

MCQOPTIONS
Saved Bookmarks
This section includes 371 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Bamboo is classified as |
A. | Tree |
B. | Grass |
C. | Shrub |
D. | Herb |
Answer» C. Shrub | |
2. |
Which of the following plants produce only seeds but no fruit? |
A. | Sugarcane |
B. | Peanut |
C. | Cycas |
D. | Almond |
Answer» D. Almond | |
3. |
Epiphytes are plants which depend on other plants for |
A. | Food |
B. | Mechanical support |
C. | Shade |
D. | Water |
Answer» C. Shade | |
4. |
Plant which grow in saline soil are |
A. | Xerophytes |
B. | Hydrophytes |
C. | Halophytes |
D. | Lithophytes |
Answer» D. Lithophytes | |
5. |
Plant which grow on rock are known as |
A. | Mesophytes |
B. | Lithophytes |
C. | Sclerophytes |
D. | Oxylophytes |
Answer» C. Sclerophytes | |
6. |
Which of the following is a good source of protein? |
A. | Pea |
B. | Pigeon Pea |
C. | Black Gram |
D. | Soyabean |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
Which of the following organelles of a cell is involved in photosynthesis? |
A. | Chloroplast |
B. | Mitochondria |
C. | Golgi bodies |
D. | Endoplasmic reticulum |
Answer» B. Mitochondria | |
8. |
The ultimate cause of water movement in a plant stem against gravity is |
A. | Osmosis |
B. | Photosynthesis |
C. | Transpiration |
D. | Diffusion |
Answer» D. Diffusion | |
9. |
A seed is ripened |
A. | Ovary |
B. | Flower |
C. | Gynoecium |
D. | Ovule |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
Which part of the pear is edible? |
A. | Fleshy thalamus |
B. | Spores |
C. | Endosperm |
D. | Mesocarp |
Answer» B. Spores | |
11. |
Which among the following is not a true fruit? |
A. | Apple |
B. | Date |
C. | Grape |
D. | Plum |
Answer» B. Date | |
12. |
Th suitable conditions in which the rate of evaporation occurs more fastly are |
A. | Low speed of wind |
B. | High humidity |
C. | Low humidity and high temperature |
D. | Excess amount of water in the soil |
Answer» D. Excess amount of water in the soil | |
13. |
Which of the following is the cellular respiratory centre? |
A. | Nucleus |
B. | Mitochondria |
C. | Ribosome |
D. | Golgi body |
Answer» C. Ribosome | |
14. |
Which of the following is a plant hormone? |
A. | Adreneline |
B. | Insuline |
C. | Oxytocin |
D. | Auxin |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
The water and mineral salts are transported to the various organs by which of the following? |
A. | Xylem |
B. | Phloem |
C. | Cortex |
D. | Cambium |
Answer» B. Phloem | |
16. |
The food material prepared in the plants is transported to the various organs by which of the following? |
A. | Xylem |
B. | Phloem |
C. | Cortex |
D. | Cambium |
Answer» C. Cortex | |
17. |
The device to measure the rate of stem growth is |
A. | Hydrometer |
B. | Hygrometer |
C. | Auxanometer |
D. | Potometer |
Answer» D. Potometer | |
18. |
The photosynthesis occurs in the |
A. | Day |
B. | Night |
C. | Day and Night |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Night | |
19. |
The device to measure transpiration in plants is |
A. | Hygrometer |
B. | Crescometer |
C. | Potometer |
D. | Clinometer |
Answer» D. Clinometer | |
20. |
The process of evaporation occurs from |
A. | Root |
B. | Stem |
C. | Leaf |
D. | Entire 'plants' surface |
Answer» D. Entire 'plants' surface | |
21. |
At which region of the electromagnetic spectrum do the plant photosynthesise |
A. | Red and Blue |
B. | Green and Yellow |
C. | Blue and Orange |
D. | Violet and Orange |
Answer» B. Green and Yellow | |
22. |
Coffee is extracted from the |
A. | flowers |
B. | Seeds |
C. | Leaves |
D. | Fruits |
Answer» C. Leaves | |
23. |
Turpentine oil is extracted from |
A. | Nettle |
B. | Cycas |
C. | Teak |
D. | Pine |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
Process by which plants prepare their food is |
A. | Carbohydrolysis |
B. | Metabolic synthesis |
C. | Photosynthesis |
D. | Photorespiration |
Answer» D. Photorespiration | |
25. |
In Photosynthesis |
A. | Light energy is converted into chemical energy. |
