Basic Biology Mcqs - Set 2

1)   A structure formed by groups of similar cells organized into loose sheets or bundles performing similar functions is called as:

a. An organ
b. An organism
c. A Tissue
d. A Cell
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A Tissue

Explanation:
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2)   Haemodialysis means cleaning of____________?

a. Urine
b. Blood
c. Glomerular filterate
d. Coelomic fluid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Blood

Explanation:
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3)   In animals coordination is achieved by means of?

a. Nervous system
b. Endocrine system
c. Respiratory system
d. Both A and B
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A and B

Explanation:
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4)   Production of sweat and sebum is related with ?

a. Skin
b. Liver
c. Lungs
d. GIT
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Skin

Explanation:
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5)   Group of living organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time is called ?

a. Community
b. Population
c. Ecosystem
d. Biome
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Population

Explanation:
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6)   The evaporative cooling in the respiratory tract of dogs is called?

a. Vasodilation
b. Vasoconstriction
c. Panting
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Panting

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Different species of plants and animals living in the same habitat is called?

a. Population
b. Community
c. Biome
d. Habitat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Community

Explanation:
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8)   Which of the following pathogen type cause disease that can be treated with antibiotics ?

a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. virus
d. none of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: bacteria

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   A large regional community primarily determined by climate is called ?

a. Population
b. Community
c. Biome
d. Habitat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Biome

Explanation:
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10)   Most cell membranes are composed principally of ?

a. DNA ad protein
b. Protein and Lipids
c. Protein and Chitin
d. Protein and RNA
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Protein and Lipids

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   The concept that various organisms dominated this planet during various geological time period and thus placing organisms in a time squence came from the studies by ?

a. Environmental biologist
b. Paleontologist
c. Marine biologist
d. Social biologist
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Paleontologist

Explanation:
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12)   Normally, in the process of osmosis, the net flow of water molecules into or out of the cell depends upon differences in the ?

a. Concentration of water molecules inside and outside the cell
b. Concentration of enzymes on either side of the cell membrane
c. Rate of molecular motion on either side of the cell membrane
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Concentration of water molecules inside and outside the cell

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   It is possible to date the rocks by comparing the amount of specific radioactive isotopes they contain. Which of the statement is correct in this respect?

a. Older sediment layers have equal amount of these radioactive isotopes as that of the young ones
b. Older sediment layers have less amount of these radioactive isotopes as that of the young ones.
c. Older sediment layers have greater amount of these radioactive isotopes as that of the young ones.
d. Older sediment layers did not have these radioactive isotopes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Older sediment layers have less amount of these radioactive isotopes as that of the young ones.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Sodium ions are “pumped” from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration in the nerve cells of humans. This process is an example of

a. Diffusion
b. Passive transport
c. Osmosis
d. Active transport
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Active transport

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   An unbroken series of species arranged in ancestors to descendent sequence with each later species having evolved from one that immediately preceded it is called?

a. Biome
b. Phyletic lineage
c. Community
d. Population
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phyletic lineage

Explanation:
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16)   Proteins are made from amino acids by the process of ______________?

a. Hydrolysis
b. Pinocytosis
c. Dehydration synthesis
d. Active transport
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dehydration synthesis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Biological sciences have a set methodology and it is based on ?

a. Experimental inquiry
b. Esthetic preference
c. Philosophical ideas
d. Imaginations
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Experimental inquiry

Explanation:
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18)   Which is an organic compound found in most cells ?

a. Water
b. Glucose
c. Oxygen
d. Sodium chloride
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glucose

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   A series of hypothesis supported by the results of many tests is called ?

a. Scientific law
b. Theory
c. Data
d. Deduction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Theory

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Which are the four most abundant elements in living cells ?

a. carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur
b. carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen
c. carbon, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus
d. carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, magnesium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Which one is not correct for a productive theory?

a. It is predictive
b. It has explanatory power
c. It discourages suggestion of different hypotheses
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It discourages suggestion of different hypotheses

Explanation:
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22)   Conclusion of Mendels work latter became a_____________?

a. Scientific hypothesis
b. Theory
c. Scientific law
d. Productive theory
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Scientific law

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Starch is converted into maltose by?

a. diastase
b. invertase
c. maltase
d. amylase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: diastase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Breeders have developed new and better varieties of food items by using which technique?

