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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

The number of stomata present per cm2 of leaf is:

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Less than 100

B) 1,000 to 60,000

C) One million

D) None of the above

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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

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Category: Biology

Q.62 The animals that have features of both mammals and reptiles are?

A. Duckbill platypus

B. Spiny anteater

C. Wolves

D. Both A and B

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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 10 Class 11

Scales are present in:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Fishes

B) Reptiles

C) Birds

E) A and B

6 / 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

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

In alkaptonuria

Patient's urine contains homogenetisic acid

Urine becomes black

Both a and b

Urine contains phenylalanine

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

The process of cartilage formation is known as:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Chondrioblasts

B) Chondriocutosis

C) Chondrogenesis

D) None of these

9 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Which one is a non-renewable resource?

Wild life

Forests

Natural gas

Land

10 / 100

Category: Biology

Given figures shows:

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

A) Structure of Lenticel

B) Hydathode showing gaseous vapour exchange

C) Fungus reproducing by spore formation

D) Algae reproducing by spore formation

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

In human heart, the left atrium receives:

PMC 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) The superior vena cava

B) The inferior vena cava

C) The coronary sinus

D) The four pulmonary veins

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

A tortion of chromatin that is condensed only during cell division is

Euchromatin

Heterochromatin

Biochromatin

Nucleochromatin

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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

Q.13 Cellulose is the major component of?

A. Primary wall

B. Secondary wall

C. Middle lamella

D. All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

If we cross round (RR) seeded plants with wrinkled (rr) seed plant, and get F1 round seeded. In F2 generation, what will be genotypic ration of plants try Punnett square method?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

B) 1:1

C) 2:1

D) 1:1:2

E) 1:2:1

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Glucose and fructose join together through _____ to form sucrose.

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Biological Molecules
Elimination Tool:

A) 1, 4 glycosidic linkage

B) 1, 6 glycosidic linkage

D) 1,3 glycosidic linkage

C) 1,2 glycosidic linkage

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Category: Biology

Q.38 Which of the following best describes a coenzyme?

A. Covalently bonded non-protein part of an enzyme

B. Cofactor consists of metal ions

C. Loosely bonded non-protein part of an enzyme

D. Both A and B

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Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Photosynthesis is absent in which of the following:

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacteria

B) None of these

C) Seaweeds

D) Mushrooms

19 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Fungi can tolerate pH from

3?7

2?6

2?9

. 3?6

20 / 100

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

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

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Reproduction

A) Vas deferens

B) Malpighian tubule system

C) Seminiferous tubules

D) Ejaculatory duct

22 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

In which of the following growth phases, the number of bacteria increases the most rapidly?

NTS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Lag phase

B) Log phase

C) Stationary phase

D) Death / Decline phase

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Category: Biology

Q.21 The spent energy in the form pf ADP is regeneratèd by mitochondria into which of the following forni?

A. AMP

B.ATP

C.ADP

D.All of these

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Category: Biology

A man who has type AB blood cannot father a child with type ___ blood, because he would pass on either the ___ or the B allele to all of his offspring.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) A,O

B) O,A

C) B, O

D) B, A

25 / 100

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 Ch 1 Class 12

Purine and pyrimidine catabolism results in production of

Creatinine

Trimethyamine oxide

Xanthine

None of these

27 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Pick the mismatched pair for birds:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Air spaces – lighter body

B) Pectoral muscles – strong pull of wings

C) Urinary bladder – producing semisolid urine

D) Keel – attachment of muscles

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A cofactor made of inorganic ion which is detachable is called

Prosthetic group

Coenzyme

Activator

Cofactor

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Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

T-Lymphocytes are matured in thymus glands and they are produced in:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Thymus glands

B) Bone marrow

D) Heart

C) Pancreas

30 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Which of the following has oxygenated blood?

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Renal veins

B) None

C) Pulmonary artery

D) Hepatic portal veins

31 / 100

Category: Biology

In which of the following growth phases, the number of bacteria increases the most rapidly?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Kingdom Protista

A) Lag phase

B) Log phase

C) Stationary phase

D) Death / Decline phase

32 / 100

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.19 Sm0oth endoplasmic reticulum is abundant in which types of cells?

