Biology Mcqs Test Preparation for ECAT & MCAT - Set 4

1)   Specialized protective coverings around megasporangium which vary in number are called:

a. Sporangium
b. Integuments
c. Integuments
d. Pericarp
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Integuments

Explanation:
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2)   In which group of tracheophytes ovules are born on the exposed surface of megasporophylls?

a. Spheospsida
b. Filicineae
c. Gymnosperms
d. Angiosperms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gymnosperms

Explanation:
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3)   Pinus Taxus and Picea belong to

a. Spheospsida
b. Filicineae
c. Gymnosperms
d. Angiosperms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gymnosperms

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4)   In life cycle of Pinus megaspores produced by megasporangium divide into 4 megaspores by

a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Both depending upon the conditions
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Meiosis

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5)   Microspore of a seed plant that contain male gametophyte including the gamete is called

a. Pollen grain
b. Ovule
c. Microgametophyte
d. Microsporangium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pollen grain

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6)   Monocots are characterized by

a. Number of sepals and petals are 2 or multiple of 2
b. Number of sepals and petals are 3 or multiple of 3
c. Number of sepals and petals are 4 or multiple of 4
d. Number of sepals and petals are 5 or multiple of 5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Number of sepals and petals are 3 or multiple of 3

Explanation:
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7)   Which of the following statement about dicots is incorrect ?

a. They have 4 or 5 sepals and petals or their multiple.
b. They have parallel vein pattern on their leaves
c. They are both herbaceous and woody
d. Vascular bundles are ring shaped in their stems.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: They have parallel vein pattern on their leaves

Explanation:
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8)   Maize is an example of

a. Monocot
b. Dicot
c. Gymnosperms
d. none of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Monocot

Explanation:
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9)   Carbohydrates, fats & proteins are essential for:

a. Metabolic processes of an organism
b. Providing energy
c. Formation of sturctures
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
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10)   Magnesium is present in which of the following?

a. Cytochromes
b. ATP
c. Chlorophyll
d. Haemoglobin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chlorophyll

Explanation:
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11)   Deficiency of which of the following causes chlorosis?

a. Nitrogen
b. Magnesium
c. Iron
d. Both A and B
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A and B

Explanation:
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12)   Deficiency of K+ causes:

a. Stunted growth & strong chlorosis
b. No electron transport chains
c. Premature death of leaves.
d. Stunted growth of roots.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Premature death of leaves.

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13)   Puccinia is a parasitic:

a. Plant
b. Fungus
c. Animal
d. Algae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fungus

Explanation:
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14)   Autotrophic organisms can exist in an exclusively ______ environment.

a. Organic
b. Inorganic
c. Wet
d. Terrestrial
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Inorganic

Explanation:
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15)   Strong chlorosis is due to the deficiency of _____ in plants.

a. Magnesium
b. Nitrogen
c. Potassium
d. Phosphorus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nitrogen

Explanation:
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16)   Stunted growth of roots is due to the deficiency of _____ in plants

a. Potassium
b. Magnesium
c. Phosphorus
d. Iron.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phosphorus

Explanation:
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17)   Puccinia commonly destroys

a. Corn
b. Tomato
c. Dodder
d. Wheat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wheat

Explanation:
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18)   Nodules on roots of leguminous plants have _____ bacteria

a. Anaerobic
b. Nitrogen fixing
c. Nitrifying
d. Ammonifying
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nitrogen fixing

Explanation:
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19)   All of the insectivorous plants are true

a. Heterotrophs
b. Autotrophes
c. Carnivores
d. Saprotrophs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Autotrophes

Explanation:
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20)   The leaf is bilobed with midrib between them. The plant is

a. Saraccnia
b. Dionaea
c. Pitcher plant
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dionaea

Explanation:
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21)   Of the following, which one has more variety of nutrition?

a. Animals
b. Bacteria
c. Plants
d. Fungi
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Animals

Explanation:
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22)   Earthworm is an example of ______ feeder

a. Detritus
b. Fluid
c. Macrophageus
d. Filter
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Detritus

Explanation:
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23)   Of the following, which one is missing in herbivores?

a. Premolars
b. Canines
c. Incisors
d. Molars.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Canines

Explanation:
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24)   Certain types of whales are also ______ feeder.

a. Fluid
b. Macrophagous
c. Filter
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Filter

Explanation:
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25)   Hydra is an example of _______ feeder

a. Fluid
b. Macrophagous
c. Fluid
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Macrophagous

