Biology Practice Test 4

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Category: Biology

Q.61 Which of the following is a compensation point?

B. Photosynthesis and respiration occur at same rate. So there is not net exchange of gases between atmosphere and plants

C. Rate of photosynthesis increases, so do the O2 production, with a net release oxygen coupled with the uptake of CO2

D. Rate of respiration becomes more than rate of photosynthesis. 16 Net yield of H-O in Photosynthesis is

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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 2015
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Purine

B) Pyrimidine

C) H3PO4

D) HNO3

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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 11 Class 11

C6H12O6 + 6O2 ? 6CO2 + 6H20 + ENERGY represents:

Photosynthesis

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

Respiration

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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 2 Class 11

Which of the following is an unsaturated fatty acid?

PMC 2020
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Oleic acid

B) Palmitic acid

C) Butyric acid

D) Acetic acid

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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

The thickest chamber of the human heart is:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Transport

A) Left atrium

B) Right atrium

C) Right ventricle

D) Left ventricle

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Oxygen, released into the atmosphere, comes from:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) CO2

B) H2O

C) C6H12O6

D) CO2 and H2O

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

On land, frogs are:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Hypermetric

B) Cerebral cortex

C) Normal sighted

D) None of these

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Category: Biology

The type of plastids found in roots of plants are _____.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Chloroplasts

B) Chromoplasts

C) Leucoplasts

D) All of these options are correct

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Category: Biology

Q3 These animals show radial symmetry.

A. Chordates

B. Annelids

C. Cnidarian

D Round worms

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The Induced fit model was introduced by Koshland in which of the following year?

PMC Sample 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) 1960

B) 1961

C) 1959

D) 1966

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Category: Biology

Q.35 Ribose is a monosaccharide constituent of man

A. Enzymes

B. Coenzymes

C. Vitamin

D. Antibiotics

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

Sythetic insulin from pork was formed by which technique:

Parasitology

Social biological techniques

Both a and c

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Category: Biology

In which of the following phases of bacterial growth, is the death rate more rapid than the multiplication rate?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote

A) Stationary phase

B) LAG phase

C) Decline phase

D) LOG phase

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which of the following occurs in the body in response to the secretion of Glucagon?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Conversion of glucose to glycogen in liver cells

B) Decrease in blood glucose concentration

C) Increased uptake of glucose by muscle cells

D) Production of cyclic AMP in target cells

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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
Elimination Tool:

A) Charles Darwin (1859)

B) Rudolph virchow (1855)

C) Louis Pasteur (1862)

D) Carolus Linnaeus (1707)

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Autoimmune diseases act as the principle of:

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Self against antigens

C) Self against self

B) Antigen against self

D) Antigen self destroyed

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Functional units of lungs are called

Alveoli

Air sacs

Parabronchi

None of these

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Category: Biology

Q.32 Lymphocytes are found in:

A. Lymph capillary

B. Lymph vessel

C. Lymph trunk

D. lymph node

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

During meiosis, the homologous chromosomes come together and form pairs, this process is called:

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Linkage

B) Synapsis

C) Pairing

D) Crossing over

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Category: Biology

Which of the following, which is the incorrectly paired one?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biology and its Major Fields of Specialization

B) Schlelden and schwann … cell theory

C) Robert Brown… nucleus

D) Watson and Crick … DNA model

E) Virchow… mosaic model of plasma membrane

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Molecular formula of chlorophyll ‘a’ molecule is:

C55H72O5N4Mg

C55H70O6N4Mg

C50H72O6N4Mg

C55H70O5N4Mg

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which statement about enzyme is incorrect:

Some of them consist solely of protein with no non protein part.

They catalyze a chemical reaction without being utilized.

All enzymes are fibrous Proteins.

They without their cofactor are called apoenzyme.

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Category: Biology

Red-green color-blindness is an X-linked recessive disorder. Jacob’s paternal grandfather and father are both color-blind, but his mother has two normal alleles. What is the probability that Jacob is red-green color-blind?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) 0%

B) 25%

C) 50%

D) 75%

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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
Elimination Tool:

A) Actin

B) Myosin

C) Troponin

D) Tropomyosin

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Interphase of meiosis lacks

G0 phase

G1 phase

G2 phase

S phase

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

In ‘Complete Dominance’:

PMC 2020
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Different alleles of a gene are both expressed in heterozygous condition

B) One allele (R) is completely dominant over the other (r) and the presence of the recessive allele is functionally hidden, so the heterozygote (Rr) has the same round phenotype as (RR) homozygote.

