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This section includes 1412 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Knowledge knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 251. |
Which of the following is an endocrine gland? |
| A. | Mammary glands |
| B. | Apocrine sweat glands |
| C. | Reproductive glands |
| D. | Salivary glands |
| Answer» D. Salivary glands | |
| 252. |
Which of the following is an emergency hormone in humans? |
| A. | Thyroxine |
| B. | Insulin |
| C. | Adrenalin |
| D. | Progestrone |
| Answer» D. Progestrone | |
| 253. |
Which of the following is an abnormal constituent of urine? |
| A. | Creatinine |
| B. | Uric acid |
| C. | Glucose |
| D. | Urea |
| Answer» D. Urea | |
| 254. |
Which of the following is an Autoimmune disease? |
| A. | Systematic lupus erythematosus |
| B. | Acute anaphylaxis |
| C. | Farmer's lung |
| D. | A heart attack |
| Answer» B. Acute anaphylaxis | |
| 255. |
Which of the following is an Abiotic factor? |
| A. | Plants |
| B. | Water |
| C. | Consumers |
| D. | Animals |
| Answer» C. Consumers | |
| 256. |
Which of the following is also known as the Biochemical Laboratory of the Human Body? |
| A. | Small Intestine |
| B. | Brain |
| C. | Pancreas |
| D. | Liver |
| Answer» E. | |
| 257. |
Which of the following is a work done by the placenta tissue in humans? |
| A. | Support the embryo |
| B. | Removes waste matter from the embryo and provide nutrition to the embryo |
| C. | Provide nutrition to the embryo |
| D. | Remove waste matter from the embryo |
| Answer» C. Provide nutrition to the embryo | |
| 258. |
Which of the following is a symptom of haemophilia? |
| A. | Night Blindness |
| B. | No clotting of Blood |
| C. | Rickets |
| D. | Loss of haemoglobin |
| Answer» C. Rickets | |
| 259. |
Which of the following is a treatment for heart disease? |
| A. | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) |
| B. | Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting(CABG) |
| C. | Heart transplant |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 260. |
Which of the following is a structural and functional unit of kidneys? |
| A. | Renette Cells |
| B. | Flame Cells |
| C. | Nephrites |
| D. | Nephrons |
| Answer» E. | |
| 261. |
Which of the following is a risk factor for osteoporosis? |
| A. | Smoking cigarettes |
| B. | Drinking alcohol |
| C. | Both A & B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 262. |
Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA? |
| A. | Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Polymerase |
| B. | Adenine + Phosphate Group + Thymine |
| C. | Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Thymine |
| D. | Cytosine + Phosphate Group + Uracil |
| Answer» D. Cytosine + Phosphate Group + Uracil | |
| 263. |
Which of the following is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria? |
| A. | Salmonella |
| B. | Rhizobium |
| C. | E.coli |
| D. | Pseudomonas |
| Answer» C. E.coli | |
| 264. |
Which of the following is a metabolic function of skin? |
| A. | synthesis of a vitamin D precursor |
| B. | cutaneous sensation |
| C. | body temperature regulation |
| D. | elimination of nitrogenous wastes |
| Answer» B. cutaneous sensation | |
| 265. |
Which of the following is a good source of Vitamin A? |
| A. | Cabbage |
| B. | Carrot |
| C. | Regular Potato |
| D. | Strawberry |
| Answer» C. Regular Potato | |
| 266. |
Which of the following is a healthy fat? |
| A. | polyunsaturated fat |
| B. | enriched fat |
| C. | trans fat |
| D. | saturated fat |
| Answer» B. enriched fat | |
| 267. |
Which of the following is a fish? |
| A. | Jelly fish |
| B. | Lobster |
| C. | Salmon |
| D. | Whale |
| Answer» D. Whale | |
| 268. |
Which of the following is a feature of leptin? |
| A. | It acts primarily on the brain |
| B. | It is secreted by the brain and acts on fat cells |
| C. | It is an enzyme |
| D. | It is usually deficient in thin people |
| Answer» C. It is an enzyme | |
| 269. |
Which of the following is a feature of ghrelin? |
| A. | It stimulates appetite and energy storage |
| B. | It is released in high amounts from adipocytes during periods of excess energy intake |
| C. | The blood level in the fasting state correlates directly with body weight |
| D. | It is a metabolic antagonist of leptin |
| Answer» B. It is released in high amounts from adipocytes during periods of excess energy intake | |
| 270. |
Which of the following is a characteristic of all angiosperms? |
| A. | double internal fertilization |
| B. | ovules that are not contained within ovaries |
| C. | complete reliance on wind as the pollinating agent |
| D. | free-living gametophytes |
| Answer» B. ovules that are not contained within ovaries | |
| 271. |
Which of the following is a feature of aerobic metabolism? |
| A. | energy is produced more slowly than in anaerobic metabolism |
| B. | energy is observed more slowly than in anaerobic metabolism |
| C. | energy is produced more fastly than in anaerobic metabolism |
| D. | energy is observed more fastly than in anaerobic metabolism |
| Answer» B. energy is observed more slowly than in anaerobic metabolism | |
| 272. |
Which of the following is a Dominant Autosomal Disorder ? |
| A. | Albinism |
| B. | Cystic Fibrosis |
| C. | Phenyl Ketorunia |
| D. | Alzheimer's Disease |
| Answer» E. | |
| 273. |
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Ascomycota? |
| A. | Sac formation |
| B. | Zygospore formation |
| C. | Basidium formation |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Zygospore formation | |
| 274. |
Which of the following is a bisexual flower? |
