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1. |
Which gland is not associated with human alimentary canal? |
A. | salivary glands |
B. | adrenal gland |
C. | liver |
D. | pancreas |
Answer» B. adrenal gland |
2. |
In humans, bile juice is secreted by |
A. | pancreas |
B. | small intestine |
C. | esophagus |
D. | liver |
Answer» D. liver |
3. |
An enzyme which can only act in acidic medium is |
A. | pepsin |
B. | trypsin |
C. | rennin |
D. | amylase |
Answer» A. pepsin |
4. |
The part of digestive system where no digestion occurs |
A. | duodenum |
B. | esophagus |
C. | stomach |
D. | mouth |
Answer» B. esophagus |
5. |
Which of the following animals has no need for a gall bladder? |
A. | horse |
B. | lion |
C. | dog |
D. | human |
Answer» A. horse |
6. |
About how much saliva does a person produce each day? |
A. | 100 ml |
B. | 250 ml |
C. | 500 ml |
D. | 1500 ml |
Answer» D. 1500 ml |
7. |
Saliva has the enzyme |
A. | pepsin |
B. | ptyalin |
C. | trypsin |
D. | rennin |
Answer» B. ptyalin |
8. |
Curdling of milk in the stomach is due to the action of |
A. | pepsin |
B. | rennin |
C. | HCL |
D. | rennin |
Answer» B. rennin |
9. |
Pepsinogen is secreted by |
A. | gastric glands |
B. | intestinal glands |
C. | chief cells |
D. | parietal cells |
Answer» C. chief cells |
10. |
Pancreas has |
A. | only endocrine cells |
B. | only one type of cell, the same functioning both in an exocrine and endocrine fashion |
C. | two types of cells-exocrine and endocrine |
D. | only exocrine cells |
Answer» C. two types of cells-exocrine and endocrine |
11. |
Largest gland in human body is |
A. | liver |
B. | pancreas |
C. | pituitary |
D. | thyroid |
Answer» A. liver |
12. |
Grana refers to |
A. | glycolysis of glucose |
B. | by-product of photosynthesis |
C. | stacks of thylakoids |
D. | stacks of quantasomes |
Answer» C. stacks of thylakoids |
13. |
A specific function of light energy in the process of photosynthesis is to |
A. | activate chlorophyll |
B. | split water |
C. | synthesis glucose |
D. | reduce CO2 |
Answer» A. activate chlorophyll |
14. |
ATP formation during photosynthesis is known as |
A. | phosphorylation |
B. | photophosphorylation |
C. | oxidative phosphorylation |
D. | substrate level phosphorylation |
Answer» B. photophosphorylation |
15. |
Dark reaction in photosynthesis is called so because |
A. | it does not require light energy |
B. | cannot occur during daytime |
C. | occurs more rapidly at night |
D. | it can also occur in darkness |
Answer» A. it does not require light energy |
16. |
Which of the following is connected with transport of water in plants? |
A. | phloem |
B. | xylem |
C. | epidermis |
D. | cambium |
Answer» B. xylem |
17. |
The ultimate cause for movement of water against gravity in a tree is |
A. | osmosis |
B. | imbibitions |
C. | transpiration |
D. | photosynthesis |
Answer» C. transpiration |
18. |
Which of the following is not an example of a selectively permeable membrane? |
A. | plasma lemma |
B. | cell Wall |
C. | mitochondrial membrane |
D. | chloroplast membrane |
Answer» B. cell Wall |
19. |
Which of the following is responsible for guttation? |
A. | root pressure |
B. | transpiration |
C. | photosynthesis |
D. | osmosis |
Answer» A. root pressure |
20. |
Phenyl mercuric acetate |
A. | reduces transpiration rate |
B. | reduces photosynthesis |
C. | kills the plant |
D. | reduce respiration |
Answer» A. reduces transpiration rate |
21. |
Which of the following has no blood but respires? |
A. | earthworm |
B. | hydra |
C. | cockroach |
D. | fish |
Answer» A. earthworm |
22. |
Which type of respiratory organs are present in spiders and scorpions? |
A. | book lungs |
B. | gill books |
C. | gills |
D. | lungs |
Answer» A. book lungs |
23. |
At high altitude, RBCs of human blood will |
A. | increase in number |
B. | decrease in number |
C. | decrease in size |
D. | increase in size |
Answer» A. increase in number |
24. |
Vocal cords occur in |
A. | pharynx |
B. | glottis |
C. | bronchial tube |
D. | larynx |
Answer» D. larynx |
25. |
Which one of the following structures closes the respiratory passage during ingestion of food? |
A. | larynx |
B. | epiglottis |
C. | hard palate |
D. | soft palate |
Answer» B. epiglottis |
26. |
The covering of lungs is called |
A. | pericardium |
B. | pleural membrane |
C. | perichondrium |
