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SET- A
1. The Galapagos Islands are associated with the (d) photosynthetic
visit of
(a) Jean Lamarck 8. Why was the primitive atmosphere of Earth more
(b) Charles Darwin beneficial to the origin of life than the modern
(c) Gregor Mendel atmosphere of Earth?
(d) Alfred Wallace (a) The primitive atmosphere had a layer of ozone
that shielded the first delicate cells
2. Which of the following was most influential upon (b) The primitive atmosphere was reducing one
Darwin’s formulation of theory of natural selection? that facilitated the formation of complex substances
(a) De Vries concept of mutation from simple molecules
(b) Wallace‟s paper on survival (c) The primitive atmosphere was an oxidising one
(c) Malthus‟s essay on population that facilitated the formation of complex substances
(d)Lamarck‟s on inheritance of acquired characters from simple molecules
(d) The primitive atmosphere has less free energy
3. “Survival of the fittest” was used by than the modern atmosphere, and thus newly
(a) Charles Darwin formed organisms were less likely to be destroyed
(b) Jean Baptiste Lamarck
(c) Hugo deVries 9. Russian scientist who proposed the theory of
(d) Herbert Spencer origin of life was
(a) Oparin
4. After observing the variations HUGO DE VRIES (b) Miller
first of all described the mutation in (c) Haldane
(a) Oenothera lamarl.4ana (d) Fox
(b) Neurospora crassa
(c) Pisum sativum 10. In their laboratory simulation of early Earth,
(d) Drosophila melanogaster Miller and Urey observed the abiotic synthesis
(a) amino acids
5. According to scientists, the Big Bang occurred (b) coacervates
approximately how many years ago? (c) DNA
(a) 100 million (d) liposmes
(b) 100 thousand
(c) 1 billion 11. The richest source of fossils is
(d) 15 billion (a) basalt
(b) granite
6. PASTEUR succeeded in disproving the (c) lava
spontaneous generation theory because (d) sedimentary rock
(a) he was lucky
(b) he was ingenious in drawing out the neck of 12. Biologists who study the sequences of
glass flasks, so as to provide access to air but not to organisms in the fossil record are
microorganisms (a) taxonomists
(c) of the fact that sample of yeast taken by him was (b) palaeobiologists
dead (c) misologists
(d) of the clear surrounding of his laboratory (d) systematists

7. The first organisms were 13. Which were dominant in Mesozoic?

(a) primitive eukaryotes (a) Dinosaurs
(b) aerobic bacteria (b) Gymnosperms
(c) prokaryotic (c) Fishes

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(d) Mammals 20. The earliest animal to have been domesticated
by man most likely the
14. The “Golden age of Reptiles” was (a) horse
(a) Late Paleozoic (b) pig
(b) Cenozoic (c) dog
(c) Mesozoic (d) cow
(d) Proterozoic
21. Presence of gill slits in the embryo of all
15. The fossil remains of Archaeopteryx is a vertebrates supports the theory of
connecting link between (a) organic evolution
(a) amphibians (b) recapitulation
(b) reptiles and birds (c) metamorphosis
(c) fish and amphibians (d) biogenesis
(d) reptiles and mammals
22. Appearance of ancestral characters in the new
16. Which of the following set is the evidence of borne, such as tail, multiple mammae, etc., are
evolution? known as
(a) Homologous and vestigial organs (a) homologous
(b) Analogous and vestigial organs (b) analogous
(c) Homologous and analogous organs (c) atavistic
(d) All of the above (d) vestigial

17. Of the following anatomical structures, which is 23. Evolution is defined as

homologous to the wing of a bat? (a) history of race
(a) The arm of a human (b) development of race
(b) The wing of a butterfly (c) history and development of race with variations
(c) The tail of a fish (d) progressive history of race
(d) The dorsal fin of a shark
24. The book named “Philosophic zoologique” was
18. Which one of the following sets of structures published in 1809 and was written by:
includes only analogous organs? (a) Mendel
(a) Wings of butterfly, housefly and bat (b) Darwin
(b) Hind legs of horse (c) De Vries
(c) Hands of man, monkey and kangaroo (d) Lamarck
(d) Mandibles of cockroach, mosquito and
honeybee 25. Penguin is a bird that lost the use of its wings by
not flying. Such a statement would express the
19. Which of the following set represents all views of
vestigial structures in the human body? (a) Darwin
(a) Vermiform appendix, body hair and cochlea (b) Wallace
(b) Wisdom teeth, coccyx and patella (c) Lamarck
(c) Coccyx, vermiform appendix and muscles of ear (d) Huxley
pinna
(d) Body hair, muscles of ear pinna and atlas
vertebra

SET- B
1. Mesophyll tissue is well differentiated into 2. Lateral meristem is responsible for
spongy tissue and palisade tissue in (a) Growth in parenchyma
(a) Dicot leaves (b) Growth in thickness
(b) Ophytic stem (c) Growth in cortex
(c) Hydrophytic stem (d) Growth in length.
(d) Monocot leaves

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3. As a tree grows older, which increases more 11. Epithelial tissue with thin flat cells appearing
rapidly in thickness? like packed tiles occur on
(a) Sapwood (a) Inner lining of stomach
(b) Cortex (b) Inner lining of fallopian tube
(c) Phloem (c) Inner lining of cheek
(d) Heartwood (d) Outer surface of ovary

