Biology Practice Test 1

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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 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

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Optimal temperature of enzymes present in human body is

27?C

37?C

47?C

30?C

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

On Galapagos island, among the birds, ____ caught much attention of Darwin in formulating his work, related to adaptations.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Pigeons

B) Ravens

C) Finches

D) Parrots

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Autotrophic organisms can exist in an exclusively ______ environment.

Organic

Inorganic

Wet

Terrestrial

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Category: Biology

Q.51 The heavy and light chains of an antibody molecule is held together by:

A. H-bonds

B. Disulphide bridges

C. Ionic interactions

D. Hydrophobic interactions

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Purine and pyrimidine catabolism results in production of

Creatinine

Trimethyamine oxide

Xanthine

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

What is critical in photoperiodism?

Length of light period

Length of dark period

Both a and b

None of these

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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

12 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

High level of _____ and _____ in the blood and the contributing factors in the formation of kidney stones.

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Calcium, oxalate

B) Calcium, magnesium

C) Calcium, sodium

D) Sodium, sulphate

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Category: Biology

Q.39 Which of the following genetic diseases is caused by mutations in a membrane protein?

A. Alzheimer's disease

B. Parkinson's disease

C. Anemia

D. Hemolytic anemia

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Which of the following condition is hybrid A. TT B. Tt C. tt D. All of these

TT

Tt

tt

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

A characteristics features of Echinoderm is:

NTS 2011
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Canal system

B) Water vascular system

C) Tracheal system

D) Blood vascular system

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Category: Biology

Q.65 Which one of the following is the attribute of Lamarckism?

A. Natural selection

B. Inheritance of acquired characteristics

C. Struggle for existence

D. Production of more individuals

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

At the beginning of nuclear division, the number of microtubule triplets in two pairs of centrioles that migrate to opposite poles are:

UHS 2015
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) 9

B) 18

C) 108

D) 36

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which component enters into mitochondria after glycolysis?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Pyruvate

B) Acetate

C) Oxaloacetate

D) Acetyl – CoA

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Biological sciences have a set methodology and it is based on

Experimental inquiry

Esthetic preference

Philosophical ideas

Imaginations

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

In which of the following phases of bacterial growth, is the death rate more rapid than the multiplication rate?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Stationary phase

B) LAG phase

C) Decline phase

D) LOG phase

22 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.36 Parkinson’s disease is caused by cell death, which produces ____________.

A. Acetylcholine

B. Serotonin

C. Dopamine

D. Adrenaline

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

What is the function of Ribulose?

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Intermediates in photosynthesis

B) Respiratory fuel

C) Intermediates in cellular respiration

D) Component of DNA and RNA

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Category: Biology

The light dependent reaction of photosynthesis occurs in:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Stroma of chloroplast

B) Guard cells of stomata

C) Thylakoid membrane of chloroplast

D) Cytoplasm of leaf cell

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

At what point are two populations descending from the same ancestral stock considered separate species?

NTS 2014
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) When they can no longer produce viable, fertile offspring

B) When they look significantly different from each other

C) When they can interbreed successfully and produce offspring

D) When their habitats are separated by a significantly large distance so that they cannot meet

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Category: Biology

Q.68 The spinal cord consist of which type of cell bodies?

A. Sensory neuron

B. motor neuron

C. connector neuron

D. all of these

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

In rhizopus, zygote forms temporary, dormant, thick-walled resistant structure called:

UHS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Zygospore

B) Spore

D) Hydra

C) Sporangia

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

In many bacteria, the cell wall is enclosed within a slime capsule made up of:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Polysaccharides

B) Cellulose

C) Amino acids

D) Proteins

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Category: Biology

What type of virus is the smallpox virus?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life

A) DNA enveloped virus

B) RNA enveloped virus

C) DNA virus

D) RNA naked virus

30 / 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

Q.26 Two pea plants are crossed. One plant is homozygous dominant for purple flowers, and the other is homozygous recessive for white lowers. What fraction of the F2 population will have white lowers?

