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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

Grassland of Argentina is:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Man and His Environment
Elimination Tool:

A) Prairies

B) Savana

C) Boreal

D) Pampas

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Category: Biology

Q.14 Protein coat of a virus enclosing nucleic acid is called?

A. Vector

B. Capsid

C. Plasmid

D. Genome

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Platyhelminthes means:

NTS 2017
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Flat worms

B) Roundworms

C) Segmented worms

D) None of the above

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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

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Category: Biology

What part of the brain integrates sensory information such as pain and temperature?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Forebrain

B) Midbrain

C) Hindbrain

D) Spinal cord

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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

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Category: Biology

Q.19 Of the following, which one is not included in protostomes:

A. Arthropods

B. Poriferans

C. Annelids

D. Coelenterates

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Tuberculosis is caused by?

NTS 2015 SMBBMC
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Bacterium

B) Allergy

C) Nicotine

D) Virus

9 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which method is of asexual reproduction?

Sporulation

Fission

Apomixis

All of these

10 / 100

Category: Biology

The ability of an individual to pass on its phenotype to future generations is known as:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Fitness

B) Heritability

C) Limited environmental resources

D) Overproduction of offspring

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Category: Biology

Q.46 Which part of the brain connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord?

A. Forebrain

B. Cerebrum

C. Cerebellum

D. Brainstem

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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

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Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 11

In animals coordination is achieved by means of

Respiratory system

Nervous system

Endocrine system

Both b and c

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Category: Biology

Which of the following statements are true for mitochondria and chloroplasts?

A. ATP synthesis is seen in both
B. Outer membrane has more surface area in both
C. Circular naked DNA, RNA, and 70 ribosomes are seen in both
D. Oxidative phosphorylation occurs in both

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) A and B

B) B and C

C) A and C

D) A and D

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Chimaeric DNA is also known as

Recombinant DNA

Complementary DNA

Vector

Plasmid

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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 11 Class 11

Which component enters into mitochondria after glycolysis?

NUMS 2015
Biology
Bioenergetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Pyruvate

B) Acetate

C) Oxaloacetate

D) Acetyl – CoA

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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 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

20 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Which of the following sets of bones does not included in the axial skeleton?

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Cranium and facial bones

B) Sternum, ribs, vertebrae

C) Lumbar, Thoracic and pelvic bones

D) Pectoral girdles, pelvic girdle, and appendages

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Xerophytes have small thick leaves to;

UHS 2019
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Help them float on water

B) Limit water loss, by increasing the surface area

C) Help them survive in salty environment

D) Limit water loss, by reducing the surface area

22 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following blood transfusions can be made safely?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Variation and Genetics

A) Group A to group B

B) Group B to group AB

C) Group AB to group O

D) Group A to group O

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the statement is not true for compounds like glycoprotein and glycolipids?

They are conjugated molecules of carbohydrates

Both have role in the extra cellular matrix of animals and bacterial cell wall

They are components of biological membranes.

Both are produced and secreted by endoplasmic reticulum

24 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Hybrid black Guinea pigs are crossed with each other. The resulting offsprings will be:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) All black

B) All white

C) 3 black, 1 white

D) 3 white, 1 black

25 / 100

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 4 Class 11

70S sized ribosomes are found in the cytoplasm of:

PMC 2020
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Algae

B) Fungi

C) Protozoans

D) Bacteria

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Category: Biology

Which of the following compounds possesses a single covalent bond between carbon and hydrogen?

NUMS Mock 4
Chemistry
Hydrocarbons

A) CH4

B) C2H2

C) C2H4

D) All of the above

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Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

DNA analysis is done to

Diagnose viral infections

Identify criminals

Determine evolution

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 3 Class 12

All of the following hormones are secreted from anterior lobe of pituitary gland BUT:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Coordination and Control
Elimination Tool:

A) Somatotropin hormone

B) Thyroid stimulating hormone

C) Antidiuretic hormone

D) Gonadotrophic hormone

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 11

Which of the following carbohydrate is tasteless?

