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1. A baby blue whale drinks this many liters of milk per day:
100
150
190
240
2. For what is the Jurassic period named
mountain range in Switzerland
kind of dinosaur
soccer hero
None of the above
3. Which blood group is called the "universal donor"
A
B
O
AB
4. Which of these is not a kind of plant
abacus
acanthus
aster
acacia
5. A banana plant fits into which of these groups?
Trees
Glasses
Herbs
Flowers
6. From what plant was paper originally made
cattail
rosemary
papyrus
wheat
7. Which of these is not a dehiscent plant?
Pea
Been
Magnolia
Banana
8. How much blood is in the human body
2 litres
3 litres
5 litres
7 litres
9. How many facial muscles are involved in speaking?
30
70
110
140
10. How many taste buds do young people have
1000
10000
100000
1000000
11. How many basic tastes can humans sense?
3
4
5
6
12. What is the word for a person with very pale skin and eyes?
Albanian
albino
Albion
alabaster
13. What sensory function do the ears provide other than hearing
Temperature
Radiation
Balance
smell
14. Which of these joints is not found in the human body?
gliding
mortise and tenon
ball and socket
suture
15. How many sweat glands does the average person have
260000
2.6 million
26 million
260 million
16. Which of these is not part of the endocrine system?
Thyroid
Adrenal
Pituitary
None of the above
17. What scientist has popularized the concept of biodiversity?
E.O. Wilson
Albert Einstein
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Hawking
18. The author of On the Origin of Species is:
Charles Lyell
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Dickens
Charles Darwin
19. Which group of animals is Charles Darwin best known for studying?
Whales
Birds
Lizard
Cats
20. Which of the following is a poisonous fish
Shark
Gold fish
Lion fish
None of the above
21. What is the study of animal life called
Geology
Astrology
Zoology
Epidermiology
22. In science, what is the name for the classification of plants and animals?
gentrification
Entropy
Taxidermy
taxonomy
23. How many sets of legs does a shrimp have?
2
4
5
8
24. Process of cell division can take place by
heterosis
fusion
mitosis
None of the above
25. Plant transport system does not transport
Water
Organic salts
Plant hormones
CO2
26. Which option is incorrect? Rate of transpiration is
Maximum during the night
Zero at night
Proportional to the active transport of water through root hairs
Depends upon the thickness of the cuticle
27. Cells are metabolically very active in
Insects
Paramecium
Fish
Jelly fish
28. Transport system with pumps is found in
Insects
Paramecium
Jelly fish
Sea anemones
29. Consider the following statements: 1. Human beings have 23 pairs of chromosomes. 2. Sex chromosome in human male is named XX. 3. Chromosomes are best seen in metaphase. Which of the statements g
1 and 2
1 ,2 and 3
2 only
None of the above
30. Ozone hole refers to
hole in ozone layer
increase in the thickness of ozone layer in troposphere
decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere
decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere
31. Plants receive their nutrients mainly from
chlorophyll
Atmosphere
Light
Soil
32. Movement of cell against concentration gradient is called
Osmosis
Active transport
Passive transport
Diffusion
33. Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?
Leaf and other chloroplast bearing parts
Stem and leaf
Roots and chloroplast bearing parts
Bark and leaf
34. Plants synthesis protein from
Amino acid
Starch
Sugar
Fatty acid
35. Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into
Free nitrogen
Urea
Ammonia
Proteins
36. One of the following is not a function of bones.
Place for muscle attachment
Protection of vital organs
Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones
Production of blood corpuscles
37. Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their
embryonic zone
growing point
root hairs
zone of elongation
38. Photo-oxidation is
photorespiration
photolysis
light and oxygen induced breakdown
All of the above
39. Most highly intelligent mammals are
kangaroos
elephants
dolphins
whales
40. Plant development is influenced by
quality of light only
quality and quantity of light
quality and duration of light
quality, quantity and duration of light
41. Prokaryotic cells lack
nucleolus
nuclear membrane
membrane bound by organelles
All of the above
42. Photosynthesis takes place faster in
yellow light
White light
Red light
Darkness
43. Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered in 1831 by
Theodore Schwann
Rudolf Virchow
Robert Brown
Robert Hooke
44. Primary phloem develops from
lateral meristem
protoderm
extrastelar cambium
provascular tissue
45. Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of
dengue fever
filariasis
encephalitis
yellow fever
46. Plants that grow in saline water are called
halophytes
hydrophytes
mesophytes
thallophytes
47. Pyorrhoea is a disease of the
Heart
Nose
Lungs
Gums
48. Placenta is the structure formed
by the union of foetal and uterine tissue
by fusion of germ layers
by foetus only
None of the above
49. Plants hormone that induces cell division is
domins
gibberellins
kinins
auxins
50. Phloem is a tissue found in
mammals
Insect
Plants
reproductive organs of animals
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