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351.

The pressure generated when water enters & inflates plant cells is called ___________ potential?

A. Water
B. Osmotic
C. Pressure
D. Solute
Answer» D. Solute
352.

The point at which there is no net exchange of gases between leaves and atmosphere is known as_____________?

A. Neutral point
B. Compensation point
C. Parallel point
D. Competitive point
Answer» C. Parallel point
353.

The plants which produce embryo but lack vascular tissues and seeds are placed in_________?

A. bryophytes
B. pteridophytes
C. tracheophytes
D. all of these
Answer» B. pteridophytes
354.

The place of centromere where spindle fibres get attached is_________?

A. Kinetochore
B. Kinochore
C. Centromere region
D. all of these
Answer» B. Kinochore
355.

The place of attachment of leaf with the shoot is called__________?

A. Pith
B. Pit
C. Pulvinus
D. Ecdysone
Answer» D. Ecdysone
356.

The phylum chrordata comprise about how many species?

A. 25,000
B. 50,000
C. 100,000
D. 10,00,000
Answer» C. 100,000
357.

The percentage of light absorbed by the leaf is ___________?

A. 20%
B. 15%
C. 10%
D. 1%
Answer» E.
358.

The partly digested food is stored in________in cockroach?

A. Gizzard
B. Crop
C. Hepatic caeca
D. Rectum
Answer» C. Hepatic caeca
359.

The part of sporophyte which is called sporangium is____________?

A. Capsule
B. Foot
C. Stalk
D. None of these
Answer» B. Foot
360.

The part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is called____________?

A. Corpus callosum
B. Medulla oblongata
C. Cerebral cortex
D. Cerebellum
Answer» B. Medulla oblongata
361.

The part of chloroplast where CO2 is fixed to manufacture sugar is__________?

A. Stroma
B. Grana
C. Thylakoid
D. Outer membrane
Answer» B. Grana
362.

The organs of locomotion in annelids are__________?

A. Muscles
B. Hydrostatic skeleton
C. Parapodia
D. Setae
Answer» D. Setae
363.

The organisms able to use sunlight directly as a source of energy are_____________?

A. Plants
B. Animals
C. Omnivores
D. Fungi
Answer» B. Animals
364.

The opening and closing of stomata is directly controlled by the___________?

A. Temperature
B. pH
C. Light
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
365.

The only promoter of leaf senescence in the following plant hormones is________________?

A. Gibberellins
B. Cytokinins
C. Auxins
D. Abscisic Acid
Answer» E.
366.

The only group of algae having no flagellated motile cells at any stage is___________?

A. Chrysophyta
B. Phaeophyta
C. Pyrrophyta
D. Rhodophyta
Answer» E.
367.

The one which is present in all living things

A. Cell nucleus
B. DNA or RNA
C. Cell membrane
D. Vacuole
Answer» C. Cell membrane
368.

The one which is present in all living things is ___________?

A. Cell nucleus
B. DNA or RNA
C. Cell membrane
D. Vacuole
Answer» C. Cell membrane
369.

The one which is present in all aerobic species is _________?

A. Cytohrome c
B. Cytochrome a
C. Cytochrome a3
D. Cytochrome b
Answer» B. Cytochrome a
370.

The one which is a weed killer is___________?

A. IAA
B. NAA
C. 2 4-D
D. GA
Answer» D. GA
371.

The one which is not a globular protein__________?

A. Anti Rh-antibody
B. Enzyme
C. Myosin
D. Haemoglobin
Answer» D. Haemoglobin
372.

The one which is incorrect pair?

A. Sori – Indusium
B. Arthrophytes – Jointed
C. Dichotomous – Vernation
D. Lycopods – Ground pries
Answer» D. Lycopods – Ground pries
373.

The one which causes contraction of wall of the uterus during and after birth?

A. ADH
B. MSH
C. Oxytocin
D. Progesterone
Answer» D. Progesterone
374.

The one which can tolerate highest external osmotic pressure is __________?

A. Algae
B. Amoeba
C. Fungi
D. Bacteria
Answer» D. Bacteria
375.

The one which can break open a plasmid ring is__________?

A. Ligase enzyme
B. Primase enzyme
C. Restriction endonuclease
D. ATP-ase enzyme
Answer» B. Primase enzyme
376.

The one that stores calcium is __________?

