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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 Ch 11 Class 12

Study of a single population’s relationship to its environment is called

Ecology

Synecology

Autecology

Niche

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Of the following which one is not the characteristic of Kingdom Animalia.

All animals are ingestive heterotrophs

All animals are eukaryotes

All animals develop from the dissimilar gametes i.e. large sperm and small egg.

It is largest kingdom

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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

5 / 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

6 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Which of the following correctly explains the structure of myoglobin:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) 4 polypeptide chains + 4 heme portions

B) 4 polypeptide chains + 1 heme portions

C) 1 polypeptide chains + 4 heme portions

D) 1 polypeptide chains + 1 heme portions

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Category: Biology

Following group is the example of acoelomates:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Kingdom Animalia

A) Annelids

B) Aschelminthes

C) Molluscs

D) Platyhelminthes

8 / 100

Category: Biology

The only possible treatment in end stage renal failure is:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology

A) Hemodialysis

B) Peritoneal dialysis

C) Lithotripsy

D) Kidney transplantation

9 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.15 The inhibitory effect of which inhibitor can be more dangerous in Krebs cycle?

A. Irreversible inhibitors

B. Competitive inhibitor

C. Reversible inhibitors

D. Non-competitive inhibitor

10 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Reduction division is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Amitosis

B) Mitosis

C) Meiosis I

D) Meiosis II

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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

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Category: Biology

Q.60 A small size gene can be get easily by/from:

A. From chromosome

B. Reverse transcription of mRNA

C. Chemically synthesized it

D. Genomic material

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Strengthening material of prokaryotic cell wall is

Cellulose

Chitin

Inorganic salts silica waxes and ligin

Peptidoglycan or Murein.

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The Induced fit model was introduced by Koshland in which of the following year?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) 1960

B) 1961

C) 1959

D) 1966

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The complete, mature and infection virus particle is known as:

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

A) Venome

B) Genome

C) Virion

D) Capsid

16 / 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

17 / 100

Category: Biology

_____ are more common in human males and females.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) X-linked dominant traits

B) X-linked recessive traits

C) Y-linked dominant traits

D) Autosomal linked recessive traits

18 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The condition due to loss of appetite for food is termed as:

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Anorexia nervosa

B) Bulimia nervosa

C) Colour blindness

D) Retarded growth

19 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Cytoplasmic localization is a consequence of:

NTS 2011
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Fertilization

B) Cleavage

C) Morula

D) Blastula

20 / 100

Category: Biology

Which one of the following muscles are considered as “Voluntary muscles”?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Smooth muscles

B) Cardiac muscles

C) Skeletal muscles

D) Glandular muscles

21 / 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

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Prokaryotes are considered to be evolved

. 3.5 billion years ago

1.5 billion years ago

4.5 billion years ag

1000 million years ago

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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

24 / 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

25 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The light dependent reaction of photosynthesis occurs in:

NTS 2011
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Stroma of chloroplast

B) Guard cells of stomata

C) Thylakoid membrane of chloroplast

D) Cytoplasm of leaf cell

26 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Ecological role of fungi as decomposers is only paralleled by

Blue green algae

Cyanobacteria

Bacteria

Virus

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Viruses without nuclear envelope is called as?

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

A) icosahedral virus

B) naked virus

C) enveloped virus

D) bilayer virus

28 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which disorder among the following CANNOT be detected by amniocentesis?..

NTS 2019
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Haemophilia

B) Heart defects

D) Cystic fibrosis

C) Tay-Sachs disease

29 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The cells that play a vital role in the differentiation of various body parts are called:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Ectodermal cells

B) Mesodermal cells

C) Endodermal cells

D) All of the above

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Microcephaly, the small sized skull is due to:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Nutritional causes

B) Skeleton causes

C) Hormonal causes

D) Genetic defects

31 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Inactive enzyme precursors such as pepsinogen for pepsin are called as:

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Holoenzymes

B) Actinases

C) Zymogens

D) Mucopolysaccharides

32 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

What is the effect of enzyme DNA ligase?

PMC 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) DNA is broken up at specific sites

B) DNA fragments are joined together

C) DNA replication occurs

D) DNA transcription occurs

33 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Among the most abundant biomolecules, _____ is the most abundant one on earth.

NUMS 2016
Chemistry
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Proteins

B) Carbohydrates

C) Lipids

D) Vitamins

34 / 100

Category: Biology

The element in basic structure of proteins which differentiate them from carbohydrates is?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Carbon.

B) Hydrogen.

C) Nitrogen.

D) None of these options is correct.

