General Biology Set 2 MCQ Solved Paper for SSC MTS

1. Clotting of blood is
A. a chain reaction
B. reversible reaction
C. reflex action
D. no reaction
Answer : A

2. India's first transgenic crop was
A. Potato
B. Brinjal
C. Sugarcane
D. Bt cotton
Answer : D

3. The study of heart is called
A. haematology
B. cardiology
C. pathology
D. nephrology
Answer : B

4. Antisnake venom is prepared by
A. Pasteur institute
B. Hoffkine's institute
C. Birla's institute
D. Indian Science Institute
Answer : B

5. 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

6. Vivipary is defined as germination
A. during storage
B. within the fruit
C. with cotyledons coming out of soil
D. with cotyledons remaining inside the soil
Answer : B

7. Which among the following is not a degenerative disease?
A. Diabetes
B. Stroke
C. Myocardial infraction
D. Rabies
Answer : D

8. The disease in which blood clotting does not take place is known as
A. xerophthalmia
B. haemopoiesis
C. haemophilia
D. haemoerythrin
Answer : C

9. Accepted theory for the origin of life is
A. Cosmozoic theory
B. Biogenesis
C. Abiogenesis
D. Oparin's theory
Answer : D

10. The counting of RBCs is done with
A. haemocytometer
B. haemoglobinometer
C. clinostat
D. thermometer
Answer : A

11. When one gene controls two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called
A. Apomixis
B. Pleiotropy
C. Polyploidy
D. Polyteny
Answer : B

12. The oldest era is
A. Palaeozoic
B. Mesozoic
C. Cenozoic
D. Proterozoic
Answer : D

13. Fat present below the skin surface in our body acts as a barrier against
A. loss of heat from the body
B. loss of essential body fluids
C. loss of salts from the body
D. entry of harmful micro-organisms from the environment
Answer : A

14. Kwashiorkar is characterised by
A. dermatitis, changes in hair pigments and retarded brain growth
B. excretion of creatine in excess
C. tyrosinosis and alcaptonuria
D. None of these
Answer : A

15. Infection of salivary glands by a virus leads to
A. tetanus
B. mumps
C. pyorrhoea
D. ulcers
Answer : B

16. Maintenance of pregnancy is under the control of
A. follicular stimulating hormone
B. growth hormone
C. estrogen
D. progesterone
Answer : D

17. Jaundice is caused by a/an
A. virus
B. bacteria
C. fungus
D. animal
Answer : A

18. Waldeyer gave the name
A. microsome
B. chromosome
C. ribosome
D. lysosome
Answer : B

19. Origin of species was published by
A. Lamarck
B. Weismann
C. de Vries
D. Charles Darwin
Answer : D

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

21. Hormones are carried from their place of production by
A. Ducts
B. Blood
C. Lymph
D. Mucus
Answer : B

22. Sterilization, as the means for the prevention of sepsis in surgery, was practised and advocated by
A. Louis Pasteur
B. Edward .Jenner
C. Joseph Lister
D. Martinus Willem Beijerinck
Answer : C

23. Nucleus was first discovered by
A. Porter
B. Robert Brown
C. Palade
D. None of these
Answer : B

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

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

26. In one minute normally the heart beats
A. 60 times
B. 80 times
C. 100 times
D. 72 times
Answer : D

27. What is an antigen?
A. toxic substance
B. a kind of protein
C. blood platelets
D. blood corpuscles
Answer : B

28. Measles and influenza are caused by
A. virus
B. bacteria
C. insects
D. nematodes
Answer : A

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

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

31. The part of the eye behind the lens is filled with
A. aqueous humor
B. vitreous humor
C. lymph
D. blood
Answer : B

32. A child goes on vomiting profusely and develops symptoms of diarrhoea. Chances are that in the child's blood serum there is a drop In
A. calcium
B. iron
C. sodium
D. phosphorus
Answer : C

33. Hydrotropism means the growth of roots
A. away from water
B. towards water
C. into water
D. out of water
Answer : B

34. The universal recipient belongs to blood group
A. A
B. B
C. AB
D. O
Answer : C

35. Chromosome theory of inheritance was propounded by
A. Sutton and Boveri
B. Mendel
C. Muller
D. Beadle and Tatum
Answer : A

36. Colour vision is made possible by the cells in the retina called
A. rods
B. cones
C. fovea
D. blind spot
Answer : B

37. One of the following is often called the master gland. Which one is it?
A. Thymus
B. Islets of Langerhans
C. Pituitary
D. Thyroid
Answer : C

38. Rate of mutation can be increased in plants by
A. More manure
B. More pesticides
C. X-ray
D. More light
Answer : C

39. Blood is a kind of
A. epithelial tissue
B. connective tissue
C. nervous tissue
D. cartilage
Answer : B

40. Oxygen transport is a function of
A. White Blood Corpuscles
B. Red Blood-Corpuscles
C. Blood Platelets
D. Plasma
Answer : B

41. Temperature treatment which shortens the vegetative period and hastens the flowering is called
A. Phototropism
B. Photoperiodism
C. Vernalisation
D. Thermoregulation
Answer : C

42. The protein synthesis takes place in
A. Ribosomes
B. Chromosomes
C. DNA
D. None of these
Answer : A

43. The enzyme that is necessary to bring about clotting of blood is
A. peptidase
B. amylase
C. lipase
D. thrombokinase
Answer : D

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

45. The human heart is
A. Neurogenic heart
B. Myogenic heart
C. Pulsating heart
D. Ampullary heart
Answer : B

46. The hormone that contains iodine is
A. Prolactin
B. Vasopressin
C. Thyroxine
D. Adrenalin
Answer : C

47. What do you mean by lentic biota?
A. Plants and animals in lakes and ponds
B. Plants and animals in forest
C. Plants and animals in sea water
D. Desert plants and animals
Answer : A

48. Which of the following contains the highest protein content per gram?
A. Groundnut
B. Soyabean
C. Apple
D. Wheat
Answer : B

49. Organisms that live in the deep sea are mainly
A. Herbivores
B. Carnivores
C. Detritivores
D. None of the above
Answer : C

50. The first sign of life made its appearance on the earth about
A. 1 million years ago
B. 500 million years ago
C. 1 billion or 1000 million years ago
D. 3 billion years ago
Answer : D