A. Sarcolemma
B. Sarcoplasm
C. Sarcoplasmic reticulum
D. Cytosol
Answer» D. Cytosol
377.

The number of species of organisms currently known to science is?

A. 3500000
B. 35000
C. 2500000
D. 25000000
Answer» D. 25000000
378.

The number of daughter paramecia produced following conjugation is _______ ?

A. 8 from one conjugant
B. 8 from two conjugants
C. 16 from two conjugants
D. 8-16 from two conjugants
Answer» C. 16 from two conjugants
379.

The number of chromosomes in human cell is_____________?

A. 48
B. 44
C. 46
D. 26
Answer» D. 26
380.

The number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1g of water from 15 to 16?C is called___________?

A. Specific Heat of Vaporization
B. Specific Heat capacity
C. Caloric Heat
D. Both A and C
Answer» C. Caloric Heat
381.

The number carpels in our feet is__________?

A. 7
B. 14
C. 16
D. 0
Answer» E.
382.

The normal range of the number of white blood cells in a microliter of blood is between _________ ?

A. 2,500 and 09,300
B. 4,500 and 10,000
C. 4,900 and 12,000
D. None of these
Answer» C. 4,900 and 12,000
383.

The normal pH of human blood is____________?

A. 6.4
B. 7.0
C. 7.4
D. 7.5
Answer» D. 7.5
384.

The nephridia of earthworm open into the coelom by_________?

A. Nephrostome
B. Nephridiopore
C. Flame cell
D. Anus
Answer» B. Nephridiopore
385.

The name Bacteriophage was coined by____________?

A. Charles Chamberland
B. Ivanowski
C. Twort
D. D Herelle
Answer» E.
386.

The name animal is derived from the word__________?

A. Anima
B. Anemia
C. Aname
D. All of these
Answer» B. Anemia
387.

The movement of water molecules from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential (through membrane)

A. Deffusion
B. Osmosis
C. Active transport
D. None of these
Answer» C. Active transport
388.

The most important photosynthetic pigment is ___________?

A. Chlorophyll a
B. Chlorophyll b
C. Xanthophyll
D. Carotenes
Answer» B. Chlorophyll b
389.

The most important group of producers in marine ecosystem is of__________?

A. Diatoms
B. Euglenoids
C. Dinoflagellates
D. Brown algae
Answer» B. Euglenoids
390.

The most important function of troponin is___________?

A. To bind with actin
B. To bind with tropomyosin
C. To bind with Ca2+ ions
D. All of these
Answer» E.
391.

The most common type of asexual reproduction in the fungi is__________?

A. fragmentation
B. spore production
C. budding
D. binary fission
Answer» C. budding
392.

The monosaccharide found in some bacteria and occurring rarely are______________?

A. Trioses
B. Hexoses
C. Tetroses
D. Pentoses
Answer» D. Pentoses
393.

The molecules of living matter that provide building blocks are mostly based on:

A. Carbon
B. Nitrogen
C. Hydrogen
D. Ammonia
Answer» B. Nitrogen
394.

The method of reproduction of new plants by cells instead of seed is known is:___________?

A. Tissue culture
B. Mutation
C. Antibiosis
D. Recombination
Answer» B. Mutation
395.

The membrane of vacuoles is known as__________?

A. Vacuoloplast
B. Tonoplast
C. Tanoplast
D. All of these
Answer» C. Tanoplast
396.

The mechanism of stomatal movement is related to the branch of Biology called__________?

A. Taxonomy
B. Physiology
C. Morphology
D. Anatomy
Answer» C. Morphology
397.

The mechanism of regulation, generally between organism and its environment, of solutes and the gain and the loss of water is called________?

A. Homeostasis
B. Hemostasis
C. Osmoregualtion
D. Thermoregulation
Answer» D. Thermoregulation
398.

The mechanism for ATP synthesis is_____________?

A. Chemosynthesis
B. Photosynthesis
C. Phosphorylation
D. Chemiosmosis
Answer» E.
399.

The maximum amount of oxygen which normal human blood absorbs and carries at sea level is ________ per 100 ml of blood.

A. 10 ml
B. 20 ml
C. 30 ml
D. 40 ml
Answer» C. 30 ml
400.

The major constituent of blood plasma is___________?

A. Protein
B. NaCl
C. Water
D. Cholesterol
Answer» D. Cholesterol