Biology Practice Test 3

MDCAT Practice Tests

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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

2 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

First step of viral replication is:

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

A) Entry

B) Assembly

C) Uncoating

D) Adsorption or Attachment

3 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which one of the following is NOT a mode of transmission of AIDS?

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

A) Through unsterilized needles

B) Through contact with open wounds

D) Through holding hands

C) Through blood transfusion

4 / 100

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

5 / 100

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
Elimination Tool:

A) H2O

B) CO2

C) K

D) P

6 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following statement about the head of a chlorophyll molecule is incorrect:

It is a porphyrin ring or tetrapyrrole ring structure

It is flat, square and light absorbing

Composed of carbon and nitrogen atoms with Magnesium as central metal ion, which is coordinated with nitrogen.

It is hydrophobic

7 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Parabronchi are open at ______ end/s

Single

Both

Do not have opening

None of these

8 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Complex specialized flagellates living symbiotically in the gut of termites are

Trichonymphas

Trypanosoma

Euglena

Radiolarians

9 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Which of the following enzymes is used to join DNA fragments?

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) DNA polymerase

B) Ligase

C) Primase

D) Endonuclease

10 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.26 Most carbon dioxide is transported in the form of:

A. Carboxyhemoglobin

B. Lipids

C. Bicarbonate ions

D. Chemicals

11 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Why do Bryophytes and ferns both require water for fertilization?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Ciliated spermatozoa instead of flagellated spermatozoa

B) Sporophyte as the main generation instead of the gametophyte generation

D) Non-motile eggs

C) Flagellated spermatozoa can travel

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Category: Biology

Q.14 Aschelminthes is also known as which of the following?

A. Protozoans

B. Eumetazoa

C. Protoctist ancestors

D. Nematodes

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

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

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Monocytes

B) Neutrophils

C) Lymphocytes

D) Thrombocytes

14 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Amylase is not produced by the following type(s) of salivary gland:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Parotid

B) Submandibular

C) Sublingual

D) None of the given options are correct

15 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which one is an organic compound?

CO2

Water

Lipids

HCI

16 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 12

Coniferous forests located at high altitude are called

Taiga

Alpine

Boreal

Arctic

17 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Nitrogen

Magnesium

Iron

Both A and B

18 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Secondary succession starts from A.

A bar rock sand

Clear glacial pool

From remains of previous ecosystem

Fire

19 / 100

Category: Biology

Which processes are essential in making nitrogen from dead plant material available to growing plants?

ammonification
deamination
nitrification
nitrogen fixation
NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Man and His Enviornment

A) I, II and III only

B) I, II and IV only

C) I, III and IV only

D) II, III and IV only

20 / 100

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

21 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

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

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Cuticular

B) Lenticular

C) Stomatal

D) Leaves

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Urine formation is the result of:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Ultrafiltration

B) Reabsorption

C) Tubular secretion

D) All of the above

23 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

How does the second meiotic division differ from mitosis? In the second meiotic division:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Chiasmata Formed between the chromatids of a bivalent

B) Each chromosome replicates to form two chromatids during metaphase

C) The separating chromatids of a pair differ genetically

D) None of the above

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Specific heat of vaporization of water is:

574 Kcal/kg

674 Kcal/kg

774 Kcal/kg

874 Kcal/kg

25 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The process of determining the locus for particular biological traits includes?

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Replication

B) Recombination

C) Gene mapping

D) None of these options is correct

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Diplotene is the sub-stage of:

NTS 2011
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Anaphase

B) Telephase I

C) Prophase I

D) Metaphase

27 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which of the following is not correct for food web?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Start with primary consumers

B) Formed from food chain

C) Stable than food chain

D) Complex with food chain

28 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Sporophyte is

Monoploid

Haploid

Diploid

Polyploidy

29 / 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

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

DNA contains

Purines (A and G) pyrimidines (U and (c)

Purines (T and (c) pyrimidines (A and G)

Purines (A and (c) pyrimidines (U and G)

Purines (A and G) pyrimidines (T and (c)

31 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Theory of Lamarck was based on:

NTS 2011
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Adaptive modifications

B) Adaptive radiations

C) Both A and B

D) None of the above

32 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Chlorophyta is considered to be closest to plants but do not resemble plants in having:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Chlorophyll a and b

B) Starch as stored food

C) Cellulose cell wall

D) Multicellular sex organs

33 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

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

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrophytes

B) Neophytes

C) Mesophytes

D) Xerophytes

34 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.12 An enzyme without its cofactor is called.

