Basic Biology Mcqs - Set 21

1)   Cooley’s anemia is another name used for___________?

a. Leucemia
b. Thalassaemia
c. Sickle cell anemia
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Thalassaemia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Which of the following are proteins in nature?

a. Antibodies
b. Interferons
c. Antitoxins
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Aerating openings formed in the bark through which exchange of gases takes place and water is lost in the form of vapours are___________?

a. Hydathods
b. Stomata
c. Lenticels
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lenticels

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Lenticels look like__________?

a. A big pore
b. Stoma
c. Sponge
d. Cars or small protusions
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cars or small protusions

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Transport of minerals from soil to epidermal cells of roots via carrier protein molcules along their concentration gradient is called___________?

a. Diffusion
b. Facilitated diffusion
c. Passive transport
d. Active transport
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facilitated diffusion

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Pulling upward of water and dissolved minerals towards the leaves through the xylem tissue is called__________?

a. Transpiration pull
b. Root pressure
c. Ascent of sap
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Transpiration pull

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   A pressure created by active secretion of salts and other solutes from other cells into xylem sap is called___________?

a. Transpiration pull
b. Root pressure
c. Osmotic pressure
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Root pressure

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Stomatal transpiration is __________ of total transpiration

a. 90%
b. 91%
c. 93%
d. 95%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 90%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   ___________ function as multisensory hydraulic valve?

a. Lenticels
b. Guard cells
c. Hydathods
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Guard cells

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   _________ give rise to macrophages, which destroy larger particles by phagocytosis.

a. Nautrophils
b. Basophila
c. Monocyte
d. Lymphocyte
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Monocyte

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   95% of the cytoplasm of red blood cells is the___________?

a. Antibodies
b. Hemoglobin
c. Enzymes
d. Proteins
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hemoglobin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Open circulatory system can contain_________?

a. Red Blood Cells
b. White Blood Cells
c. Haemoglobin
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: White Blood Cells

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Pressure flow theory was proposed by_________?

a. H-Van Mohl
b. Dixon
c. Vander wall
d. Earnst Munch
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Earnst Munch

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   The opening and closing of stomata is directly controlled by the___________?

a. Temperature
b. pH
c. Light
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Light

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   There are _________ hypothesis which may explain opening and closing of stomata?

a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Two

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Low level of CO2 favours _________ of the stomata.

a. Opening
b. Closure
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Opening

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Symbionts which help plants in uptake of phosphorous and trace metals such as zinc and copper.

a. Bacteria
b. Viruses
c. Fungi
d. Cyanobacteria
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fungi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Addition of salts and other solutes from other cells into xylem sap, __________ the water potential of the xylem sap

a. Increases
b. Lowers
c. Doesn’t effect
d. Maintains
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lowers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Single circuit heart is found in_________?

a. Fishes
b. Amphibians
c. Reptiles
d. Mammals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fishes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Stomata open due to _________ of K+ into the guard cells from the surrounding epidermis

a. Diffusion
b. Active transport
c. Osmosis
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Active transport

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Which of the following is true about hearts of earthworm?

a. There are 5-7 pairs of heart
b. They are present between 1-7th segments
c. They are present lateral to the oesophagus
d. They pump blood from ventral to dorsal vessel
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They are present lateral to the oesophagus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   It has been estimated that in a normal person plasma constitutes about ________ by volume of blood.

a. 35%
b. 45%
c. 55%
d. 75%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 55%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Brown fat present in certain mammals is specialized in___________?

a. Providing insulation in cold environment
b. Providing insulation in hot environment
c. Rapid heat production
d. Controlling heat production
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rapid heat production

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Panting is a representative of which mechanism?

a. Pigmentation
b. Respiration
c. Evaporative cooling
d. Excretion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Evaporative cooling

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Formation of heat shock proteins in plants results in___________?

a. Elevation of temperature in cold conditions
b. Embracing the enzymes and other proteins and prevent their denaturation
c. Change the chemical nature of other proteins thus making them heat resistant
d. Help in evaporative cooling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Embracing the enzymes and other proteins and prevent their denaturation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Fishes, most of the invertebrates and amphibians are examples of ________ animals?

a. Endotherms
b. Ectotherms
c. Heterotherms
d. Homeotherms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ectotherms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   The mechanism of regulation, generally between organism and its environment, of solutes and the gain and the loss of water is called________?

