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Q. Trachea do not collapse when there is not much air because they are
  • (A) thick and muscular
  • (B) having cartilaginous rings
  • (C) have valves
  • (D) supported by larynx.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) having cartilaginous rings
Q. The site of photosynthesis in the cells of a leaf is
  • (A) chloroplast
  • (B) mitochondria
  • (C) cytoplasm
  • (D) protoplasm
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) chloroplast
Q. Which of the following help in protecting the inner lining of the stomach from the harmful effect of hydrochloric acid?
  • (A) Mucus
  • (B) Pepsin
  • (C) Trypsin
  • (D) Bile
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Mucus
Q. Sometimes we get painful cramps in our leg muscles after running for a long time due to the accumulation of:
  • (A) Hydrochloric acid
  • (B) Fat
  • (C) Carbon dioxide
  • (D) Lactic acid
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Lactic acid
Q. Which of the following are energy foods?
  • (A) Carbohydrates and fats
  • (B) Proteins and mineral salts
  • (C) Vitamins and minerals
  • (D) Water and roughage
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Carbohydrates and fats
Q. In which mode of nutrition an organism de-rives its food from the body of another living organism without killing it?
  • (A) Saprotrophic nutrition
  • (B) Parasitic nutrition
  • (C) Holozoic nutrition
  • (D) Autotrophic nutrition
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Parasitic nutrition
Q. The mode of nutrition found in fungi is
  • (A) Parasitic nutrition
  • (B) Holozoic nutrition
  • (C) Autotrophic nutrition
  • (D) Saprotrophic nutrition
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Saprotrophic nutrition
Q. Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of:
  • (A) diffusion
  • (B) transpiration
  • (C) osmosis
  • (D) None of these
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) osmosis
Q. In amoeba, food is digested in the
  • (A) food vacuole
  • (B) mitochondria
  • (C) pseudopodia
  • (D) chloroplast
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) food vacuole
Q. Which of the following events in the mouth cavity will be affected if salivary amylase is lacking in the saliva?
  • (A) Starch breaking down into sugars.
  • (B) Proteins breaking down into amino acids.
  • (C) Absorption of vitamins.
  • (D) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and glycerol.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Starch breaking down into sugars.
Q. Which region of the alimentary canal absorbs the digested food?
  • (A) Stomach
  • (B) Small intestine
  • (C) Large intestine
  • (D) Liver
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Small intestine
Q. The contraction and expansion movement of the walls of the food pipe is called:
  • (A) translocation
  • (B) transpiration
  • (C) peristaltic movement
  • (D) digestion
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) peristaltic movement
Q. When a few drops of iodine solution are added to rice water, the solution turns blue- black in colour. This indicates that rice water contains
  • (A) fats
  • (B) complex proteins
  • (C) starch
  • (D) simple proteins
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) starch
Q. The exit of unabsorbed food material is regu-lated by
  • (A) liver
  • (B) anus
  • (C) small intestine
  • (D) anal sphincter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) anal sphincter
Q. During contraction of heart, what prevents backflow of blood?
  • (A) Thin walls of atria
  • (B) Thick muscular walls of ventricles
  • (C) Valves in heart
  • (D) All of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Valves in heart
Q. When air is blown from mouth into a test-tube containing lime water, the lime water turned milky due to the presence of
  • (A) oxygen
  • (B) carbon dioxide
  • (C) nitrogen
  • (D) water vapour
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) carbon dioxide
Q. What prevents backflow of blood inside the heart during contraction?
  • (A) Valves in heart
  • (B) Thick muscular walls of ventricles
  • (C) Thin walls of atria
  • (D) All of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Valves in heart
Q. In which of the following vertebrate group/groups, heart does not pump oxygenated blood to different parts of the body?
