Multiple Choice Questions

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Salamandra atra is

  • ovoviviparous

  • oviparous

  • sexuaily sterile

  • parthenogenetic


A.

ovoviviparous

The Salamandra atra is ovoviviparous. The male discharge sperms in a capsule known as spermatophore. It is picked up by a female to fertilize her eggs internally. The female give birth to larvae and develops completely in water.


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Apis dorsata refers to

  • rock bee

  • little bee

  • Indian bee

  • European bee


Flying fish is

  • Torpedo

  • Scoliodon

  • Anguilla

  • Exocoetus


ADH controls water permeability of

  • collecting tube

  • distal convoluted tubule

  • proximal convoluted tubule

  • bowman's capsule


During the conduction of nerve impulse, the action potential is the result of movement of

  • Na+ from intracellular fluid to extracellular fluid

  • Na+ from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid

  • Na+ towards both directions

  • None of the above


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Which are the longest cells in the body of man ?

  • Muscle cells of legs

  • Bone cells

  • Nerve cells

  • None of the above


Which one is uricotelic ?

  • Frog and toads

  • Lizards and birds/cockroach

  • Cattle, monkey and man

  • Molluscs and teleost fishes


The sliding filament theory of muscle contraction was proposed by

  • A.F. