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Lahore Academy of Competitive Exams
1. Which botanist introduced the 'Binomial' nomenclature to the plants?
(a) Bessey
(b) Bentham and Hooker
(c) Carolus Linnaeus
(d) Theophrastus
2. Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) So as to prevent oxygenated blood from mixing with deoxygenated blood birds and mammals
have four-chambered hearts.
(b) Amphibians and some reptiles tolerate some mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood and
therefore have three-chambered hearts.
(c) Fishes have only two chambered hearts as here blood is pumped to gills to get oxygenated which
then pass to the rest of the body.
(a) (a) and (b)
(b) (b) and (c)
(c) (a) and (c)
(d) (a), (b) and (c)
3. Some marine animals and insects emit light from their body in darkness. This phenomenon is
known as:
(a) Phosphorescence
(b) Bioluminescence
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
4. Female reproductive part of flower is known as
(a) Pistil
(b) Stamen
(c) Pedicel
(d) Gametes
5. The sweet taste of fruits is due to
(a) Lactose
(b) Fructose
(c) Maltose
(d) Ribose
6. Which of the following is not an insectivorous plant?
(a) Nepenthes
(b) Utricularia
(c) Drosera
(d) Cuscuta
7. Sun-loving plants are
(a) Halophytes
(b) Sciophytes
(c) Heliophytes
(d) Autotrophs
8. Which of the following gases is absorbed by the plant in the process of photosynthesis?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Oxygen
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Nitrogen
9. Deficiency of iron is common in which type of soils?
(a) Acidic soils
(b) Calcareous soils
(c) Saline soils
(d) Alkaline soils
10. Which animal tissue synthesizes, stores and metabolizes fat?
(a) Epithelial tissue
(b) Adipose tissue
(c) Connective tissue

(d) Muscle tissue
11. Viruses are:
(a) Unicellular organisms
(b) Cellular without cell well
(c) Multicellular organisms
(d) Non-cellular organisms
12. Which one among the following statements is correct?
(a) Prokaryotic cells possess nucleus.
(b) Cell membrane is present both in plant and animal cells.
(c) Mitochondria and chloroplasts are not found in eukaryotic cells.
(d) Ribosomes are present in eukaryotic cells only.
l3. Viruses are parasitic, having DNA/RNA but they can be crystallized and lack respiration. Thus they
are treated as
(a) Living materials
(b) Non-living materials
(c) Both living and non-living materials
(d) Cellulose
14. Within an animal cell, the most abundant inorganic constituent of protoplasm is
(a) Sodium and potassium salt
(b) Water
(c) Iron
(d) Phosphate
15. In honey, which one among the following sugars predominates?
(a) Sucrose
(b) Fructose
(c) Galactose
(d) Maltose
16. Which one among the following groups is the most abundant in terms of number of species
identified?
(a) Fungi
(b) Green plants
(c) Bacteria
(d) Insects
17. A fertilizer contains 20% nitrogen by mass. To provide a fruit tree with an equivalent of 1 kg of
nitrogen, the quantity of fertilizer required is
(a) 20 kg
(b) 0.20 kg
(c) 0.05 kg
(d) 5 kg
18. Which one among the following statements is not true for mammals?
(a) They possess hair on the body.
(b) Some of them lay eggs.
(c) Their heart is three-chambered.
(d) Some are aquatic.
19. Among the following animals, choose the one having three pairs of legs.
(a) Spider
(b) Scorpion
(c) Bug
(d) Mite
20. Animal cell wall is essentially made of:
(a) Protein
(b) Carbohydrate
(c) Lipid bilayer
(d) Cellulose
21. Consider the following statements describing the functions of plants :

1. Photosynthesis is a process to convert light energy from the Sun into chemical energy, i.e.,
carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using sun light
2. Fermentation or Zymology is a metabolic process that converts carbohydrate to alcohols and car
bon dioxide Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
22. Which of the following is the correct combination of subcellular structures in order of their
relative size found in plant and animal cells?
(a) Nucleus> Mitochondria> Chloroplast : Chromosomes
(b) Nucleus> Chromosomes > Mitochondria Chloroplast
(c) Chloroplast> Nucleus Chromosomes> Mitochondria
(d) Chloroplast - > Nucleus> Mitochondria > Chromosomes
23. Which one of the following is the process involved in photosynthesis?
(a) Potential energy is released to form free energy
(b) Free energy is converted into potential energy and stored
(c) Food is oxidised to release carbon dioxide and water
(d) Oxygen is taken, and carbon dioxide and water vapour are given out
24. The following phenomenon is overcome by somatic hybridization:
(a) Organ differentiation
(b) Sexual incompatibility
(c) Embryo sterility
(d) Dormancy
25. The main excretory organ of insects is
(a) Kidneys
(b) Nephridia
(c) Malpighian tubules

(d) Fat bodies
26. Banana is a:
(a) Tree
(b) Herb
(c) Undershrub
(d) Shrub
27. Seeds are not enclosed in fruits in:
(a) Angiosperms
(b) Dicotyledons
(c) Monocotyledons
(d) Gymnosperms
28. is the bird which can fly backwards.
(a) Cuckoo
(b) Eagle
(c) Humming bird
(d) Wood pecker
29. Which of the following terms is used in botany?
(a) Recession
(b) Dumping
(c) Barter System
(d) Cartel
(e) Biennial
30. A gene is a
(a) Sleep-inducing drug
(b) Unit of heredity
(c) A kind of vitamin
(d) A type of body cell

31. The green colour leaves is due to the presence of
(a) Metallic ions
(b) Haemoglobin
(c) Iron
(d) Chlorophyll
32. Which of the following gases is given out during photosynthesis?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Hydrogen
33. Which is not an insect among the following?
(a) Butterfly
(b) Cockroach
(c) Mosquito
(d) Spider
34. What is mushroom?
(a) Fungi
(b) Plant
(c) Animal
(d) Bacteria
35. Genes, the hereditary units, are located in the
(a) Nuclear membrane
(b) Chromosomes
(c) Lysosomes
(d) Cell membrane
36. An essential feature of seed germination is the presence of
(a) Minerals
(b) Water
(c) Light
(d) Temperature
37. The pigment that protects plants from UV damage is
(a) Phycocyanin
(b) Carotenoids
(c) Chlorophyll
(d) Xanthophyll
38. Which of the following acts as photosensitizer during photosynthesis?
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Chlorophyll
(d) Chlorine
39. Which of the following group is present in animal cells?
(a) Mitochondria, cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm
(b) Chloroplasts, cytoplasm, vacuole, nucleus
(c) Nucleus, cell membrane, mitochondria, cytoplasm
(d) Vacuole, cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria
40. How do marine animals survive in water without air contact?
(a) They do not require any oxygen
(b) They take oxygen from water
(c) They only produce oxygen in their body
(d) They get oxygen from water plants
41. Which one of the following is called the amphibian in plantkingdom?
(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Bryophyte
(d) Pteridophyta
42. Which of the following structures of a plant is responsible for transpiration?
(a) Xylem
(b) Root
(c) Stomata
(d) Bark
43. The site of cellular respiration in animal cell is
(a) Ribosome
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Endoplasmic reticulum
(d) Lysosome
44. Mule is a hybrid of
(a) Male donkey and female horse
(b) Female donkey and male horse
(c) Male stallion and female yak
(d) Male, yak and female horse
45. Chlorophyll is a porphyrin containing
(a) Magnesium
(b) Calcium
(c) Iron
(d) Tin
46. Which of the following statements about blue green algae is/are true?
I. The cells of blue green algae are prokaryotic
II. The storage food product of blue green algae is laminar in
III. The membrane bound plastids are absent in the cells of blue green algae
IV. Flagella are absent in blue green algae
(a) II and IV
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, III and IV
47. Which one of the following elements is present in green pigment of leaf?
(a) Magnesium
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Iron
(d) Calcium
48. Which of the following does not possess a specialized conducting tissue for transport of water
and other substances in plants?
(a) Marchantia
(b) Marsilea
(c) Cycas
(d) Fern
49. Chlorosis in plants occurs due to deficiency in magnesium. This is due to
(a) Inability of plants to make chlorophyll
(b) Ionic imbalance of chloride
(c) Reduced water absorption through roots
(d) Weakening of stems
50. Lichens, which are capable of initiating ecological succession even on a bare rock, are actually a
symbiotic association of
(a) Algae and bacteria
(b) Algae and fungi
(c) Bacteria and fungi
(d) Fungi and mosses
51. Which of the following statements is/ are correct regarding vegetative propagation of plants?
1. Vegetative propagation produces clonal population.
2. Vegetative propagation helps in eliminating the virus.

