Multiple Choice Questions

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What external changes are visible after the last moult of a cockroach nymph?

  • Mandibles become harder

  • Anal cerci develop

  • Both fore wings and hind wings develop

  • Labium develops


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Both fore wings and hind wings develop

In cockroach, development is paurometabolous. The nymph grows by moulting about 13 times to reach the adult form. The next to last nymphal stage has wing pads but only adult cockroaches have wings. Anal cerci are a pair of jointed filamentous structures in 10th segment of both sexes. Labium is a lover lip and a pair of mandibles are present in mouthparts of cockroach.


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The crystal of lead zirconate is a key component of

  • sonography

  • electrocardiography

  • electroencephalography

  • magnetoencephalography


Assertion : Leaf butterfly and stick insect show mimicry to dodge their enemies.

Reason : Mimicry is a method to acquire body colour blending with the surroundings.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements


Lucocytes (WBCs) are considered as true cells because

  • they possess nucleus

  • they do not contain haemoglobin

  • they show great power of movement

  • they are responsible forphagocytic activity


The function of microvilli is :

  • cellular movement

  • specialized uptake of macro molecules

  • increase in surface area for absorption

  • extensive movement of substances over cell surface


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Adipocytes are mainly found in

  • bones

  • cartilages

  • connective tissue

  • nerves


The outer covering of cartilage is called

  • peritonium

  • periosteum

  • endosteum

  • perichondrium


Skin is an accessory organ of respiration in

  • human

  • frog

  • rabbit

  • lizard


Inner surface of the bronchi, bronchioles and fallopian tubes are lined by

  • cubical epithelium

  • columnar epithelium

  • squamous epithelium

  • ciliated epithelium


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Which of the following tissues provide maximum mechanical support to plant organs?

  • Sclerenchyma

  • Collenchyma

  • Parenchyma

  • Aerenchyma


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