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1.

Nymph is the name of young one of

A. butterfly
B. beetle
C. housefly
D. cockroach
Answer» E.
2.

One day you wake with a sore throat and a runny nose. Your doctor takes a swab from your throat, sends it to a lab, and telephones you the next day to say that antibiotic will not help you get better. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the doctor's statement?

A. Having waited a day, it is too late to take an antibiotic
B. You need an antiseptic, not an antibiotic
C. You need to be vaccinated instead of taking an antibiotic
D. You are infected by a virus
Answer» E.
3.

Pulses are a good source of

A. carbohydrates
B. fats
C. proteins
D. vitamins
Answer» D. vitamins
4.

Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes

A. tetanus
B. influenza
C. cholera
D. typhoid
Answer» D. typhoid
5.

One of the following is most suitable for study of mutations

A. Haploids
B. Diploids
C. Tetraploids
D. Polyploid
Answer» B. Diploids
6.

Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named

A. haemoglobin
B. keratin
C. collagen
D. myoglobin
Answer» B. keratin
7.

Most abundant tissues of our body are

A. muscular
B. connective
C. epithelial
D. nervous
Answer» C. epithelial
8.

Rain water helps to increase the ____ to some extent.

A. phosphorous contents
B. nitrogen contents
C. calcium contents
D. potash contents
Answer» D. potash contents
9.

Mumps is a disease caused by

A. fungus
B. bacterium
C. virus
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
10.

Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is

A. 46
B. 47
C. 48
D. 49
Answer» C. 48
11.

Most common disease of poultry in India is

A. fowl pox
B. tick fever
C. ranikhet
D. coryza
Answer» D. coryza
12.

Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous emission of

A. protons (alpha particles)
B. electrons (beta particles)
C. gamma rays (short wave electromagnetic waves)
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
13.

Our major foods, fibres, spices, fruits and beverage crops are

A. flowering plants
B. gymnosperms plants
C. pteridophytes
D. bryophytes
Answer» B. gymnosperms plants
14.

Movements due to light are shown by

A. flowering plants
B. lower plants
C. all land plants
D. all the plants
Answer» B. lower plants
15.

Outer covering of virus made up of protein is

A. capsid
B. coat
C. virion
D. viriod
Answer» B. coat
16.

Photosynthesis is a process

A. reductive and exergonic
B. reductive and catabolic
C. reductive, endergonic and catabolic
D. reductive, endergonic and anabolic
Answer» E.
17.

On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?

A. Gram
B. Maize
C. Pea
D. Wheat
Answer» D. Wheat
18.

Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all classes of

A. hormones
B. enzymes
C. proteins
D. vitamins
Answer» C. proteins
19.

Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called

A. halophytes
B. hydrophytes
C. mesophytes
D. xerophytes
Answer» D. xerophytes
20.

Plants are killed in winter by frost

A. because of desiccation and mechanical damage to the tissues
B. because no photosynthesis takes place at such low temperature
C. because respiration ceases at such low temperature
D. because there is no transpiration
Answer» B. because no photosynthesis takes place at such low temperature
21.

Pigmentation of skin is due to

A. lymphocytes
B. monocytes
C. leucocytes
D. melanocytes
Answer» E.
22.

Norepinephrine increases

A. respiration
B. urine production
C. saliva production
D. blood pressure
Answer» E.
23.

Radish is a

A. bulb
B. conn
C. modified root
D. tuber
Answer» D. tuber
24.

Monotremes are unique mammals because they

A. posses hair
B. give birth to live young
C. secret milk in a pouch
D. lay eggs
Answer» E.
25.

Poison glands of snakes are homologous to

A. electric organs of fishes
B. stings of rays
C. sebaceous glands of mammals
D. salivary glands of vertebrates
Answer» E.
26.

Monocot root differs from dicot root in having

A. open vascular bundles
B. scattered vascular bundles
C. well developed pith
D. radially arranged vascular bundles
Answer» D. radially arranged vascular bundles
27.

Osmosis is the flow of solution from higher concentration to a solution of lower concentration through a semi permeable membrane. What is incorrect in this statement?