A. lipid metabolism

B. protein metabolism

C. glucose metabolism

D. calcium metabolism

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

In Maxam – Gilbert method, DNA threads are:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Chemically synthesized

B) Synthesized from mRNA

C) Synthesized by using terminating nucleotides

D) Chemically cut into pieces

35 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.53____________________are among smallest known virus

A. Picornavirus

B. Parvoviruses

C. Herpes virus

D. Rotavirus

36 / 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

37 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

In a typical compound microscope the resolution is 2 μm. Which is about _____ that of naked eye.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) 100 x

B) 300 x

C) 400 x

D) 500 x

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Category: Biology

Which of the following organelles are present in all the bacteria?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote

A) Mesosome

B) Golgi bodies

C) Mitochondria

D) Chloroplast

39 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Which of the following statements is true about metaphase?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Cell Cycle
Elimination Tool:

A) Chromosomes are thickest during this phase

B) Chromosomes are shortest during this phase

C) Chromosomes are longest during this phase

D) Chromosomes are shortest and thickest during this phase

40 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

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

Hair end organs

Meissner's Corpuscles.

Pacinian corpuscles.

None of these.

41 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Why do Bryophytes and ferns both require water for fertilization?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Plantae
Elimination Tool:

A) Ciliated spermatozoa instead of flagellated spermatozoa

B) Sporophyte as the main generation instead of the gametophyte generation

D) Non-motile eggs

C) Flagellated spermatozoa can travel

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Due to the similarity of structure, competitive inhibitors may be selected by the _______ site.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Catalytic

B) Active

C) Binding

D) Allosteric

43 / 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 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

45 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place in _______ of chloroplast.

NUMS 2020
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Thylakoids

B) Grana

C) Intergrana

D) Stroma

46 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

When the temperature of the surrounding environment rises, body responds by:

PMC 2020
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Vasoconstriction

B) Vasodilation

C) Shivering

D) Raising body hairs

47 / 100

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

48 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following transport mechanism induces conformational change in protein?

A. Simple diffusion

B. Facilitated diffusion

C. Active transport

D. Endocytosis

49 / 100

Category: Biology

Booklungs serve the function of respiration in:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

A) Scorpion

B) Earthworm

C) Frog

D) Cockroaches

50 / 100

Category: Biology

The position of an organism in a food chain of an ecosystem called:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Man and His Environment

A) Level of ecosystem

B) Food chain

C) Food web

D) Trophic level

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

By PCR we mean:

UHS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Polymerase chronic reaction

B) Polymerase chain reaction

C) Polymerase copy reaction

D) Polymerase cross reaction

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 Ch 6 Class 11

In a bacterial cell, plasma membrane with all things present within it is called:

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Cytoplasmic matrix

B) Cytoplasm

C) Protoplast

D) Cell Structure

54 / 100

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 Ch 13 Class 11

The blood enters the _____ side of heart

Posterior

All possibl

56 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Which of the following is not a basic unit of the cell?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Cell wall

B) Cell membrane

C) Nucleus

D) Ribosome

57 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.25 The substrate of the trypsin is:

A. Proteins

B. Dipeptides

C. Polypeptides

D. Amino acids

58 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

FADH2 is produced during which step of Krebs cycle?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) When Isocitrate is converted into alpha – ketoglutarate

B) When alpha – Ketogluterate is converted into Succinate

C) When Succinate is converted into Fumarate

D) When Fumarate is converted into Maltose

59 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Balance in the nutrient cycle can be upset when

Too much food is consumed

Not enough food is produced

Decayed nutrients are not returned to the ground

All of these

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Category: Biology

Q.63 Which hormone is produced mainly by corpus luteum in she ovary following ovulation?

A. Progesterone

B. FSH

C.LH

D. Chorionic gonadotrophic hormone

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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 7 Class 12

Reverse of prophase is

Interphase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

63 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Molluscs have an exoskeleton made up of:

NTS 2016 DUHS & JSMU
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Protein

B) Silica

D) Cuticles

C) CaCO3

64 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Study of relationship of organisms to their environment is

Ecology

Palaentology

Geology

None of these

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which disorder among the following CANNOT be detected by amniocentesis?..

NTS 2019
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Haemophilia

B) Heart defects

D) Cystic fibrosis

C) Tay-Sachs disease

66 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which of the following statement about an arthropod exoskeleton is incorrect?

It permits gaseous exchange.

It contains joints, for the same purpose as present in human skeletal system.

It provides muscle attachment.

Like all the other types of exoskeleton, they lack sensation.

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Root like structure in saprotrophic fungi are called

Rhizodis

Haustoria

Hyphae

Constricting rings

68 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Which statement is true?

Producers are heterotrophic organisms

Consumers are autotrophic organisms

Fungi and bacteria are decomposers

Consumers release chemical elements as ions

69 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

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

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Spiral and indeterminate

B) Radial and determinate

C) Radial and indeterminate

D) Spiral and determinate

70 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Germ theory was presented by:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Robert Koch

B) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

C) Robert Hooke

D) Robert Brown

71 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

When abdomen expands, the number of spiracles open is

2

3

6

8

72 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Process that supplies food to living things through decaying and decomposition is called

. Food cycle

Nutrient cycle

Dead-live cycle

None of these

73 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Undigested food in cockroach is stored in:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Crop

B) Rectum

C) Gizzard

D) Crop & Rectum

74 / 100

Category: Biology

Q4 A condition with abnormal amount of fats is called:

A. anorexia

B. botulism

C. piles

D. obesity

75 / 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

76 / 100

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.