A. Coenzyme

B. Apoenzyme

C. Holoenzyme

D. Proenzyme

35 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Cloning is a form of:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Parthenogenesis

B) Apomixis

C) Sexual reproduction

D) Asexual reproduction

36 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

In Maxam – Gilbert method, DNA threads are:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Chemically synthesized

B) Synthesized from mRNA

C) Synthesized by using terminating nucleotides

D) Chemically cut into pieces

37 / 100

Category: Biology

The animals that feed on organic debris from decomposing plants and animals are called:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Man and His Environment

A) Herbivores

B) Carnivores

C) Omnivores

D) Detritivores

38 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In humans, the temperature regulation control center is located in:

PMC 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Kidneys

B) Brain

C) Lungs

D) Liver

39 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

An individual has an additional sex chromosome. Which syndrome does he have?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Down's syndrome

B) Turner's syndrome

C) Jacob's syndrome

D) Klinefelter's syndrome

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Foliose lichen are

Stem like

Branching

Leaf like

Crust like

41 / 100

Category: Biology

How many fatty acid molecules are normally present in a fat or oil molecule?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

42 / 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

43 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Only one ovary is functional at a time in:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Human

B) Eagle

C) Chicken

D) Pigeon and human

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

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

UHS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Probes

B) Restriction endonuclease

C) Mutated DNA

D) Recombinant DNA

45 / 100

Category: Biology

Transport of glucose across the cell membrane occurs by:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Simple diffusion

B) Facilitated diffusion

C) Osmosis

D) Primary active transport

46 / 100

Category: Biology

Antheridia and archegonia are _____ organs in bryophytes.

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Kingdom Plantae

A) Reproductive

B) digestive

C) respiratory

D) none of the above

47 / 100

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

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

All of the following are characteristics of kingdom fungi except:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Heterotrophy

B) Sessil

C) Cell wall

D) None of the above

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

In which of the following location enzymes controlling cellular respiration are present?

Nucleus

Chlorophast

Milochondria

Ribosome

50 / 100

Category: Biology

Male and female sea urchins release their sperm and eggs into the water where fertilization takes place. How can their reproduction be described?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Reproduction

A) Asexual reproduction which results in genetically dissimilar offsprings

B) Asexual reproduction which results in genetically identical offsprings

C) Sexual reproduction which results in genetically dissimilar offsprings

D) Sexual reproduction which results in genetically identical offsprings

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

How many ml of blood is pumped by each contraction of the heart?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) 80 ml

B) 90 ml

C) 70 ml

D) 60 ml

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which one of the following is common to all neurons?

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) A cell body which contains a nucleus

B) A thick myelin sheath

C) Presence of node of Ranvier

D) Presence of Schwann cells

53 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Of the following which one is non-cellular in most cases in animals?

Mesenchyme

Sclerenchyma

Chlorenchyma

Mesoderm

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Amoeba belongs to which kingdom:

Prokaryotae

Plantae

Monera

Protista

55 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Key point to Lamarck’s view about organic evolution is that every offspring

NUMS 2014
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) is similar to its parents

B) inherits characters acquired by the parental generation

C) shows struggle for existence

D) repeats phylogeny in its ontogeny

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Atherosclerosis is disease of:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Immune system

B) Arterial wall

C) Venal wall

D) Lungs

57 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following part of the cell is described as a fluid mosaic?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Chloroplast.

B) Vacuole.

C) Cell membrane.

D) Endoplasmic Reticulum.

58 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The organisms able to use sunlight directly as a source of energy are

Plants

Animals

Omnivores

Fungi

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which method is of asexual reproduction?

Sporulation

Fission

Apomixis

All of these

60 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Photosynthesis is absent in which of the following:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacteria

B) None of these

C) Seaweeds

D) Mushrooms

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Malpighian tubules are involved in excretion in:

NTS 2011
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Cockroach

B) Earthworm

C) Human

D) Planaria

62 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following basic structural level of proteins is indicated by an association of two alpha and two beta chains in the haemoglobin molecule?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Primary structure

B) Secondary structure

C) Tertiary structure

D) Quatenary Structure

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A/An _______ is mostly a non-protein chemical compound that is required for the protein’s biological activity.

NTS 2019
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Active site

B) Substrate

C) Cofactor

D) Enzyme

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The part of sporophyte which is called sporangium is

Capsule

Foot

Stalk

None of these

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The genetically Engineered vaccine is not available for which of the following?

PMC Practice 8
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) HAV

B) HBV

C) HCV

D) HDV

66 / 100

Category: Biology

If concentration time graph of a reactant indicates a constant half life, then the order reaction with respect to that reactant is:

NUMS Mock 4
Chemistry
Reaction Kinetics

A) Zero order

B) Half order

C) Second order

D) First order

67 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following is NOT a difference that would allow one to distinguish between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell?

