Biology Practice Test 1

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Category: Biology

The uterus of the female reproductive system opens into the _____.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Reproduction

A) Placenta

B) Birth canal

C) Cervix

D) All of these options are correct

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Category: Biology

Q.41 Corpus luteum is yellow glandular mass and is important source of:

A. Estrogen

B. FSH

C. Testosterone

D. Progesterone

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Choose the term from the following which is NOT a part of gene therapy?

NTS 2019
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Bone marrow transplant

B) Retrovirus

C) DNA Fingerprinting

D) Somatic cells

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following features differentiate angiosperms from gymnosperms?

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Pollens disperse by air

B) Haploid microspores

C) Ovaries

D) Pollen tubes

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Category: Biology

Q.42 All of the following are paired facial bones except:

A. Maxilla

B. Lacrimal

C. Zygomatic

D. Mandible

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Pyruvic acid is the end product of:

NTS 2017
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Glycolysis

B) Krebs cycle

C) Oxidation

D) Electron transport system

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Chemically auxins are

Indole propionic acid.

Indole carboxylic acid.

Indole acetaldehyde

Indole acetic acid

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Spread of tumor cells and establishment of secondary areas of growth is

Benign tumors

Cancer

Metastasis

Epistasis

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

At which times there is no net gaseous exchange between leaves and the atmosphere.

Day time.

Night time

Dawn & Dusk

Mid night

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

A complex substance which on hydrolysis yields polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone subunits is called:

Lipid

Carbohydrate

Protein

Carotein

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Organisms of which of the following kingdom have absorptive mode of nutrition:

Prokaryotae

Protoctista

Animalia

Fungi

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Erythroblastosis foetalis occurs when:

NTS 2011
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

D) Both mother and baby are Rh-positive

A) Mother is Rh-positive and baby is Rh-negative

B) Mother is Rh-negative and the baby is Rh-positive

C) Both mother and baby are Rh-negative

D) Both mother and baby are Rh-positive

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The scientific name of potato is Solanum tuberosum and that of brinjal is Solanum melongena. This indicates that both potato and brinjal are members of the

NTS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Same species but different genera

B) Same genus but different classes

C) Same species but different classes

D) Same genus but different species

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Most of the photosynthesis on earth is carried by

Kelps

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

Algae

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Category: Biology

The light dependent reaction of photosynthesis occurs in:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Stroma of chloroplast

B) Guard cells of stomata

C) Thylakoid membrane of chloroplast

D) Cytoplasm of leaf cell

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Category: Biology

Q.10 Synaptic vesicles discharge which hormone at the neuromuscular junction?

A, acetylcholine

B. adrenaline

C. estradiol

D. testosterone

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Ribosomes are composed of almost an equal amount of:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein & Lipid

B) Protein & RNA

C) RNA & Lipid

D) RNA & Carbohydrates

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Category: Biology

The ability of an individual to pass on its phenotype to future generations is known as:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Fitness

B) Heritability

C) Limited environmental resources

D) Overproduction of offspring

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which of the following statements is true about Savannah?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Dry season is very long and the temperature ranges more than 18 C throughout the year

B) Its plants do not shed off their leaves

C) The subsoil is permanently frozen

D) Rainfall is up to 200 cm per year

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Select an anamniote from the following:

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Snake

B) Parrot

C) Frog

D) Crocodile

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

In a typical compound microscope the resolution is 2 μm. Which is about _____ that of naked eye.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) 100 x

B) 300 x

C) 400 x

D) 500 x

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Reactive parts of an amino acid are:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Alpha carbon & amino group

C) Carboxyl & R group

B) Amino group & carboxyl group

D) R group & alpha carbon

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

When the liver fat content of our body increases, the condition leads to:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Fatty liver

B) Necros liver

C) Jaundice

D) None of them

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

How are flat worms not similar to round worms?

PMC Practice 4
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) They are both acoelmates.

B) They are both triploblastic.

C) They both show bilateral symmetry.

D) They are both worms.

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Optimum pH for action of pepsin and salivary amylase is

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) 3.5 and 7.7 respectively

B) 1.8 and 6.8 respectively

C) 6.8 and 7.4 respectively

D) 1.8 and 7.4 respectively

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Duration of menstrual cycle is how many days on average?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) 25

B) 26

C) 27

D) 28

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Lysosomes function in:

NTS 2011
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein synthesis

B) Processing

C) Intracellular digestion

D) Lipid synthesis

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Most of the marine invertebrates are

Osmoconformers

Osmoregulators

Both depend upon the concentration of sea water

None of these

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Category: Biology

The prolactin hormone, responsible for the activation of mammary glands to start producing milk, is a hormone of the:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Pituitary gland

