1000+ General Biology Set 2 Multiple Choice Question Answer [Solved]

1. Which one of the following cells helps in storing water and food materials?
A. Parenchyma cell
B. Flame cell
C. Nematoblast
D. None of the above
Answer : A

2. Kwashiorkar is a deficiency disease
A. due to poor intake of proteins
B. due to poor intake of carbohydrates
C. due to (a) and (b)
D. due to poor intake of lipids
Answer : A

3. The biologist who believed in the spontaneous creation of microorganisms was
A. Leuwenhock
B. Needham
C. Spallanzeni
D. Pasteur
Answer : B

4. The juice from the leaves of ________ is used for the treatment of diarrhoea, cholera and dysentery.
A. Caeselpinea
B. Bryophyllum
C. Centella
D. None of the above
Answer : B

5. The plants will stop growing if the shoot tip is cut off because
A. shoot tip produces growth hormones
B. shoot tip contains meristematic cells
C. shoot tip is the growing part
D. the plant dies
Answer : A

6. Animals that feed only on dead flesh are
A. herbivorous
B. carnivorous
C. omnivorous
D. carrion-eaters
Answer : D

7. Biological control is to check growth of
A. plants
B. animals
C. weeds
D. one pest by another
Answer : D

8. Which one of the following animals stores water in the intestine?
A. Moloch
B. Camel
C. Zebra
D. Uromastix
Answer : B

9. Deciduous forests are those with trees
A. that are evergreen
B. that shed leaves periodically
C. that have needle like leaves
D. that have no leaves at all
Answer : B

10. Vaccine for influenza has been discovered by
A. Khorana
B. John
C. Mittel
D. Salk
Answer : D

11. Which of the following diseases is considered as completely eradicated from India, as no case of the same has been reported in last one year?
A. Polio
B. Tuberculosis
C. Cancer
D. Swine flu
Answer : A

12. The following disease is prevented by triple-antigen immunization
A. Diphtheria
B. Tuberculosis
C. Smallpox
D. Mumps
Answer : A

13. Tse-Tse fly is the vector for
A. malarial parasite
B. try peorosoma
C. piroplasm
D. microfilaria
Answer : B

14. Bacteria utilising radiant energy to prepare food are
A. chemosynthetic bacteria
B. heterotrophic bacteria
C. photosynthetic bacteria
D. free living bacteria
Answer : C

15. Saffron is the dried ________ of the saffron plant.
A. fruit
B. aril
C. stigmas and tops of styles
D. tender leaves and sprouts
Answer : C

16. Niche' refers to
A. place of living
B. type of food
C. place of living and type of food
D. food and movement
Answer : C

17. Haemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of
A. frog
B. fish
C. man
D. earthworm
Answer : D

18. In a gamete there will be
A. one pair of sex chromosomes
B. only one sex chromosome
C. no sex chromosome
D. only autosomes
Answer : B

19. Scurvy is a disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin.
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer : C

20. The thrombocytes are associated with
A. blood coagulation
B. transport of respiratory gases
C. removal of nitrogenous wastes
D. All the above
Answer : A

21. Measles is caused by
A. bacteria
B. fungus
C. virus
D. protozoan
Answer : C

22. The hormone that is responsible for secondary sexual character in the male is
A. oestrogen
B. progesterone
C. testosterone
D. prolactin
Answer : C

23. The part of the brain which is responsible for intelligence is
A. cerebrum
B. opthalmic
C. cochlea
D. semicircular canals
Answer : A

24. Which one of the following is not an essential micronutrient for plants?
A. Boron
B. Zinc
C. Sodium
D. Copper
Answer : C

25. Translocation of food takes place in plants through
A. xylem
B. phloem
C. cambium
D. cortex
Answer : B

26. Pulse rate is measured in the wrist by observing the jerks of blood In the
A. veins
B. capillaries
C. arteries
D. nerves
Answer : C

27. The artificial kidney operates on the principle of
A. dialysis
B. diffusion
C. osmosis
D. active transport
Answer : A

28. Heart is made up of
A. nonstriated muscle
B. cardiac muscle
C. connective tissue
D. nervous tissue
Answer : B

29. The artificial kidney is a
A. machine
B. transplant
C. another's kidney
D. other kidney form same body
Answer : A

30. The blood clotting requires the vitamin
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. K
Answer : D

31. Which of the following is a disease of brain?
A. SARS
B. AlDS
C. Diabetes
D. Alzheimer's
Answer : D

32. The thrombocytes are associated with
A. blood coagulation
B. transport of respiratory gases
C. removal of nitrogenous wastes
D. all the above
Answer : A

33. An organism eating its own species is called
A. carnivore
B. detritivore
C. cannibal
D. herbivore
Answer : C

34. Who is called the father of modem antiseptic surgery?
A. Edward Jenner
B. Joseph Lister
C. Louis Pasteur
D. William Harvey
Answer : B

35. Which among the following is a Cast growing tree?
A. Teak
B. Eucalyptus
C. Banyan
D. Coconut
Answer : B

36. The function of connective tissue is
A. to hold the other tissues together
B. to facilitate diffusion
C. to help transportation of dissolved material from capillaries to epithelial cells
D. protection
Answer : A

37. Scrub jungle Is characterised by
A. heavy rainfall
B. no rainfall
C. poor rainfall
D. none of the above
Answer : C

38. Whale reproduces by
A. ovipary
B. vivipary
C. ovovivipary
D. fission
Answer : B

39. Somato Tropic Hormone is concerned with
A. Body growth
B. Metamorphosis
C. Digestion
D. Reproduction
Answer : A

40. It is possible to produce seedless tomato fruits by
A. applying trace elements in tomato fields
B. spraying mineral solution on plants
C. spraying harmones on flowers
D. applying fertilizers containing radioactive elements
Answer : C

41. Milk fever in cows occurs due to lack of
A. Phosphates
B. Calcium
C. Iron
D. Iodine
Answer : A

42. The mouth of a river opening into the sea is termed as
A. shore line
B. littoral zone
C. continental shelf
D. estuary
Answer : D

43. Plants growing in sunlight are called
A. sciophytes
B. hydrophytes
C. xerophytes
D. heliophytes
Answer : D

44. The small pox vaccine was discovered by
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward Jenner
C. John
D. Harvey
Answer : B

45. Development without fertilization is called
A. parthenogenesis
B. asexual reproduction
C. sporulation
D. budding
Answer : A

46. The tallest tree in the world Sequoia™ is found in
A. UK
B. USA
C. former USSR
D. China
Answer : B

47. The workers in the honey bee colony are
A. males
B. females
C. sterile females
D. intersex
Answer : C

48. Rh+ blood is due to genes which are
A. dominant
B. recessive
C. codominant
D. neutral
Answer : A

49. Mouth and foot diseases in cattle are caused by
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungi
D. Pennicilium
Answer : B

50. Which of the following is a good and rich source of vitamin 'C'?
A. Milk
B. Radish
C. Mango
D. Lemon Juice
Answer : D