Indian Embassy - April 2002 Biology MCQs

# Algae found in thermal springs belongs to:
A. Rhodophyceae
B. Pheophyceae
C. Cyanophyceae
D. Chlorophyceae

# Enzyme is:
A. Protein
B. Nucleic acid
C. Fat
D. Carbohydrate



# Enzymes for various functions are found in complex form in:
A. Membrane
B. ATP solution
C. Quaternary protein
D. Chromosome

# Mitochondria are found in:
A. Animal cells
B. Plant cells
C. In all cells
D. In all eukaryotic cells

# Bacteria are example of:
A. Prokaryotic cells
B. Eukaryotic cells
C. Both
D. None

# ADP differs from ATP in having:
A. fewer phosphate groups
B. more phosphate groups
C. found in eukaryotes
D. all

# Animal cells interjunctions are:
A. Plasma membrane
B. Middle lamella
C. Desmosome
D. Plasmodesmata

# Although various types of gametes flow in water but particular gamete can fuse only with particular gamete. This is a kind of:
A. Behavioral isolation
B. Gametic isolation
C. Ecological isolation
D. Mechanical isolation

# In cell division replication of DNA occurs in:
A. Prophase
B. Interphase
C. Metaphase
D. Anaphase

# During the start of mitosis the condensed chromosome contains two:
A. Centriole
B. Kinetochore
C. Centromere
D. Chromatids

# In general independent assortment of chromosomes in a cell with n pairs of chromosomes yields how many different kinds of gametes?
A. 2^n
B. n^2
C. n
D. 1/n^2

# Self pollination is:
A. Geitonogamy
B. Xenogamy
C. Both
D. Autogamy

# Viruses which multiply without killing host:
A. Virion
B. Lytic
C. Retroactive
D. Temperate

# On unusual condition one of the following bacteria produces spore:
A. Actinomycetes
B. Mycoplasma
C. Chlamydiae
D. E. coli

# Chlamydomonas is:
A. Multicellular haploid
B. Unicellular haploid
C. Unicellular diploid
D. Multicellular diploid

# Blood group AB is an example of:
A. Dominant recessive
B. Co dominance
C. Incomplete dominance
D. Recessive

# The morphological study based on phylogenetic character and also dealing with homologous development is known as:
A. phylogeny
B. Phenetics
C. Cladistics
D. Classical taxonomy

# A fish having 3 spines on his head attacks the male of other model if it sees:
A. 3 spines on head
B. red line
C. conical shaped head
D. Cubical head

# The male chromosome of ant, bees and wasp is represented by:
A. Haploid
B. Polyploidy
C. XX
D. XO

# Two sets of muscle responsible for ear movement are:
A. analogous
B. homologous
C. vestigeal
D. Phylogenetical

# During vertebrate brain evolution, the part of which shows the greatest evolution by acquiring large size?
A. Fore brain
B. Mid brain
C. Hind brain
D. Rhombencephalon

# In DNA, cytosine has the same number as that of:
A. Adenine molecules
B. Guanine molecules
C. Pyrimidines
D. Unpredictable

# Scyphozoan medusa is more commonly known as:
A. Hydra
B. Sea anemone
C. Jelly fish
D. Corals

# AIDs virus kills or attacks:
A. B cell
B. Helper T cell
C. Lymphocyte
D. None

# Transfusion tissue is found in:
A. Pteris
B. Fern
C. Moss
D. Cycas

# Which of the following is not an autotroph?
A. Cyanobacteria
B. Fern
C. Mushroom
D. Pinus

# Nephridia brings all the waste product from:
A. Gut
B. Coelom
C. Clitellum
D. Prostomium

# The plant which perform crassulacean acid metabolism is:
A. Oak
B. Cactus
C. Fern
D. Maize

# Parathyroid gland is present near:
A. Thyroid
B. Adrenal
C. Pituitary
D. Thymus

# Bone eating cells are:
A. Osteoblasts
B. Osteoclasts
C. Macrophages
D. Osteocytes