A. 1/4

B. 1/2

C. 1/8

D. 1/16

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Antheridiophore and archegoniophore are found in

Marchantia

Funaria

Both of these

None of these

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Category: Biology

Q.25 The substrate of the trypsin is:

A. Proteins

B. Dipeptides

C. Polypeptides

D. Amino acids

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Category: Biology

Lymph vessels transfer the lymph into blood through_________.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Transport

A) Subclavian artery

B) Subclavian vein

C) Iliac artery

D) Iliac vein

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Antibiotics are produced by fungi and certain bacteria of group:

UHS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Actinomycetes

B) Oomycetes

C) Ascomycetes

D) Basidiomycetes

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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Transport

A) Monocytes

B) Neutrophils

C) Lymphocytes

D) Thrombocytes

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following bacteria are able to release oxygen into the environment?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Saprotrophic bacteria

B) Parasitic bacteria

C) Cyanobacteria

D) Pathogenic bacteria

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following bacteria are without a cell wall?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Mycoplasma

B) Gram positive bacteria

C) Gram negative bacteria

D) Archaeo bacteria

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

The system well – developed in the acoelomate is

Excretory system

Nervous system

Both of these

Transport system

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Gametes in animals are produced by

Mitosis

RedMeiosis

BlueFission

Apomixis

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Category: Biology

Q.62 Sum rays are re-radiated from the surface of earth in the form of:

A. Long wave radiation

B. Radio waves

C. Short wave radiation

D. Medium waves

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Ileum is about ______ long:

NTS 2010
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) 3.6 centimeters

B) 3.6 mllimeters

C) 3.6 inches

D) 3.6 meters

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Most fossils are found in the

Metamorphic rocks

Soil

Sedimentary rocks

Volcanic mountains

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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

45 / 100

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

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Category: Biology

Q.45 Muscle fatigue is characterized by all except:

A. Accumulation of lactic acid

B. pH drops

C. Cross bridges are unable to detach

D. Increased ATP concentration

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which of the following is an ovoviviparous animal?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) basking shark

B) humans

C) blue shark

D) all of these

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Archaebacteria can survive at

150?C

300?C

120?C

200?C

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

In the Hardy – Weinberg principle,p2 + 2pq + q2= ?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) 0

B) 1

C) Infinity

D) Any value between 0 to 1

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which one of the following is exclusively marine phylum?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Mollusca

B) Echinodermata

C) Annelida

D) Arthropoda

51 / 100

Category: Biology

The type of plastids found in roots of plants are _____.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Chloroplasts

B) Chromoplasts

C) Leucoplasts

D) All of these options are correct

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

If another molecule, having a shape very similar to the enzymes substrate, binds to its active site, it would then ____ the enzyme’s function:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Fasten

B) Inhibit

C) Reverse

D) Decrease

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Select the pair of organs, that contains a large number of mitochondria:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Stomach & Liver

B) Muscle & Stomach

C) Heart & Liver

D) Liver & Muscle

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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

55 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which one of the following combinations is NOT the part of an animal cell?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Central vacuole, Cell Membrane, Ribosomes

B) Chloroplast, Ribosome , Mitochondrion

C) Cell wall, Chloroplast, Central vacuole

D) Ribosome, Mitochondrion, Cell wall

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

As pH of blood decreases, H+ ions increases, which combine the proteins part of hemoglobin, to decrease its ability to bind with:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) O2

B) CO2

C) CO

D) H2

57 / 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

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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

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Category: Biology

Q.54 Which of the following elements are not found in carbohydrates?

A.C

B.H

C.N

D. O

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

During aristotle time, it was thought that

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) oranisms ranged from simple to complex

B) one type of organisim give rise to another type of organism

D) all living things specially created by nature

C) both a & b

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

When inhibitor binds to enzyme other than active site and alters its structure, then it is called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Competitive inhibitor

B) Non-competitive inhibitor

C) Reversible inhibitor

D) Irreversible inhibitor

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Grassland of Argentina is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Prairies

B) Savana

C) Boreal

D) Pampas

65 / 100

Category: Biology

Q47 The T-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes are the major cells of the:

A. Thymus

B. Lymph nodes

C. Adrenal glands

D. Lymphatic vessels

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Undigested food in cockroach is stored in:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Crop

B) Rectum

C) Gizzard

D) Crop & Rectum

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Coelom is lined by

Parietal mesoderm

Visceral mesoderm

Mesoderm

Both A & B

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A pea plant has purple colored flowers (dominant trait). To check the genotype, which of the following cross is performed

NUMS 2018
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Test cross with homozygous white flowered plant

B) Test cross with homozygous purple flowered plant

C) Test cross with heterozygous purple flowered plant

D) Hybird cross

69 / 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

70 / 100

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 Ch 3 Class 11

Identify the wrong statements.