4. What is the other name for the cork tissue? 12. The actively dividing layer of columnar cells in
(a) Phellogen the epidermis of man is called as the
(b) Phelloderm (a) Stratum granulosum
(c) Phellem (b) Stratum lucidum
(d) Periderm (c) Stratum malpighi
(d) Stratum comeum
5. Commercial cork is obtained from the species of
(a) Berberis 13. Horns of most mammals are composed of
(b) Quercus (a) Bones
(c) Salix (b) Cartilage
(d) Betula (c) Keratin
(d) Chitin
6. The cross-section of a trunk of a tree showed 50
annual rings. The age of tree is 14. Mammary glands are modified
(a) 50 years (a) Sebaceous gland
(b) 50 months (b) Sweat gland
(c) 100 years (c) Oil gland
(d) 25 years (d) Lymph gland

7. Trees at seashore do not have annual rings 15. Which of the following tissue has matrix, which
because is the source of its structural and functional
(a) There is climatic variation performances?
(b) There is no marked climatic variation (a) Connective tissue
(c) There is enough moisture in the atmosphere (b) Muscular tissue
(d) Soil is sandy (c) Nervous tissue
(d) Epithelial tissue
8. Grafting is not possible in monocots because they
(a) Have scattered vascular bundles 16. Ground substances and fibers in the connective
(b) Have parallel venation tissue are the secretory products of
(c) Are herbaceous (a) Mast cells
(d) Lack cambium (b) Reticular cells
(c) Plasma cells
9. A tissue is a (d) Fibroblasts
(a) A group of separate organs that are co ordinate
in their activities 17. The camel’s hump is composed of a tissue that
(b) Group of similar cells tat function together in a provides water when oxidized
specialized activity (a) Skeletal
(c) Layer of cells surrounding an organ (b) Areolar
(d) Sheet of cells, one layer thick (c) Muscular
(d) Adipose
10. Which type of tissue forms the inner lining of a
blood vessel? 18. The white fibrous tissue occurs in
(a) Epithelial (a) Ligaments
(b) Connective (b) Cartilage
(c) Muscle (c) Tendons
(d) Nervous (d) Bone

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19. Ligaments are made up of (a) Haemoerythrin
(a) White fibers and some yellow elastic fibers (b) Haemocyanin
(b) White fibers only (c) Chlorocruorin
(c) Yellow fibers only (d) Haemoglobin
(d) Yellow fibers and muscle fibers
28. Which of the following tissues in a human being
20. The major constituent of vertebrate bone is uses the greatest amount of energy?
(a) Calcium phosphate (a) Vascular tissue
(b) Potassium hydroxide (b) Muscular tissue
(c) Sodium chloride (c) Nervous tissue
(d) Calcium carbonate (d) Epithelial tissue

21. A bone left in dilute HCl for about three days 29. Striped muscle fiber has
will (a) Many nuclei
(a) Crack into pieces (b) Two nuclei
(b) Become soft and elastic (c) No nuclei
(c) Dissolve completely (d) One nucleus
(d) Remain as it is
30. When we lift hand
22. Haversian system is typically found in bones of (a) The triceps contracts and the biceps relaxes
(a) Fishes (b) The biceps contracts and the triceps relaxes
(b) Ayes (c) Both biceps and triceps contract
(c) Reptiles (d) Both biceps and triceps relax
(d) Mammals
31. In human, increased heat production is
23. The bone of a mammal contains Haversian achieved most rapidly by increase the activity of the
canals, which are connected by transverse canals (a) sweat gland
known as (b) Liver
(a) Semicircular canals (c) Skeletal muscle
(b) Inguinal canals (d) Brain
(c) Volkmann’s canals
(d) Bidder’s canals 32. Smooth muscle fibers are
(a) spindle-shaped, unbranched, non striated,
24. Blood is multinucleate and involuntary
(a) Acidic (b) spindle-shaped, unbranched, unstriated,
(b) Alkaline uninucleate and involuntary
(c) Variable (c) Cylindrical, striated, unbranched, multinucleate
(d) Neutral and voluntary
(d) Cylindrical, unbranched, non-striated,
25. Mammalian erythrocytes are multinucleate and involuntary
(a) circular
(b) Biconcave 33. Muscles, which are immune to fatigue, are
(c) Non-nucleated (a) Unstriped muscles
(d) All the above (b) Cardiac muscles
(c) Jaw muscles
26. Life span of RBC is (d) Skeleton muscles
(a) 50 days
(b) 75 days 34. Schwann cells and nodes of Ranvier are found in
(c) 120 days (a) Neurons
(d) 100 days (b) Chondroblasts
(c) Osteoblasts
27. Which one of the following blood pigments (d) Gland cells
contains copper?

