BIOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following blood components
has the greatest affinity for oxygen and
carbodioxide? (a) blood plasma (b) leucocytes
(c) thrombocytes (d) erythrocytes (e)
lymphocytes
2. Which of the following is not a function of
the blood? (a) maintenance of body
temperature (b) formation of clot (c)
distribution of bile (d) transportation of
excretory materials (e) distribution of
hormones
3. A major reason why the red blood cells can
survive in the blood is that the (a) blood pasma
and the red blood cells are isotonic (b) red
blood cells are hyprotonic to the plasma (c) the
red blood cells are hypotonic to the plasma (d)
the red blood cells receive digested nutrients.
4. Which of the following is NOT a function of
the blood? (a) the red blood cell produce
antibodies (b) the white blood ingest and
destroy harmful micro-organism that enter the
body (c) blood is a medium of transportation
(d) blood distribute heat to all parts of the
body.
5. Haemorrhage is caused due to the
deficiency of vitamin (a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e)
K correct about the mammalian heart? (a)
6. The oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood is
enhanced by the (a) volume of oxygen which
can dissolve in plasma (b) haemoglobin which
can combine with oxygen (c) red blood
corpuscles which have short life span (d)
volume of oxygen present in the lungs.
7. Platelets are associated with (a) clotting
mechanism (B) phagocytic activity (c)
formation of anitbodies (d) oxygen transport
(e) detoxication
8. Which component of the blood transports
digested food materials? (a) blood plasma (b)
platelets (c) erythrocytes (d) leucocytes (e)
lymphocytes
9. Blood moves through the arteries under high
pressure because of the (a) absence of valves
(b) wide lumen (c) thin layer of elastic tissue
(d) thick layer of muscle and elastic tissue
10. Tissue fluid is formed by the blood plasma
(a) after passing through the blood capillaries
(b) when present in the veins (c) when it
enters into the lymphatic vessels (d) when it
enters into the arteries
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of
arteries? (a) possessing thin walls (b) contain
valves (c) ending as capillaries (d) permeable
to nutrients
12. Which of the following blood vessels carries
oxygenated blood into the heart? (a)
pulmonary vein (b) serum (c) protoplasm (d)
plasma (e) lymph
13. Which of the following heart structures is
best adapted to cope with double circulation?
(a) one auricle and one ventricle (b) two
auricles and none ventricle (c) two auricles and
partially divided ventricle (d) two auricles and
two ventricles.
14. The ventricles of the mammalian heart
have thicker muscular walls than the auricles
because the (a) ventricles are large (b)
ventricles recive more blood (c) ventricles
pump blood to longer distances (d) auricles
have smaller capacity.
15. Which of the following statements is not
oxygenated blood enters the left auricle from
the pulmonary vein (b) the walls of the
ventricle are thicker than those of the auricle
(c) blood passes from the right ventricle to the
left auricle through the aorta (d) the tricuspid
valve prevents the back flow of blood into the
right auricle.
16. The blood vessel that supplies blood rich in
digested food to the liver is the (a) hepatic
artery (b) hepatic portal artery (c) hepatic
portal vein (d) hepatic vein (e) renal artery
17. Which of the following organs receives
blood from an artery and a vein? (a) heart (b)
kidney (c) large intestine (d) liver (e) small
intestine
18. The blood vessel which carries blood
containing nitrogenous wastes to the kidney is
the (a) pulmonary artery (b) pulmonary vein
(c) renal artery (d) renal vein (e) vena cava
19. De-oxygenated blood from the upper part
of the body enters the heart via the (a) inferior
vena cava (b) pulmonary artery (c) pulmonary
vein (d) subelavian vein (e) superior vena cava
20. The ‘Lub’ sound of the heartbeat is due to
the flapping close of the (a) semilunar and
bicuspid valves (b) tricuspid and bicuspid
valves (c) bicuspid and vena cava valves (d)
semilumar and tricuspid valves
21. The heart is divided into the right and left
halves by the (a) tricuspid valve (b) bicuspid
valve (c) septum (d) semilunar valve (e)
chordae tendinae
22. The blood vessel which carries blood away
from the right ventricle of the heart is (a)
pulmonary artery (b) superior vena cava (c)
pulmonary vein (d) inferior vena cava
23. Which of the following explains why the
ventricles of the heart are more muscular than
the auricles? (a) the ventricles store blood