a. Homeostasis
b. Hemostasis
c. Osmoregualtion
d. Thermoregulation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Osmoregualtion

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Which of the following represents osmoregulatory steps taken by hydrophytes?

a. Increases transpiration by increasing the surface area of the leave
b. Small and thick leaves to decrease the surface area proportional to the volume of the leave
c. Stomata closing in sufficient supply, and opening in restricted supply of water
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increases transpiration by increasing the surface area of the leave

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Most of the marine invertebrates are__________?

a. Osmoconformers
b. Osmoregulators
c. Both depend upon the concentration of sea water
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Osmoconformers

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Which of the following marine fishes are considered direct descendents of fresh water ancestors?

a. Hagfish
b. Jelly Fish
c. Star Fish
d. Bony fishes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bony fishes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Which excretory product in produced in plants during autotrophic mode of life?

a. CO2
b. H2O
c. O2
d. Both A and B
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: O2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Which of the following statement about conifers is correct?

a. Stored excretory products in vacuoles, at a concentration that leads to crystal formation
b. Accumulate waste in leaves, which fall in autumn
c. Production of black wood in the center
d. Excrete some of the waste materials directly into soil, occasionally using them as a chemical weapon against other competing plants
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Excrete some of the waste materials directly into soil, occasionally using them as a chemical weapon against other competing plants

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Purine and pyrimidine metabolism results in production of____________?

a. Creatinine
b. Trimethyamine oxide
c. Xanthine
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Xanthine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Amount of water required to excrete 1gN of Urea is_________?

a. 1 ml
b. 50 ml
c. 100 ml
d. 150 ml
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 50 ml

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Each ach nephridium of earthworm opens to the exterior by__________?

a. Nephrostome
b. Nephridiopore
c. Flame cell
d. Anus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nephridiopore

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   The main nitrogenous waste formed in the body of earthworm is/are___________?

a. Ammonia
b. Urea
c. Uric acid
d. Trimethylamine oxide
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Urea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Which of the following excretory structure is associated with gut of the organism?

a. Protonephridium
b. Metanephridium
c. Malpighian tubules
d. Nephrons
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Malpighian tubules

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Which of the following nephrons play important role in production of concentrated urine?

a. Crotical
b. Medullary
c. Juxtramedullary
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Juxtramedullary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Which of the following kidney stones are most common?

a. Calcium oxalate
b. Calcium phosphate
c. Uric acid
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Calcium oxalate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Which of the following treatment will be administered first in a newly diagnosed renal failure patient?

a. Renal transplant
b. Peritoneal Dialysis
c. Lithotripsy
d. Hemodialysis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hemodialysis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   In plants, which of the following is a waste product produced both during photosynthesis and respiration?

a. CO2
b. H2O
c. O2
d. Both A and B
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: H2O

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   In animals excess of nitrogen is excreted primarily in form of___________?

a. Creatinine
b. Trimethyamine oxide
c. Pyrimidine
d. Ammonia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ammonia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Hydra has no specialized excretory system because:

a. It does not produce waste material
b. Due to absence of mesoderm
c. The whole body cells are in contact with water
d. It has pseudocoelom
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The whole body cells are in contact with water

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   The distal blind end of the malpighian tubules bathes freely in____________?

a. Digestive tract
b. Intestines
c. Haemocoel
d. Coelom
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Haemocoel

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Which of the following is a sentimentally arranged excretory system?

a. Protonephridium
b. Metanephridium
c. Malpighian tubules
d. Nephrons
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Metanephridium

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Excessive lactic acid is converted into __________ by liver?

a. Glucose
b. Fructose
c. Sucrose
d. Glycogen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glycogen

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Each human kidney receives _______% of total cardiac out put?

a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   On which of the following site the posterior pituitary hormone acts predominantly?

a. Proximal convoluted tubule
b. Descending limb of loop of Henle
c. Ascending limb of loop of Henle
d. Collecting tubules
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Collecting tubules

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   Animals that produce metabolic heat at low level and also absorb heat from the surroundings are called__________?

a. Endotherms
b. Ectotherms
c. Heterotherms
d. Homeotherms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Heterotherms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   Blubber a thick layer of fat is present in___________?

a. Fresh water mammals
b. Terrestrial mammals
c. Marine Mammals
d. Flying mammals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Marine Mammals

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!