Biology Practice Test 1




Biology Practice Test 1

Biology Practice Test 1 is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of key biological concepts, theories, and processes for competitive entry tests like MDCAT, NUMS, AKU, UET, ECAT, NTS, as well as FSC Board Exams. This test covers topics from cell biology, genetics, physiology, ecology, evolution, and more, helping students improve accuracy and retention.

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following light is least absorbed by the plants:

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which of the following is an ovoviviparous animal?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
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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?

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Carbohydrates, fats & proteins are essential for:

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Human cells maintain concentration gradients across their plasma membranes, such that there is a high sodium concentration outside the cell and a high potassium concentration inside the cell.

Suppose that within the cell membrane are sodium leak channels or carrier proteins. These channels would allow sodium to:

NTS 2017
Biology
Biological Molecules
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Tides are caused by

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following is not secreted by thyroid gland?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Coordination and Control

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Fear of getting obese is termed as:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Bacteria that live in intestine and produce vitamin K belong to?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Below the point at which the cotyledons are attached, the embryo axis is called _______.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Excessive increase in temperature of medium causes the enzyme molecule to

 

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

The radius and ulna join at the wrist with the _____ small carpal bones.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Support and Movement
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Category: Biology

Q.47  The chemical nature of oxytocin is:

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Urine formation is the result of:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

In the Calvin cycle, the reducing power from NADPH is used during:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Thyroxine deficiency in adults’ results in a condition called:

UHS 2015
Biology
Growth and Development
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

_______ infection is caused by a viroid:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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Category: Biology

In the commercial manufacture of insulin, a human gene is inserted into which one of the following?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biotechnology

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

In which stage of meiotic division centromere divides?

NUMS 2017
Biology
Cell Cycle
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Mosses are included in sub-division

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Category: Biology

What type of virus is the smallpox virus?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Balance in the nutrient cycle can be upset when

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Which of the following is NOT a part of the immune system?

NTS 2018
Biology
Transport
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Category: Biology

The position of an organism in a food chain of an ecosystem called:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Man and His Environment

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Geothermal energy is

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Four plants are present in different environmental conditions. Plant A is present in a warm climate with continuous rainfall, plant B is present in a cool forest, plant C is present in a warm climate with little breeze, while plant D is present in a warm climate with high wind speed. Which one of the above plants will have the highest rate of transpiration?

UHS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

A technique in transgenic animals in which desired gene is inserted into the eggs of animal is called:

UHS 2015
Biology
Biotechnology
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Category: Biology

Q.65 Which of the following statements about the systemic affect of bacterial cells are true?

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

The following observations refer to evolution:

I. Inherited variations which are ‘favoured’ in particular environments are passed on.

II. There is a struggle for existence.

III. In time, ‘favoured’ inherited variations may accumulate causing gradual changes in the organism.

IV. Although populations tend to overproduce, they remain more or less constant in numbers from generation to generation.

In what sequence should the statements be placed to support Darwin’s theory of evolution?

NTS 2014
Biology
Evolution
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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
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following bacteria are able to release oxygen into the environment?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Which one of the following is a genetic disorder in which abnormally thick mucus is produced in the lungs and other parts of the body?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Lymph nodes are not present:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The pH at which the activity of pancreatic lipase enzyme is maximum is:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Enzymes
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Who developed a theory of natural selection essentially identical to Darwin’s

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The number of stomata present per cm2 of leaf is:

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following statement about plants is incorrect?

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Enzymes work by lowering the ______ of the reactions they catalyse:

PMC 2020
Biology
Enzymes
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Oxygen accounts for ____ % of totals human body mass:

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which one of the following is a neurotransmitter?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following statements about the systemic effect of bacterial cells is true?

PMC Practice 3
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The social organization of howling monkeys was studied by:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Second major form of hepatitis is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology

As pH of blood decreases, H+ ions increases, which combine the proteins part of hemoglobin, to decrease its ability to bind with:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Protein layers which are NOT continuous on the surface make ________ percent of total in plasma membrane.

