Biology Mcqs Test Preparation for ECAT & MCAT - Set 11

1)   The stent energy in the form of ADP is regenerated by mitochondria into:

a. AMP
b. ADP
c. ATP
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ATP

Explanation:
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2)   Which of the following combination is an example of self replicating organelles?

a. Mitochondria Ribosomes
b. Mitochondria Nucleus
c. Mitochondria Chloroplast
d. Mitochondria Vacuole
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mitochondria Chloroplast

Explanation:
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3)   Chlorophyll molecule contrains ________ as central metal ion.

a. Fe2+
b. Mg2+
c. Zn2+
d. Cu2+
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mg2+

Explanation:
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4)   On which of the following component of chloroplast chlorophyll is arranged?

a. Cell membrane
b. Matrix
c. Thylakoids
d. Stroma
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Thylakoids

Explanation:
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5)   Which of the following impart a red colour to Rose petals?

a. Chloroplast
b. Chlorophyll
c. Chromoplast
d. Leucoplast
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chromoplast

Explanation:
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6)   Which of the following statement about Kingdom Protista is incorrect?

a. Their members have characteristics which separate them from other kingdoms
b. They only include unicellular aquatic eukaryotic organisms.
c. They do not develop from Blastula or embryo.
d. They contain ancestors for fungi plants & animals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They only include unicellular aquatic eukaryotic organisms.

Explanation:
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7)   Who first separated bacteria from other protists as a group?

a. John Hogg
b. Ernst Haeckel
c. Margulis and Schwartz
d. Herbert Copeland
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Herbert Copeland

Explanation:
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8)   Which of the protozoa has a striking resemblance to collar cells in sponges?

a. Zooflagellates
b. Choanflagellates
c. Trypanosomoa
d. Trichonymphas
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Choanflagellates

Explanation:
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9)   Radiolarians belong to which of the following protozoal group?

a. Zooflagellates
b. Actinopods
c. Foraminifera
d. Apicomplexans
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Actinopods

Explanation:
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10)   Which of the following statement about eiliates in incorrect?

a. Contain mainly unicellular organisms.
b. Their contractile vacoule is respobsible for water regulation.
c. They are even capable of sexual reproduction.
d. Diploid nucleus being smaller is responsible for cells metabolism and growth while polyploidy nucleus functions in sexual process.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diploid nucleus being smaller is responsible for cells metabolism and growth while polyploidy nucleus functions in sexual process.

Explanation:
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11)   Lime stone deposits are formed from

a. Zooflagellates
b. Foraminferans
c. Aetinopods
d. Apicomplexans
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Foraminferans

Explanation:
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12)   Plasmodium belongs to

a. Ciliates
b. Apicomplexans
c. Actinopods
d. Foraminferans
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Apicomplexans

Explanation:
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13)   Kingdom protista includes ______ phyla

a. 27
b. 28
c. 26
d. 29
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 27

Explanation:
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14)   Stentor is a/an

a. Ciliate
b. Foraniniferan
c. Actinopods
d. Apicomplexan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ciliate

Explanation:
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15)   Complex specialized flagellates living symbiotically in the gut of termites are

a. Trichonymphas
b. Trypanosoma
c. Euglena
d. Radiolarians
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Trichonymphas

Explanation:
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16)   The drfinite shape to ciliates is given by

a. Pellicle
b. Penicle
c. Calcium
d. Cell wall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pellicle

Explanation:
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17)   Chalk is gradually formed of dead

a. Actinopods
b. Foraminiferans
c. Apicomplexans
d. Radiolarians
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Foraminiferans

Explanation:
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18)   Of the following which one has glassy shells?

a. Radiolarians
b. Forams
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Radiolarians

Explanation:
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19)   Which of the following statement is incorrect about algae?

a. Their zygote unlike plants is protected by parental tissue.
b. Their classification is based on pigment composition.
c. Most of them have different morphological forms in-different stages of their life cycle.
d. Almost all of them are aquatic.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Their zygote unlike plants is protected by parental tissue.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   In which of the following pigments major energy reserves and cell wall are like plants?

a. Rhodophyta
b. Chlorophyta
c. Phaeophyta
d. Chrysophyta
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chlorophyta

Explanation:
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21)   Most of the photosynthesis on earth is carried by

a. Kelps
b. Gymnosperms
c. Angiosperms
d. Algae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Algae

Explanation:
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22)   The only group of algae having no flagellated motile cells at any stage is :

a. Chrysophyta
b. Phaeophyta
c. Pyrrophyta
d. Rhodophyta
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rhodophyta

Explanation:
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23)   Brown algae are also known as

a. Phaeophyta
b. Rhodophyta
c. Pyrrophyta
d. Chrysophyta
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phaeophyta

Explanation:
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24)   Golden algae are also known as

a. Chrysophyta
b. Phaeophyta
c. Pyrrophyta
d. Rhodophyta
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chrysophyta

