Biology Practice Test 4

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Such inflorescence in which the main axis is elongated and bears sessile flowers is called:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Raceme

C) Cyme

B) Spike

D) Panicle

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Category: Biology

In cross-section each Centriole consist of nine (each in triplets) of:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Microfilaments

B) Microvilli

C) Microtubules

D) Intermediate filaments

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Period between two consecutive divisions is called

Interphase

Resting phase

Mitotic phase

Cell cycle

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Lock and Key model was proposed by

Emil Fischer

Koshland

Robin Williams

Rudolph Virchow

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Category: Biology

Q.43 Which of the following disappear during muscle contraction?

A. A-band

B. H-zone

C. I-band

D. M-line

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

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

PMC 2020
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Kinetic energy

B) Activation energy

C) Heat energy

D) Potential energy

7 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

An individual has an additional sex chromosome. Which syndrome does he have?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Down's syndrome

B) Turner's syndrome

C) Jacob's syndrome

D) Klinefelter's syndrome

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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 10 Class 12

Important point/s of Lamarck’s theory

Use and disuse of organs

Inheritance of acquired characters

Natural selection

Both a and b

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Rate of DNA replication by DNA polymerase is

2000 nucleotides / sec

1000 nucleotides / sec

150 nucleotides / sec

1050 nucleotides / sec

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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 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 13 Class 11

Gaseous exchange in plants takes place through the:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Stomata

B) Mesophyll

C) Endoderm

D) Xylem

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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 9 Class 11

In bryophytes fertilization takes place in

Antheridia

Archegonia

water

Ovule

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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 10 Class 11

Flame cells are commonly found in:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Platyhelminthes

B) Annelida

C) Coelenterate

D) All of above

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The blood enters the _____ side of heart

Posterior

All possibl

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Category: Biology

Q.5 Evaporation of water from aerial parts of plants is called:

A. ascent ofI Sap

B. deplasmolysis

C. deplasmolysis

D. none of these

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following category is most general with its members lest resembling with each other than the other categries:

Species

Genus

Family

Order

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Category: Biology

The element in basic structure of proteins which differentiate them from carbohydrates is?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Carbon.

B) Hydrogen.

C) Nitrogen.

D) None of these options is correct.

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Which one is not a nitrogen waste?

NUMS 2018
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Hypoxanthine

B) Xanthophyll

C) Adenine

E) Citrulline

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

In humans, ovaries after birth contain:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Oogonia

B) Primary oocyte

C) Secondary oocyte

D) Ova

24 / 100

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

Eukaryotic, multicellular and consumers belong to ______ kingdom.

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

A) Monera

B) Protista

C) Fungi

D) Animalia

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

DNA polymerase enzyme for PCR is isolated from bacteria, Thermus aquaticus, because;

UHS 2019
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) It can work at high speed.

B) It can withstand high denaturation temperature.

C) It can withstand low denaturation temperature.

D) It can be used again and again.

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The process of replacing or supplementing the defective allele with a functional, normal allele is known as ______.

NTS 2012
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Allele transplant

B) Physiotherapy

C) Gene therapy

D) Mutation

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following results from conjugation in paramecium?

PMC Practice 3
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell death

B) Cell division

C) Budding

D) Recombination

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Category: Biology

Egg-Laying mammals are called:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Reproduction

B) Protozoa

C) Chordata

D) Monotremes

E) Both A and D

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Category: Biology

The wings of the birds and forelegs of a horse are ______ structures.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Evolution

A) Analogous

B) Homologous

C) Vestigial

D) Evolutionary convergent

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Carolus Linnaeus was believer of

Special creation

Natural selection

Catastrophism

. Inheritance of acquired characters

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The scientific name of potato is Solanum tuberosum and that of brinjal is Solanum melongena. This indicates that both potato and brinjal are members of the

NTS 2014
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Same species but different genera