D. | peritoneum |
Answer» B. pleural membrane |
27. |
The narrowest and most numerous tubes of lungs are termed as |
A. | bronchus |
B. | alveoli |
C. | bronchioles |
D. | hilum |
Answer» C. bronchioles |
28. |
The exchange of gases in a mammal takes place is |
A. | trachea |
B. | bronchioles |
C. | bronchi |
D. | alveoli |
Answer» D. alveoli |
29. |
Volume of air inspired and expired with each normal breath is called |
A. | tidal volume |
B. | inspiratory capacity |
C. | total lung capacity |
D. | residual volume |
Answer» A. tidal volume |
30. |
Tidal volume of air in a normal healthy man during inspiration is about |
A. | 300 – 400 ml |
B. | 500 – 700 ml |
C. | 900 – 1000 ml |
D. | 100 – 250 ml |
Answer» B. 500 – 700 ml |
31. |
The maximum possible volume of air, which can be inspiration, is called as |
A. | tidal air volume |
B. | vital lung capacity |
C. | complemental air volume |
D. | total lung capacity |
Answer» B. vital lung capacity |
32. |
Percentage of O2 present in inhaled air in man is about |
A. | 21% |
B. | 78% |
C. | 1% |
D. | 43% |
Answer» A. 21% |
33. |
Oxygen is transported in blood mainly by |
A. | leucocytes |
B. | erythrocytes |
C. | thromobocytes |
D. | blood plasma |
Answer» B. erythrocytes |
34. |
Asthma is a respiration disease caused due to |
A. | infection of trachea |
B. | infection of lungs |
C. | bleeding into pleura cavity |
D. | spasm in bronchial muscles |
Answer» D. spasm in bronchial muscles |
35. |
Mountain sickness results due to |
A. | anaemic hypoxia |
B. | arterial hypoxia |
C. | lack of sufficient RBCs |
D. | lack of sufficient WBCs |
Answer» B. arterial hypoxia |
36. |
Which one of the following is the most common type of transpiration? |
A. | stomatal |
B. | lenticular |
C. | foliar |
D. | cuticular |
Answer» A. stomatal |
37. |
The process of the escape of liquid from the tip of uninjured leaf or through hydathodes is called |
A. | transpiration |
B. | guttation |
C. | evapo-transpiration |
D. | evaporation |
Answer» B. guttation |
38. |
In a closed circulatory system, blood is completely enclosed within |
A. | the skeleton |
B. | sinuses |
C. | vessels |
D. | hearts |
Answer» C. vessels |
39. |
The smallest blood vessel in the body is a |
A. | capillary |
B. | artery |
C. | vena cava |
D. | vein |
Answer» A. capillary |
40. |
Both erythrocytes and leucocytes are formed in the |
A. | bone marrow |
B. | thymus |
C. | arterial walls |
D. | lymph nodes |
Answer» A. bone marrow |
41. |
An erythrocyte lives for approximately |
A. | one week |
B. | one month |
C. | four months |
D. | one year |
Answer» C. four months |
42. |
The abnormal increase in the total RBC count is referred to as |
A. | pneumonia |
B. | polycythemia |
C. | leucopenia |
D. | anaemia |
Answer» B. polycythemia |
43. |
The life span of human WBC is normally |
A. | 12–13 days |
B. | 80-90 days |
C. | 100-120 days |
D. | 20-30 days |
Answer» A. 12–13 days |
44. |
The function of vitamin K is in |
A. | regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism |
B. | blood clotting |
C. | respiration |
D. | carbohydrate metabolism |
Answer» C. respiration |
45. |
Oxygenated blood is carried by |
A. | pulmonary vein |
B. | pulmonary artery |
C. | hepatic portal vein |
D. | renal vein |
Answer» A. pulmonary vein |
46. |
In mammals, oxygenated blood enters the heart at the |
A. | right atrium |
B. | left atrium |
C. | right ventricle |
D. | left ventricle |
Answer» B. left atrium |
47. |
Which chamber of the heart has the thickest muscular walls |
A. | right atrium |
B. | left atrium |
C. | right ventricle |
D. | left ventricle |
Answer» D. left ventricle |
48. |
When the right ventricle of heart contracts, the blood goes to |
A. | all parts of the body |
B. | Pulmonary arteries |
C. | aorta |
D. | lungs |
Answer» D. lungs |
49. |
The tricuspid valve occurs between the |
A. | right auricle and right ventricle |
B. | pulmonary aorta |
C. | carotico-systemic aorta and left ventricle |
D. | left ventricle |
Answer» A. right auricle and right ventricle |
50. |
Typical ‘lub-dub’ sound heard in heartbeat are due to |
A. | closing of bicuspid and tricuspid valves |
B. | closing of semilunar valves |
C. | closure of bicuspid-tricuspid valves followed by semilunar valves |
D. | blood under pressure through aorta |
Answer» C. closure of bicuspid-tricuspid valves followed by semilunar valves |
