11.

Which of the following plays an important role in

Biology photosynthesis?
(1) Chloroplast (2) Centrosome
1. Azolla increases soil fertility for . (3) Tonoplast (4) Nematoblast
(1) maize cultivation (2) wheat cultivation
(3) barley cultivation (4) rice cultivation Correct Answer: Chloroplast
Correct Answer: rice cultivation
12. At which stage in its life cycle does the silkworm
2. Silk worms feed on yield the fiber of commercial use
(1) Basil leaves (2) Curry leaves (1) Larva (2) Egg
(3) Rose leaves (4) Mulberry leaves (3) Pupa (4) Imago

Correct Answer: Mulberry leaves Correct Answer: Pupa

3. The specific role of vitamin K is in the synthesis 13. The xylem in plants are responsible for:
of (1) transport of water
(1) Albumin (2) Antibodies (2) transport of food
(3) Globulin (4) Prothrombin (3) transport of amino acids
(4) transport of oxygen
Correct Answer: Prothrombin
Correct Answer: transport of water
4. The suicidal bags of the cell are
(1) Lysosomes (2) Ribosomes 14. Which of the following bacterium causes crown
(3) Dictyosomes (4) Phagosomes gall disease in plants?
Correct Answer: Lysosomes (1) Bacillus thurigiensis
(2) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
5. Who among the following is credited with starting (3) Pseudomonas fluorescens
the work on plant tissue culture? (4) None of these
(1) F.C. Steward (2) P. Maheshwari
(3) P.R. White (4) Haberlandt Correct Answer: Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Correct Answer: Haberlandt 15. Eustachian Tube is located in which part of

human body?
6. Which cells in pancreas produce Insulin? (1) Nose (2) Ear
(1) Thymus (2) Estrogen (3) Eyes (4) Throat
(3) Corpus epididymis (4) Islets of Langerhans
Correct Answer: Ear
Correct Answer: Islets of Langerhans
16. Which part of the brain plays an important role in
7. When we see an object, the image formed on the motor control?
retina is _______. (1) Cerebellum (2) Cerebrum
(1) Real and inverted (2) Real and erect (3) Medulla (4) Pons
(3) Virtual and erect (4) Virtual and inverted
Correct Answer: Real and inverted Correct Answer: Cerebellum

8. The hormone that stimulates heart beat is 17. 'Agronomy' is the practice of raising ________
(1) Thyroxine (2) Gastrin (1) Plants and Animals
(3) Glycogen (4) Dopamine (2) Crop plants
(3) Agriculture
Correct Answer: Thyroxine (4) Fruit plants only

9. The presence of air bubble in blood stream is Correct Answer: Plants and Animals
dangerous to life because
(1) Air combines with blood forming a complex 18. The sigmoid colon is a part of
(2) The flow of blood increases manifold (1) Small Intestine (2) Large Intestine
(3) The flow of blood is obstructed (3) Pharynx (4) Rectum
(4) The pressure of blood increases manifold
Correct Answer: Large Intestine
Correct Answer: The flow of blood is obstructed 19. The connective tissue that connects a muscle to
10. The study of relation of animals and plants to a bone is
their surroundings is called __________ (1) Cartilage
(1) Ecology (2) Ethrology (2) Ligament
(3) Genealogy (4) Iconology (3) Tendon
(4) Interstitial fluid
Correct Answer: Ecology
Correct Answer: Tendon
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20. Gustation refers to the sense of which of the Correct Answer: Pellagra
following?
(1) Smell (2) Hearing 24. A pair of contrasting characters controlling the
(3) Tactile (4) Taste same trait is called
(1) factors
Correct Answer: Taste (2) loci
(3) allele
21. What is commonly known as "white plague"? (4) lineage
(1) Typhoid
(2) Malaria Correct Answer: allele
(3) Tuberculosis
(4) Plague 25. Which one of the following forms the base of
vegetable fibres?
Correct Answer: Tuberculosis (1) Cellulose
(2) Proteins
22. Which of the following increases the rate of heart (3) Fats
beat? (4) Oils
(1) Peripheral nerves
(2) Sympathetic nerves Correct Answer: Cellulose
(3) Parasympathetic nerves
(4) Cranial nerves 26. The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by
(1) Bacteria
Correct Answer: Sympathetic nerves (2) Protozoa
(3) Fungi
23. The deficiency of Niacin-a vitamin of B complex (4) Green plants
group causes the disease _____
(1) Marasmus (2) Pellagra Correct Answer: Green plants
(3) Rickets (4) Night-blindness

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