Bio

Chapter 01 d.
Internal organs of organisms

Correct Ans. D
Choose the most appropriate answer.
6. Pollution of our surroundings in the recent
1. They are the remains or impressions of past has resulted because of:
living organisms preserved in rocks:
a. Biological Research
a. Tissues b. Rapid industrialization
b. Fossils c. Information Technology
c. Calcium d. Forestation
d. Statutes
Correct Ans. b
Correct Ans. b
7. The statement made by a scientist, which
may be the possible answer to the problem.
2. It is the study of fossils and their
relationship to the evolution of life on earth: a. Deduction
b. Theory
a. embryology c. Hypothesis
b. taxonomy d. Law
c. physiology
d. None of these Correct Ans. c
Correct Ans. d 8. Which of the following is involved in the

spread of malaria ?
3. Man has been able to produce food in
greater quantities due to advancement in: a. Bacterium
b. Bad Air
a. Mathematics c. Virus
b. Space science d. Mosquito
c. Physics
d. Biology Correct Ans. d
Correct Ans. d 9. People who slept outside in open spaces

suffered from malaria more frequently
4. Taxonomy is the study of: than those who slept indoors, indicates
that:
a. Functions of different parts of
organisms a. Bad air is involved in the spread of
b. Naming and classification of Malaria
organisms b. Bacteria are involved in the spread
c. Hereditary characters of Malaria
d. Structure and functions of cells c. Mosquitoes are involved in the
spread of Malaria
Correct Ans. b d. Birds are involved in the spread of
Malaria
5. Anatomy deals with the study of:
a. Relationship between organisms Correct Ans. c
and their environment
b. Development of an organism from 10. The entry of Plasmodium into the blood of
a fertilized egg or zygote Man was discovered by:
c. Structure and function of molecular a. A. F. A. King
components of the cell b. Laveran
c. Ronald Ross Correct Ans. (d)
d. Grassi
Correct Ans. b
11. In case of typical attack, malarial patient

feels:
16. When sporozoites of Plasmodium pass
a. Very cold and chilly from the blood to liver cells, they multiply for:
b. Very Warm
c. Sleepy a. 8 days
d. Normal b. 10 days
c. 12 days
Correct Ans. a d. 14 days
12. Sexual reproduction of the malaria parasite Correct Ans. (c)

occurs in :
17. Man can now be saved from fatal
a. Man diseases by using:
b. Mosquito
c. Red blood cells a. Vaccine
d. Both a and b b. Bacteria
c. Antibiotics
Correct Ans. b d. Plasmodium
13. Inside human body Plasmodium attacks: Correct Ans. (a)
a. Nerve cells 18. The word malaria has been derived from
b. Red blood cells the combination of two words which are:
c. White blood cells a. Latin
d. Kidney cells b. Italian
c. Greek
Correct Ans. b d. Arabic
14. In the life cycle of Plasmodium fusion of
gametes and formation of gametes and formation Correct Ans. (b)
of zygote
take place in: 19. Which one of the following best
describes the scientific method?
a. Body of Man
b. Body of Mosquito a. Doing experiments in laboratories
c. Air b. Collecting all known facts on a
d. Water subject
c. Developing and testing hypothesis
Correct Ans. b d. Using sensitive electronic
measuring instruments
15. The part of Cinchona plant found
suitable for the treatment of Malaria was: Correct Ans. (c)
a. Seeds 20. Which of the following stages of

b. Fruits Plasmodium is diploid?
c. Leaves
d. Bark a. Merozoite
b. Sporozoite
c. Zygote (ookinete)
d. Gametocyte
Correct Ans. (c)
21. Which of the following stages of

Plasmodium is spindle shaped?
a. sporozoite
b. Merzoite
c. Gametocyte
d. Ookinete
Correct Ans. (a)
22. Which of the following forms of

Plasmodium is present in the saliva of
mosquito?
a. Merozoites
b. Sporozoites
c. Gametocytes
d. Zygote
Correct Ans. (b)
23. Which of these attack red blood cells?
a. ookinetes
b. Gametocytes
c. Sporozoites
d. Merozoites
Correct Ans. (d)
24. Which of the following is not true of

malaria patient?
a. feels cold and chilly

b. feels headache
c. feels appetite
d. temperature rises up to 106 oF
Correct Ans. (c)

Chapter 2
1. Nucleus in plant cells was discovered by: 6. They provide support to the plant body:
a. Dutrochet a. Phloem cells

b. Robert Brown b. Parenchyma cells
c. Robert Hooke c. Sclerenchyma cells
d. Schleiden d. Chlorechyma cells
Correct Ans. (c) Correct Ans. (c)
2. The pushing out of materials by the cell 7. Parenchyma cells are concerned with:
against the concentration gradient is:
a. Secretion
a. Low transport b. Support
b. Passive transport c. Carry Oxygen
c. Active transport d. Storage of surplus food
d. Moderate transport
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (c)
8. Substances cross the cell membrane more
3. Robert Hooke examined thin slices of cork easily when they are:
made up of the bark of:
a. Water soluble
a. Pine b. Protein soluble
b. Sheesham c. Alcohol soluble
c. Oak d. Lipid soluble
d. Mulberry
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (c)
9. Many substances that are not needed
4. In thin slices of cork Robert Hooke constantly enter the cell by:
noticed.
a. Passive transport
a. Tiny creatures b. Active transport
b. Small holes c. Negative transport
c. Small chambers d. Fast transport
d. Bacteria
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
10. It is a true cell wall in a newly growing
5. Henri Dutrochet confirmed. cell:
a. Robert Brown observations on a. Middle lamella

Nucleus b. Secondary wall
b. Robert Hooke’s observations on c. Primary wall
Cells d. Plasma membrane
c. Schwann observations of cells
d. Schleiden observations on cells Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b)

a. Four forms
b. Three forms
c. Two forms
d. One form
11. It is the first to be formed:
Correct Ans. (b)
a. Primary wall
b. Secondary wall 17. The 60S and 40S subunits on attachment
c. Tertiary wall with each other form:
d. Middle lamella
a. 100S particle
Correct Ans. (a) b. 90S particle
c. 80S particle
12. It is a site of certain metabolic pathways: d. 70S particle
a. Cell wall Correct Ans. (c)

b. Plasma membrane
c. Cytoplasm 18. Proteins are synthesized in the:
d. A&B
a. Ribosomes
Correct Ans. (c) b. Mitochondria
c. Nucleus
13. The water percentage of cytosol in the d. Nucleolus
cytoplasm is:
Correct Ans. (a)
a. 50
b. 60 19. They are absent in higher plants:
c. 70
d. 90 a. Plastids
b. Golgi Apparatus
Correct Ans. (d) c. Cell Membranes
d. Centrioles
14. New Ribosomes are assembled in the :
Correct Ans. D
a. Nucleolus
b. Mitochondria 20. Amino acids (proteins) are present in the
c. Endoplasmic Reticulum cell walls of:
d. Golgi Apparatus
a. Gymnosperms
Correct Ans. (a) b. Bacteria
c. Mosses
15. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum helps to: d. Angiosperms
a. Synthesize proteins Correct Ans. B

b. Detoxify the harmful drugs
c. Prepare food 21. Which of the following organelles is
d. Decompose proteins present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells?
Correct Ans. (b)
a. Chloroplast
16. Morphologically Endoplasmic Reticulum b. Ribosomes
exists in: c. Mitochondria
d. Golgi Complex
a. None
Correct Ans. B b. One
c. Two
d. Three
Correct Ans. C
22. Which of the following features is not 27. Which of the following molecules move
shared by prokaryotic and eukaryotic regularly from the nucleus to the
cells? cytoplasm?
a. Ribosome a. Glycogen
b. Cytoplasm b. DNA
c. Cell membrane c. RNA
d. Nuclear membrane d. Cholesterol
Correct Ans. D Correct Ans. C
23. Which of the following cell organelles is 28. Which of the following cellular organelles
present in both plant and animal cells? extracts energy from glucose and forms
ATP molecules:
a. Chlorophyll
b. Plasma membrane a. Lysosome
c. Plastids b. Chloroplast
d. Cell wall c. Mitochondrion
d. Chromoplast
Correct Ans. B
Correct Ans. C
24. Which of the following pair is incorrect?
29. Lysosomes contain enzymes capable of:
a. Ribosome ______________
Protein synthesis a. Aerobic cellular respiration
b. Chloroplast _____________ b. Digesting part of the cell
Photosynthesis c. Synthesizing protein
c. Mitochondria ____________ d. Synthesizing lipids
Fermentation Correct Ans. B
d. Plasma membrane___________
Osmosis 30. Mitochondria are found:
Correct Ans. C
a. in all cells
25. Which of the structures is not found in a b. only in plant cells
prokaryotic cell? c. only in animal cells
d. in all eukaryotic cells
a. Plasma membrane
b. Nuclear envelope Correct Ans. D
c. Ribosome
d. Cell wall 31. Green pigments capable of capturing the
energy of sunlight are located within the:
Correct Ans. B
a. Golgi complex
26. How may membranes comprise the b. Endoplasmic complex
nuclear envelop? c. Chloroplast
d. Cell wall
36. In the fluid mosaic membrane model the
Correct Ans. C lipid bilayer:
a. is sandwiched between two protein

layers
b. has protein embedded in it
c. lies on top of a single protein layer
d. is covered by a single protein layer
32. The two types of cellular organelles that correct ans. B

transform energy are:
37. An input of energy is required for which
a. Chromoplasts and leucoplast one of the following?
b. Mitochondria and chloroplast
c. Mitochondria and Chromoplasts a. diffusion
d. Chloroplasts and leucoplasts b. osmosis
c. passive transport
d. active transport
Correct Ans. B
Correct ans. D
33. The plastids that give fruits and flowers
their orange and yellow colours are the: 38. Which of the following cytoplamic
organelles is not bounded by membrane:
a. leucoplasts
b. chloroplasts a. Mitochodrion
c. Chromoplasts b. Lysosome
d. Proplasts c. Ribosome
d. Plastids
Correct Ans. C
Correct Ans. C
34. The main function of the plasma
membrane is to: 39. Which of the following bodies is not
bounded by a double membrane structure?
a. synthesize ribosomes
b. Control what goes into and out of a. mitochondrion
the cell b. chloroplast
c. Allow all kinds of substances to c. Lysosome
enter the cell d. Nucleus
d. Move the cell from place to place
Correct Ans. C
Correct ans. B
40. Which of the following cell organelles
35. Plant cells are connected by channels cause a decrease in the concentration of
through their walls called: organic material in the cell?
a. Plasmodesmata a. Golgi bodies

b. desmosomes b. Chloroplast
c. middle lamella c. Ribosome
d. non of these d. Mitochondrion
Correct ans. A Correct Ans. D

41. Which of the following cell organelles is d. Chloroplast
not involved in the sequence of events
from synthesis of an enzyme to its Correct Ans. D
excretion?
46. Active transport:
a. Ribosome
b. Lysosome a. requires a protein carrier
c. Golgi apparatus b. moves a molecule against its
d. Endoplasmic reticulum concentration gradient
c. requires a supply of energy
Correct Ans. B d. all of these
Correct Ans. d
42. A lipid molecule in the plasma membrane
has a head and two tails. The tails are 47. The nucleolus is largely composed of
found: rRNA and
a. At the surfaces of the membrane a. lipid

b. In the interior of the membrane b. Glucose
c. Both at the surfaces and interior of c. Wax
the membrane d. Protein
d. None of these
Correct Ans. D
Correct Ans. B
43. Which of the following organelles and

their contents are incorrectly paired:
a. Ribosome – RNA
b. Mitochondrion – Chlorophyll
c. Lysosome – digestive enzymes
d. Nucleus – DNA
Correct Ans. B
44. Which of the following properties is

incorrect for both mitochondria and
chloroplast:
a. Both have an electron transport

system
b. ATP synthesis
c. Both are present in all cells
d. Both are double membrane
structures
Correct Ans. C
45. Which of the following cell organelles

release oxygen:
a. ribosome
b. Golgi complex
c. Mitochondria
CHAPTER 3
Choose the most appropriate answer:

6. Silk is chemically:
1. It is the most abundant carbohydrate in
nature: a. Lipid
b. Wax
a. Sucrose c. Protein
b. Maltose d. Carbohydrate
c. Starch
d. Cellulose Correct Ans. C
Correct Ans. D 7. Protoplasm of plant cell is:
2. The most common monomer of a. Less viscous than animal cell

carbohydrates is a molecule of : b. More viscous than animal cell
c. Equal in viscosity to the animal
a. sucrose cell
b. lactose d. None of these
c. maltose
d. glucose Correct Ans. A
Correct Ans. D 8. In living cell, protein is:
3. Which of the following is polysaccharide: a. The most abundant compound

b. The least abundant compound
a. Glucose c. The second most abundant
b. Glycogen compound
c. Maltose d. The third most abundant compound
d. Lactose
Correct Ans. C
Correct Ans. B
9. They catalyze biological reactions in the
4. On hydrolysis triglyceride yields form of enzymes:
a. a glycerol and three fatty acids a. Glucose

b. a fatty acid and three glycerol b. Sucrose
c. a glucose and three fatty acids c. Proteins
d. a maltose and two fatty acids d. Terpenoids
Correct Ans. A Correct Ans. C
5. Cholesterol is: 10. Amino Acids in Insulin molecules are

arranged in:
a. diglyceride
b. saturated fatty acids a. One polypeptide chain
c. unsaturated fatty acids b. Two Polypeptide chains
d. steroid c. Three polypeptide chains
d. Four polypeptide chains
correct Ans. D
Correct Ans. B
a. Glucose and Galactose
b. Glucose and Maltose
c. Clucose and Fructose
d. Fructose and Galactose
11. Four polypeptide chains take part in the
formation of: Correct Ans. C
a. Cellulose 17. They are stored in plant and animal cells:

b. Silk
c. Hemoglobin a. Starch and Glycogen
d. DNA b. Glucose and sucrose
c. Starch and cellulose
Correct Ans. C d. Fructose and glucose
12. Each beta chain of Hemoglobin contains: Correct Ans. A
a. 126 Amino Acids 18. It is the most abundant carbohydrate in

b. 156 Amino Acids nature:
c. 136 Amino Acids
d. 146 Amino acids a. Glucose
b. Fructose
Correct Ans. D c. Cellulose
d. Starch
13. Amino Acids are linked together by:
Correct Ans. C
a. Hydrogen Bonds
b. Ionic Bonds 19. Cotton fibers are made up of:
c. Peptide bonds
d. None of these a. Glucose
b. Galactose
Correct Ans. C c. Starch
d. Cellulose
14. The manner in which different peptide
chains are connected determines the: Correct Ans. D
a. Size of protein molecule 20. Which of the following is true of

b. Shape of protein molecule acylglycerols
c. Color of protein molecule
d. Both A & B a. composed of glycerol and fatty
acids
Correct Ans. B b. easily soluble in water
c. act as enzymes
15. Glyceraldehyde is one of the: d. are hydrolyzed into glucose and
fructose
a. Hexoses
b. Trioses Correct Ans. A
c. Pentoses
d. Tetroses 21. Terpenoides are:
Correct Ans. B a. Sucrose

b. Glucose
16. Sucrose is formed of: c. Waxes
d. Fructose
b. 70% organic and 30% inorganic
Correct Ans. C compounds
c. 60% organic and 40% inorganic
compounds
d. 50% organic and 50% inorganic
compounds
Correct Ans. A
22. Nucleic acids are formed of units called:
a. Amino acids
b. Nucleotides 27. Which of the following groups from the
c. Citric acids nucleotides:
d. Isoprenoid units
a. Sugar __________ Nitrogenous
Correct Ans. B Base ___________ Vitamin
b. Sugar ___________ Vitamin
23. Typically a nucleotide is composed of: ______ Phosphoric acid
c. Sugar ___________ Nitrogenous
a. three components base ________ Phosphoric acid
b. four components d. Phosphoric acid _________
c. five components Nitrogenous base _______ vitamin
d. two components
Correct Ans. C
Correct Ans. A
28. Which of the following is hydrolyzed into
24. As compared to somatic cells the amount simple unit:
of DNA in germ line cells (sperms and
ova) is almost: a. ribose
b. glucose
a. Equal c. cellulose
b. Double d. fructose
c. One third
d. Half Correct ans. C
Correct Ans. D 29. Glucose + Fructose _________ Sucrose +

H2O
25. The function of tRNA is:
a. hydrolysis
a. To carry genetic information’s b. condensation (dehydration)
from DNA to ribosomes c. denaturation
b. To synthesize protein d. incorporation synthesis
c. Pick up amino acids and transfer
them to ribosomes Correct Ans. B
d. Constitute ribosomes
30. The unique properties of each amino acid
Correct Ans. C are determined by its particular
26. In protoplasm dry matter consists about: a. R group

b. Amino group
a. 90% organic and 10% inorganic c. Kinds of peptide bonds
compounds d. Number of bonds to other amino
acids
Correct Ans. A
31. DNA is unique among the organic
molecules of protoplasm in that it can:
36. Which of the following forms part of
a. form multipolymer complexes coenzyme:
b. come apart and re-form
c. withstand very high temperature a. Diastase
d. replicate itself b. Lipase
c. Vitamin
Correct Ans. D d. Lysine
32. Nucleotides of DNA molecule varies due Correct Ans. C

to their:
a. glycerol attachments 37. An enzyme promotes a chemical reaction

b. nitrogenous bases by:
c. sugars
d. phosphates a. Lowering the energy of activation
b. Causing the release of heat
correct ans. B c. Increasing molecular motion
d. Both A & B
33. Adenine is a:
Correct Ans. A
a. single ring compound
b. double ring compound 38. Which of the following releases greatest
c. Triple ring compound amount of energy:
d. Multi-ring compound
a. Carbohydrates
Correct ans. B b. Lipid
c. Water
34. The function of an enzyme is to: d. Nucleic acid
a. cause chemical reactions that Correct ans. B

would not otherwise take place
b. change the rate of chemical 39. Which of the following is an example of
reactions. carbohydrate:
c. Control the equilibrium point of
reaction a. enzymes
d. Change the direction of reaction b. waxes
c. ribose
Correct ans. B d. insulin
35. The enzyme sucrase act on: Correct ans. C
a. sucrose only 40. DNA molecule:

b. sucrose and starch
c. any disaccharide a. has a sugar-phosphate backbone
d. glycogen b. is single stranded
c. has a certain sequence of amino
Correct Ans. A acids
d. has a uracil base in its nucleotide
Correct ans. A
a. Thymine
b. Cytosine
c. Adenine
41. The functional group COOH is: d. Uracil
Correct Ans. (a)
a. Acidic
b. Basic 47. The linkages between two
c. Never ionized monosaccharides is called:
d. All of these
a. Ester
Correct Ans. (A) b. Glucoside
c. Peptide
42. Which of these is nondigestible by man: d. Nucleotide
a. cellulose Correct Ans. (b)

b. maltose
c. starch 48. Distance between twist of DNA molecule
d. glycogen is:
Correct Ans. (a) a. 14 A

b. 24 A
43. A fatty acid is unsaturated if it: c. 34 A
d. 44 A
a. contains hydrogen
b. contains double bonds between Correct Ans. (c)
carbon atoms
c. contains an acidic group
d. contains no double bonds 49. Which of the following is a complete
monomeric unit of DNA:
Correct ans. (b)
a. pentose sugar
44. Glucose in solution forms a ring called: b. phosphoric acid
c. nucleotide
a. glucofuranose d. adenine
b. ribofuranose
c. glucopyranose Correct Ans. (c)
d. ribopyranose
50. The formula of glyceraldehydes is:
Correct Ans. (c)
a. C3 H5 O3
45. Which of the following is not soluble in b. C3 H6 O3
water: c. C3 H4 O3
d. C3 H6 O4
a. Sucrose
b. Ribose Correct Ans. (b)
c. Glycerol
d. Glycogen 51. The number of Carbon in oleic acid is:
Correct Ans. (d) a. 16

b. 18
46. Which of the following is absent in the c. 20
nucleotides of RNA: d. 22
b. Carboxyl group
Correct Ans. (b) c. R-group
d. Hydrogen
Correct Ans. (c)
52. Vitamin A is a:
57. Which of the following is resistant to
a. protein degradation ?
b. wax
c. terpenoid a. wax
d. carbohydrate b. sucrose
c. starch
Correct Ans. (c) d. triglyceride
53. Which of the following is not true of Correct Ans. (a)

palmatic acid:
58. Beta Carotene is:
a. saturated
b. unsaturated a. phospholipids
c. unbranched b. terpenoid
d. 16 carbons c. polysaccharide
d. wax
Correct ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
54. Which of these makes cellulose
nondigestable: 59. Which of the following is a richer source
of chemical energy?
a. a polymer of glucose subunits
b. a fibrous protein a. glucose
c. the linkage between the glucose b. glycogen
molecules c. lipids
d. the peptide linkage d. proteins
60. Cholesterol is:

55. Which of these is not a lipid:
a. Diglyceride
a. steroid b. Saturated fat
b. wax c. Unsaturated fat
c. polysaccharide d. Steroid
d. terpenoids
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (c)
56. Which of the following is variable in an 61. The structure of a protein can be denatured
amino acid? by:
a. Amino group a. the polar bond of water molecule

b. heat
c. the presence of oxygen gas
d. the presence of carbon dioxide gas
Correct Ans. (b)

CHAPTER 4
Correct ans. (b)
6. Which of these chromosomes have a very
short arm?
1. Which of these established that the units of
inheritance are located on the a. Telocentric
chromosome? b. Metacentric
c. Acrocentric
a. Sutton d. Submetacentric
b. Waldeyer
c. Watson and Crick Correct Ans. (c)
d. Strickberger
7. Which of the following chromosomes have
Correct Ans. (a) arms of unequal length?
2. Which of the following determines the a. Telocentric

shape of the chromosomes? b. Metacentric
c. Acrocentric
a. chromatids d. Submetacentric
b. chromatin material
c. shape of the centromeres Correct Ans. (d)
d. position of the centromere
8. Which of the following types of
Correct ans. (d) chromosomes have arms of equal length?
3. The morphology of the chromosome is a. Metacentric

best studied during b. Submetacentric
c. Acrocentric
a. interphase d. Telocentric
b. prophase
c. telophase Correct Ans. (a)
d. metaphase
9. The total chromosome complement of a
Correct ans. (d) cell is called
4. Telocentric chromosomes have a. Karyosome

centromere located at b. Karyokinesis
c. Karyogamy
a. one end d. Karyotype
b. both ends
c. center Correct Ans. (d)
d. one side
10. DNA and histones together form a
Correct Ans. (a) structure called
5. Which of these chromosomes have a. Centromeres

centromere located at one end? b. Nucleosome
c. Nucleoplasm
a. acrocentric d. Centriole
b. Telocentric
c. Metacentric Correct Ans. (b)
d. Submetacentric
Correct Ans. (b)
11. Which of the following number of

molecules of various types of histones
form Nucleosome? 16. Which of the following is part of mitosis
in cells of seed plants?
a. 8
b. 10 a. Centrioles
c. 16 b. Asters
d. 20 c. Spindles
d. Cleavage furrows
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (c)
12. Which of these studied mitosis in plant
cells? 17. In plants, meiosis occurs during the
formation of:
a. Strassburger
b. Flemming a. gametes
c. Sutton b. seeds
d. Waldeyer c. spores
d. zygote
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (c)
13. Which of these studied mitosis in animal
cells? 18. The prophase I of Meiosis completes in
a. Strassburger a. Two stages

b. Flemming b. Three stages
c. Sutton c. Four stages
d. Waldeyer d. Five stages
Correct Ans. (b) Correct Ans. (d)
14. During mitosis the process of cytoplasmic 19. The number of chromosomes in a
division is called fertilized egg is:
a. Cytomeiosis a. half as many as in unfertilized egg

b. Cytoplasmosis b. the same as in sperm
c. Cytokinesis c. twice the number as in a sperm
d. Cytomitosis d. twice the number as in somatic cell
Correct Ans. (c) Correct Ans. (d)
15. DNA replication occurs in which phase of 20. All the somatic cells of a diploid organism
the cell cycle? originate from a single cell called
a. prophase a. gamete
b. interphase b. autosome
c. metaphase c. spore
d. Telophase d. zygote
Correct Ans. (d) c. pachytene
d. diplotene
Correct Ans. (c)
21. If at the end of meiosis, each of the four

daughter cells has four chromosomes, how 26. During what phase of meiosis tetrads are
many chromosomes were in the mother form?
cell?
a. prophase I
a. 2 b. prophase II
b. 4 c. metaphase I
c. 8 d. metaphase II
d. 16
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct ans. (c)
27. During what phase of meiosis the nuclear
22. At what phase of meiosis are homologous envelop breaks down?
chromosomes separated?
a. prophase I
a. Prophase I b. metaphase
b. Anaphase I c. anaphase I
c. Prophase II d. telophase I
d. Anaphase II
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
23. The process by which homologous

chromosomes being to pair with each other
is called.
a. chiasma
b. interkinesis
c. crossing over
d. synapsis
Correct Ans. (d)
24. The points at which crossing over has

taken place between homologous
chromosomes are called
a. Chiasmata
b. Centromeres
c. Synapsis
d. Centrosomes
Correct Ans. (a)
25. Crossing over occurs during
a. leptotene
b. zygotene
CHAPTER 5