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35. Schwann cells and nodes of Ranvier are found in (b) cereals
(a) Neurons (c) eggs
(b) Chondroblasts (d) milk
(c) Osteoblasts
(d) Gland cells 44. The technique in which the developing embryo
(at definite stage) from a pregnant superior breed
36. Afferent nerve fiber carries impulses from is removed and transferred to another female with
(a) Effectors to central nervous system inferior characters, in whose body further
(b) Receptor to central nervous system development till birth takes place
(c) Central nervous system to muscle (a) Embryo transfer
(d) Central nervous system to receptors (b) Artificial insemination
(c) Protoplast fusion
37. The strongest muscle in the body is present in (d) Cloning
(a) Arm
(b) Jaw 45. Fever, inflammation of the mucous membranes,
(c) Thigh particularly the intestines, discharges from the eyes
(d) Neck and nose, dehydration, and skin eruptions on the
back and flanks; death comes after four to eight
38. Cardiac muscle is made of brar1hed fibers that days. These are the major symptoms of
(a) Nonstriated and under voluntary control (a) rinderpest
(b) Striated and not under voluntary control (b) anthrax
(c) Nonstriated and not under voluntary control (c) foot and Mouth Disease
(d) Striated and under voluntary control (d) cholera

39. Which of the following tissues in mammals 46. The Jersey bull used for cross breeding is exotic
show the least capacity for regeneration? variety from
(a) Endothelium of blood vessels (a) USA
(b) Skeletal tissue of long bones (b) UK
(c) Nervous tissue of brain (c) Switzerland
(d) Epithelial tissue (d) Holland

40. Nerve impulses are conducted towards the cell 47. The IPN (Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis) and
body by VMS (Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia) are well
(a) Axons known infectious diseases of
(b) Ganglia (a) fish
(c) Dendrites (b) cattle
(d) Neurons (c) poultry
(d) none of the above
41. The study of fish culture is called
(a) Ophiology 48. Mehsana and Jaffarabadi are examples of
(b) Ichthyology (a) Indian breeds of buffaloes
(c) Herpetology (b) breeds of cow
(d) Pisciculture (c) breeds of sheep
(d) Indian breeds of goat
42. Catla and rohu are examples of
(a) freshwater fish 49. The production of useful aquatic plants and
(b) marine fish animals like prawns, fish, lobsters, crabs, molluscs,
(c) brackish water fish etc., using various types of water resources is called
(d) none of these (a) aquaculture
(b) pisciculture
43. Silver Revolution is associated with the increase (c) silviculture
in the production of (d) silver revolution
(a) meat

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50. Human genome contains about

(a) 10,000 nucleotides
(b) 10,000 genes
(c) 6 billion nucleotides
(d) 6 billion genes

SET- C
1. External protective tissues of plants are
(a) Cortex and epidermis 8. If the sign was nailed to the side of a tree 5”
(b) Pericycle and cortex above the ground in 1997 how high would the sign
(c) Epidermis and cork be in 2007 if the tree grew 4” taller each year?
(d) Pericycle and cork (a) 5”
(b) 8”
2. Bulliform cells are present (c) 4’ 8”
(a) In upper epidermis of dicot leaves (d) 9’ 4”
(b) In lower epidermis of monocot leaves
(c) In upper epidermis of monocot leaves 9. Safranin stains which element of the tissues?
(d) In dicot stem (a) Starch elements
(b) Lignified elements
3. The youngest layer of secondaryh1oem in woody (c) Bast
dicot stem is located (d) Protein elements
(a) Just outside the vascular cambium
(b) Just on the inner side of cambium 10. Which types of tissue form the thin surface for
(c) Between periderm and primary cortex the gas exchange in the lungs?
(d) Just outside pith (a) Epithelial
(b) Connective
4. The wall of cork cells is mostly impregnated with (c) Nervous
(a) Cutin (d) Muscle
(b) Suberin
(c) Lignin 11. Endothelium of the inner surface of blood
(d) Hemicellulose vessels in vertebrates is
(a) Simple squamous epithelium
5. Cork cells are (b) Columnar epithelium
(a) Photosynthetic (c) Cuboidal epithelium
(b) Elongated and participate in movement (d) Ciliated cells
(c) Meristematic
(d) Dead 12. The epithelium best adapted for abody surface
subject to abrasion is
6. Dendrochronology is the study of (a) Simple squamous
(a) Height of a tree (b) stratified squamous
(b) Age of a tree by counting the number of annual (c) stratified columnar
rings in the main stem (d) Simple cuboidal
(c) Diameter of a tree
(d) Age of tree by counting the number of leaves in 13. In man thickest skin is found in•
the main stem (a) Palm
(b) Thigh
7. The best method to determine the age of tree is (c) Sole
(a) To measure its diameter (d) Thumb
(b) To count the number of leaves
(c) To count the number of annual rings in the main 14. Which type of tissue forms glands?
stem at the base (a) Epithelial
(d) To measure its height (b) Connective

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(c) Nervous (c) Less subdermal fat
(d) Muscle (d) More active sweat glands

15. Sebaceous glands are found in 23. A bone is distinguished from cartilage by the
(a) Dermis of skin of mammals presence of
(b) Epithelium of stomach of frog (a) Collagen
(c) Epithelium of intestine of frog (b) Lymph vessels
(d) Epidermis of skin of mammals (c) Blood vessels
(d) Haversian canals
16. Which type of tissue forms the framework of the
external ear? 24. Which one of these is a kind of tissue?
(a) Epithelial (a) Lung
(b) Connective (b) Kidney
(c) Muscle (c) Blood
(d) Nervous (d) Pancreas