Monosaccharide

Oligosaccharide

Polysaccharide

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

_____ is activated to ______ by enterokinase / enteropeptidase enzyme secreted the lining of duodenum:

NUMS 2019 Cancelled
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Pepsinogen, pepsin

B) Trypsinogen, trypsin

C) Pepsinogen, trypsin

D) Chymotrypsinogen, chymotrypsin

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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

33 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Which statement about dominant and recessive alleles is not correct?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) A dominant characteristic is seen in the phenotype of a heterozygote.

B) A homozygous genotype may be either dominant or recessive.

C) Recessive phenotypes always have two recessive alleles.

D) The phenotype of a homozygote is always dominant.

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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

A/An ______ is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent.

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Nutrition

A) Cellular anaerobe

B) Respiratory anaerobe

C) Obligate anaerobe

D) Facultative anaerobe

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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

37 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

Which of the following fungi is utilized in the baking industry?

NTS 2011
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Mushrooms

B) Yeast

C) Bread mold

D) Penicillium

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Function of intercalary meristems is

. Increase in length

Increase in diameter

Production of leaves and flowers

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Pseudocoelem develops from

Blastopore

Plastoquinone

Blastocoel

Splitting of mesoderm

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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

Q.68 The spinal cord consist of which type of cell bodies?

A. Sensory neuron

B. motor neuron

C. connector neuron

D. all of these

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Intercalary meristems are of

Permanent nature

Temporary nature

Some are permanent some temporary

None of these

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Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

Cyanobacteria have which of the following type of cell wall?

PMC Sample 2
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Gram positive

B) Gram negative

C) Cellulose

D) Acid fast

44 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Choose the correct pathway for the flow of blood:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Arterioles → metarterioles → capillaries → thoroughfare channels

B) Arterioles → thoroughfare channel → metarterioles → capillaries

C) Thoroughfare channel → arterioles → capillaries → metarterioles

D) Metarterioles → arterioles → thoroughfare channels → capillaries

45 / 100

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

Which of the following part of the cell is described as a fluid mosaic?

NUMS Mock 4
Biology
Cell Structure and Function

A) Chloroplast.

B) Vacuole.

C) Cell membrane.

D) Endoplasmic Reticulum.

47 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

Which factor decides what type of variation should be flourished and passed on to the next generations?

NTS 2019
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Species

B) Population

C) Survival

D) Environment

48 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

Mark the one Kingdom having the most conspicuous living organisms?

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

A) Monera

B) Protista

C) Animalia

D) Plantae

49 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Which process takes place during the movement of glucose from the body fluid to the blood?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Endosmosis

B) Osmosis

C) Active transport

D) Facilitated diffusion

50 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Cells elongate by

Mitosis

Uptake of water

Stretching

Formation of cell wall

51 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 12

Genetic engineering has been successfully used for producing;

UHS 2019
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Animals, with inferior traits.

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

C) Animals, that have the same genetic constitution.

D) None of the above

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Category: Biology

Q.27 In the process of esterification OH is derived from?

A. Ether

B. Alcohol

C. Water

D. Both A and B

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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 Ch 2 Class 12

Muscle fiber has many _____ and in turns these have many ______.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Support and Movement
Elimination Tool:

A) Myofibrils; sarcomeres

B) Myofibrils; thin filaments

C) Myosin; thin filaments

D) Myosin; sarcomeres

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Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 12

Abiotic components include

Atmosphere

Hydrosphere

Lithosphere

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 11

A combination of alpha interferon and ribavirin is used for the treatment of hepatitis:

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

A) B

B) A

C) D

D) C

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 11

Pharynx leads air into _____ through glottis.