  • (A) Pisces and amphibians
  • (B) Amphibians and reptiles
  • (C) Amphibians only
  • (D) Pisces only
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Pisces only
Q. Which of the following equations is the summary of photosynthesis?
  • (A) 6CO2 + 12H2O β†’ C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
  • (B) 6CO2 + H2O + Sunlight β†’ C6H12O6 + O2 + 6H2O
  • (C) 6CO2 + 12H2O + Chlorophyll + Sunlight β†’ C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
  • (D) 6CO2 + 12H2O + Chlorophyll + Sunlight β†’ C6H12O6 + 6CO2 + 6H2O
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) 6CO2 + 12H2O + Chlorophyll + Sunlight β†’ C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
Q. Which is the first enzyme to mix with food i the digestive tract?
  • (A) Pepsin
  • (B) Cellulose
  • (C) Amylase
  • (D) Trypsin
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Amylase
Q. Lack of oxygen in muscles often leads to cramps among cricketers. This results due to
  • (A) conversion of pyruvate to ethanol
  • (B) conversion of pyruvate to glucose
  • (C) non conversion of glucose to pyruvate
  • (D) conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid
Q. Name the substances whose build up in the muscles during vigorous physical exercise may cause cramps?
  • (A) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
  • (B) Lactic acid + Energy
  • (C) Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
  • (D) Pyruvate
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Lactic acid + Energy
Q. The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon di-oxide, water and energy takes place in
  • (A) cytoplasm
  • (B) mitochondria
  • (C) chloroplast
  • (D) nucleus
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) mitochondria
Q. The filtration units of kidneys are called
  • (A) Ureter
  • (B) Urethra
  • (C) Neurons
  • (D) nephrons
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) nephrons
Q. Glycolysis process occurs in which part of the cell?
  • (A) Cytoplasm
  • (B) Nucleus
  • (C) Mitochondria
  • (D) Chloroplast
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Cytoplasm
Q. In which of the following group/ groups of animals, heart does not pump oxygenated blood to different parts of the body?
  • (A) Pisces only
  • (B) Amphibians only
  • (C) Amphibians and reptiles only
  • (D) Pisces and amphibians
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Pisces only
Q. What are the products obtained by anaerobic respiration in plants?
  • (A) Lactic acid + Energy
  • (B) Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
  • (C) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
  • (D) Pyruvate
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
Q. Name the pores in a leaf through which respi-ratory exchange of gases takes place.
  • (A) Lenticels
  • (B) Vacuoles
  • (C) Xylem
  • (D) Stomata
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Stomata
Q. The respiratory pigment in human beings is
  • (A) carotene
  • (B) chlorophyll
  • (C) haemoglobin
  • (D) mitochondria
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) haemoglobin
Q. Which plant tissue transports water and min-erals from the roots to the leaf?
  • (A) Xylem
  • (B) Phloem
  • (C) Parenchyma
  • (D) Collenchyma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Xylem
Q. The movement of food in phloem is called:
  • (A) transpiration
  • (B) translocation
  • (C) respiration
  • (D) evaporation
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) translocation
Q. A blood vessel which pumps the blood from the heart to the entire body:
  • (A) artery
  • (B) capillary
  • (C) Vein
  • (D) Haemoglobin
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) artery
Q. Name a circulatory fluid in the human body other than blood.
  • (A) Platelets
  • (B) RBC
  • (C) Lymph
  • (D) Plasma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Lymph
Q. Single circulation, i.e., blood flows through the heart only once during one cycle of passage through the body, is exhibited by which of the following:
  • (A) hyla, rana, draco
  • (B) whale, dolphin, turtle
  • (C) labeo, chameleon, salamander
  • (D) hippocampus, exocoetus, anabas
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) hippocampus, exocoetus, anabas
Q. Name the tube which connects the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
  • (A) Urethra
  • (B) Nephron
  • (C) Tubule
  • (D) Ureter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Ureter
Q. Which part of nephron allows the selective reabsorption of useful substances like glucose, amino acids, salts and water into the blood capillaries?