B) Same genus but different classes

C) Same species but different classes

D) Same genus but different species

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Reverse of prophase is

Interphase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

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Category: Biology

Q.34 What molecule would you not expect to find in a refrovirus

A. Adenine

B. Thymine

C. Uracil

D Guanine

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

The oxidation of PGAL during glycolysis yields ____ molecules.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) ATP

B) FAD

C) FADH

D) ADP

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Category: Biology

An Rh negative woman is married to an Rh positive man whose father was also Rh negative. What are the chances that their child will be affected?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) 25%

B) 50%

C) 75%

D) 100%

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Category: Biology

Which of the following diseases is sexually transmitted?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life

A) Tuberculosis

B) AIDS

C) Dengue Fever

D) Cholera

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Category: Biology

Identify the incorrect statement about Charles Darwin’s theory:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Evoloution

B) There is always a tendency of over reproduction in a species.

C) Vast gradual changes result in the origin of a new species.

D) Favorable variations survive and unfavorable will be exterminated.

E) Intra-specific competition occurs between different species and interspecific competition occurs among the individuals in a species.

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

What is an example of sperms of liverworts, mosses, ferns which move towards archegonia, in response to nucleic acid released by the ovum?

PMC Practice 7
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Chemotropic movement

B) Chemonastic movement

C) Haptonastic movement

D) Chemotactic movement

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

The size of Spirochete is

0.1 -600 um

100-200 nm

500 um

0.75-1.25 um

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Failure of separation of sister chromatids is called:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Nonfusion

B) Nondisjunction

C) Fusion

D) Interference

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

The _____ may be a cell, neuron ending or an organ that receives the stimulus.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Effector

B) Receptor

C) Adopter

D) Stimuli

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Which of the following is a copper containing protein in electron transport chain?

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Plastoquinone

B) Cytochrome – C

C) Plastocyanin

D) Ferredoxin

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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

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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
Elimination Tool:

A) The relaxation of the muscles of the diaphragm

B) Relaxation of the external intercostal muscles

D) The contraction of the muscles of the diaphragm

C) Increased pressure

47 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The second most abundant bio element in the human body is:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Oxygen

B) Carbon

C) Hydrogen

D) Nitrogen

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Active site of Rubisco is evolved to bind

CO2

O2

Both of these

H2O

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Category: Biology

Q.26 The function/s of HCl during digestion is/are:

A. Adjust the pH

B. Softens the food

C. Activate pepsinogen to pepsin

D. All A, B, C

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

A large regional community primarily determined by climate is called :

Population

Community

Biome

Habitat

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

In cystic fibrosis, liposomes-microscopic vesicles are sued which are coated with:

UHS 2015
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Healthy Gene

B) Chromosome

D) Carbohydrate

C) Protein

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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

53 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Exoskeleton of a marine snail is composed of

CaPO4

CaCO3

CaSO4

SiO2

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Amoeba belongs to which kingdom:

Prokaryotae

Plantae

Monera

Protista

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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

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

If the seed is heterozygous yellow (Yy). In a test cross, what will be the probability of appearance of seed colors?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) 0 % yellow, 100 % green

B) 25 % yellow, 75 % green

C) 50 % yellow, 50 % green

D) 75 % yellow, 25 % green

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Bacteria having a tuft of flagella at one end are called:

NTS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Peritrichous

B) Monotrichous

C) Lophotrichous

D) Amphitrichous

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Category: Biology

Which type of protein structure contains the three dimensional structure?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Primary

B) Secondary

C) Tertiary

D) Quaternary

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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
Elimination Tool:

A) RNA polymerase

B) Helicase

C) Elongation factor

D) Primase

60 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which animals support Darwin’s view of inheritance of desirable variations?

NTS 2019
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Giraffe

B) Galapagos finches

C) Snake

D) All of the above

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Earthworm is an example of ______ feeder

Detritus

Fluid

Macrophageus

Filter

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Total area of the world under cultivation is

5%

11%

21%

31%

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

During cellular respiration NADH2 produces:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) 2 ATP

B) 3 ATP

C) 4 ATP

D) 5 ATP

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Chimaeric DNA is also known as

Recombinant DNA

Complementary DNA

Vector

Plasmid

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

In which of the following are book lungs found?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Clam warm

B) Spider

C) Silverfish

D) Leech

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Which of the following blood vessels have the highest pressure of blood?

