Biology Practice Test 3

MDCAT Practice Tests

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Visible light used in photosynthesis ranges from:

300 – 700 nm in wavelength

350 – 750 nm in wavelength

380 – 750 nm in wavelength

390 – 790 nm in wavelength.

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

A dual organism composed of symbiotic association of an alga living within a fungus myceliium is

Mycorrhiza

Rhizobium

Lichen

Legume

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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 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

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Liposomes are:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) All of these

B) Made of at least one lipid bilayer

C) Artificial

D) Used to deliver drugs

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Commonly used restriction enzyme is

pSC 101

pBR 322

EcoRI

All of these

7 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Aschelminthes is also known as

Protozoans

Eumatazoa

Nematodes

Protoctist ancestors

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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
Elimination Tool:

A) To give cells rigidity

B) To give specific shape

C) To protect from osmotic lysis

D) All of Above

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Category: Biology

Q.64 Which of the following conditions is not required to be true for a population in Hardy-Veinberg equilibrium?

A. Random mutation

B. Large population

C. No natural selection

D. Random mating

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The dark reactions of photosynthesis are characterized by:

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Synthesis of ATP, O2 and NADH

B) Utilization of ATP, CO2 and NADPH

C) Electron transfer from NADPH to RuBP

D) Carbon dioxide transfer from RuBP to glucose

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Mosses are

Dermatocarpon

Permellia

Tortula

Both b and c

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Water constitutes –% of body weight?

A. 25-30%

70-90%

10-30%

30-50%

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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 8 Class 11

The stored food in fungi is usually lipid droplets of:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Glucose

B) Glycogen

C) Starch

D) Protein

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The propulsive movement of the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) is:

NTS 2010
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Peristalsis

B) Epiglottis

C) Antiperistalsis

D) Anus

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The first cell of the sporophyte generation is

Oospore

Spore mother cel

Spore

Gamete

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Genetic recombination in bacteria can occur through:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Conjugation

B) Transformation

C) Transduction

D) All of the above

18 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Abiotic components include

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

Lithosphere

All of these

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The fate of each blastomere is foretold. What will that cleavage be?

PMC Practice 9
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Spiral and indeterminate

B) Radial and indeterminate

C) Radial and determinate

D) Spiral and determinate

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Category: Biology

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

A. increased

B. Enzymes

C. no change

D. All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

All of the following are the characteristics of the kingdom Protista except:

NTS 2019
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Members can be photosynthetic

B) Members can be free living

C) Some members move via flagella

D) Some members are shaped like rods and termed bacilli

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Category: Biology

Q.46 Identify the property which is not related to cardiac muscle:

A. Irregular strips

B. Spontaneous contraction

C. Branched

D. Slow speed of contraction

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

he only promoter of Leaf’s senescence in the following plant hormones is:

PMC Practice 9
Biology
Coordination and Control
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Gibberellins

B) Cytokinins

C) Auxins

D) Abscisic acid

25 / 100

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

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

In gametogenesis, which resultant product is non-functional?

NTS 2019
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Spermatogonia

B) Oogonia

C) Polar body

D) Ovum

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

All of the following organisms belong to the kingdom protista EXCEPT:

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Ulva

B) Euglena

C) Slime Mold

D) Common Mold

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following is the function of adrenaline?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) To increase the rate of breathing

B) To increase the heart rate

C) To increase the level of calcium in blood

D) Both A and B

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Actinia is the biological name of:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Sea Anemone

B) Corals

C) Obelia

D) Jellyfish

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Which of the following is the manipulation of genetic material for practical purposes?

NTS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Grafting

B) Tissue Culture

C) Genetic Engineering

D) Cell Culture

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which characteristic led to the evolution of seed?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Heterogamous condition

B) Development of heterospory

C) Embryo formation

D) Protection of reproductive cells

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which excretory product in produced in plants during autotrophic mode of life?

CO2

H2O

O2

Both A and B

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The structural and functional unit of the lungs is:

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Alveoli

B) Trachea

C) Bronchiole

D) Bronchus

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The place of attachment of leaf with the shoot is called:

Pith

Pit

Pulvinus

Ecdysone

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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 9 Class 12

Some transgenic bacteria produce a dipeptide sweetener called

Ultrasweet

Disweet

Monosweet

Neutrasweet

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Deficiency of enzyme ______ causes combined immunodeficiency syndrome.