B) Pancreas

C) Thyroid gland

D) Thymus gland

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The total of all the alleles in a population is called a:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Genetic drift

B) Genotype

C) Gene pool

D) Gene mutation

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

When phenotype of a heterozygote is in between the phenotypes of both the homozygous parents, it is called:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Incomplete dominance

B) Epistasis

C) Pleiotropy

D) Codominance

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

The atoms of different elements combine with each other through ionic or covalent bonding to produce compounds this stable form is called:

An organ

Tissue

Both a and c

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

The total aggregate of genes in a population at any one time is called population’s

Genome

Genomic library

Genetic group

Gene pool

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Y chromosome in humans:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Is completely inert

B) Carries few genes

C) Carries many genes

D) Contains genes for hemophilia and color blindness

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

In nitrogen fixation, nitrogen is converted to:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Nitrate ions and ammonia

B) Atomic nitrogen

C) Urea

D) All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The size of Spirochete is

0.1 -600 um

100-200 nm

500 um

0.75-1.25 um

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The process of recombination in prokaryotes takes place in which of the following ways?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) transformation

B) conjugation

C) transduction

D) all of these

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Category: Biology

Q.66 Which type of sensory structures carrying the touch sensations are present in papillae extending into ridges of the finger tips?

A. Hair end organs

B. Pacinian corpuscles

C. Meissner's Corpuscles

D. All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which one is not a nitrogen waste?

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Hypoxanthine

B) Xanthophyll

C) Adenine

E) Citrulline

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Milk drinking babies have an additional enzyme called:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Rennin

B) Amylase

C) Lipase

D) None of these options are correct

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Category: Biology

Which of the following transport mechanism induces conformational change in protein?

A. Simple diffusion

B. Facilitated diffusion

C. Active transport

D. Endocytosis

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Of the following which one has glassy shells?

Radiolarians

Forams

Both of these

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A child with AB blood group who was born to a mother of the genotype IAIA cannot have the father of the genotype:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) IA IA

B) IB IB

C) IB IO

D) IB IB and IB IO

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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.

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Protonema is

Thallus like

Algae like

Fungus like

Plant like

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following organisms have Chitin as a major structural component of their cell wall:

Prokaryotae

Protoctista

Plantae

Fungi

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The word Archaeobacteria (a division of bacteria) derived from Greek means

True bacteria

False bacteria

Recent bacteria

Ancient bacteria

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Ribose sugar that is the main part of RNA is a type of _____ sugar.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Triose

B) Tetrose

C) Pentose

D) Hexose

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Vocal cords, which help in voice production are two thin edged fibrous bands, present in:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Glottis

B) Bronchus

C) Larynx

D) Trachea

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Carotenoids are related to:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Vitamin A

B) Vitamin B

C) Vitamin C

D) Vitamin D

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Plants growing in xeric conditions are called

Spherophytes

Mesophytes

Xerophytes

Teridophytes

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Category: Biology

Given figures shows:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

A) Structure of Lenticel

B) Hydathode showing gaseous vapour exchange

C) Fungus reproducing by spore formation

D) Algae reproducing by spore formation

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A substance which binds at the active site of the enzyme but does not result in the formation of the products is called:

Irreversible inhibitor

Reversible inhibitor

Competitive inhibitor

Non-competitive inhibitor

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

An increrase in plant girth due to activity of _____ is called secondary growth.

Cork cambium

Pith

Vascular cambium

Both a and c

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

A disease caused by gradual breakdown of the thin walls of alveoli is;

UHS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Tuberculosis

B) Asthma

C) Emphysema

D) Bronchitis

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Sphincter muscle in urinary system present near the junction of:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Pelvis and ureter

B) Ureter and urinary bladder

C) Urinary bladder and urethra

D) Urethra and bladder

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

A _____ is a junction between two neurons or between a motor neuron and a muscle cell:

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Impulse

B) Synapse

C) Axon

D) Cleft

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Category: Biology

Q.26 Two pea plants are crossed. One plant is homozygous dominant for purple flowers, and the other is homozygous recessive for white lowers. What fraction of the F2 population will have white lowers?

A. 1/4

B. 1/2

C. 1/8

D. 1/16

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following category is most general with its members lest resembling with each other than the other categries:

Species

Genus

Family

Order

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Category: Biology

Q.39 If a cross section of a sarcomere is seen, each myosin is surrounded by how many actin molecules?