NTS 2012
Biology
Gaseous Exchange
Elimination Tool:

A) Trachea

B) Bronchus

C) Alveoli

E) Larynx

58 / 100

Category: Biology

The autonomic nervous system controls all of the following activities except:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Coordination and Control

A) Digestion of food

B) Heart beat

C) Contraction of pupil of eye

D) Thought

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Category: Biology

When the concentration of the external medium is equal to the concentration of the internal medium of a cell, the situation is called:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Hypertonic

B) Hypotonic

C) Isotonic

D) Heterotonic

60 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.10 Synaptic vesicles discharge which hormone at the neuromuscular junction?

A, acetylcholine

B. adrenaline

C. estradiol

D. testosterone

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Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

Microcephaly, the small sized skull is due to:

NUMS 2016
Biology
Growth and Development
Elimination Tool:

A) Nutritional causes

B) Skeleton causes

C) Hormonal causes

D) Genetic defects

62 / 100

Category: Biology

Cardiac output is increased by all of the following EXCEPT:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Transport

A) Hypoxia

B) Exercise

C) Sleep

D) Pregnancy

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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 9 Class 12

Enzyme used by the Bacteria to cut the DNA of the invading Virus for its protection is:

UHS 2018
Biology
Biotechnology
Elimination Tool:

A) Restriction Exonuclease

B) Restriction Ligase

C) Restriction Endonuclease

D) DNA polymerase

65 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

A pea plant has purple colored flowers (dominant trait). To check the genotype, which of the following cross is performed

NUMS 2018
Biology
Variation and Genetics
Elimination Tool:

A) Test cross with homozygous white flowered plant

B) Test cross with homozygous purple flowered plant

C) Test cross with heterozygous purple flowered plant

D) Hybird cross

66 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.11 Which of the following statement regarding lecithin is correct?

A. Contain only one fatty acid

B. Choline attached with phosphatidic acid at carbon 3

C. Phosphate group is positively charged

D. Have five carbon glycerol molecules

67 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

The first layer of cell wall which is formed is:

Primary wall

Secondary wall

Middle lamella

All of these

68 / 100

Category: Biology

Nitrogen-cycle is facilitated by ______.

NUMS Mock 3
Biology
Ecosystem

A) Algae

B) Fungi

C) Bacteria

D) Virus

69 / 100

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 13 Class 12

Wind blows from area of

Low pressure to high pressure

High pressure to low pressure

Moderate pressure to high pressure

Low pressure to low pressure

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Category: Biology Ch 2 Class 12

Endoskeleton is secreted by:

Ectoderm

Endoderm

Mesoderm

All of these

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Category: Biology Ch 13 Class 12

In oceans of tropical regions

Temperature of surface water is 40?C and 10?C at depth

Temp of surface water is 25?C and 5?C at depth

Surface water 50?C and depth 20?C

Surface water 10?C and depth 15?C

73 / 100

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

74 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 11

The most common example of members of the kingdom fungi is/are:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Kingdom Fungi
Elimination Tool:

A) Star fish

B) Mushrooms

C) Algae

D) Human

75 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.64 All of the following are the attributes of evolution except:

A. O3 began to filter UV radiations

B. Some organisms began to utilized O2 in the start of evolution

C. Nutrient supply is abundant

D. The reducing atmosphere slowly become oxidizing atmosphere

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Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Which of the following nutrients is incorrectly paired with its function in a plant?

NTS 2016 SMBBMC
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Potassium – Formation of cell wall.

B) Magnesium – Constituent of chlorophyll.

C) Nitrogen – Constituent of protein.

D) Phosphorus – Component of nucleic acid.

77 / 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

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Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 11

Which one of the following does not have intermediate host?

NUMS 2016
Biology
Kingdom Animalia
Elimination Tool:

A) Tapeworm

C) Liver fluke

B) Ascaris

D) Plasmodium

79 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Which of the following is monohybrid cross

TT x tt

TTYy x Ttyy

Both of these

None of these

80 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 14 Class 11

Anti-bodies are produced by:

NUMS 2014
Biology
Transport
Elimination Tool:

A) Red blood cells

B) Platelets

C) B-lymphocytes

D) Hormones

81 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 5 Class 12

In multicellular plants cell division occur by

Binary fission

Conjugation

Meiosis

Mitosis

82 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 11

If lipopolysaccharides did not appear in the wall of bacteria on staining then it will be known as ________.

