Biology Practice Test 3

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1 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Meiosis occur in

Diploid cells only

Haploid cells only

Both diploid and haploid cells

Monoploid cells

2 / 100

Category: Biology

While working in a laboratory, before studying a sample under the microscope, it was immersed in a dye solution to obtain ______.

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biology and its Major Fields of Specialization

A) Magnification

B) Image

C) Match

D) Contrast

3 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.13 Cellulose is the major component of?

A. Primary wall

B. Secondary wall

C. Middle lamella

D. All of these

4 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following is a compensation point:

Leaves respire and utilize O2 and release CO2.

Photosynthesis and respiration occur at same rate. So there is not net exchange of gases between atmosphere and plants.

Rate of photosynthesis increases, so do the O2 production, with a net release of oxygen coupled with the uptake of CO2.

Rate of respiration becomes more than rate of photosynthesis.

5 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Mark the one Kingdom having the most conspicuous living organisms?

NTS 2018
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Monera

B) Protista

C) Animalia

D) Plantae

6 / 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

7 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Which one is not correct for a productive theory?

It is predictive

It has explanatory power

It discourage s suggestion of different hypotheses

It discourages suggestion of different hypotheses

8 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The second most abundant bio element in the human body is:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Oxygen

B) Carbon

C) Hydrogen

D) Nitrogen

9 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Haemoglobin carries more oxygen than plasma by:

NTS 2011
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) 50 times

B) 20 times

C) 70 times

D) 100 times

10 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. Slightly decreased

B. Enzyme inactivation

C. Enzyme denaturation

D. No effect on enzyme activity

11 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Ptyalin can convert starch into:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Monosaccharide form

B) Oligosaccharide form

C) Polysaccharide form

D) All given options

12 / 100

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

13 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following statement about plants is incorrect?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) All are eukaryotes

B) They are multicellular

C) Non-motile organisms

D) Are heterotrophs

14 / 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

15 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

The bond formed when two or more atoms complete their electron shells by sharing electrons is called:

Ionic bond

Hydrogen bond

Covalent bond

Electrovalent bond

16 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following will not undergo aldol condensation?

NUMS Mock 2
Chemistry
Aldehydes and Ketones

A) Acetaldehyde

B) Propanaldehyde

C) Benzaldehyde

D) Trideuteroacetaldehyde

17 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

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

NTS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Digestion of food

B) Heart beat

C) Contraction of pupil of eye

D) Thought

18 / 100

Category: Biology

Mutations can occur in:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) DNA

B) Protein

C) RNA

D) A and C

19 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Viruses are ______ smaller than bacteria

10 – 100 times

10 – 1000 times

1000 – 10000 times

20 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Liposomes are:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) All of these

B) Made of at least one lipid bilayer

C) Artificial

D) Used to deliver drugs

21 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which of the following hormones of the pituitary gland regulates the menstrual cycle?

PMC 2020
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Follicle Stimulating hormone and Estrogen

B) Luteinizing hormone and Estrogen

C) Follicle Stimulating hormone and Luteinizing hormone

D) Estrogen and Progesterone

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

In some cases the blastomere can produce complete embryo the cleavage will be

Spiral and determinate

Radial and indeterminate

Spiral and indeterminate

Radial and determinate

23 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.63 What event occurs in the menstrual cycle when the level of progesterone declines?

A. Ovulation

B. Menstruation

C. Menopause

D. Fertilization

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Chlorophyll is insoluble in:

Carbon tetrachloride

Alcohol

Organic solvents

Water

25 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

There are 3 stages of HIV infection, which sequence is correct

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

A) AIDS, Chronic HIV, Acute HIV

B) Chronic HIV, AIDS, Acute HIV

C) Acute HIV, Chronic HIV, AIDS

D) all of them

26 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Most of the fossils are found in which of the following?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Metamorphic rocks

B) soil

C) Volcanic mountains

D) Sedimentary rocks

27 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The end product of Glycolysis is:

NTS 2011
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Glucose-6-phosphate

B) Fructose-6-phosphate

C) Pyruvate

D) 3-Phosphoglycerate

28 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Light reaction takes place on/in

Thylakoid

Storma

Chloroplast

Grana

29 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Oxygen, released into the atmosphere, comes from:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) CO2

B) H2O

C) C6H12O6

D) CO2 and H2O

30 / 100

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

31 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Factory of ribosomal systhesis is

Cytoplasm

Nucleus

Nucleolus

Endoplasmic reticulum

32 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

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

Hardy-Weinberg

Alfred Wallace

Malthus

Lyell

33 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

______ are more common in human males than females.

NUMS 2016
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) X-linked dominant traits

