Biology Practice Test 1

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Vaccination can be done against:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacterial diseases only

B) Viral diseases only

C) Both Viral and Bacterial

D) All type of disease-causing organisms

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Luteinizing hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland, promotes ovulation and stimulate the ovaries to produce:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Estrogen

B) Estrogen and progesterone

C) Progesterone

D) Oxytocin

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Which character differentiates living things from non-living organisms?

They live in the same ecosystem.

They are acted upon by the same environment

They are highly organized and complex made of one or more cells and contain genetic material

Both a and b

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The point at which there is no net exchange of gases between leaves and atmosphere is known as

Neutral point

Compensation point

Parallel point

Competitive point

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Direction of reflex action is from:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Receptor to sensory neuron to motor neuron and then through associative neurons to effect.

B) Receptor to sensory neuron to associative neuron and then through motor neurons to effector.

C) Effector to sensory neuron to associative neuron and then through motor neurons to Receptor.

D) Effector to sensory neuron to motor neuron and then through associative neurons to Receptor.

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A continuously varying trait is encoded by alleles of two or more different genes located at different loci, all influencing the same trait in an additive way is known as ________.

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Poly traits

B) Polygenes

C) Multiple alleles

D) Different gene

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Protein layers which are NOT continuous on the surface make ________ percent of total in plasma membrane.

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) 50 – 60

B) 60 – 70

C) 60 – 80

D) 70 – 80

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Category: Biology

Bones of the skull are joined by:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Fixed joints

B) Sliding joints

C) Pivot joints

D) Hinge joints

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Chlorophyll molecule resemble the haem group of hemoglobin, the main difference between these two molecule is that chlorophyll has ____ ion.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Fe2+

B) Mg2+

C) Mn2+

D) Ca2+

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In comparison to a constantly changing external environment, _____ is when the body maintains the internal processes to work in a narrow range of internal fluctuations.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Regulation

B) Homeostasis

C) Balancing

D) Thermoregulation

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Category: Biology

Q.42 Antibodies play important role against microorganisms and other pathogens to which type of proteins do they belong?

A. Globular

B. Functional

C. Fibrous

D. Both A and B

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Tides are caused by

Gravitational pull of sun

Movements of large animals in water

Uneven water body floor

High winds

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Category: Biology

Q40 How is pyruvate produced in anaerobic conditions?

A. Alcoholic fermentation

B. Lactic acid fermentation

C. Respiration

D. Both A and B

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The excretion of hypertonic urine in humans is associated best with the:

PMC 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Glomerular capsule

B) Proximal convoluted tubule

C) Loop of Henle

D) Distal convoluted tubule

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Active site of Rubisco is evolved to bind

CO2

O2

Both of these

H2O

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Category: Biology

The position of an organism in a food chain of an ecosystem called:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Man and His Environment

A) Level of ecosystem

B) Food chain

C) Food web

D) Trophic level

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Translocation of organic solutes in plants takes place through:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Companion cell

B) Fibres

C) Sieve tubes

D) Vessels

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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

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Category: Biology

HIV is a:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life

A) Virus

B) Prions

C) Viroid

D) Venom

21 / 100

Category: Biology

Which bond is present between the nucleotides of DNA:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) Peptide bond

B) Phosphodiester bond

C) Glycosidic bond

D) Ester bond

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Histones have abundance of amino acids

Valine and lysine

Arginine and lysine

Valine and arginine

Histidione and threonine

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Foliose lichen are

Stem like

Branching

Leaf like

Crust like

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Recombinant DNA contains DNA from

2 different sources

3 different sources

2 same sources

3 same sources

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Category: Biology 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 6 Class 12

The chromosomes with equal arms are called:

NTS 2018
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Metacentric

B) Submetacentric

C) Acrocentric

D) Telocentric

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The site and principal mechanism for the passage of glucose into the bloodstream in the human kidney is the:

NTS 2014
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) collecting duct …. by active secretion

C) glomerulus …. by selective reabsorption

D) glomerulus …. by ultrafiltration

E) Proximal convoluted tubule …. By active reabsorption

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Category: Biology

Nitrogen-cycle is facilitated by ______.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Ecosystem

A) Algae

B) Fungi

C) Bacteria

D) Virus

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Category: Biology

Which vertebrae together are called pelvic vertebrae?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Coccygeal and lumbar

B) Sacral and lumbar

C) Sacral and coccygeal

D) Sacral and thoracic

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A chemical substance which can react (in place of substrate) with the enzyme but is not transformed into product/s and thus blocks the active site temporarily or permanently is called

Co-enzyme

Blocker

Inhibitor

Cofactor

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Spherical or tubular membranes which separate the material present in endoplasmic reticulum from that of cytoplasmic material are called

Cytosol

Cisternae

Polysomes

Cristae

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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Man and His Environment

A) Reproduction

B) Adaptability

C) Mitosis

D) Respiration

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

When resources gets scarce, the population growth?