6. They fix atmospheric Nitrogen:
1. Which of the following is caused by
bacteria? a. Virus
b. Fungi
a. Tetanus c. Bacteria
b. Measles d. Both A & B
c. Malaria
d. Ringworm Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (a) 7. In lytic life cycle bacterial cell:
2. Food can be preserved when pH of the a. Continues its normal life processes
medium is: b. Bursts and dies
c. Starts division
a. acidic d. Forms endospore
b. basic
c. neutral Correct Ans. (b)
d. none of these
8. Amino acids are present in the cell wall of:
Correct Ans. (a)
a. Bryophytes
3. They play a role in the making of dairy b. Fungi
products: c. Bacteria
d. Gymnosperms
a. Viruses
b. Bacteria Correct ans. (c)
c. Algae
d. Plasmodium 9. Inside photosynthetic bacteria,
Chlorophyll is:
Correct ans. (b)
a. Localized in Chloroplast
4. Viruses belong to the group: b. Present inside Mitochondria
c. Dispersed in the cytoplasm
a. Prokaryotes d. Absent
b. Eukaryotes
c. Monera Correct Ans. (c)
d. None of these
10. In blue-green algae nitrogen fixation
Correct Ans. (d) occurs in specialized cells called:
5. Common cold is caused by: a. Harmogonia

b. Akinetes
a. Bacteria c. Heterocysts
b. Viruses d. Zygospores
c. Fungi
d. Plasmodium Correct Ans. (b) Correct Ans. (c)
c. polysaccharide
d. sucrose Correct ans.
(c)
11. Under ideal condition a bacterial cell

divides about every 20 minutes. It takes
200 minutes to fill a culture tube. How 16. Avery and his colleagues confirmed that
much time will it take to fill a test tube of the transforming material is that:
double size.
a. RNA
a. 400 minutes b. DNA
b. 220 minutes c. Protein
c. 240 minutes d. Lipid
d. 300 minutes
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
17. Which of these is found in viruses:
12. A virus that can reproduce without killing
its host is called: a. cell membrane
b. ribosome
a. lytic virus c. nucleic acid
b. retroactive virus d. tail and head
c. temprate virus
d. virion Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (c) 18. Which of the following is a true statement:

13. When a bacteriophage, in its lytic phase
carries some of the bacterium’s partially a. viruses carry with them their own
digested chromosome with it to another ribosome
host cell, the process is called: b. new viral ribosomes form after
viral DNA enters the cell
a. transformation c. viruses use the host ribosomes for
b. transduction protein synthesis
c. transportation d. none of these
d. conjugation
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b)
19. Which of the following is an example of a
14. Which of the following is not true of viral disease:
organisms in the kingdom Monera ?
a. Tuberculosis
a. they reproduce by mitosis b. AIDS
b. no cellulose cell wall c. Anthrax
c. no nuclear envelop d. Tetanus
d. have prokaryotic cellular
organization Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (a) 20. The elimination of bacteria from a medium

is called:
15. Slimy capsule of bacteria is made by:
a. inoculation
a. lipid b. sterilization
b. protein c. staining
d. fermentation
26. Which of the following character of living
Correct Ans. (b) things is found in vrisues?
a. respiration
b. genetic recombination
c. photosynthesis
d. all of these
21. Bacteria survive unfavourable condition
by: Correct Ans. (b)
a. endospore
b. fission 27. Which of the following is present in the
c. conjugation cytoplasm of prokaryotes?
d. moving
a. Mitochondria
Correct Ans. (a) b. Ribosome
c. Endoplasmic reticulum
22. Which of the following is nonliving d. All of these
character of virus?
Correct Ans. (b)
a. genetic recombination
b. mutation 28. Bacterial are haploid organisms because
c. reproduction the number of chromosomes in their cells
d. crystallization is:
Correct Ans. (d) a. 2

b. 4
23. Which of the following is not a viral c. 8
disease? d. None of these
a. small pox
b. tetanus Correct Ans. (d)
c. mumps
d. measles 29. Which of the following is present in the
cytoplasm of bacterial cell?
Correct Ans. (b)
a. Glycogen
24. Polio virus is: b. Protein
c. Fats
a. rod-shaped d. Starch
b. tadpole shaped
c. spiral Correct Ans. (d)
d. spherical
30. Cell membrane of bacterial cell
Correct Ans. (d) invaginates producing structure called:
25. Which of the following is a viral disease? a. Polysome

b. Endosome
a. Malaria c. Mesosome
b. Crown gall d. Centrosome
c. Mumps
d. Pneumonia Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (c)

31. The chlorophyll of photosynthetic 36. In blue-green algae photosynthesis takes
bacterial is localized in: place in:
a. nucleus a. Chloroplast
b. chloroplast b. Chromoplast
c. mitochondria c. Extensive system of membranes
d. none of these located at the router edge
d. Mitochondria
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (c)
32. For the preparation of food,

chemosynthetic bacteria use: 37. Which of the following diseases of plants
is caused by bacterial?
a. solar energy
b. chemical energy a. Rust
c. nuclear energy b. Crowngall
d. thermal energy c. Smut
d. Powdery mildew
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
33. Curing of tobacco involves:
38. Which of the following is cultivated in rice
a. Fungi fields for the increase of soil fertility?
b. Algae
c. Cyanobacteria a. Anabaena
d. Bacteria b. Chlamydomonas
c. Rhizobium
Correct Ans. (d) d. Rhizopus
34. The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen Correct Ans. (a)

into nitrates by bacteria is called:
39. Unicellular blue-green algae reproduce by:
a. Nitrification
b. Nitrogen fixation a. fragmentation
c. Denitrification b. conjugation
d. Bacteria c. cell division
d. hormogonia
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
35. In the retting of flax and hempcellulose
fibers are freed by bacteria which 40. Which of the following is enlarged resting
decompose: cell with thickened walls, large food
reserve and DNA?
a. cellulose
b. pectin a. trichome
c. starch b. hormogonium
d. glycogen c. ovum
d. akinete
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (d)
Nostoc?
a. Autotroph
b. Filamentous
c. Unicellular
d. Heterocyst
Correct Ans. (c)
42. Nutrients are returned to the environment

by:
a. producers
b. decomposers CHAPTER 6
c. herbivores
d. carnovores Choose the most appropriate answer:
Correct Ans. (b) 1. In majority of the Fungi the chief

component of the cell wall is:
43. Which of the following is caused by a. Cellulose

bacteria? b. Lignin
c. Protein
a. chicken pox d. Chitin
b. leprosy
c. ring worm Correct Ans. (d)
d. AIDS
2. Cellulose is absent in the cell wall of most:
Correct Ans. (b)
a. Fungi
b. Algae
c. Pteredophytes
d. Bryophytes
Correct Ans. (a)
3. The hyphae of Rhizopus are :
a. Non-septate
b. Septate
c. Uninucleate
d. Non of these
Correct Ans. (a)
4. Rhizopus is:
a. Parasite
b. Sporophyte Correct Ans. (a)
c. Tracheophyte
d. Saprophyte 10. Sexual reproduction in which small male
gamete is motile while the large female
Correct Ans. (d) gamete is immotile is called:
5. The spores of Rhizopus are: a. Isogamy

b. Anisogamy
a. Motile c. Oogamy
b. Non-motile d. Karyogamy
c. Flagellate
d. Naked Correct Ans. Correct Ans. (d)
(b)
11. Mycorrhiza is association of:
a. Root-fungus
b. Stem-fungus
c. Alga-fungus
6. Which of the following is used in cheese d. Bacteria-fungus
production: Correct Ans. (a)
a. Amanita 12. Mycorrhizal association is:

b. Rhizopus
c. Penecillium a. Parasitic
d. Neurospora b. Symbiotic
c. Saprophytic
Correct Ans. (c) d. Chlorophytic
7. Smut is caused by: Correct Ans. (b)
a. Bacteria 13. Sporophyte generation produces:

b. Virus
c. Plasmodium a. Gametes
d. Fungi b. Zygote
c. Embryo
Correct Ans. (d) d. Spores
8. Which of the following is a human disease Correct Ans. (d)

caused by Fungi?
14. The chromosome number in the gametes
a. Powdery mildew of Ulva is:
b. Ring worm
c. Rusts a. Diploid
d. Downy mildew b. Triploid
c. Teraploid
Correct Ans. (b) d. Monoploid
9. Ulva is: Correct ans. (d)
a. Unicellular 15. The number of chromosomes in the cells

b. Filamentous of the Sporophyte plant body of Ulva is:
c. Tubular
d. None of these a. Diploid
b. Triploid
c. Teraploid a. Poisonous
d. Monoploid b. Non-edible
c. Delicious
Correct Ans. (a) d. None of these
16. Euglena is an animal because it lacks: Correct Ans. (c)
a. Nucleus 22. In Rhizopus food is stored in the form of:

b. Chloroplast
c. Cell wall a. starch
d. Cell membrane b. glucose
c. lipid
Correct Ans. (c) d. glycogen
17. Mycelium is a term used for: Correct Ans. (d)
a. Mass of spores 23. Amanita is:

b. Mass of sporangia
c. Mass of hyphae a. Useful
d. Zoospores b. Edible
Correct Ans. (c) c. Poisonous
d. None of these
18. Root-like hyphae of Rhizopus are called: Correct Ans. (c)
a. Stolon 24. In which of the following reproductive

b. Sporangiophore organs are not surrounded by sterile cells?
c. Rhizoids
d. Rhizophores a. Thallophytes
b. Bryophytes
Correct Ans. (c) c. Pteriodophytes
d. Spermatophytes
19. Pyrenoid is involved in:
Correct Ans. (a)
a. conversion of sugar into starch
b. Conversion of starch into sugar
c. Synthesis of protein 25. Which of the following lack chlorophyll?
d. Photosynthesis
a. algae
Correct Ans. (a) b. mosses
c. liverworts
20. Stigeoclonium is: d. fungi
a. Fresh water unicellular green alga Correct Ans. (d)

b. Fresh water multi cellular blue-
green alga 26. The saprophytes
c. Fresh water multi cellular green
alga a. live on living organic matter
d. Marine multi cellular green alga b. prepare their own food
c. live on non-living organic matter
Correct Ans. (c) d. do not need food
21. Morels and truffles are: Correct Ans. (c)