(a) The substrate binds to active site of enzyme and not fitting into active site

(b) The binding of substrate induces the enzyme to alter its shape

(c) Chemical bonds of substrate break down not to form new enzyme-product complex

(d) The enzyme releases the products of the reaction and runs through catalytic cycle once again

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) A, C

B) B, D

C) B, C

D) A, D

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Poliomyelitis normally affects the:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Legs

B) Brain

C) Spinal cord

D) Both B and C

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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

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Category: Biology

Q.36 The ETC in plants consists of an electron carrier called?

A. Pq

B. Pc

C. Pt

D.Po

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

The movement of plants in response to touch stimulus is called:

NTS 2012
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrotropism

B) Chemotropism

C) Geotropism

D) Thigmotropism

76 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.30 The structure of which bacteriophages resembles a tadpole?

A. T2

B. T4

C. Both A and B

D. None

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The function of papillary muscles is to:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Move blood from semilunar valve into pulmonary vein

B) Prevent the backward flow of blood from the ventricle

C) Push the blood from right atrium to left atrium

D) Push the blood from left atrium to aorta

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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

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

As pH of blood decreases, H+ ions increases, which combine the proteins part of hemoglobin, to decrease its ability to bind with:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) O2

B) CO2

C) CO

D) H2

80 / 100

Category: Biology

As an essential element in living organisms, _______ ion is playing an important role in insulin secretion, the release of neurotransmitters, muscle contraction, and heartbeat regulation.

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Sodium

B) Potassium

C) Calcium

D) Chloride

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

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

Escherichia coli

Spirochetes

Mycoplasma

Epulopiscuim

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Sperms of liverworts, mosses, ferns move towards archegonia, in response to uncleic acid released by the ovum. This is an example of:

Chemotropic movement

Chemotactic movement.

Chemosastic movement

. Haptonastic movement.

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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.

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following is divided by fission?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Viruses

B) Viroids

C) Bacteria

D) Fungus

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

During birth, central nervous system of infants can be damaged by

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) syphilis

B) genital herpes

C) gonorrhoa

D) HPV

86 / 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

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

A plant disease which is not caused by a fungus is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Red rot of Sugarcane

B) Late blight of Potato

C) Black rot of crucifers

D) Brown rust of wheat

88 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Wood forests form the

Pioneers community

Climax community

Top community

Transient community

89 / 100

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

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Suggest which among the following is not a function attributed to endoplasmic reticulum?

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Detoxification of poisons and drugs

B) Digestion/egestion of foreign materials outside the cell

C) Manufacture of fat and lipid molecules

D) Biogenesis of membrane proteins

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Which of the following RNA sequences would be transcribed from the DNA sequence ATGGCTAGGAC?

NTS 2017
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) TACGGATCCTG

B) UAGCGAUCCUG

C) AUGCCUAGGAC

D) UACCGAUCCUG

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Carolus Linnaeus was believer of which of the following?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) special creation

B) natural selection

C) catastrophism

D) Inheritance of acquired characters

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which type of movement through the cell membrane is not an energy-consuming process?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Endocytosis

B) Exocytosis

C) Active transport

D) Osmosis

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Endangered species are

Dangerous for the life of humans

Reduced in number

Already extinct

All of these

95 / 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

96 / 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

97 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.58 Which of the following is incorrect for ascent of sap?

A. water potential

B. Cohesion tension

C. root pressure

D. imbibition

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Total area of the world under cultivation is

5%

11%

21%

31%

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following structure primarily helps in attachment of bacteria on various surfaces?

Flagella

Pili

Both of these

None of these

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

The ecological role of fungi as decomposers is paralleled only by

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Prions

B) Algae

C) Bacteria

D) Viruses

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