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Some bacteria ranging occasionally a size of 500 ?m in length are

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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
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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

In fatty liver the fat contents are:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which one is not a nitrogen waste?

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

A type of bacterial cell that is completely surrounded by flagella is called:

PMC Practice 5
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

% of water in brain cells is

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Water constitutes –% of body weight?

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Mitotic apparatus in animals is formed by

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The place of attachment of leaf with the shoot is called:

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

In electron transport chain, ATP synthesis takes place when electrons move from:

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology

Q.36 The ETC in plants consists of an electron carrier called?

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Leptocardii is a group of:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which one of the following is found in both messenger RNA and DNA of a mammalian cell?

PMC 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
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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.

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

DNA made by joining pieces from two or more different sources:

UHS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
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Category: Biology

Q.28 The enzyme which plays important role in HIV pathogenesis

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Category: Biology

An activated enzyme made of polypeptide chain and a cofactor is?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Enzymes

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The shape of Cocci bacteria is:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Read the passage below to answer the question:

Hemophilia is a disorder in which blood fails to clot. Saad, a male hemophiliac, marries Sara, a normal woman and together they have four children, two boys (Ahmed and Ali) and two girls (Alia and Ayesha). None of the children display the symptoms of Hemophilia. Ahmed, Ali, Ayesha, and Ali all marry normal individuals and have children. None of Ahmeds or Ali’s children, male or female, display symptoms of hemophilia, but the sons of Alia and Ayesha display symptoms of hemophilia while the daughters of Alia and Ayesha do not.

Which of the following individuals are heterozygous for hemophilia:

NTS 2010
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following neurotransmitters function, both as neurotransmitter and hormones, decreasing our perception of pain?

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Carbon dioxide is carried in the blood, mainly as:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

First step of viral replication is:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Sertoli cells

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The function of respiratory passage, Cilia is to keep the airways clear of:

NTS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In a hot summer after noon, if your body’s Homeostatic machinery keep your internal temperature quite lower than that of external than this is an example of

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which scientist does not match his achievements

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Plants absorb it in the form of soluble phosphates. It is present abundantly in the growing and storage organs of plants. What is it?

NTS 2012
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

During DNA replication ______ attaches the fragment to the lagging strand.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

A part of the digestive system that is not in contact with food is the:

NTS 2017
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

In case of neurons, post mitotic cell escapes cell cycle and remain in _______ phase whthout proliferating further

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Brown algae are also known as

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Category: Biology

Q.35 Ribose is a monosaccharide constituent of man

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Higher plants grow through

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi can tolerate pH from

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The sequence of nucleotides that determines the amino acid sequence of a protein is

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Category: Biology

Erythroblastosis foetalis occurs when:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variation and Genetics

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The disease night blindness is caused by deficiency of vitamin:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

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Category: Biology

Enzymes work by lowering the ______ of the reactions they catalyse:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Enzymes

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Movement of the Hip joint is which type of synovial joints?

NUMS 2018
Biology
Support and Movement
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Category: Biology

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

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

If the concentration of enzyme is kept constant and amount of substrate is increased a point is reached where increase in substrates concentration does not affect the reaction rate because of

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Category: Biology

The cells which play a very important role in developing immunity are:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Transport

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

The gene which controls ABO group has how many alleles in an individual

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which part of the brain regulates body temperature?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Unicellular fungi which is non-hyphal is

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

All the animals of the grade radiata are

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which one of the following is not in the group of Gymnosperm?

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Cyanides are potent poisons of the living organism and can kill by inhibiting _____, essential for cellular respiration:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Fundography is relevant to:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

A fern has _____ pairs of chromosomes.

NTS 2012
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology

Q.30 This group of animals has three bones in the ear.

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

The branch of biology which deals with the study of chemical compounds and the chemical processes in the fliving organisms is called:

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Category: Biology

Q.14   A man is suffering from fever. What will be the effect on his enzyme activity of the body?

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3 responses to “Biology Practice Test 1”

  1. Anonymous

    Hello sr thanks for your service
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  3. Anonymous

    AOA sir
    Here in the test there are many mcqs that are not included in Nums r Pmc syllabus
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