Biology Practice Test 4

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Complex specialized flagellates living symbiotically in the gut of termites are

Trichonymphas

Trypanosoma

Euglena

Radiolarians

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Female rabbits are:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) induced ovulators

B) spontaneous ovulators

C) seasonal ovulators

D) indifferent ovulators

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Category: Biology

How many ml of blood is pumped by each contraction of the heart?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Transport

A) 80 ml

B) 90 ml

C) 70 ml

D) 60 ml

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The botanical name of Imli is:

NTS 2012
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Cassia fistula

B) Mimosa pudica

C) Tamarindus indica

D) Datura alba

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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 1 Class 12

The site and principal mechanism for the passage of glucose into the bloodstream in the human kidney is the:

NTS 2014
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) collecting duct …. by active secretion

C) glomerulus …. by selective reabsorption

D) glomerulus …. by ultrafiltration

E) Proximal convoluted tubule …. By active reabsorption

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The most abundant organic compounds in a mammalian cell are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Water

B) Lipids

C) Carbohydrates

D) Proteins

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Rod-shaped bacteria are known as:

NUMS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Cocci

B) Bacilli

C) Spirilla

D) None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Vocal cords, which help in voice production are two thin edged fibrous bands, present in:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Glottis

B) Bronchus

C) Larynx

D) Trachea

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Nissl’s granules are present in which part of the neuron?

Axoplasm

Myelin sheath.

Dendrite

Soma

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Category: Biology

Q.58 Which of the following is incorrect for ascent of sap?

A. water potential

B. Cohesion tension

C. root pressure

D. imbibition

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Category: Biology

Movement of the Hip joint is which type of synovial joints?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Support and Movement

A) Gliding joint

B) Ball and socket joint

C) Pivot joints

D) Hinge joint

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

The most successful land adapting plants are:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Mosses

B) Ferns

C) Gymnosperms

D) Angiosperms

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Disease in living organisms caused by parasites is called

Parasitism

Infestation

Predation

Infection

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

How does chemosynthesis differ from photosynthesis?

NUMS 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Source of energy to carry out the reaction

B) Production of organic compounds

C) Reduction of CO2

D) Carried out by bacteria

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Fibrinogen is necessary for:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Metabolism

B) Respiration

C) Reproduction

D) Clotting

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Of the following, which one is better respiratory medium.

Air

Water

Soil

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

A _____ is a junction between two neurons or between a motor neuron and a muscle cell:

PMC 2020
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Impulse

B) Synapse

C) Axon

D) Cleft

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi store surplus food in the form of

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Cellulose

B) Glycogen

C) Starch

D) Both B and C

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which of the following is not correct for food web?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Start with primary consumers

B) Formed from food chain

C) Stable than food chain

D) Complex with food chain

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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 5 Class 12

Speed of growth is

Rapid throughout

Slow throughout

First slow then rapid then slow again

First rapid then slow

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Category: Biology

Q.35 Enzymes for light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis would most likely be associated with:

A. Outer membrane of the chloroplast

B. Inner membrane of the chloroplast

C. Stroma of the chloroplast

D. Thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which of the following plays the major role in providing support to young herbaceous parts of the plant:

Living cells of epidermis with higher turgor pressure.

Living cells of cortex and pith with higher turgor pressure.

Collenchyma cells

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Hydra reproduces asexually by:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Binary fission

B) Multiple fission

D) Regeneration

C) Budding

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Category: Biology

The term “Loss of appetite” refers to disease:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Nutrition

A) Botulism

B) Anorexia nervosa

C) Obesity

D) Bulemia nervosa

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Category: Biology

Q4 The branch that deals with the study of viruses fs known as?

A.. Entomology

B. Bacteriology

Virology

D. Epidemiology

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Tetracycline and penicillins are:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Disinfectants

B) Antibiotics

C) Antiseptics

D) Antigens

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

In asexual reproduction offspring are produced by

Meiosis

Mitosis

Both a and b

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The process of determining the locus for particular biological traits includes?

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Replication

B) Recombination

C) Gene mapping

D) None of these options is correct

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Aerobic respiration results in how much ATP?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) 2

B) 36

C) 18

D) 32

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

An increrase in plant girth due to activity of _____ is called secondary growth.

Cork cambium

Pith

Vascular cambium

Both a and c

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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

Q.52 A chromosome in which a centromere stays at one end is called?

