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51.

Which one of these is a set of useful insects?

A. Sandfly , butterfly, hoeybee
B. Sikmoth, honeybee, locust
C. Honeybee, silkmoth, tsetse fly
D. Honeybee , lac insect, cochineal insect
Answer» E.
52.

Which one of these structures involved in replication of bacterial dna?

A. chromosomes
B. pilli
C. plasmid
D. mesosome
Answer» E.
53.

Which one the following fatty acid is more soluble in an organic solvent and has higher melting point____________?

A. Acetic acid
B. Butyric acid
C. Palmitic acid
D. All have same
Answer» D. All have same
54.

Which organisms are sometimes called the ” pastures of the sea”?

A. Diatoms
B. Radiolarians
C. Dinoflagellates
D. Foraminiferans
Answer» B. Radiolarians
55.

Which Part of the Brain Regulates Body Temperature?

A. cerebellum
B. cerebrum
C. hypothalamus
D. medulla
Answer» D. medulla
56.

Which statement about enzyme is incorrect_________________?

A. Some of them consist solely of protein with no non protein part
B. They catalyze a chemical reaction without being utilized
C. All enzymes are fibrous Proteins
D. They without their cofactor are called apoenzyme.
Answer» D. They without their cofactor are called apoenzyme.
57.

Which statement correctly describes the transcription of DNA?

A. It produces another DNA molecule
B. It produces mRNA
C. It is a semi conservation process
D. It occurs at surface of ribosomes
Answer» C. It is a semi conservation process
58.

Which statement is incorrect about Lock and Key Model________________?

A. Specific enzyme can transform only a specific substrate
B. Active site of an enzyme is a non flexible structure
C. Active site does not change before during or even after the reaction
D. It explains the mechanism of every chemical reaction
Answer» E.
59.

Which statement is incorrect for cloning?

A. The nucleus of a fertilized egg is replaced by the nucleus from the cell of a fully developed individual
B. Division of a single egg into one or more separate embryos.
C. The individual is the mirror image of the parent organism
D. It involve methods of sexual reproduction
Answer» E.
60.

Which statement is incorrect for pasteurization?

A. It is used to preserve yogurt and milk
B. It was developed by Louis Pasteur.
C. It involves heating the substance at high temperature for just few sec.
D. It can be used to preserve vegetables and meat.
Answer» E.
61.

Which statement is true about an aqueous medium________________?

A. Ionic as well as non ionic substance in aqueous media retains their identity
B. Enzymes can not perform catalysis reaction in this medium
C. Ions and molecules move randomly thus are in more favorable state to react with other molecules and ions
D. It is less favorable media for chemical reactions
Answer» D. It is less favorable media for chemical reactions
62.

Which step causes activation of catalytic site of an enzyme__________________?

A. Change in pH of the surroundings
B. Formation of Enzyme Susstrate complex
C. Change in the charge of the active site
D. Change in temperature
Answer» C. Change in the charge of the active site
63.

Which structure of protein gives information aboutnumber and sequence of amino acids in it_______________?

A. Primary structure
B. Secondary structure
C. Tertiary structure
D. Quaternary structure
Answer» B. Secondary structure
64.

Which structural organization is most common in globular proteins____________?

A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. Quaternary
Answer» D. Quaternary
65.

Which system is present in nematodes?

A. Sac – like digestive system
B. Tube – like digestive system
C. Circulatory system
D. Respiratory system
Answer» C. Circulatory system
66.

Which treatment is instituted in a cancerous patient?

A. Antibiotic therapy
B. Radiotherapy
C. Gene therapy
D. None of these
Answer» C. Gene therapy
67.

Which type of motions are present in solid?

A. translational
B. rotational
C. vibrational
D. all of these
Answer» D. all of these
68.

Which type of sensory structures carry deep pressure and vibration sensations______________?

A. Hair end organs
B. Meissner’s Corpuscles
C. Pacinian corpuscles
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
69.

Which type of sensory structures carrying the touch sensations are present in papillae extending into ridges of the fingertips___________________?

A. Hair end organs
B. Meissner’s Corpuscles
C. Pacinian corpuscles
D. None of these
Answer» C. Pacinian corpuscles
70.

Which type of the receptors are present in the ear__________________?

A. Chemoreceptors
B. Mechanoreceptors
C. Photoreceptors
D. Thermoreceptors
Answer» C. Photoreceptors
71.

Which Vitamin is needed for the formation of a light-sensitive pigment in the retina.

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin D
D. B complex
Answer» B. Vitamin C
72.

Who coined the term Animalcules for microorganisms like Bacteria and protozoa______________?

A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Leeuwenhoek
Answer» E.
73.

Who coined the term CELL?

A. Schwann
B. Schleiden
C. Robert Hook
D. Both a and b
Answer» D. Both a and b
74.

Who developed the vaccine against anthrax?

A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward Jennar
C. Leuvenhoek
D. Alexander Fleming
Answer» B. Edward Jennar
75.

Who discovered the bacteria causing tuberculosis and also developed various techniques of media preparation and maintenance of pure culture_____________?

A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Leeuwenhoek
Answer» E.
76.

Who discovered the living cell first time?

A. Robert brown
B. Robert hooke
C. Rudolf virchow
D. Antoni van leeuwenhoek
Answer» C. Rudolf virchow
77.

Who discovered the peptic ulcer causing bacteria H.PYLORI?