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Category: Biology

Q.63 Ozone depletion is commonly caused by:

A. CFC’s

B. Industrial smoke

C. Nitrogen gases

D. Green house gases

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Process ensuring the survival of species over long periods of time, even though individual members of the species die.

UHS 2018
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Reproduction

B) Adaptability

C) Mitosis

D) Respiration

37 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Coelom is lined by

Parietal mesoderm

Visceral mesoderm

Mesoderm

Both A & B

38 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Germ theory was presented by:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Robert Koch

B) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

C) Robert Hooke

D) Robert Brown

39 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

A method of DNA sequencing in which DNA threads are chemically cut into pieces of different sizes is

Sanger's method

Maxam-Gilbert method

Hamilton's method

Vortex method A

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

According to the fluid mosaic model of cell membrane, which zone is embedded inside?

PMC 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrophobic

B) Hydrophilic

C) Globular

D) Filamentous

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

A plant has a growth pattern called

Closed growth

Open growth

In between the two

42 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

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

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Ligase

B) Invertase

C) Helicase

D) Topoisomerase

43 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

This enzyme is used to cut DNA molecule in rDNA technology

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) ligase

B) phosphatase

C) ribonuclease

D) restriction enzyme

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

In a bacterial cell, plasma membrane with all things present within it is called:

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Cytoplasmic matrix

B) Cytoplasm

C) Protoplast

D) Cell Structure

45 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. Carboxyhemoglobin

B. Lipids

C. Bicarbonate ions

D. Chemicals

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Out of 92 naturally occurring chemical elements how many are considered as bio-elements:

6

16

26

15

47 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Intrinsic factor is secreted by:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Pancreas

B) Liver

C) Stomach

D) Duodenum

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Bones of the skull are joined by:

NTS 2011
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Fixed joints

B) Sliding joints

C) Pivot joints

D) Hinge joints

49 / 100

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

50 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.29 A monohybrid cross yielded 3:1 in F2. What could be mode of inheritance?

A. segregation

B. independent assortment

C. Both A and B

D. none of these

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 12

Which statement is incorrect?

Average rainfall in temperate deciduous forests is 750-1500mm

empera ture of coniferous alpine and boreal forests is upto 10 degrees

Northern coniferous forests are called Taiga

Coniferous forests located at high latitude are alpine

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

_______ is involved in lipid synthesis/metabolism.

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

B) Rough endoplasmic reticulum

C) Mitochondria

D) Vacuoles

53 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.13 The frequency of allele if it is evolutionary successful is?

A. increased

B. Enzymes

C. no change

D. All of these

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Analogous organs show:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Straight evolution

B) Convergent evolution

C) Zig-zag evolution

D) Divergent evolution

55 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.32 In the ascent of sap, water moves up in:

A. Xylem

B. Cambium

C. Phloem

D. Endodermis

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During meiosis, the homologous chromosomes come together and form pairs, this process is called:

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Linkage

B) Synapsis

C) Pairing

D) Crossing over

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of these is not a disaccharide?

NUMS 2018
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Fructose

B) Sucrose

C) Lactose

D) Maltose

58 / 100

Category: Biology

Steroids consist of _____ 6 membered carbon rings and one 5 membered carbon ring.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Four

B) Three

C) Two

D) Five

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The main cause of creation of tension between water molecules is ______ which helps to make water chains pulled up xylem sap.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Root pressure

B) Imbibition

C) Water potential

D) Hydrogen bonding

60 / 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

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Vascular Cambium initially appears as actively dividing cells between:

Primary Xylem and secondary xylem.

Primary xylem and secondary phloem

Primary xylem and primary phloem

Secondary xylem and secondary phloem

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Excessive increase in temperature of medium causes the enzyme molecule to

Activate

Unaffected

Denatured

None of these.

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Spirochaete bacterium Treponema Pallidum causes ______.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Gonorrhea

B) Syphilis

C) Genital herpes

D) AIDS

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Species of phylum Platyhelminthes are:

NTS 2011
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Roundworms

B) Flat worms

C) Hook worms

D) Thread worms

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following is included in Bryophytes?

NTS 2011
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Mosses

B) Club mosses

C) Ferns

D) Seed plants

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

An amphibian’s heart has ______ chambers:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Two

B) Three

C) Four

D) Five

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following statement about alternation of generation in bryophytes is incorrect?

It involves alternation of morphologically different generations

Their gametophyte is independent while sporophyte depends upon gametophyte for nutrition.

Both the gametophyte and sporophytes are haploid generations thus can produce haploids gametes to continue the diploid number on fertilization

pore formation occurs through meiosis

68 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. Estrogen

B. FSH

C. Testosterone

D. Progesterone

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following is TRUE about Amoebae?