B) X-linked recessive traits

C) Y-linked dominant traits

D) Autosomal linked recessive traits

34 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. Estrogen

B. FSH

C. Testosterone

D. Progesterone

35 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

he only promoter of Leaf’s senescence in the following plant hormones is:

PMC Practice 9
Biology
Coordination and Control
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Gibberellins

B) Cytokinins

C) Auxins

D) Abscisic acid

36 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.18 Pick the incorrect pair:

A. Lovastatin – Lowers blood cholesterol

B. Cyclosporine – Prevents transplant rejection

C. Ergotine -Migraine relieve

D. Griseofulvin – Inhibit bacterial growth

37 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

DNA has a helical shape with the diameter of

3 nm

4 nm

2 nm

5 nm

38 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

A fern has _____ pairs of chromosomes.

NTS 2012
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 23

B) 40

C) 500

D) 13

39 / 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

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Different species of plants and animals living in the same habitat is called :

Population

Community

Biome

41 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

In sexual reproduction, plants have diplohaplontic life cycle with alternating

Diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations

Haploid sporophyte and diploid gametophyte generations

Diploid sporophyte and diploid gametophyte generations

Haploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations

42 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Due to the similarity of structure, competitive inhibitors may be selected by the _______ site.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Catalytic

B) Active

C) Binding

D) Allosteric

43 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Development of an egg into zygote without fertilization is called

Parthenogenesis

Apomixes

Parthenocarpy

None of these

44 / 100

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

45 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Na+ -K+ ATPase pump is important for:

Maintenance of resting potential.

Massive out flux of K+ after depolarization.

Recovery of resting potential.

Conversion of resting potential into action potential.

46 / 100

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

47 / 100

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
Elimination Tool:

A) Radicle

B) Epicotyl

C) Hypocotyl

D) Coleoptile

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The _____ is the main nutritional part and it’s concerned with the biosynthesis of materials necessary for neurons.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Nerves

B) Axon

C) Soma

D) Dendrites

49 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.44 To produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in muscles, creatine phosphate (CP) transfers__________________ to adenosine diphosphate (ADP).

A. Oxygen

B. Adenosine

C. Cytosine

D. Phosphate

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

______ alleles both have an effect on the phenotype of a heterozygous organism:

PMC 2020
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Dominant

B) Recessive

C) Co-dominant

D) Multiple

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Who first observed and thus hypothesized that new cells are formed from previously existing living cell?

Theodor Schwann and Schleiden

Rudolph Virchows

Louis Pasteur

Both b and c

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Human embryo remains enclosed in:

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Amniotic sac

B) Placenta

C) Chorion

D) Allantois

53 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Chicken pox is caused by:

NTS 2011
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Hepatitis A virus

B) Varicella zoster virus

C) Influenza virus

D) Human immunodeficiency virus

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The reason plants are considered totipotent is:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Each cell has full genetic potential of the organism

B) A single cell could become a complete plant

C) Because they have lesser potential for tissue culturing

D) Both each cell has full genetic potential of the organism and a single cell could become a complete plant

55 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Aerobic respiration results in how much ATP?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) 2

B) 36

C) 18

D) 32

56 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.32 Lymphocytes are found in:

A. Lymph capillary

B. Lymph vessel

C. Lymph trunk

D. lymph node

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

% of water in brain cells is

20%

80%

85%

90%

58 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The fate of each blastomere is foretold. What will that cleavage be?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Spiral and indeterminate

B) Radial and determinate

C) Radial and indeterminate

D) Spiral and determinate

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Type of sclerenchyma cells found in seed coats are:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Fibers

B) Tracheids

C) Sclereids

D) Vessels

60 / 100

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

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Identify the correctly matched pair relating to a term and its meaning/function/example:

NTS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) nitrogen cycle… Rhizopus

B) denitrifying bacteria..change protein to ammonia

C) biosphere.. where life exists

D) lithosphere…water,air and soil.on the surface of earth

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Which enzyme present in the stomach curdles the milk?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Rennin

B) Trypsin

C) Pepsin

D) Lipase

63 / 100

Category: Biology

An example of competitive inhibition of an enzyme is the inhibition of;

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Enzymes

A) Succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid

B) Cytochrome oxidase by cyanide

C) Hexokinase by glucose

D) Carbonic anhydrase by carbon dioxide

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Which one of the following options is NOT an example of genetic engineering?

