Biology Mcqs Test Preparation for ECAT & MCAT - Set 15

1)   Growth process is

a. Irreversible
b. Reversible
c. Sometimes reversible sometimes irreversible
d. Temporary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Irreversible

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2)   A plant has a growth pattern called

a. Closed growth
b. Open growth
c. In between the two
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Open growth

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3)   Speed of growth is

a. Rapid throughout
b. Slow throughout
c. First slow then rapid then slow again
d. First rapid then slow
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: First rapid then slow

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4)   Meristems are group of cells that

a. Allow the surrounding region to divide
b. Provide nutrition
c. Help in movement
d. Retain the potential to divide
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Retain the potential to divide

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5)   Higher plants grow through

a. Growing points
b. Whole plant body is capable of growing
c. Only roots grow
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Growing points

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6)   Meristems are of

a. Two types
b. Three types
c. Four types
d. Five types
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Three types

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7)   Apical meristems are located at

a. Tips of leaves
b. Tips of flowers
c. Tips of roots and stems
d. Tips of roots only
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tips of roots and stems

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8)   Function of intercalary meristems is

a. Increase in length
b. Increase in diameter
c. Production of leaves and flowers
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Production of leaves and flowers

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9)   Lateral meristems are present in

a. All plants
b. Gymnosperms and dicots
c. Monocots
d. In aquatic plants only
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gymnosperms and dicots

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10)   Intercalary meristems are of

a. Permanent nature
b. Temporary nature
c. Some are permanent some temporary
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Temporary nature

Explanation:
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11)   Determinate growth is

a. Growing continuously
b. Fluctuating growth
c. Grow to certain size and then stop
d. Vegetative roots and shoots grow by
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vegetative roots and shoots grow by

Explanation:
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12)   Vegetative roots and shoots grow by

a. Determinate growth
b. Primary growth only
c. Indeterminate growth
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: None of these

Explanation:
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13)   In plants growth is of

a. Four types
b. Five types
c. One type
d. Two types
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Two types

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14)   Secondary growth is actually

a. Extension of plant body
b. Increase in thickness
c. Production of leaves and flowers
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increase in thickness

Explanation:
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15)   Cambium are examples of

a. Apical meristems
b. Intercalary meristems
c. Lateral meristems
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lateral meristems

Explanation:
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16)   Growth of multicellular plants occur in

a. Two phases
b. Three phases
c. Five phases
d. Four phases
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Four phases

Explanation:
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17)   In multicellular plants cell division occur by

a. Binary fission
b. Conjugation
c. Meiosis
d. Mitosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mitosis

Explanation:
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18)   Cells elongate by

a. Mitosis
b. Uptake of water
c. Stretching
d. Formation of cell wall
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Uptake of water

Explanation:
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19)   Plasticity of cell wall increases during

a. Cell maturation
b. Cell elongation
c. Cell differentiation
d. Cell division
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cell elongation

Explanation:
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20)   Cells of fibers and tracheids elongate during

a. Phase of cell division
b. Phase of cell elongation
c. Phase of cell maturation
d. Phase of cell differentiation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phase of cell division

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21)   During cell differentiation

a. Walls of cells become thick
b. Walls of cells become pitted
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of these

Explanation:
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22)   Maximum optimum temperature for growth of plants is

a. 30-40 degree C
b. 25-30 degree C
c. 10-20 degree C
d. 20-40 degree C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 25-30 degree C

Explanation:
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23)   Which one is incorrect

a. Red light favours elongation of cells
b. Blue light retards cell enlargement
c. UV rays retards cell elongation
d. UV rays retard cell division
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: UV rays retard cell division

Explanation:
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24)   Light duration plays a role in inducing or suppressing flowering, phenomenon is called

a. Photosynthesis
b. Photoperiodism
c. Phototropism
d. Photogenetics
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Photoperiodism

Explanation:
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25)   Root primordial develop from

a. Apical meristems
b. Intercalary meristems
c. Pericycle
d. Epidermis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pericycle

Explanation:
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26)   Growth of apical buds suppressing lower axillary buds is

a. Lateral dominance
b. Compensatory dominance
c. Apical dominance
d. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Apical dominance

Explanation:
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27)   In chicks fertilization is

a. Internal
b. External
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Internal