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Aorta

B) Pulmonary arteries

C) Pulmonary veins

D) Vena cava

67 / 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

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

A sponge of Antarctica which is more than a meter tall is known as?

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Euplectella

B) Spongilla

C) Leucosolenia

D) Scolymastra joubini

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Foliose lichen are

Stem like

Branching

Leaf like

Crust like

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which one of the following combinations is NOT the part of an animal cell?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Central vacuole, Cell Membrane, Ribosomes

B) Chloroplast, Ribosome , Mitochondrion

C) Cell wall, Chloroplast, Central vacuole

D) Ribosome, Mitochondrion, Cell wall

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The genetically Engineered vaccine is not available for which of the following?

PMC Practice 8
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) HAV

B) HBV

C) HCV

D) HDV

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which of these cycles operate in human females?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Oestrous cycle

B) Menstrual cycle

C) Both Options A and B are correct

D) None of these options is correct

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Overgrazing results in:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Totally barren lands

B) Good pastured lands

C) Salinity

D) Rocky areas

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

75% osmotic pressure of blood is maintained by:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Globulin

C) Fibrinogen

B) Prothrombin

D) Albumin

75 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Reduction division is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Amitosis

B) Mitosis

C) Meiosis I

D) Meiosis II

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Carbohydrates, fats & proteins are essential for:

Metabolic processes of an organism

Providing energy

Formation of sturctures

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

The disease, which is caused by defect in a single gene or pair of genes is referred to as:

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Unifactorial

B) Multifactorial

C) Down syndrome

D) Turner syndrome

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Category: Biology

Lymph nodes are not present:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Neck region

B) Axilla

C) Groin

D) Spleen

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Second major form of hepatitis is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Hepatitis A

B) Hepatitis B

C) Hepatitis C

D) Hepatitis D

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Category: Biology

Amylase is not produced by the following type(s) of salivary gland:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Nutrition

A) Parotid

B) Submandibular

C) Sublingual

D) None of the given options are correct

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following are instant sources of energy in living organisms, like glucose? Their general formula is:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) Cx(H2O)y

B) C6H12O6

C) Cx(H2O)x

D) Cx(HO)y

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi do not contain:

NTS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell wall

C) Chlorophyll

B) Hyphae

D) Mycelium

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which of the following statements is true about Savannah?

NTS 2015 DUHS and JSMU
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Dry season is very long and the temperature ranges more than 18 C throughout the year

B) Its plants do not shed off their leaves

C) The subsoil is permanently frozen

D) Rainfall is up to 200 cm per year

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Gametes in animals are produced by

Mitosis

RedMeiosis

BlueFission

Apomixis

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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

87 / 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 5 Class 11

Viruses resemble living things because they:

NTS 2017
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) Circulate

B) Move

C) Reproduce

D) Are crystalline

89 / 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

90 / 100

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

91 / 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

92 / 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

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

A group of 8 cocci is called

Diplococci

Octococci

Tetrad

Sarcina

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

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

Photosynthesis

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

Respiration

95 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.60 A small size gene can be get easily by/from:

A. From chromosome

B. Reverse transcription of mRNA

C. Chemically synthesized it

D. Genomic material

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

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

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Leptotene

B) Zygotene

C) Synapsis

D) Diplotene

97 / 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

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Hot substance is escaped from inside the earth in the form of

Volcanoes

Hot springs

Geysers

All of these

99 / 100

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’

100 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

The law of dominance is illustrated in the garden pea by:

NTS 2010
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

B) Heterozygous tall x heterozygous tall

C) Homozygous tall x homozygous tall

D) Pure short x pure short

E) Homozygous tall x pure short

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