UHS 2018
Biology
Kingdom Prokaryote
Elimination Tool:

A) Gram negative

B) Gram positive

C) Capsule

D) Both Gram positive & negative

83 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 12 Class 11

Intrinsic factor is secreted by:

NUMS 2020
Biology
Nutrition
Elimination Tool:

A) Pancreas

B) Liver

C) Stomach

D) Duodenum

84 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

In comparison to a constantly changing external environment, _____ is when the body maintains the internal processes to work in a narrow range of internal fluctuations.

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Homeostasis
Elimination Tool:

A) Regulation

B) Homeostasis

C) Balancing

D) Thermoregulation

85 / 100

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

86 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 9 Class 11

Mosses are included in sub-division

Anthoceropsida

Hepaticopsida

Bryopsida

Lycopsida

87 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 6 Class 12

Particular array of chromosomes that an individual processes is called its:

NUMS 2019 Reconduct
Biology
Chromosomes and DNA
Elimination Tool:

A) Nucleosome

B) Gene pool

C) Karyotype

D) Centromere

88 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Spherical or tubular membranes which separate the material present in endoplasmic reticulum from that of cytoplasmic material are called

Cytosol

Cisternae

Polysomes

Cristae

89 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 12

Which statement is incorrect?

Climacteric is burst of respiratory activity in fruit ripening

It is associated with ethane production C

It helps in fruit set

It helps in fruit ripening

90 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 4 Class 11

Etioplasts found in plants are actually one of the types of:

NUMS 2015
Biology
Cell Structure and Function
Elimination Tool:

A) Chloroplasts

B) Chromoplasts

C) Leucoplasts

D) None of the given options

91 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 1 Class 12

The characteristic which enable animals to tolerate dehydration is called

Osmoconformation

Osmoregulaton

Anhydrobiosis

Anhydrosis

92 / 100

Category: Biology

Which of the following basic structural level of proteins is indicated by an association of two alpha and two beta chains in the haemoglobin molecule?

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Biological Molecules

A) Primary structure

B) Secondary structure

C) Tertiary structure

D) Quatenary Structure

93 / 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.

94 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 8 Class 12

Baldness is most frequent in

Men

Women

Children

Girls

95 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 7 Class 11

Bacteria that can only survive in the presence of oxygen?

PMC 2021 Tested
Biology
Kingdom Protista
Elimination Tool:

A) Facultative anaerobes

B) Obligate aerobes

C) Obligate anaerobes

D) Facultative aerobes

96 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 10 Class 12

In the Hardy – Weinberg principle, p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 . q2 represents the frequency of the:

NTS 2010
Biology
Evolution
Elimination Tool:

A) Homozygous dominant

B) Heterozygous dominant

C) Heterozygous recessive

D) Homozygous recessive

97 / 100

Category: Biology

Muscular tube that passes through pharynx and joins stomach is:

NUMS Mock 1
Biology
Nutrition

A) Trachea

B) NG tube

C) Nerve canal

D) Esophagus

98 / 100

Category: Biology

Q.51 Which of the following is the respiratory surface in human beings?

A. Lungs

B. Alveoli

C. Windpipe

D. alveolar duct

99 / 100

Category: Biology Ch 11 Class 11

Van neil hypothesis about the production of oxygen during phosynthesis was based on the study and investigations on

Bacteria

Algae

Protenema

Cyanobacteria

100 / 100

Category: Biology

As pH of blood decreases, H+ ions increases, which combine the proteins part of hemoglobin, to decrease its ability to bind with:

NUMS Mock 2
Biology
Gaseous Exchange

A) O2

B) CO2

C) CO

D) H2

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