a. Pasteurization
b. Hydroponic culture technique
c. Genetic engineering
d. Biological control techniques
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Genetic engineering

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Co-enzyme is often formed from ?

a. lipid
b. protein
c. inorganic ion
d. vitamin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: vitamin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Production of genetically identical copies of organisms/cells by asexula reproduction is called ?

a. Mitosis
b. Replication
c. Cloning
d. Biological control
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cloning

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Messenger RNA is formed in_________?

a. nucleus
b. chloroplast
c. mitochondria
d. none of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: nucleus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Astronauts may use which technique to grow fruits and vegetables ?

a. Tissue culture techniques
b. Cloning
c. Pasterisation
d. Hydroponic culture technique
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hydroponic culture technique

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Number of chromosomes in E.coli ?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Which statement is incorrect for pasteurization?

a. It is used to preserve yogurt and milk
b. It was developed by Louis Pasteur.
c. It involves heating the substance at high temperature for just few sec.
d. It can be used to preserve vegetables and meat.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It can be used to preserve vegetables and meat.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Protein factory is___________?

a. nucleus
b. ribosome
c. golgi complex
d. centriole
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ribosome

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   What is the mode of transmission of Hepatitis virus?

a. Aerosol
b. Parentral (via blood)
c. Skin penetration
d. Unknown
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parentral (via blood)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Smallest disease causing agents in plants are ?

a. virion
b. mycoplasma
c. viroids
d. prions
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: viroids

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Which disease can be controlled by vaccination?

a. Measles
b. Cancer
c. Diabetes
d. Heart attack
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Measles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   The major cell infected by the HIV is lymphocyte ?

a. helper-T
b. B
c. both T and B
d. none of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: helper-T

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Vaccine was first developed by_______________?

a. Louis Pasture
b. Edward Jenner
c. Jaber Ibn Hayan
d. Aristotle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Edward Jenner

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Pigment present in red algae is_____________?

a. fucoxanthin
b. phycocyanin
c. phycoerythrin
d. bilirubin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: phycoerythrin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Which disease has been totally eradicated from the world because of effective vaccination?

a. Measles
b. Polio
c. Small pox
d. Hepatitis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Small pox

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Nutrition in fungi is___________?

a. Photosynthetic
b. Chemosynthetic
c. Completely parasitic
d. Absorptive heterotrophs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Absorptive heterotrophs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Which of the following statement is incorrect about antibiotics?

a. They are used against microorganisms
b. They are always effective against bacteria
c. They are used in diseases like tuberculosis and pneumonia
d. They are derived from bacteria only
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They are derived from bacteria only

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   Fungi resemble plants because they lack___________?

a. Cell wall
b. Cytoplasm
c. Centriole
d. Nucleus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Centriole

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Which treatment is instituted in a cancerous patient?

a. Antibiotic therapy
b. Radiotherapy
c. Gene therapy
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Radiotherapy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Which is a parasitic plant?

a. cuscuta
b. rose
c. ferns
d. mosses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cuscuta

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Which statement is incorrect for cloning?

a. The nucleus of a fertilized egg is replaced by the nucleus from the cell of a fully developed individual
b. Division of a single egg into one or more separate embryos.
c. The individual is the mirror image of the parent organism
d. It involve methods of sexual reproduction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It involve methods of sexual reproduction

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   True roots absent in_____________?

a. ferns
b. bryophytes
c. gymnosperms
d. angiosperms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: bryophytes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Removal or degradation of environmental pollutants or toxic materials by living organisms is called__________?

a. Integrated disease management
b. Hydroponic culture technique
c. Pasteurization
d. Bioremediation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bioremediation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The mechanism for ATP synthesis is_____________?

a. Chemosynthesis
b. Photosynthesis
c. Phosphorylation
d. Chemiosmosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chemiosmosis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Which of the following is not a viral disease?

a. Cowpox
b. Mumps
c. Tetanus
d. Small pox
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tetanus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   Enzyme present in the saliva is_____________?

a. lipase
b. trypsin
c. ptyalin
d. invertase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ptyalin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   In human body 99% of total mass is formed of_____________?

a. 16 Bio-elements
b. 12 Bio-elements
c. 10 Bio-elements
d. 6 Bio-elements
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6 Bio-elements

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!