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This section includes 1212 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
201. |
Which of the following bones bones are present in the plam of hand? |
A. | Carpals |
B. | Metacarpals |
C. | Phalanges |
D. | Metatarsals |
Answer» C. Phalanges | |
202. |
Which of the following bone is not present in the hind-limb? |
A. | Femur |
B. | Tibia |
C. | Radius |
D. | Fibula |
Answer» D. Fibula | |
203. |
Which of the following bacteria do not have flagella commonly__________? |
A. | Cocci |
B. | Bacilli |
C. | Streptobacilli |
D. | Vibrio |
Answer» B. Bacilli | |
204. |
Which of the following bacteria are thick rigid and spiral______________? |
A. | Vibrio |
B. | Spirillum |
C. | Spirochete |
D. | Coccus |
Answer» C. Spirochete | |
205. |
Which of the following are triploblastic and acoelomate? |
A. | Sponges |
B. | Annelida |
C. | Platyhelminthes |
D. | Aves |
Answer» D. Aves | |
206. |
Which of the following are responsible for the detection of changes in environment? |
A. | Receptors |
B. | Neurons |
C. | Effectors |
D. | All of these |
Answer» B. Neurons | |
207. |
Which of the following are proteins in nature? |
A. | Antibodies |
B. | Interferons |
C. | Antitoxins |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
208. |
Which of the following are motile zooids in cnidarians? |
A. | Polyps |
B. | Medusae |
C. | Both of these |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Both of these | |
209. |
Which of the following are connective tissues? |
A. | cartilage |
B. | bone |
C. | blood |
D. | all the above |
Answer» E. | |
210. |
Which of the following animals has a respiratory system with one way flow of the air through the lungs, and the air is renewed after inspiration? |
A. | Cockroach |
B. | Earthworm |
C. | Aves |
D. | Frogs |
Answer» D. Frogs | |
211. |
Which of the following animal uses Setae and Muscles for their Iocomotion? |
A. | Cockroach |
B. | Snail |
C. | Earthworm |
D. | Star fish |
Answer» D. Star fish | |
212. |
Which of the following animal excrete nitrogenous waste mainly as uric acid? |
A. | Hydra |
B. | Planaria |
C. | Humans |
D. | Birds |
Answer» E. | |
213. |
Which of the following animal has a hydrostatic skeleton? |
A. | Earthworm |
B. | Round worm |
C. | Tape worm |
D. | Pin worm |
Answer» B. Round worm | |
214. |
Which of the following allows precise muscular movements_______________? |
A. | Cerebrum |
B. | Cerebellum |
C. | Thalamus |
D. | Hypothalamus |
Answer» C. Thalamus | |
215. |
Which of the following acts as thermoregulator? |
A. | Cerebrum |
B. | Cerebellum |
C. | Thalamus |
D. | Hypothalamus |
Answer» E. | |
216. |
Which of the Euglenas (a Protoctista) character resembles that of animals______________? |
A. | They can move |
B. | They lack cell wall |
C. | They do not have chlorophyll |
D. | Both a and b |
Answer» E. | |
217. |
Which of following system is segmentally arranged in annelids? |
A. | Excretory system |
B. | Digestive system |
C. | Criculatory system |
D. | Nervous system |
Answer» D. Nervous system | |
218. |
Which is NOT an example of a microbial symbiosis? |
A. | bacteria in the human colon |
B. | tapeworm in the cow intestine |
C. | bacteria passing through the placenta |
D. | protozoans found within termites |
Answer» D. protozoans found within termites | |
219. |
Which is not a vertebrate ? |
A. | Reptiles |
B. | Fish |
C. | Insect |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
220. |
Which is an organic compound found in most cells ? |
A. | Water |
B. | Glucose |
C. | Oxygen |
D. | Sodium chloride |
Answer» C. Oxygen | |
221. |
Which is a parasitic plant? |
A. | cuscuta |
B. | rose |
C. | ferns |
D. | mosses |
Answer» B. rose | |
222. |
Which excretory product in produced in plants during autotrophic mode of life? |
A. | CO2 |
B. | H2O |
C. | O2 |
D. | Both A and B |
Answer» D. Both A and B | |
223. |
Which disease has been totally eradicated from the world because of effective vaccination? |
A. | Measles |
B. | Polio |
C. | Small pox |
D. | Hepatitis |
Answer» D. Hepatitis | |
224. |
Which disease can be controlled by vaccination? |
A. | Measles |
B. | Cancer |
C. | Diabetes |
D. | Heart attack |
Answer» B. Cancer | |
225. |
Which conjegated molecules play important role in gene expression___________? |
A. | Glycolipids |
B. | Glycoproteins |
C. | Nucleohistones |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
226. |
Which chemical component has the same % in bacterial as well as the mammalian cell_____________? |
A. | Water |
B. | Carbohydrate |
C. | Proteins |
D. | Lipids |
Answer» B. Carbohydrate | |
227. |
Which chemical component has the greatest contribution in the total mammalian cell weight__________? |
A. | Proteins |
B. | Carbohydrate |
C. | Lipids |
D. | Water |
Answer» E. | |
228. |
