Biology Mcqs Test Preparation for ECAT & MCAT - Set 7

1)   A special area of centromere with specific base arrangement and specific proteins where spindle fibers are attached is called

a. Chromatin
b. Aster
c. Kinetochore
d. Primary constriction
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kinetochore

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2)   Each kinetochore gets ________ fibers in mitosis

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

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
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3)   Most critical phase of mitosis is

a. Prophase
b. Anaphase
c. Metaphase
d. Telophase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anaphase

Explanation:
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4)   Reverse of prophase is

a. Interphase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Telophase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Telophase

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5)   In plants mitotic apparatus consists of

a. Centriole
b. Centriole and asters
c. Centrioles, asters and spindles
d. Spindles only
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Spindles only

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6)   Which statement is not true about phragmoplast?

a. Formed from vesicle originating from Golgi apparatus
b. Present in plants only
c. Formed at the end of anaphase
d. Centre of dividing cell
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Formed at the end of anaphase

Explanation:
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7)   Spread of tumor cells and establishment of secondary areas of growth is

a. Benign tumors
b. Cancer
c. Metastasis
d. Epistasis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Metastasis

Explanation:
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8)   Which is a feature of malignant tumor?

a. Localized
b. Little deleterious effects
c. Few mitosis
d. Metastasize
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Metastasize

Explanation:
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9)   Feature of cancer cells in common?

a. High nucleus to cytoplasmic ratio
b. Prominent nucleoli
c. Many mitosis
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
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10)   Meiosis occur in

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

ANSWER: Diploid cells only

Explanation:
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11)   Meiosis occurs at the time of

a. Gamete formation in animals
b. Spore formattion in plants
c. Growth in animals
d. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
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12)   Interphase of meiosis lacks

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

ANSWER: G2 phase

Explanation:
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13)   Homologous chromosomes are

a. Similar and identical
b. Identical but not similar
c. Not similar and not identical
d. Similar but not identical
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Similar but not identical

Explanation:
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14)   The longest phase of meiosis I is

a. Metaphase
b. Anaphase
c. Prophase
d. Telophase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Prophase

Explanation:
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15)   Tetrad or bivalent is

a. Paired homologous chromosome but not fused complex structure
b. 2 unpaired homologous chromosome
c. Paired and fused complex structure
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Paired homologous chromosome but not fused complex structure

Explanation:
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16)   Pairing of homologous chromosomes is completed in

a. Leptotene
b. Zygotene
c. Pachytene
d. Diplotene
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pachytene

Explanation:
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17)   Each bivalent has

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

ANSWER: 4 chromatids

Explanation:
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18)   Crossing over occurs between

a. Sister chromatids
b. Non sister chromatids
c. Independent chromatids
d. Each and every chromatid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Non sister chromatids

Explanation:
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19)   Inability of chromosomes to segregate during anaphase and telophase of meiosis is called

a. Crossing over
b. Chromosomal disjunction
c. Chromosomal nondisjunction
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chromosomal nondisjunction

Explanation:
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20)   Which statement is incorrect?

a. Down's syndrome involves autosome
b. In Turner's syndrome 2n-1
c. In Klinefelter's syndrome XYY
d. In Down's syndrome sperms are commonly involved
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In Down's syndrome sperms are commonly involved

Explanation:
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21)   Apoptosis

a. Cell death due to tissue damage
b. Causes inflammation
c. Internal programme of events by which cell commits suicide
d. Damages neighboring cells
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Internal programme of events by which cell commits suicide

Explanation:
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22)   A cell of human being has 46 chromosomes; it divides to form some daughter cells, each having 23 pairs of chromosomes. The division would be

a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Amitosis
d. Budding
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mitosis

Explanation:
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23)   Mitosis takes place during

a. Healing of wound
b. Development and growth
c. Vegetative propagation
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
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24)   Which of the following category comes under Turner's syndrome?

a. A male having 2 X chromosomes
b. A female having 3 X chromosomes
c. A male having only 1 Y chromosome
d. A female having only 1 X chromosome
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A female having only 1 X chromosome

Explanation:
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25)   Morphology of chromosomes is best studied during

a. Telophase
b. Metaphase
c. Prophase
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Metaphase