whereas auricles do not (b) ventricles are
responsible for pumping blood into the main
artery (c) ventricles are thickened by the
presence of the valves (d) ventricles are bigger
than the auricles
24. The symptom of varicose veins is (a)
profuse sweating (b) sleeplessness (c)
hemorrhage (d) tiredness (e) swelling of veins
along lower limbs
25. The heart of the adult frog consist of (a)
two auricles and two ventricles (b) one auricle
and one ventricle (c) two ventricles and one
auricle (d) one ventricle and two auricles
26. The world owes its knowledge of the
system of blood circulation to the discovery by
(a) Alexander Fleming (b) Gowland Hopkins (c)
William Harvey (d) Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek
(e) Joseph Lister
27. The lymphatic system of mammals rejoins
the blood circulatory system at the (a) hepatic
vein (b) subclaviah vein (c) renal vein (d)
common iliac vein
28. Respiration is an essential life process
providing the cells with (a) oxygen (b) sugar
(c) energy (d) carbon dioxide
29. In the adult frog gaseous exchange takes
place through the (a) buccal cavity, skin and
lungs (b) buccal cavity, skin and spiracles (c)
gills, skin and buccal cavity (d) tympanic
membrane, lungs and gills
30. Lungs and gills are used for respiration in
(a) bats (b) birds (c) insects (d) man (e) newts
31. Exchange of gases takes place through the
following structures except (a) lenticel (b) gills
(c) kidney (d) body surface (e) lungs
32. A grasshopper respire by means of its (a)
book lungs (b) trachea tubes (c) antennae (d)
lungs
33. The excretory product common to all
insects is (a) water (B) bile (c) uric acid (d)
ammonia
34. The sequence of the one-way gaseous
exchange mechanism in a fish is (a) gills →
operculum → mouth (b) mouth → operculum
→ gills (c) mouth → gills → operculum (d)
operculum → gills → mouth.
35. The part of the mammalian respiratory
tract located after the pharynx is the (a)
bronchus (b) bronchiole (c) larynx (d) tracheal
36. Which of the following terms is used to
describe the breathing movement during which
the ribs are drawn upwards and outwards? (a)
expiration (b) oxygenation (c) inspiration (d)
anaerobic respiration (e) internal respiration
37. The movement of the diaphragm is
characteristic of gaseous exchange in (a)
insects (b) fish (c) toad (d) mammals (e)
plants
38. The diaphragm which is dome shaped is
flattened during inspiration by (a) the pressure
exerted by the heart on it (b) the contraction
of muscles of the abdomen (c) contraction of
its own fibres (d) contraction of the intercostal
muscles
39. The upper part of the trachea in mammals
is called (a) palate (b) epiglottis (c) larynx (d)
glottis (e) bronchus
40. During the inspiration process of breathing
in man, which of the following events take
place? (a) Diaphragm becomes dome-shaped
(b) intercostal muscles relax (c) rib cage is
lowered (d) sternum moves forward (e)
volume of the thorax decreases.
41. Which of the following is true about
inspiration in mammals? (a) intercosal muscles
relax and ribs are lowered (b) intercostal
muscles contract, ribs move forwards (c)
volume of thorax decreases and pressure in
the lungs increase (e) sternum moves
backwards
42. Which of the following is the correct
passage of air into the lungs? (a) Mouth →
bronchus → brinchiole → lungs (b) Nose →
trachea → bronchus → lungs (c) mouth →
alveolus → brionchole → lungs (d) nose →
brionchiole → trachea → lungs (e) nose →
trachea → brionchole → lungs
43. Kreb’s cycle occurs in the (a) mitochondria
(b) cytoplasm (c) nucleus (d) ribosomes
44. The equation below represents the process
of glycolysis Glucoxd + ATP → X +
ADP X in the equation represents (a) glucose
diphosphate (b) glucose phosphate (c) glucose
triphosphate (d) fructose phosphate
45. The process whereby sugar is broken down
in the tissue to release energy is known as (a)
assimilation (b) digestion (c) breathing (d)
oxidation (e) aerobic respiration
46. Glycolysis involves (a) oxidation of fats and
oil (b) deamination of amino acid (c) oxidation
of glucose (d) fermentation of glucose
47. Aerobic respiration in the cell takes place in
the (a) cytoplasm (b) lysosome (c) nucleus (d)
mitochondrion
48. The Krebs’ Cycle usually starts with (a)
acetyl coenzyme (b) oxoglutanic acid (c) lactic
acid (d) citric acid
49. Which of the following is true of aerobic
respiration in a cell? (a) oxygen is given off as
a by-product (b) energy, carbon dioxide and
water are given off (c) lactic acid and energy
are released (d) carbon dioxide, lactic acid and
energy are formed (e) alcohol, carbon dioxide
and energy are formed.