51. |
What is blood pressure? |
A. | the pressure of blood on the heart muscle |
B. | the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and veins |
C. | the pressure of blood on the walls of veins only |
D. | the pressure of blood on the walls of arteries only |
Answer» B. the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and veins |
52. |
Which one of following is called pace maker of the heart? |
A. | SA node |
B. | AV node |
C. | Chordae tendianae |
D. | AV septum |
Answer» A. SA node |
53. |
Blood groups in man were discovered by |
A. | Mendel |
B. | Francis Nelson |
C. | S. Miller |
D. | Landsteiner |
Answer» D. Landsteiner |
54. |
Rh factor was discovered by |
A. | William Harvey |
B. | Landsteiner |
C. | Robert Hook |
D. | C. De Duve |
Answer» B. Landsteiner |
55. |
Rh factor is named after |
A. | Drosophila |
B. | a Monkey |
C. | a Rat |
D. | a Man |
Answer» B. a Monkey |
56. |
Excretion means |
A. | removal of substances present in excess |
B. | formation of those substances that have some role in the body |
C. | removal of such substances that have never been part of the body |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» A. removal of substances present in excess |
57. |
A mammal excretes nitrogen in the form of |
A. | ammonium ions |
B. | amino acids |
C. | urea |
D. | uric acid |
Answer» C. urea |
58. |
Kidneys are not only organs of excretion. Their work is supplemented by |
A. | liver |
B. | heart |
C. | large intestine |
D. | skin |
Answer» A. liver |
59. |
The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the |
A. | ureter |
B. | nephron |
C. | malpighian tubule |
D. | islets of Langerhans |
Answer» B. nephron |
60. |
The two kidneys lie |
A. | at the level of ovaries |
B. | at the same level |
C. | left kidney at a higher level than the right one |
D. | right kidney at a higher level than the left one |
Answer» C. left kidney at a higher level than the right one |
61. |
Function of glomerulus in mammalian kidney is |
A. | reasbsorption of salts |
B. | urine formation through blood filtration |
C. | urine collection |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» B. urine formation through blood filtration |
62. |
The reabsorption of glucose in a nephron occurs in |
A. | loop of Henle |
B. | first half of proximal tubule |
C. | distal convoluted tubule |
D. | proximal part of collecting ducts |
Answer» B. first half of proximal tubule |
63. |
Strongest cartilage is |
A. | hyaline cartilage |
B. | fibrous cartilage |
C. | elastic cartilage |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. fibrous cartilage |
64. |
Striated muscles are found in |
A. | gallbladder |
B. | wall of bladder |
C. | leg muscles |
D. | lungs |
Answer» C. leg muscles |
65. |
Strongest muscle in the body is present in |
A. | arm |
B. | jaw |
C. | thigh |
D. | neck |
Answer» C. thigh |
66. |
Axial skeleton in man is made up of |
A. | 126 bones |
B. | 100 bones |
C. | 103 bones |
D. | 80 bones |
Answer» D. 80 bones |
67. |
Skull of man is made up of |
A. | 10 bones |
B. | 22 bones |
C. | 30 bones |
D. | 24 bones |
Answer» B. 22 bones |
68. |
Longest bone is that of |
A. | humerus |
B. | stapes |
C. | femur |
D. | radio-ulna |
Answer» C. femur |
69. |
In man ribs are attached to |
A. | calvicle |
B. | ileum |
C. | sternum |
D. | scapula |
Answer» C. sternum |
70. |
The smallest bone in mammals is |
A. | septomaxillary |
B. | dentary |
C. | femur |
D. | stapes |
Answer» D. stapes |
71. |
The longest cell in the body of an animal is |
A. | osteocytes |
B. | neuron |
C. | chromatophores |
D. | lymph corpuscles |
Answer» B. neuron |
72. |
Which cell stops dividing after birth? |
A. | glial cells |
B. | epithelium |
C. | liver |
D. | neuron |
Answer» D. neuron |
73. |
The largest number of cells bodies of neurons in our body is found in |
A. | brain |
B. | spinal cord |
C. | tongue |
D. | retina |
Answer» A. brain |
74. |
Which part of human brain is more developed in comparison of others? |
A. | cerebrum |
B. | cerebellum |
C. | optic lobes |
D. | medulla oblongata |
Answer» A. cerebrum |
75. |
Which part of mammalian brain controls the muscular co-ordination? |
A. | cerebrum |
B. | cerebellum |
C. | corpus callosum |
D. | medulla oblongata |
Answer» B. cerebellum |
76. |
There are how many pairs of spinal nerves in a human |
