FSC Biology Full Book MCQs Test 1

MDCAT Practice Tests

Biology Practice Test 1

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Taq polymerase is extracted from a bacterium

Floral aquaticus

Taq aquaticus

Thermus floral

Thermus aquaticus

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Category: Biology

Q43 Which cells produce oogonia in ovary?

A. Stromal cells

B. Epithelial cells

C. Germ cells

D. Theca cells

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

A hormone called _______ controls the secretion of gastric juice.

NUMS 2018
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Gastrin

B) Secretin

C) Thyroxine

D) Iodothyronine

4 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi which cause thrush in humans:

UHS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Sarcomeres

B) Candidiasis

C) Lovastatin

D) Aspergillus

5 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Earthworm is an example of ______ feeder

Detritus

Fluid

Macrophageus

Filter

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The size of poxvirus is:

20 nm

200 nm

250 nm

300 nm

7 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.30 Arterial blood contains ___________of CO2/100 ml of blood:

54

50

64

60

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

During digesting the phagocytosed food particles vesicles formed from fusion of phagocytic vacuole with the enzymes secreted by Golgi apparantus are called

Lysosomes

Primary lysosomes

Secondary lysosomes

Food vacuole

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Example of ovoviviparous

Reptiles

Mammal s

Duckbill platypus

Frog

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

E. coli and example of entrobacteriace is important for causing diarrheal diseases its size is:

0.1-600 um

100-200 nm

1.1-1.5 um (width) 2.0-6.0 um (length)

0.75-1.25 um

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Of the following which one is not found in series proterostomia.

Annelida

Arthropoda

Mollusea

Echinodermata

12 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Exoskeleton of cockroach is made up of:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Cartilage

B) Cuticle

C) Chitin

D) Amino acids

13 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.7 The thalamus and the hypothalamus are located in which region of the brain?

A. brain stem

B. cerebrum

C. cerebellum

D. Diencephalon

14 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi which get their food directly from dead organic matter are called?

Parasitic fungi

Predators

Mutualists

Decomposers

15 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Chloroplast.

B) Vacuole.

C) Cell membrane.

D) Endoplasmic Reticulum.

16 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Chance of a cross over between two loci is directly proportional to their

UHS 2018
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Thickens

B) Width

C) Length

D) Distance

17 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

An association in which fungal hyphae penetrate the outer cells of the plant root forming coils swellings and minute branches and also extend out into surrounding soil is called:

Mycorrizael association

Endomycorrhizae

Ectomycorrhizae

Lichen

18 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.16 Example of convergent evolution is

A. Forelimbs of man and bat

B. Wings of birds and insects

C. Darwin's finches

D. All of above

19 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Who discovered the bacteria causing tuberculosis and also developed various techniques of media preparation and maintenance of pure culture?

Robert Koch

Louis Pasteur

Alexander Fleming

Leeuwenhoek

20 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The Meselson and Stahl experiment confirmed that DNA replicates in _____ manner.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Conservative

B) Semi – conservative

C) Dispersive

D) New synthesis

21 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Of the following, which one is better respiratory medium.

Air

Water

Soil

None of these

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The type of energy, reduced by the enzymes, for biological reactions to occur is called the:

UHS 2019
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Light Energy

B) Heat energy

C) Active energy

D) Activation energy

23 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Pseudo coelomate animals are:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Coelenterates

B) Nematodes

C) Annelids

D) None of them

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Coelom is lined by

Parietal mesoderm

Visceral mesoderm

Mesoderm

Both A & B

25 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Right kidney is slightly lower than left kidney due to:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Heart

B) Liver

D) Lungs

C) Pancreas

26 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Terrestrial animals like kangaroo rat survive even without drinking water since

They don't require water for their metabolic process

They can retain excessive water in their body during raining season.

They feed on carbohydrate rich seeds which can provide them with metabolic water

They are anhydrobiotic organisms

27 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The word which E-Chatton suggested for bacteria and blue green algae was:

Autotrophs

Heterotrophs

Pro-cariotique

Eu-cariotique

28 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Many _______ expel a large amount of water by special structures called contractile vacuoles:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Protozoa

B) Porifera

C) Echinoderm

D) Fish

29 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

How does chemosynthesis differ from photosynthesis?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Source of energy to carry out the reaction

B) Production of organic compounds

C) Reduction of CO2

D) Carried out by bacteria

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Haemophilia occurs because of:

PMC 2020
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Mutation in an autosome

B) Mutation of Y-chromosome

C) Mutation of X-chromosome

D) Deficiency of iron

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Category: Biology

A person got an infection, he became ill but then he survived. What do you think which of immunity he would have developed?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Transport

A) Active immunity

B) Artificially induced active immunity

C) Passive immunity

D) Naturally induced active immunity

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Why do Bryophytes and ferns both require water for fertilization?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Ciliated spermatozoa instead of flagellated spermatozoa

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

D) Non-motile eggs

C) Flagellated spermatozoa can travel

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

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

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Orange

34 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Platyhelminthes means:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Flatworms

B) Roundworms

C) Segmented worms

D) None of the above

35 / 100

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 Ch 10 Class 12

Consider the following statements about biological communities.