3. Vegetative propagation can be practised most of the year. Select the correct answer using the
code given below
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1,2and3
52. Consider the following techniques/ phenomena:
1. Budding and grafting in fruit plants
2. Cytoplasmic male sterility
3. Gene silencing Which of the above is/are used to create transgenic crops?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) None
53. Among the following organisms, which one does not belong to the class of other th ree?
(a) Crab
(b) Mite
(c) Scorpion
(d) Spider
54. Consider the following:
1. Bats
2. Bears
3. Rodents
The phenomenon of hibernation can be observed in which of the above kinds of animals?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1,2 and 3
(d) Hibernation cannot be observed in any of the above

55. Among terrestrial animals, which animal has the longest gestation period?
(a) Rhino
(b) Elephant
(c) Karnataka
(d) Haryana
56. The type of association between an alga and fungus, wherein the fungus has the upper hand is
known as
(a) Helotism
(b) Saprophytism
(c) Parasitism
(d) All of the above
57. If you walk through country side, you are likely to see some birds stalking alongside the cattle to
seize the insects disturbed by their movement through grasses. Which of the following is/are such
bird/birds?
1. Painted stork
2. Common myna
3. Black-necked crane
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
58. Syzygium aromaticum is the botanical name for
(a) Cloves
(b) Cardamom
(c) Pepper
(d) Cumin seeds
59. The rootless plant is:
(a) Lemna
(b) Banana
(c) Ginger
(d) Lemon
60. The medicinal plant used in preparations for skin care is:
(a) Cinchona
(b) Ainla
(c) Aloe vera
(d) Rauwolfia
61. Which of the following is not a waste product produced by plants?
(a) Water vapour
(b) Oxygen
(c) Gum Arabic
(d) Carbon dioxide
62. Urinary bladder is absent in
(a) Lizard
(b) Pigeon
(c) Cat
(d) Bat
63. Root pressure is due to
(a) Increased transpiration
(b) Active absorption
(c) Passive absorption
(d) Increased turgidity
64. One of the given is known as man of the forest:
(a) Chimpanzee
(b) Gibbon
(c) Gorilla
(d) Orang-utan
65. Interregnal necrotic spots on leaves appear due to
(a) HF injury
(b) SO, injury
(c) NO, injury
(d) 0, injury
66. Which of the following are essential whorls of the flowers?
(a) Sepal and tepal
(b) Sepal and petal
(c) Androecium and gynoecium
(d) Calyx and stamens
67. The only snake which builds a nest is:
(a) King cobra
(b) Viper
(c) Kraft
(d) Python
68. Cobra emits venom through
(a) Fangs
(b) Tooth
(c) Lower jaw
(d) None
Cell
Historical Background
1. Who is the first to give the name of cell?
(a) Richard Jones
(b) Albert Schweitzer
(c) Robert Hooke

(d) Robert Brown
2. Who is the first to discover the nucleus of the cell?
(a) Robert Brown
(b) AI bert Schweitzer
(c) Richard Jones
(d) Robert Hooke
3. What is the largest cell size?
(a) 16cm
(b) 18 cm
(c) 12cm
(d) 10 cm
Structure
4. What is the cell reminder?
(a) Protoplasm
(b) Cytoplasm
(c) Nucleus
(d) Plasmalemma
5. is found only in plant cells.
(a) Cell wall
(b) Nucleus
(c) Cell membrane
(d) Ribosomes
6. Which of the following help in synthesis of proteins from amino acids?
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Plastids
(c) Leucoplasts
(d) Ribosomes
7. What help in the formation of cell plate during cell division?
(a) Leucoplasts
(b) Plastids
(c) Mitochondria
(d) Golgi bodies
8. What does mitochondria contain?
(a) Microfilaments
(b) DNA
(c) Chloroplasts
(d) Cell sap
9. What is the reason for the colour of flowers, fruits and leaves?
(a) Non-photosynthetic chromoplasts
(b) Photosynthetic chromoplasts
(c) Leucoplasts
(d) Tonoplast
10. Chromatin which contains DNA, RNA and proteins is present in
(a) Mitochondria
(b) Leucoplasts
(c) Nucleoplasm
(d) Tonoplast
11. Centroids are present in
(a) Ribosomes
(b) Centrosome
(c) Chloroplast
(d) Reticulum
Cell Division
12. What is mitosis?

(a) Division of nucleus
(b) It is essential for cell multiplication and growth.
(c) Somatic cell division
(d) All the above
13. What is meiosis?
(a) Reduce the number of chromosomes in the cell.
(b) Reductional division
(c) Causes hereditary variation in a species.
(d) All the above
14. What is interphase?
(a) Cell prepare itself for division.
(b) Chromatin material gets organised into chromosomes.
(c) Division of cytoplasm
(d) Division of nucleus ..
15. What is the basic difference between plant and animal cells?
(a) Plant cell is not enclosed by cell wall while animal cell is.
(b) Plant cell is enclosed by cell wall while animal cell is not.
(c) Both cells are enclosed by cell wall.
(d) Both have large sap-filled vacuole.
Classification of the living
Organisations
16. Most modern schemes of classification of living beings are based on the work of
(a) Carl Von Linne
(b) Carl Max
(c) Charles Thomas
(d) R. H. Whittaker
Scientific Nomenclature
17. Different species having certain common characters are placed in
(a) Order
(b) Genus
(c) Species
(d) Family
18. Who developed the scheme of scientific classification?
(a) R. H. Whittaker
(b) Charles Thomas
(c) Carl Von Linne
(d) Michael Mitchell
19. What is the correct order of classification?
(a) Species -> Genus -> Family -> Order -> Class -> phylum -> Kingdom.
(b) Species -> Genus -> Family-> phylum -> Order -> Class -> Kingdom.
(c) Genus -> Species -> Order-> Family -> Class -> phylum -> Kingdom.
(d) Species -> Family -> Genus-> Order -> Class -> phylum -> Kingdom.
20. Zoological name Musca domestic, what is 'Musca' and 'domestic' called?
(a) Musca - generic name; domestic - specific name
(b) Musca - specific name; domestic - generic name
(c) Musca - genus name; domestic - family name
(d) Musca ~ family name; domestic - genus name
21. What is the family of frog?
(a) Anura
(b) Vertebrae
(c) Candidae
(d) Ranidae
22. Sapiens is the species of
(a) Frogs
(b) Snakes
(c) Dogs
(d) Humans
23. What is the class of house cat?
(a) Chordata
(b) Mammalia
(c) Candidae
(d) Amphibia
24. Squamata is the order of
(a) King snake
(b) Cat
(c) Dog
(d) Frog
25. What is the species name of monarch butterfly?
(a) Familians
(b) Sapiens
(c) Dannaus plexippus
(d) Pipiens
General Classification
26. Earlier, unicellular organisms are classified under
(a) Monera kingdom
(b) Protista kingdom
(c) Animal kingdom
(d) Plant kingdom
27. Who classified all living organisms into five main kingdoms?
(a) Carl Von Linne
(b) Michael Mitchell

(c) R. H. Whittaker
(d) Franklin street
28. Which of the following comes under monera kingdom?
(a) Organisms with prokaryotic cells
(b) Unicellular eukaryotes
(c) Multinucleate organisms
(d) Protozoa organisms
29. Which of the following is not the example of fungi kingdom?
(a) Blue green algae
(b) Sac fungi
(c) Bread moulds
(d) Slime moulds
30. Which of the following is not a kingdom?
(a) Ptotista
(b) Fungi
(c) Monera
(d) Algae
Classification of Plant Kingdom
31. Why the colour of rhodophyta is red?
(a) Due to xanthophyll pigment
(b) Due to equisetum
(c) Due to vascular tissue
(d) Due to phycoerythrin
32. The brownish colour of phaeophyta is due to
(a) Xanthophyll pigment
(b) Equisetum
(c) Chlorophyll
(d) Vascu lar tissue
33. Multicellular plants with vascular tissue belong to kingdom.
(a) Pterophyta
(b) Cycadophyta
(c) Rodophyta
(d) Chlorphyta
34. Plants with large and woody stem, large leaves belong to which kingdom?
(a) Rodophyta
(b) Chlorphyta
(c) Cycadophyta
(d) Phaeophyta
35. Cedrus plant belong to kingdom.
(a) Anthrophyta
(b) Coniferophyta
(c) Phaeophyta
(d) Chlorphyta
36. What are the two major classes of angiosperms?
(a) Hydrophytes and xerophyte
(b) Dicotyledon
(c) Monocotyledons
(d) Both band c
37. What are parasitic plants?
(a) Cannot make their own food
(b) Lack chlorophyll
(c) Depend on other plants for nourishment
(d) All the above
38. What are xerophytes?

(a) Grow in deserts
(b) Cannot survive without moisture
(c) Grow on other plants
(d) Lack chlorophyll
Modification of Plant Parts
39. Which kind of roots develop from the stem and grow into the soil?
(a) Respiratory roots
(b) Aerial roots
(c) Parasitic roots
(d) Storage roots
40. Trapa roots are the example of
(a) Parasitic roots
(b) Storage roots
(c) Respiratory roots
(d) Assimilatory roots
41. Which one of the following is the example of respiratory roots?
(a) Vanda roots
(b) Cuscuta
(c) Rhizophora
(d) Sweet potato
42. is a modification of stem into large, flat green and fleshy structure that bears leaves into spines.
(a) Tendrils
(b) Epi phytic roots
(c) Cladophyll
(d) None of the above

43. Match the following:
Root Example
A. Tuber 1. Onions
B. Corn 2. Saffron
C. Bulb 3. Potato
D. Rhizomes 4. Ginger
A B C D
(a) 3 2 1 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 1 3 4
(d) 4 3 2 1
Classification of Animal kingdom
Protozoa
44. What is the organism that performs all functions in itself called?
(a) Metazoa
(b) Protozoa
(c) Anthropoda
(d) Mollusca
Metazoa
45. What is metazoa?
(a) Single-celled organisms
(b) Sac-like multicellular organisms
(c) Multicellular organisms
(d) Free living organisms
46. Which of the following is the example of coelenterata?
(a) Hydra
(b) Ascon
(c) Liver fluke
(d) Filaria
47. are both parasitic and free living organisms with flat body.
(a) Platyhelminthes
(b) Nemathelminthes
(c) Coelenterata
(d) Annelida
48. Which of the following is not the classification of Anthropoda?
(a) Crustaceans
(b) Insects
(c) Arachnids
(d) Porifera
49. Starfish and sea jelly are the examples of
(a) Spiny-skinned animals
(b) Shell-bearing organisms
(c) Exoskeleton organisms
(d) Organisms having a porus and cylindrical body
50. What is the measurement of the giant squid?
(a) 7 cm
(b) 5 cm
(c) 6 cm
(d) 3 cm
51. What are primitive protochordates?
(a) Animals lack back bones
(b) Animals have tube feet
(c) Organisms with cylindrical body
(d) Both a and c