C) The phenotype of the heterozygote is intermediate between phenotypes of the two homozygotes

D) Gene mutations may produce many different alleles of a gene

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Which of the following is NOT a part of the immune system?

NTS 2018
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Phagocytes

B) Complement Proteins

C) Cytokines

D) Atherosclerosis

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Opposable thumbs are characteristic features of

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Lagomorpha

B) Primates

C) Ederitate

D) None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Modification in the organization of the basic pentadactyl limb structure found in vertebrates provides good evidence for the principle of:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Adaptive radiation

B) Convergent evolution

C) Genetic drift

D) Inheritance of acquired characters

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Gene mutations take place in:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Ribosomes

B) Chloroplasts

C) Deoxyribonucleic acids

D) None of them

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

The total aggregate of genes in a population at any one time is called population’s

Genome

Genomic library

Genetic group

Gene pool

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Numerous opportunist diseases might attack people suffering from the following diseases?

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

A) Measles

B) Influenza

C) Hepatitis A

D) AIDS

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The flower of family gramineae process contain two scales below ovary which are called:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Glumes

B) Lemma and palea

C) Lodicule

D) Rochella

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Synthesis of microtubules increases in:

UHS 2018
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) M phase

B) S phase

C) G1 phase

D) G2 phase

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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
Elimination Tool:

A) Chondroitin

B) Ossein

C) Casein

D) Cartilagin

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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 13 Class 11

Smaller the animals:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) More rate of respiration

B) Less the rate of respiration

C) Rate of respiration has nothing to do with the size of animal

D) None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Many substances which are urgently required by the cell while cell absorbs them against the concentration gradient by utilizing energy in the form of:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) ATP

B) Heat

C) GTP

D) Light

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The process of recombination in prokaryotes takes place in which of the following ways?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) transformation

B) conjugation

C) transduction

D) all of these

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Archaeopteryx is a transitional stage between the members of which one of the following pairs?

NTS 2013
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Amphibian … bird

B) Fish … amphibian

C) Reptile … mammal

D) Reptile … bird

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The optimum pH of catalase is:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Slightly alkaline

B) Highly acidic

C) Highly alkaline

D) Slightly acidic

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The major portion of (NH)2CO is secreted by:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Sweat

B) Saliva

C) Urine

D) Stool

46 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The phytohormones controlling the plant movements are?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Auxins

B) Gibberellins

C) Abscisic acid

D) Cytokinins

E) All of the above

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

What is the correct order of arthropod groups, from those with most legs to those with fewest legs?

NTS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) arachnids … crustaceans … insects … myriapods

B) crustaceans … myriapods … insects … arachnids

C) insects … arachnids … myriapods … crustaceans

E) myriapods … crustaceans … arachnids … insects

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Category: Biology

Icosahedral viruses have how many faces?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Variety of Life

A) 20

B) 30

C) 10

D) 40

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Chalk is gradually formed of dead

Actinopods

Foraminiferans

Apicomplexans

Radiolarians

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Locus is defined as:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Position of a gene on the chromosome

B) Appearance of a trait in an individual

C) Partner of a gene pair

D) Gene in an individual for a trait

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Study of relationship of organisms to their environment is

Ecology

Palaentology

Geology

None of these

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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Smooth muscles

B) Cardiac muscles

C) Skeletal muscles

D) Glandular muscles

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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 5 Class 11

Other name for Kingdom monera is:

Protoctista

Prokaryotae

Archae

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

A lullaby is a song. No song is prose. Some proses are epics.

Conclusions:

I. Some proses are songs.

II. Some epics are lullabies.

III. Some songs are lullabies.

Which of the following is most appropriate in the above case?

a) Only II

b) Only III

c) I, II, and III are inappropriate

a

b

c

none

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Non-protein but inorganic, detachable co-factors are called ______:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Activators

B) Prosthetic groups

C) Coenzymes

D) Apo-enzymes

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Category: Biology

Q.66 Which type of sensory structures carrying the touch sensations are present in papillae extending into ridges of the finger tips?