UHS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Adenosine transcriptase

B) Adenosine transaminase

C) Adenosine polymerase

D) Adenosine deaminase

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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

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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

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Category: Biology

The ability of an individual to pass on its phenotype to future generations is known as:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Fitness

B) Heritability

C) Limited environmental resources

D) Overproduction of offspring

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Enzymes binds with chemical reactant which is known as?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) product

C) substrate

B) reactant

D) all of these

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following substance is most favorable to form structural component of biological membranes?

Hydrophilic Carbohydrates

Hydrophobic fats.

Both a and b

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following has the ability to develop ester linkage with the OH group of Pentose sugar?

NUMS 2017
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Purine

B) Pyrimidine

C) H3PO4

D) HNO3

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

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

NUMS 2015
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Histoplasmosis

B) Tuberculosis

C) Cystic fibrosis

D) None of the given options

45 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Of the following which one is non-cellular in most cases in animals?

Mesenchyme

Sclerenchyma

Chlorenchyma

Mesoderm

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Autotrophic organisms can exist in an exclusively ______ environment.

Organic

Inorganic

Wet

Terrestrial

47 / 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

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which bond provides stability to complex carbohydrate molecules?

C-H

C-O

C-C

C-N

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

HIV is a:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Virus

B) Prions

C) Viroid

D) Venom

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which statement is correct?

In heteromorphic generations are vegetatively dissimilar

. In isomorphic generations are vegetatively dissimilar

In isomorphic generations are vegetatively similar

Both a and c

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Category: Biology

Q.59 NADH produced during glycolysis and Krebs cycle will oxidized by:

A. Coenzyme ‘Q’

B. Cytochrome ‘c’

C. Cytochrome ‘b’

D. Cytochrome ‘a’

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

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

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Porifera

B) Annelida

C) Platyhelminthes

D) Cnidaria

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Category: Biology

Q.50 Which of the following hormones is essential for the production of sperms?

A. LH
B. Estrogen
C. Gonadotrophin hormones
D. Testosterone

A. LH

B. Estrogen

C. Gonadotrophin hormones

D. Testosterone

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Baldness is most frequent in

Men

Women

Children

Girls

55 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the Euglenas (a Protoctista) character resembles that of animals:

They can move

They lack cell wall

They do not have chlorophyll

Both a and b

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

An example of competitive inhibition of an enzyme is the inhibition of;

UHS 2019
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid

B) Cytochrome oxidase by cyanide

C) Hexokinase by glucose

D) Carbonic anhydrase by carbon dioxide

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Of the following which one is not the characteristic of triploblasts.

All of them have blood vascular system

They may be coelomate pseudocoelomate or acoelomate

They are included in grade bilateria

All of them have digestive system

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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

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Identify the incorrect statement from the following:

NTS 2010
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Apical growth increases the length of stems and roots.

B) Xylem is situated on the outer side of the cambium ring and the phloem on the inner side.

C) Secondary growth increases the diameter of stems and roots.

D) The cells in the elongation phase don't divide.

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

When was the bacteriophage phenomena rediscovered by D’Herelle?

PMC Practice 4
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

B) 1917

A) 1918

C) 1920

D) 1990

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Asexual spores of fungi are called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Conidiospores

B) Zygospores

C) Ascospores

D) Basidiospores

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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

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

The radius and ulna join at the wrist with the _____ small carpal bones.

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) 4

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

NAD is an example of:

PMC 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Mononucleotide

B) Dinucleotide

C) Trinucleotide

D) Tetranucleotide

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Germ theory of disease has ______ postulates

3

5

4

6

66 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.57 Which of the following is paired correctly?

A. Pisces-jellyfish

B. Echinodermata- cuttlefish

C. Mollusca- starfish

D. Arthropoda- silver fish

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi can tolerate pH from

3?7

2?6

2?9

. 3?6

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

All of the following protect the body against the entrance of germs except:

NTS 2017
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Tears

B) Mucous membranes

C) Ciliated cells

E) Red blood cells,

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Driving force for all the cycles in ecosystem is

Water

Soil

Sun

Air

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which brain portion is responsible for controlling body coordination?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Medulla

B) Amygdala

C) Cerebellum

D) Pons

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Carbon atom is

Monovalent

Divalent

Trivalent

72 / 100

Category: Biology

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?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Evolution