32. Which of the following anchor the
27. Which of the following is not the asexual Rhizopus and absorb nutrients?
method of reproduction in fungi?
a. Stolon
a. fragmentation b. Rhizoids
b. budding c. Sporangiophores
c. spore formation d. None of these
d. conjugation
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (d)
33. Which of the following form a network
28. Which of the following is common method over the surface of the food?
of asexual reproduction in yeasts?
a. stolon
a. budding b. rhizoids
b. binary fission c. Sporangiophores
c. multiple fission d. All of these
d. spore formation
Correct Ans. (a)
correct Ans. (a)
34. The dome shaped structure formed in the
sporangium of Rhizopus is called:
a. crown
b. corona
c. columella
29. Which of the following is included in d. calyptra
sexual reproduction? Correct Ans. (c)
35. Each gametangium in Rhizopus contains:
a. meiosis
b. fusion of haploid nuclei a. One nucleus
c. formation of zygote b. Two nuclei
d. all of these c. Many nuclei
d. No nucleus
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (c)
30. The hyphae of Rhizopus are:
36. Which of the following is adaptation of
a. without nuclei fungi for terrestrial mode of life?
b. Uninucleate
c. Binucleate a. production of zoospores
d. Multinucleate b. heterotrophic mode of nutrition
c. presence of cell wall
Correct Ans. (d) d. absence of flagellated spores
31. Which of the following constitute the body Correct Ans. (d)
of Rhizopus?
a. Stolon 37. Which of the following is not true of
b. Sporangiophores zygospore of Rhizopus?
c. Rhizoids
d. All of these a. without a wall
b. has diploid nuclei
Correct Ans. (d) c. has a thick wall
d. resistant to unfavourable condition a. Epidermophyton
b. Penecillium
Correct Ans. (a) c. Rhizopus
d. Agaricus
38. Which of the following has been used
extensively in understanding the principles Correct Ans. (a)
of inheritance?
44. Which of the following is useful activity of
a. Rhizopus fungi?
b. Agaricus
c. Neurospora a. decomposition of food
d. Penecillium b. causing diseases
c. recycling nutrient by decomposing
Correct Ans. (c) organic compounds
d. destroying of timbers
39. Which of the following is edible?
Correct Ans. (c)
a. Amanita
b. Morels 45. Which of the following is not present in
c. Rhizopus Chlamydomonas?
d. All of these
Correct Ans. (b) a. cup-shaped chloroplast
40. Which of the following causes rusts in b. eye spot
cereals? c. nucleus
d. central vacuole
a. Rhizopus
b. Penecillium Correct Ans. (d)
c. Puccinia
d. Neurospora
Correct Ans. (c)
41. Which of the following causes smut in

wheat? 46. Which of the following is the method of
asexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas?
a. Phytophthora
b. Ustilago a. budding
c. Agaricus b. fragmentation
d. Aspergillus c. Akinetes formation
d. Zoospore formation
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (d)
42. Which of the following diseases is not
caused by fungi? 47. Meiosis in Stigeoclonium occurs:
a. potato blight a. before gamete formation

b. fire-blight b. after gamete formation
c. powdery mildew c. in the zygote
d. downy mildew d. during zoospore formation
Correct ans. (b) Correct Ans. (c)
43. Athletes foot disease in man caused by:

48. Which of the following genera exhibits an b. saprophyte
alternation of generations, with haploid c. Sporophyte
and diploid multicellular phase? d. Parasite
a. Chlamydomonas Correct Ans. (c)

b. Stigeoclonium
c. Ulva 53. Which of the following is mismatched?
d. Euglena
a. Rhizopus_______ heterotrophic
Correct Ans. (c) b. Pink bread mold ______
Penecillium
49. In which of the following multicellular c. Stigeoclonium ______
haploid phase alternates with unicellular heterotrichous
diploid phase? d. Ulva ______ marine
a. Chlamydomonas Correct Ans. (b)

b. Stigeoclonium
c. Ulva 54. Which of the following is the
d. Euglena Correct Ans. characteristic of all fungi?
(c)
a. autotrophic
50. Which of the following statement is true of b. parasitic
Fungi Imperfecti? c. saprophytic
d. heterotrophic
a. produce gametes
b. reproduce sexually Correct Ans. (d)
c. have sexual phase
d. lack sexual phase 55. The fusion of two motile dissimilar
gametes is called:
Correct Ans. (d)
a. Isogamy
b. Anisogamy
c. Oogamy
d. somatogamy
Correct Ans. (b)
51. Zygotes of species in the group 56. Zygospores are generally absent in a
Thallophyta culture of Rhizopus hyphae developed
from a single spore due to:
a. do not develop into embryo with in
the parent plant a. deficiency of nutrients
b. are flagellated b. excess of nutrients
c. have triploid nuclei c. presence of plus and minus strains
d. form from the union of diploid d. absence of plus and minus strains
cells
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (a)
52. Where there is alternation of generation,

the diploid multicellular plant is called:
a. gametophyte
CHAPTER 7

6. The sex organs of moss plant are:
1. They retain zygote after fertilization in the
female reproductive organ which develops a. Unicellular
into an embryo: b. Bicellular
c. Tricellular
a. Algae d. Multicellular
b. Fungi
c. Cyanobacteria Correct Ans. (d)
d. Bryophytes
7. The large nonmotile egg formed in
Correct Ans. (d) heterogamy is full of:
2. It is much more uniform habitat and better a. stored food

supplied with nutrients: b. water
c. air
a. Land d. waste matter
b. Air
c. Water Correct Ans. (a)
d. Ice
8. Embryos are present in all:
Correct Ans. (c)
a. Bryophytes
3. The reproductive organs of moss plants are b. Vascular plants
located on the: c. Algae
d. Both A & B
a. Side of stem
b. Base of stem Correct Ans. (d)
c. Tip of stem
d. Axil of leaves 9. The zygote in moss plant divides and
produces:
Correct Ans. (c)
a. Sperms
4. The dominant generation in Bryophytes is: b. Eggs
c. Embryo
a. Sporophyte d. Spores
b. Gametophyte
c. Saprophyte Correct ans. (c)
d. Tracheophyte
10. In moss plant, spore on germination
Correct Ans. (b) develops into:
5. Antheridium produces: a. Sporophyte

b. Gametophyte
a. Eggs c. Liverworts
b. Sperms d. Pteredophytes
c. Spores
d. Zygotes Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)

d. all of these
Correct ans. (d)
11. In Moss plant:

16. Which of the following is an example of
a. Gametophyte is dependent on liverworts?
Sporophyte
b. Sporophyte is dependent on a. Funaria
gametophyte b. Marchantia
c. Both are independent from each c. Ulva
other d. Penecillium
d. Both are dependent on each other
for food Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b) 17. The diffusion of oxygen and carbon

dioxide in bryophytes take place through the:
12. Alternation of generation:
a. epidermal cells
a. Increases the chances of survival b. stomata
b. Decreases the chances of survival c. pores in the epidermis
c. Does not affect survival d. cuticle
d. None of these
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (a)
18. The female sex organs in moss plant are
13. Meiosis (reduction division) in moss plant called:
occurs:
a. archegonia
a. Before gametes formation b. antheridia
b. Before spore formation c. sporangia
c. After spore formation d. oogonia
d. After gametes formation
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct ans. (b)
19. Which of the following are produced in
14. Which of the following have unicellular archegonia?
reproductive organs?
a. sperms
a. mosses b. eggs
b. algae c. ovules
c. liverworts d. spores
d. Pteredophytes
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
20. Which of the following produces embryo
15. Which of the following characteristics are with in the parent plant?
adopted by organisms for life on land?
a. Rhizopus
a. multicellular plant body b. Ulva
b. heterogamy c. Funaria
c. formation of embryos d. Stigeoclonium
c. opposite electric charges
Correct Ans. (c) d. none of these
Correct Ans. (b)
21. The alternation of generation in moss plant

is:
26. Embryonic development of the bryophyte
a. isomorphic zygote takes places in the:
b. heterosporic
c. isogamic a. protonema
d. heteromorphic b. sporogonium
c. Antheridium
Correct Ans. (d) d. archegonium
22. The gametophyte of a moss plant is: Correct Ans. (d)
a. Monoploid
b. Diploid
c. Triploid
d. Polyploidy
Correct Ans. (a)
23. Which of the following is mismatched in

bryophytes?
a. archegonia _____ eggs

b. Antheridia _____ spores
c. Bryophytes ___ non __vascular
plants
d. Gametophyte ____ dominant
Correct Ans. (b)
24. A moss sperm moves by means of:
a. pseudopodia
b. one flagellum
c. two flagella
d. none of these
Correct Ans. (c)
25. The bryophyte sperm attracted to the egg

by:
a. moving currents of water

b. chemical secretions
CHAPTER 8

6. The branches of primitive vascular plants
1. They are non-vascular plants: are:
a. Hosrsetails a. U-shaped
b. Conifers b. V-shaped
c. Club mosses c. Y-shaped
d. Liverworts d. W-shaped
Correct Ans. (d) Correct Ans. (c)
2. They are water conducting cells of xylem 7. Xylem in the stem of primitive vascular
tissue: plants is:
a. parenchyma a. absent
b. sclera chyma b. external to phloem
c. trachieds c. none of these
d. sieve tubes
Correct Ans. (C)
Correct Ans. (c)
8. The number of veins in Megaphyllous leaf
3. It is dominant generation in tracheophytes: is:
a. Gametophyte a. One
b. Saprophyte b. Two
c. Sporophyte c. Three
d. Thallophyte d. Many
4. It is the oldest vascular plants: 9. The first step in the evolution of

Megaphyllous leaf is called:
a. Psilotum
b. Selaginella a. Webbing
c. Lycopodium b. Formation of out growth
d. Equisetum c. Planation
d. Plantation
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (c)
5. It is a fossil vascular plant:
10. In Selaginella, roots are produced from
a. Rhynia leafless branches called:
b. Psilotum
c. Pinus a. Rhizoids
d. Lycopodium b. Rhizomorph
Correct Ans. (a) c. Rhizophores
d. Sporophore
Correct Ans. (c)

b. Female gametophyte
c. Male Sporophyte
d. Female Sporophyte
Correct Ans. (b)

11. The stem of Selaginella does not contain:
17. Pollen tube is required for the production
a. xylem of:
b. Phloem
c. Cambium a. Embryo
d. Epidermis b. Spore
c. Zygote
Correct Ans. (c) d. Seed
12. Male gametophyte develops from: Correct Ans. (d)
a. Archegonium 18. Integumented mega sporangium in which

b. Antheridium megaspore is retained is called:
c. Megaspore
d. Microspore a. Ovule
b. Seed
Correct Ans. (d) c. Embryo
d. Pollen tube
13. The embryo of Selaginella develops into:
Correct Ans. (a)
a. Gametophyte
b. Thallophyte 19. In Selaginella the embryo develops into:
c. Saprophyte
d. Sporophyte a. Root, stem, leaves and cotyledons
b. Root, stem, leaves and flowers
Correct Ans. (d) c. Root, stem, leaves and seeds
d. Root, stem, leaves and fruits
14. Production of two types of spores is called:
Correct Ans. (a)
a. Microspory
b. Megaspory 20. Primitive vascular paints had sporangia at:
c. Homospory
d. Heterospory a. Axils of leaves
b. Bases of branches
Correct Ans. (d) c. Tips of branches
d. Both A & B
15. All seed plants are:
Correct Ans. (c)
a. Homosporous
b. Isogamous 21. Which one of the following is necessary
c. Heterosporous for the development of seed?
d. None of these
a. introduction of Heterospory
Correct Ans. (c) b. retention of the megaspore within
mega sporangium
16. Megaspore develops into: c. development of pollen tube
d. all of these
a. Male gametophyte
Correct Ans. (d) c. produce flowers
d. non of these
Correct Ans. (b)
22. Which of the following are non-vascular

plants?
27. Which of the following do not have true
a. club mosses leaves?
b. ferns
c. mosses a. Psilotum
d. conifers b. Selaginella
c. Equisetum
Correct Ans. (c) d. Lycopodium
23. In tracheophyte the Sporophyte generation Correct Ans. (d)

is
28. The oldest known vascular plants were
a. dependent widespread about
b. dominant
c. without leaves a. 300 million year ago
d. without roots b. 400 million years ago
c. 500 million year ago
Correct Ans. (b) d. 600 million year ago
24. Which of the following is not the character Correct Ans. (a)
of gametophyts in tracheophyte?
29. In which of the following only the stem
a. large performs the function of photosynthesis?
b. reduced
c. short lived a. Psilotum
d. small b. Selaginella
c. Lycopodium
Correct Ans. (a) d. Equisetum
25. Which of the following do not produce Correct Ans. (a)

seeds?
30. Which of the following number of rows of
a. ferns leaves are present on the stem of
b. club mosses Selaginella?
c. horse tails
d. all of these a. two
b. four
Correct Ans. (d) c. five
d. six
26. The Pteredophytes are also called lower
vascular plants because they: correct Ans. (b)
a. contain cambium 31. Which of the following is not the part of

b. do not produce seeds Selaginella plant?
a. insects
a. Stem b. water
b. Root c. pollen tube
c. Seed d. air
d. Leaves
correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
32. Reproductive leaves produced at the ends

of upright branches in Selaginella are
called: 37. Which of the following are trends towards
seed habit exhibited by Selaginella?
a. sporophylls
b. sporangia a. Heterospory
c. sporocarps b. Presence of pollen tube
d. spermatia c. Non-flagellated sperms
d. Dependency on water for
Correct Ans. (a) fertilization
33. In Selaginella, sporangia are produced: Correct Ans. (a)
a. at the lower margins of leaves 38. In which of the following sporangium is

b. on the lower surface of leaves enveloped in a leaf?
c. in the axils of sporophyll
d. on the upper surface of sporophylls a. Equisetum
b. Psilotum
Correct Ans. (c) c. Selaginella
d. Lycopodium
34. Megaspores are produced inside
Correct Ans. (d)
a. microsporangia
b. megasporangia 39. The sporangia of horsetail (Equisetum)
c. archegonia cones are produced
d. antheridia
a. in the axils of leaves
Correct Ans. (b) b. on the tip of branches
c. on little branches
35. Meiosis in Selaginella occurs d. enveloped in leaf
a. before zygote germination Correct Ans. (c)

b. before gametes formation
c. before spores formation 40. In which of the following sporangia are
d. after spore formation not properly protected?
correct Ans. (c) a. Pines

b. Psilotum
36. In Selaginella sperms are transported to c. Selaginella
the egg through d. Lycopodium
Correct Ans. (b) c. vessels that transport fluids
d. no independent life
41. Which of the following is not the character
of seed plants? correct Ans. (c)
a. Heterospory 46. In Selaginella, of the two cells formed by

b. Presence of pollen tube the first division of zygote, only one
c. Dependency on water for develops into an embryo while the other
fertilization grows into an elongated structure called.
d. Development of seed
a. rhizophore
Correct Ans. (c) b. radical
c. suspensor
d. prothallus
Correct Ans. (c)

