Multiple Choice Questions

Zoology

Q: The Bleeder's disease haemophilia is caused by :
A) A sex-linked recessive gene located in the X-chromosomes
B) A sex-linked dominant gene located in the X-chromosomes
C) A sex linked recessive gene located in the Y-Chromosomes
D) A sex-linked dominant gene located in the Y-Chromosomes
Q: The term gene for Mendel's factor was coined by:
A) J.B.S Haldane (1929)
B) A.L Herrera (1930)
C) Purkinjie (1850)
D) Johannsen (1909)
Q: If the ribosomes of a cell are destroyed then:
A) Fats will not be stored
B) Proteins will not be formed
C) There will be no respiration
D) There will be no metabolic activities
Q: Which one the following is incorrect?
A) Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane from the new nuclear envelope after cell division
B) ER membrane protect the cell from the toxic effects of various substances
C) ER acts as respiratory system
D) None of the above
Q: The main function of nucleolus is:
A) To irritate cell division
B) Biogenesis of ribosomes
C) Formation of nucleolar organizer chromosomes
D) Formation of false nucleoli
Q: Mark the correct sequence of mitosis:
A) Prophase ---> Metaphase ---> Anaphase ---> Telophase
B) Prophase ---> Anaphase ---> Telophase ---> Metaphase
C) Anaphase ---> Prophase ---> Metaphase ---> Telophase
D) Prophase ---> Anaphase ---> Telophase ---> Metaphase
Q: Meiosis is a type of cell division in which:
A) Number of chromosomes is reduced to half
B) Number of chromosomes remains the same
C) Chromosomes undergo longitudinal splitting
D) Two haploid daughter cells are produced
Q: Plant breeders have an advantages over animal breeders in reproducing a desired type of offspring because the plant breeder can utilize:
A) Gene mutation
B) Selection
C) Hybridization
D) Vegetative Propagation
Q: Centipedes belong to class:
A) Diplopoda
B) Chilopoda
C) Pauropoda
D) Insecta
Q: Coelom in Arthropoda is:
A) Pseudocoel
B) Schicocoel
C) Haemocoel
D) Entrocoel
Q: Which of the following is an insect?
A) Spider
B) Mite
C) Termite
D) Tick
Q: Example of a viviparous fish is:
A) Labeo
B) Hippocampus
C) Exocoetus
D) Scoliodon
Q: Which of the following classes include exclusively endoparasitic flatworms?
A) Nematoda
B) Trematoda
C) Turbellaria
D) Cestoda
Q: The common name of Ascaris lumbricoides is:
A) Shipworm
B) Tapeworm
C) Roundworm
D) Hookworm
Q: The blood glucose level is commonly expressed in:
A) Millimetre of Hg
B) Milligram per deciliter
C) Parts per million
D) Grams per liter
Q: Which of the following sets of animal belong to the same class?
A) Spider, scorpion, crab
B) Prawn, cockroach, lobster
C) Grasshopper, cockroach, mosquito
D) Barnacle, shrimp, crayfish
Q: Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A) Rabbit-Lagomorpha
B) Whales-Sirenia
C) Horse-Perissodactyla
D) Pangolin-Pholidota
Q: Osphradium is a characteristic sense organ found in phylum:
A) Mollusca
B) Echinodermata
C) Arthropoda
D) Annelida
Q: Snakes belong to sub-class:
A) Anapsida
B) Parapsida
C) Diapsida
D) synapsida
Q: Trochophore larva is associated with:
A) Annelida
B) Echinodermata
C) Hemichordata
D) Mollusca
Q: Kappa particles are found in:
A) Asxz/ns
B) Paramecium
C) Palaemon
D) Amphioxus
Q: Spermathecae in pheretima are located in:
A) 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7 segments
B) 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8 segments
C) 5/6, 6/7, 7/8, 8/9 segments
D) 6/7, 7/8, 8/9, 9/10 segments
Q: The botryoidal tissue in leech carries out the function of :
A) Nourishment of egg
B) Excretion of waste material
C) keeping the blood in a fluid condition
D) secreting the ootheca
Q: The cocoon of cockroach contains:
A) 2 eggs
B) 16 eggs
C) 32 eggs
D) 36 eggs
Q: Excretion in Herdmania is carried out by Means of:
A) Cowper's gland
B) Green gland
C) Neural gland
D) Meibomian gland
Q: The mid-gut diverticulum of Amphioxus can be compared to the vertebrate:
A) Spleen
B) Pancreas
C) Thyroid
D) Parathyroid
Q: Keber's organ is found in:
A) Cockroach
B) Scorpion
C) Unio
D) Amphioxus
Q: Which of the following statement is false:
A) Neries has one pair of jaws, two pair of eyes and is unisexual
B) Pheretima is devoid of jaws, has one pair of eyes and is hermaphrodite
C) Hirudinaria has three jaws, five pairs of eyes and is hermaphrodite