A) 1 and 2

B) 1 and 3

C) 2 and 4

D) 3 and 4

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Adaptations that an organism acquires by its own actions are

Heritable

Not heritable

Can be made heritable through some modifications

Both heritable and not heritable

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

In paper chromatography xanthophyll will give ______ color:

NTS 2010
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Orange

B) Grey

C) Yellow

D) Blue-Green

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Cysts are not resistant to ______ but spores are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Light

B) Desiccation

C) pH

D) Heat

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Growth of multicellular plants occur in

Two phases

Three phases

Five phase

Four phases

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Bile is used in:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein digestion

B) Starch digestion

C) Fat emulsification

D) Both A and B

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Other name for Kingdom monera is:

Protoctista

Prokaryotae

Archae

None of these

79 / 100

Category: Biology

Q37 An entire skeletal muscle is surrounded by

A. Sarcolemma

B. Epimysium

C. Both A and B

D. Microtubules

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The light dependent reaction of photosynthesis occurs in:

NTS 2011
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Stroma of chloroplast

B) Guard cells of stomata

C) Thylakoid membrane of chloroplast

D) Cytoplasm of leaf cell

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Mitotic apparatus in animals is formed by

Aster and spindle

Polar and kinetochore microtubules

Spindle and RNA

Spindle only

82 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following single membranous organelle is absent in plant cells?

a. Vacuole

B. Golgi apparatus

C. Lysosomes

D. Endoplasmic reticulum

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The best function of coelom is described as:

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) To increase the size of the animals

B) To help in the functioning of the reproductive system

C) To provide space for the development of organs and systems

D) All of these options are correct

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which body function is controlled through a positive feedback mechanism?

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Labor contractions

B) Body temperature

C) Insulin production

D) Thyroxine release

85 / 100

Category: Biology

It is a method for rapid production of a very large number of copies of a particular fragment of DNA:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biotechnology

A) Gel electrophoresis

B) Polymerase chain reaction

C) DNA extraction

D) Recombination

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which of the following describes an ecological niche?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) The habitat in which an organism finds its food supply

B) The habitat in which an organism find the most suitable climate

C) the relationship between an organism and other species

D) the way in which an environment is exploited by an organism

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

The term bivalent means:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Two chromatids

B) Two chromosomes

C) Four chromatids

D) Four chromosomes

88 / 100

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

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The end product of glycolysis in anaerobic respiration is:

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Ethanol and Carbon dioxide

B) Lactate

C) Pyruvate

D) Both A and B

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Cystic fibrosis patients lack a gene that codes for a transmembrane carrier of:

NTS 2017
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Na+ ions

B) K+ ions

C) CI- ions

D) Ca2+ ions

91 / 100

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.

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which type of sensory structures carrying the touch sensations are present in papillae extending into ridges of the fingertips?

Hair end organs

Meissner's Corpuscles.

Pacinian corpuscles.

None of these.

93 / 100

Category: Biology

The dark reactions of photosynthesis are characterized by:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Synthesis of ATP, O2 and NADH

B) Utilization of ATP, CO2 and NADPH

C) Electron transfer from NADPH to RuBP

D) Carbon dioxide transfer from RuBP to glucose

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Transcription is the process in which an RNA copy of the DNA sequence and coding the gene is produced with the help of an enzyme called:

PMC 2020
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) DNA polymerase

B) RNA polymerase

C) DNA transcriptase

D) RNA transcriptase

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Despite the structural diversities, ____ are characterized by having a soft body protected by a calcareous shell developing from the mantle layer.

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Corals

B) Foraminiferos

C) Molluscs

D) None of these

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which vertebrae together are called pelvic vertebrae?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Coccygeal and lumbar

B) Sacral and lumbar

C) Sacral and coccygeal

D) Sacral and thoracic

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

_____ is activated to ______ by enterokinase / enteropeptidase enzyme secreted the lining of duodenum:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Pepsinogen, pepsin

B) Trypsinogen, trypsin

C) Pepsinogen, trypsin

D) Chymotrypsinogen, chymotrypsin

98 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Four

B) Three

C) Two

D) Five

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

In which organism males are haploid?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Aphids

B) mosquito

C) butterfly

D) honey bee

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

The actual location or place where an organism lives is

Environment

Biosphere

Biomass

Habitat

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