17. Wrinkling in old age is due to 25. Nissl’s granules are found in cyton of nerve
(a) Collagen cells. These have affinity for basic dyes. The
(b) Myosin granules are made up of
(c) Keratin (a) Proteins
(d) Actin (b) DNA
(c) Amino acids
18. Which one of the following directly helps in (d) RNA
keeping the body warm?
(a) Sweat glands 26. In camel, erythrocytes are
(b) Adipose tissue (a) Oval and nucleated
(c) Connective tissue (b) Circular, biconcave and nucleated
(d) Hairs (c) Oval and non-nucleated
(d) Circular, biconcave, non-nucleated
19. The fibrous tissue, which connects the two
bones, is 27. Iron in hemoglobin exists as
(a) Connective tissue (a) Unionized iron atom
(b) Ligament (b) Ferric ions only
(c) Tendon (c) Ferrous ions only
(d) Adipose tissue (d) Ferric or ferrous ions depending upon the
oxygenate state of the heme moiety
20. Tendon connects
(a) Cartilage with muscles 28. Red cell count is carried out by
(b) Bone with muscles (a) Haemocytometer
(c) Ligament with muscles (b) Haemoglobinometer
(d) Bone with bone (c) Sphygmomanometer
(d) Electrocardiogram
21. Bone forming cells are
(a) Osteoblasts 29. Striated muscles are found in
(b) Osteoclasts (a) gall bladder
(c) Chondroblasts (b) Wall of bronchi
(d) Chondroclasts (c) Leg muscles
(d) Lungs
22. A man was brought up at sea level while his
brother spent all his life at an altitude of 10,000 30. Triceps and biceps are examples of
feet. The latter will have (a) Antagonistic muscles
(a) More active bone marrow (b) Involuntary muscles
(b) Lower blood pressure (c) Sphincter muscles

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(d) Smooth muscles 36. Anthrax is a serious disease of
(a) cattle
31. Murrah is a high-yielding breed of (b) poultry
(a) cow (c) fish
(b) hen (d) all of these
(c) buffalo
(d) sheep 37. High milk yielding varieties of cows are
obtained by
32. White Revolution is related to the increase in (a) super ovulation
production of (b) artificial insemination
(a) egg (c) use of surrogate mothers
(b) wool (d) all of these
(c) milk
(d) meat 38. Which of the following is the high milk yielding
variety of cow?
33. Which of the following is called the “Father of (a) Jamunapari
White Revolution” in India? (b) Murrah
(a) Hargobind Khorana (c) Holstein
(b) V. Kurian (d) Kathiyabari
(c) M.S. Swaminathan
(d) P. K. Sethi 39. Bombay duck and hilsa are examples of
(a) freshwater fish
34. Inland fisheries is referred to (b) marine fish
(a) culturing fish in freshwater (c) breeds of sheep
(b) trapping and capturing fish (d) breeds of ducks
(c) deep sea fisheries
(d) extraction of oil from fish 40. The surface of nerve fibers bears narrow areas
called
35. Foot and Mouth Disease is a highly contagious (a) Schwann cells
disease almost exclusive to cattle, sheep, swine, (b) Schwann nodes
goats, and other cloven-hoofed animals. It is caused (c) Nodes of Ranvier
by (d) Nissl’s granules
(a) fungi
(b) bacteria
(c) protozoa
(d) Erus

SET- D
1. If a couple have three daughters, what are the 3. The crossing of a homozygous tall plant with a
chances that the fourth child will be a son? dwarf would yield plaits in the ratio of
(a) 100% (a) two tall and two dwarf
(b) 75% (b) one homozygous tall, one homozygous dwarf
(c) 50% and two heterozygous tall
(d) 0% (c) all homozygous dwarf
(d) all homozygous tall
2. If a dihybrid pea plant heterozygous for flower
colour (red dominant over white) and seed shape 4. Blue eye colour in human is recessive to brown
(round dominant over wrinkled) undergoes selfing, eye colour. The expected children of a marriage
the types of gametes produced are: between blue-eyed woman and brown-eyed male
(a) 2 who had a blue-eyed mother are likely to be
(b) 4 (a) all blue-eyed
(c) 8 (b) three blue-eyed and one brown-eyed
(d) 16 (c) all brown-eyed

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(d) one blue-eyed and one brown-eyed (b) CO2
(c) CO
5. The genotype of a dominant parent is determined (d) HNO2
by crossing it with the recessive parent. This cross
is called 13. The plant that was made popular by “DE VRIES
(a) back cross mutation theory”:
(b) test cross (a) Triticum vulgare
(c) long cross (b) Oenothera lamarkiana
(d) out cross (c) Pisum sativum
(d) Primula vulgaris
6. Chromosome theory of heredity was postulated
by 14. Which of the following is an example of a point
(a) Charles Darwin mutation?
(b) Gregor Mendel (a) Thalassaemia
(c) Sutton and Boveri (b) Night blindness
(d) Har Gobind Khorana (c) Sickle cell anaemia
(d) Down‟s syndrome
7. Continuity of germplasm theory by WEISMANN
was proposed in 15. Mutations used in agriculture are
(a) 1838 (a) lethal and recessive
(b) 1883 (b) artificially induced and recessive
(c) 1865 (c) lethal and dominant
(d) 1859 (d) none of the above

8. Allosomes are 16. Inheritance of total colour-blindness is

(a) bead like structure on chromosomes (a) X-linked
(b) sex chromosomes (b) XY-linked
(c) rounded bodies (c) Y-linked
(d) node like structure on chromosomes (d) none of these