| A. | Cucumber |
| B. | Mustard |
| C. | Watermelon |
| D. | Papaya |
| Answer» C. Watermelon | |
| 275. |
Which of the following induces nitrogen fixation in soil? |
| A. | Protozoa |
| B. | Bacteria |
| C. | Fungi |
| D. | Algae |
| Answer» C. Fungi | |
| 276. |
Which of the following increases the rate of heart beat? |
| A. | Peripheral nerves |
| B. | Sympathetic nerves |
| C. | Parasympathetic nerves |
| D. | Cranial nerves |
| Answer» C. Parasympathetic nerves | |
| 277. |
Which of the following hormones has intracellular receptors?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | cortisol. |
| B. | insulin. |
| C. | epinephrine. |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. insulin. | |
| 278. |
Which of the following increase the risk of developing osteoporosis? |
| A. | excessive alcohol |
| B. | female gender |
| C. | low estrogen levels |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 279. |
Which of the following hormone is not secreted by pituitary gland? |
| A. | Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) |
| B. | Prolactin |
| C. | Vasopressin |
| D. | Somatostatin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 280. |
Which of the following has open vascular system? |
| A. | Cockroach |
| B. | Human |
| C. | Rat |
| D. | Birds |
| Answer» B. Human | |
| 281. |
Which of the following harmone is called the emergency harmone ? |
| A. | Insulin |
| B. | Adrenaline |
| C. | Estrogen |
| D. | Oxytocin |
| Answer» C. Estrogen | |
| 282. |
Which of the following group produces naked seeds?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Angiosperms |
| B. | Bryophyta |
| C. | Thallophyte |
| D. | Gymnosperms |
| Answer» E. | |
| 283. |
Which of the following groups is/are called phanerogams?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ I. Thallophyte_x005F_x000D_ II. Bryophyte_x005F_x000D_ III. Pteridophyle_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | Only I |
| B. | Only II |
| C. | All I, II and II |
| D. | No option is correct |
| Answer» E. | |
| 284. |
Which of the following glands is a source of the enzyme Ptyalin? |
| A. | Pancreas |
| B. | Thyroid Gland |
| C. | Pituitary Gland |
| D. | Salivary Glands |
| Answer» E. | |
| 285. |
Which of the following function is performed by the kidneys in the human body? |
| A. | Excretion |
| B. | Respiration |
| C. | Digestion |
| D. | Transportation |
| Answer» B. Respiration | |
| 286. |
Which of the following forms a base pair with thymine? |
| A. | Adenine |
| B. | Guanine |
| C. | Cytosine |
| D. | Thymine |
| Answer» B. Guanine | |
| 287. |
Which of the following enzymes is secreted by the pancreas? |
| A. | Maltase |
| B. | Trypsin |
| C. | Sucrase |
| D. | Lactase |
| Answer» C. Sucrase | |
| 288. |
Which of the following enzymes is responsible for RNA synthesis? |
| A. | RNA polymerase |
| B. | RNase |
| C. | RNA ligase |
| D. | DNA polymerase |
| Answer» B. RNase | |
| 289. |
Which of the following does nutritional genomics study? |
| A. | how certain nutrients affect an individual's gene expression |
| B. | the precise amount of micronutrients the body needs |
| C. | the protein content of an individual |
| D. | the genetic sequence of an individual's genome |
| Answer» B. the precise amount of micronutrients the body needs | |
| 290. |
Which of the following does not occur during Mitosis? |
| A. | spindle formation |
| B. | condensation of the chromosomes |
| C. | breakdown of the nuclear membrane |
| D. | replication of the DNA |
| Answer» E. | |
| 291. |
Which of the following does not influence haemoglobin saturation? |
| A. | Nitric oxide |
| B. | Carbon dioxide |
| C. | Temperature |
| D. | DPG |
| Answer» B. Carbon dioxide | |
| 292. |
Which of the following does not hold true for Animal belonging to Phylum Chordate? |
| A. | Notochord present |
| B. | Pharynx perforated by gill slits. |
| C. | Heart is dorsal (if present) |
| D. | A post-anal part (tail) is present |
| Answer» D. A post-anal part (tail) is present | |
| 293. |
Which of the following disease is not caused by water pollution? |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Typhoid |
| C. | Asthma |
| D. | Diarrhoea |
| Answer» D. Diarrhoea | |
| 294. |
Which of the following disease is caused by female Anopheles mosquito? |
| A. | Chicken Pox |
| B. | Malaria |
| C. | Black Fever |
| D. | Cholera |
| Answer» D. Cholera | |
| 295. |
Which of the following disease is non-communicable in nature? |
| A. | Cholera |
| B. | Chicken-pox |
| C. | Tuberculosis |
| D. | Cancer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 296. |
Which of the following defines a genome? |
| A. | Every human cell |
| B. | the complete set of an organism's genes and other DNA sequences |
| C. | the complete set of an organism's polypeptides |
| D. | a karyotype |
| Answer» C. the complete set of an organism's polypeptides | |
| 297. |
Which of the following crops  would be preffered for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen? |
| A. | Wheat |
| B. | Mustard |
| C. | Sunflower |
| D. | Gram |
| Answer» E. | |
| 298. |
Which of the following classes of animals has/have three-chambered heart? |
| A. | Pisces and Amphibia |
| B. | Amphibia and Reptilia |
| C. | Reptilia only |
| D. | Amphibia only |
| Answer» C. Reptilia only | |
| 299. |
Which of the following characters is recessive in a pea plant? |
| A. | Wrinkled seed |
| B. | Green pod |
| C. | Round pod |
| D. | Round seed |
| Answer» B. Green pod | |
| 300. |
Which of the following cells produce antibodies? |
| A. | Plasma cells |
| B. | Monocytes |
| C. | Mast cells |
| D. | Neutrophils |
| Answer» B. Monocytes | |