A. Metacentric

Telocentric

C. Acrocentric

D. All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

_______ organelles are involved in the synthesis of the plant cell wall.

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Endoplasmic reticulum

B) Golgi complex

C) Lysosomes

D) Peroxisomes

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Category: Biology

Which valve action results from an increase in pressure in the ventricles of the heart?

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Transport

A) The closing of all the heart valves

B) The closing of semilunar valves

C) The opening of the bicuspid valve

D) The opening of the semilunar valves

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The following are all features of eukaryotic cells:

I. chloroplast

II. peroxisome

III. lysosome

IV. mitochondrion

v. nucleus

Which of these have a double membrane?

NTS 2014
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) I, II and IV

B) I, III and V

C) I, IV and V

D) II, III and V

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Which of the following is not the function of the cerebrum?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Voluntary digestion

B) Thinking

C) Intelligence

D) Skeletal muscles

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Fibers of the extracellular matrix are attached to ______ in the plasma membrane:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Phospholipids

B) Carbohydrates

C) Glycolipids

D) Proteins

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Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Bioenergetics

A) Stroma to Lumen

B) Cytoplasm to Stroma

C) Lumen to Stroma

D) Stroma to cytoplasm

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Category: Biology

Q.7 Ribosomes are assembled in the nucleolus and then exported to cytoplasm via:

Exocytosis

Nuclear Pores

C. Nuclear envelope

D. Carrier mediated diffusion

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Which of the following is TRUE about Amoebae?

PMC 2020
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) They have flagella

B) They are multicellular

C) They do not cause any disease in humans

D) They move by forming specialized cytoplasmic projections called pseudopodia

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which of the following is not true for retroviruses?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Bio-diversity | Variety of Life
Elimination Tool:

A) They are cuboidal in shape

B) They are enveloped by host plasma membrane

C) They have enzyme reverse transcriptase

D) All of them are not specific

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which type of bonds are never formed when a substrate fits into the active site of an enzyme?

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Hydrogen bonds

B) Ionic interactions

C) Hydrophobic interactions

D) Covalent linkages

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

The only vein in the human body carrying oxygenated blood is:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Femoral

B) Pulmonary

C) Renal

D) Iliac

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

The ecological role of fungi as decomposers is paralleled only by

UHS 2010
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Prions

B) Algae

C) Bacteria

D) Viruses

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Mark the one Kingdom having the most conspicuous living organisms?

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

A) Monera

B) Protista

C) Animalia

D) Plantae

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Geothermal energy is

. Energy obtained from nuclear fuel

Energy obtained from burning natural fuels

Heat energy trapped underground

Energy obtained from blowing hot winds

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Choose the correct combination:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Darwin – survival of the fittest

B) Darwin – no extinction

C) Lamarck – acquired transmission

D) Both Darwin – survival of the fittest and Lamark – acquired transmission

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Horsetails are included in class

Sphenopeida

Lycopsida

Psilopsida

Pteropsida

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which one is NOT a continuous trait?

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Human height

B) Tongue rolling

C) Wheat grain color

D) Human skin color

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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

Q.14 A man is suffering from fever. What will be the effect on his enzyme activity of the body?

A. Slightly decreased

B. Enzyme inactivation

C. Enzyme denaturation

D. No effect on enzyme activity

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The voice box leads to the trachea which is also called

PMC Practice 1
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Bronchi

B) Bronchioles

C) Windpipe

D) Alveolar duct

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

The structure which prevents the entry of food particles into the respiratory passage is:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Hard palate

B) Epiglottis

C) Soft palate

D) Larynx

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Which of the following is not a sterilization method for the control of bacteria?

PMC Practice 4
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Radiation

C) High temperature

B) Filtration

D) Antiseptic

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Carotenoids are related to:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Vitamin A

B) Vitamin B

C) Vitamin C

D) Vitamin D

61 / 100

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 10 Class 11

The animals in which coelom is formed due to splitting of mesocerm are known as

Pseudocoelous

Schizocoelous

Enterocoelous

Emphicoelous

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Three word equations are shown:

P. Carbon dioxide + water gives glucose + oxygen

Q. Glucose + oxygen gives carbon dioxide + water

R. Glucose gives alcohol + carbon dioxide

What is / are the equations for anaerobic respiration in yeast?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) P only

B) Q only

C) R only

D) all of the above

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

The role a species plays in a community including behavior and influence is

Nichon

Niche

Autecology

Profession

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

In electron transport chain, ATP synthesis takes place when electrons move from:

PMC 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Primary Electron Acceptor (PEA) to Plastoquinone (Pq)

B) Plastoquinone (Pq) to cytochromes

C) Cytochrome to Plastocyanin (Pc)

D) Plastocyanin (Pc) to Photosystem I (PS I)

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

In plants growth is of

Four types

Five types

One type

Two types

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Hinge joint occurs in:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Elbow

B) Skull

C) Ankle

D) Backbone

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Leukaemia is associated with an increased number of _____ in blood.