52. Labeo and Hippocampus are examples of
(a) Mollusca
(b) Annelida
(c) Anthropoda
(d) Pisces
53. What is the animal whose respiration is done by the skin?
(a) Testudo
(b) Pavo
(c) Rana
(d) Columba
54. What is the reptile that has four-chambered heart?
(a) Tortoise
(b) Crocodile
(c) Cobra
(d) House lizard
55. What is the bird that hardly flies?
(a) Passer
(b) Pavo
(c) Columba
(d) Kiwi
56. What is an example of mammalia?
(a) Macropus
(b) Bufo
(c) Testudo
(d) Naja
57. What is the largest vertebrate with 1,35,000 kg of weight?
(a) Balaena
(b) Macropus
(c) Canis
(d) Felis
58. What is the second stage of amphibia?
(a) Larva form
(b) Adult stage
(c) Fertilization
(d) Respiration
Important Biological Phenomena
Photosynthesis
59. During photosynthesis, ADP gets converted into
(a) Chlorophyll
(b) Energy
(c) Glucose
(d) ATP
60. During photosynthesis, sunlight converts water and carbon dioxide into
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Adenosine triphosphate
(c) Oxygen
(d) Hydrogen
Metabolism
61. What is the constructive phase of metabolism?
(a) Catabolism
(b) Anabolism
(c) Excretion
(d) Respiration
62. Which of the following act as a bio catalyst in catabolism?

(a) Enzymes
(b) Amino acids
(c) Proteins
(d) Carbohydrates
63. What is the process of excretion?
(a) Elimination of water products
(b) Elimination of acids
(c) Elimination of enzymes
(d) Elimination of unwanted enzymes
Respiration
64. What is aerobic respiration?
(a) Internal respiration using oxygen
(b) Internal respiration using enzymes
(c) External respiration using oxygen
(d) External respiration using enzymes
65. Why animals need oxygen?
(a) To survive
(b) To get rid of carbon dioxide
(c) To release the energy present in their body
(d) Both band c
66. Tracheal breathing system was developed by
(a) Insects
(b) Slow-moving animals
(c) Fish
Fertilization
67. What is the type of fertilization in frogs?

(a) Internal
(b) External
(c) Both a and b
68. What is the type of fertilization in birds?
(a) External
(b) Internal
(c) Zygotic
69. Fertilization in flowering plants is
(a) External
(b) I nterna I
(c) Complex
(d) Both a and b
70. What does the pollen tube contain?
(a) Male reproductive cell
(b) Egg-bearing organism
(c) Ovules
(d) Pollen grains
71. What is the process that sperms shed directly into the female's body?
(a) Complex fertilization
(b) External fertilization
(c) Internal fertilization
(d) Di rect fertilization
Transpiration
72. What is the process of cooling the leaves in hot days?
(a) Respiration
(b) Anabolism
(c) Transpiration
(d) Catabolism
Biologicol Terminology
Botanical Terms
73. Match the following
Leaf shape Resemble
A. Lance-like 1. Like sharp points
B. Palmate 2. Like football
C. Toothed 3. Like palm of a hand
D. Oval 4. Like spread head
A B C D
(a) 3 2 4 1
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 1 4 3 2
74. What is a small bud found where the leaf connects to the stem?
(a) Stipule
(b) Strobilus
(c) Primary bud
(d) Pistil
75. What is whorled?
(a) Arrangement of Leaves in groups around a central point.
(b) Spiral arrangement of leaves.
(c) Dissimilar arrangement of leaves.
(d) Arrangement of leaves in group around the stem.
76. Having 3 or more veins, leaves, leaflets originating from a central point is called
(a) Pistle
(b) Rosette
(c) Strobilus
(d) Palmate
77. What is the force that gives the plant rigidity, and may help to keep it erect?
(a) Air pressure
(b) Turgor pressure
(c) Moist pressu re
(d) Rigid pressure
78. What is a synangium?
(a) A cluster of sporangia
(b) A cluster of sporophylls
(c) Paired leaves
(d) Paired buds
79. A tightly clustered group of sporophylls arranged on a central stalk is
(a) Rosette
(b) Synangium
(c) Strobilus
(d) Protostele
80. What is a Paired appendages found at the base of the leaves of many flowering plants?
(a) Palmate
(b) Protostele
(c) Rosette
(d) Stipules
81. When a plant's vascu lar tissue develops as a central cylinder, it is said to have
(a) Siphonostele
(b) Synanqiurn
(c) Toothed leaves
(d) Palmate leaves
82. A series of whorls of leaves produced at the base of the stem, just above the ground is called
(a) Platyspermic
(b) Rosette
(c) Pycnoxylic
(d) Proto stele
83. Wood in which there is no parenchyma tissue among the xylem is called
(a) Pycnoxylic
(b) Phragmoplast
(c) Megaspore
(d) Caryopsis
84. When a plant's vascular tissue develops in a solid central bundle, it is said to have
(a) Synangium
(b) Rosette
(c) Protostele
(d) Megaspore
85. What is platyspermic?
(a) Having flattened and disc-like seeds
(b) Having oval-shaped seeds
(c) Having cluster of leaves
(d) Having clusters of buds
86. What is pistil composed of?
(a) Vascular tissue
(b) Carpels
(c) Protostele
(d) Different leaflets

87. What is the cell plate that formed during cell division?
(a) Culm
(b) Lamina
(c) Phragmoplast
(d) Entomophily
88. What is an entomophily?
(a) Seed plants: pollinated by insects.
(b) Flowering plants: pollinated by insects.
(c) Seed plants: pollinated by flies.
(d) Tissue plants: pollinated by insects.
89. What is lamina?
(a) Any flattened region of an alga
(b) Any broad region of plant
(c) Both a and b
90. usually germinates into a female (egg-producing) gametophyte.
(a) Seeds
(b) Shrubs
(c) Palea
(d) Megaspore
91. What is the flowering stem of a grass plant?
(a) Ligule
(b) Culm
(c) Tiller
(d) Palea
92. What is a leafy non-flowering shoot?
(a) Tiller
(b) Clum
(c) Palea
(d) Ligule
93. What is the distal expanded part of a grass leaf?
(a) Sherb
(b) Carpel
(c) Leaf blade
(d) Ligule
94. Bamboos sometimes have an on the abaxial side of the junction.
(a) Internal carpel
(b) External carpel
(c) Internal ligule
(d) External ligule
95. What is the upper and inner scale of the grass floret?
(a) Ligule
(b) Palea
(c) Carpel
(d) Caryopsis
96. is a specialized dry fruit characteristic of grasses.
(a) Caryopsis
(b) Culm
(c) Ligule
97. is branching in which the young shoot breaks through the base of the leaf sheath.
(a) Extravaginal
(b) Caryopsis
(c) Pycnoxylic
(d) Spore
Zoological Terms
98. The special cells of epidermis do not contain for?
(a) Defence
(b) Gas exchange
(c) Secretion
(d) Respiration
99. The appendage and gnathobase can be found in
(a) Trilobites
(b) Crustaceans
(c) Marine cheliceramorphs
(d) All the above
100. What is the Cavity formed by the endoderm during gastrulation?
(a) Respiratory cavity
(b) Pore
(c) Archenteron
(d) Mucus cavity
101. Large multicellular animals must rely on to keep their cells nourished and alive.
(a) Nutrients
(b) Vascular system
(c) Food glands
(d) Corp
102. What are tentacles?
(a) Appendages with no rigid skeleton
(b) Appendages with no Soft skeleton
(c) Segments with no bones
(d) Segments with muscles

103. Which of the following can be found to have segments?
(a) Centipedes
(b) Insects
(c) Annelids
(d) All the above
104. is the opening into or through a tissue or body structure.
(a) Tentacles
(b) Vascular tube
(c) Pore
(d) Gut
105. What is used to strain water and filter out food particles in primitive chordates.
(a) Archenteron
(b) Tentacles
(c) Pharyngeal slits
(d) Sporophylls
106. Most terrestrial vertebrates have pharyngeal slits only in the ______stage.
(a) Larva
(b) Embryonic
(c) Adult
(d) Growing
107. Osculum is found in
(a) Sponges
(b) Jellyfish
(c) Starfish
(d) Both band c
108. What is the function of nerve cord?
(a) Connects the brain to the major muscles

(b) Connects the brain to organs of the body
(c) Both a and b
109. Mucus is used for
(a) Locomotion
(b) Lubrication
(c) Protection from foreign particles
(d) All the above
11 O. What is mesogloea?
(a) Space material between the outer ectoderm and the inner endoderm of cnidarians.
(b) Tissue between the outer ectoderm and the inner endoderm of cnidarians.
(c) Jelly-like between the outer ectoderm and the inner endoderm of cnidarians.
(d) Mucus between the outer ectoderm and the inner endoderm of cnidarians.
111. What is oesophagus?
(a) Connects the pharynx to the stomach
(b) Connect the intestine in the stomach
(c) Connect the pharynx and intestine
(d) Connect the blood vessels in the stomach
112. is the head shield bearing the eyes, antennae, and mouth.
(a) Cephalon
(b) Soft bone
(c) Hard bone
(d) Vertex
Previous Years' Questions
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (c)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (c) 29. (e) 30. (b)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (a) . 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (b)
41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (b)
51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (a) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (b) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (c)
61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (d) 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (a)
Topic-wise Assessment
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (d)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b) 36. (d) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (d)
41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. (c)
51. (a) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (b) 55. (d) 56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (a)
61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (a) 64. (a) 65. (d) 66. (a) 67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (a)
71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (b) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (d) 77. (b) 78. (a) 79. (c) 80. (d)
81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (c) 90. (d)
91. (b) 92. (a) 93. (c) 94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (a) 97. (a) 98. (d) 99. (d) 100. (c)
101. (b) 102. (a) 103. (d) 104. (c) 105. (c) 106. (b) 107. (a) 108. (a) 109. (d) 110. (c)
111. (a) 112. (a)