I. Their members share a common gene pool

II. The community remains stable even though some physical aspect of the environment may undergo a change

III. It consists of all the populations living in a particular area.

IV. A community interacts with a non-living environment and both function together to form an ecosystem

Which two of the above statements are true?

NTS 2014
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) 1 and 2

B) 1 and 3

D) 2 and 3

E) 3 and 4

37 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.42 All of the following are paired facial bones except:

A. Maxilla

B. Lacrimal

C. Zygomatic

D. Mandible

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Category: Biology

Which of the following is correct in case of active membrane potential?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology

A) Extra cellular sodium is high

B) Extra cellular potassium is high

C) Intracellular sodium is high

D) Intracellular potassium is less

39 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Ribosomes are composed of almost an equal amount of:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein & Lipid

B) Protein & RNA

C) RNA & Lipid

D) RNA & Carbohydrates

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Antibodies are manufactured in:

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) T Lymphocytes

B) Red Blood Cells

C) Platelets

D) B Lymphocytes

41 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Choose the correct pathway for the flow of blood:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Arterioles → metarterioles → capillaries → thoroughfare channels

B) Arterioles → thoroughfare channel → metarterioles → capillaries

C) Thoroughfare channel → arterioles → capillaries → metarterioles

D) Metarterioles → arterioles → thoroughfare channels → capillaries

42 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Meristems are of

. Two types

Three types

Four types

Five types

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Category: Biology

When the concentration of the external medium is equal to the concentration of the internal medium of a cell, the situation is called:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Hypertonic

B) Hypotonic

C) Isotonic

D) Heterotonic

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which type of the receptors are present in the ear?

Chemoreceptors

Mechanoreceptors

Photoreceptors

Thermoreceptors

45 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

The biosphere covers about

. 8-10 km

5-10 km

15-30 km

16-20 km

46 / 100

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

47 / 100

Category: Biology

On receiving the news of the sudden demise of a close friend; which is the most probable hormone that is secreted at that time?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Prostaglandin

B) Growth inhibitors

C) Estrogen

D) Adrenaline

48 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.68 Enzymes are globular proteins because

A. They have a primary structure.

B. They have a secondary structure.

C They have a tertiary structure,

D. All of the above.

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Which of the following are animals with pointed ends and a tube like digestive tract?

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Annelida

B) Arthropoda

C) Nematoda

D) Mollusca

50 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.15 Urethra and vagina have openings to the exterior:

A. common

B. independent

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

51 / 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

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Which statement about dominant and recessive alleles is not correct?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) A dominant characteristic is seen in the phenotype of a heterozygote.

B) A homozygous genotype may be either dominant or recessive.

C) Recessive phenotypes always have two recessive alleles.

D) The phenotype of a homozygote is always dominant.

53 / 100

Category: Biology

Mutations can occur in:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) DNA

B) Protein

C) RNA

D) A and C

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which one of the following does not have intermediate host?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Tapeworm

C) Liver fluke

B) Ascaris

D) Plasmodium

55 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) DNA polymerase

B) Ligase

C) Primase

D) Endonuclease

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

As an excretory organ, liver:

PMC 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Detoxifies many chemical poisons

B) Produces ammonia for excretion by the kidneys

C) Produces urea and uric acids from the nitrogen of amino acids

D) All of the above

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 12

Weather refers to

Short-term fluctuations in temperature, cloud cover, wind and precipitation

It prevails over periods of hrs or days

Overall patterns of weather that prevail from year to year

. Both a and b

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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

The Porifera are pore – bearing animals, commonly called:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Kingdom Animalia

A) Corals

B) Sponges

C) Hydras

D) Anemones

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Category: Biology

Q.52 A chromosome in which a centromere stays at one end is called?

A. Metacentric

Telocentric

C. Acrocentric

D. All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Lysosomes function in:

NTS 2011
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein synthesis

B) Processing

C) Intracellular digestion

D) Lipid synthesis

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Gel electrophoresis is a technique:

PMC 2020
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Employed by forensic scientist to assist in the identification of the individuals by their respective type of DNA

B) Collect all the genes found in one complete set of chromosome

C) Is a technique to separate different sizeds fragment of charge bearing polymers (proteins, RNA or DNA)

D) Grows single cell or a group of cells in a glass ware on artificial medium under aseptic conditions

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Dermal and denticle scales of fishes are called:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Placoid scales

B) Ganoid scales

C) Ctenoid scales

D) Cycloid scales

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

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

PMC 2020
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Smooth muscles

B) Cardiac muscles

C) Skeletal muscles

D) Glandular muscles

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Autotrophic organisms can exist in an exclusively ______ environment.