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) They have flagella

B) They are multicellular

C) They do not cause any disease in humans

D) They move by forming specialized cytoplasmic projections called pseudopodia

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

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

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Spiral and determinate

B) Spiral and indeterminate

C) Radial and determinate

D) Radial and indeterminate

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

When the muscle is required to contract, calcium ion binds with ______ molecule and causes them to move slightly.

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Actin

B) Myosin

C) Troponin

D) Tropomyosin

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Vocal cords are stretched across

Larynx

Pharynx

Golttis

None of these

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Tuberculosis is caused by?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacterium

B) Allergy

C) Nicotine

D) Virus

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Functional units of lungs are called

Alveoli

Air sacs

Parabronchi

None of these

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The scientific name of thorn Apple is?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Sycopodium phlogmaria

B) Anthocoros fusiform

C) Ginkgo biloba

D) Datura alba

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

The productivity of aquatic ecosystem is determined by:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Water

B) Light and nutrients

C) Light

D) Nutrients

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Failure of separation of sister chromatids is called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Nonfusion

B) Nondisjunction

C) Fusion

D) Interference

78 / 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

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Gram negative bacteria are stained pink by the use of:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Crystal violet

B) Gram’s iodine

C) Feulgen stain

D) Safranin

80 / 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

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

An anticodon is the sequence of the nitrogenous bases on the:

NTS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) complementary strand of DNA which codes for one amino acid

B) complementary strand of mRNA which codes for one amino acid

C) tRNA molecule where the amino acid is attached

D) tRNA molecule which recognizes the appropriate sequence of bases on the mRNA

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

In roots, the apoplast pathway of water is disrupted when water reaches:

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Plasmodesmata

B) Endodermis

C) Cortex

D) Pith

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

______ respiration is the process by which cell utilized oxygen and produces CO2

Cellular

Organismic

Both of these

None of these

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which body function is controlled through a positive feedback mechanism?

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Labor contractions

B) Body temperature

C) Insulin production

D) Thyroxine release

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Excretory system, consisting of protonephridia tubes, are present in phylum:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Porifera

B) Annelida

C) Platyhelminthes

D) Cnidaria

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which one of the following forms the blk of exoskeleton of an arthropod?

Epicuticle

Procuticle

Ectocuticle

None of these

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Parasitic fungi absorbs nutrients directly from the living host with the help of special hyphae tips called _______.

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Roots

B) Root hair

C) Rhizoids

D) Haustoria

88 / 100

Category: Biology

Choose the term from the following which is NOT a part of gene therapy?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biotechnology

A) Bone marrow transplant

B) Retrovirus

C) DNA Fingerprinting

D) Somatic cells

89 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.57 Electron transport chain pumps protons across the membrane from __________ to ____________.

A. Thylakoid space, stroma

B. Inter-membrane space, stroma

C. Stroma, inter-membrane space

D. Stroma, thylakoid space

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The lymph vessels empty in:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Arteries

B) Veins

C) Capillaries

D) None of the given options

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Reabsorption of calcium is triggered by:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Aldosterone

B) Parathormone

C) Antidiuretic

D) Vasopressin

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

These protists are mostly unicellular (a few are colonial) organisms with spherical or elongated bodies with a single central nucleus. They possess from one to many long, whip-like flagella that enable them to move. Flagellates move rapidly, pulling themselves forward by lashing flexible flagella that are usually located at the anterior end. Examples include trypanosome, euglena, etc.

The above give lines indicate which of the following group of protozoa:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Amoeba

B) Arthropods

C) Foraminifera

D) Zooflagellates

93 / 100

Category: Biology

An enzyme that helps in the conversion of RNA to DNA is called:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) Transcriptase

B) Polymerase

C) Reverse transcriptase

D) Synthetase

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

In nature, Garden pea is

Self-fertilized

Cross fertilized

Cross pollinated

None of these

95 / 100

Category: Biology

Why cannot viruses replicate on their own?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variety of Life

A) They are too small.

B) They have no cell wall.

C) They lack metabolic machinery.

D) All of theoptions are correct.

96 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following is not a vestigial organ of man?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Evolution

A) Appendix

B) Coccyx

C) Both Options A and B are correct

D) None of these options is correct

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

The study of fossils is called:

Environmental Biology

Historical biology

Palaeontology

Social biology

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The bacteria can cope in unfavorable condition by producing:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Mesosomes

B) Zygospores

C) Endospores

D) Hyphae

99 / 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

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Mutations can occur in:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) DNA

B) Protein

C) RNA

D) A and C

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