42. Which of the following are the
characteristics of the ovule?
a. presence of integument
b. retention of megaspore CHAPTER 9
c. maturation into seed
d. all of these Choose the most appropriate answer:
Correct Ans. (d) 1. Which of the following belongs to

Gymnosperm group:
43. Which of the following helped the seed
plants to adapt to a wide variety of a. Cedrus
environments? b. Wheat
c. Sugar cane
a. Heterospory d. Tobacco
b. Presence of roots
c. No dependency on external water Correct Ans. (a)
for fertilization
d. Production of leaves 2. The leaves produced by the Pinus plant
are:
Correct Ans. (c)
a. One type
44. Sperms are transported to the egg in seed b. Two types
plants through? c. Three types
d. Four types
a. water
b. pollen tube Correct Ans. (b)
c. insects
d. air 3. Pinus produces:
Correct Ans. (b) a. Cones

b. Fruits
45. A plant in the division Tracheophyta has a c. Flowers
Sporophyte with d. None of these
a. isogametes Correct Ans. (a)

b. flagellated and motile eggs
4. The numb of microsporangia in each
sporophyll of male cone of Pinus is: Correct Ans. (d)
a. One 10. They lack secondary growth:

b. Two
c. Three a. Gymnosperms
d. Four b. Angiosperms
c. Pteredophytes
Correct Ans. (b) d. Both A & B
5. Megaspore divides by mitosis and forms: Correct Ans. (c)
a. Male gametophyte 11. Which of the following produce flowers?

b. Male Sporophyte
c. Female gametophyte a. Bryophytes
d. Female Sporophyte b. Pterdophytes
Correct Ans. (c) c. Gymnosperms
d. Angiosperms
Correct Ans. (d)

6. The seed of Pinus germinates and forms
new: 12. When calyx and corolla are not
distinguishable, they are collectively called:
a. Sporophyte
b. Micro gametophyte a. Panicle
c. Thallophyte b. Pedicel
d. Mega gametophyte c. Protoplast
d. Perianth
Correct Ans. (a)
7. The endosperm in Angiosperm is: Correct Ans. (d)
a. Monoploid 13. It is a racemose inflorescence in which the

b. Triploid main axis is elongated and the flowers are
c. Diploid sessile:
d. Teraploid
a. Corymb
Correct Ans. (b) b. Umbel
c. Capitulum
8. The Endosperm in Gymnosperms is: d. Spike
a. Triploid Correct Ans. (d)

b. Diploid
c. Monoploid 14. In Cassia fistula the inflorescence is:
d. Tetraploid
a. Typical raceme
Correct Ans. (c) b. Typical cyme
c. Umbel
9. Antheridia are produced by: d. Catkin
a. Pine Correct Ans. (a)

b. Pea
c. Mustard 15. A branched raceme is called:
d. None of these
a. Panicle a. Solanaceae
b. Capitulum b. Poaceae (Graminae)
c. Umbel c. Brassicaceae
d. Corymb d. Leguminosae
Correct Ans. (a) Correct Ans. (b)
16. In which of the following, flowers are 21. Female gametophyte of an angiosperm
sessile and crowded together on a short consists of:
axis?
a. 3 cells
a. Umbel b. 5 cells
b. Corymb c. 7 cells
c. Panicle d. 9 cells
d. Capitulum
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (d)
22. The male gametophyte of an angiosperm
consists of:
a. one cell
b. 2 cells
c. 3 cells
d. 4 cells
17. Iberis (Candytuft) is an example of: Correct Ans. (c)
a. Spike 23. Endosperm mother cell is:

b. Catkin
c. Corymb a. Monoploid
d. Cyme b. Diploid
c. Triploid
Correct Ans. (c) d. Tetraploid
18. In Euphorbia, the inflorescence is: Correct Ans. (b)
a. Uniparous 24. Their cotyledons absorb the endosperm

b. Biparous tissue and are greatly enlarged:
c. Multiparous
d. None of these a. Castor oil
b. Rice
Correct Ans. (c) c. Corn
d. Bean
19. In wind pollinated flowers the petals are:
Correct Ans. (d)
a. Large
b. Coloured 25. The protective covering (integument) of
c. Scented the ovule is transformed into:
d. Small and dry
a. Embryo
Correct Ans. (d) b. Cotyledon
c. Hypocotyl
20. Triticum aestivum belongs to the family: d. Seed coat (testa)
Correct Ans. (d) d. Monera
26. Which of the following produces winged Correct Ans. (d)

fruits ?
32. Ovary is oblique in:
a. Guavas
b. Cocklebur a. Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
c. Dodonaea b. Solanaceae
d. Coconut c. Leguminosae
d. Graminae
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b)
27. It is an underground stem that is short,
thickened, and fleshy containing food 33. Raphanus sativus is the botanical name of:
material:
a. Turnip
a. Rhizome b. Tomato
b. Tuber c. Radich
c. Corm d. Mustard
d. Bulb
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (c)
34. Their roots contain nitrogen fixing
bacteria:
a. Tomato
b. Potato
c. Legumes
d. Maize
29. Which of the following type of stem is Correct Ans. (c)
found in iris:
35. The sporangia of conifers are located on
a. Rhizome the
b. Tuber
c. Corm a. tips of needles
d. Bulb b. scales of the cones
c. bases of the needles
Correct Ans. (a) d. axils of the branches
30. Potato is an example of Correct Ans. (b)
a. Rhizome 36. The microspore of conifers divides by

b. Tuber mitosis to produce a
c. Corm
d. Bulb a. multicellular embryo
b. male Sporophyte
Correct Ans. (b) c. male gametophyte
d. female gametophyte
31. Organisms in this kingdom are made of
prokaryotic cells: Correct Ans. (c)
a. Protista 37. The plant body of a Pinus is

b. Plantae
c. Fungi a. gametophyte
b. saprophyte 42. Which of the following characters is not
c. Sporophyte shared by both the Gymnosperms and
d. Parasite Angiosperms?
Correct Ans. (c) a. presence of vessels

b. pollen tube
38. In Pinus plant megaspore c. seed production
d. Heterospory
a. is released from the asporangium
before germination Correct Ans. (a)
b. is never released from the mega
sporangium 43. Which of these is not the characteristic of
c. is released from the mega an Angiosperm?
sporangium after germination
d. develops into male gametophyte a. enclosed seed
b. presence of archegonia
Correct Ans. (b) c. double fertilization
d. triploid endosperm
39. In how much time the process of seed
formation is completed in Pinus? Correct Ans. (b)
a. one year 44. Which of the following is an example of

b. two years spike?
c. three years
d. four years a. Brassica
b. Achyranthus
Correct Ans. (c) c. Iberis
d. Cassia
Correct Ans. (b)
40. Which of the following is not shared by

both the Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms?
a. presence of vascular tissues 45. Which of the following is an example of

b. presence of archegonia Biparous cyme?
c. presence of antheridia
d. dominant Sporophyte generation a. Silene
b. Tradescantia
Correct Ans. (c) c. Begonia
d. Euphorbia
41. Which of the following characters are
shared by both the Gymnosperms and Correct Ans. (a)
Angiosperms?
46. In which of the following endosperm is
a. Heterospory involved in the process of fertilization?
b. Seed production
c. Pollen tube formation a. Gymnosperms
d. All of these b. Pteredophytes
c. Angiosperms
Correct Ans. (d) d. Algae
Correct Ans. (c)

d. all of these
47. Which of the following is part of an
embryo? Correct Ans. (d)
a. hypocotyls 52. In the life cycle of angiosperms meiosis

b. radical occurs
c. epicotyl
d. all of these a. during seed formation
b. before seed formation
Correct Ans. (d) c. after spore formation
d. during gametes formation
48. Which of the following is not part of an
embryo? Correct Ans. (b)
a. cotyledon 53. Which of the following is not the part of

b. endosperm Sporophyte of an angiosperm?
c. plumule
d. epicotyl a. sperm
b. roots
Correct Ans. (b) c. leaves
d. stem
49. In which of the following the endosperm
tissue continues to grows as the ovule Correct Ans. (a)
matures into a seed?
54. The corn grain is a/an
a. corn
b. bean a. seed
c. pea b. embryo
d. gram c. spore
d. fruit with a single seed
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (d)
50. Which of the following is not the feature

of flowers pollinated by wind? 55. The number of cotyledons present in bean
seed is:
a. small petals
b. abundance of pollen grains a. one
c. production of nectar b. two
d. large feathery structure of the tip of c. three
pistils d. four
Correct Ans. (c) Correct Ans. (b)
51. Which of the following is the character of 56. Which of the following is the number of
insect pollinated flowers? cotyledons in corn seed?
a. large petals a. one

b. coloured petals b. two
c. production of nectar c. three
d. four b. water storage cells
c. reproductive cells
Correct Ans. (a) d. dead cells
57. The fruits of which of the following are Correct Ans. (b)
provided with hooks?
62. Which of the following is reduced if the
a. Dodonaea leaves are succulents in the succulent
b. Cocklebur plants?
c. Coconut
d. Grapes a. stem
b. roots
Correct Ans. (b) c. flowers
d. fruits
58. Which of the following generally
possesses only primary wood? Correct Ans. (a)
a. Monocotyledons 63. Which of the following is not the

b. Gymnosperms characteristic of the succulents?
c. Dicotyledons
d. All of these a. well developed cuticle
b. low rate of transpiration
Correct Ans. (a) c. volume of the shoot is less in
proportion to the surface exposed
59. Which of the following fruits are d. volume of the shoot is great in
parthenocarpic? proportion to the surface exposed
a. apples Correct Ans. (d)

b. oranges
c. mangoes 64. Which of the following has stored food in
d. bananas the form of sugars?
Correct Ans. (d) a. stem tuber

b. bulb
c. corm
d. rhizome
Correct Ans. (b)