A.5

B.6

C.7

D. 8

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Analogous organs show:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Straight evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Zig-zag evolution

D) Divergent evolution

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Category: Biology

Q.11 In cocci, three plane division result in formation of sarcine which is a

A. Cuba of 8 cocci

B. Square of 4 cocci

C. Irregular structure

D. Triangular 6 cocci

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Antibodies are actually:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Globular proteins

B) Glycoproteins

C) Fibrous proteins

D) Glycolipids

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Those organisms which can prepare their own food from simple inorganic material and can store energy are called

Autotrophs

Heterotrophs

Procariotique

Eu-cariotique

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Mono-saccharides have a general formula represented by:

PMC 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) (CH2O)n

B) C(H2O)n

C) C2(H2O)n

D) C2(H2O)n

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Rapid movement of leaves of mimosa on touching is an example of :

Turgor movement

Nastic movement

Tropic movements.

Growth movement

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Category: Biology

Q.6 Outbreeding increases which of the following?

A. Homozygosity

B. Heterozygosity

C. Gene linkage

D Gene pool

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Select a sessile zooflagellate:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Trichonympha

B) Trypanosoma

C) Choanoflagellate

D) Euglena

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

The human cells affected in HIV are which of the following?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) RBCs

B) WBCs

C) Platelets

D) stem cells

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During the G2 phase:

UHS 2019
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Chromosome number is duplicated

B) The chromosomes are left with only one chromatid

C) Energy is stored for Chromosome movement and mitotic specific proteins(Tubulin) are produced

D) Specific enzymes are synthesized and DNA base units are accumulated

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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

72 / 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

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

This protist has isomorphic alternation of generation:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Phytopthora

B) Chlorella

C) Ulva

D) Euglena

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following is not the function of the cerebrum?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Voluntary digestion

B) Thinking

C) Intelligence

D) Skeletal muscles

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Spherical or tubular membranes which separate the material present in endoplasmic reticulum from that of cytoplasmic material are called

Cytosol

Cisternae

Polysomes

Cristae

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

An area previously supporting life is made barren, the subsequent recolonization is called ______.

UHS 2018
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Climax community

B) Pioneer succession

C) Primary succession

D) Secondary succession

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

In which of the following pigments major energy reserves and cell wall are like plants?

Rhodophyta

Chlorophyta

Phaeophyta

Chrysophyta

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The botanical name of Imli is:

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Cassia fistula

B) Mimosa pudica

C) Tamarindus indica

D) Datura alba

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Steroids consist of _____ 6 membered carbon rings and one 5 membered carbon ring.

NTS 2012
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Four

B) Three

C) Two

D) Five

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

DNA analysis is done to

Diagnose viral infections

Identify criminals

Determine evolution

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following results from conjugation in paramecium?

PMC Practice 3
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell death

B) Cell division

C) Budding

D) Recombination

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Four events in the transmission of nerve impulses across synapses are:

I. depolarisation of the presynaptic membrane

II. propagation of postsynaptic action potential

III. reabsorption of the transmitter substance

IV. release of transmitter substance into the synaptic cleft

In which sequence do these events occur?

FIRST -> LAST

NTS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) I, III, II, and IV

C) IV, I, III and II

D) IV, III, I and II

B) I, IV, II and III

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Golden algae are also known as

Chrysophyta

Phaeophyta

Pyrrophyta

Rhodophyta

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

In plants chlorosis is caused by the deficiency of:

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) chlorophyll

B) magnesium

C) nitrogen

D) all of above

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Mycorrhizae are found in about ______ vascular plants

90%

95%

98%

96%

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The major portion of (NH)2CO is secreted by:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Sweat

B) Saliva

C) Urine

D) Stool

87 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.68 Enzymes are globular proteins because

A. They have a primary structure.

B. They have a secondary structure.

C They have a tertiary structure,

D. All of the above.

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Category: Biology

Q.12 In enzymatic mechanism, the substrate bind to enzyme active site to produce?

A. Reactants

B. Enzyme

C. Products

D. all of these

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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

90 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.19 Darwins theory mainly focuses o

A. Origin of life

B. How Orgais extinct

C. How new Species arise

D How organism form

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

The genes which do not follow law of independent assortment

Crossed genes

Linked genes

Recessive genes

Dominant genes

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Prosopis glandulosa is the botanical name of _______.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Chhui mui

B) Kikar

C) Bauble

D) Devi

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Meiosis occur in

Diploid cells only

Haploid cells only

Both diploid and haploid cells

Monoploid cells

94 / 100

Category: Biology

The thick filaments, in a myofibril of muscles, are made of ________.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Myoglobin

B) Myosin

C) Actin

D) Haemoglobin

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

PMC Sample 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.

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Resolution power of a compound microscope is

2.0 ?m

2-4 A

24 ?m

24 A

97 / 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

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Evolutionary relationship among species are reflected in their ________.

NUMS 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) DNA and proteins

B) Only DNA

C) Only proteins

D) RNA

99 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Heterozygous

B) Genotype

C) Homozygous

D) Phenotype

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Colour of corpus luteum is:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Yellow

C) Grey

D) Black

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