1. The main symptoms of which common medical problem are coughing, tight feeling in the chest
and shortness of breath?
(a) Coronary blockage
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Asthma
(d) Pneumonia
2. Diabetes is caused by the malfunctioning of:
(a) Liver
(b) Pancreas
(c) Kidney
(d) Lungs
3. The A.C, blood grouping was first discovered by
(a) Landsteiner and Levine
(b) Muller H. ].
(c) Morgan
(d) Weiner
4. How many chambers are there in a normal human heart?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 5
5. What is the role and iodized salt in the human body?
(a) To regulate the function of thyroid gland
(b) To activate the pancreas
(c) To augment the working of kidneys
(d) To strengthen the cells of mind
6. Vitamin K is necessary for
(a) Prevention of rickets

(b) Prevention of pernicious anaemia
(c) Formation of prothrombin
(d) Formation of DNA
7. Beriberi caused by the lack of vitamin
(a) C
(b) D
(c) B,
(d) A
8. The digestive juice which has no enzyme is
(a) Bile
(b) Saliva
(c) Intestinal juice
(d) Gastric juice
9. What would happen if human blood becomes acidic (low pH)?
(a) Oxygen-carrying capacity of haemoglobin is increased
(b) Oxygen-carrying capacity of haemoglobin is decreased
(c) RBC count increases
(d) RBC cou nt decrease
10. Which one among the following statements about blood transfusion is correct? Blood group B
can giveblood to
(a) Blood group B, and receive from group AB
(b) Blood groups Band AB, and receive from group B
(c) Blood groups Band AB, and receive from group A
(d) Blood group and receive from group B
11. Human blood is a viscous fluid. This viscosity is due to
(a) Proteins in blood
(b) Platelets in plasma
(c) Sodium in serum

(d) RBC and WBC in blood
12. Cancer is more common in older people because
(a) Their immune systems have degenerated
(b) Supply of certain hormones declines with age
(c) Their bodies are unable to adjust to the changing environment
(d) They have accumulated more mutations
13. Carbon monoxide poisoning affects mainly which one of the following?
(a) Digestive activity
(b) Liver functioning
(c) Kidney functioning
(d) Oxygen-carrying capacity of blood
14. Which one among the following gases readily combines with the haemoglobin of the blood?
(a) Methane
(b) Nitrogen dioxide
(c) Carbon monoxide
(d) Sulphur dioxide
15. The longest cell in human body is
(a) Rods and cones
(b) Erythrocytes
(c) Neurons
(d) Leucocytes
16. Dengue is a fever caused and transmitted to other human by
(a) Virus and female Aedes mosquito
(b) Bacteria and female Culux mosquito
(c) Fungus and female Aedes mosquito
(d) Protozoan and female Anopheles mosquito
17. Urea is transported by:

(a) Plasma + Blood
(b) Blood + 02
(c) RBC + CO2
(d) WBC + Saliva
18. Kidneys are helping to maintain pH balance by which of the following?
(a) Adding hydrogen ions to filtrate
(b) Removal the hydroqen ions from blood
(c) Dissolving the calcium and sodium ions in blood
(d) Removing carbonate ions from blood
19. Which of the following organs of the human body is affected by Hepatitis 'B'?
(a) Heat
(b) Brain
(c) Liver
(d) Lungs
20. A person having which of the following blood groups can receive of any group?
(a) (AY
(b) (BY
(c) (0)+
(d) (ABY
21. The pH of human blood is normally around
(a) 4.5-5.5
(b) 5.5-6.5
(c) 7.5-8.0
(d) 8.5-9.0
22. Kidneys in human beings are part of the system for
(a) Nutrition
(b) Respiration
(c) Excretion
(d) Locomotion
23. Which of the following vitamins is necessary for clotting of blood?
(a) K
(b) C
(c) A
(d) B
24. Vaccines are used to build immunity to disease by
(a) Simulating disease in the body to produce antibodies.
(b) Injecting antibodies in blood stream.
(c) Enhancing immunity by a large dose of vitamins.
(d) Enhancing immunity by a large dose of enzymes.
25. Haemorrhagic dengue fever is spread by
(a) Aedes f/uviatilis
(b) Aedes albimenus
(c) Aedes aegyptii
(d) Aedes meristica
26. The largest part of the human brain is the
(a) Medulla oblongata
(b) Cerebellum
(c) Cerebrum
(d) Midbrain
27. Which one of the following pairs of disease and nature is/are correctly matched?
1. Scurvy: Nutritional
2. Malaria: Degenerative
3. Haemophilia: Hereditary
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 2 only
28. Indicate the proper order of steps in the nutrition process.
(a) Digestion - Assimilation Absorption - Egestion
(b) Digestion - Absorption Assimilation - Egestion
(c) Absorption - Assimilation Egestion - Digestion
(d) Assimilation - Absorption Digestion - Egestion
29. Nosocomial infection is
(a) Acquired from 'nose' of humans
(b) Acquired from nasal cavity of animals
(c) Hospital acquired
(d) An endemic disease
30. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List 1 List II
(Cell type) (Most important function)
A. RBC l. Immunity
B. Neutrophils 2. Oxygenation
C. Eosinophils 3. Clotting
D. Platelets 4. Mechanism of allergy
Code: A B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 2 4 1 3
31. What is 'breakbone fever' most commonly known as?

(a) Typhoid
(b) Rhinitis
(c) Yellow fever
(d) Dengue
32. Which one among the following is not a sexually transmitted disease?
(a) Syphilis
(b) Gonorrhoea
(c) Scurvy
(d) Hepatitis B
33. After diagnosis of disease in a person, the doctor advises the patient iron and folic acid tablets.
The person issuffering from
(a) Osteoporosis
(b) Anaemia
(c) Goitre
(d) Protein-energy malnutrition
34. Which of the following statements about vitamins are correct?
1. Vitamin C is essential to make connective tissue in body.
2. Vitamin D is needed for synthesis of eye pigment.
3. Vitamin B12 helps in maturation of RBe.
4. Vitamin C is required to make use of calcium absorbed from the intestine.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2and4
(d) 1 and 4
35. The bulk of iron in the human body is in:
(a) Bones
(b) Blood
(c) Teeth
(d) Liver
36. EEG is an index of functioning of:
(a) Heart
(b) Brain
(c) Liver
(d) Kidney
37. Which one of the following diseases in humans can spread through air?
(a) Dengue
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) HIV-AIDS
(d) Goitre
37. Deficiency of which of the following elements is responsible for weakening of bones?
1. Calcium
2. Phosphorus
3. Nitrogen
4. Carbon
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 only
(c) 1,2 and 3
(d) 4
38. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I
(Cell type) (Function)
A. Red Blood Cell 1. Help blood to clot
B. White Blood Cell 2. Fight infection

C. The Platelets 3. Carrier of dissolved substances
D. The Plasma 4. Transport Oxygen
Code: A B C D
(a) 3 2 1 4
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 4 1 2 3
39. Progesterone is a hormone necessary for the maintenance of pregnancy. It is produced from
(a) Pituitary
(b) Ovary
(c) Uterus
(d) Kidney
40. After menopause, production of which of the following hormones does not take place in
women?
(a) Progesterone
(b) Testosterone
(c) Oestrogen
(d) None of these
41. Deficiency of which vitamin causes beriberi?
(a) Vitamin B6
(b) Vitamin B2
(c) Vitamin B'2
(d) Vitamin B,
42. Thalassemia is an example of
(a) Deletion mutation
(b) Point mutation
(c) Silent mutation
(d) Frame shift mutation

43. Digestive processes of which one of the following constituents of food will be hampered if bile is
not secreted by the gall bladder?
(a) Fat
(b) Protein
(c) Carbohydrate
(d) Vitamin
44. If a 17-year-old male has still not undergone the changes of puberty, he is likely to be deficient in
(a) Growth hormone
(b) Testosterone
(c) Progesterone
(d) Oestrogen
46. The main function of the kidney is:
(a) To control blood pressure
(b) To control body temperature
(c) To remove waste products from the body
(d) To help in digestion of food
47. Medulla oblongata is a part of human:
(a) Heart
(b) Brain
(c) Liver
(d) Sex organ
48. BCG vaccine provides protection from
(a) Emphysema
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Polio
(d) Tuberculosis
49. Which of the following acids helps in human digestion?
(a) Lactic
(b) Tartaric
(c) Hydrochloric
(d) Sulphuric
(E) Acetic
50. Phosphorus is an essential constituent of
(A) Nucleic acids
(B) Proteins
(C) Haemoglobin
(D) Chlorophyll
51. What accumulates in the muscles after continuous strenuous physical exercise as a result of
temporary anaerobic respiration, that causes muscular fatigue?
(a) ATP
(b) lactic acid
(c) Ethyl alcohol
(d) Carbon dioxide
52. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given' below the lists:
list I list II
(Hormone)
A. Aldosterone 1. Maintains female secondary sex characteristics
B. Oestrogen 2. Controls circadian rhythm
C. Melatonin 3. Salt-retaining hormone
D. Progesterone 4. Sustains the pregnancy
Code: A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 1 2 4
53. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Gland) List-II (Hormone)
A. Pancreas 1. Cortisol
B. Pituitary 2. Vitamin D
C. Adrenals 3. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
D. Kidneys 4. Glucagon
Code: A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 4 1 3 2
(c) 2 1 3 4
(d) 2 3 1 4
54. In human digestive system, the process of digestion starts in
(a) Oesophagus
(b) Buccal cavity
(c) Duodenum
(d) Stomach
55. Dropsy is a disease caused due to adulteration in
(a) Ghee
(b) Arhar dal
(c) Mustard oil
(d) Turmeric powder
56. Which one of the following diseases is not caused by virus?
(a) Dengue
(b) Influenza
(c) Measles
(d) Scabies
57. 'Cerebral palsy' is a brain disorder found generally in:
(a) Old people

