Biology Practice Test 1

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During meiosis, the homologous chromosomes come together and form pairs, this process is called:

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Linkage

B) Synapsis

C) Pairing

D) Crossing over

2 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The only vein in the human body carrying oxygenated blood is:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Femoral

B) Pulmonary

C) Renal

D) Iliac

3 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which of the following animal has a hydrostatic skeleton:

Earthworm

Round worm

Tape worm.

Pin worm

4 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

The animals in which coelom is formed due to splitting of mesocerm are known as

Pseudocoelous

Schizocoelous

Enterocoelous

Emphicoelous

5 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Period between two consecutive divisions is called

Interphase

Resting phase

Mitotic phase

Cell cycle

6 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Hybrid black Guinea pigs are crossed with each other. The resulting offsprings will be:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) All black

B) All white

C) 3 black, 1 white

D) 3 white, 1 black

7 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.27 In the process of esterification OH is derived from?

A. Ether

B. Alcohol

C. Water

D. Both A and B

8 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.35 Ribose is a monosaccharide constituent of man

A. Enzymes

B. Coenzymes

C. Vitamin

D. Antibiotics

9 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which of the following is an ovoviviparous animal?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) basking shark

B) humans

C) blue shark

D) all of these

10 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.21 The spent energy in the form pf ADP is regeneratèd by mitochondria into which of the following forni?

A. AMP

B.ATP

C.ADP

D.All of these

11 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 12

Temperature of temperate deciduous forests is

4-30 degree

45-50 degree

20-25 degree C

5-10 degree

12 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Magnifying power of electron microscope as compared to eye is

500 X

250000X

500000X

250X

13 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The first cell of the sporophyte generation is

Oospore

Spore mother cel

Spore

Gamete

14 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which body function is controlled through a positive feedback mechanism?

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Labor contractions

B) Body temperature

C) Insulin production

D) Thyroxine release

15 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

First step of viral replication is:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Entry

B) Assembly

C) Uncoating

D) Adsorption or Attachment

16 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Oxygen accounts for ____ % of totals human body mass:

65%

18%

10%

17 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Scapula is the bone of the:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Skull

B) Pelvic girdle

D) Vertebral column

C) Pectoral girdle

18 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following blood transfusions can be made safely?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Group A to group B

B) Group B to group AB

C) Group AB to group O

D) Group A to group O

19 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Which is a feature of malignant tumor?

Localized

Little deleterious effect

Few mitosis

Metastasize

20 / 100

Category: Biology

Which one of the following is a fish?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Kingdom Animalia

A) Flying fish

B) Salmon

C) Sea horse

D) All of the above

21 / 100

Category: Biology

Q43 Which cells produce oogonia in ovary?

A. Stromal cells

B. Epithelial cells

C. Germ cells

D. Theca cells

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Water is _____ times viscous than air

1000

5000

8000

23 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Change in frequency of alleles that occurs by chance Is called as:

UHS 2019
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Genetic drift

B) Mutation

C) Migration

D) Natural selection

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Exposure to ______ light is effective in photosynthesis as it enables guard cells to take up K+ and opening of stomata.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Orange

25 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Solanum tuberosum is a scientific name of:

Onion

Amaltas

Potato

Tomato

26 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

On land, frogs are:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Hypermetric

B) Cerebral cortex

C) Normal sighted

D) None of these

27 / 100

Category: Biology

Which one of the following is most likely to occur in a boy during puberty?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Reproduction

A) He produces eggs

B) His shoulders broaden

C) The colour of his eyes change

D) None of these options is correct

28 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Diameter of DNA double helix is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 3.4 nm

B) 0.3 nm

D) 0.2 nm

C) 2 nm

29 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

What would be the number of nucleotides for a protein molecule of about 142 amino acids?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 430

B) 142

C) 426

D) 460

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The gametophyte of Ulva is:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Haploid

B) Diploid

C) Triploid

D) Polyploidy

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Its membranes are the sites where sunlight energy is trapped and where glucose is formed.

Which organelle is this?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Chloroplast

B) Leucoplast

C) Chromoplast

D) Cytosol

32 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Of the following, which one is better respiratory medium.