Explanation:
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26)   Parasites capable of living independently of its host at times is called as _______ parasite.

a. Obligate
b. Strict
c. Facultative
d. Endoparasite
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facultative

Explanation:
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27)   In planaria, numerous small branches which end blindly are called as

a. Digestive tract
b. Intestinal caeca
c. Hepatic caeca
d. Both B & C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Intestinal caeca

Explanation:
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28)   Midgut in cockroach is a short narrow tube called

a. Hepatic caeca
b. Gizzard
c. Stomach
d. Rectum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stomach

Explanation:
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29)   The partly digested food is stored in ____ in cockroach.

a. Gizzard
b. Crop
c. Hepatic caeca
d. Rectum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crop

Explanation:
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30)   Hunger contractions are _____ contractions

a. Antiperistalsis
b. Peristalsis
c. Voluntary
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Peristalsis

Explanation:
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31)   A painful burning sensation produced in the chest cavity usually associated with the back flush of acidic chyme into the esophagus is

a. Pyrolysis
b. Pyrosis
c. Peristalsis
d. Dyspepsia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pyrosis

Explanation:
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32)   Hepatic and Pancreatic secretions are also stimulated by a hormone produced by the intestinal mucosa. The hormone is

a. Creatin
b. Gastrin
c. Secretin
d. Pepsin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Secretin

Explanation:
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33)   It is about 2.4 meter in length and comprising about two fifth of the small intestine

a. Duodenum
b. Jejunum
c. Ileum
d. Caecum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jejunum

Explanation:
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34)   Anus is surrounded by _____ types of muscles

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

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
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35)   Incomplete or imperfect digestion is known as

a. Obesity
b. Dyspepsia
c. Anorexia nervous
d. Bulimia nervosa
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dyspepsia

Explanation:
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36)   One of the commonest cause of food poisoning are the toxins produced by

a. Azobacter
b. Nitrosomonas
c. Campylobacter
d. Nitrobacter
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Campylobacter

Explanation:
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37)   The liquid that escapes during defrosting frozen meat contains _____ bacteria

a. Campylobacter
b. Nitrobacter
c. Azobacter
d. Salmonella
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Salmonella

Explanation:
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38)   Loss of appetite due to the fear of becoming obese is

a. Anorexia nervosa
b. Bulimia nervosa
c. Piles
d. Dyspepsia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anorexia nervosa

Explanation:
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39)   An illness which largely affects girls usually just after the onset of puberty.

a. Bulimia nervosa
b. Obesity
c. Anorexia nervosa
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anorexia nervosa

Explanation:
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40)   Masses of dilated tortuous veins in the anorectal mucosa are known as

a. Bulimia
b. Ulcer
c. Adipose tissue
d. Hemorrhoids
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hemorrhoids

Explanation:
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41)   Mastication is carried out by:

a. Teeth
b. Tongue
c. Smooth muscles
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Teeth

Explanation:
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42)   Dipeptides into amino acids are are converted through

a. Amino peptidase
b. Erypsin
c. Pepsin
d. Trypsin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Erypsin

Explanation:
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43)   Pepsinogen is produced from

a. Mucous cells
b. Parietal cells
c. Zymogen cells
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Zymogen cells

Explanation:
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44)   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:
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45)   Which of the following statement about Homeostasis is incorrect

a. There is a definite control system that regulates the homeostatic activities
b. Homeostatic mechanisms keep the internal environment fixed despite of wide changes in external environment
c. Because of this the fluctuations of internal environment are of extremely narrow range as compared to that of external environment
d. All are correct
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Homeostatic mechanisms keep the internal environment fixed despite of wide changes in external environment

Explanation:
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46)   In a hot summer after noon, if your body's Homeostatic machinery keep your internal temperature quite lower than that of external than this is an example of

a. Positive feed back
b. Negative feed back
c. Feed back
d. Osmoregulation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Negative feed back

Explanation:
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47)   In osmosis water molecules move from area of _______ to _______ through semipermeable memberane

a. Higher solute concentration to lower solute concentration
b. Lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration
c. Lower solvent concentration to higher solvent concentration
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration

Explanation:
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48)   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:
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49)   Thick, waxy & leathery cuticle around leaves is present in

a. Hydrophytes
b. Mesophytes
c. Xerophytes
d. Halophytes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Xerophytes

Explanation:
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50)   Rose is an example of

a. Hydrophytes
b. Mesophytes
c. Xerophytes
d. Halophytes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mesophytes

Explanation:
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