(b) Drug addicts
(c) Small children
(d) Only ladies
58. In coronary artery by-pass surgery the blood vessel to be used as graft has to be
(a) Vein from the leg
(b) Artery from the leg
(c) Artery from mammary region of chest
(d) Any of these
59. Biological resurfacing is a recent surgical technique used to treat problems of
(a) Knee joints
(b) Ankle joints
(c) Hip joints
(d) Vertebral joints
60. Accumulation of mercury into human body leads to disease.
(a) Itai-itai
(b) Methaemoglobinanaemia
c) Minamata
(d) Polio
61. Consider the following statements:
(a) Our stomach produces hydrochloric acid. It helps in digestion of food. During indigestion, the
stomach produces too much acid, causing pain and irritation.
(b) Magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia) is often used in the above condition which is an
analgesic?
Which is a completely correct statement?
(a) Only (a)
(b) Only (b)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

62. Two strands of DNA are held together by
(a) hydrogen bonds
(b) covalent bonds
(c) electrostatic force
(d) van der Waals' forces
63. Which one among the following structures or cells is not present in connective tissues?
(a) Chondrocytes
(b) Axon
(c) Collagen fibre
(d) Lymphocytes
64. Consider the following pairs:
Vitamin Deficiency disease
1. Vitamin C Scurvy
2. Vitamin D Rickets
3. Vitamin E Night blindness
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1,2and3
(d) None
65. Which of the following statements is/ are correct regarding fats?
1. Fats are needed for the formation of cell membrane.
2. Fats help the body to absorb calcium from food.
3. Fats are required to repair damaged tissue.
4. Body cannot release energy in fats as quickly as the energy in carbohydrates.
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
66. Which of the following is true with reference to concentration in urine?
(a) Water> Urea> Sodium chloride> Potassium chloride> Ammonia
(b) Water> Urea> Potassium chloride> Sodium chloride> Ammonia
(c) Water> Ammonia> Urea> Sodium chloride> Potassium chloride
(d) Urea> Ammonia> Water> Sodium chloride> Potassium chloride
67. In which of the following departments of a hospital will 'Cath lab' be found?
(a) Pathology
(b) Surgery
(c) Cardiology
(d) Nuclear medicine
Anatomy and Physiology
Blood
1. What is the state of blood?
(a) Soft
(b) Viscous
(c) Rigid
(d) Crystalline
2. Through blood carries oxygen to tissue in the body.
(a) Veins
(b) Bones
(c) Arteries
(d) Muscle
3. Which of the following is not the function of blood?
(a) Metabolism process

(b) Carries oxygen
(c) Controls body temperature
(d) Defends against infections
4. What is the total blood volume in the body?
(a) 20-80 ml/kg
(b) 100-150ml/kg
(c) 60-80 ml/kg
(d) 30-90 ml/kg
5. Red blood corpuscles are also called
(a) Plasma
(b) Eryth rocytes
(c) Haemoglobin
(d) Platelets
6. What is the shape of erythrocytes?
(a) Oval
(b) Cubic
(c) Cylindrical
(d) Disc
7. Which part of the blood gives red colour?
(a) Haemoglobin
(b) Iron
(c) Nucleus
(d) Cellular membrane
8. What should be the amount of theblood in women
(a) 6-10 g/100 cm3
(b) 13-18 g/100 cm3
(c) 11-14 g/100 cm3

(d) 14-16 g/100 cm3
9. What is not the life span of RBC?
(a) 90 days
(b) 120 days
(c) 160 days
(d) Both a and c
10. Who are the soldiers of the body's defence system?
(a) Red blood cells
(b) Platelets
. (c) Proteins
(d) White blood cells
Components of blood Percentage
A. Plasma 1. 54%
B. Neutrophils 2. 50-60%
C. Red blood cells 3.25%
D. Lymphocytes 4. 65-70%
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 4 1 3 2
(c) 1 3 4 2
(d) 3 1 2 4
12. is the highest quantity among WBC's.
(a) Lymphocytes
(b) Neutrophils
(c) Basophils
(d) Eosinophils
13. Which of the following will produce antibodies?
(a) Neutrophils
(b) Basophils
(c) Lymphocytes
(d) Eosinophils
14. Which of the component of blood will not release thromboplastin?
(a) Plasma
(b) Red blood cells
(c) White blood cells
(d) All the above
15. Who classified human blood groups?
(a) Landsteiner
(b) A. S. Weiner
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Anderson
16. What is component of the blood is a clear and yellow fluid?
(a) Red blood cells
(b) Plasma
(c) Proteins
(d) Platelets
17. What is the blood group in which both antigens are absent?
(a) AB
(b) A
(c) B
(d) 0
18. What is the fluid that is left after clotting?
(a) Blood
(b) Plasma
(c) Serum
(d) None of above
19. Rh factor was initially found in
(a) Human
(b) Rhesus monkey
(c) Giraffe
(d) Rabbit
20. How much loss of blood will lead to fatal condition?
(a) 3-3.5 litres
(b) 1-1.5Iitres
(c) 4-4.7 litres
(d) 2-2.4 litres
21. In blood pressure, the lowest point in the pressure range is called
(a) Systolic pressure
(b) Intracellular pressure
(c) Diastolic pressure
(d) Hydraulic pressure
22. Blood pressure is measured by
(a) Stethoscope
(b) Barometer
(c) Sphygmomanometer
23. What is the normal blood pressure?
(a) 140/70 mm Hg
(b) 150/120 mm Hg
(c) 140/60 mm Hg
(d) 120/80 mm Hg
Skeletal System (hones)
24. How many bones are present in a human body?
(a) 198
(b) 204
(c) 306
(d) 206
25. How many bones are present in a newborn baby?
(a) 300
(b) 204
(c) 432
(d) 198
26. What is the largest bone in human body?
(a) Ulna
(b) Femur
(c) Clavicles
(d) Humerus
27. In which part of the body the shortest bone is present?
(a) Spine
(b) Head
(c) Shoulder
(d) Ear
Muscular System
28. What tissues effect body movement?
(a) Organs
(b) Muscles
(c) Bones
(d) Arteries
29. How many important muscles are there in human body?
(a) 589
(b) 638
(c) 630
(d) 635
30. What is the bulkiest muscle in the body?
(a) Gluteus
(b) Sartorius
(c) Stapedius
(d) Auditory ossicle
31. Which muscle passes behind the femur and attached to tibia bone of leg?
(a) Gluteus
(b) Sartorius
(c) Stapedius
(d) Auditory ossicle
32. What is the smallest muscle in the human body?
(a) Gluteus
(b) Auditory ossicle
(c) Stapedius
(d) Sartorius
33. Where is the stapedius muscle present?
(a) Heart
(b) Middle ear
(c) Upper part of hip bone
(d) Buttock
Main Organs
34. What is the average weight of the heart in women?
(a) 258 g
(b) 257 g
(c) 256 g
(d) 255 g
35. Heart consists of two halves which are divided by
(a) Septum
(b) Sternum
(c) Follicles
(d) Blood vessels
36. Which chamber of heart receives blood from arteries?
(a) Ventricles
(b) Aorta
(c) Auricles
(d) Myocardium
37. Number of heart beats per minute is
(a) 80-82
(b) 70-72
(c) 90-92
(d) 50-52
38. From____________ the right auricle receives blood.
(a) Arteries
(b) Lungs
(c) Liver
(d) Veins
39. Which of the following functions of heart is not true?
(a) Collects impure blood from lungs

(b) Supplies pure blood to all parts of the body
(c) Collects impure blood from organs
40. Who discovered blood circulatory system?
(a) Lamarck
(b) Weiner
(c) William Harvey
(d) Norman
41. What is the purpose of valves in veins?
(a) To block the impurities
(b) To give its shape
(c) To prevent back flow of blood
(d) To give strength to veins
42. What is the normal human body temperature in OF?
(a) 96.7
(b) 98.6
(c) 97.66
(d) 90.8
43. What is the only one artery that carries impure blood?
(a) Pulmonary artery
(b) Aorta
(c) Anterior vena cava
(d) Pulmonary vein
44. From left ventricle pure blood will go to blood vessel.
(b) Pulmonary vein
(c) Anterior vena cava

(d) Aorta
45. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Lungs are not concerned with the purification of blood
(b) Lungs are a pair of thin walled tubes in chest cavity
(c) The right lung is larger than the left lung
46. What is the largest gland in the human body?
(a) Lungs
(b) Liver
(c) Heart
(d) Stomach
47. Which organ stores bile?
(a) Liver
(b) Gall bladder
(c) Stomach
(d) Lungs
48. Which of the following is not true?
(a) Liver plays an important role in metabolism
(b) Gall bladder stores bile
(c) Liver stores glycogen
(d) Glycogen is important agent for digestion
49. Churned food is also called
(a) Bile
(b) Glycogen
(c) Chyme
(d) Taurocholate
50. Which chemical neutralizes the acid?

