Biology Practice Test 1

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Category: Biology

The autonomic nervous system controls all of the following activities except:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Digestion of food

B) Heart beat

C) Contraction of pupil of eye

D) Thought

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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

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Category: Biology

What are the functions of the inter, motor and sensory neurons in a reflex response?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Option A

B) Option B

C) Option C

D) Option D

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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 11 Class 12

Abiotic components include

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

Lithosphere

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

What CANNOT be true for a man having B+ve blood group?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) His mother’s blood group is BB

B) His mother’s blood group is BO

C) His father’s blood group is AO

D) His father’s blood group is AA

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Category: Biology

The spectrum of He is expected to be similar to that of:

NUMS Mock 4
Chemistry
Atomic Structure

A) Hydrogen

B) Sodium

C) Oxygen

D) Li+

8 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

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

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Cycads

B) Gingko

C) Gnetae

E) Musci

9 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Net yield of H2O in Photosynthesis is

1 molecule

6 molecules

3 molecules

0 molecule

10 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

_______ infection is caused by a viroid:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Hepatitis A

B) Hepatitis D

D) Mysterious brain infection

C) Mad Cow disease

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

The number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1g of water from 15 to 16?C is called?

Specific Heat of Vaporization

Specific Heat capacity

Caloric Heat

Both A and C

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Category: Biology

The passageways of the respiratory system have mucous secreting cells called:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

A) Tracheal cells

B) Goblet cells

C) Surfactant cells

D) Pleural cells

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following amino acids has single codon?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Isoleucine

B) Tryptophan

C) Valine

D) Arginine

15 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Thyroid gland requires high amount of:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Phosphate

B) Calcium

C) Iodine

D) Sodium

16 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

A structure formed by groups of similar cells organized into loose sheetsor bundles performing similar functions is called as:

An organ

An organism

A Tissue

A Cell

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Stentor is a/an

Ciliate

Foraniniferan

Actinopods

Apicomplexan

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

The actual location or place where an organism lives is

Environment

Biosphere

Biomass

Habitat

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During anaphase, each chromosome has:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) One chromatid

B) Two chromatids

C) Several chromatids

D) No chromatids

20 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which of the following scientists contributed a lot to “modern synthetic theory of organic evolution:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Theodosius Dobzhansky 1937

B) Fischer 1958

C) Wright 1968

D) All of above

21 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Recombinant DNA contains DNA from

2 different sources

3 different sources

2 same sources

3 same sources

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Category: Biology

Q.13 Without enzymes, the biological reaction would proceed at:

A. Same speed

B. Constant speed

C. Very slow speed

D. Variable speed

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The technique used for the non-surgical removal of kidney stones is called:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Ultrasound

B) Lithotripsy

C) Dialysis

D) X-rays

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The number of base pairs in a complete helical turn is/are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 1

B) 5

C) 10

D) 15

25 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.61 Herbivores always occupy :

A. T1

B. T3

C. T2

D. T4

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Organisms that have had a foreign gene inserted into them are

Transformed organisms

Transgenic organisms

Transfigured organisms

Recombinant organisms

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Constricting ring around nematode is formed by

Arthrobotrys

Pleurotus ostreatus

Mildews

All of these

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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

29 / 100

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

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Archaeopteryx is a transitional stage between the members of which one of the following pairs?

NTS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Amphibian … bird

B) Fish … amphibian

C) Reptile … mammal

D) Reptile … bird

31 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

By PCR we mean:

UHS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Polymerase chronic reaction

B) Polymerase chain reaction

C) Polymerase copy reaction

D) Polymerase cross reaction

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Category: Biology

Q.60 The part of spinal cord where interneurons present is called:

A. White matter

B. Gray mater

C. lumbar enlargement

D. cervical enlargement

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Of the following, which one is better respiratory medium.

Air

Water

Soil

None of these

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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) 1.

B) 2.

C) 3.

D) 4.

35 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Pharynx leads air into _____ through glottis.

