Biology Practice Test 4

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

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

Parasitic fungi

Predators

Mutualists

Decomposers

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Genetically modified plants contain:

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) No gene

B) No gene in transposition

C) Widely used in gene transfer

D) All of these options are correct

3 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Prokaryotes are considered to be evolved

. 3.5 billion years ago

1.5 billion years ago

4.5 billion years ag

1000 million years ago

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

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

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Pigeons

B) Ravens

C) Finches

D) Parrots

5 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing;

UHS 2019
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Animals, with inferior traits.

B) Transgenic mice for testing safety of polio vaccine before use in humans

C) Animals, that have the same genetic constitution.

D) None of the above

6 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Lock and Key model was proposed by

Emil Fischer

Koshland

Robin Williams

Rudolph Virchow

7 / 100

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

8 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

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

NUMS 2014
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Back cross

B) Test cross

C) Reverse cross

D) None of the above

9 / 100

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
Elimination Tool:

A) I only

B) I&II

C) II & III

D) II & IV

10 / 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

11 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. T2

B. T4

C. Both A and B

D. None

12 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

In cell fractionation various components of cells including its organelles can be isolated in different layers depending upon:

Their physical properties like size & weight.

Physical properties of the medium like its density.

Their electrical properties like their charges

Both a and b

13 / 100

Category: Biology

The best function of coelom is described as ____.

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Kingdom Animalia

A) To increase the size of the animals

B) To help in the functioning of reproductive system

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

D) All of these options are correct

14 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which hormone is chemically a steroid?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) ADH

B) Thyroxin

C) Cortisone

D) Insulin

15 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.13 Without enzymes, the biological reaction would proceed at:

A. Same speed

B. Constant speed

C. Very slow speed

D. Variable speed

16 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Higher plants grow through

Growing points

Whole plant body is capable of growing

Only roots grow

None of these

17 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The main process that occurs in the dark reaction in photosynthesis is:

NTS 2010
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) That water is split.

B) Light energy is converted into chemical energy.

C) That glucose is oxidized.

D) That carbon-dioxide is fixed.

18 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Study of a single population’s relationship to its environment is called

Ecology

Synecology

Autecology

Niche

19 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

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

Chlorophyll a

. Chlorophyll b

Chlorophyll c

Chlorophyll d.

20 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following statement about eiliates in incorrect?

Contain mainly unicellular organisms.

Their contractile vacoule is respobsible for water regulation.

They are even capable of sexual reproduction.

Diploid nucleus being smaller is responsible for cells metabolism and growth while polyploidy nucleus functions in sexual process.

21 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

When a frog is kept in water for some time it sheds a thin covering of skin called ____

NUMS 2014
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Cuboidal epithelium

B) Squamous epithelium

C) Columnar epithelium

D) Ciliated epithelium

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which one of the following is exclusively marine phylum?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Mollusca

B) Echinodermata

C) Annelida

D) Arthropoda

23 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Chlorophyll is insoluble in:

Carbon tetrachloride

Alcohol

Organic solvents

Water

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Solanum tuberosum is a scientific name of:

Onion

Amaltas

Potato

Tomato

25 / 100

Category: Biology

Golgi complex is responsible for the formation of secretory granules in _____ cell.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Stomach

B) Liver

C) Pancreatic

D) Muscle

26 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Hornwarts are included in sub-class

Anthoceropsida

Bryopsida

Hepaticopsida

Psilopsida

27 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

The animals that feed on organic debris from decomposing plants and animals are called:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Herbivores

B) Carnivores

C) Omnivores

D) Detritivores

28 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The estrogen hormone secretion during the oogenesis is stimulated by:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) LH hormone

B) Inhibition hormone

C) FSH hormone

D) Testosterone hormone

29 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Sythetic insulin from pork was formed by which technique:

Parasitology

Social biological techniques

Both a and c

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Chalk is gradually formed of dead

Actinopods

Foraminiferans

Apicomplexans

Radiolarians

31 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.9 This is a reduced compound

A. CO2

B. O2

C. NADH

D. NAD

32 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Secretion of pancreatic juice is stimulated by:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Secretin

B) Gastrin

C) Pepsinogen

D) Both secretin and gastrin

33 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.59 The last common ancestor of humans is known to be which of the following?