(a) Sodium bicarbonate
(b) Glycocholate
(c) Taurocholate
(d) Bile
51. Where the two kidneys were situated in a human body?
(a) Lateral abdominal cavity
(b) Posterior abdominal cavity
(c) Ventral abdominal cavity
(d) Basal abdominal cavity
52. What are the glands in kidney called?
(a) Uriniferous tubules
(b) Ureter
(c) Urinary bladder
(d) Nephron
53. One quarter of blood from cardiac output reaches to which vessels?
(b) Heart vessels.
(c) Renal vessels
(d) Lymph nodes
54. How much amount of urine will be expelled per day in adults?
(a) 1.2-1.4 lit/min
(b) 2.6-2.8Iit/min
(c) 3.6-3.8Iit/min
(d) 4.6-4.8Iit/min
55. gland removal from body causes increased susceptibility of infection?
(a) Gall bladder
(b) Kidney
(c) Spleen
(d) Liver
56. Which of the following is not a function of spleen?
(a) Storage of RBC
(b) Formation of lymphocytes and antigens
(c) Removes foreign particles from blood
(d) Formation of antibodies
57. How much percentage of oxygen is used by brain?
(a) 40
(b) 30
(c) 50
(d) 20
58. What are the parts that constitute the nervous system?
(a) Brain and blood
(b) Vertebrae and spinal cord
(c) Brain and spinal cord
(d) Vertebrae and brain
59. Which of the following combination parts of brain is false?
(a) Cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata
(b) Cerebellum, coccyx, medulla oblongata
(c) Cerebrum, medulla oblongata, coccyx
(d) Coccyx, cerebrum, cerebellum
60. Which part of brain controls voluntary actions?
(a) Cerebellum
(b) Spinal cord
(c) Cerebrum
(d) Nerves
61. Which of the following combination is correct according to their positions in brain?
(a) Spinal cord, cerebellum, cerebrum, medulla oblongata
(b) Cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, spinal cord
(c) Medulla oblongata, cerebrum, spinal cord, cerebellum
(d) Cerebellum, medulla oblongata, cerebrum, spinal cord
62. Which part of brain transmits messages?
(a) Cerebrum
(b) Cerebellum
(c) Medulla oblongata
(d) Nerves
63. What are the fibres which carry impulses from brain to other organs?
(a) Motor nerve
(b) Afferent nerves
(c) Efferent nerves
64. From the sensory nerves transmit messages to brain?
(a) Skin
(b) Lungs
(c) Spleen
(d) Teeth
Age Pulse rate (beats/min)
A. Second year 1. 140
B. New born 2. 150
C. Foetus in utero 3. 120
D. First year 4. 110

A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 1 4 3 2
66. What are the nerves that emerge from skull?
(a) Spinal nerves
(b) Sensory nerves
(c) Motor nerves
(d) Cranial nerves
Spinal nerves Number
A. Thoracic 1. 5
B. Cervical 2. 12
C. Lumbar 3. 1
D. Coccygeal 4. 8
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 2 1 3 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
68. The top layer of skin cells contains
(a) Dermis
(b) Keratin
(c) Melanin
(d) Fluids
69. Where are the sebaceous glands present?

(a) Epidermis
(b) Keratin
(c) Dermis
(d) Hair follicles
70. What is responsible for the colour of hair?
(a) Keratin
(b) Keratinocytes
(c) Hair follicles
(d) Melanin
71. Which among the following is not responsible for blond and red hair?
(a) Presence of keratin
(b) Absence of melanin
(c) Presence of sulphur, iron, sodium
(d) All the above
72. What is the shape of the hair shaft of wavy hair?
(a) Oval
(b) Round
(c) Cubic
(d) Elliptical
73. hair has Elliptical hair shaft.
(a) Straight
(b) Curly
(c) Wavy
(d) Frizzy
74. What is the semicircular area of nail called?
(a) Keratin
(b) Cartilage
(c) Lunula
75. Where do the olfactory receptors present?
(a) Skin
(b) Tongue
(c) Ear
(d) Nose
76. Which of the following is not called the cavities of nose?
(a) Meatuses
(b) Sphenoid
(c) Nasal fossae
(d) Both a and b
77. The shaft hairs of nostrils is called
(a) Nasal fossae
(b) Meatuses
(c) Vibrissae
(d) Sphenoid
78. What is the middle layer of eye called?
(a) Conjectiva
(b) Choroid
(c) Cornea
(d) Retina
79. Where does the lens present?
(a) Behind ciliary body
(b) Front of cornea
(c) Side ofthe pupil
(d) Behind the iris

80. What is the way that the light must pass through to get an image?
(a) Cornea, aqueous humour, lens, vitreous humour
(b) Lens, Cornea, aqueous humour, vitreous humour
(c) Aqueous humour, vitreous humour, lens, Cornea
(d) Cornea, Lens, vitreous humour, Aqueous humour
81. Which part of the ear does act not a sound collector?
(a) Cochlea
(b) Pinna
(c) Ear drum
(d) Both (a) and (c)
82. .is a digestive gland.
(a) Pancreas
(b) Spleen
(c) Kidney
(d) Lungs
83. Which of the following is the correct order of alimentary canal?
(a) Oesophagus, rectum, caecum, small intestine, stomach
(b) Stomach, oesophagus, rectum, small intestine, caecum
(c) Oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, caecum, rectum
(d) Stomach, small intestine, oesophagus, rectum, caecum
84. At which age milk teeth will form?
(a) 4 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 5 months
(d) 7 months
85. How many chisel shaped incisors are present in mouth?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 1
86. The emulsion form of chewed food after processed by bile is called
(a) Chyme
(b) Feaces
(c) Chyle
(d) Pulp
87. What is the ferment used to hydrolysis the starch?
(a) Ptyalin
(b) Pepsin
(c) Proteases
88. What is the Latin word used to describe the sex organs?
(a) Skene's gland
(b) Cowper's gland
(c) Genitalia
(d) Genital
89. Which sex organ produces gametes?
(a) Gonad
(b) Scrotum
(c) Labia
(d) Vulva
90. In human body which organs are called glands?
(a) Those which produce enzymes
(b) Those which helps in metabolism
(c) Those which transport proteins

(d) Those which secrets fluids
91. What is the function of lachrymal glands?
(a) Secretes bile in stomach
(b) Secretes tears in the eyes
(c) Secretes saliva in mouth
(d) Secretes sweat in skin
Enzyme Produced by
A. Peptin 1. Pancreas
B. Amylase 2. Gastric glands
C. Ptyalin 3. Intestinal glands
D. Erepsin 4. Salivary glands
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 1 2 3 4
List A List B
A. Testosterone 1. Ovary
B. Insulin 2. Male reproductive organ
C. Thyroxin 3. Pancreas
D. Oestrogen 4. Growth and metabolic rate
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 3 2 1 4
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 1 3 4 2
Human (ell, Genes and Heredity
94. __ is the largest human cell.
(a) Ovum
(b) Chromosome
(c) Brai n cell
(d) Kidney cells
95. What are called the carriers of genes?
(a) Nucleus
(b) Chromosome
(c) DNA
(d) Cytoplasm
96. How many pairs of chromosome are present in human cell?
(a) 19
(b) 28
(c) 27
(d) 23
97. Which of the following are ductless glands?
(a) Thymus, liver, pancreas, kidney, thyroid
(b) Pancreas, thyroid, thymus, liver, skin
(c) Thymus, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, pituitary
(d) Pituitary, adrenal, pancreas, liver, skin
98. The gland that regulate blood pressure and functions of heart is
(a) Pituitary
(b) Adrenal
(c) Thymus
(d) Thyroid
99. Which glands failure results in diabetes?
(a) Pancreas
(b) Pituitary
(c) Thymus
(d) Adrenal
100. What is called hereditary unit?
(a) DNA
(b) Chromosome
(c) Chloroplast
(d) Gene
101. Who was given the name 'Genes'?
(a) Gregor Mendel
(b) Wilhelm Johansen
(c) Both a and b
(d) Hargobind Khorana
102. Female egg is fertilized by
(a) X-carrying Ovum
(b) X-carrying sperm
(c) V-carrying ovum
(d) None
103. Who are Siamese twins?
(a) Twins that are born joined together
(b) Twins have same genetic characters
(c) Twins may be the same sex or of different sex
(d) Twins, born with 1 year time gap
104. What is the youngest branch of medical science?
(a) Human genetics

(b) Pharmaceutical science
(c) Biological science
(d) Mechanical science
105. Study of traits influenced by internal and external forces is called
(a) Heredity
(b) Variation
(c) Cytogenetics
(d) Eugenics
106. In which of the following the knowledge of genetics is not useful?
(a) To understand the causes of the diseases
(b) To understand the reason for normal variations
(c) To understand the effect of drug
(d) To prevent genetic disorder
107. Study on the structure of nucleus of cell and its part is called
(a) Eugenics
(b) Population genetics
(c) Genetic counselling
(d) Cytogenetics
108. Physiological genetics deals with
(a) Study of structure of nucleus
(b) Effects of various types of radiation on genetic material
(c) Distribution and behaviour of various organelles of a cell
(d) Elucidating the normal functions of various organelles of a cell
109. The field that deals with the applications genetic material responsible for certain diseases and
their transmission from one generation to another is
(a) Clinical genetics
(b) Eugenics
(c) Population genetics

