Biology Mcqs Test Preparation for ECAT & MCAT - Set 6

1)   Production of pyrogens is a ________ phenomenon

a. Protective
b. Destructive
c. Constructive
d. Aggressive
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Protective

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Name the type of adaptation from the following that is responsible for shivering thermogenesis

a. Structural
b. Physiological
c. Behavioral.
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Behavioral.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   In asexual reproduction offspring are produced by

a. Meiosis
b. Mitosis
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mitosis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Which method is of asexual reproduction?

a. Sporulation
b. Fission
c. Apomixis
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Gametes in animals are produced by

a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Fission
d. Apomixis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mitosis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   In sexual reproduction, plants have diplohaplontic life cycle with alternating

a. Diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations
b. Haploid sporophyte and diploid gametophyte generations
c. Diploid sporophyte and diploid gametophyte generations
d. Haploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which statement is correct?

a. In heteromorphic generations are vegetatively dissimilar
b. In isomorphic generations are vegetatively dissimilar
c. In isomorphic generations are vegetatively similar
d. Both a and c
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and c

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   In parthenocarpy which levels are high in ovaries

a. Gibberalins
b. Cytokinins
c. Auxins
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Auxins

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Seeds are dormant in conditions of

a. Water scarcity
b. Low temperature
c. Harsh winters
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Developing seeds are rich source of

a. Auxins
b. Gibberellins
c. Cytokinins
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. Climacteric is burst of respiratory activity in fruit ripening
b. It is associated with ethane production
c. It helps in fruit set
d. It helps in fruit ripening
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It helps in fruit set

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   What is critical in photoperiodism?

a. Length of light period
b. Length of dark period
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Length of dark period

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Which one is not a day neutral plant?

a. Cucumber
b. Maize
c. Cotton
d. Tobacco
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tobacco

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. In short day plants red light prevents flowering
b. Henbane is a short day plant
c. In long day plants for red light promotes flowering
d. Leaf unrolling occurs in grasses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Henbane is a short day plant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   In biennials and perennials, low temperature stimulus is not received by

a. Shoot apex of mature stem
b. Embryo of the seed
c. Leaves of the plants
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Leaves of the plants

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Development of an egg into zygote without fertilization is called

a. Parthenogenesis
b. Apomixes
c. Parthenocarpy
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parthenogenesis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   In which organism males are haploid

a. Aphids
b. Honey bee
c. Mosquito
d. Butterfly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Honey bee

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   In cloning, nucleus is introduced into

a. Somatic cell
b. Egg cell
c. Sperm cell
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Egg cell

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Which characteristic is not of identical twins?

a. Produced by separation of two blastomeres
b. Have different genetic makeup
c. Produced asexually
d. Produced when embryo is at two cell stage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Have different genetic makeup

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Viviparous animals are those in which

a. Internal fertilization with external development in eggs
b. Internal fertilization with internal development inside female body
c. Internal fertilization and internal development followed by hatching of egg
d. External fertilization with external development
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Internal fertilization with internal development inside female body

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Example of ovoviviparous

a. Reptiles
b. Mammals
c. Duckbill platypus
d. Frog
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Duckbill platypus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Sertoli cells

a. Provide liquid medium to cells in testes
b. Provide protection and nourishment to cells
c. Secrete testosterone
d. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   2nd meiotic division in oocyte is completed

a. When ovum is discharged from the ovary
b. When oocyte is fertilized by sperm
c. Just before fertilization
d. Before the onset of menstruation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: When oocyte is fertilized by sperm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Fertilization of ovum occurs

a. In proximal part of oviduct
b. In distal part of oviduct
c. In uterus
d. In ovary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In proximal part of oviduct

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Duration of menstrual cycle is

a. 25 days
b. 26 days
c. 27 days
d. 28 days
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 28 days

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Progesterone is secreted by

a. Ripening follicles
b. Uterine epithelium
c. Corpus luteum
d. Fertilized egg
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Corpus luteum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Total gestation period is about

a. 350 days
b. 200 days
c. 280 days
d. 320 days
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 280 days

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Fetus is human embryo from the beginning of

a. 2nd month
b. 3rd month
c. 4th month
d. 5th month
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3rd month

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Average loss of blood during birth is about

a. 250 cm3
b. 350 cm3
c. 450 cm3
d. 150 cm3
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 350 cm3

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. Syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum
b. Genital herpes produces genital soreness and ulcers
c. Syphilis affects eyes, bones, joints, CNS
d. Gonorrhea is caused by gram negative bacterium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gonorrhea is caused by gram negative bacterium

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   The animals in which there are separate male and female individuals are called

a. Unisexual
b. Bisexual
c. Hermaphrodite
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Unisexual

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   In which of the following animals, placenta is formed?

a. Prototherians
b. Metatherians
c. Eutherians
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Eutherians

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Which of these cycles operate in human females?

a. Oestrous cycle
b. Menstrual cycle
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Menstrual cycle

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   During birth which of following act as birth canal?

a. Oviduct
b. Uterine tube
c. Uterus
d. Vagina
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vagina

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Nutrition to egg in ovary is provided by

a. Germ cells
b. Follicle cells
c. Milk cells
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Follicle cells

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   End of menstrual cycle in old age is called

a. Andropause
b. Menopause
c. Gametopause
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Menopause

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Critical day length for cocklebur is

a. 8.5 hrs
b. 10-11 hrs
c. 13-14 hrs
d. 15.5 hrs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 15.5 hrs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   In asexual reproduction offspring are genetically

a. Identical to the parents
b. Non identical to the parents
c. Identical if mutations do not occur.
d. Both a and c
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and c

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Evolution of pollen tube is parallel to the evolution of

a. Leaf
b. Plant
c. Flower
d. Seed
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Seed

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Resumption of normal growth by a dormant embryo is called

a. Seed dormancy
b. Germination
c. Fruit set
d. Fruit ripening
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Germination

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   ________ is a quiescent form of phytochrome.

a. P630
b. P660
c. P730
d. P760
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: P660

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Apomixis is a form of

a. Parthenocarpy
b. Vernalization
c. Parthenogenesis
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parthenogenesis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Period between two consecutive divisions is called

a. Interphase
b. Resting phase
c. Mitotic phase
d. Cell cycle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Interphase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   DNA is synthesized and chromosome number is doubled in

a. G1 phase
b. S phase
c. G2 phase
d. G0 phase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: S phase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   In case of neurons, post mitotic cell escapes cell cycle and remain in _______ phase whthout proliferating further

a. G0 phase
b. G1 phase
c. G2 phase
d. S phase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: G0 phase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. In human, cell cycle is about 24 hrs
b. Mitosis takes 30 min
c. G2 5.5 hrs
d. Yeast cell only 90 min
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: G2 5.5 hrs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Mitosis occurs in

a. Diploid cells only
b. Haploid cells only
c. Both diploid and haploid cells
d. Monoploid cells
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both diploid and haploid cells

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Microtubules are composed of

a. Action protein
b. Actin and myosin proteins
c. Sphingomyelin and tubulin
d. Tubulin protein and traces of RNA
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tubulin protein and traces of RNA

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   From each pair of centrioles ________ sets of microtubules originate

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   Mitotic apparatus in animals is formed by

a. Aster and spindle
b. Polar and kinetochore microtubules
c. Spindle and RNA
d. Spindle only
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aster and spindle

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!