Explanation:
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25)   Based on molecular data euglenoids are thought to be closely related to

a. Dinoflagellates
b. Zooflagellates
c. Protozoans
d. Algae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Zooflagellates

Explanation:
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26)   All phostosynthetic euglenoids lose their chlorophyll when grown in dark and obtain their nutrients heterotrophically this statement is

a. True
b. False
c. May be true may be false
d. Unpredictable
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: False

Explanation:
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27)   Most dinoflagellates are

a. Unicellular
b. Multicellular
c. Both of these
d. Zooflagellates
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Unicellular

Explanation:
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28)   The most important group of producers in marine ecosystem is of

a. Diatoms
b. Euglenoids
c. Dinoflagellates
d. Brown algae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diatoms

Explanation:
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29)   Of the following which one is not the characteristic of dinoflagellates

a. Most of them are unicellular
b. They have blooms
c. Their cells are often covered with shells of interlocking cellulose plates impregnated with calcium
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Their cells are often covered with shells of interlocking cellulose plates impregnated with calcium

Explanation:
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30)   Examples of Rhodophytes are

a. Chondrus
b. Polysiphonia
c. Both of these
d. Pinnularia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of these

Explanation:
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31)   In chlorophytes the main energy stores are

a. Cellulose
b. Starch
c. Glycogen
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Starch

Explanation:
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32)   Of the following which one is not the characteristic of green algae?

a. Some green algae possess cell wall with cellulose
b. They are generally accepted as the ancestors of green plants
c. Chlorella is unicellular non-motile green algae
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Some green algae possess cell wall with cellulose

Explanation:
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33)   In slime molds spores develop into

a. Swarm cells
b. Biflagellated cells
c. Amoeboid reproductive cells
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
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34)   Spores produced by slime molds are

a. Haploid
b. Diploid
c. Triploid
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Haploid

Explanation:
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35)   Which of the following is responsible for Irish potato famine?

a. Dinoflagellates
b. Kleps
c. Physarum polycephalum
d. Phytophthora infestans
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phytophthora infestans

Explanation:
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36)   Aschelminthes is also known as

a. Protozoans
b. Eumatazoa
c. Nematodes
d. Protoctist ancestors
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nematodes

Explanation:
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37)   Of the following which one is not included in Proterostomes?

a. Arthropods
b. Hemichordates
c. Annelids
d. Molluses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hemichordates

Explanation:
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38)   All of the following are coelomates except

a. Deuterosomes
b. Proterosomes
c. Hemichordates
d. Aschelminthes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aschelminthes

Explanation:
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39)   The name animal is derived from the word.

a. Anima
b. Anemia
c. Aname
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anima

Explanation:
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40)   Of the following which one is not the characteristic of Kingdom Animalia.

a. All animals are ingestive heterotrophs
b. All animals are eukaryotes
c. All animals develop from the dissimilar gametes i.e. large sperm and small egg.
d. It is largest kingdom.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All animals develop from the dissimilar gametes i.e. large sperm and small egg.

Explanation:
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41)   The radial symmetry is found in the animals of

a. Protozoa
b. Porifera
c. Cnidaria
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cnidaria

Explanation:
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42)   All the animals of the grade radiata are

a. Diploblastic
b. Triploblastic
c. Both
d. Unicellular
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diploblastic

Explanation:
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43)   Both radial and bilateral symmetry is found in the phylum

a. Protozoa
b. Porifera
c. Echinodermata
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Echinodermata

Explanation:
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44)   Coelom that develops from the archenteron as outpouching is

a. Pseudocoelom
b. Enterocoelom
c. Schizocoelom
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Enterocoelom

Explanation:
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45)   The animals in which coelom is formed due to splitting of mesocerm are known as

a. Pseudocoelous
b. Schizocoelous
c. Enterocoelous
d. Emphicoelous
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Schizocoelous

Explanation:
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46)   Of the following which one is not found in series proterostomia.

a. Annelida
b. Arthropoda
c. Mollusea
d. Echinodermata
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Echinodermata

Explanation:
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47)   In some cases the blastomere can produce complete embryo the cleavage will be

a. Spiral and determinate
b. Radial and indeterminate
c. Spiral and indeterminate
d. Radial and determinate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Radial and indeterminate

Explanation:
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48)   The fate of each blastomere is foretold. The cleavage will be as

a. Spiral and indeterminate
b. Radial and indeterminate
c. Radial and indeterminate
d. Spiral and determinate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Spiral and determinate

Explanation:
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49)   Of the following which one is non-cellular in most cases in animals?

a. Mesenchyme
b. Sclerenchyma
c. Chlorenchyma
d. Mesoderm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mesenchyme

Explanation:
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50)   In most triploblasts after embryonic development the three layers are represented as

a. Separate layers of cells
b. Structures formed from them
c. Structures associated with them
d. Their functions in body
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Structures formed from them

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!