(d) Physiological genetics
Medical Biochemistry
110. What is the basis of all forms of life?
(a) Cytoplasm
(b) Protoplasm
(c) Chloroprene
(d) Chloroplast
111. Medical biochemistry does not deals with
(a) The chemistry of blood
(b) Chemistry of respiration
(c) Chemistry of drugs
(d) Chemistry of tissue
112. are necessary for growth and maintenance of positive nitrogen balance .
(a) Proteins
(b) Carbohydrates
(c) Nutrients
(d) Minerals
113. What is the organic catalyst present in digestive juices?
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Proteins
(c) Minerals
(d) Enzymes
114. What is the chemical process in tissues by which energy and water is liberated?
(a) Hydration
(b) Oxidation
(c) Nitration
(d) Purification
Human Diet
115. Which one of the following is the source for carbohydrates?
(a) Milk
(b) Meat
(c) Dry beans
(d) Fish
Nutrients Requirement in day (approximately)
A. Iron 1. 70 g
B. Minerals 2. 3000 mg
C. Proteins 3.18 mg
D. Sodium 4. 1200 mg
A B C D
(a) 2 1 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2
117. In food nutrients, nitrogenous compound.
(a) Proteins
(b) Carbohydrate
(c) Vitamins
(d) Minerals
118. What is the hydrolysed product of protein? is the
(a) Carbohydrate
(b) Vitamins
(c) Iron
(d) Amino acids

119. Which of the following is not the anti-infective vitamin?
(a) vitamin B
(b) vitamin D
(c) vitamin C
(d) All the above
120. vitamin deficiency causes pernicious anaemia.
(a) vitamin B'2
(b) vitamin C
(c) vitamin D
(d) vitamin A
121. Which vitamin helps in formation of bones, teeth, collagen in human body?
(a) vitamin K
(b) vitamin C
(c) vitamin A
(d) vitamin B6
Vitamins Deficiency
A. vitamin B 1. Night blindness
B. vitamin k 2. Diarrhoea
C. vitamin C 3. Haemorrhage
D. vitamin A 4. Scurvy
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 3 2 1 4
123. What is the source for iron?

(a) Rice
(b) Fish
(c) Green leafy vegetables
(d) Table salt
124. What is the requirement of iodine per day?
(a) 4.00 mg
(b) 0.78 mg
(c) 0.54 mg
(d) 0.15 mg
125. What is the ratio of fat, protein and carbohydrates should be in body?
(a) 1 :4:1
(b) 1:1:4
(c) 4:1:1
(d) 4:2:1
Diseases of the Human Body
Type of Diseases
126. A disease prevalent in a particular region confined to a population is called
(a) Endemic diseases
(b) Epidemic diseases
(c) Pandemic diseases
(d) Sporadic disease
127. Which disease is called sporadic disease?
(a) A disease simultaneously affects a large number of people in an area
(b) A disease occurs erratically with apparently no clue to its occurrence
(c) A disease simultaneously affects a small number of people in an area
(d) A disease occurs erratically with a clue to its occurrence
128. What is the carrier for the disease malaria?

(a) Sand fly
(b) Bed-bug
(c) Culex mosquitoes
(d) Anopheles female mosquitoes
129. Which of the following diseases not caused by wounds in skin?
(a) Typhoid
(b) Cholera
(c) Anthrax
(d) Both a and b
130. Dengue fever is caused by
(a) Anopheles female mosquitoes
(b) Culex mosquitoes
(c) Lice
(d) Sand fly
131. diseases spread from one person to another by physical contact.
(a) Hereditary diseases
(b) Infectious diseases
(c) Sporadic diseases
(d) Contagious diseases
Agents of Diseases
132. What is the shape of coccus bacteria?
(a) Oval
(b) Cubic
(c) Spiral
(d) Cylindrical
133. Which agent becomes inactive when isolated from living cell?
(a) Bacteria
(b) Parasite
(c) Virus
(d) Amoeba
Causative agent Disease
A. Protozoan 1. Chicken pox
B. Virus 2. Ringworms
C. Fungus 3. Meningitis
D. Bacteria 4. Malaria
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 1 4 3 2
Defence Mechanism Against Infection
135. Resistance of the body to a specific disease is called
(a) Fever
(b) Infection
(c) Immunity
(d) Allergy
136. Introduction of antitoxins or serum to the body is called
(a) Vaccination
(b) Immunization
(c) Sterilization
(d) Inoculation
137. Small pox vaccine was discovered by
(a) Jonas E. Salk

(b) Louis Pasteur
(c) Leon Calmette
(d) Edward Jenner
138. Which vaccine did Charles Nicolle discover?
(a) Cholera
(b) Typhus
(c) Smallpox
(d) Polio
139. In AIDS, cancerous skill tumour is called
(a) Caposi's sarcoma
(b) Pneumocystis
(c) Tetanus
140. How many times AZT should be taken in a day?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 6
Common Diseases
Disease Cure
A. Cholera 1. Tetracycline
B. Tetanus 2. Protected sexual intercourse
C. Gonorrhoea 3. Avoid eating food exposed to flies
D. Syphilis 4. Prevent exposure of wounds to dust
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 3 4 1 2
Some Blood Diseases
142. Over production of WBC is called
(a) Anaemia
(b) Leukaemia
(c) Haemophilia
(d) Agranulocytosis
143. Which disease lowers the body's resistance and causes secondary infections?
(a) Agranulocytosis
(b) Anaemia
(c) Leukaemia
(d) Haemophilia
144. Haemorrhage is due to
(a) Loss of fluids from tissues
(b) Loss of enzymes from glands
(c) Loss of blood from blood vessels
(d) Loss of nutrients
Diseases of the Eyes
145. Which disease can be corrected by using concave lenses?
(a) Myopia
(b) Presbyopia
(c) Trachoma
(d) Cataract
146. What is the germ that causes trachoma?
(a) Diplococcus
(b) Chalmydiae
(c) Treponema
(d) Pasteu rella
147. Disease with inflammation of eyes, itching and redness is called
(a) Cataract
(b) Trachoma
(c) Conjunctivitis
(d) Presbyopia
148. Cataract can be cured by which operation?
(a) Lens extraction
(b) Concave lens
(c) Germ removal
(d) Convex lens
Common Body Disorders
149. What is the fatal disease among infants?
(a) Asthma
(b) Hepatitis
(c) Allergy
(d) Bronchitis
150. What type of disorder is called jaundice?
(a) Loss of consciousness with convulsions
(b) Excessive bilirubin in the blood
(c) Inflammatory disease of liver
(d) Abnormal growth of body cells
151. Osteomalacia is caused shortage of ___ vitamin.
(a) K
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
152. Pleurisy is the inflammation of ___ organs.
(a) Lungs
(b) Liver
(c) Pancreas
(d) Kidney
153. In the year r the WHO declared that small pox was eradicated.
(a) 1960
(b) 1970
(c) 1980
(d) 1990
154. What is the reason for thrombosis?
(a) Inflammation of lungs
(b) Inflammation of bronchial tubes
(c) Formation of stones in kidney
(d) Formation of clots in blood vessels
Common Drugs
155. What is the drug that blocks sensory nerves?
(a) Anaesthetic
(b) Analgesic
(c) Antihistamines
(d) Antipyre
156. What is the function of analgesic?
(a) Used for surgical operations
(b) Prevent growth of body germs
(c) Used to relieve pain

(d) Used to lower the body temperature
157. Which of the following is used as antibiotics?
(a) Chloroform
(b) Terramycin
(c) Ether
(d) Sodium pentothal
158. Which drug is used to reduce body temperature?
(a) Analgesic
(b) Antipyre
(c) Antihistamines
(d) Antipyretic
159. drug is used to prevent tensions, worries, etc.
(a) Sedative
(b) Narcotics
(c) Tranquilliser
(d) Vaccines
160. Common cold is caused by
(a) Brucellus abortus
(b) Vibrio cholerae
(c) Numerous virus
(d) Clostridium welchii
161. How can chicken pox be transmitted?
(a) Cattle or goats
(b) Contaminated water and sea food
(c) Articles contaminated by discharge from mucus membranes
(d) Saliva of infected person or carries
162. What is the incubation period of Leprosy?

(a) 2-3 days
(b) 2-3 years
(c) 2-3 months
163. What is the disease caused by virus Salmonella typhi bacillus?
(a) Typhoid fever
(b) Scarlet fever
(c) Viral fever
(d) Yellow fever
164. What is the infection caused by droplets?
(a) Whooping cough
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Malaria
(d) Mumps
165. Which of the following is not caused by droplets?
(a) Measles
(b) Typhoid fever
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Brucellosis
166. What is the incubation period of yellow fever?
(a) 3-6 days
(b) 1-3 days
(c) 10-90 days
(d) 2-6 weeks
Commonly Abused Drugs
167. What is the common name for alcohol?
(a) Coke
(b) Peyote
(c) Booze
(d) Poppers
168. Which drug if taken along with alcohol becomes fatal?
(a) Nicotine
(b) Barbiturates
(c) Marijuana
(d) Heroin
169. Alcohol acts as a
(a) CNS depressant
(b) Anxiety drug
(c) Hypnotic
(d) Relieves pain
170. Overdose of cocaine leads to __ condition.
(a) Develop dementia
(b) Respiratory depression
(c) Constipation
(d) Abnormal heart rhythms
Name Effects
A. Heroin 1. Relieves fatigue
B. Nicotine 2. CNS depressant
C. Cocaine 3. Induces euphoria
D. Alcohol 4. Increases heart rate
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 3 1 4 2
172. Cactus is the common name for drug.
(a) Nitrites
(b) Mescaline
(c) Methadone
(d) Benzodiazepines
173. Which type of central nervous system disorder causes phencyclidine?
(a) Depression
(b) Psychosis
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Parkinsonism
Medicol Science
Medical Aids (Equipment)
174. What is the abbreviation of CAT?
(a) Common axial technology
(b) Computerized axial technology .
(c) Computerized axial tomography
(d) Common axial tomography
175. Why is defibrillator used?
(a) To examine the urinary bladder
(b) For examining the air tubes
(c) To remove waste material from blood
(d) For restoration of rhythmical heartbeat
176. What is the instrument used to examine the vision?
(a) Laproscope
(b) Endoscope
(c) Rachiometer
(d) Cystoscope
177. Which instrument is not used during open heart surgery?
(a) Heart-lung machine
(b) Electrocardiogram
(c) CAT scanner
(d) Both (b) and (c)
178. Match the followi ng
Instrument Use
A. Sphygmometer 1. To measure spinal curvature
B. Olfactometer 2. To measure pulse rate
C. Rachiometer 3. To inspect the lining of stomach
D. Gastroscope 4. For testing sense organs
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 4 3 2 1
179. Why is the CAT scanner used?
(a) To know the cancer cells
(b) To study the brain
(c) To take X-rays
(d) To study the heart
Medical Treatment
180. Technique of destroying a tissue by extreme cold is called
(a) Appendectomy
(b) Cryosurgery
(c) Nephrectomy
(d) Venipuncture
181. What does enterostomy mean?
(a) Surgical removal of damaged kidney
(b) Surgical removal of uterus
(c) Surgical technique of making an artificial opening in intestine
(d) A technique to reduce body temperature
182. What is the technique used to remove the womb of women?
(a) Hysterectomy
(b) Nephrectomy
(c) Dialysis
(d) Oophorectomy
183. In lumbar puncture technique, needle is inserted in
(a) Cerebrospinal fluid
(b) Cerebrum
(c) Vertebrae
(d) Upper spine
184. How is the instrument laproscope inserted?
(a) Through a small incision in abdomen
(b) Through the mouth
(c) Through rectum route
(d) Through a small incision in stomach
Marvels of Medical Science
185. What is the first difficult in transplantation?
(a) To find a donor
(b) To find matching blood group
(c) To operate correctly

