Biology Practice Test 1

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Intercalary meristems are of

Permanent nature

Temporary nature

Some are permanent some temporary

None of these

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Category: Biology

Q.47 Which of the following are believed to have common origin with annelids?

A. Nematodes

B. Arthropods

C. Molluses

D. None of these

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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

Q.62 The animals that have features of both mammals and reptiles are?

A. Duckbill platypus

B. Spiny anteater

C. Wolves

D. Both A and B

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Cn(H2O)n. is a general formula of :

Monosaccharides

Oligosaccharides

Ploysacharides

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

When a fetus is in the uterus, what carries oxygen away from the placenta?

NTS 2013
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) The amniotic fluid

B) The amniotic sac

C) The lining of the uterus

D) The umbilical cord

7 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following is TRUE about the structure of a typical bacterium?

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) It has cell wall

B) It has cytoplasm

C) It has genetic material

D) All of the above

8 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Luteinizing hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland, promotes ovulation and stimulate the ovaries to produce:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Estrogen

B) Estrogen and progesterone

C) Progesterone

D) Oxytocin

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The mechanism by which substances are removed from the blood and are directly added to the tubular fluids is called:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Glomerular filtration

B) Excretion

C) Tubular secretion

D) Tubular reabsorption

10 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

_____ cells store surplus food and _____ cells produce new cells for growth and development of the plant:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Parenchymatous: meristematic

B) Sclerenchymatous; chlorenchymatous

C) Phloem; Meristematic

D) Parenchymatous; Chlorenchymatous

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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

The inhibitor which closely resembles the substrate in its molecular structure and inhibits the enzyme activity by binding to the active site of the enzyme is called:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Enzymes

A) Feedback inhibitor

B) Non-competitive inhibitor

C) Allosteric modulator

D) Competitive inhibitor

13 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The inner membrane of mitochondrion has many infoldings into the inner chamber, these folding are called as:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Cristae

B) Cisternae

C) Matrix

D) F1 particles

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The structure which prevents the entry of food particles into the respiratory passage is:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Hard palate

B) Epiglottis

C) Soft palate

D) Larynx

15 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The part of sporophyte which is called sporangium is

Capsule

Foot

Stalk

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Kingdom Protoctista includes:

Prokaryotic organisms

Unicellular organisms

Fungi

Eu-cariotiquic organisms

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Whenever a virus encounters an unfamiliar organism, the virus may undergo multiple mutations and emerge as a variant that produces:

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Severe and novel disease

B) Noval disease

C) Mutated

D) None of these options is correct

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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

The bacteria can cope in unfavorable condition by producing:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote

A) Mesosomes

B) Zygospores

C) Endospores

D) Hyphae

20 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following is the best desciption of bacteriophage?

PMC Practice 32
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Fungus

B) Prokaryote

C) Living organism

D) Obligate intracellular parasite

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Factory of ribosomal systhesis is

Cytoplasm

Nucleus

Nucleolus

Endoplasmic reticulum

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Category: Biology

Q.35 Ribose is a monosaccharide constituent of man

A. Enzymes

B. Coenzymes

C. Vitamin

D. Antibiotics

23 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Speed of growth is

Rapid throughout

Slow throughout

First slow then rapid then slow again

First rapid then slow

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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

25 / 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

26 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Enzymes binds with chemical reactant which is known as?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) product

C) substrate

B) reactant

D) all of these

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

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

Escherichia coli

Spirochetes

Mycoplasma

Epulopiscuim

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Category: Biology

Q.5 Which statement is incorrect?

A. In short day plants red light prevents flowering

B. In long day plants for red light promotes flowering

C. Leaf unrolling occurs in grasses

D. Henbane is a short-day plant

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Germ theory of disease has ______ postulates

3

5

4

6

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 12

Weather refers to

Short-term fluctuations in temperature, cloud cover, wind and precipitation

It prevails over periods of hrs or days

Overall patterns of weather that prevail from year to year

. Both a and b

31 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Fear of getting obese is termed as:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Bulimia nervosa

B) Anorexia nervosa

C) Dyspepsia

D) Obesity

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The most abundant organic compounds in a mammalian cell are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Water

B) Lipids

C) Carbohydrates

D) Proteins

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Most enzymes have an optimum temperature of around:

PMC 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) 30 C

B) 40 C

C) 50 C

D) 20 C

34 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Feature of cancer cells in common?

