Biology MCQs - Introduction to Biology

# The term biology was coined by:
A. Aristotle
B. Lamarck and Treviranus
C. Darwin
D. Linnaeus and Lamarck

# Study of human beings is:
A. Ethology
B. Anthropology
C. Tricology
D. Homology



# Study of animal with respect to their environment is termed as:
A. Ecology
B. Cytology
C. Physiology
D. Animal behavior

# Study of behavior of animals is known as:
A. Ecology
B. Sociology
C. Ethology
D. Anthropology

# Study of sponges is called:
A. Cnidology
B. Nematology
C. Nidology
D. Parazoology

# Study of molluscan shells is called:
A. Conchology
B. Neurology
C. Craniology
D. Malacology

# Ethnology is the study of:
A. Variety of human race
B. Past life of organism
C. Condition of animals
D. Joints

# Study of snake is called:
A. Ichthyology
B. Serpentology/Ophiology
C. Entomology
D. Chondrology

# The study of birds is called:
A. Ornithology
B. Saurology
C. Aves
D. Nidology

# Ichthyology is the study of:
A. Frog
B. Rabbit
C. Dog
D. Fish

# Biology is concerned with:
A. Biomass
B. Organisms
C. Organic mass
D. DNA

# The branch of biology which deals with the development of an organism is called:
A. Anatomy
B. Embryology
C. Physiology
D. Taxonomy

# Eugenics is the study of:
A. Human genetics
B. Development
C. Evolution
D. Modern genetics

# Mammalogy deals with the study of:
A. Mammary glands
B. Mammals
C. Birds
D. Reptiles

# Father of modern genetics is:
A. Mendel
B. T.H. Morgan (William Bateson)
C. Hugo de vries
D. None

# Study of fossil animal is called :
A. Paleontology
B. Psychology
C. Paleozoology
D. Cythology

# Study of ultramicroscopic structure and function of living matter is known as:
A. Biology
B. Carcinology
C. Cytology
D. Nuclear biology

# Science for genetic improvement of human race by providing good ecological and social condition is:
A. Euthenics
B. Eugenics
C. Genetics
D. Genecology

# Biologists need to have knowledge of physics and chemistry too because:
A. life is a chemical process
B. Biology is based on these
C. It is a natural science
D. All are true

# Employment of statistical methods in study of biological problems is called:
A. Anthology
B. Dendrochronology
C. Biometry
D. Ethnology

# Ink gland is present in:
A. Pila
B. Helix
C. Sepia
D. Limax

# Who proposed the theory of concept of evolution?
A. Saurez
B. Cuvier
C. Lamarck
D. Empedocles

# Study of bird migration is called:
A. Ophiology
B. Phenology
C. Saurology
D. Nidology

# Who discovered the vaccine against anthrax?
A. Morgan
B. Lamarck
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Alexander

# Which one is the largest endocrine gland?
A. Thyroid
B. Adrenal
C. Thymus
D. Pituitary

# Thomas Addison was the father of :
A. Reflex action
B. Microscope
C. Endocrinology
D. Histology

# What is the name given to the process in which human kind is improved by application of genetics?
A. Euphenics
B. Euthenics
C. Eugenics
D. Ethology

# The most widely used method for prenatal detection of genetic disorder is:
A. Family tree
B. Amniocentesis
C. Karyotyping
D. None of the above

# Five kingdom of system of classification for living organisms was proposed by:
A. Copeland
B. Oswald Tippo
C. Linnaeus
D. Whittaker

# Improvement of human race by controlled selective breeding between individual with desirable characteristics is called:
A. Inbreeding
B. Exthenics
C. Eugenics
D. None of these

# Which of the following is the smallest unit of classification?
A. Phylum
B. Variety
C. Genus
D. Species

# An interaction between two individuals where one is benefitted while other is neither benefitted nor harmed is called:
A. Predation
B. Symbiosis
C. Parasitism
D. Commensalism

# Animal cell inter junction is called:
A. Plasma membrane
B. Middle lamella
C. Desmosome
D. Plasmodesmata

# Which of the following category contains organisms least similar to each other?
A. Class
B. Genus
C. Family
D. Species

# Improvement of human race, through improvement of human environment is:
A. Eugenics
B. Euphenics
C. Euthenics
D. Anthropology

# The science of ageing is called:
A. Embryology
B. Gerontology
C. Anthropology
D. Neonatology

# Pheromones are:
A. Biopesticide
B. Bioinsecticide
C. Anti-insecticide
D. All

# The scientific study of action of the drug in the tissue is called:
A. Physiology
B. Histology
C. Pharmacology
D. Pathology

# Which of the following pairs have the same body plan and symmetry?
A. Obelia and Starfish
B. Cockroach and Frog
C. Hydra and Earthworm
D. Pigeon and Leucosolenia

# Animals which show greatest activity during twilight hours are called:
A. Crepuscular
B. Nocturnal
C. Diurnal
D. Circadian

# Species is:
A. Population of one type
B. A group of Interbreeding Population
C. A group of individuals inhabiting a geographical area
D. Population of individuals having same genotype and phenotype

# An animal with same genetic, specific and subspecific name is:
A. Gorilla
B. Man
C. Rabbbit
D. Elephant