60. In which of the following the thalamus
forms the edible part of the fruit? 65. Which of the following established rules
for binomial nomenclature?
a. pea
b. apple a. H.C. Gram
c. grapes b. C. Linnaeus
d. mango c. R. Whittaker
d. Stanley
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
61. The chief characteristic of the succulents is
that the bulk of the plant body is composed 66. Which of the following established five
of kingdom system of the living organisms?
a. food storage cells a. Stanley

b. C. Linnaeus a. Cicer arietinum
c. Lederberg b. Iberis amara
d. R. Whittaker c. Zea mays
d. Capsicum annum
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (d)
67. Which of the following is not the
characteristic of Gymnosperm? 72. In which of the following families
Gynoecium consists of only one pistil?
a. stem
b. root a. Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
c. flower b. Solanaceae
d. leaf c. Brassicaceae
d. None of these
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (a)
68. Which of these is an example of uniparous
cyme? 73. Which of the following are adapted to
survival under conditions of a limit supply
a. Euphorbia of water?
b. Tradescantia
c. Ipomoea a. Bryophytes
d. Achyranthes b. Hydrophytes
c. Xerophytes
Correct Ans. (b) d. Mesophytes
69. Which of the following is the approximate Correct Ans. (c)

number of species in the family
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)? 74. Which of the following has hollow stem
between the nodes?
a. 2000
b. 3000 a. Poaceae (Graminae)
c. 4000 b. Solanaceae
d. 5000 c. Leguminosae
d. All of these
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (a)
70. Sisymbrium irio belongs to the family
a. Solanaceae 75. In which of the following flowers are

b. Fabaceae produced in dense spikes?
c. Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
d. Poaceae a. Solanaceae
b. Leguminosae
Correct Ans. (c) c. Brassicaceae
d. Graminae
71. Which of the following belongs to the
family Solanaceae? Correct Ans. (d)
76. Which of these is mismatched?
Correct Ans. (b)
a. pollen grain _______ male
gametophyte 81. All embryophytes have life cycle with
b. sunflower ________ umbel
c. Gymnosperm _________ cones a. seeds
d. Potato _______ stem tuber b. flowers
c. fruits
Correct Ans. (b) d. alternation of generation
77. Which of these is found in seed plants? Correct Ans. (d)
a. complex vascular system 82. Which of the following contains stored

b. pollen grain to replace swimming food for the germination of embryo?
sperm
c. retention of the megaspore with in a. stigma
the mega sporangium b. endosperm
d. all of these c. pollen grain
d. root
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (b)
78. Which of these is mismatched?
83. In which of the following food is not
a. anthers _______ produces stored in the endosperm of the seed?
microsporangia
b. pistil ______ produces pollen a. corn
c. ovule ______ becomes seed b. castor oil
d. ovary _____ becomes fruit c. bean
d. wheat
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
79. Which of the following is monocot
family? 84. Which of the following stores food in the
cotyledon of the seed?
a. Cruciferae
b. Solanaceae a. corn
c. Leguminosae b. wheat
d. Graminae c. castor oil
d. bean
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (d)
80. Which of the following are seedless

vascular plants?
85. Which of these does not develop from the
a. mosses zygote of an angiosperm?
b. horsetails
c. liverworts a. endosperm
d. legumes b. cotyledon
c. radical c. radicle
d. plumule d. hypocotyl
86. Which of these remain underground during 91. In the seeds of leguminous plants, food is
hypogeal mode of germination? stored in the
a. plumule a. endosperm
b. cotyledon b. testa
c. epicotyl c. taegmen
d. none of these d. cotyledons
87. Phylogeny describes a species
a. reproductive compatibilities with

other species
b. evolutionary history
c. morphological similarities with
other species
d. geographic distribution
Correct Ans. (d)
88. Of all the taxa, the only one that exists in

nature as a biologically cohesive unit is
the:
a. species
b. genus
c. order
d. kingdom
Correct Ans. (a)
89. The part of the embryo between the point

of attachment of cotyledons and the radicle
is called the:
a. hypocotyls
b. epicotyl
c. suspensor
d. plumule
Correct Ans. (a)
90. The part of the axis of embryo above the

attachment of cotyledon is called the
a. plumule CHAPTER 10
b. epicotyl Choose the most appropriate answer:
6. Which of these is a fresh water sponge?
1. Which of the following is the asexual
method of reproduction in Protozoa? a. Sycon
b. Leucosolenia
a. Isogamy c. Spongilla
b. An-isogamy d. Euplectella
c. Oogamy
d. Budding Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (d) 7. Coelenterates are:
2. Which of the following sexual method of a. predominantly freshwater

reproduction is absent in Protozoa? b. predominantly marine
c. predominantly terrestrial
a. Oogamy d. terrestrial and freshwater
b. Isogamy
c. Anisogamy Correct Ans. (b)
d. Conjugation
8. Which of these is not the character of
Correct Ans. (a) Coelenterates?
3. Which of these is shelled protozoan? a. primitive plan of organization

b. no left and right sides of the body
a. Plasmodium c. radical symmetry
b. Paramecium d. bilaterial symmetry
c. difflugia
d. Amoeba Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (c) 9. The sac-like internal digestive cavity of

coelenterates is called:
4. Which of these is not the characteristic of
Proifera? a. enteron
b. nematocytes
a. aquatic habitat c. exeron
b. pores d. stomach
c. Multicellular
d. Presence of organs Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (d) 10. Which of these is the characteristic of

coelenterates?
5. Members of the porifera reproduce
sexually by a. digestive cavity with a single
aperture
a. Oogamy b. presence of nematocytes
b. Isogamy c. presence of tentacles
c. As-isogamy d. all of these
d. Somatogamy
Correct Ans. (a) Correct Ans. (d)
11. The units of the colonies of coelenterates
is called:
16. Which of these develops from the
a. zoospores mesoderm?
b. zooids
c. cysts a. circulatory system
d. akinetes b. integumentary system
c. nervous system
Correct Ans. (b) d. digestive system
12. Which of the following is polymorphism Correct Ans. (a)

in coelenterates?
17. Organisms possessing true body cavity are
a. production of one type of zooids called:
b. production of two types of zooids
c. production of may types of zooids a. acoelomata
d. all of these b. coelomata
c. monoblastic
Correct Ans. (c) d. diplobalstic
13. Which of these are sexually reproductive Correct Ans. (b)

zooids?
18. Which of these are acoelomatic
a. medusae triploblastic animals?
b. hydroids
c. nematocytes a. corals
d. none of these b. porifera
c. platyhelminthes
Correct Ans. (a) d. protozoans
14. Which of the following produce hard Correct Ans. (c)

exoskeletion?
19. Which of the following character is
a. jelly fish exhibited by platyhelminthes?
b. Hydra
c. Obelia a. eggs without yolk
d. Corals b. simple reproductive system
c. all are parasites
Correct Ans. (d) d. none of these
15. Which of these develops from the Correct Ans. (d)

endoderm?
20. Which of these belong to platyhelminthes?
a. nervous system
b. lining of the gut a. Ascaris
c. reproductive system b. Fasciola
d. skeleton c. Trichinella
d. Hydra
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
21. Trichinella belongs to:
a. protozoa 26. Which of the following has segmented

b. platyhelminthes body?
c. nematode
d. coelenterate a. coelenterate
b. protozoa
Correct Ans. (c) c. platyhelminthes
d. annelida
22. Which of the following has a body cavity
called pseudocoelom? Correct Ans. (d)
a. platyhelminthes 27. Which of these is not true of Annelida?

b. coelenterate
c. protozoa a. Presence of cuticle around the body
d. nematode b. Segmented body
c. Lack of blood vascular system
Correct Ans. (d) d. Presence of true body cavity
23. Which of the following is parasite in the Correct Ans. (c)

intestine man?
28. Which of these possesses true body cavity
a. Fasciola (coelom)?
b. Plasmodium
c. Taenia a. Annelia
d. Planaria b. Nematoda
c. Platyhelminthes
Correct Ans. (c) d. Coelenterata
24. Which of these belong to the phylum Correct Ans. (a)

nematoda?
29. Which of these is an example of Annelida?
a. planaria
b. dracunculus a. Ascaris
c. corals b. Chaetopteris
d. planaria c. Trichinella
d. Taenia
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
25. Which of the following causes sleeping
sickness? 30. Of all the animal species in the animal
kingdom the number of arthropod species
a. vorticella constitutes almost:
b. Ascaris
c. Trypanosome a. 75%
d. Taenia b. 50%
c. 25%
d. 10% c. Nematoda
d. Echinodermata
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (d)
31. The number of pairs of legs in insects are:
a. one 36. Which of these is not true of

b. two Echinodermata?
c. three
d. four a. coelomata
b. bilaterally symmetrical
Correct Ans. (c) c. absence of brain
d. absence of head
32. Mollusks are:
Correct Ans. (b)
a. presence of envelop around the
body 37. Which of the following protozoans lives in
b. highly organized body with the gust termites and helps them digest
complex systems cellulose?
c. segmented body
d. bilaterally symmetrical body a. Plasmodium
b. Amoeba
Correct Ans. (c) c. Trichonympha
d. Trypanosome
33. Which of these is the habitat of mollusca?
Correct Ans. (c)
a. freshwater
b. marine 38. Most sponges are
c. mountains
d. all of these a. bilaterally symmetrical
b. radially symmetrical
Correct Ans. (d) c. vertically symmetrical
d. asymmetrical
34. Coiled shell is present in
Correct Ans. (d)
a. bivalves
b. gastropods 39. Water exits from a sponge through the
c. cephalopods
d. all of these a. spicule
b. osculum
Correct Ans. (b) c. choanocyte
d. choanocyte
35. Which of the following are exclusively
marine? Correct Ans. (b)
a. Mollusca 40. Which of the following is a radially

b. Annelida symmetrical animal?
a. Planaria
b. Rotifer
c. Fluke
d. Sea anemone
Correct Ans. (d)
41. The body cavity of roundworms is called
a. acoelom
b. pseudo-acoelom
c. pseudo coelom
d. coelom
Correct Ans. (c)

CHAPTER 11
Choose the most appropriate answer: Correct Ans. (d)
1. The characters of vertebrates are: 7. Which of the following are without jaws?
a. presence of vertebral column a. dogfish

b. internal living skiliton b. trout
c. three main body parts c. pike
d. all of these d. none of these
Correct Ans. (d) Correct Ans. (d)
2. Vertebrates are: 8. Which of these has cartilaginous skeleton?
a. bilaterally symmetrical a. sharks

b. radially symmetrical b. eel
c. vertically symmetrical c. pike
d. asymmetrical d. rohu
Correct Ans. (a) Correct Ans. (a)
3. Which of these is not true of Pisces? 9. Which of the following is the character of
amphibians?
a. presence of gills for breathing
b. tail as organ of locomotion a. living both in water and on land
c. undeveloped skull b. cold blooded
d. absence of middle ear c. least numerous of the terrestrial
vertebrates
Correct Ans. (c) d. all of these
4. Which of these are regarded as the first of Correct Ans. (d)

the vertebrates?
10. Which of these is not true of amphibians?
a. bony fishes
b. jawless fishes a. breathing by gills in the larval
c. cartilaginous fishes stage
d. all of these b. breathing by lunge in the adult
stage
Correct Ans. (b) c. mostly internal fertilization
d. cold blooded
5. Sharks belong to
Correct Ans. (c)
a. cartilaginous fishes
b. bony fishes 11. Salamander is an example of
c. jawless fishes
d. none of these a. bony fishes
Correct Ans. (a) b. jawless fishes
c. amphibians
6. Jellyfish fish belongs to d. cartilaginous fishes
a. bony fishes
b. cartilaginous fishes Correct Ans. (c)
c. jawless fishes
d. none of these
Correct Ans. (b)
12. Which of the following is not the character

of amphibians?
17. The heart of reptiles is
a. cold blooded
b. do not depend on water for a. imperfectly two chambered
reproduction b. imperfectly three chambered
c. hibernate in winter c. imperfectly four chambered
d. breath by gills in the larval stage d. eight chambered
Correct Ans. (b) Correct Ans. (c)
13. Reptiles are 18. Which of the following is true of reptiles?
a. warm blooded a. do not lay eggs

b. cold blooded b. lay eggs in water
c. with internal fertilization c. lay eggs on land
d. with a scaly skin d. eggs are without yolk
Correct Ans. (b) Correct Ans. (c)
14. Which of these is not true of reptiles? 19. In reptiles amnion and allantois are extra
membranes of:
a. internal fertilization
b. predominantly terrestrial a. egg
c. tetrapods b. sperm
d. dependent on water for c. zygote
reproduction d. embryo
Correct Ans. (d) Correct Ans. (d)
15. Which of these is not the character of 20. Which of these is an example of
reptiles? amphibian?
a. fertilization is internal a. sea horse

b. eggs are large shelled b. rohu
c. lay eggs in water c. newt
d. cold blooded d. snake
16. Which of the following is the character of 21. Which of these is extinct reptile?
reptiles?
a. Turtles
a. dipods b. Brontosaurus
b. tetrapods c. Snake
c. pentapods d. Alligator
d. polypods
Correct Ans. (b)
22. Which of these do the Reptiles and Aves Correct Ans. (b)
not share?
28. Which of these is not the mammalian
a. Similar embryonic development character?
b. Presence of forelimbs
c. Shelled eggs a. presence of hairs
d. Scales on hind limbs b. right aortic arch
Correct Ans. (b) c. diaphragm
d. well developed large brain
23. Which of these is not true of birds? Correct Ans. (b)
a. cold blooded 29. Which of these is not true of the egg laying
b. heavy bones mammals?
c. weak pectoral muscles
d. all of these a. feeding young with milk
b. presence of hairs
Correct Ans. (d) c. diaphragm
d. right aortic arch
24. Which of the following birds cannot fly?
Correct Ans. (d)
a. Rhea
b. Cassowary 30. Which of these are the placental
c. Penguin mammals?
d. All of these
a. prototherians
Correct Ans. (d) b. metatherians
c. eutherians
25. In mammals fertilization is d. all of these
a. absent Correct Ans. (c)