9. Mutation is 17. A man is hemophiliac. This indicates that he

(a) a change that is inherited (a) inherited the condition from his father
(b) a change, which affects the parents only but (b) is afraid of sight of blood
never inherited (c) inherited the condition from his mother
(c) a change, which affects the offspring of F2 (d) is carrying parasite in his blood
generation only
(d) a factor responsible for plant growth 18. Genes located on Y-chromosome are
(a) mutant genes
10. Recessive mutation are expressed normally (b) sex-linked genes
(a) has to express always since it is a mutation (c) autosomal genes
(b) in heterozygous condition (d) holoandric genes
(c) neither in homozygous nor in heterozygous
condition 19. “Barr body” is derived from
(d) in homozygous condition (a) autosomes in males
(b) autosomes in females
11. Which of the following is not heritable? (c) X-chromosome in female
(a) Point mutation (d) X-chromosome in males
(b) Chromosomal mutation
(c) Somatic mutation 20. Heterosis is
(d) Gene mutation (a) hybrid incompatibility
(b) hybrid vigour
12. Which of the following is a mutagen? (c) structural hybridity
(a) SO2 (d) hybrid sterility

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(c) rhino
21. Pure line selection results in retention of (d) human care
desired characters
(a) for one generation 24. The DNA is the genetic material was proved
(b) for two generations conclusively be
(c) for several generation (a) J.D. Watson
(d) permanently (b) Hershey and Chase
(c) Alfred Griffith
22. Which of the following have equal number of (d) Boveri and Sutton
chromosomes?
(a) Klinefelter‟s syndrome and Down‟s syndrome 25. Watson and Crick composed the model of DNA
(b) Klinefelter‟s and Turner‟s syndrome structure in
(c) Turner‟s syndrome and Down‟s syndrome (a) 1953
(d) Turner‟s syndrome and gynandromorphy (b) 1943
(c) 1955
23. Rh factor derives its name from (d) 1963
(a) monkey
(b) ape

SET- E
1. Which one of the following is responsible for 5. In a closed circulatory system, blood is
guttation? completely enclosed within
(a) Root pressure (a) The skeleton
(b) Transpiration (b) Sinuses
(c) Photosynthesis (c) Vessels
(d) Osmosis (d) Hearts

2. Which one of the following blood vessels in 6. Which is the most correct statement?
mammals would normally carry the largest amount (a) Most of the water that filters into Bowman’s
of urea? capsule is reabsorbed
(a) Dorsal aorta (b) One-half of the water that filters into Bowman’s
(b) Hepatic portal vein capsule is reabsorbed
(c) Renal artery (c) One-half of the glucose that filters into
(d) Hepatic artery Bowman’s capsule is reabsorbed
(d) None of the salts that are filtered in Bowman’s
3. Pressure exerted in the treachery elements of a capsule are reabsorbed
xylem as a result of metabolic activity of roots
which forces the water into xylem vessel and 7. In which of the following groups of animal the
upwards into the stem for a certain height is heart pumps only deoxygenated blood?
(a) Osmotic pressure (a) Fishes
(b) Root pressure (b) Reptile
(c) Atmospheric pressure (c) Birds
(d) Turgor pressure (d) Amphibians

4. In what ways do lymph capillaries differ from
blood capillaries?
(a) Lymph capillaries contain red blood cells
(b) Lymph capillaries have a wall of only one cell
layer
(c) Lymph capillaries begin with blind ends
throughout interstitial fluid
(d) Contain plasma
8. Which of the following parts of the nephron is
least permeable to water?
(a) Proximal tubule
(b) Descending limb of the loop of Henle
(c) Ascending limb of the loop of Henle
(d) Collecting duct

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9. The mechanism of uric acid excretion in nephron (b) Arteriole
is (c) Capillary
(a) Diffusion (d) Vein
(b) Ultra filtration
(c) Osmosis 17. The ultra structure has shown that in
(d) Secretion glomerulus of a nephron, the process of filtration
mainly takes place due to
10. Hemoglobin is found in (a) Podocytes
(a) All invertebrates (b) Pores in blood capillaries
(b) Only in vertebrates (c) Basement membrane
(c) Earthworm and rabbit (d) Endothelium of the blood capillaries
(d) Cockroach and earthworm
18. The cells constituting walls of the blood
11. The plasma resembles in is composition the capillaries are known as
filtrate produced in the glomerulus except for the (a) Parietal cells
presence of (b) Haemocytes
(a) Glucose (c) Oxyntic cells
(b) Amino acids (d) Endothelial cells
(c) Proteins
(d) Chlorides 19. What percentage of the water that filters into
the nephron is reabsorbed?
12. Indicate correct statement for man? (a) 25%
(a) Arteries always carry oxygenated blood while (b) 75%
veins always carry deoxygenated blood (c) 85%
(b) Arteries are provided with valves while veins (d) 99%
are devoid of valves
(c) Arteries always carry blood away from the 20. Which of the following in NOT reabsorbed from
heart, while veins always carry blood towards the the filtrate to the blood at the proximal tubule?
heart (a) Glucose
(d) Venous blood is returned to left auricle (b) Na
(c) Plasma proteins
13. Antidiuretic hormone is put into the blood by (d) Water
the
(a) Hypothalamus 21. The exchange of materials between blood and
(b) Pituitary gland interstitial fluid occurs only at the
(c) Liver (a) Veins
(d) Small intestine (b) Capillaries
(c) Arteries
14. The smallest blood vessel in the body is a (d) Arterioles
(a) Acapi1lary
(b) Artery 22. About how much blood is in the circulatory
(c) Vena cava system of an average person?
(d) Vein (a) 1 liter
(b) 2 liters
15. The reabsorption of glucose in a nephron occurs (c) 5 liters
in (d) 10 liters
(a) Loop of Henle
(b) First half of proximal tubule 23. The proteins present in blood and necessary for
(c) Distal convoluted tubule developing immunity to diseases are
(d) Proximal part of collecting ducts (a) Albumins and globulins
(b) Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 globulins
16. Which of the following has no muscular walls? (c) Gamma globulins only
(a) Artery (d) Albumins