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Becomes fast

B) Slows down

C) Remains same

D) None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Intercalary meristems are of

Permanent nature

Temporary nature

Some are permanent some temporary

None of these

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Allium cepa is the scientific name of :

Onion

Amaltas

Potato

Tomato

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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

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Category: Biology

Lamarck is best known for his theory of:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Evolution

A) Inheritance

B) Dominance

C) Inheritance of acquired characteristics

D) All of the above

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which hormone prepares the body for situations of stress and emergency?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Adrenaline

B) Non adrenaline

C) Thyroxin

D) Insulin

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Antherozoids the male gamete in bryophytes are attracted towards Archegonium i.e. female sex organ by

Phototactic phenomenon

Chemotactic phenomenon

. Geotropic phenomenon

Chemotropic movement

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Which of the following is the components / tools of recombinant DNA technology?

PMC 2020
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Gene of interest

B) Molecular scissors

C) Molecular glue and expression system

D) All of the above

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Pseudocoelem develops from

Blastopore

Plastoquinone

Blastocoel

Splitting of mesoderm

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Category: Biology

Q.6 All of the following are the functions of endoplasmic reticulum except:

A. Nerve impulse conduction

B. Transport of material

C. Mechanical support

D. Synthesis of conjugated molecules

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The botanical name of gum tree ls:

NTS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Acacia nilotica

B) Mimosa pudlca

C) Acacla catechu

D) Prosopls glandulose

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The enzyme which seals the foreign DNA into the vector is

Restriction endonuclease

DNA polymerase

DNA ligase

DNA mutase

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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

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Protonema is

Thallus like

Algae like

Fungus like

Plant like

50 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.61 Herbivores always occupy :

A. T1

B. T3

C. T2

D. T4

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

The function of coelom is

To increase the size of the animals

To help in the functioning of reproductive system

To provide space for the development of organs and systems

None of these

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Category: Biology

Q.38 The cell organelles involved, in some cases, with extra-cellular digestion

A. Golgi complex

B. Lysosomes

C. Peroxisomes

D. Glyoxysomes

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Muscles that are attached to bones and have voluntary movements are termed as ______ muscles.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Cardiac

B) Smooth

C) Skeletal

D) Hard

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The social organization of howling monkeys was studied by:

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

A) Allen

B) Thorpe

C) Schjeldeup ebbe

D) Carpenter

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 12

Which statement about hydrospheric ecosystem is incorrect?

Salt water ocean and sea are the largest ecosystems on earth

Salt water ecosystem covers about 75% earth surface

Fresh water ecosystem covers less than 1% of earth surface

It temperature is more moderate to support life

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Numerous opportunistic diseases might attack a person suffering from which of the following diseases?

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

A) Measles

B) Influenza

C) Hepatitis A

D) AIDS

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Constricting ring around nematode is formed by

Arthrobotrys

Pleurotus ostreatus

Mildews

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which of the following statements is true about Savannah?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Dry season is very long and the temperature ranges more than 18 C throughout the year

B) Its plants do not shed off their leaves

C) The subsoil is permanently frozen

D) Rainfall is up to 200 cm per year

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Milk drinking babies have an additional enzyme called:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Rennin

B) Amylase

C) Lipase

D) None of these options are correct

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

The phase of mitosis in which sister chromatids move towards opposite poles:

UHS 2019
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Anaphase

B) Metaphase

C) Prophase

D) Telophase

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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

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

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

An organ

An organism

A Tissue

A Cell

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

The feeding stage of slime mold is a

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Gastrozoid

B) Sporozoite

C) Plasmodium

D) Merozote

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Tetracycline and penicillins are:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Disinfectants