Air

Water

Soil

None of these

33 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The diploid human chromosome set has:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes

B) 22 pairs of autosomes and XY chromosomes

C) 22 pairs of autosomes and XX chromosomes

D) Haploid somatic cells and diploid germinal cells

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Red algae do not contribute towards:

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Making coral reefs

B) Forming limestone deposits

C) Making fertilizers

D) Forming chalk deposits

35 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

In Pakistan, the furniture wood is mainly obtained from the members of family:

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Rosaceae

B) Solanaceae

C) Minosaceae

D) Fabaceae

36 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) The competitive inhibitor affects the rate of breakdown of the enzyme-substrate complex

B) The presence of the competitive inhibitor decreases the Km of the enzyme for the substrate

C) A competitive inhibitor reacts reversibly with the enzyme to form an enzyme-inhibitor complex

D) In competitive inhibition, the inhibitor molecule is not chemically changed by the enzyme

37 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Root like structure in saprotrophic fungi are called

Rhizodis

Haustoria

Hyphae

Constricting rings

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The condition of a stable internal environment in an organism is:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Coordination

B) Organisation

C) Homeostasis

D) Integration

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

When both the alleles of a gene pair are same, the organism is said to be:

PMC 2020
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Heterozygous

B) Genotype

C) Homozygous

D) Phenotype

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Ferns are included in

Psilopsida

Lycopsida

Sphenopsida

Pteropsida

41 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which animals support Darwin’s view of inheritance of desirable variations?

NTS 2019
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Giraffe

B) Galapagos finches

C) Snake

D) All of the above

42 / 100

Category: Biology

The secondary and tertiary consumers are also known as:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Ecosystem

B) Herbivores

C) Abiotic factors

D) Decomposers

E) Carnivores

43 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.12 The least stable RNA present in the cell is:

tRNA

mRNA

rRNA

Micro RNA

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The substrate binds to specific region of enzyme called?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) key

B) active site

C) hyperactive site

D) none of these

45 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

In roots, the apoplast pathway of water is disrupted when water reaches:

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Plasmodesmata

B) Endodermis

C) Cortex

D) Pith

46 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

What is the risk of color blind baby boy in a family when mother is color blind but father is normal?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) 25%

B) 50%

C) 75%

D) 100%

47 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the scientific name of a:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Fungus

B) Smut

C) Bacterium

D) Yeast

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which of the following phyla of Kingdom Animalia do humans belong to?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Mollusca

B) Arthropoda

C) Echinodermata

D) Chordata

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Number of bones in the skull:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) 22

B) 26

C) 24

D) 28

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

The adaptive feature(s) which help(s) the fish to live in water include(s):

NTS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) A tail and an air bladder

B) Unpaired and paired fins

C) Streamlined body

E) All of these options

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

A group of ribosomes attached to mRNA is known as

Polymer

Polypeptide

Polysomes

Monomer

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

3-Phosphoglycerate in the presence of ATP and reduced NADP (from the light-dependent stage) is reduced to:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Ribulose bisphosphate

B) 6 carbon compound

C) 5 carbon compound

D) 3 carbon compound

53 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Bile is used in:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein digestion

B) Starch digestion

C) Fat emulsification

D) Both A and B

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Exposure to ______ light is effective in photosynthesis as it enables guard cells to take up K+ and open the stomata.

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Orange

55 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which statement is incorrect about Lock and Key Model?

Specific enzyme can transform only a specific substrate

Active site of an enzyme is a non flexible structure.

Active site does not change before during or even after the reaction.

It explains the mechanism of every chemical reaction.

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which of the following types of transpiration account for 5 – 7 % of total transpiration that take place in plants?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Cuticular

B) Lenticular

C) Stomatal

D) Leaves

57 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.17 Teichoic acids are the characters of:

A. Gram Positive bacteria

B. Mycoplasma

C. Gram Negative bacteria

D. Archaeobacteria

58 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Lysosomes are also called:

NTS 2012
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Suicide Sacs

B) Chondriosome

C) Storage organelle

D) Dicytosome

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which type of bonds are never formed when a substrate fits into the active site of an enzyme?

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrogen bonds

B) Ionic interactions

C) Hydrophobic interactions

D) Covalent linkages

60 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Photosynthesis is process in which ________ compounds of carbon (CO2) and hydrogen (H2O) are reduced to carbohydrate like (glucose) using light energy.

Organic

Energy rich

Energy poor

Reduced

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Oxygen contents per liter of air is

10 ml

100 ml

200 ml

100ml

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The irritant substances of smoke cause smoker’s cough which weakened and bursts:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Bronchi

B) Bronchiole

C) Alveoli

D) Trachea

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Within the chromosomes, each chromatid contains ______ DNA molecule:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Half

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which condition can be explained by Lamarckism?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) How giraffes got their long neck

B) How humans lost their tail

C) How humans became bipedal

D) all of these

65 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.7 The thalamus and the hypothalamus are located in which region of the brain?

A. brain stem

B. cerebrum

C. cerebellum

D. Diencephalon

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

What was the source of hydrogen for first photosynthetic organisms?

Water

Hydrogen present in soil

Hydrogen sulphate

Hydrogen sulphide

67 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.16 Retroviruses have a special enzyme ‘reverse transcriptase’ which can convert ____________into ___________.