Which character differentiates living things from non-living organisms___________? |
A. | They live in the same ecosystem. |
B. | They are acted upon by the same environment |
C. | They are highly organized and complex made of one or more cells and contain genetic material |
D. | Both a and b |
Answer» D. Both a and b | |
229. |
Which character differentiates living things from non-living organisms? |
A. | They live in the same ecosystem |
B. | They are highly organized and complex made of one or more cells and contain genetic material |
C. | They are acted upon by the same environment |
D. | Both a and b |
Answer» C. They are acted upon by the same environment | |
230. |
Which branch of science is short in laws ? |
A. | Biology |
B. | Physics |
C. | Chemistry |
D. | All of these |
Answer» B. Physics | |
231. |
Which bone is called beauty bone in women? |
A. | sternum |
B. | clavicle |
C. | maxilla |
D. | radius |
Answer» C. maxilla | |
232. |
Which are the four most abundant elements in living cells ? |
A. | carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur |
B. | carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen |
C. | carbon, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus |
D. | carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, magnesium |
Answer» C. carbon, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus | |
233. |
Which among the following is an Autotroph _________ ? |
A. | Butterfly |
B. | Mushroom |
C. | Fish |
D. | Algae |
Answer» E. | |
234. |
Which adaptation is acquired by plants of cooler areas to prevent lipid crystal formation in cell membrane? |
A. | Change in membrane protein composition |
B. | Change in the solute composition of the cell membrane which prevents crystallization |
C. | Increase in proportion of unsaturated fatty acids |
D. | Development of heat shock proteins |
Answer» D. Development of heat shock proteins | |
235. |
When abdomen expands, the number of spiracles open is_____________? |
A. | 2 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 6 |
D. | 8 |
Answer» E. | |
236. |
What percentage of light reaching the earth is used in photosynthesis? |
A. | 25% |
B. | 10% |
C. | 5% |
D. | 1% |
Answer» E. | |
237. |
What is the mode of transmission of Hepatitis virus? |
A. | Aerosol |
B. | Parentral (via blood) |
C. | Skin penetration |
D. | Unknown |
Answer» C. Skin penetration | |
238. |
What is the function of synapse________________? |
A. | To allow nerve impulse to move in backward direction |
B. | To decrease the speed of nerve impulse |
C. | To stop the nerve impulse |
D. | To provide cytoplasmic connection between neurons |
Answer» C. To stop the nerve impulse | |
239. |
What is the characteristic feature of consumers? |
A. | Autotroph |
B. | Heterotroph |
C. | Parasite |
D. | Saprophyte |
Answer» C. Parasite | |
240. |
What is the branch of biology in which structure and function of tissues are studied___________? |
A. | Cell Biology |
B. | Taxonomy |
C. | Histology |
D. | Morphology |
Answer» D. Morphology | |
241. |
What is hibernation and aestivation________? |
A. | Thermal adaptation shown by animals |
B. | wind adaptation shown by animals |
C. | adaptation of animals to escape from predators |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. wind adaptation shown by animals | |
242. |
What happens during muscle contraction to the length of each myosin and action filament? |
A. | Z- lines get closer |
B. | A band becomes short |
C. | 1 band elongates |
D. | There is no change in sarcomere |
Answer» B. A band becomes short | |
243. |
Water potential of pure water is__________? |
A. | zero |
B. | one |
C. | negative |
D. | two |
Answer» B. one | |
244. |
Water is _________ times viscous than air? |
A. | 50 |
B. | 1000 |
C. | 5000 |
D. | 8000 |
Answer» B. 1000 | |
245. |
Water has maximum density at____________? |
A. | 0°C |
B. | 4°C |
C. | 4° K |
D. | 4.8°C |
Answer» C. 4° K | |
246. |
____________ was first to propose an objective definition of instinct. |
A. | Thorpe |
B. | Darwin |
C. | Pavlov |
D. | Kohler |
Answer» C. Pavlov | |
247. |
Vocal cords are stretched across_______? |
A. | Larynx |
B. | Pharynx |
C. | Golttis |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
248. |
Voice box is another name used for___________? |
A. | Buccal cavity |
B. | Pharynx |
C. | Larynx |
D. | Chest Cavity |
Answer» D. Chest Cavity | |
249. |
Visible light used in photosynthesis ranges from:__________? |
A. | 300 – 700 nm in wavelength |
B. | 350 – 750 nm in wavelength |
C. | 380 – 750 nm in wavelength |
D. | 390 – 790 nm in wavelength. |
Answer» D. 390 – 790 nm in wavelength. | |
250. |
Viruses are __________ smaller than bacteria? |
A. | 10 – 100 times |
B. | 10 – 1000 times |
C. | 100 – 1000 times |
D. | 1000 – 10000 times |
Answer» C. 100 – 1000 times | |