A. Hair end organs

B. Pacinian corpuscles

C. Meissner's Corpuscles

D. All of these

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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 2 Class 11

Which of the following amino acids has single codon?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Isoleucine

B) Tryptophan

C) Valine

D) Arginine

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The disease in which patients passed urine that rapidly turned black on exposure to air is called:

NTS 2011
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Phenylketonuria

B) Alkaptonuria

C) Sickle cell anemia

D) Hemophilia

61 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The characteristic which enable animals to tolerate dehydration is called

Osmoconformation

Osmoregulaton

Anhydrobiosis

Anhydrosis

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The valve between right atrium and right ventricle is called:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Bicuspid valve

B) Tricuspid valve

C) Pulmonary valve

D) Semi lunar valve

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Haploid and monoploid numbers of chromosomes of hexaploid wheat are:

NTS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) 21 and 42

B) 7 and 21

C) 21 and 7

D) 42 and 21

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Upon increasing the temperature the shape of enzyme’s active site?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) remains same

B) denatures

C) adopts a geometric conformation

D) dissolves

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Yeast reproduces by:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Budding

B) Sperm

C) Fission

D) Conidia

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Which one has antibiotic resistance gene for tetracycline and ampicillin?

pSC 101

pBR 322

pCR 322

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

A complex substance which on hydrolysis yields polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone subunits is called:

Lipid

Carbohydrate

Protein

Carotein

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following light is least absorbed by the plants:

Orange

Red

Blue

Green

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Greenhouse gases are those that:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Prevent entry of ultraviolet rays

B) Prevent rainfall

C) Prevent heat to escape

D) All given options are correct

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following is used in brewing industry to promote malting:

Gibberellins

Cytokinins

Auxins

Abscisic Acid

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Most of the marine invertebrates are

Osmoconformers

Osmoregulators

Both depend upon the concentration of sea water

None of these

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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 13 Class 11

Gaseous exchange through the skin is known as ______ respiration.

Cuticular

Cutaneous

Skin

Pulmonary

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Category: Biology

Q.52 The plasma pool of antibodies is synthesized from:

A. T- lymphocytes

B. Plasma cells

C. B- lymphocytes

D. Fibroblasts

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Category: Biology

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

A. T2

B. T4

C. Both A and B

D. None

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Reversible inhibitors form WEAK linkages with which of the following?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) enzyme

B) reactant

C) product

D) substrate

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Mycorrhizae are found in about ______ vascular plants

90%

95%

98%

96%

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Category: Biology

Which one of the following is a fish?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Kingdom Animalia

A) Flying fish

B) Salmon

C) Sea horse

D) All of the above

80 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.58 The enzymes required for the breakdown of glucose into pyruvate is present in:

A. Cytosol

B. Plastids

C. Mitochondria

D. Lumen of ER

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

When inhibitor binds to enzyme other than active site and alters its structure, then it is called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Competitive inhibitor

B) Non-competitive inhibitor

C) Reversible inhibitor

D) Irreversible inhibitor

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

The optimum pH for the enzyme arginase is which of the following?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) 9.0

B) 9.3

C) 9.7

D) 10

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following are composed of proteins only which contain the information that codes for their own replication?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Virus

B) Virion

C) Prions

D) Capsule

84 / 100

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

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

During feedback inhibition, which of the following structural part of enzyme is involved?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Active site

B) Binding site

C) Catalytic site

D) Allosteric site

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Category: Biology

The system involved in preparing our body in condition of stress and emergency:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Nervous system only

B) Endocrine system only

C) Both nervous & endocrine system

D) Both endocrine & exocrine

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Which of the following condition is hybrid A. TT B. Tt C. tt D. All of these

TT

Tt

tt

All of these

88 / 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

89 / 100

Category: Biology

Phenylketonuria is

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA

A) Sex linked dominant trait

B) Sex linked recessive trait

C) Autosomal dominant trait

D) Autosomal recessive trait

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

The process that has transformed life on earth from its earliest forms to vast diversity is

Mutation

Evolution

Migration

Genetic drift

91 / 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

92 / 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

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which type of protein structure contains the three dimensional structure?

NTS 2013
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Primary

B) Secondary

C) Tertiary

D) Quaternary

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Among the most abundant biomolecules, _____ is the most abundant one on earth.

NUMS 2016
Chemistry
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Proteins

B) Carbohydrates

C) Lipids

D) Vitamins

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

The specific heat capacity of water is the number of calories required to raise the temperature of water from _____ ˚C is 1.0.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) 15 to 16

B) 16 to 18

C) 15 to 20

D) 25 to 29

96 / 100

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

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Which of the following is not a parasitic fungus of plants?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Rust

B) Mildews

C) Armillaria

D) None of the given options

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In humans, the temperature regulation control center is located in:

PMC 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Kidneys

B) Brain

C) Lungs

D) Liver

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which one is a non-renewable resource?

Wild life

Forests

Natural gas

Land

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

In human gut, chylomicrons are formed by the combination of:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Proteins and carbohydrates

B) Fats and proteins

C) Fats and carbohydrates

D) Vitamins and fats

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