Biology Mixed Test - 1 (Medical Entrance)

Biology Mixed Test - 1

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs of scientist and discovery is incorrectly matched?

  1. Meischer - Nucleotides
  2. Holler et al - Structure of tRNA
  3. Nageli and Cramer - Cell membrane
  4. Robert Brown - Nucleus
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of enzymes catalyses the reaction inolving the binding of two compounds with breaking up of pyrophosphates?

  1. Ligase
  2. Lyase
  3. Transferase
  4. Hydrolase
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The role of the nucleus in regulating the phenotype of plant was discovered in

  1. maize
  2. Neurospora
  3. Acetabularia
  4. pea
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hypersecretion of thyroid hormones in human beings results in

  1. cretinism
  2. myxoedema
  3. simple goitre
  4. exophthalmic goitre
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a helminthic disease?

  1. Filariasis
  2. Ascariasis
  3. Enterobiasis
  4. Ring worm
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of substrate brings about the removal of a functional group from a substrate?

  1. Ligases
  2. Lyases
  3. Transferases
  4. Isomerases
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the enzyme extract is subjected to magnetic field, it splits to two fractions each catalyzing the same reaction. These fractions are called

  1. isozymes
  2. allosteric enzymes
  3. multiple enzymes
  4. co-enzymes
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an enzyme filled organelle?

  1. Lysosome
  2. Ribosomes
  3. Mesosomes
  4. Oxysomes
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the smallest known cell?

  1. Mycoplasma
  2. Virus
  3. Yeast
  4. Bacteriophages
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of leucoplast stores starch?

  1. Amyloplast
  2. Elaioplast
  3. Aleuroplast
  4. Chromoplast
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organelles acts as the site of translation?

  1. Mitochondria
  2. Ribosomes
  3. Peroxisomes
  4. Endoplasmic reticulums
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organelles acts as the site of transcription?

  1. Mitochondria
  2. Ribosome
  3. Peroxisome
  4. Nucleus
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organelles is concerned with the fatty acid metabolism?

  1. Mesosomes
  2. Glyoxysomes
  3. Peroxisomes
  4. Spherosomes
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the main funtion of nucleus of a living cell?

  1. Synthesis of proteins
  2. Photosynthesis
  3. Respiration
  4. Control of cell activities
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following groups has glycogen as its reserve food material?

  1. Algae
  2. Fungi
  3. Gymnosperms
  4. Bryophyta
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What happens to the enzyme if it is heated to the boiling temperature?

  1. It gets activated.
  2. It gets inactivated.
  3. It gets denatured.
  4. It remains unaffected.
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following techniques is used for tracing metabolic processes using isotopes?

  1. Autoradiography
  2. Chromatography
  3. Ultra-centrifugation
  4. Electrophoresis
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A diagnosis test called Widal test is used to diagnose

  1. AIDS
  2. leukemia
  3. tuberculosis
  4. typhoid
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organelles plays an important role in cytokinesis in plant cells?

  1. Lysosomes
  2. Chloroplast
  3. Endoplasmic reticulum
  4. Golgi complex
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following materials is abundantly found in the middle lamella of the plant cell?

  1. Lignin
  2. Cellulose
  3. Pectin
  4. Suberin
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following structures in a plant cell is/are enucleated?

  1. Xylem parenchyma
  2. Comapanion cells
  3. Seive tube elements
  4. Phloem parenchyma
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fret channels are present in which of the following organelles?

  1. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
  2. Mitochondria
  3. Golgi bodies
  4. Chloroplasts
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of ribosomes is present in the mitochondria and plastids?

  1. 80s type
  2. 70s type
  3. 50s type
  4. 40s type
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the photosynthetic unit of chloroplast called?

  1. Quantosomes
  2. Oxysomes
  3. Mesosomes
  4. Spherosomes
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where is anthocyanin present in the cell?

  1. Chloroplast
  2. Chromoplast
  3. Leucoplast
  4. Vacuole