NTS 2012
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Trachea

B) Bronchus

C) Alveoli

E) Larynx

36 / 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

37 / 100

Category: Biology

This theory says that “mitochondria and chloroplasts are, in effect, ancient bacteria which now live inside the larger cells”:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Evolution

A) Darwin’s theory of evolution

B) Lamarckism

C) Neo – darwinism

D) Endosymbiont theory

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which one of the following types of cell are found in secondary xylem of angiosperms?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Tracheids parenchyma fibres collenchyma but no vessels

B) Vessels tracheids parenchyma collenchyma but no fibres

C) Vessels tracheids fibres collenchyma but no parenchyma

D) Vessels tracheids fibres parenchyma but no collenchyma

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Number of spiracles present in cockroach is

15

10

20

30

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Thick, waxy & leathery cuticle around leaves is present in which of the following?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrophytes

B) Mesophytes

D) Xerophytes

C) Halophytes

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Category: Biology

Haploid and monoploid numbers of chromosomes of hexaploid wheat are:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) 21 and 42

B) 7 and 21

C) 21 and 7

D) 42 and 21

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The virus can only survive and reproduce inside a:

NTS 2019
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Animal Cell

B) Bacterial cell

C) Living cell

D) Non-living cell

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Despite the structural diversities, ____ are characterized by having a soft body protected by a calcareous shell developing from the mantle layer.

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Corals

B) Foraminiferos

C) Molluscs

D) None of these

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The process of swallowing is controlled by:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Hypothalamus

B) Hormones

C) Medulla oblongata

D) Sympathetic nervous system

45 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.11 Which of the following statement regarding lecithin is correct?

A. Contain only one fatty acid

B. Choline attached with phosphatidic acid at carbon 3

C. Phosphate group is positively charged

D. Have five carbon glycerol molecules

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Category: Biology

Q.18 The internal buds are known as which of the following?

A. Spicules

B. Choanocytes

C. Gemmules

D. Both A and B

47 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Plasmodium belongs to

Ciliates

Apicomplexans

Actinopods

Foraminferans

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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

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The genome of the virus includes the:

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Deoxyribonucleic acid

B) Ribonucleic acid

C) Amino acids

D) Deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acids

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

All of the following protect the body against the entrance of germs except:

NTS 2017
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Tears

B) Mucous membranes

C) Ciliated cells

E) Red blood cells,

51 / 100

Category: Biology

Proteins and lipids are converted into glycolipids and glycoproteins by adding carbohydrates by?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Ribosomes

B) Cytoplasm

C) Golgi apparatus

D) Endoplasmic reticulum

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Lamarck is best known for his theory of:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Inheritances

B) Dominance

C) Inheritance of acquired characteristics

D) All of the above

53 / 100

Category: Biology

All of the followings are the effects of red light on plant, EXCEPT:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Growth and Development

A) Causes epicotyl (plumule) hook to unbend

B) Induces increase in leaf area

C) Elongation of internodes is promoted

D) Stimulate flowering in long day plants

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Which one is a micromolecule?

Polysaccharide

Protein

Hemoglobin

ATP

55 / 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

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which of the following factors affect enzyme activity?

NTS 2011
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Temperature

B) pH

C) Concentration of substrate

D) Radiation

E) All of these

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Stunted growth of roots is due to the deficiency of _____ in plants

Potassium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Iron

58 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Complex specialized flagellates living symbiotically in the gut of termites are

Trichonymphas

Trypanosoma

Euglena

Radiolarians

59 / 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

60 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following of bryophytes are the simplest one?

Porella

Funaria

Anthocerus

Polytrichum

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Fallopian tube in humans is important for:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Ovulation

B) Primary oocyte

D) Ova

C) Secondary oocyte

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Turner’s syndrome is characterized by having:

UHS 2015
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Trisomy 21

B) 44 + XXY

C) Trisomy

D) 44 + XO

63 / 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

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Dietary fiber passes through to several structures after leaving the stomach. In which order does the dietary fiber pass through the structures?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Duodenum -> jejunum -> ileum -> rectum -> colon

B) ileum -> duodenum -> colon -> jejunum -> rectum

C) ileum -> duodenum -> jejunum -> rectum -> colon

E) duodenum -> jejunum -> ileum -> colon -> rectum

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Identify the bones in which the connecting joints are freely movable joints?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Ankle

B) wrist

C) vertebrae

D) elbow

E) all of the above

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The rate of reaction is directly proportional to the concentration of an enzyme which statement is incorrect in this respect:

Increase in enzyme molecule increases the available active sites.

This relation is for unlimited time period with unlimited enzyme concentration

If the concentration is doubled the rate will become two fold.

None of these.

