Q.1

One of the following is most suitable for study of mutations

  • Haploids
  • Diploids
  • Tetraploids
  • Polyploid
Q.2

Monotremes are unique mammals because they

  • posses hair
  • give birth to live young
  • secret milk in a pouch
  • lay eggs
Q.3

Photosynthesis takes place faster in

  • yellow light
  • white light
  • red light
  • darkness
Q.4

Photosynthesis is a process

  • reductive and exergonic
  • reductive and catabolic
  • reductive, endergonic and catabolic
  • reductive, endergonic and anabolic
Q.5

Pulses are a good source of

  • carbohydrates
  • fats
  • proteins
  • vitamins
Q.6

out of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates present in a cell membrane, what is true?

  • Lipids are maximum
  • Carbohydrates are minimum
  • Carbohydrates are maximum
  • All three are in equal proportion
Q.7

Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?

  • Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts
  • stem and leaf
  • Roots and chloroplast bearing parts
  • Bark and leaf
Q.8

Poison glands of snakes are homologous to

  • electric organs of fishes
  • stings of rays
  • sebaceous glands of mammals
  • salivary glands of vertebrates
Q.9

Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered inby

  • Robert Hooke
  • Robert Brown
  • Rudolf Virchow
  • Theodore Schwann
Q.10

Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their

  • embryonic zone
  • growing point
  • root hairs
  • zone of elongation
Q.11

Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes

  • tetanus
  • influenza
  • cholera
  • typhoid
Q.12

On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?

  • Gram
  • Maize
  • Pea
  • Wheat
Q.13

O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from

  • CO2
  • water
  • sugar
  • pyruvic acid
Q.14

Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named

  • haemoglobin
  • keratin
  • collagen
  • myoglobin
Q.15

Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of

  • root
  • stem
  • fruit
  • leaf
Q.16

Most fish do not sink in water because of the presence of

  1. swim bladder
  2. air bladder
  3. air sacs
  4. air in spongy bones
  • I and II are correct
  • II and III are correct
  • III and IV are correct
  • I, II, III and IV are correct
Q.17

Radical vascular bundles are those in which

  • xylem is surrounded by phloem
  • phloem is surrounded by xylem
  • xylem and phloem occur on the same radius
  • xylem and phloem occur on the different radii
Q.18

Primary phloem develops from

  • lateral meristem
  • protoderm
  • extrastelar cambium
  • provascular tissue
Q.19

Photo-oxidation is

  • photorespiration
  • photolysis
  • light and oxygen induced breakdown
  • All of the above
Q.20

Pigmentation of skin is due to

  • lymphocytes
  • monocytes
  • leucocytes
  • melanocytes
Q.21

Norepinephrine increases

  • saliva production
  • respiration
  • urine production
  • blood pressure
Q.22

Placenta is the structure formed

  • by the union of foetal and uterine tissue
  • by foetus only
  • by fusion of germ layers
  • None of these
Q.23

Nymph is the name of young one of

  • butterfly
  • beetle
  • housefly
  • cockroach
Q.24

Of the following taxonomic categories which is the most inclusive (i.e. is the highest in hierarchy)?

  • Order
  • Subspecies
  • Class
  • Genus
Q.25

Plants synthesis protein from

  • starch
  • sugar
  • amino acids
  • fatty acids
Q.26

Plant bends towards the source of light on account of the movement of curvature known as

  • geotropism
  • thigmotropism
  • chemotropism
  • phototropism
Q.27

Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of

  • dengue fever
  • filariasis
  • encephalitis
  • yellow fever
Q.28

Process of cell division can take place by

  • heterosis
  • fusion
  • mitosis
  • None of these
Q.29

Night blindness is cause by lack of which vitamin?

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin D
Q.30

Plants hormone that induces cell division is

  • auxins
  • gibberellins
  • kinins
  • domins
Q.31

One day you wake with a sore throat and a runny nose. Your doctor takes a swab from your throat, sends it to a lab, and telephones you the next day to say that antibiotic will not help you get better. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the doctor's statement?

  • Having waited a day, it is too late to take an antibiotic
  • You need an antiseptic, not an antibiotic
  • You need to be vaccinated instead of taking an antibiotic
  • You are infected by a virus
Q.32

Prothrombin which helps in clotting of blood is released by

  • lymphocytes
  • erythrocytes
  • monocytes
  • blood platelets
Q.33

Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into

  • free nitrogen
  • urea
  • ammonia
  • proteins
Q.34

Plant have ____ while animals lack it.

  • starch
  • cellulose
  • protein
  • fat
Q.35

Plants that grow in saline water are called

  • halophytes
  • hydrophytes
  • mesophytes
  • thallophytes
Q.36

Most highly intelligent mammals are

  • whales
  • dolphins
  • elephants
  • kangaroos
Q.37

Monocot root differs from dicot root in having

  • open vascular bundles
  • scattered vascular bundles
  • well developed pith
  • radially arranged vascular bundles
Q.38

Neurospora is used as genetic material because

  • it has short life cycle of 10 days
  • the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
  • meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
  • is a diploid fungus
Q.39

Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called

  • halophytes
  • hydrophytes
  • mesophytes
  • xerophytes
Q.40

Myopia is connected with

  • ears
  • eyes
  • lungs
  • None of these
Q.41

Out ofreported species of living gymnosperms, conifers are represented by aboutspecies, About 2,50,species of angiosperms (flowering plants) have also been reported in the world. The vast and dominant woodlands in Europe, Asia, North America and mountains such as Himalayas are wooded with

  • all gymnosperms, except conifers
  • only angiosperms
  • only conifers
  • angiosperms and all gymnosperms except conifers
Q.42

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?

  • Exact concentration of solution is not given
  • Character of semi permeable membrane is not given
  • The flow of solution is not possible through semi permeable membrane
  • All are incorrect
Q.43

Pyorrhoea is a disease of the

  • nose
  • gums
  • heart
  • lungs
Q.44

Plant development is influenced by

  • quality of light only
  • quality and quantity of light
  • quality and duration of light
  • quality, quantity and duration of light
Q.45

Phloem is a tissue found in

  • reproductive organs of animals
  • plants
  • insects
  • mammals
Q.46

Most of the red, blue and purple colours of plants are due to a pigment called

  • anthocyanin
  • carotene
  • chlorophyll
  • xanthophylls
Q.47

One of the following is not a function of bones.

  • Place for muscle attachment
  • Protection of vital organs
  • Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones
  • Production of blood corpuscles
Q.48

Prokaryotic cells lack

  • nucleolus
  • nuclear membrane
  • membrane bound by organelles
  • All of these
Q.49

N2 content is kept constant in the biosphere due to

  • N2 fixation
  • industrial pollution
  • nitrogen cycle
  • absorption of N2
Q.50

Ordinary table salt is sodium chloride. What is baking soda?

  • Potassium chloride
  • Potassium carbonate
  • Potassium hydroxide
  • Sodium bicarbonate
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