D) Scorpion has no jaws, three pairs of lateral eyes, one pair of median eyes and is uni-sexual
Q: Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
A) Hastate plate - Palaemon
B) Collatrial glands - Cockroach
C) Tracheae - Scorpion
D) Mehli's glands - Taenia
Q: Premature ones of baldness is most often observed in young men, and very rarely so in women. This is so because the gene for such baldness is located on:
A) Y-chromosomes
B) X-chromosomes, and its function is controlled by male sex hormones
C) Autosomes and its function is controlled by male sex hormones
D) Mitochondrial DNA, contributed by father through its sperm
Q: The type of nematocyst in Hydra with hollow thread bearing three styles and three rows of spines at its base is called:
A) Penetrant
B) Volvent
C) Stereoline glutinant
D) Streptoline glutinant
Q: Besides Pheretima, typhlosole is also present in the digestive system of:
A) Palaemon
B) Unio
C) Hirudinaria
D) Balanoglossus
Q: In heterodont animals teeth are differentiated into:
A) Incisors, Molars and Canines
B) Incisors, canines, Premolars and Molars
C) Incisors, Canines and Premolars
D) Incisors, Premolars and Molars
Q: Peristalsic movements occur between:
A) Pharynx and Oesophagus
B) Buccal Cavity and Pharynx
C) Oesophagus and Stomach
D) Pharynx and stomach
Q: Mark the correct statement:
A) The first step of digestionis chewing of food and chrning by muscular walls of digestive organs
B) Generally, the absorbed material is resynthesized into large molecules in the body.
C) Bile helps in the emulsification of fat
D) All of these
Q: Which of the following are the pigments found in the human eye?
A) Rhodopsin and Iodopsin
B) Erythrolabe, Chlorolabe and Cyanolabe
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) Rhodopsin, Iodopsin and Chlorolabe
Q: The correct sequence of evoution of kidney is:
A) Pronephros - Mesonephros - Metanephros- Archinephros
B) Archinephros - Pronephros - Mesonephros - Metanephros
C) Pronephros - Archinephros - Metanephros
D) Pronephros - Archinephros - Mesonephros - Metanephros
Q: In those vertebrate where the adult kidney is derived from pronephros, it is called?
A) Head Kidney
B) Tail Kidney
C) Glomerulus
D) Bowman's capsule
Q: Which of the following can respire by digestive tract?
A) Anguila
B) Eel and Ophiocephalus
C) Saccobranchus and Anabus
D) Clarias and Etroplus
Q: A piece of liver was excited from rat.It was first freeze-derived and then subjected to chemical analysis.Which one of the following would be the most prominent chemical component in it?
A) Carbohydrate
B) Protein
C) Lipid
D) Minerals
Q: In mammals, lacteals are the:
A) Blood vessels in the jejunum
B) Lumph capillaries from the intestinal villi
C) Ducts carrying digested protein from the large intestine
D) Ducts of mammary glands
Q: The actively dividing cells in the mammalian epidermis is called:
A) Stratum Malphigi
B) Stratum Corneum
C) Stratum Granulosum
D) Stratum Lucidum
Q: The circular , biconcave and non-nucleated erythrocytes are found in:
A) Fish
B) Birds
C) Reptiles
D) Mammals
Q: A spleen is a dark red organ found in all vertebrates except cyclostomes and:
A) Urodeles
B) Anura
C) Dipnoi
D) Birds
Q: The mixtures in which solid particles of more than 100 microns are distributed in a medium is called:
A) Solution
B) Suspension
C) Colloid
D) None of these
Q: Phytotron is a facility to:
A) Grow plants under disease- free conditions
B) Conserve endangered species of the plants
C) Grow plants under controlled conditions
D) Induce mutation
Q: The upper jaw is fused to the skull and the lower jaw is suspended from it and hyoid arch is complete and not attached to the skull in ___________ jaw suspension.
A) Monimostylic
B) Holostylic
C) Streptostylic
D) Hyostylic
Q: The toatal gain in ATP molecules glycolysis in the presence of oxygen is:
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 8
Q: Saliva is a viscous and colourless fluid with a pH of:
A) 3.2 to 4.2
B) 4.2 to 5.2
C) 5.2 to 6.4
D) 6.2 to 7.4
Q: Which of the following statement is not true?
A) In duodenum the pancreatic and juices mix with chyme.
B) In pancreatic juice typsin and chymotrypsin are found in the form of trypsmogen and chymotrypsinogen respectively
C) The pancreatic juice is slightly acidic
D) None of these