A. DNA to DNA

B. RNA to DNA

C. DNA to RNA

D. RNA to RNA

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Natural selection can amplify or diminish variations that are

Non heritable

Heritable

Both heritable and non heritable

Acquired

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Wood forests form the

Pioneers community

Climax community

Top community

Transient community

70 / 100

Category: Biology

Photosystems are located in _

A. Stroma

B. Chloroplast envelope

C. Thylakoid membranes

D. The intergrana

71 / 100

Category: Biology

Lysosomes function in:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Protein synthesis

B) Processing

C) Intracellular digestion

D) Lipid synthesis

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Reactions in which simple substances are combined to form complex substances are called:

Metabolic reactions

Catabolic reactions

Anabolic reactions

None of these

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

In most triploblasts after embryonic development the three layers are represented as

Separate layers of cells

Structures formed from them

Structures associated with them

Their functions in body

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following of bryophytes are the simplest one?

Porella

Funaria

Anthocerus

Polytrichum

75 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.54 Which of the following elements are not found in carbohydrates?

A.C

B.H

C.N

D. O

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which one of the following coelenterate is also called the Portuguese man of war?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydra

B) Velella

C) Obelia

D) Physalis

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the following is not a basic unit of the cell?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell wall

B) Cell membrane

C) Nucleus

D) Ribosome

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Diaphragm is a sheet of:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Smooth muscles

B) Cardiac muscles

C) Skeletal muscles

D) All of these

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The chemical nature of an antibody is:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Glycoprotein

B) Glycolipids

C) Lipoproteins

D) Polysaccharides

80 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Which of the following group represent pathological fungi?

Mushrooms morels and truffles

Rusts smuts and molds

Penicillium

All of these

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A chemical substance which can react (in place of substrate) with the enzyme but is not transformed into product/s and thus blocks the active site temporarily or permanently is called

Co-enzyme

Blocker

Inhibitor

Cofactor

82 / 100

Category: Biology

Muscular tube that passes through pharynx and joins stomach is:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Nutrition

A) Trachea

B) NG tube

C) Nerve canal

D) Esophagus

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Suggest which among the following is not a function attributed to endoplasmic reticulum?

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Detoxification of poisons and drugs

B) Digestion/egestion of foreign materials outside the cell

C) Manufacture of fat and lipid molecules

D) Biogenesis of membrane proteins

84 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.56 Which of the following movements are possible in pivot joint?

A. Flexion and extension

B. Adduction and abduction

C. Rotation

D. Extension flexion and rotation

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

In rhizopus, zygote forms temporary, dormant, thick-walled resistant structure called:

UHS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Zygospore

B) Spore

D) Hydra

C) Sporangia

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Parabronchi are open at ______ end/s

Single

Both

Do not have opening

None of these

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Neurons are cells adapted for the rapid transmission of electrical impulses. To do this, they have long thin processes called:

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Axons

B) Dendrites

D) Schwann cell

C) Myelin sheath

88 / 100

Category: Biology

The end product of glycolysis in anaerobic respiration is:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Ethanol and Carbon dioxide

B) Lactate

C) Pyruvate

D) Both A and B

89 / 100

Category: Biology

Why cannot viruses replicate on their own?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variety of Life

A) They are too small.

B) They have no cell wall.

C) They lack metabolic machinery.

D) All of theoptions are correct.

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The leaf is bilobed with midrib between them. The plant is

Saraccnia

Dionaea

Pitcher plant

None of these

91 / 100

Category: Biology

Which organ(s) in the male reproductive system produce gametes?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Reproduction

A) Vas deferens

B) Malpighian tubule system

C) Seminiferous tubules

D) Ejaculatory duct

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Cysts are not resistant to ______ but spores are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Light

B) Desiccation

C) pH

D) Heat

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

In paper chromatography xanthophyll will give ______ color:

NTS 2010
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Orange

B) Grey

C) Yellow

D) Blue-Green

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

The actual or preserved remains of the organisms that lived in the ancient past are called:

UHS 2018
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Fossils

B) Impression

C) Ancient prints

D) Ancient cast

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Leptocardii is a group of:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Urochordata

B) Cephalochordata

C) Vertebrata

D) Mollusca

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Sleeping sickness in humans is caused by:

UHS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Trypanosoma

B) Plasmodium

C) Anopheles

D) Andes

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Closely related species are grouped together into ______ .

NTS 2012
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) families

B) orders

C) phyla

E) genus

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The dark reactions of photosynthesis are characterized by:

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Synthesis of ATP, O2 and NADH

B) Utilization of ATP, CO2 and NADPH

C) Electron transfer from NADPH to RuBP

D) Carbon dioxide transfer from RuBP to glucose

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

The plants having thick cuticle, needle like reduced leaves and sunken stomata are termed as:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrophytes

B) Neophytes

C) Mesophytes

D) Xerophytes

100 / 100

Category: Biology

The element in basic structure of proteins which differentiate them from carbohydrates is?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Carbon.

B) Hydrogen.

C) Nitrogen.

D) None of these options is correct.

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Anonymous

September 30, 2022

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October 5, 2022

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October 13, 2022

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