plantae
3. Animalia
4. Monera

Question 94: Biological classification of plants and animals was first proposed by
1. Aristotle
2. Plato
3. Linnaeus
4. Whittaker

Question 95: Which one is the biggest part of the brain

1. Thalamus
2. Medulla
3. Cerebellum
4. Cerebrum

Question 96: The main function of hemoglobin is

1. Carries Oxygen
2. Control Blood Pressure
3. Produce hormones
4. None of the above

Question 97: The first root produced from a seed is known as

1. Conical root
2. Fusiform root
3. Radicle
4. None of the above

Question 98: Which one is the outermost layer of plant cells covering the stem, root, leaf, flower etc
1. Epidermis
2. Cortex
3. Endodermis
4. Phloem

Question 99: The part of the stem of a plant from which a leaf, branch, or aerial root grows is known
as
1. Petiole
2. Axil
3. Node
4. Axillary bud

Question 100: Chromosomes contains

1. Enzymes
2. Proteins
3. Phospholipids
4. None of the above