B) Antibiotics

C) Antiseptics

D) Antigens

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Cells of fibers and tracheids elongate during

Phase of cell division

Phase of cell elongation

Phase of cell maturation

Phase of cell differentiation

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

The actual location or place where an organism lives is

Environment

Biosphere

Biomass

Habitat

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Negative feedback mechanism is the characteristic of which class?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Class Fish

B) Class Amphibia

C) Class Reptilia

D) Class Mammalia

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Category: Biology

The scientific name of thorn Apple is?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Kingdom Plantae

A) Sycopodium phlogmaria

B) Anthocoros fusiform

C) Ginkgo biloba

D) Datura alba

70 / 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

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following is TRUE about the structure of a typical bacterium?

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) It has cell wall

B) It has cytoplasm

C) It has genetic material

D) All of the above

72 / 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

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Lichen is a symbiotic mutualistic association of fungi with

Autotrophs

Roots of vascular plants

Green algae and cyanobacterium

Leguminous plants

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Category: Biology

Q.9 This is a reduced compound

A. CO2

B. O2

C. NADH

D. NAD

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Of the following which one has glassy shells?

Radiolarians

Forams

Both of these

None of these

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Category: Biology

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

A. Contain only one fatty acid

B. Choline attached with phosphatidic acid at carbon 3

C. Phosphate group is positively charged

D. Have five carbon glycerol molecules

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Genotype of blood group ‘AB’ in human is ______.

NUMS 2015
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) IA IB

B) IB Io

C) IA IA

D) IoIo

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

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

Potassium

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Iron

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Which is incorrect?

Chromosomes 1st observed by walther Fleming

Chromosomal theory of inheritance 1st formulated by Walter Sutton

1st evidence of hereditary nature of DNA provided by Friedrich Meischer

. Sex chromosomes discovered by Thomas Hunt Morgan

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In osmosis water molecules move from area of _______ to _______ through semipermeable memberane

Higher solute concentration to lower solute concentration

Lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration

Lower solvent concentration to higher solvent concentration

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

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

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Alcoholic fermentation

B) Calvin cycle

C) Aerobic respiration

D) Lactic Acid fermentation

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Cn(H2O)n. is a general formula of :

Monosaccharides

Oligosaccharides

Ploysacharides

83 / 100

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

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Category: Biology

Which of the following compounds possesses a single covalent bond between carbon and hydrogen?

NUMS Mock 4
Chemistry
Hydrocarbons

A) CH4

B) C2H2

C) C2H4

D) All of the above

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

The drfinite shape to ciliates is given by

Pellicle

Penicle

Calcium

Cell wall

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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 Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following types of bacterial reproduction is most similar to mitosis?

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Transduction

B) Transfonnation

C) Binary fission

D) Conjugation

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Genetic equilibrium is a:

NTS 2019
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Change of allele and gene frequency in a population

B) Stability of allele and gene quantity in a population

C) Change of allele and gene number in a population

D) Stability of allele and gene frequency in a population

89 / 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

90 / 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

91 / 100

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

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Enzymes _________ the activation energy of a chemical reaction

Increases

Decreases

Does not effect

Increases or decreases depending upon individual enzyme

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The only possible treatment in end stage renal failure is:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Hemodialysis

B) Peritoneal dialysis

C) Lithotripsy

D) Kidney transplantation

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Who first separated bacteria from other protists as a group?

John Hogg

Ernst Haeckel

Margulis and Schwartz

Herbert Copeland

95 / 100

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

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Estimating relative CO2consumption or O2release during photosynthesis at different wavelengths of light, is termed as:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Action spectrum

B) Absorption spectrum

C) Dark reaction

D) Light reaction

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Which of the following is NOT true for meiosis?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Number of chromosomes reduced to half

B) It takes place at the time of spore formation in plants

C) It takes place at the time of growth in animals

D) Two consecutive cell divisions are involved in it

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Molluscs have an exoskeleton made up of:

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein

B) Silica

D) Cuticles

C) CaCO3

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Extreme change in pH results in:

Change in ionization of amino acids at the active site of the enzyme.

Change in the ionization of the substrate.

Denaturation of the enzyme

IncreaseIncrease in the reaction rate. in the reaction rate.

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Microtubule subunits (for spindle fibers) are synthesized in _______ phase.

UHS 2019
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) G1

B) M

C) G2

D) S

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