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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
What is meant by 1 calorie? |
A. | Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water |
B. | Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1-tonne water |
C. | Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 mg water |
D. | Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g water |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
What is the ultimate form of energy? |
A. | Heat |
B. | Air |
C. | Water |
D. | Sand |
Answer» B. Air | |
3. |
Gastric and intestinal secretions are stimulated by which of the following? |
A. | Neural signals |
B. | External stimulus |
C. | Internal stimulus |
D. | Excitation of cells |
Answer» B. External stimulus | |
4. |
Where are the faeces stored till defaecation? |
A. | Caecum |
B. | Colon |
C. | Anus |
D. | Rectum |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Which valve prevents the backflow of faeces into the ileum? |
A. | Ileo-caecal valve |
B. | Pyloric sphincter |
C. | Sphincter of Oddi |
D. | Cardiac sphincter |
Answer» B. Pyloric sphincter | |
6. |
No significant digestive activity occurs in the large intestine. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
7. |
Where does the breakdown of bio-macromolecules take place? |
A. | Ileum |
B. | Jejunum |
C. | Duodenum |
D. | Pancreas |
Answer» D. Pancreas | |
8. |
Which of the following is not a product of the breakdown of nucleic acids? |
A. | Nucleotide |
B. | Nucleoside |
C. | Glycerol |
D. | Nitrogen base |
Answer» D. Nitrogen base | |
9. |
In the small intestine, carbohydrates are broken down into which of the following? |
A. | Monosaccharides |
B. | Disaccharides |
C. | Trisaccharides |
D. | Polysaccharides |
Answer» C. Trisaccharides | |
10. |
What are peptones? |
A. | Partially hydrolysed proteins |
B. | Completely hydrolysed proteins |
C. | Incompletely ligase proteins |
D. | Hydrolysed proteins |
Answer» B. Completely hydrolysed proteins | |
11. |
Bile protects the intestinal mucosa from acid and alkaline medium. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
12. |
Which secretions constitute the intestinal juice? |
A. | Bile juice |
B. | Pancreatic juices |
C. | Stomach secretions |
D. | Secretions of brush border cells and goblet cells |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
Which of the following is not present in bile? |
A. | Phospholipids |
B. | Bilirubin |
C. | Biliverdin |
D. | Nuclease |
Answer» E. | |
14. |
Which of the following enzymes activate trypsinogen? |
A. | Chymotrypsin |
B. | Enterokinase |
C. | Lipase |
D. | Bile |
Answer» C. Lipase | |
15. |
Which of the following is an active enzyme in the pancreas? |
A. | Trypsinogen |
B. | Procarboxypeptidase |
C. | Chymotrypsinogen |
D. | Nucleases |
Answer» E. | |