  • (A) Tubule
  • (B) Glomerulus
  • (C) Bowman’s capsule
  • (D) Ureter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Tubule
Q. Where is the dirty blood in our body filtered?
  • (A) Heart
  • (B) Lungs
  • (C) Ureter
  • (D) Kidneys
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Kidneys
Q. The procedure used for cleaning the blood of a person by separating urea from it is called:
  • (A) osmosis
  • (B) filtration
  • (C) dialysis
  • (D) double circulation
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) dialysis
Q. Which is the correct sequence of body parts in the human alimentary canal?
  • (A) Mouth β†’ stomach β†’ small intestine β†’ large intestine β†’ oesophagus
  • (B) Mouth β†’ oesophagus β†’ stomach β†’ small intestine β†’ large intestine
  • (C) Mouth β†’ stomach β†’ oesophagus β†’ smallintestine β†’ large intestine
  • (D) Mouth β†’ oesophagus β†’ stomach β†’ large intestine β†’ small intestine
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Mouth β†’ oesophagus β†’ stomach β†’ small intestine β†’ large intestine
Q. Identify the correct path of urine in the human body.
  • (A) Kidney β†’ urinary bladder β†’ urethra β†’ ureter
  • (B) Urinary bladder β†’ ureter β†’ kidney β†’ urethra
  • (C) Kidney β†’ ureter β†’ urethra β†’ urinary bladder
  • (D) Kidney β†’ ureter β†’ urinary bladder β†’ urethra
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Kidney β†’ ureter β†’ urinary bladder β†’ urethra
Q. Autotrophic organisms include
  • (A) bacteria and virus
  • (B) bacteria and fungi
  • (C) green plants and some bacteria
  • (D) green plants and all bacteria
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) green plants and some bacteria
Q. A gland not associated with the alimentary canal is
  • (A) liver
  • (B) salivary glands
  • (C) pancreas
  • (D) adrenal
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) adrenal
Q. Which of the following are chiefly digested in the stomach?
  • (A) Carbohydrates
  • (B) Proteins
  • (C) Lipids
  • (D) Fats
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Proteins
Q. Large intestine in man mainly carries out
  • (A) absorption
  • (B) assimilation
  • (C) digestion of fats
  • (D) digestion of carbohydrates
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) absorption
Q. The part of the digestive system where no digestion takes place is
  • (A) ileum
  • (B) stomach
  • (C) mouth
  • (D) oesophagus
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) oesophagus
Q. Name the part of alimentary canal receiving bile from the liver.
  • (A) Oesophagus
  • (B) Stomach
  • (C) Small intestine
  • (D) Large intestine
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Small intestine
Q. he fermentation of glucose by yeast normally yields
  • (A) alcohol, CO2 and 36 ATP
  • (B) CO2, H20 and 36 ATP
  • (C) alcohol, CO2 and 2ATP
  • (D) lactic acid, CO7 and 2 ATP
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) lactic acid, CO7 and 2 ATP
Q. A large quantity of one of the following is removed from our body by lungs:
  • (A) CO2 and H20
  • (B) CO2 only
  • (C) FLO only
  • (D) ammonia
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) CO2 and H20
Q. In respiration, air passes through
  • (A) Pharynx β†’ nasal cavity β†’ larynx β†’ trachea bronchi β†’ bronchioles
  • (B) Nasal cavity β†’ pharynx β†’ larynx β†’ trachea β†’ bronchi β†’ bronchioles
  • (C) Larynx β†’ nasal cavity’ β†’ pharynx β†’ trachea
  • (D) Larynx β†’ pharynx trachea β†’ lungs
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Nasal cavity β†’ pharynx β†’ larynx β†’ trachea β†’ bronchi β†’ bronchioles
Q. A biochemical compound that readily combines with oxygen and distributes it throughout the human body is
  • (A) water
  • (B) urea
  • (C) haemoglobin
  • (D) acetylcholine
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) haemoglobin
Q. The process in which loss of water takes place in the form of water vapour through stomata is called
  • (A) transportation
  • (B) transpiration
  • (C) guttation
  • (D) translocation
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) transpiration
Q. In a closed circulatory system, blood is completely enclosed within
  • (A) vessels
  • (B) heart
  • (C) skeleton
  • (D) sinuses
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) heart
Q. Normal blood pressure (systolic/diastolic) is
  • (A) 120/80 mm of Hg
  • (B) 160/80 mm of Hg
  • (C) 120/60 mm of Hg
  • (D) 180/80 mm of Hg
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) 120/80 mm of Hg
Q. Blood pressure is measured by an instrument called
  • (A) barometer
  • (B) sphygmomanometer
  • (C) photometer
  • (D) manometer
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) sphygmomanometer
Q. Which of the following statements is not correct?
  • (A) Deoxygenated blood is poured into right atrium of heart.
  • (B) The excretory units of flatworms are flame cells.