A. | 8 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 25 |
D. | 31 |
Answer» D. 31 |
77. |
There are how many pairs of cranial nerves in a human? |
A. | 8 |
B. | 12 |
C. | 25 |
D. | 31 |
Answer» B. 12 |
78. |
Pituitary gland is found in |
A. | around trachea |
B. | gonad |
C. | pancreas |
D. | brains |
Answer» D. brains |
79. |
Which of the hormones is responsible for the emotional state such as fear and anger and causes rise of blood pressure and rate of heartbeat? |
A. | insulin |
B. | adrenaline |
C. | progesterone |
D. | thyroxine |
Answer» B. adrenaline |
80. |
The main function of plasma membrane is to |
A. | maintain cell shape and size |
B. | control of all cellular activity |
C. | regulate the flow of materials into and out of the cell |
D. | store cell material |
Answer» C. regulate the flow of materials into and out of the cell |
81. |
Function of a Centriole is |
A. | formation of spindle fibers |
B. | formation of nucleolus |
C. | initiation of cell division |
D. | formation of cell plate |
Answer» A. formation of spindle fibers |
82. |
Functional activities of a cell are controlled by |
A. | nucleus |
B. | nucleolus |
C. | mitochondria |
D. | cytoplasm |
Answer» A. nucleus |
83. |
Study of Algae is called |
A. | phycology |
B. | mycology |
C. | dendrology |
D. | mycology |
Answer» A. phycology |
84. |
Which of the following is a non-poisonous snake? |
A. | cobra |
B. | python |
C. | viper |
D. | krait |
Answer» B. python |
85. |
Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus? |
A. | typhoid |
B. | cholera |
C. | influenza |
D. | diphtheria |
Answer» C. influenza |
86. |
DTP vaccine is given to infants to immunize them against |
A. | diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid |
B. | diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus |
C. | diarrhea, pneumonia and tuberculosis |
D. | diphtheria, whooping cough and typhoid |
Answer» B. diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus |
87. |
Jaundice is a disease of |
A. | kidney |
B. | pancreas |
C. | liver |
D. | duodenum |
Answer» C. liver |
88. |
Male mosquito does not carry malarial parasite because: |
A. | it is too small to bite man. |
B. | it lacks the modified mouth parts |
C. | malarial parasites cannot reproduce in them. |
D. | female mosquito is more deadly |
Answer» B. it lacks the modified mouth parts |
89. |
Continuous fever, headache, slow pulse, pain in the stomach, rose colored ashes are the major symptoms of |
A. | plague |
B. | typhoid |
C. | mumps |
D. | measles |
Answer» D. measles |
90. |
Bark of which plant yields famous drug of malaria? |
A. | cinchona |
B. | quercus |
C. | betula |
D. | eucalyptus |
Answer» A. cinchona |
91. |
Deficiency of vitamin C causes |
A. | rickets |
B. | beriberi |
C. | scurvy |
D. | night blindness |
Answer» C. scurvy |
92. |
If there were no ultraviolet rays reaching the earth, human should suffer from deficiency of |
A. | fatty acids |
B. | essential amino acids |
C. | vitamin D |
D. | vitamin E |
Answer» C. vitamin D |
93. |
Smog is a combination of |
A. | fire and water |
B. | smoke and fog |
C. | water and smoke |
D. | air and water |
Answer» B. smoke and fog |
94. |
Sound becomes a hazardous noise pollution if its level is a above |
A. | 30 Db |
B. | 120 dB |
C. | 80 dB |
D. | 150 Db |
Answer» C. 80 dB |
95. |
Maximum threat to the world is from (among the following) |
A. | global warming |
B. | ozone hole |
C. | water pollution |
D. | soil erosion |
Answer» B. ozone hole |
96. |
Which of the following is the symbol of the metal that occurs in liquid form at ordinary temperature? |
A. | Na |
B. | Sn |
C. | Pb |
D. | Hg |
Answer» D. Hg |
97. |
Which of the following is least compressible? |
A. | gas |
B. | liquid |
C. | solid |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. solid |
98. |
Which of the following is not a chemical change? |
A. | rusting of iron |
B. | converting water into steam |
C. | making curd from milk |
D. | heating coal |
Answer» B. converting water into steam |
99. |
Atomicity of Phosphorous is |
A. | 1 |
B. | 2 |
C. | 4 |
D. | 6 |
Answer» C. 4 |
100. |
The number of atoms present in a molecule of an element is known as its |
A. | valency |
B. | atomicity |
C. | chemical Formula |
D. | symbol |
Answer» B. atomicity |
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