b. internal
c. external 31. Metatherians
d. both internal and external
a. lay eggs
Correct Ans. (b) b. have to teeth in the adult
c. do not have true placenta
26. The ear of mammals is divided into d. have spiny skin
a. three parts Correct Ans. (c)

b. four parts
c. five parts 32. Flying mammals are included
d. six parts
a. Rodentia
Correct Ans. (a) b. Chiroptera
c. Primates
27. The skin of mammals is provided with d. Cetacean
sweat glands for
Correct Ans. (b)
a. respiration
b. temperature regulation 33. Elephants are included in
c. oily secretion
d. blood movement regulation a. carnivore
b. perissodactyla
c. artiodactyla
d. proboscidia
Correct Ans. (d)
34. Artiodactyla include
a. moles
b. cattle
c. horses
d. wolves
Correct Ans. (b)
35. In Which of the following young are born

in rudimentary conditions?
a. kangaroos CHAPTER 12
b. zebras
c. elephants DIVERSITY IN FUNCTION PLANTS WATER
d. bats RELATIONS:
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Correct Ans. (a)
36. The vertebrates are
1. The water of guttation is forced out of the
a. all unisexual leaves by:
b. all hermaphrodite
c. some unisexual and some a. Diffusion
hermaphrodite b. Root Pressure
d. all neuter (without sex) c. Imbibition
d. Active transport
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (b)
2. The movement of solvent molecules

through a semi-permeable membrane from
a region of low solute concentration to a
region of high solute concentration is:
a. Diffusion
b. Plasmolysis
c. Osmosis
d. Active transport
Correct Ans. (c)
3. The osmotic pressure of a solution
a. increases with increase in

concentration of solute
b. decrease with increase in
concentration of solute
c. remains unchanged with increase b. Translocation
in concentration of sol c. Guttation
d. none of these d. Osmosis
4. The transport of substances from a region 9. Which of the following conducts water
of its lower concentration to its higher inside plant body?
concentration is called:
a. phloem
a. Osmosis b. xylem
b. Imbibition c. cortex
c. Active transport d. pith
d. Passive transport
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
5. The taking up of a liquid by a substance

with the resultant swelling in volume is 10. The exudation of water drops from the
called: leaves of intact plants is:
a. Plasmolysis a. guttation
b. Imbibitions b. transpiration
c. Diffusion c. evaporation
d. Active transport d. transportation
Correct Ans. (b) Correct Ans. (a)
11. In which of the following assimilates

6. Germination of seed involves the rupturing move along the concentration gradient?
of seed coat because of:
a. sieve tubes
a. Osmosis b. xylem vessels
b. Imbibitions c. trachieds
c. Diffusion d. fibers
d. Active transport
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (b)
12. Which of the following percentage of
7. The shrinkage of protoplasm due to ex- transpiration usually occurs through the
osmosis of water from the cell is called: stomata?
a. Osmosis a. 30%
b. Deplasmolysis b. 50%
c. Plasmolysis c. 60%
d. Imbibition d. 90%
8. The process where by water moves 13. The combined area of total stomatal pores
through the plants is known as : as compared to the total leaf area is
almost:
a. Transpiration
a. 1-2% b. CO2
b. 3-4% c. Glucose
c. 5-6% d. None of these
d. 7-8%
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (a)
19. Chlorophylls c, d and e are present in:
14. The number of stomata per square
centimeter of leaf surface of tobacco leaf is a. Angiosperms
almost: b. Gymnosperms
c. Bacteria
a. 1200 d. Algae
b. 2100
c. 12000 Correct Ans. (d)
d. 21000
Correct Ans. (c)
15. The processes involved in stomatal

transpiration are:
20. Chlorophyll is a large molecule with a
a. 2 central core of:
b. 4
c. 8 a. Iron
d. 6 b. Sulphur
c. Nitrogen
Correct Ans. (a) d. Magnesium
16. When leaf cells are fully turgid, the Correct Ans. (d)
transpiration rate is:
21. Chlorophyll mainly absorbs red light and:
a. high
b. medium a. Green light
c. low b. Yellow light
d. not affected c. Blue light
d. Orange light
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (c)
17. The rate of water evaporation doubles for
every temperature rise of: 22. In the photo system II, high energy
electrons of chlorophyll molecule are
a. 10 oC accepted by:
b. 20 oC
c. 5 oC a. PC
d. 25 oC b. PQ
c. NAD
Correct Ans. (a) d. ATP
18. Oxygen gas released during Correct Ans. (B)

photosynthesis is comes from:
a. Water
23. During light reaction of photosynthesis,
ATP formation occurs when electrons are 28. The wave lengths of red light are in the
transported between cytochrome: range of:
a. a and b a. 400-500 nm
b. b and c b. 500-550 nm
c. b and f c. 600-650 nm
d. c and f d. 700-750 nm
24. High energy electrons in photo system I 29. Which of the following are the principal
are transferred from FRS to: photoreceptors in the chloroplast of green
plants?
a. ATP
b. PC a. Chlorophyll b and c
c. NADP b. Chlorophyll a and b
d. PQ c. Chlorophyll and d
Correct Ans. (C) d. Chlorophyll d and c
Correct Ans. (b)
25. As a first identifiable product of the dark

reaction is:
a. PGA 30. The sequence of electron acceptors in the

b. PGAL light reaction is
c. Glucose
d. RuBP a. PQ---cyf f---cyt b----PC
b. PQ---PC---Cytb----Cyt f
Correct Ans. (c) c. PQ---PC---Cyt f----Cytb
d. PQ---Cyt b---Cyt f----PC
26. Light reaction of photosynthesis occurs in:
Correct Ans. (d)
a. Granum
b. Stroma 31. Which of the following is the source of
c. Mitochondria hydrogen in the glucose molecule formed
d. Leucoplast during photosynthesis?
Correct Ans. (a) a. Water

b. CO2
27. The break down of water molecule c. ATP
(photolysis) in photosynthesis occurs during: d. NADP
a. light reaction Correct Ans. (a)

b. dark reaction
c. Glycolysis 32. Which of the following are products of
d. Krebs cycle light reaction?
Correct Ans. (a) a. NADPH2 and Water

b. NADPH2 and ATP c. equal
c. ADP and ATP d. none of these
d. NADPH2 and Glucose
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b)
38. The wavelengths of visible light are longer
33. In the dark reaction, ATP and NADPH2 than the wavelengths of
react with:
a. infrared
a. RuBP b. ultraviolet
b. PGA c. microwaves
c. PGAL d. radio waves
d. Glucose
Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c)
39. The wavelengths of visible light are
34. Chlorophyll “a” occurs in all shorter than the wavelengths of
Photosynthetic plants except:
a. infrared
a. Green algae b. ultraviolet
b. Blue green algae c. x-rays
c. Angiosperms d. gamma rays
d. Pigment containing bacteria
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (d)
35. When the fluid outside a cell has a greater

concentration of a given molecule than the
fluid inside the cell, the external fluid is 40. Which of the following colours of light
work best for photosynthesis?
a. isotonic
b. hypertonic a. Red
c. hypotonic b. Yellow
d. ultratonic c. Blue
d. Both a and c
Correct Ans. (b)
36. The osmotic pressure of pure water is: Correct Ans. (d)
a. 0 41. Which of the following is the worlds most

b. 1 common protein?
c. 10
d. 100 a. cellulose
b. ribulose biphosphate carboxylase
Correct Ans. (a) c. insulin
d. diastase
37. The water potential of all solutions as
compared to pure water is always: Correct Ans. (b)
a. higher
b. lower
42. Photophosphorrylation in a chloroplast is b. osmotic pressure is equal to turgor
mot similar to which of the following pressure
mitochondrial reaction? c. osmotic pressure is less than the
turgor pressure
a. substrate-level phosphorylation d. both a and c
b. oxidative phosphorylation
c. oxidative decarboxylation Correct Ans. (a)
d. hydrolysis
47. Which of the following would occur when
Correct Ans. (b) a plant cell is packed in a fluid with high
osmotic concentration than the cell sap?
43. A photosystem is an assemblage of
pigment molecules together ranging from a. imbibition
b. Plasmolysis
a. 10 – 100 c. Deplasmolysis
b. 100 – 200 d. Diffusion
c. 200 – 400
d. 400 – 500 Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c) 48. With the increase of ions in the xylem its
water potential becomes
44. The final acceptor of electrons during the
light reaction of photosynthesis is: a. more positive
b. more negative
a. Cyt. F c. zero
b. Cyt. B d. neutral
c. ATP
d. NADP Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (d) 49. Water potential of a liquid increases when

solute concentration
a. Increases
b. Decreases
c. Remains unchanged
45. Which of the following is obtained from d. None of these
phosphoglyceraldehyde in the dark Correct Ans. (b)
reaction of photosynthesis?
50. Which of the following is not true of the
a. phosphoglyceric acid exudation of water?
b. glucose
c. carbon dioxide a. water drops come out through
d. plastoquinone stomata
b. water drops come out through
Correct Ans. (b) hydathodes
c. water is forced out of the leaves by
46. Which of the following conditions in a root pressu
plant cell would increase the uptake of d. water drops are not formed by dew
water?
Correct Ans. (a)
a. osmotic pressure is higher than the
turgor pressure 51. Water in the xylem vessel will ascend up
until
a. 2%
a. its cohesive and adhesive strength b. 20%
is more than the gravitational pull c. 30%
b. gravitational pull is higher then the d. 50%
cohesive and adhesive strength of
water Correct Ans. (a)
c. sufficient water is available in the
soil 56. Which of the following products of light
d. it is used in the photosynthesis reaction of photosynthesis is not used in
the dark reaction?
Correct Ans. (a)
a. ATP
52. Plants do not store carbohydrates as b. NADPH2
glucose because it c. Oxygen
d. None of these
a. dissolves in water, thereby altering
the osmotic bala Correct Ans. (c)
b. attracts insects herbivores
c. is an unstable molecule 57. The empirical formula of chlorophyll a is:
d. would replace ribose in DNA
synthesis a. C55 H72 O5 N4 Mg
b. C55 H70 O5 N3 Mg
Correct Ans. (a) c. C56 H72 O66 N4 Mg
d. C55 H74 O5 N5 Mg
53. Which of the following processes is
responsible for the entry of water into root Correct Ans. (a)
hair?
58. Which of the following is true of
a. wall pressure chlorophyll?
b. osmotic pressure
c. turgor pressure a. absorbs all types of waves of
d. atmospheric pressure sunlight
b. containing iron atom in the center
Correct Ans. (b) c. containing magnesium atom in the
center
d. present in all cells of green plants
Correct Ans. (c)
54. Which of the following forces are

responsible for the ascent of water in plant
body?
59. The most effective light absorbed by the
a. atmospheric pressure chlorophyll is:
b. root pressure
c. transpiration pull a. yellow
d. both b and c b. orange
Correct Ans. (d) c. green
d. none of these
55. Of the total sunlight reaching the earth, the
percentage used in the photosynthesis is: Correct Ans. (d)
60. Photosystem I has an absorption spectrum
of wavelengths of around
a. 600 nm
b. 650 nm
c. 680 nm
d. 700 nm
Correct Ans. (d)
61. Which of the following is not necessary

for photosynthesis?
a. CO2
b. Chlorophyll
c. H2O
d. Oxygen
Correct Ans. (d)
62. In photosystem II, the electrons lost by

reaction center are replaced by electrons
from
a. H2O
b. C2 O
c. Photosystem I
d. ATP
Correct Ans. (a)

CHAPTER 13 6. In which of the following cells elongate
parallel to the long axis of the stem or
Choose the most appropriate answer: root?
1. In animals the product of anaerobic a. Pith

respiration is: b. Trachieds
c. Cortex
a. Butyric acid d. Parenchyma
b. Alcohol
c. Glucose Correct Ans. (b)
d. Lactic acid
7. Spiral thickenings of the walls of cells
Correct Ans. (d) occur in:
2. The process of Glycolysis takes place in: a. Parenchyma

b. Chlorenchyma
a. Mitochondria c. Xylem vessels
b. Cytoplasm d. Cortex
c. Stroma
d. Granum Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b) 8. The molecule which actually enters the