B. | Chemical energy is converted into light energy |
C. | Chemical energy is converted into electrical energy |
D. | Light energy is converted into mechanical eneargy |
Answer» B. Chemical energy is converted into light energy | |
26. |
Who of the following is known as the Father of Biology?. |
A. | Darwin |
B. | Lamarck |
C. | Aristotle |
D. | Theophrastus |
Answer» D. Theophrastus | |
27. |
Who of the following is known as the Father of Botany? |
A. | Darwin |
B. | Lamarck |
C. | Carolus Linnaeus |
D. | Theophrastus |
Answer» E. | |
28. |
Which of the following is known as the Father of Indian Botany? |
A. | Birbal Shahni |
B. | K.C.Mehta |
C. | William Roxburgh |
D. | T. Sadashivam |
Answer» D. T. Sadashivam | |
29. |
Who is called the Father of Taxonomy? |
A. | Aristotle |
B. | Carolus Linnaeus |
C. | Theophrastus |
D. | Lamarck |
Answer» C. Theophrastus | |
30. |
The Indian Botanical Garden is located at : |
A. | Lucknow |
B. | Kolkata |
C. | Delhi |
D. | Allahabad |
Answer» C. Delhi | |
31. |
The gas released during the photosynthesis by the green plants is |
A. | Oxygen |
B. | Nitrogen |
C. | Water vapour |
D. | Carbon dioxide |
Answer» B. Nitrogen | |
32. |
Tallest terrestrial tree on the earth is: |
A. | Deodar |
B. | Eucalyptus |
C. | Sequoia |
D. | Pine |
Answer» D. Pine | |
33. |
A typical human ribcage consists of how many ribs ? |
A. | 12 |
B. | 14 |
C. | 16 |
D. | 24 |
Answer» B. 14 | |
34. |
Chilgoza is optained from |
A. | Cycas |
B. | Pinus |
C. | Sellaginella |
D. | Ginkgo |
Answer» C. Sellaginella | |
35. |
'Sago' is obtained from |
A. | Cycas |
B. | Pinus |
C. | Cedrus |
D. | Juniperus |
Answer» B. Pinus | |
36. |
The age o trees is estimated by |
A. | Their heights |
B. | their weights |
C. | their elongation of roots |
D. | counting the number of annual rings |
Answer» E. | |
37. |
Which of the following gas is necessary for the process of photosynthesis? |
A. | O |
B. | CO |
C. | N |
D. | CO |
Answer» E. | |
38. |
Which of the following metals is found in the chlorophyll? |
A. | Iron |
B. | Magnesium |
C. | Zinc |
D. | Cobalt |
Answer» C. Zinc | |
39. |
Azolla is a |
A. | Algae |
B. | Fungi |
C. | Bryophyta |
D. | Aqueous fern |
Answer» E. | |
40. |
Which of the following is used as an ornamental plant? |
A. | Psilotum |
B. | Lycopodium |
C. | Selaginella |
D. | Pteris |
Answer» D. Pteris | |
41. |
Which of the following bears naked seeds? |
A. | Angiosperms |
B. | Gymnosperms |
C. | Bryophytes |
D. | Pteridophytas |
Answer» C. Bryophytes | |
42. |
Which of the following is a living fossil? |
A. | Cycas |
B. | Pinus |
C. | Sellaginella |
D. | Cidrus |
Answer» B. Pinus | |
43. |
In which of the following chlorophyll does not exist? |
A. | Algae |
B. | Fungi |
C. | Bryophytes |
D. | Pteridophytes |
Answer» C. Bryophytes | |
44. |
The red colour of the red sea is due to the presence of: |
A. | Moss |
B. | Bacteria |
C. | Algae |
D. | Fungi |
Answer» D. Fungi | |
45. |
Lichen is a composite combination of two organisms. |
A. | Fungi and Bryophyta |
B. | Fungi and Fern |
C. | Algae and Bryophyta |
D. | Algae and Fungi |
Answer» E. | |
46. |
Which one is a link between chordates and nonchordates ? |
A. | Sphenodon |
B. | Balanoglossus |
C. | Crocodilia |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Crocodilia | |
47. |
The litmus paper utilized in the chemical laboratories is made of : |
A. | Fern |
B. | Algae |
C. | Lichen |
D. | Fungi |
Answer» D. Fungi | |
48. |
An individual whose blood type is B may in an emergency, donate blood to a person whose blood type is |
A. | B or A |
B. | AB or A |
C. | A or O |
D. | AB or B |
Answer» C. A or O | |
49. |
Which one among the following is the largest monkey ? |
A. | Spider monkey |
B. | Baboon |
C. | Gorilla |
D. | Howler monkey |
Answer» C. Gorilla | |
50. |
Sickle-cell anemia is a disease caused due to the abnormality in |
A. | white blood cell |
B. | red blood cell |
C. | thrombocytes |
D. | blood plasma composition |
Answer» C. thrombocytes | |