Life Processes - I (Class X)

Covers essential life processes in organisms: nutrition, respiration, circulation, and excretion

13 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which blood vessel gives rise to a bunch of capillaries called glomerulus?

  1. Renal vein
  2. Renal artery
  3. Pulmonary artery
  4. Pulmonary vein
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are called breathing roots?

  1. Pneumatophores
  2. Rhizoids
  3. Stomata
  4. Lenticels
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the function of magnesium and iron in plants?

  1. Energy transfer
  2. Stomatal opening
  3. Synthesis of chlorophyll
  4. Translocation of carbohydrates
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mitral (or bicuspid) valve in mammals guards the opening between

  1. stomach and intestine
  2. pulmonary vein and left auricle
  3. right atrium and right ventricle
  4. left atrium and left ventricle
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Trypsinogen is secreted by

  1. duodenum
  2. liver
  3. pancreas
  4. stomach
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_______ form(s) the floor of the chest cavity in humans.

  1. Lungs
  2. Tracheae
  3. Bronchi
  4. Diaphragm
  5. Larynx
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where does the whole process of anaerobic respiration take place?

  1. Mitochondria
  2. Ribosomes
  3. Cytoplasm
  4. Nucleus
  5. Endoplasmic reticulum
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organic substances are present in urine?

a. Creatinine
b. Sodium chloride
c. Ammonia
d. Uric acid

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only a and c
  3. Only b and c
  4. Only a and d
  5. Only c and d
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Superior vena cava carries blood from _________________.

  1. upper parts of the body to the heart
  2. lower parts of the body to the heart
  3. the heart to lateral parts of the body
  4. lateral parts of the body to the heart
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In amoeba, nitrogenous waste like ammonia and excess water is removed by

  1. nephridia
  2. contractile vacuole
  3. nephron
  4. cell membrane
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why does heavy exercise cause muscle cramps?

  1. Due to the formation of ethanol
  2. Due to the formation of lactic acid
  3. Due to the evolution of CO2
  4. Due to the absence of oxygen
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
a. Left ventricle 1. a heart chamber responsible for pumping deoxygenated blood to the lungs
b. Right ventricle 2. a heart chamber responsible for collecting deoxygenated blood from the bloodstream
c. Left auricle 3. a heart chamber responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body
d. Right auricle 4. a heart chamber responsible for collecting oxygenated blood as it leaves the lungs
  1. a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
  2. a - 1, b - 3, c - 4, d - 2
  3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2, d - 4
  4. a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
  5. a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the lymphatic vessels arising in the intestinal villi called?

  1. Cisterna chyli
  2. Lacteals
  3. Lymphatics
  4. Lymph nodes