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Erythrocytes

B) Basophils

C) Eosinophils

D) Leucocytes

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

All populations within an ecosystem interconnected to one another are known as

Species

Family

Community

Biomes

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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 1 Class 12

Higher turgor pressure in a plant cell is maintained by:

Large number of vacoules in a plant cell.

Higher ionic concentration inside vacuoles resulting from active pumping of ions at their tonoplastic membrane

Higher osmotic pressure of the cell vacuole

both b and c

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Category: Biology

If concentration time graph of a reactant indicates a constant half life, then the order reaction with respect to that reactant is:

NUMS Mock 4
Chemistry
Reaction Kinetics

A) Zero order

B) Half order

C) Second order

D) First order

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Coenocytic hyphae are also known as

Septate

. Perforated hyphae

Aseptate

Uninucleate hyphae

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Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the statement about cell membrane is not true?

It contains protein molecules embedded in lipid bilayer

It is a differentially permeable membrane.

It contains charged pores thus ions being charged particles cross cell membrance much easier than neutral particles.

It may get infolded to engulf solid or liquid material.

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Category: Biology

Q.53____________________are among smallest known virus

A. Picornavirus

B. Parvoviruses

C. Herpes virus

D. Rotavirus

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

What will happen, if there is an increase in plasma albumin?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Increased blood pressure

B) Increased rate of heart

C) Greater accumulation of tissue fluid

D) Decreased filtration in glomerulus

77 / 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

78 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Wild life refers to

All plants of the world

All non cultivated plant

Non domesticated animals

Both b and c

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Sperms of liverworts, mosses, ferns move towards archegonia, in response to uncleic acid released by the ovum. This is an example of:

Chemotropic movement

Chemotactic movement.

Chemosastic movement

. Haptonastic movement.

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

Purine and pyrimidine catabolism results in production of

Creatinine

Trimethyamine oxide

Xanthine

None of these

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Category: Biology

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

A. H-bonds

B. Disulphide bridges

C. Ionic interactions

D. Hydrophobic interactions

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

The gene which controls ABO group has how many alleles in an individual

One

Two

Three

Four

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Yeasts, the unicellular fungi belongs mostly to the group:

UHS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Deuteromycota

C) Basidiomycota

B) Zygomycota

D) Ascomycota

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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

85 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

In recombinant DNA technology, the copies of recombinant DNA are increased by:

NTS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Restriction enzyme

B) Ligase

C) Selection of host with rDNA

D) Multiplication of host with rDNA

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

A major constituent of contraceptive pills is:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Estrogen

B) Progesterone

C) Prolactin

D) Testosterone

87 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following is not a vestigial organ of man?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Evolution

A) Appendix

B) Coccyx

C) Both Options A and B are correct

D) None of these options is correct

88 / 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

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Where do the light – dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) In the guard cells of the stomata

B) Stroma of chloroplast

C) In the thylakoid membrane of chloroplast

D) Cytoplasm of leaf cell

90 / 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

91 / 100

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

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Chlorophyll is insoluble in:

Carbon tetrachloride

Alcohol

Organic solvents

Water

93 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

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

NUMS 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Na+

B) K+

C) Mg2+

D) Cl-

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Which one of the following is NOT a mode of transmission of AIDS?

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

A) Through unsterilized needles

B) Through contact with open wounds

D) Through holding hands

C) Through blood transfusion

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In animals excess of nitrogen is excreted primarily in form of

Creatinine

Trimethyamine oxide

Pyrimidine

Ammonia

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Oxygen is transported by combining with ……….. in Hb.

NUMS 2015
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Nitrogen

B) Iron

D) Hydrogen

C) Carbon

97 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Mendel concluded that each organism has two hereditary factors for each trait, now called:

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Chromatids

B) Alleles

C) Chromosomes

D) None of the above

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Phenotype for both TT and Tt is tall, so the allele T is known as:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Dominant

B) Recessive

C) Homozygous

D) Heterozygous

99 / 100

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

100 / 100

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

Your score is

The average score is 61%

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