(d) Body's immune system which will reject foreign particle
186. Which part is transplanted by a dead body's part?
(a) Heart
(b) Bone
(c) Blood vessels
(d) Teeth
187. Which of the following sentence is true regarding cornea transplantation?
(a) Widely used transplant operation
(b) It has no blood vessels
(c) Not linked to immune system
188. What is the survival rate of kidney transplantation?
(a) 80%
(b) 70%
(c) 90%
(d) 100%
189. Who did the first transplantation of kidney?
(a) R. H. Lawler
(b) Louis Washkansky
(c) Denis Ann Darwall
(d) Christian Neething Barnard
190. At which year Mr Shanmugham had kidney transplantation?
(a) 1961
(b) 1971
(c) 1981
(d) 1991
191. The first heart transplantation was done in which country and in which year?
(a) China 1947
(b) America 1978
(c) South Africa 1967
(d) India 1971
192. How many surgeons are involved in first heart transplantation?
(a) 30
(b) 25
(c) 80
(d) 47
193. What is the name of the Indian who had first heart transplantation?
(a) L. Rama Rao
(b) Surender Naidu
(c) Devender Babu
(d) Madava Rao
194. At which place in USA an Indian had his heart transplantation?
(a) New York
(b) Pennsylvania
(c) Washington
(d) Los Angeles
195. From bone the bone marrow is removed for transplantation.
(a) Frontal bone
(b) Occipital bone
(c) Pelvic bone
(d) Humerus
196. Which animal's heart valves have been used as replacement for human one?
(a) Monkey
(b) Rabbit
(c) Cat
(d) Pig
197. Who is called a test tube baby?
(a) Who is born by artificial fertilization of sperm
(b) Who is born by fertilization in womb
(c) Who is born by artificial fertilization of ovum
(d) Who is born by chemical fertilization in tubes
198. What was the name of the first test tube baby?
(a) Louise Brown
(b) Lesley Brown
(c) Lily Brown
(d) Lizzy Brown
199. In India, first test tube baby was born in __ hospital.
(a) CMC
(b) AIMS
(c) KEM
(d) HIT
list A list B
A. Harsha 1. First heart transplantation
B. Dr P. Venu Gopal 2. Lungs transplantation
C. First open heart surgery 3. Mani Chawla
D. 10 months survival rate 4. 1989
A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 1 4 3 2
Glossary of Medical Terms
201. Which tissue, when enlarged, interferes with hearing?
(a) Blood vessels
(b) Lymphoid tissue
(c) Elastic muscles
202. Blood count in haemocytometer will be measured in units.
(a) Grams
(b) Cubic centimetres
(c) Cubic litres
(d) Cubic millimetres
203. Blood serum consists of
(a) Plasma plus RBC
(b) Plasma minus RBC
(c) Plasma plus Clotting agent
(d) Plasma minus Clotting agent
204. Agnosia is a loss of the ability to recognize without injury to the primary sensory organ or
memory loss.
(a) Objects and shapes
(b) Smell and sounds
(c) People
(d) All the above
205. Chorea is often accompanied by
(a) Hypotonia
(b) Hypertonia
(c) Epilepsy

206. are strands of DNA compressed and organized into a double helix structure.
(a) Endoplasmic reticulum
(b) Golgi complex
(c) Ribosomes
(d) Chromosomes
207. Difficulty in swallowing due to problems in nerve or muscle control is called
(a) Ataxia
(b) Dysphagia
(c) Dyskinesia
(d) Dysuria
208. Any disease that affects the function of the brain is
(a) Encephalon
(b) Encephalopathy
(c) Cardiomyopathy
(d) Nephropathy
209. What is a specific subunit of DNA that codes for a specific protein?
(a) Purines
(b) Phosphorous bond
(c) Gene
(d) Pyramidins
210. What is the expansion of MRI?
(a) Magnetic resonance imaging
(b) Magnetic responding image
(c) Molecular resonance image
(d) Molecular responding imaging
211. What is white matter?
(a) The part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibres
(b) An infectious agent made up of abnormally folded protein
(c) A white pigment
(d) Matter of white blood cells
212. Why the white matter is in white colour?
(a) Because of nerve fibres
(b) Because of white pigment
(c) Because of WBC
(d) Because of Myelin
213. What is a prion?
(a) An infectious agent made up of abnormally folded protein
(b) The part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibres
(c) Disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected
214. proteins occur normally in a harmless form.
(a) Myelinated
(b) Prion
(c) Prodromal
(d) Semantic
215. Which of the following is not pathological cluster of the protein tau that are found within
neurons?
(a) White matter
(b) Prion
(c) Neurofibrillary tangle
(d) Both (a) and (b)
216. The complete loss of voice is called
(a) Dysphasia
(b) Aphonia
(c) Encephalon
(d) Paraphasia
217. What is a dysgeusia?
(a) Distortion or absence of the sense of taste
(b) Disease that affects hearing
(c) Pathological clusters of the protein
(d) First neurologic symptom
218. What is a hereditary disease that affects hearing and vision?
(a) Aphonia
(b) Paraphasia
(c) Usher's syndrome
(d) Dysphasia
219. What is a vestibule?
(a) Bony cavity of the inner ear
(b) Rare nerve in the body
(c) Blood vessels
(d) Part of the human body
Answers
Previous Years' Questions
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (a)
11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (b)
41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (d) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (a)
51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (a) 54. (b) 55. (c) 56. (d) 57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (c)
61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (b) 64. (a) 65. (a) 66. (a) 67. (c)
Topic-wise Assessment
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Lahore Academy of Competitive Exams

1. Which botanist introduced the 'Binomial' nomenclature to the plants?

(b) Bentham and Hooker

(c) Carolus Linnaeus

2. Which of the following statements are correct?

(a) (a) and (b)

(b) (b) and (c)

(c) (a) and (c)

(d) (a), (b) and (c)

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

4. Female reproductive part of flower is known as

5. The sweet taste of fruits is due to

6. Which of the following is not an insectivorous plant?

7. Sun-loving plants are

(c) Carbon dioxide

9. Deficiency of iron is common in which type of soils?

(a) Acidic soils

(b) Calcareous soils

(c) Saline soils

(d) Alkaline soils

10. Which animal tissue synthesizes, stores and metabolizes fat?

(a) Epithelial tissue

(b) Adipose tissue

(c) Connective tissue

(d) Muscle tissue

11. Viruses are:

(a) Unicellular organisms

(b) Cellular without cell well

(c) Multicellular organisms

(d) Non-cellular organisms

12. Which one among the following statements is correct?

(a) Prokaryotic cells possess nucleus.

(b) Cell membrane is present both in plant and animal cells.

(c) Mitochondria and chloroplasts are not found in eukaryotic cells.

(d) Ribosomes are present in eukaryotic cells only.

(a) Living materials

(b) Non-living materials

(c) Both living and non-living materials

(a) Sodium and potassium salt

15. In honey, which one among the following sugars predominates?

(b) Green plants

(a) They possess hair on the body.

(b) Some of them lay eggs.

(c) Their heart is three-chambered.

(d) Some are aquatic.

20. Animal cell wall is essentially made of:

(c) Lipid bilayer

21. Consider the following statements describing the functions of plants :

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

(a) Nucleus> Mitochondria> Chloroplast : Chromosomes

(b) Nucleus> Chromosomes > Mitochondria Chloroplast

(c) Chloroplast> Nucleus Chromosomes> Mitochondria

(d) Chloroplast - > Nucleus> Mitochondria > Chromosomes

23. Which one of the following is the process involved in photosynthesis?

(a) Potential energy is released to form free energy

(b) Free energy is converted into potential energy and stored

(c) Food is oxidised to release carbon dioxide and water

24. The following phenomenon is overcome by somatic hybridization:

(a) Organ differentiation

(b) Sexual incompatibility

(c) Embryo sterility