Explanation:
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26)   Cytokinins refers to

a. Division of nucleus
b. Division of cytoplasm
c. Division of cell
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Division of cell

Explanation:
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27)   Which fibers intedigitate with each other?

a. Astral fibers
b. Kinetochore fibers
c. Kinetochore fibers
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kinetochore fibers

Explanation:
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28)   Cancer cells are

a. Differentiated
b. Undifferentiated
c. Highly differentiated
d. Less differentiated
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Less differentiated

Explanation:
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29)   Crossing over in meiosis occurs during

a. Zygotene
b. Pachytene
c. Dislotene
d. Diakinesis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pachytene

Explanation:
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30)   Which division does not show replication of chromosomes?

a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis I
c. Meiosis II
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Meiosis II

Explanation:
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31)   A significant happening of meiosis is / are

a. Crossing over
b. Random assortment
c. Both of these
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of these

Explanation:
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32)   Jacob's syndrome can be represented as

a. XO
b. XXX
c. XXY
d. XYY
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: XYY

Explanation:
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33)   Unbroken series of organisms arranged from ancestor to descendant sequence is

a. Biodiversity
b. Phyletic lineage
c. Connecting link
d. Evolutionary line
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phyletic lineage

Explanation:
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34)   Out of total organisms on earth, ______ are vascular plants

a. 53.10%
b. 19.90%
c. 17.60%
d. 9.40%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 17.60%

Explanation:
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35)   Control of organisms by using living organisms is called

a. Bioremediation
b. Integrated disease management
c. Antisepsis
d. Biological control
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Biological control

Explanation:
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36)   Branch of biology which deals with the study of chemical components and chemical processes in living organisms is called

a. Molecular biology
b. Physiology
c. Biochemistry
d. Atomic biology
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Biochemistry

Explanation:
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37)   _______ is the potential surce of chemical energy for cellular activities

a. C-H bond
b. C-O bond
c. C-N bond
d. P-O-C bond
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: C-H bond

Explanation:
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38)   Percentage of water in brain cells is

a. 20%
b. 65%
c. 85%
d. 89%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 85%

Explanation:
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39)   Breakdown of large molecules into smaller ones utilizing water molecules is

a. Hydration
b. Hydrolysis
c. Dehydration synthesis
d. Electrolysis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hydrolysis

Explanation:
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40)   A chemical substance that reacts with enzyme but is not transformed into product and thus blocking active site is called

a. Substrate
b. Co-factor
c. Inhibitor
d. Promotor
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Inhibitor

Explanation:
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41)   Intake of liquid material by cell membrane is called

a. Endocytosis
b. Exocytosis
c. Phagocytosis
d. Pinocytosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pinocytosis

Explanation:
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42)   Ribosomes were discovered by

a. Golgi
b. De Duve
c. Palade
d. R.Brown
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Palade

Explanation:
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43)   _______ is concerned with cell secretions

a. Endoplasmic reticulum
b. Golgi complex
c. Lysosomes
d. Cell membrane
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Golgi complex

Explanation:
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44)   Cytoskeleton involved in assembly and disassembly of the spindle during mitosis is of

a. Microtubules
b. Microfilaments
c. Intermediate filaments
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Microtubules

Explanation:
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45)   Reverse transcriptase is present in

a. All RNA viruses
b. All DNA viruses
c. All retroviruses
d. All viruses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All retroviruses

Explanation:
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46)   Pox viruses are

a. RNA non-enveloped
b. RNA enveloped
c. DNA non-enveloped
d. DNA enveloped
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: DNA enveloped

Explanation:
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47)   Bacteria which grow either in the presence or absence of oxygen

a. Aerobic bacteria
b. Anaerobic bacteria
c. Facultative bacteria
d. Microaerophilic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facultative bacteria

Explanation:
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48)   Destruction of all life forms is called

a. Sterilization
b. Disinfection
c. Antisepsis
d. Preservation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sterilization

Explanation:
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49)   _______ is used to relieve one kind of headache, migraine

a. Pencillin
b. Lovastatin
c. Cyclosporine
d. Ergotin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ergotin

Explanation:
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50)   The single healthy megaspore retained within the megasporangium germinates to form an egg containing female gaemtophyte called

a. Ovule
b. Seed
c. Fruit
d. Embroyo sac
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Embroyo sac

Explanation:
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