50. The end product of glycolysis in plants and
animals is (a) pyruvic acid (b) citric acid (c)
aspartic acid (d) malic acid
51. The process of anaerobic respiration of
yeast in sugar solution is known as (a)
oxidation (b) fermentation (c) tissue respiration
(d) alcohol production (e) decomposition
52. When a mammal respires anaerobically for
a long time (a) pyruvic acid is converted into
acetyl COA (b) more energy is released from
fats in the body (c) lactic acid accumulates in
the muscles (d) the Kreb’s cycle is fully
completed.
53. The role of ATP include all the following
activities except (a) provision of energy to do
work in living organism (b) transmission of
nerve impulse (c) keeping the body warm in
homothermic animals (d) producing water
during aerobic respiration
54. Muscle fatigue in the body of an athlete is
due to (a) low pH (b) high oxygen content (c)
accumulation of lactic acid (d) accumulation of
carbonic acid
55. The equation that can be used to
summarize the process of anaerobic
breakdown of sugar is (a) C6H12O6 →
2C2H2OH + 2CO (b) 6CO2 + 6H2O → C6H12O +
6O2 (c) C6H12O6 + 6CO + 6H2O + energy (d)
C6H12O6 → 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 + energy
56. In which part of the kidney does
ultrafiltration take place? (a) Bowman’s capsule
(b) distal convoluted tubule (c) proximal
convoluted tubule (d) collecting duct (e)
afferent arteriole
57. The glomerular filtrate contains the
following substances except (a) water (b) urea
(c) blood corpuscles (d) glucose
58. Which of the following organisms has
kidney as their excretory organ? (a) Fishes,
amphibians, birds, man (b) fishes, amphibians,
annelids, insects (c) fishes, reptiles, birds,
tapeworms (d) fishes, protozoans, amphibians,
man
59. The excretory system in mammals consists
of the following parts except (a) two kidneys
(b) two ureters (c) two bladders (d) one
urethra
60. Which of the following substances is not
usually present in the urine of a healthy
person? (a) urea (b) mineral salts (c) glucose
(d) water
61. Deamination of amino acids in the liver
produces (a) blood sugar (b) glycogen (c) bile
(d) urea
62. Which of the following will not be
reabsorbed by the uriniferous tubule? (a)
mineral salts (b) water (c) urea (d) glucose (e)
protein
63. Which of the following processes eliminates
non-metabolic waste products from the body
of man? (a) Urination (b) Panting (c) sweating 76. Excretory products in plants responsible for
(d) defecation (e) breathing the decolouration of flowers are called (a)
64. The conversion of excess amino acids into alkaloids (b) tannins (c) anthocyanins (d)
urea in man is carried out by the (a) kidney (B) resins
liver (c) skin (d) small intestine (e) pancreas 77. Which of the following is not an excretory
65. Into which part of the kidney are waste product of plants? (a) Quinine (b) Tannin (c)
materials filtered under pressure? (a) pyramid Latex (d) Cytosol
(b) Ureter (c) Bowman’s capsule (d) Medulla 78. What is not an excretory product of plants?
(e) Tubules (a) cocaine (b) oxygen (c) quinine (d) tannins
66. Water is re-absorbed by the uriniferous (e) sap
tubules into the blood in order to (a) maintain
water balance in the tissues (b) prevent
frequent urination (c) increases the volume of
blood (d) replace water loss by sweating (e)
replace metabolic water
67. Excretory products in mammals do not
include (a) urea (b) mineral salts (c) carbon
dioxide (d) ammonia (e) water
68. The following are functions of the liver
except (a) deamination of excess amino acids
and proteins (b) Excretion of bile pigments (c)
manufacture of blood plasma (d) production of
heat (e) storage of vitamins and minerals
69. The following are kidney diseases except
(a) diuresis (b) hepatisis (c) kidney stones (d)
nephritis (e) oedema
70. The network of blood capillaries in the
kidney capsule is referred to as (a) capsule (b)
glomerulus (c) pelvis (d) pyramid (e) ureter
71. Which is NOT a kidney disease? (a)
cirrhosis (b) kidney stones (c) nephritis (d)
uraemia (e) Wilm’s tumor
72. Which of the following is not an excretory
organ? (a) lungs (b) kidney (c) leaf (d) large
intestine (e) skin
73. The kidneys of all vertebrates act as
osmoregulators. This means that they (a)
keep the composition of the plasma constant
(b) regulate osmotic processes (c) control the
volume of blood entering the kidneys (d)
decrease the osmotic pressure of blood (e)
increase the osmotic pressure of the blood.
74. Which of these is not an excretory product
of a plant? (a) Tannin (b) Gum (c) Alkaloid (d)
sweat (e) anthocyanin
75. The opening of the guard cells of the
epidermis in plants is by the process of (a)
osmosis (b) diffusion (c) active transport (d)
transpiration