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25. Both erythrocytes and leucocytes are formed in

24. Lack of ant diuretic hormone (ADH) causes the
water loss from the body by (a) Bone marrow
(a) Increased water loss through expiration (c) Arterial walls
(b) Excessive urination (b) Thymus
(c) By combination of all the above factors (d) Lymph nodes
(d) increased sweating

SET- F
1. A normal man respires in a minute 7. Kidneys are not only organs of excretion. Their
(a) 10—15 times work is supplemented by
(b) 14—18 times (a) Liver
(c) 20—25 times (b) Heart
(d) 25—30 times (c) Large intestine
(d) Skin
2. Osmoregulation is control over the
(a) Removal of nitrogen from the body 8. During inspiration, as a result of contraction of
(b) Concentrations of salt and water in the body muscles attached to it, the diaphragm
(c) Osmotic properties of cell membranes (a) becomes dome-shaped
(d) PH of the blood (b) Flattens
(c) Rotates
3. Lungs have a large number of alveoli for (d) Flattens and rotates
(a) Having spongy texture and proper shape .
(b) More surface area for diffusion of gases 9. Forced deep breathing for a few minutes by a
(c) More space for increasing volume of inspired air person sitting at rest may be followed by a
(d) More nerve supply temporary cessation of breathing. This is due to
(a) Too much oxygen in blood
4. A Malpighian tubule empties urine into the (b) Too much carbon dioxide in blood
(a) Gut (c) Both, too much oxygen and very little carbon
(b) Coelom dioxide in blood
(c) Lymph (d) Little carbon dioxide in blood
(d) Ureters
10. The conversion of protein waste, the ammonia
5. Which one of the following events takes place into urea occurs mainly in
during inspiration in man? (a) kidney
(a) The internal intercostals muscles relax (b) Lungs
(b) Due to contraction of external intercostals (c) Liver
muscles and flattening of diaphragm the volume of (d) Intestine
thoracic cavity increases
(c) Due to contraction of external intercostals 11. In man, expired air contains oxygen about
muscles, and flattening of diaphragm the volume of (a) 4%
thoracic cavity decreases (b) 10%
(d) The abdominal muscles contract (c) 16%
(d) 20%
6. In insects, Malpighian tubules drain materials
directly from the 12. Oxygen is transported in blood mainly by
(a) Gut (a) Leucocytes
(b) Haemocoel (b) Erythrocytes
(c) Spider (c) Thromobocytes
(d) Jelly fish (d) Blood plasma

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13. Carbon monoxide has greater affinity for 20. Function of glomerulus in mammalian kidney is
hemoglobin as compare to oxygen (a) Rebsorption of salts
(a) 1000 times (b) Urine formation through blood filtration
(b) 200 times (c) Urine collection
(c) 20 times (d) All of the above
(d) 2 times
21. The function of kidney in mammals is to excrete
14. Kidney of vertebrates resembles with (a) Extra urea, extra water and extra amino acids
contractile vacuole of protozoan in (b) Extra urea, extra water and carbohydrate
(a) Expelling out glucose (c) Extra urea, salts and excess water
(b) Expelling out urea and uric acid (d) Extra salts, urea and excess water
(c) Expel1ing out excess of water
(d) Expelling out salts 22. The breathing centre in the brain responds to
changes in the
15. In man percentage of CO2 transported as (a) Oxygen concentration of the blood
bicarbonates is (b) Carbon dioxide concentration of the blood
(a) 5% to 10% (c) Glucose in the mitochondria
(b) 70% to 75% (d) Acetyl coenzyme A in the mitochondria
(c) 90% to 95%
(d) 50% to 65% 23. Which is present in the kidney?
(a) Glomeru1us
16. About 30% of CO2 is transported as (b) Ciliated nephron
(a) Hacarbamino compounds (c) Middle kidney duct
(b) Bicarbonates of Na and K (d) Nephridia
(c) Carboxy hemoglobin
(d) Oxyhemoglobin 24. Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood is
carried in the form of
17. Which of the following is the part of kidney? (a) Carbonic acid.
(a) Pelvis (b) Bicarbonates
(b) Ileum (c) Carbaminohemoglobin
(c) Somniferous tubules (d) Dissolved CO2
(d) Cystic duct
25. Which one of the following binds with
18. If a respiratory surface dries out, gas exchange hemoglobin irreversibly?
will (a) Carbon dioxide
(a) Increase (b) Carbon monoxide
(b) Decrease (c) Ethane
(c) Stop (d) Nitrogen
(d) Not be affected