NTS 2019
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Insulin-producing bacteria

B) Oil eating bacteria

C) Photosynthetic bacteria

D) Metal extracting bacteria

65 / 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

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Disease in living organisms caused by parasites is called

Parasitism

Infestation

Predation

Infection

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following is a copper containing protein in electron transport chain?

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Plastoquinone

B) Cytochrome – C

C) Plastocyanin

D) Ferredoxin

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Secretion of pancreatic juice is stimulated by:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Secretin

B) Gastrin

C) Pepsinogen

D) Both secretin and gastrin

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The most abundant organic molecule on the planet earth is:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Starch

B) Glycogen

C) Glucose

D) Cellulose

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Wood is not formed in:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Monocots

B) Dicots

C) Gymnosperms

D) All of given

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

In a typical nucleotide, the nitrogenous base is attached to _______ carbon of pentose sugar.

NTS 2010
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

B) 5th

C) 4th

D) 3rd

E) 1st

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Glomerulus in kidneys is made up of:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Loop of vessels

B) Tubular epithelium

C) Ball of capillaries

D) Cup-shaped swelling

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Flagella might have arisen through the ingestion of

Cyano-bacteria

Spirochetes

Chlamydomonas

Paramecium

74 / 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

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Which of the following statements is true about metaphase?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Chromosomes are thickest during this phase

B) Chromosomes are shortest during this phase

C) Chromosomes are longest during this phase

D) Chromosomes are shortest and thickest during this phase

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The shape of the tobacco mosaic virus is:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Spring shape

B) Rod shape

C) Comma shape

D) Spherical shape

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The number of stomata present per cm2 of leaf is:

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Less than 100

B) 1,000 to 60,000

C) One million

D) None of the above

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

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

One

Two

Three

Four

79 / 100

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

80 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Pancreas produces secretory granules that help in digestion. These granules after passing through endoplasmic reticulum are pinched off from ______ surface of Golgi apparatus:

Forming face

Maturating face

Any of them

None of these

81 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Kingdom Plantae

A) Radicle

B) Epicotyl

C) Hypocotyl

D) Coleoptile

82 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.28 The vocal cords are stretched across:

A. Larynx

B. Glottis

C. Pharynx

D. Trachea

83 / 100

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

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

In the pea plants, the factors round and yellow seeds (RRYY) is dominant over wrinkled and green seeds (rryy). Keeping this in mind, identify the seed that has the genotype round and green.

NTS 2011
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Rryy

B) rrYy

C) RrYy

D) RRYy

85 / 100

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

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Group of living organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called

Community

Ecosystem

Biome

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A three dimensional dcavity bearing a specific charge by which the enzyme reacts with its substrate is called

Active site

Binding site

Catalytic site

Allosteric site

88 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

An unbroken series of species arranged in ancestors to descendent sequence with each later species having evolved from one that immediately preceded it is called:

Biome

Phyletic lineage

Community

Population

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Estimating relative CO2 consumption or O2 release during photosynthesis at different wavelengths of light, is termed as:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Action spectrum

B) Absorption spectrum

C) Dark reaction

D) Light reaction

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

A large regional community primarily determined by climate is called :

Population

Community

Biome

Habitat

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Transgenic plants are produced when foreign genes are introduced into

Mature plant embryo

Immature plant embryo

Roots

Leaves

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Lambda phage is

Virus

Bacterium

Plasmid

Host cell

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Which statement is correct?

Leading strand elongates away from the replication fork

Lagging strand elongates towards the replication fork

Lagging strand is constructed discontinuously.

Both a and b

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which hormone is chemically a steroid?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) ADH

B) Thyroxin

C) Cortisone

D) Insulin

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The causes of Cyanosis include:

NTS 2010
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Deficiency of vitamin C

B) Varicella-zoster virus

C) Degeneration of the cartilage of joints

D) Ventricular septum defect

96 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.2 Competitive inhibition can be overcome by using

A. Low concentration of substrate

B. High concentration of inhibitor

C. Moderate concentration of inhibitor

D. High concentration of substrate

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Nicotine in tobacco:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Decreases the heart rate

B) Decreases the blood pressure

C) Block the transport or oxygen

D) Paralyzes cells

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Syphilis is caused by:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Coccus

B) Bacillus

C) Spirillum

D) Spirochete

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Regarding structure of the human heart, Chordae Tendinae are present in:

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Atria

B) Pulmonary valve

D) Aortic valve

C) Ventricles

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

How many pairs of homologous chromosomes are present in Pisum sativum

Five pairs

Six pairs

Seven pairs

Eight pairs

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