Multiple Choice Questions

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Which part of the world has a high density of organism?

  • Deciduous forests

  • Grasslands

  • Tropical rain forests

  • Savannahs


C.

Tropical rain forests

Tropical rain forests are mainly found in central America, along Amazon and Orinoco rivers, South America, Congo river basin of Africa, Malagasy Republic and South east Asia including India. Diversity of life is so high that a hectare of the forest may have as many as 200 species of trees, 70% - 80% of all insects and 80- 85% of all birds are known from tropical forests. Productivity of this biome is also very high and life is abundant. It has different varieties and number of plants and animals.


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Assertion : Antigen can be easily recognized because it has antigenic determinants.

Reason : The recognition ability is innate.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


Assertion : Pollution is always caused by human activities.

Reason : Pollution is not different from contamination.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


Assertion : Haemophilia is a recessive sex linked disease.

Reason : Haemophilia occurs due to mutation of a structural gene on chromosome 15.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


Assertion : The earliest fossil form in the phylogeny of horse is eohippus.

Reason : Eohippus lived during the early pliocene epoch.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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Assertion : Vegetable oils are fats which are present in plant cells in soluble form.

Reason : Vegetable oils occur only in cells of embryo.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


Assertion : Chlorofluorocarbons are responsible for ozone depletion.

Reason : Ozone level decreases by as much as 67% every year.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


Pure line breed refers to

  • heterozygosity only

  • heterozygosity and linkage

  • homozygosity only

  • homozygosity and self assortment


Gene which suppresses other gene's activity but does not lie on the same locus is called as

  • epistatic

  • supplementary

  • hypostatic

  • codominant


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If a homozygous red-flowered plant is crossed with a homozygous white-flowered plant, the offsprings will be

  • half- white flowered

  • half- red flowered

  • all white flowered

  • all red flowered