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This section includes 208 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Maharashtra CET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
No absorption of water and salts takes place in condition known as |
| A. | constipation |
| B. | diarrhea |
| C. | dehydration |
| D. | malaria |
| Answer» C. dehydration | |
| 52. |
Balance between producers and consumers forms the |
| A. | food web |
| B. | food chain |
| C. | food cycle |
| D. | carbon cycle |
| Answer» B. food chain | |
| 53. |
Holozoic nutrition is a type of |
| A. | autotrophic nutrition |
| B. | photoautotrophic nutrition |
| C. | tropical nutrition |
| D. | heterotrophic nutrition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
pitcher of Sarracenia is filled with |
| A. | chemicals |
| B. | proteins |
| C. | water |
| D. | soil |
| Answer» D. soil | |
| 55. |
Primary factors controlling the rate of photosynthesis are known as |
| A. | inhibiting factors |
| B. | limiting factors |
| C. | expediting factors |
| D. | supporting factors |
| Answer» C. expediting factors | |
| 56. |
When walls of duodenum are eaten away by its own mucus layer, it result to a/an |
| A. | sore |
| B. | ulcer |
| C. | bleeding |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 57. |
Anemia is caused due to |
| A. | deficiency of proteins |
| B. | deficiency of starch |
| C. | deficiency of iron |
| D. | over-nutrition |
| Answer» D. over-nutrition | |
| 58. |
Nutritional anemia means |
| A. | tiredness |
| B. | swollen joints |
| C. | tooth decay |
| D. | bone deformation |
| Answer» B. swollen joints | |
| 59. |
Folds of ileum in shape of finger like outgrowths is called |
| A. | microvillus |
| B. | lumen |
| C. | villi |
| D. | cilia |
| Answer» D. cilia | |
| 60. |
From person to person the amount of food materials needed is |
| A. | alike |
| B. | decrease |
| C. | varies |
| D. | increase |
| Answer» D. increase | |
| 61. |
Peristalsis is enabled through |
| A. | minerals |
| B. | vitamins |
| C. | trace elements |
| D. | Dietary fiber |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
Example of analgesics include |
| A. | Caffeine |
| B. | Cocaine |
| C. | Novocain |
| D. | Aspirin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 63. |
Living organisms can not use |
| A. | light energy |
| B. | chemical energy |
| C. | heat energy |
| D. | mechanical energy |
| Answer» D. mechanical energy | |
| 64. |
One way of managing a balanced diet is through |
| A. | eating less of very thing |
| B. | avoiding ice creams |
| C. | often skipping meal |
| D. | a healthy pyramid way |
| Answer» E. | |
| 65. |
Aphids suck phloem juices with help of its |
| A. | antennae |
| B. | stylets |
| C. | siphon |
| D. | mouth |
| Answer» C. siphon | |
| 66. |
In flowering plants, Mitosis refers to actively division of cells of |
| A. | shoot apex |
| B. | root tip |
| C. | petiole |
| D. | flowers |
| Answer» C. petiole | |
| 67. |
Across age, the basal metabolic rate |
| A. | changes |
| B. | remains constant |
| C. | increases |
| D. | decreases |
| Answer» E. | |
| 68. |
Trapped insect in insectivorous plants are decomposed by |
| A. | virus |
| B. | fungus |
| C. | bacteria |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» D. All of the Above | |
| 69. |
Unsaturated fatty acid chains bend at places of |
| A. | carbon molecules |
| B. | hydrogen molecules |
| C. | oxygen molecules |
| D. | nitrogen molecules |
| Answer» C. oxygen molecules | |
| 70. |
In hot climates, average water consumption must be |
| A. | 3 Liters |
| B. | 4 Liters |
| C. | 8 gallons |
| D. | 4 gallons |
| Answer» B. 4 Liters | |
| 71. |
Peristaltic contractions lead to |
| A. | vomiting |
| B. | hunger pangs |
| C. | constipation |
| D. | food poisoning |
| Answer» C. constipation | |
| 72. |
Sugars (CₙH₂ₘOₘ) are transported to liver through |
| A. | hepatic artery |
| B. | hepatic vein |
| C. | hepatic portal vein |
| D. | renal vein |
| Answer» D. renal vein | |
| 73. |
Organisms which are associated with each other by a mutual nutrition process are called |
| A. | saprophytic |
| B. | autotrophic |
| C. | symbiotic |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 74. |
Hydra is an aquatic and diploblastic |
| A. | bryophyte |
| B. | cnidarians |
| C. | actinopods |
| D. | amphibians |
| Answer» C. actinopods | |
| 75. |
Tissue fluid does not contain |
| A. | red blood cells |
| B. | white blood cells |