A. Robert Hook
B. James parkinson
C. Dr Barry Marshall and dr Robin Warren
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
78.

Who first observed and thus hypothesized that new cells are formed from previously existing living cell?

A. Theodor Schwann and Schleiden
B. Rudolph Virchows
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Both b and c
Answer» C. Louis Pasteur
79.

Who first separated bacteria from other protists as a group_____________?

A. John Hogg
B. Ernst Haeckel
C. Margulis and Schwartz
D. Herbert Copeland
Answer» E.
80.

Who is Called the Father of Demography?

A. ALAN Turing
B. John Dalton
C. Charles Babbage
D. IBN KHALDUN
Answer» E.
81.

Who opposed the idea the cell is an empty space bounded by thick wall?

A. Lorenz Oken
B. Schwann
C. Robert Brown
D. Rudolph Virchow
Answer» D. Rudolph Virchow
82.

Whone is not the function of endoplasmic reticulum?

A. Nerve impulse conduction
B. Transport of material
C. Mechanical support
D. Synthesis of conjugated molecules
Answer» E.
83.

Why skeletal muscles are called striated muscles?

A. They appear darker than smooth muscles by naked eye
B. Alternating dark and light bands appear on their surface when visualized by naked eye
C. Alternating dark and light bands appear on their surface when visualized via a microscope
D. All of these
Answer» D. All of these
84.

With different chemical arrangements and formation Of complex molecules, the life emerges on the level of the ?

A. Cells
B. Tissues
C. Organs
D. Organ System
Answer» B. Tissues
85.

Xanthophylls are _________ pigments

A. Yellow
B. Red
C. Orange
D. Green
Answer» B. Red
86.

XO-XX pattern of sex determination is present in______________?

A. Grasshopper
B. Butterfly
C. Drosophila
D. Man
Answer» B. Butterfly
87.

Xylem and phloem are conducting tissues found in ……….?

A. animals
B. plants
C. micro orgamnisms
D. all the above
Answer» C. micro orgamnisms
88.

Yellow cytoplasm in ascidian gives rise to______________?

A. Epidermis
B. Muscle cells
C. Gut
D. Notochord
Answer» C. Gut
89.

Yeasts reproduce asexually by forming____________?

A. Asci
B. Basidia
C. Both a & b
D. Buds
Answer» E.
90.

Yellowish glandular structure which produces progesterone is_____________?

A. Graffian follicle
B. Ovary
C. Corpus luteum
D. Placenta
Answer» D. Placenta
91.

Zygote with three copies chromosome 21, is known to cause _________?

A. Hay fever
B. Scurvy
C. Parkinson Disease
D. Downs syndrome
Answer» E.
92.

Which of the following statements about fractures in old age is incorrect?

A. They are more common than in adult age
B. Occur as a result of bone being thin and weak
C. Due to good blood supply it results in quick healing
D. It involves osteoblasts and osteocytes
Answer» D. It involves osteoblasts and osteocytes
93.

Which of the following statement is incorrect5 for fats containing unsaturated fatty acid_____________?

A. They contain double bond
B. They are usually solid at room temperature
C. They are lighter than water
D. Their specific gravity is less than 1
Answer» C. They are lighter than water
94.

Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding the locomotion in Euglena?

A. Move with the help of flagellum, attached to the anterior pole of the body.
B. Flagellum whipping backwards moving the organism forward, and when moves forward the organism moves backward.
C. Myonemes can change the direction of the body by making it to shorten from anterior to the posterior pole.
D. None of these
Answer» C. Myonemes can change the direction of the body by making it to shorten from anterior to the posterior pole.
95.

Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding germ theory of diseases postulated by Robert Koch_____________?

A. A specific organism can always be found in association with a given disease
B. The organism can be isolated and grown in pure culture in the laboratories
C. The pure culture cannot produce the disease when inoculated into susceptible animal however the causative organism isolated from pure culture can do s
D. It is possible to recover the organism in pure culture from the experimentally infected animals
Answer» D. It is possible to recover the organism in pure culture from the experimentally infected animals
96.

Which of the following statement is incorrect about RNA_________________?

A. The pentose sugar in it is Ribose.
B. It contains Adenine Guanine Thymine and Cytosine
C. It is present in the nucleoli
D. It may be folded back on itself to give double helical characteristics.
Answer» C. It is present in the nucleoli
97.

Which of the following statement is incorrect about Molluscans?

A. They are surrounded by single or double pieces of hard skeleton
B. Their shell grows as the animal grows
C. They have hydrostatic skeleton
D. They move by tube feet
Answer» E.
98.

Which of the following statement is incorrect about Glyoxisomes?

A. They contain enzymes which help in conversion of fatty acids into carbohydrate
B. They are abundant in soyabeans but absent in pea
C. They are present through out life of a plant and provide them whth energy through Glyoxylate cycle
D. They are signle membranous organelles
Answer» D. They are signle membranous organelles
99.

Which of the following statement is incorrect about asexual reproduction by spores in fungi?

A. Spores are haploid structures
B. They are dispersed via wind water and insects
C. On falling to a suitable place they germinate
D. These are produced through fruiting bodies like ascocarps and basidiocarps.
Answer» E.
100.

Which of the following statement is incorrect about antibiotics?

A. They are used against microorganisms
B. They are always effective against bacteria
C. They are used in diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia
D. They are derived from bacteria only
Answer» E.