A. Homo neanderthalensis

B. Lemuroidea

Dromaeosaunas

D. Pan troglodytes

34 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

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

Segregation

Independent assortment

Both of these

None of these

35 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

An activated enzyme consisting of polypeptide chain and a cofactor is called:

Apoenzyme

Holoenzyme

Activated enzyme

Both b and c

36 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Wind blows from area of

Low pressure to high pressure

High pressure to low pressure

Moderate pressure to high pressure

Low pressure to low pressure

37 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

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

NUMS 2018
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Vas deferens

B) Malpighian tubule system

C) Seminiferous tubules

D) Ejaculatory duct

38 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Evolution

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

B) When they look significantly different from each other

C) When they can interbreed successfully and produce offspring

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

39 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Inhibitors which block the enzyme by forming weak bond are called

Competitive inhibitors.

Non-competitive inhibitors

Irreversible inhibitors.

Both a and b

40 / 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

41 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Lecithin is formed by combining phosphatidic acid with ______:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Serine

B) Choline

C) Inositol

D) Ethanolamine

42 / 100

Category: Biology

Optimum pH for action of pepsin and salivary amylase is

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Nutrition

A) 3.5 and 7.7 respectively

B) 1.8 and 6.8 respectively

C) 6.8 and 7.4 respectively

D) 1.8 and 7.4 respectively

43 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

A bean seed contains all of the following except:

NTS 2012
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) A seed coat

B) An epicotyl

C) A hypocoty

D) A hypha

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Pharynx leads air into _____ through glottis.

NTS 2012
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Trachea

B) Bronchus

C) Alveoli

E) Larynx

45 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The condition of a stable internal environment in an organism is:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Coordination

B) Organisation

C) Homeostasis

D) Integration

46 / 100

Category: Biology

Enzymes work by lowering the ______ of the reactions they catalyse:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Enzymes

A) Kinetic energy

B) Activation energy

C) Heat energy

D) Potential energy

47 / 100

Category: Biology

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules fix nitrogen in soil air into:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Nutrition

A) Ammonia

B) Nitrite

C) Nitrate

D) Amino acid

48 / 100

Category: Biology

Choose the term from the following which is NOT a part of gene therapy?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biotechnology

A) Bone marrow transplant

B) Retrovirus

C) DNA Fingerprinting

D) Somatic cells

49 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.2 The set of all genes in any population is termed as?

A. population pool

B. species pool

C. gene pool

D. all of these

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Earthworm is an example of ______ feeder

Detritus

Fluid

Macrophageus

Filter

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

RuBP + O2 —Rubisco—> PGA + _______

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Phosphoglycerate

B) Phosphoglycolate

C) Glycerate

D) Glycolate

52 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

About 55% of the volume of the human blood is?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Plasma

B) Blood proteins

C) Blood cells

D) Both B and C

53 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.40 Which statement is incorrect:

A. Syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum

B. Genital herpes produces genital soreness and ulcers

C. Syphilis affects bones, eyes and CNS

D. Gonorrhea is a viral infection

54 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following is included in Bryophytes?

NTS 2011
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Mosses

B) Club mosses

C) Ferns

D) Seed plants

55 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following has a chain arrangement?

Streptobacillus

Streptococci

Staphylococci

Both A and B

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Bipinnaria is the larval form of:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Coelenterate

B) Potychaeta

C) Echinodermata

D) Cestoda

57 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The oxygen-binding protein present in skeletal muscles is:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Globin

B) Glycogen

C) Myo Glycogen

D) Myoglobin

58 / 100

Category: Biology

Photosystems are located in _

A. Stroma

B. Chloroplast envelope

C. Thylakoid membranes

D. The intergrana

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

What was the source of hydrogen for first photosynthetic organisms?

Water

Hydrogen present in soil

Hydrogen sulphate

Hydrogen sulphide

60 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Total area of the world under cultivation is

5%

11%

21%

31%

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Carolus Linnaeus was believer of

Special creation

Natural selection

Catastrophism

. Inheritance of acquired characters

62 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Mark the one Kingdom having the most conspicuous living organisms?

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

A) Monera

B) Protista

C) Animalia

D) Plantae

63 / 100

Category: Biology

While working in a laboratory, before studying a sample under the microscope, it was immersed in a dye solution to obtain ______.