19. Long loops of Henle correlate with

(a) More concentrated urine
(b) More dilute urine
(c) Urine hypotonic to the blood
(d) Urine isotonic to the blood

SET- G
1. Mechanical tissues are very poorly developed in 2. Desert can be converted into green land by
(a) xerophytes (a) halophytes
(b) halophytes (b) psammophytes
(c) hydrophytes (c) tropical trees
(d) lithophytes (d) oxylophytes

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3. Mangrove plants show vivipary. This is — (b) Phytoplankton zooplankton fish
(a) germination of seeds within fruits while still (c) Grasses fox rabbit
attached to parent plant (d) Grasses chameleon insects birds
(b) germination of seeds in fruits on the soil
(c) germination of seeds within fruit on sterile 11. Generally the food chain has how many trophic
artificial culture medium levels?
(d) germination of seeds only after dispersal of (a) One
fruits (b) Two
(c) Three
4. Among the following, which plant is completely (d) Three or four
devoid of roots?
(a) Ceratophyllum 12. Correct path of energy flow in a system is
(b) Hydrilla (a) Producers Herbivores Carnivores Decomposers
(c) Vallisneria (b) Producers Carnivores Herbivores Decomposers
(d) Azolla (c) Herbivores Producers Carnivores Decomposers
(d) Herbivores Carnivores Producers Decomposers
5. What is the name given for an association of two
species where one is benefited and other remains 13. When man eats fish, which feeds on
unaffected or unharmed? zooplanktons, which have eaten small plants.
(a) Parasitism The producer in the chain is
(b) Symbiosis (a) zooplankton
(c) Commensalism (b) small plants
(d) Predation (c) man
(d) fish
6. Occurrence of Zoochlorellae in the body wall of
Hydra is an example of 14. Which is the correct sequence in the food chain
(a) a predation in grassland?
(b) a food chain involving a parasite (a) Grass wolf deer buffalo
(c) commensalism (b) Grass insect bird snake
(d) mutualism (c) Grass snake insect deer
(d) Bacteria grass rabbit wolf
7. Which one of the following is a protective device?
(a) Competition 15. When a big fish eats a small fish, which eats
(c) Camouflage water fleas supported by phytoplankton, the water
(c) Commensalism fleas are
(d) Symbiosis (a) primary consumers
(b) secondary consumers
8. What is the sequence of species through which (c) top consumer in this food chain
the organic molecules in a community pass called? (d) producers
(a) Pyramid of energy
(b) Nutrient cycle 16. In natural ecosystem, decomposers include
(c) Food web (a) only microscopic animals
(d) Food chain (b) only bacteria and fungi
(c) the above two types organisms plus microscopic
9. A food chain consists of animals
(a) producers and primary consumers (d) only the above two types of organisms
(b) producers, herbivores and carnivores
(c) producers, consumers and decomposers 17. The food chain in which microorganisms break
(d) producers, carnivores and decomposers down the energy rich compounds synthesised by
producers is
10. Which of the following is the correct sequence (a) detritus food chain
in food chain? (b) predator food chain
(a) Fallen leaves bacteria insect larvae birds (c) consumer food chain

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18. An aquatic plant with floating leaves
(a) have stomata on leaf surface
(b) have stomata on lower surface
(c) have stomata
(d) have stomata only on upper surface
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(a) Because uric acid can be stored in the body for
long periods
(b) Uric acid is highly soluble in water and can be
easily eliminate
(c) The kidneys are unable convert uric acid into
urea
(d) Enzymes for the formation of urea are absent

19. Which is the most stable ecosystem? 26. Which one of the following sets of animals
(a) Desert produces the same substance as their chief
(b) Mountain excretory product?
(c) Ocean (a) Cockroach, camel and lizard
(d) Forest (b) Man, dog and camel
(c) Amoeba, ant and antelope
20. Which of the following is a logical sequence in (d) Fowl, fish and frog
carbon cycle?
(a) Producer-consumer-decomposer 27. A freshwater fish must continuously
(b) Decomposer-consumer-producer (a) Acquire water and get rid of salt
(c) Producer-decomposer-consumer (b) Get rid of both water and salt
(d) Consumer-producer-decomposer (c) Acquire both water and salt
(d) Get rid of water and acquire salt
21. Which of the following structures is thought to
be exceptionally rich in hydrolytic enzymes? 28. A nephridium of an earthworm drains materials
(a) Lysosomes directly from the
(b) Microsome (a) Gut
(c) Chromosomes (b) Coelom
(d) Endoplasmic reticulum (c) Lymph
(d) Blood
22. The selective digestion of cytoplasmic
organelles by the lysosomes is called 29. The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the
(a) Osmotrophy (a) Ureter
(b) Autophagy (b) Nephron
(c) Heterophony (c) malpighian tubule
(d) Autolysis (d) Islets of langerhans