High nucleus to cytoplasmic ratio

Prominent nucleoli

Many mitosis

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Puccinia is a parasitic:

Plant

Fungus

Animal

Algae

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Category: Biology

Q.34 What molecule would you not expect to find in a refrovirus

A. Adenine

B. Thymine

C. Uracil

D Guanine

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Category: Biology

A person got an infection, he became ill but then he survived. What do you think which of immunity he would have developed?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Transport

A) Active immunity

B) Artificially induced active immunity

C) Passive immunity

D) Naturally induced active immunity

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

“Law of independent assortment” states:

PMC 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) That each pair of alleles assort independently of other pairs of alleles during gamete formation

B) That alleles of each pair of contrasting trait have unequal probability to assort with the alleles of other pair

C) That the two coexisting alleles for each trait segregate (separate) from each other at meiosis so that each gamete receives only one of the two alleles

D) That pertain to inheritance of single trait (monohybrid cross)

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Category: Biology

The rate of photosynthesis and respiration may equal one another at what time?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Dawn

B) Noon

C) Dusk

D) Dawn and dusk

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which of the following is not an evidence for evolution?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Fossil record

B) Common ancestor organisms

C) Vestigial structures

D) none of these

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Anti-bodies are produced by:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Red blood cells

B) Platelets

C) B-lymphocytes

D) Hormones

42 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

The Kingdom of recyclers is known as kingdom

Algae

Bacteria

Fungi

Embryophata

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Category: Biology

When the concentration of the external medium is equal to the concentration of the internal medium of a cell, the situation is called:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Hypertonic

B) Hypotonic

C) Isotonic

D) Heterotonic

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Category: Biology

The causes of Cyanosis include:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Transport

A) Deficiency of vitamin C

B) Varicella-zoster virus

C) Degeneration of the cartilage of joints

D) Ventricular septum defect

45 / 100

Category: Biology

How are new mitochondria formed by the pre-existing ones?

Mitosis

Fission

Conjugation

Budding

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

1 NADH in respiratory chain produces:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) 1 ATP

B) 2 ATP

C) 3 ATP

D) 4 ATP

47 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Haploid and monoploid numbers of chromosomes of hexaploid wheat are:

NTS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 21 and 42

B) 7 and 21

C) 21 and 7

D) 42 and 21

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The combination of XXY (47) chromosomes results in:

NTS 2012
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Down's Syndrome

B) Turner's Syndrome

C) Klinefelter's Syndrome

D) Sickle cell anemia

49 / 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

50 / 100

Category: Biology

Q42 The process that secretes insulin from the cell is called?

A. Endocytosis

B. Pinocytosis

C. Phagocytosis

D. Exocytosis

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Movement of ions and large molecules with the help of protein molecules in and out of the cell is called _________.

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Diffusion

B) Facilitated diffusion

C) Passive transport

D) Osmosis

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Category: Biology

Q.64 According to the induced fit model. What happens when an enzyme-substrate omplex is formed?

A. The contact between the substrate and the enzyme causes a change in the shape of the active site

B. The shape of the substrate and the shape of the active site are complementary to each other.

C. The substrate fits into active site and forms bonds with the amino acids at the active site.

D. All of the above.

53 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Which statement is true?

Producers are heterotrophic organisms

Consumers are autotrophic organisms

Fungi and bacteria are decomposers

Consumers release chemical elements as ions

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Tissue is a

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) group of cells

B) group of organs

C) group of tissues

D) group of organisms

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Category: Biology

Q.27 During which of the following levels of biological organization can natural selection occur?

A. Gene

B. Individual

C. Group

D. All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

If more substrate to already occurring enzymatic reaction is added and there is no effect on the rate of the reaction what is the form given to this situation:

Saturation

Denaturation

Composition

Inhibition

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Food is assimilated into the body from digestive tract in:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Esophagus

B) Stomach

C) Small intestine

D) Rectum

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A pure breeding plant with the dominant phenotype of character P and the recessive phenotype of character Q was crossed with another pure breeding plant with the recessive phenotype of chracter P and the dominant phenotype of Q. The offspring of this cross were crossed with a double homozygous recessive for P and Q and the following results were obtained:

22 were phenotypically dominant for P and recessive for Q
5 were phenotypically dominant for both P and Q
4 were phenotypically recessive for both P and Q
24 were phenotypically recessive for P and dominant for Q
Which one of the following types of Inheritance is illustrated by these results?

Biology
Variation and Genetics
NTS 2013
Elimination Tool:

A) gene linkage of P and Q

B) Independent segregation of P and Q

C) Mendelian dihybrid Inheritance

D) multiple alleles

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which of the following fish drink large amount of sea water and excrete concentrated urine resulting in maximum salt excretion and minimal water loss?

Hagfish

Fresh water fishes

Bony fishes

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Homology means

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) similiarity in characteristics resulting from common ancestors

B) similarity in function from acquired characterists

C) study of different ograns but with similar functions

D) study of similar ograns but with different functions

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Category: Biology

The structure of an enzyme is altered by which of the following inhibitors?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Enzymes

A) Reversible inhibitor.

B) Competitive inhibitor.

C) Non-competitive inhibitor.

D) Irreversible inhibitor.

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The egg of a chick is laid at which of the following stages?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Gastrula

B) blastula

C) cleavage

D) morula

63 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.56 During cyclic photophosphorylation, electrons are diverted back to:

A. Plastoquinone

B. Cytochrome complex

C. Plastocyanin

D. Ferredoxin

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Category: Biology

Q.17 Final acceptor of electrons in respiratory chain is?

