Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is NOT a hormone?
- Calcitonin
- Melatonin
- Myosin
- Vasopressin
- Thyroxine
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
- Carcinoma refers to benign tumours of the connective tissue.
- Common cold is not cured by antibiotics because it is a viral disease.
- Alzheimer disease in humans is associated with the deficiency of acetylcholine.
- Cirrhosis of liver is caused by the chronic intake of alcohol.
- Parkinson’s disease is caused due to degeneration of dopamine releasing neurons.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Eutrophication refers to ________.
- increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels
- natural aging of a lake by biological enrichment of its water
- shift in ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions in the tropical Pacific that disrupts weather around the world
- presence of large amounts of nutrients in waters also causes excessive growth of planktonic (free-floating) algae
- process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and re-radiated in all directions
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The Interspecific interactions where one species is benefitted and the other is neither benefitted nor harmed is called ________.
- mutualism
- parasitism
- commensalism
- amensalism
- predation
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following pairs is mismatched?
- Urethra: Narrow tubes that take urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
- Nephron: Structural and functional unit of the kidney
- Bowman’s Capsule: A cup-like sac that surrounds the glomerulus at the beginning of the nephron
- Loop of Henle: A U-shaped tubular structure that extends into the medulla of a nephron
- Renal cortex: Outer portion of the kidney between the renal capsule and the renal medulla
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following terms were coined by Wilhelm Johansen?
- Gene, Allele, Genetics
- Gene, Genotype, Phenotype
- Factor, Genotyepe, Phenotype
- Allele, Genotype, Genetics
- Â Phenotype, factor, Allele
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is the mismatched pair?
- Father of Genetic Engineering – T.H. Morgan
- Father of Microbiology – Louis Pasteur
- Father of Cytology – Robert Hooke
- Father of Biochemistry – Liebig
- Father of Bacteriology – Robert Koch
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is the correct statement?
- All arteries carry oxygenated blood.
- An adult human has systolic and diastolic pressures as 80 mm Hg and 120 mm Hg respectively.
- Bundle of His is a network of muscle fibres distributed throughout the heart walls.
- Cardiac output is defined as the amount of blood pumped by both ventricles per second.
- Average cardiac output is 5.3 litre per minute.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following structures is not correctly defined?
- Larynx: the area at the top of the throat that contains the vocal cords and produces vocal sounds
- Pharynx: the region of the digestive tract between the mouth and the oesophagus that serves as a passageway for food and air
- Trachea: the tube that extends from the larynx to the bronchi and carries air to the lungs
- Epiglottis: the opening between the vocal cords in the larynx
- Pleura: the serous membrane that encloses the external surface of the lungs
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
- Atherosclerosis: Hardening of the arteries due to deposition of cholesterol
- Murmur disorder: A disorder of heart valves.
- Sickle cell anaemia: Blood has a defective haemoglobin
- Coronary heart disease: Due to insufficient blood supply to the heart muscles
- Christmas disease: Haemophilia A