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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. | |