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biology and its Major Fields of Specialization

A) Magnification

B) Image

C) Match

D) Contrast

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Fundography is relevant to:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Heart

C) Stomach

B) Liver

D) Eyes

65 / 100

Category: Biology

When a fetus is in the uterus, what carries oxygen away from the placenta?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Reproduction

A) The amniotic fluid

B) The amniotic sac

C) The lining of the uterus

D) The umbilical cord

66 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.23 Reflex action is type of

A. Voluntary action

B. Involuntary action

C. Saltatory conduction

D. None of these

67 / 100

Category: Biology

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

A. Maxilla

B. Lacrimal

C. Zygomatic

D. Mandible

68 / 100

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
Elimination Tool:

A) Monkeys

B) Cats

C) Horses

D) Dogs

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following bacteria possesses a spherical shape?

PMC Practice 4
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacillus anthracis

B) Escherichia coli

C) Spirillum minus

D) Staphylococcus aureus

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Flow of energy in an ecosystem is:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Unidirectional

B) Tridirectional

C) Multidirectional

D) Bidirectional

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

A group of ribosomes attached to mRNA is known as

Polymer

Polypeptide

Polysomes

Monomer

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Y chromosome in humans:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Is completely inert

B) Carries few genes

C) Carries many genes

D) Contains genes for hemophilia and color blindness

73 / 100

Category: Biology

DNA made by joining pieces from two or more different sources:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Biotechnology

A) Probes

B) Restriction endonuclease

C) Mutated DNA

D) Recombinant DNA

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Of the following which one is most advanced ?

Anthoceropsida

Bryopsida

Hepaticopsida

None of these

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Light reaction takes place on/in

Thylakoid

Storma

Chloroplast

Grana

76 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The nerve center for sight is located in the

NUMS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Thalamus

B) Myopic

C) Both a and b

D) None of these

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

In enzymatic mechanism, the substrate bind to the enzyme active site to produce?

PMC Practice 3
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Reactants

B) Enzymes

C) Products

D) All of these

78 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.18 Pick the incorrect pair:

A. Lovastatin – Lowers blood cholesterol

B. Cyclosporine – Prevents transplant rejection

C. Ergotine -Migraine relieve

D. Griseofulvin – Inhibit bacterial growth

79 / 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

80 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Deficient production of hormones by adrenal glands results in: .

NTS 2011
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Cushing's syndrome

B) Addison's disease

C) Diabetes Mellitus

D) Goiter

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The _____ is the main nutritional part and it’s concerned with the biosynthesis of materials necessary for neurons.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Nerves

B) Axon

C) Soma

D) Dendrites

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which statement is incorrect?

In short day plants red light prevents flowering

Henbane is a short day plant

In long day plants for red light promotes flowering

Leaf unrolling occurs in grasses

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Resolution power of a compound microscope is

2.0 ?m

2-4 A

24 ?m

24 A

84 / 100

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

85 / 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

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

The most abundant organic molecule on the planet earth is:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Starch

B) Glycogen

C) Glucose

D) Cellulose

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

In which phase of bacterial growth, does divison at an exponential rate occur?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Lag phase

B) Log phase

C) Stationary phase

D) Decline phase

88 / 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

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Disease in living organisms caused by parasites is called

Parasitism

Infestation

Predation

Infection

90 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.41 Corpus luteum is yellow glandular mass and is important source of:

A. Estrogen

B. FSH

C. Testosterone

D. Progesterone

91 / 100

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

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Germ layers are formed in which stage of development?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Morulation

B) Blastulation

C) Gastrulation

D) Organogenesis

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

The true E.Coli replicating enzyme is

DNA polymerase I

DNA polymerase II

DNA polymerase III

All of these

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following statement is incorrect about algae?

Their zygote unlike plants is protected by parental tissue.

Their classification is based on pigment composition.

Most of them have different morphological forms in-different stages of their life cycle.

Almost all of them are aquatic.

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Which enzyme present in the stomach curdles the milk?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Rennin

B) Trypsin

C) Pepsin

D) Lipase

96 / 100

Category: Biology

Why cannot viruses replicate on their own?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variety of Life

A) They are too small.

B) They have no cell wall.

C) They lack metabolic machinery.

D) All of theoptions are correct.

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

The position of a gene on chromosome is called

Habitat

Position

Locus

Location

98 / 100

Category: Biology

Below the point at which the cotyledons are attached, the embryo axis is called _______.

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Kingdom Plantae

A) Radicle

B) Epicotyl

C) Hypocotyl

D) Coleoptile

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Flagella might have arisen through the ingestion of

Cyano-bacteria

Spirochetes

Chlamydomonas

Paramecium

100 / 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

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