A. Exact concentration of solution is not given
B. Character of semi permeable membrane is not given
C. The flow of solution is not possible through semi permeable membrane
D. All are incorrect
Answer» D. All are incorrect
28.

Radical vascular bundles are those in which

A. xylem is surrounded by phloem
B. phloem is surrounded by xylem
C. xylem and phloem occur on the same radius
D. xylem and phloem occur on the different radii
Answer» E.
29.

Normal adult human male has

A. 10 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
B. 14 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
C. 18 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
D. 24 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
Answer» C. 18 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
30.

Plants growing on sand are called as

A. chasmophytes
B. oxylophytes
C. lithophytes
D. psammophytes
Answer» E.
31.

Our skin, when exposed to excess sunlight, becomes dark. This is because our skin pigments called

A. flavoxanthin
B. melanin
C. carotene
D. Xanthophyll
Answer» C. carotene
32.

Ramapithecus and Cro-Magnon man are considered

A. ancestors of modern man
B. ancestors of monkey
C. ancestors of lion
D. None of the above
Answer» B. ancestors of monkey
33.

Plants wilt due to excess of

A. transpiration
B. photosynthesis
C. absorption
D. None of these
Answer» B. photosynthesis
34.

Of the following taxonomic categories which is the most inclusive (i.e. is the highest in hierarchy)?

A. Order
B. Subspecies
C. Class
D. Genus
Answer» D. Genus
35.

out of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates present in a cell membrane, what is true?

A. Lipids are maximum
B. Carbohydrates are minimum
C. Carbohydrates are maximum
D. All three are in equal proportion
Answer» C. Carbohydrates are maximum
36.

Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of

A. root
B. stem
C. fruit
D. leaf
Answer» C. fruit
37.

Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?

A. Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts
B. stem and leaf
C. Roots and chloroplast bearing parts
D. Bark and leaf
Answer» B. stem and leaf
38.

Most fish do not sink in water because of the presence of

  1. swim bladder
  2. air bladder
  3. air sacs
  4. air in spongy bones

A. I and II are correct
B. II and III are correct
C. III and IV are correct
D. I, II, III and IV are correct
Answer» B. II and III are correct
39.

Plants synthesis protein from

A. starch
B. sugar
C. amino acids
D. fatty acids
Answer» D. fatty acids
40.

Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into

A. free nitrogen
B. urea
C. ammonia
D. proteins
Answer» B. urea
41.

Out of 900 reported species of living gymnosperms, conifers are represented by about 500 species, About 2,50,000 species of angiosperms (flowering plants) have also been reported in the world. The vast and dominant woodlands in Europe, Asia, North America and mountains such as Himalayas are wooded with

A. all gymnosperms, except conifers
B. only angiosperms
C. only conifers
D. angiosperms and all gymnosperms except conifers
Answer» D. angiosperms and all gymnosperms except conifers
42.

One of the following is not a function of bones.

A. Place for muscle attachment
B. Protection of vital organs
C. Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones
D. Production of blood corpuscles
Answer» D. Production of blood corpuscles
43.

O2 released in the process of photosynthesis comes from

A. CO
B. <sub>2</sub>
C. water
D. sugar
E. pyruvic acid
Answer» C. water
44.

Placenta is the structure formed

A. by the union of foetal and uterine tissue
B. by foetus only
C. by fusion of germ layers
D. None of these
Answer» B. by foetus only
45.

Neurospora is used as genetic material because

A. it has short life cycle of 10 days
B. the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
C. meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
D. is a diploid fungus
Answer» B. the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
46.

Photosynthesis takes place faster in

A. yellow light
B. white light
C. red light
D. darkness
Answer» C. red light
47.

Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered in 1831 by

A. Robert Hooke
B. Robert Brown
C. Rudolf Virchow
D. Theodore Schwann
Answer» C. Rudolf Virchow
48.

Plants hormone that induces cell division is

A. auxins
B. gibberellins
C. kinins
D. domins
Answer» D. domins
49.

Primary phloem develops from

A. lateral meristem
B. protoderm
C. extrastelar cambium
D. provascular tissue
Answer» E.
50.

Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their

A. embryonic zone
B. growing point
C. root hairs
D. zone of elongation
Answer» D. zone of elongation