Presence of absence of the nucleus
Presence or absence of the cell wall
Membrane bound versus no membrane bound organelles
NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) I only

B) II only

C) III only

D) I and II only

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which one forms the raw material for coenzymes?

Vitamins

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Metals

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The only promoter of leaf senescence in the following plant hormones is:

Gibberellins

Cytokinins

Auxins

Abscisic Acid

70 / 100

Category: Biology

The branch of science dealing with the fossil record is called:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biology and its Major Fields of Specialization

A) Genetics

B) Taxonomy

C) Archeology

D) Palentology

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Cyanobacteria help in nitrogen fixation because they have:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Sodium channels

B) Heterocysts

C) Harmogonia

D) Nitrogenase

72 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.56 Which of the following is nota viral disease?

A. Smallpox

Mumps

C. Tetanus

D. Cowpox

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Vertebrae of the neck are called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Coccygeal vertebrae

B) Cervical vertebrae

C) Sacral vertebrae

D) Lumbar vertebrae

74 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.49 Gastric secretion is stimulated by:

A. Gastrin

B. Cholecystokinin

C. Secretin

D. Pancreozymin

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Scapula is the bone of the:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Skull

B) Pelvic girdle

D) Vertebral column

C) Pectoral girdle

76 / 100

Category: Biology

The smaller (40S) of ribosome combines with larger subunit (60S) in the presence of Mg2+ ion to form _____ particle.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) 100 S

B) 90 S

C) 80 S

D) 70 S

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Meristems are group of cells that

Allow the surrounding region to divide

Provide nutrition

. Help in movement

Retain the potential to divide

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

What will happen, if there is an increase in plasma albumin?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Increased blood pressure

B) Increased rate of heart

C) Greater accumulation of tissue fluid

D) Decreased filtration in glomerulus

79 / 100

Category: Biology

Lysosomes function in:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Protein synthesis

B) Processing

C) Intracellular digestion

D) Lipid synthesis

80 / 100

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

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Tay Sach’s disease is caused by absence of enzyme required to breakdown ____________.

NUMS 2014
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Lipids

B) Glycogen

C) Glucose

D) Proteins

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Gibberellins may be substituted for _____ light, therefore promote flowering in long day plants.

White

Red

Blue

Green

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which of the following substances helps to concentrate urine?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Aldosterone

B) ADH

C) Glucosterone

D) Thyroxin

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Bipinnaria is the larval form of:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Coelenterate

B) Potychaeta

C) Echinodermata

D) Cestoda

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following is not a parasitic fungus of plants?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Rust

B) Mildews

C) Armillaria

D) None of the given options

86 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following processes does NOT need Pyruvic Acid as a substrate?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Alcoholic fermentation

B) Calvin cycle

C) Aerobic respiration

D) Lactic Acid fermentation

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Total area of the world under cultivation is

5%

11%

21%

31%

88 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following is an unsaturated fatty acid?

PMC 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Oleic acid

B) Palmitic acid

C) Butyric acid

D) Acetic acid

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

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

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Orange

90 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following enzymes is used to join DNA fragments?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) DNA polymerase

B) Ligase

C) Primase

D) Endonuclease

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The substrate binds to specific region of enzyme called?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) key

B) active site

C) hyperactive site

D) none of these

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

In the Hardy – Weinberg principle, p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 . q2 represents the frequency of the:

NTS 2010
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Homozygous dominant

B) Heterozygous dominant

C) Heterozygous recessive

D) Homozygous recessive

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Synthesis of microtubules increases in:

UHS 2018
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) M phase

B) S phase

C) G1 phase

D) G2 phase

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Phenotype for both TT and Tt is tall, so the allele T is known as:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Dominant

B) Recessive

C) Homozygous

D) Heterozygous

95 / 100

Category: Biology

DNA fingerprinting is basically done for:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biotechnology

A) DNA cloning

B) DNA analysis

C) DNA sequencing

D) DNA splicing

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following basic structural level of proteins is indicated by an association of two alpha and two beta chains in the haemoglobin molecule?

NTS 2018
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Primary structure

C) Tertiary structure

B) Secondary structure

D) Quatenary Structure

97 / 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

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

In biennials and perennials, low temperature stimulus is not received by

Shoot apex of mature stem

Embryo of the seed

Leaves of the plants

None of the above

99 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Biotechnology

A) Probes

B) Restriction endonuclease

C) Mutated DNA

D) Recombinant DNA

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Germ theory of disease has ______ postulates

3

5

4

6

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