Biology Practice Test 1




Biology Practice Test 1

Biology Practice Test 1 is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of key biological concepts, theories, and processes for competitive entry tests like MDCAT, NUMS, AKU, UET, ECAT, NTS, as well as FSC Board Exams. This test covers topics from cell biology, genetics, physiology, ecology, evolution, and more, helping students improve accuracy and retention.

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The sense organs of taste in tongue are known as:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Tay Sach’s disease is caused by absence of enzyme required to breakdown ____________.

NUMS 2014
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The first bacterium isolated was

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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
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

A series of hypothesis supported by the results of many tests is called

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Category: Biology

Q.12 The least stable RNA present in the cell is:

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

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

PMC 2020
Biology
Support and Movement
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The passageways of the respiratory system mucous secreting cells called:

NTS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Recent studies on HIV reveal that the virus infects and multiplies in _____ but does NOT cause disease in them.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which condition can be explained by Lamarckism?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Evolution
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Locus is defined as:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology

Q.23 During inspiration, the diaphragm:

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Category: Biology

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

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Category: Biology

DNA fingerprinting is basically done for:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biotechnology

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

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
NTS 2013
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology

Four events in the transmission of nerve impulses across synapses are:

I. depolarisation of the presynaptic membrane

II. propagation of postsynaptic action potential

III. reabsorption of the transmitter substance

IV. release of transmitter substance into the synaptic cleft

In which sequence do these events occur?

FIRST -> LAST

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Coordination and Control
D) IV, III, I and II

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding a nucleus?

I.Stores wastes and other Substances

II.Contains genetic material

III.Helps in cellular transport system

IV.Control centre of the cell

NTS 2017
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Wood forests form the

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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
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Optimum temperature for enzymes of human body is:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Enzymes
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Pseudocoelom is actually derived from:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology

Q.65 How are flat worms not similar to round worms?

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Overgrazing results in:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Man and His Environment
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Taq polymerase is extracted from a bacterium

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Category: Biology

Which processes are essential in making nitrogen from dead plant material available to growing plants?

ammonification
deamination
nitrification
nitrogen fixation
NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Man and His Enviornment

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following is not related to the enveloped virus?

PMC 2020
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which organ(s) in the male reproductive system produce gametes?

NUMS 2018
Biology
Reproduction
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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

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Category: Biology

Q.57 Secondary oocyte is ovulated from:

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The function of a cell wall in prokaryotes is:

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Each β – chain of hemoglobin molecules contains ____ amino acids.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Biological Molecules
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

What is the effect of enzyme DNA ligase?

PMC 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology

Which of the following nutrients is incorrectly paired with its function in a plant?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Nutrition

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In a marine environment, the ion secreted by the kidney is:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology

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

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Gibberellins is an example of

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Cloning is the production of genetically identical copies of organisms/cells by:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Biotechnology
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Binomial nomenclature was proposed for the first time by:

NTS 2010
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology

Q31 What happens during muscle contraction to the length of each myosin and actin filament?

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A child with AB blood group who was born to a mother of the genotype IAIA cannot have the father of the genotype:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following statement about plants is incorrect?

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Category: Biology

The thickest chamber of the human heart is:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Transport

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Category: Biology

Major coordinating centre for sensory and motor signaling is:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Coordination and Control

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Category: Biology

The Porifera are pore – bearing animals, commonly called:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Kingdom Animalia

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

DNA has a helical shape with the diameter of

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Category: Biology

When were bacteriophages discovered by Twort?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Variety of Life

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Category: Biology

The end product of glycolysis in anaerobic respiration is:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Bioenergetics

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Category: Biology

The passageways of the respiratory system have mucous secreting cells called:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

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

NTS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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Category: Biology

In chemiosmosis, the proton (H+) moves from _______.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Bioenergetics

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

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

PMC 2020
Biology
Reproduction
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Immediate source of energy for cellular respiration is:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

According to two kingdom classification fungi were placed in kingdom

 

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which statement is incorrect?

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Cells elongate by

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Category: Biology

What is the effect of enzyme DNA ligase?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

When the temperature of the surrounding environment rises, body responds by:

PMC 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Where do the light – dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following pigment is Blue- green in colour:

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Syphilis is caused by:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Which one of the following is different from all the rest regarding the number of cells inits body?

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Most critical phase of mitosis is

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the following cells does not have nucleus?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology

Q37 An entire skeletal muscle is surrounded by

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Category: Biology

The function of respiratory passage, Cilia is to keep the airways clear of:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

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

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Tissue is a

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Which of the following sub stages does not occur in prophase I?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Cell Cycle
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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which organism has wings with claws?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
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Category: Biology

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

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The particular array of chromosomes that an individual possesses is called its:

PMC 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

During inspiration, the space inside the chest cavity is increased due to:

UHS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

At the induction of action potential opening of Na+ gate with influx of Na+ is a _________ processes:

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Proteoglycan in cartilages (which consists of polysaccharides) are also attached to:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Biological Molecules
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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Puccinia commonly destroys

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Category: Biology

Which of the following is not an infection of the lungs/respiratory tract?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The function of papillary muscles is to:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Transport
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Category: Biology

Q.67 Interaction between genes occupying different loci is:

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Which of the following is NOT a function of Abscisic acid?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Growth and Development
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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Living things that would be the first to experience adverse effects if large amounts of carbon dioxide were taken out of the biosphere are:

NTS 2014
Biology
Nutrition
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following statement about the head of a chlorophyll molecule is incorrect:

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

A group of cells performing same function are known as:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

It is the smallest eukaryote:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Which of the following can be blocked, if one wants to stop translation of mRNA?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A cross between F1 hybrids and either of parents is called:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Variation and Genetics
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Lactic Acid Fermentation is a type of anaerobic respiration that occurs in human muscle cells. It yields only ____ % of the energy present in a glucose molecule.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Right kidney is slightly lower than left kidney due to:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following statement about neuron is incorrect?

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

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

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Filial is a Latin word. It means

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Ferns are included in

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The valve between right atrium and right ventricle is called:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
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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:

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

In the Krebs cycle, substrate-level phosphorylation accompanies the formation of:

NTS 2013
Biology
Bioenergetics
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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the following are related to the synthesis of excretory protein by the cell?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Diverse and stable community at the end of succession is

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

The nucleoid is found only in certain species of:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
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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
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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Mark the one Kingdom having the most conspicuous living organisms?

NTS 2018
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which of the following statement about an arthropod exoskeleton is incorrect?

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3 responses to “Biology Practice Test 1”

  1. Anonymous

    Hello sr thanks for your service
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    But the test was very useful to me thanks

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  3. Anonymous

    AOA sir
    Here in the test there are many mcqs that are not included in Nums r Pmc syllabus
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