23. The arrangement of outer and central 30. Nephrons are connected with
microtubules in a cilium is called the (a) Respiratory system
(a) 9 + 1 pattern (b) Nervous system
(b) 9 + 2 pattern (c) Circulatory system
(c) 8 + 2 pattern (d) Excretory system
(d) 8 + 1 pattern
31. Which of the following has no blood but
24. Ureotelic animals are those that eliminate the respires?
nitrogenous wastes predominantly in the form of (a) Earthworm
(a) Uric acid (b) Hydra
(b) Ammonia (c) Cockroach
(c) Amino acids (d) Fish
(d) Urea
32. Which type of respiratory organs are present in
25. Animal species living in chronic shortage of spiders and scorpions?
water generally excrete uric acid as the principal (a) Book lungs
nitrogenous waste product (b) Gill books
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(d) Lungs (d) An efficient system of ventilation with little
residual air
33. The functional respiratory organ of a fully
formed tadpole is the 37. The narrowest and most numerous tubes of
(a) Skin lungs are termed as
(b) Lung (a) Bronchus
(c) Gill
(d) Air bladder (b) Alveoli
(c) Bronchioles
34. In frog, cutaneous respiration takes place (d) Hilum
(a) Only in water, when pulmonary respiration does
not take place 38. The exchange of gases in a mammal takes place
(b) Only in water, but along with pulmonary is
respiration (a) trachea
(c) Only on land (b) Bronchioles
(d) Always (c) Bronchi
(d) Alveoli
35. At high altitude, RBCs of human blood will
(a) Increase in number 39. Tidal volume of air in a normal healthy man
(b) Decrease in number during inspiration is about
(c) Decrease in size (a) 300-400 ml
(d) Increase in size (b) 500-700 ml
(c) 900-1000 ml
36. Presence of large number of alveoli around (d) 100-250 ml
alveolar ducts opening into bronchioles in
mammalian lungs is 40. After complete exhalation the lungs of a healthy
(a) Inefficient system of ventilation with little of man contains a liter of gas, this quantity is known
residual air as
(b) Inefficient system of ventilation with high (a) Residual volume
percentage of residual air (b) Functional residual capacity
(c) An efficient system of ventilation with no (c) Total lung capacity
residual air (d) Dead space

SET- H
1. “Physical basis of living” is— 4. Which of the following is the best source of
(A) Cell vitamin A ?
(B) Protoplasm (A) Apple
(C) Nucleus (C) Honey
(D) Protein (B) Carrot
(D) Peanut
2. How many bones are there in a human body?
(A) 206 5. The genetic unit of a cell is—
(B) 205 (A) Chromosome
(C) 150 (B) Ribonucleic acid
(D) 300 (C) Lisosome
(D) Genes
3. Which of the following is a flightless bird?
(A) Peacock 6. Who is called the Father of Genetics‟ ?
(B) Duck (A) Fleming
(C) Emu (C) Lemark
(D) Swan (B) Darwin
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7. House fly spreads— 15. Which one is called the Power house of cell?
(A) Filaria (A) Mitochondria
(B) Jaundice (B) Lisosome
(C) Cholera (C) Ribosome
(D) T.B. (D) Golgi Body

8. Number of eyes in Leech is— 16. Which would do maximum harm to a tree?
(A) One pair (A) The loss of its bark
(B) Two pairs (B) The loss of half of its leave.
(C) Three pairs (C) The loss of all its leaves
(D) Five pairs (D) The loss of half of its branches

17. Which of the following is not a fish?

9. The number of segments in leech is— (A) Hippocampus
(A) 26 (B) Eel
(B) 33 (C) Shark
(C) 36 (D) Whale
(D) 40
18. Which is an edible fungus?
10. To make half a kilogram of honey, the nectar (A) Penicillium
from how many flowers is collected by the honey (B) Rhizopus
bees? (C) Mucor
(A) 10 lakhs (D) Agaricus
(B) 20 lakhs
(C) One thousand 19. Agar-agar is obtained from—
(D) 5 thousands (A) Fungus
(B) Gymnosperm
11. Which of the following is a rich source of (C) Pteridophyte
protein? (D) An algae
(A) Wheat
(B) Rice 20. ‘Little leaf disease’ develops due to deficiency
(C) Gram of—
(D) Soya bean (A) Copper
(B) Sodium
12. Vitamin soluble in water is— (C) Zinc
(A) Vitamin A (D) Molybdenum
(B) Vitamin C
(C) Vitamin D 21. RNA is found in—
(D) Vitamin K (A) Animal cell
(B) Plant cell
13. All Genes are made up of— (C) Virus
(A) Ribonucleic Acid (D) All of the above
(B) Deoxyribonucleic Acid
(C) Nucleic Acids 22. Mitochondrial membrane is a double layered
(D) Amino Acids structure composed of—
(A) Lipids and proteins
14. In the following plants in which a part of leaf (B) Lipids and carbohydrates
gives rise to a new plant? (C) Proteins and carbohydrates
(A) Rose (D) Proteins and Ribonucleic acid
(B) Mango
(C) Bryophylum 23. In Leech, the male and female genital apertures
(D) Banana are located respectively in the—
(A) 7th and 8th segment

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(B) 10th and 11th segment
(C) 13th and 14th segment
(D) 18th and 21st segment

24. Dental formula of Rabbit is—

(A) 2, 0, 3, 3/1, 0, 2, 3
(B) 1, 0, 2, 3/2, 2, 0, 3
(C) 1, 0, 3, 3/2, 2, 0, 3
(D) 2, 1, 3, 2/2, 1, 2, 3

25. The gestation period of rabbit is—

(A) 20—25 days
(B) 25—28 days
(C) 28—32 days
(D) 32—38 days

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