A. NADH

B. Cytochrome a3

C. Water

D. Oxygen

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Plants growing in xeric conditions are called

Spherophytes

Mesophytes

Xerophytes

Teridophytes

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During the formation of an ovum nondisjunction of the sex chromosomes occurred the ovum was then fertilized by a normal Y-bearing sperm cell which one of the following shows the sex chromosome complement of the resulting zygote?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) XO

B) XXY

C) XXXY

D) XXYY

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Enzymes work by which of the following?

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Increasing the activation energy

B) Reducing the activation energy

C) Making exergonic reactions endergonic

D) Making endergonic reactions exergonic

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

The branch of biology which deals with the study of social behavior and communal life of human beings living in any environment is called :

Environmental biology

Human biology

Both b and c

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

_____ is activated to ______ by enterokinase / enteropeptidase enzyme secreted the lining of duodenum:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Pepsinogen, pepsin

B) Trypsinogen, trypsin

C) Pepsinogen, trypsin

D) Chymotrypsinogen, chymotrypsin

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

The fate of each blastomere is foretold. The cleavage will be as

Spiral and indeterminate

Radial and indeterminate

Spiral and determinate

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Type of neurons found exclusively in CNS are:

Sensory neurons

Motor neurons

Associative neurons

None of these

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Flow of energy in an ecosystem is:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Unidirectional

B) Tridirectional

C) Multidirectional

D) Bidirectional

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following structure provides greater pathogenicity to the bacteria?

Capsule

Slime

Cell Wall

Cell membrane

75 / 100

Category: Biology

Q4 A condition with abnormal amount of fats is called:

A. anorexia

B. botulism

C. piles

D. obesity

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Some transgenic bacteria produce a dipeptide sweetener called

Ultrasweet

Disweet

Monosweet

Neutrasweet

77 / 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

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

In plants growth is of

Four types

Five types

One type

Two types

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Whone is not the function of endoplasmic reticulum?

Nerve impulse conduction

Transport of material

Mechanical support

Synthesis of conjugated molecules

80 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Linked genes with closer loci ______ Mendel’s law of independent assortment as they _____ assort independently.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Don’t obey: cannot

B) Don’t obey: can

C) obey : cannot

D) obey : can

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

In an isotonic solution there would be:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) No net movement of water

B) Net movement of water into the cell

C) Net movement of water out of the cell

D) Bursting of the cell

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The phytohormones controlling the plant movements are?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Auxins

B) Gibberellins

C) Abscisic acid

D) Cytokinins

E) All of the above

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Terrestrial animals like kangaroo rat survive even without drinking water since

They don't require water for their metabolic process

They can retain excessive water in their body during raining season.

They feed on carbohydrate rich seeds which can provide them with metabolic water

They are anhydrobiotic organisms

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

The phase of mitosis in which sister chromatids move towards opposite poles:

UHS 2019
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Anaphase

B) Metaphase

C) Prophase

D) Telophase

85 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.30 Arterial blood contains ___________of CO2/100 ml of blood:

54

50

64

60

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Lock and Key model was proposed by

Emil Fischer

Koshland

Robin Williams

Rudolph Virchow

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Glucose and fructose join together through _____ to form sucrose.

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) 1, 4 glycosidic linkage

B) 1, 6 glycosidic linkage

D) 1,3 glycosidic linkage

C) 1,2 glycosidic linkage

88 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Cyanide for enzymes act as:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Substrate

C) Cofactor

B) Prosthetic group

D) Inhibitor

89 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. Simple diffusion

B. Facilitated diffusion

C. Active transport

D. Endocytosis

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The deficiency of which of the following cause severe combined immunodeficiency

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) hypoxanthine-guanine transferase

B) xanthine oxidase

C) PRPP synthatase

D) adeninosine deaminase

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Booklungs serve the function of respiration in:

NTS 2014
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Scorpion

B) Earthworm

C) Frog

D) Cockroaches

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Cystic fibrosis patients lack a gene that codes for a transmembrane carrier of:

NTS 2017
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Na+ ions

B) K+ ions

C) CI- ions

D) Ca2+ ions

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

In Hornworts the band of meristematic tissue is found near

Foot

Gamete producing region

Spore producing region

At junction of a & b

94 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.33 The presence of peptidoglycan in Gram positive bacteria is

A. 40% of dry weight

B. 50% of dry weight

C. 10% of dry weight

D. 80%% of dry weight

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

During breathing air from Pharynx enters to:

UHS 2018
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Trachea

B) Bronchioles

C) Alveoli

D) Bronchi

96 / 100

Category: Biology

When were bacteriophages discovered by Twort?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Variety of Life

A) 1915

B) 1920

C) 1910

D) 1820

97 / 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

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Which of the following sub stages does not occur in prophase I?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Leptotene

B) Zygotene

C) Synapsis

D) Diplotene

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Second major form of hepatitis is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Hepatitis A

B) Hepatitis B

C) Hepatitis C

D) Hepatitis D

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The word which E-Chatton suggested for bacteria and blue green algae was:

Autotrophs

Heterotrophs

Pro-cariotique

Eu-cariotique

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