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The particular array of chromosomes that an individual possesses is called its:

PMC 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Genotype

B) Phenotype

C) Karyotype

D) Allele

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Conversion of ammonium into nitrates is:

UHS 2018
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Nitrification

B) Nitrogen Fixation

C) Ammonification

D) Denitrification

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following is not true for retroviruses?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) They are cuboidal in shape

B) They are enveloped by host plasma membrane

C) They have enzyme reverse transcriptase

D) All of them are not specific

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Living things that would be the first to experience adverse effects if large amounts of carbon dioxide were taken out of the biosphere are:

NTS 2014
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Decomposers (e.g. bacteria and fungi)

B) Producers (e.g. green plants)

C) Primary consumers (e.g. mice)

D) Secondary consumers (e.g. snakes)

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Category: Biology

Q.35 Ribose is a monosaccharide constituent of man

A. Enzymes

B. Coenzymes

C. Vitamin

D. Antibiotics

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The glycolate produced diffuses into the membrane bounded organelles called

Glyoxisomes

Peroxisomes

Lysosomes

Mitochondria

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The cell wall of Archaebacteria does not contain which of the following?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Glycoproteins

B) Polysaccharides

C) Proteins

D) Peptidoglycan

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

What type of virus is the smallpox virus?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) DNA enveloped virus

B) RNA enveloped virus

C) DNA virus

D) RNA naked virus

75 / 100

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

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

It is possible to date the rocks by comparing the amount of specific radioactive isotopes they contain. Which of the statement is correct in this respect:

Older sediment layers have equal amount of these reaioactive isotopes as that of the young ones

Older sediment layers have less amount of these reaioactive isotopes as that of the young ones.

Older sediment layers have greater amount of these radioactive isotopes as that of the young ones.

Older sediment layers did not have these radioactive isotopes

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Testes are structures that produce:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Spores

B) Sperms

C) Seeds

D) Ova

78 / 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

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which statement is incorrect?

Climacteric is burst of respiratory activity in fruit ripening

It is associated with ethane production C

It helps in fruit set

It helps in fruit ripening

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Which of the following characteristics makes plasmid DNA useful for researchers?:

PMC Practice 9
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Readily incorporate cloned DNA

B) Capable of automatic replication

C) Capable of being isolated from genomic DNA

D) All of these

81 / 100

Category: Biology

Some enzymes require the presence of a non protein molecule to behave catalytically. An enzyme devoid of this molecule is called a(n):

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Enzymes

A) Holoenzyme

B) Apoenzyme

C) Coenzyme

D) Zymoenzyme

82 / 100

Category: Biology

The scientific name of thorn Apple is?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Kingdom Plantae

A) Sycopodium phlogmaria

B) Anthocoros fusiform

C) Ginkgo biloba

D) Datura alba

83 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Gliding joint

B) Ball and socket joint

C) Pivot joints

D) Hinge joint

84 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.25 Which of the following is an example of a marine annelid?

A. Neries

B. Stylaria

C. Earthworm

D. Leech

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Highly condensed portions of the chromatin are called:

NTS 2011
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Euchromatin

B) Heterochromatin

C) Nucleosome

D) Super coils

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

In meiosis II, ______ differentiate into sperms.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Spermatocytes

B) Spermatids

C) Sertoli cells

D) Polar bodies

87 / 100

Category: Biology

Which bond is present between the nucleotides of DNA:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) Peptide bond

B) Phosphodiester bond

C) Glycosidic bond

D) Ester bond

88 / 100

Category: Biology

The region of the chromosome or, more specifically, the length of the DNA molecule, which has a particular function is called _______.

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) Kinetochore

B) Locus

C) Allele

D) Gene

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Germ cells give rise to:

NTS 2012
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Legs

B) Head

C) Eggs and sperms

D) Hands

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

In ‘Complete Dominance’:

PMC 2020
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Different alleles of a gene are both expressed in heterozygous condition

B) One allele (R) is completely dominant over the other (r) and the presence of the recessive allele is functionally hidden, so the heterozygote (Rr) has the same round phenotype as (RR) homozygote.

C) The phenotype of the heterozygote is intermediate between phenotypes of the two homozygotes

D) Gene mutations may produce many different alleles of a gene

91 / 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

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Asexual spores of fungi are called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Conidiospores

B) Zygospores

C) Ascospores

D) Basidiospores

93 / 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

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Carolus Linnaeus was believer of

Special creation

Natural selection

Catastrophism

. Inheritance of acquired characters

95 / 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

96 / 100

Category: Biology

What do we call the cell surface membrane of a muscle fibre?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Sarcolemma

B) Plasma membrane

C) Sarcoplasm

D) Myofibrils

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A cofactor made of inorganic ion which is detachable is called

Prosthetic group

Coenzyme

Activator

Cofactor

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Amphibians live on:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Water

B) Water and land

C) Land

D) Air

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following diseases is sexually transmitted?

PMC 2020
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Tuberculosis

B) AIDS

C) Dengue Fever

D) Cholera

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

It is the non living component of the cell, it is secreted and maintained by the living portion of the cell and is found only in plants. What is this structure?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Golgi apparatus

B) lysosome

C) mitochondrion

D) cell wall

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