Organic

Inorganic

Wet

Terrestrial

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Oyster mushroom is an example of predator fungi which attack on

Pin warms

Tape worms

Round worms

Platehelminthes

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

The word virus is derived from Latin word venome meaning

Sweet fluid

Sore Fluid

Poisonous Fluid

Salty Fluid

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Lungs are covered with double layered thin membranous sac called

Disphragm

Pleura

Pericardium

Rib cage

69 / 100

Category: Biology

Photosystems are located in _

A. Stroma

B. Chloroplast envelope

C. Thylakoid membranes

D. The intergrana

70 / 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

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Abscisic acid promotes flowering in short day plants and inhibits in long day plants, which of the following is antagonistic to abscisic acid in terms of flowering:

Gibberellins

Cytokinins

Auxins

Ethene

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Category: Biology

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

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

A) I only

B) II only

C) III only

D) I and II only

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which of the following is found beneath the prostate gland?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) vas deferens

B) seminal vesicle

C) urethra

D) cowper's gland

74 / 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

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

If a heterozygous individual shows the complete effect of both alleles, the type of inheritance would be

Complete dominance

Non dominance

Incomplete dominance

Co-Dominance

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Natural selection can amplify or diminish variations that are

Non heritable

Heritable

Both heritable and non heritable

Acquired

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Plants absorb it in the form of soluble phosphates. It is present abundantly in the growing and storage organs of plants. What is it?

NTS 2012
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) H2O

B) CO2

C) K

D) P

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The genotype of a normal male in humans is ______ chromosomes.

NTS 2012
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 44 + XX

B) 44 + XY

C) 44 + XXY

D) 44 + XO

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following statements is correct?

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Viruses have their own ribosomes for protein formation

B) New viral ribosomes are formed after viral DNA enters the cell

C) Viruses do not need ribosomes for protein formation

D) Viruses use the host ribosomes for their own requirements

80 / 100

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 5 Class 11

Kingdom Protoctista includes:

Prokaryotic organisms

Unicellular organisms

Fungi

Eu-cariotiquic organisms

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The leaf is bilobed with midrib between them. The plant is

Saraccnia

Dionaea

Pitcher plant

None of these

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Category: Biology

Q.39 The fertilization of ovum takes place at:

A. Distal part of the oviduct

B. Proximal part of the oviduct

C. Middle part of the oviduct

D. Anywhere in the oviduct

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Category: Biology

Eukaryotic, multicellular, and consumers belong to ______ kingdom.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life

A) Monera

B) Protista

C) Fungi

D) Animalia

85 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.23 During inspiration, the diaphragm:

A. Contracts

B. Relaxes

C. Contracts and relaxes

D. None of these

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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

87 / 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

88 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which vertebrate groups have scaly skin?

NTS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) amphibians and fish

B) amphibians and mammals

C) fish and mammals

D) fish and reptiles

89 / 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

90 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.46 The path of electrons through the two photosystems is called?

A. S scheme

B.X scheme

C.Z Scheme

D. Y scheme

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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Hydrotropism

B) Chemotropism

C) Geotropism

D) Thigmotropism

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Biological sciences have a set methodology and it is based on

Experimental inquiry

Esthetic preference

Philosophical ideas

Imaginations

93 / 100

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

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

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

NTS 2019
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Active site

B) Substrate

C) Cofactor

D) Enzyme

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

A type of bacterial cell that is completely surrounded by flagella is called:

PMC Practice 5
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Diplococcus

B) Tetrad

C) Peritrichous

D) Munotrichous

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which of the following sets of bones does not included in the axial skeleton?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Cranium and facial bones

B) Sternum, ribs, vertebrae

C) Lumbar, Thoracic and pelvic bones

D) Pectoral girdles, pelvic girdle, and appendages

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

At what phase the DNA content of a cell is doubled?

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Prophase

B) Interphase

C) Anaphase

D) Telophase

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Crossing over is an exchange of genes between _______ resulting in a mixture of parental characteristics in offspring.

NTS 2019
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Sister Chromatids

B) Non-homologous Chromosomes

C) Sex chromosomes

D) Homologous chromosomes

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Cyanides are potent poisons of the living organism and can kill by inhibiting _____, essential for cellular respiration:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Cytochrome oxidases

B) Dehydrogenases

C) Hydrolases

D) Nucleases

100 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.9 The linkage formed when one molecule of glucose combines with one molecule of fructose is:

A. 1, 2-glycosidic linkage

B. 1, 6-glycosidic linkage

C. 1, 4-glycosidic linkage

D. 1,3-glycosidic linkage

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