  • (C) Human kidney has about 1 million nephridia
  • (D) Tracheids and vessels are non-living conducting tissues.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Human kidney has about 1 million nephridia
Q. Which part of alimentary canal receives bile from the liver?
  • (A) Stomach
  • (B) Small intestine
  • (C) Large intestine
  • (D) Oesophagus
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Small intestine
Q. When air is blown from mouth into a test-tube containing lime water, the lime water turns milky due to the presence of
  • (A) oxygen
  • (B) carbon dioxide
  • (C) nitrogen
  • (D) water vapour
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) carbon dioxide
Q. Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from
  • (A) water
  • (B) chlorophyll
  • (C) carbon dioxide
  • (D) glucose
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) water
Q. The opening and closing of the stomatal pore depends upon
  • (A) oxygen
  • (B) temperature
  • (C) water in guard cells
  • (D) concentration of CO2 in stomata
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) water in guard cells

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  1. Trachea do not collapse when there is not much air because they are
  2. The site of photosynthesis in the cells of a leaf is
  3. Which of the following help in protecting the inner lining of the stomach from the harmful effect of
  4. Sometimes we get painful cramps in our leg muscles after running for a long time due to the accumula
  5. Which of the following are energy foods?
  6. In which mode of nutrition an organism de-rives its food from the body of another living organism wi
  7. The mode of nutrition found in fungi is
  8. Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of:
  9. In amoeba, food is digested in the
  10. Which of the following events in the mouth cavity will be affected if salivary amylase is lacking in
  11. Which region of the alimentary canal absorbs the digested food?
  12. The contraction and expansion movement of the walls of the food pipe is called:
  13. When a few drops of iodine solution are added to rice water, the solution turns blue- black in colou
  14. The exit of unabsorbed food material is regu-lated by
  15. During contraction of heart, what prevents backflow of blood?
  16. When air is blown from mouth into a test-tube containing lime water, the lime water turned milky due
  17. What prevents backflow of blood inside the heart during contraction?
  18. In which of the following vertebrate group/groups, heart does not pump oxygenated blood to different
  19. Which of the following equations is the summary of photosynthesis?
  20. Which is the first enzyme to mix with food i the digestive tract?
  21. Lack of oxygen in muscles often leads to cramps among cricketers. This results due to
  22. Name the substances whose build up in the muscles during vigorous physical exercise may cause cramps
  23. The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon di-oxide, water and energy takes place in
  24. The filtration units of kidneys are called
  25. Glycolysis process occurs in which part of the cell?
  26. In which of the following group/ groups of animals, heart does not pump oxygenated blood to differen
  27. What are the products obtained by anaerobic respiration in plants?
  28. Name the pores in a leaf through which respi-ratory exchange of gases takes place.
  29. The respiratory pigment in human beings is
  30. Which plant tissue transports water and min-erals from the roots to the leaf?
  31. The movement of food in phloem is called:
  32. A blood vessel which pumps the blood from the heart to the entire body:
  33. Name a circulatory fluid in the human body other than blood.
  34. Single circulation, i.e., blood flows through the heart only once during one cycle of passage throug
  35. Name the tube which connects the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
  36. Which part of nephron allows the selective reabsorption of useful substances like glucose, amino aci
  37. Where is the dirty blood in our body filtered?
  38. The procedure used for cleaning the blood of a person by separating urea from it is called:
  39. Which is the correct sequence of body parts in the human alimentary canal?
  40. Identify the correct path of urine in the human body.
  41. Autotrophic organisms include
  42. A gland not associated with the alimentary canal is
  43. Which of the following are chiefly digested in the stomach?
  44. Large intestine in man mainly carries out
  45. The part of the digestive system where no digestion takes place is
  46. Name the part of alimentary canal receiving bile from the liver.
  47. he fermentation of glucose by yeast normally yields
  48. A large quantity of one of the following is removed from our body by lungs:
  49. In respiration, air passes through
  50. A biochemical compound that readily combines with oxygen and distributes it throughout the human bod
  51. The process in which loss of water takes place in the form of water vapour through stomata is called
  52. In a closed circulatory system, blood is completely enclosed within
  53. Normal blood pressure (systolic/diastolic) is
  54. Blood pressure is measured by an instrument called
  55. Which of the following statements is not correct?
  56. Which part of alimentary canal receives bile from the liver?
  57. When air is blown from mouth into a test-tube containing lime water, the lime water turns milky due
  58. Oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from
  59. The opening and closing of the stomatal pore depends upon