Krebs cycle is:
3. In electron transport chain, one pair of
electrons passing from NADreduced to a. Pyruvic acid
oxygen produces b. Acetyl-CoA
c. Oxao acetic acid
a. 4 ATP d. Fumaric acid
b. 3 ATP
c. 2 ATP Correct Ans. (b)
d. 1 ATP
9. In the Krebs cycle oxaloacetic acid reacts
Correct Ans. (B) with:
4. From which of the following plants gain a. Pyruvic acid

weight? b. Citric acid
c. Acetyl-CoA
a. Respiration d. Succinic acid
b. Transpiration
c. Photosynthesis Correct Ans. (c)
d. Fermentation
10. One ATP molecule is generated during the
Correct Ans. (c) Krebs cycle in the step:
5. Cambium is responsible for increase in: a. citric acid ----------- Alpha

Ketoglutatic acid
a. Length b. Alpha Ketoglutatic acid -------
b. Photosynthesis Succinic acid
c. Diameter c. Succinic acid ----------------
d. Transpiration Fumaric acid
d. Fumaric acid----------- Malic acid
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b)
11. It involves the liberation of Oxygen and
absorbtion of CO2 16. Which of these increases the growth rate
of isolated cells in a test tube?
a. Aerobic respiration
b. Anaerobic respiration a. Auxins
c. Photosynthesis b. Cytokinins
d. Both A & B c. Gibberellins
d. None of these
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b)
12. At the end of the electron transport chain
during respiration, electrons are accepted 17. Chrysanthemum indicum is a:
by:
a. Short day plant
a. NAD b. Long day plant
b. FAD c. Day neutral plant
c. Oxygen d. Both A & B
d. Hydrogen
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (c)
18. Thigmotropism is a growth movement in
13. During growth fibers elongate greatly: response to:
a. At right angle to the long axis a. sunlight

b. Parallel to the long axis b. gravity
c. Obliquely to the long axis c. water
d. In all directions d. touch
14. Which of these is the naturally occurring 19. Which one of the following properties are
auxins? shared by photosynthesis and aerobic
respiration?
a. Indole acetic acid
b. 2, 4-D a. CO2 consumption
c. Abscisic acid b. ATP synthesis
d. Butyric acid c. O2 release
d. Glucose synthesis
Correct Ans. (a)
Correct Ans. (b)
15. The application of Auxin in small amount:
20. The function of cellular respiration is to
a. Stimulate the growth of leaves
b. Retard the growth of leaves a. make ATP
c. Suppress the growth of leaves b. make NADPH
d. Does not affect the growth of laves c. get rid of glucose
d. get rid of carbon dioxide
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (a)
21. Each chemical reaction in cellular
respiration requires
26. How many molecules of oxygen gas are
a. a molecule of ATP used during the Glycolysis of one glucose
b. a molecule of FAD molecule?
c. a molecule of NAD
d. a specific enzyme a. non
b. 1
Correct Ans. (d) c. 6
d. 38
22. The term anaerobic means
Correct Ans. (a)
a. with glucose
b. with oxygen 27. Phosphoglyceraldehyde is oxidized during
c. without glucose Glycolysis. What happens to the hydrogen
d. without oxygen atoms that are removed during this
oxidation?
Correct Ans. (d)
a. They oxidize NAD
23. Which of the following processes makes b. They reduce NAD
direct use of oxygen? c. They are transferred to Pyruvic
acid
a. Glycolysis d. They are eliminated in the form of
b. Fermentation methane
c. Electron transport chain
d. Krebs cycle Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (c) 28. During the first step of Glycolysis, glucose
is converted to glucose phosphate. The
24. How many ATP molecules are formed phosphate group comes from
during one turn of Kreb’s cycle?
a. inorganic phosphate
a. zero b. phospholipids of the membrane
b. 1 c. ADP
c. 2 d. ATP
d. 3
Correct Ans. (d)
Correct Ans. (b)
25. Glycolysis is a process found in Glycolysis?
a. only eukaryotic cells a. substrate level phosphorylation

b. only prokaryotic cells takes place
c. only most muscle cells b. the end products are carbon dioxide
d. virtually all cells and water
c. ATP is formed
Correct Ans. (d) d. ATP is used
Correct Ans. (b)
30. Which of the following is not formed b. Oxidation of Pyruvic acid
during alcohol fermentation? c. The Krebs cycle
a. acetyl coenzyme A d. Electron transport
b. Pyruvic acid
c. Ethanol Correct Ans. (d)
d. Carbon dioxide
Correct Ans. (a)

31. Which of the following is the end product
of anaerobic respiration in animals?
36. How may ATP molecules are formed
a. ethyl alcohol inside mitochondria from the breakdown
b. lactic acid of one glucose molecule?
c. carbon dioxide
d. water a. 32 ATP
b. 36 ATP
Correct Ans. (b) c. 38 ATP
d. 40 ATP
32. In the conversion of Pyruvic acid to acetyl
coenzyme A, Pyruvic acid is: Correct Ans. (b)
37. During electron transport, each molecule
a. oxidized of FADH2 produces a maximum of
b. reduced
c. broken into one carbon fragment a. 2 ATP
d. isomerized b. 3 ATP
c. 6 ATP
Correct Ans. (a) d. 8 ATP
33. At the end of the Krebs cycle, most of the Correct Ans. (A)
energy removed from the glucose
molecule has been transferred to: 38. Fatty acids enter cellular respiration as:
a. NADH2 and FADH2 a. one carbon fragment

b. ATP b. two carbon fragments
c. Oxaloacetic acid c. three carbon fragments
d. Citric acid d. long chain carbon
34. In the electron transport system, the final 39. In a eukaryotic cell, the Krebs cycle and
acceptor electrons is electron transport chain take place
a. cytochrome c a. on the rough endoplasmic

b. cytochrome a reticulum
c. oxygen b. in the cytoplasm
d. FAD c. with in the nucleus
d. within the mitochondria
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (d)
35. In aerobic respiration, most of the ATP is
synthesized during 40. The main advantage of aerobic respiration
over anaerobic respiration is that:
a. Glycolysis
a. less carbon dioxide is released b. enlargement
b. more energy is released from each c. differentiation
glucose molecule d. turgor
c. fats and proteins are not used
d. more carbon dioxide is released Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b) 46. Cytokinins stimulate cell
a. division
b. enlargemen
c. wall thickening
d. turgor
41. A molecule of ADP differs form a
molecule of ATP in that it has Correct Ans. (a)
a. diamine instead of thymine 47. When its terminal bud is moved, plant
b. fever phosphate groups grows more
c. more phosphate groups
d. more energy a. tall
b. bushy
Correct Ans. (b) c. slowly
d. rapidly
42. Shoot apical meristem cells are distinct
from other stem cells because of their Correct Ans. (b)
a. small size 48. Which of the following delays the normal

b. enlarged water vacuole process of aging in leaves?
c. thick cell wall
d. triploid nuclei a. auxins
b. gibberellins
Correct Ans. (a) c. insulin
d. Cytokinins
43. New leaves are formed from the
Correct Ans. (d)
a. shoot apical meristem
b. vascular cambium
c. lateral buds 49. Ethylene is an unusual hormone in that it
d. pericycle is
Correct Ans. (a) a. a gas

b. solid
44. Most of a plant’s auxin is produced in its c. transported by the xylem
d. transported by the phloem
a. leaves
b. lateral buds Correct Ans. (a)
c. shoot apex
d. root apical meristem 50. An important effect of ethylene is to cause
maturation of
Correct Ans. (c)
a. leaf primordial
45. The main effect of auxin is to stimulate b. flower
c. fruit
a. division d. stem
Correct Ans. (c) a. I-II
b. I-IV
51. If a short day plant is grown under c. I-III
conditions of long nights and short days d. III-IV
and the dark period is interrupted in the
middle by a brief exposure to red light, the Correct Ans. (c)
plant will
56. The asexual production of seeds is called
a. wilt
b. flower a. fragmentation
c. fail to flower b. fertilization
d. die c. parthenocarpy
d. apomixes (parthenogenesis)
Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (d)
52. If a long day plant is grown under
conditions of long nights and short days 57. A hormone that controls closure of
and the dark period is interrupted in the stomata in response to water stress is
middle by a brief exposure to red light, the
plant will a. gibberellins
b. Abscisic acid
a. die c. Auxins
b. flower d. Cytokinins
c. fail to flower
d. wilt Correct Ans. (b)
Correct Ans. (b) 58. Which of the following cellular organelles

extracts energy from carbohydrates and
53. Which of these is not true of fermentation forms ATP molecules?
(anaerobic respiration)?
a. Lysosome
a. net gain of only 2 ATP b. Chloroplast
b. occurs in the cytoplasm c. Mitochondrion
c. NADH donates electrons to the d. Chromoplast
electron transport system
d. Beings with glucose Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (c) 59. The value of respiratory quotient of amino

acids is
54. The transfer of high energy phosphate
bonds to ADP by the substrate is called: a. 0
b. 1
a. oxidative phosphorylation c. more than 1
b. substrate level phosphorylation d. less than 1
c. photophosphorylation
d. carboxylation Correct Ans. (c)
Correct Ans. (b)
60. The primary plant body is covered with a
layer of cells called
55. Which of the above properties are shared
by fermentation, aerobic respiration and a. cuticle
photosynthesis? b. epidermis
c. periderm
d. ground tissue
Correct Ans. (b)
61. Root hairs are formed from extension of

the
a. ground tissue
b. periderm
c. epidermis
d. cuticle
Correct Ans. (c)
62. Secondary growth involves activity of the
a. root tips
b. shoot tip
c. apical meristem
d. lateral meristem
Correct Ans. (d)
63. The function of root cap is to
a. produce embryonic cells

b. protect the root apical meristem
from damage
c. absorb water
d. absorb minerals
Correct Ans. (b)

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Chapter 01 d.

Internal organs of organisms

Correct Ans. d 8. Which of the following is involved in the

Correct Ans. d 9. People who slept outside in open spaces

11. In case of typical attack, malarial patient

12. Sexual reproduction of the malaria parasite Correct Ans. (c)

13. Inside human body Plasmodium attacks: Correct Ans. (a)

a. Seeds 20. Which of the following stages of

Correct Ans. (c)

21. Which of the following stages of

Correct Ans. (a)

22. Which of the following forms of

Correct Ans. (b)

23. Which of these attack red blood cells?

Correct Ans. (d)

24. Which of the following is not true of

a. feels cold and chilly

Correct Ans. (c)

a. Dutrochet a. Phloem cells

Correct Ans. (c) Correct Ans. (c)

a. Robert Brown observations on a. Middle lamella

Correct Ans. (b)

a. Cell wall Correct Ans. (c)

a. Synthesize proteins Correct Ans. B

Correct Ans. D Correct Ans. C

a. is sandwiched between two protein

32. The two types of cellular organelles that correct ans. B

a. Plasmodesmata a. Golgi bodies

Correct ans. A Correct Ans. D

a. At the surfaces of the membrane a. lipid

43. Which of the following organelles and

44. Which of the following properties is

a. Both have an electron transport

45. Which of the following cell organelles

Choose the most appropriate answer:

Correct Ans. D 7. Protoplasm of plant cell is:

2. The most common monomer of a. Less viscous than animal cell

Correct Ans. D 8. In living cell, protein is:

3. Which of the following is polysaccharide: a. The most abundant compound

a. a glycerol and three fatty acids a. Glucose

Correct Ans. A Correct Ans. C

5. Cholesterol is: 10. Amino Acids in Insulin molecules are

a. Cellulose 17. They are stored in plant and animal cells:

12. Each beta chain of Hemoglobin contains: Correct Ans. A

a. 126 Amino Acids 18. It is the most abundant carbohydrate in

a. Size of protein molecule 20. Which of the following is true of

Correct Ans. B a. Sucrose

Correct Ans. D 29. Glucose + Fructose _________ Sucrose +

26. In protoplasm dry matter consists about: a. R group

32. Nucleotides of DNA molecule varies due Correct Ans. C

a. glycerol attachments 37. An enzyme promotes a chemical reaction

a. cause chemical reactions that Correct ans. B

35. The enzyme sucrase act on: Correct ans. C

a. sucrose only 40. DNA molecule:

a. cellulose Correct Ans. (b)

Correct Ans. (a) a. 14 A

Correct Ans. (d) a. 16

Correct Ans. (c)

53. Which of the following is not true of Correct Ans. (a)

Correct Ans. (c) Correct Ans. (c)

60. Cholesterol is:

a. Amino group a. the polar bond of water molecule

Correct Ans. (b)

2. Which of the following determines the a. Telocentric