Explanation:
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28)   Incubation temperature for chick is

a. 20-30 degree C
b. 40-45 degree C
c. 36-38 degree C
d. 25-35 degree C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 36-38 degree C

Explanation:
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29)   Which one is incorrect?

a. Epiblast is presumptive ectoderm and mesoderm
b. Hypoblast is presumptive endoderm
c. Hypoblast is presumptive mesoderm
d. Upper layer of cells in blastoderm is epiblast
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypoblast is presumptive mesoderm

Explanation:
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30)   Peripheral part of blastoderm making contact with yolk is called

a. Area pellucida
b. Area opaca
c. Blastocoel
d. Area plana
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Area opaca

Explanation:
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31)   Cavity formed between somatic and splanchnic mesoderm is called

a. Gastrocoele
b. Blastocoele
c. Coelom
d. Neurocoele
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Coelom

Explanation:
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32)   Mechanism of development was explained by

a. Hans Dietrisch
b. Spemann
c. Both a and b
d. Haemmerling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
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33)   Which statement is correct about gray crescent?

a. A pigmented area that appears at time of fertilization
b. A pigment free area that disappears at the time of fertilization
c. A hyperpigmented area that is present in the embryo
d. A pigment free area that appears at time of fertilization
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A pigment free area that appears at time of fertilization

Explanation:
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34)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. Fertilized egg of an ascidian contains cytoplasm of four colours
b. Yellow cytoplasm gives rise to gut
c. Grey equatorial cytoplasm gives rise to notochord.
d. Grey vegetal cytoplasm gives rise to gut
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Yellow cytoplasm gives rise to gut

Explanation:
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35)   Acetabularia crenulata has

a. Irregular shaped cap
b. Regular shaped cap
c. Irregular while young and regular while adult
d. No cap
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Irregular shaped cap

Explanation:
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36)   Which statement is correct?

a. Ectodermal cells have effect on mesodermal cells to induce differentiation
b. Mesodermal cells stimulate ectodermal cells to form nervous system
c. Endodermal cells stimulate ectodermal cells
d. All are correct
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mesodermal cells stimulate ectodermal cells to form nervous system

Explanation:
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37)   Negative physiological changes in our body is called

a. Teratology
b. Aging
c. Regeneration
d. Embryonic induction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aging

Explanation:
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38)   Study of aging is

a. Teratology
b. Embryology
c. Gerontology
d. Pathology
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gerontology

Explanation:
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39)   The ability to regain or recover the lost or injured part of body is

a. Aging
b. Regeneration
c. Abnormal development
d. Primary induction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Regeneration

Explanation:
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40)   Among invertebrates who possess great power of regeneration

a. Arthropods
b. Molluscs
c. Sponges
d. Nematodes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sponges

Explanation:
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41)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. Earthworm can regenerate its head
b. Salamander can regenerate its limbs
c. Lizard can regenerate its head
d. Man can regenerate his skin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lizard can regenerate its head

Explanation:
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42)   Growth is basically an increase in

a. Nuber of cells
b. Size of cells
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of these

Explanation:
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43)   The stage of rapid cell division just after fertilization is

a. Organogenesis
b. Cleavage
c. Gastrulation
d. Growth
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cleavage

Explanation:
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44)   The German scientist Spemann worked on differentiation in

a. 1924
b. 1929
c. 1915
d. 1940
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1924

Explanation:
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45)   Inducer substances are produced by

a. Notochord
b. Somite
c. Archenteron
d. Coelom
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Notochord

Explanation:
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46)   What is the feature of cells in gastrulation?

a. Division
b. Migration
c. Differentiation
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Migration

Explanation:
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47)   Vertebral column is formed from

a. Ectoderm
b. Endoderm
c. Mesoderm
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mesoderm

Explanation:
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48)   Liver and pancreas arise from

a. Foregut
b. Midgut
c. Hindgut
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Foregut

Explanation:
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49)   Hemophilia is

a. Excessive bleeding due to defective gene on sex chromosome
b. Due to extra sex chromosome
c. Due to structural deviation during organogenesis
d. Due to nutritional deficiencies
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Excessive bleeding due to defective gene on sex chromosome

Explanation:
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50)   In which of the following cases, genotypic and phenotypic ratio will remain same in F2 generation

a. Law of independent assortment
b. Law of Segregation
c. Test cross
d. Incomplete dominance.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Incomplete dominance.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!