| C. | excretory waste products |
| D. | dissolved food substances |
| Answer» B. white blood cells | |
| 76. |
The process to gain energy and develop protoplasm is called as |
| A. | Ingestion |
| B. | Digestion |
| C. | Nutrition |
| D. | Reproduction |
| Answer» D. Reproduction | |
| 77. |
Gastrine hormone stimulated by |
| A. | carbohydrates |
| B. | vitamins |
| C. | proteins |
| D. | calcium |
| Answer» D. calcium | |
| 78. |
Over-consumption of Vitamins may result in |
| A. | scurvy |
| B. | beriberi |
| C. | rickets |
| D. | death |
| Answer» E. | |
| 79. |
In Healthy Diet Pyramid, bread and cereals are at the level |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 2 | |
| 80. |
In nutrition, Energy balance refers to the |
| A. | equation of rate of oxidation |
| B. | amount of starch in take |
| C. | equilibrium between energy intake and energy expenditures |
| D. | equilibrium of rate of reduction |
| Answer» D. equilibrium of rate of reduction | |
| 81. |
The term used to describe all of the chemical reactions occurring inside any organism |
| A. | condensation |
| B. | oxidation |
| C. | polymerization |
| D. | metabolism |
| Answer» E. | |
| 82. |
Secretin stimulates secretions that are |
| A. | peptic |
| B. | pancreatic |
| C. | intestinal |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
Rich sources of Vitamin B is |
| A. | Liver |
| B. | fresh liver oils |
| C. | green leafy vegetables |
| D. | egg yolk |
| Answer» B. fresh liver oils | |
| 84. |
Constipation is caused by over absorption of |
| A. | salts |
| B. | minerals |
| C. | water |
| D. | sugar |
| Answer» D. sugar | |
| 85. |
Saturated fatty acids chains are |
| A. | straight |
| B. | curved |
| C. | twisted |
| D. | compressed |
| Answer» B. curved | |
| 86. |
Broken down of food particles into smaller particles is process of |
| A. | lubrication |
| B. | mastication |
| C. | swallowing |
| D. | peristalsis |
| Answer» C. swallowing | |
| 87. |
Essential constituent of protoplasm is |
| A. | water |
| B. | vacuoles |
| C. | Centrioles |
| D. | tonoplast |
| Answer» B. vacuoles | |
| 88. |
Enzymatic hydrolysis of food substances is carried out through |
| A. | chemical digestion |
| B. | oxidation |
| C. | physical digestion |
| D. | reduction process |
| Answer» B. oxidation | |
| 89. |
Lack of vitamin B may result in |
| A. | poor eye sight |
| B. | dull skin |
| C. | tooth decay |
| D. | poor cellular respiration |
| Answer» E. | |
| 90. |
Chemical energy trapped in dead bodies is released through the |
| A. | decomposition only |
| B. | fungi and bacteria only |
| C. | virus |
| D. | decomposition and fungi, bacteria |
| Answer» E. | |
| 91. |
Synthesis of new protoplasm largely depends upon |
| A. | proteins |
| B. | starch |
| C. | cellulose |
| D. | cytoplasm |
| Answer» B. starch | |
| 92. |
Starvation, malnutrition, and over-nutrition are caused due to |
| A. | obese eating all the food |
| B. | food is too expensive to buy |
| C. | people do not what to eat and what to avoid |
| D. | unequal food distribution |
| Answer» E. | |
| 93. |
Basic difference between plants and animals is |
| A. | growth |
| B. | protoplasm |
| C. | nutrition |
| D. | Reproduction |
| Answer» D. Reproduction | |
| 94. |
Process of oxidation results in |
| A. | carbon dioxide and oxygen |
| B. | carbohydrates and oxygen |
| C. | carbohydrates and fats |
| D. | storing up of food energy |
| Answer» B. carbohydrates and oxygen | |
| 95. |
All are compounds of carbon, but, |
| A. | mineral salts |
| B. | fats |
| C. | vitamins |
| D. | fiber |
| Answer» B. fats | |
| 96. |
Proteins combines with fat molecules in lymph vessels to form |
| A. | proteins |
| B. | lipids |
| C. | lipo-proteins |
| D. | polypeptide |
| Answer» D. polypeptide | |
| 97. |
Opening of ileum into large intestine is called |
| A. | ileocolic sphincter |
| B. | cardiac sphincter |
| C. | inverted sphincter |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» B. cardiac sphincter | |
| 98. |
Lichens are examples of |
| A. | thallophytic |
| B. | autotrophic |
| C. | saprophytic |
| D. | symbiotic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 99. |
Parasitic fungus which destroys wheat plant is |
| A. | Puccinia |
| B. | cascuta |
| C. | leech |
| D. | lice |
| Answer» B. cascuta | |
| 100. |
Short narrow tube inside body of cockroach is called |
| A. | rectum |
| B. | hepatic caecae |
| C. | mesentron |
| D. | crop |
| Answer» D. crop | |