77 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

Chlorosis, i.e., yellowish hue on the leaves results from

Accumulation of toxic waste products in leaves.

Deficiency of chlorophyll.

Short supplies of mineral nutrients in the soil

All of these

78 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

A) Histoplasmosis

B) Tuberculosis

C) Cystic fibrosis

D) None of the given options

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Exposure to ______ light is effective in photosynthesis as it enables guard cells to take up K+ and open the stomata.

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Blue

C) Green

D) Orange

80 / 100

Category: Biology

The inhibitor which closely resembles the substrate in its molecular structure and inhibits the enzyme activity by binding to the active site of the enzyme is called:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Enzymes

A) Feedback inhibitor

B) Non-competitive inhibitor

C) Allosteric modulator

D) Competitive inhibitor

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

What is not true about the induced fit model:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

B

A) Explains mechanism of enzyme action

B) Enzyme is specific in nature

C) Enzyme is a flexible structure

D) Enzyme doesn’t show change during reaction

82 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following is correct in humans?

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Reproduction

A) Both sperm and egg contain yolk

B) All genetic information comes from sperm

C) Sperm contains little cytoplasm

D) Fertilization commonly occurs in the uterus

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

An activated enzyme made of polypeptide chain and a cofactor is?

PMC Practice 2
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Substrate

B) Coenzyme

C) Apoenzyme

D) Holoenzyme

84 / 100

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

85 / 100

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%

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The DNA that has been altered and which now contains length of nucleotides from two different organisms is called a:

PMC 2020
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Plasmid

B) Combined DNA

C) Vector

D) Recombinant DNA

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

The deficiency of which of the following cause severe combined immunodeficiency

PMC Sample 3
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) hypoxanthine-guanine transferase

B) xanthine oxidase

C) PRPP synthatase

D) adeninosine deaminase

88 / 100

Category: Biology

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

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Man and His Environment

A) Herbivores

B) Carnivores

C) Omnivores

D) Detritivores

89 / 100

Category: Biology

Q3 Assymetrical body is a feature of phylum

A. Annelida

B. Arthropoda

C. Porifera

D. Cnidaria

90 / 100

Category: Biology

When both the alleles of a gene pair are same, the organism is said to be:

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Heterozygous

B) Genotype

C) Homozygous

D) Phenotype

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The technique used for the non-surgical removal of kidney stones is called:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Ultrasound

B) Lithotripsy

C) Dialysis

D) X-rays

92 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

Which one forms the raw material for coenzymes?

Vitamins

Carbohydrates

Proteins

Metals

93 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.20 Of the following, which one is not the characteristic of kingdom animalia:

A. All animals are ingestive heterotrophs

B. All animals are diploid

C. All animals are eukaryotes

D. All animals are developed from dissimilar haploid gametes e.g. larger sperm and small egg

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 11

A student of chemical engineering mistakenly engulfed the toxic compound “A” which was a potent inhibitor of a certain enzyme. He was immediately brought to a hospital where the doctor injected, intravenously, substrate “B” to minimize the toxic effect of Compound A. His life was saved from serious damage. The treatment method shows that compound A was a ______ inhibitor.

UHS 2019
Biology
Enzymes
Elimination Tool:

A) Non competitive

B) Irreversible

C) Temperature sensitive

D) Competitive reversible

95 / 100

Category: Biology

Four events in the transmission of nerve impulses across synapses are:

I. depolarisation of the presynaptic membrane

II. propagation of postsynaptic action potential

III. reabsorption of the transmitter substance

IV. release of transmitter substance into the synaptic cleft

In which sequence do these events occur?

FIRST -> LAST

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Coordination and Control
D) IV, III, I and II

A) I, III, II, and IV

B) I, IV, II and III

C) IV, I, III and II

D) IV, III, I and II

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

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

NUMS 2016
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) 80 ml

B) 90 ml

C) 70 ml

D) 60 ml

97 / 100

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

98 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 12

Microtubules are composed of

Action protein

Actin and myosin proteins

Sphingomyelin and tubulin

Tubulin protein and traces of RNA

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Colour of corpus luteum is:

NUMS 2018
Biology
Reproduction
Elimination Tool:

A) Red

B) Yellow

C) Grey

D) Black

100 / 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

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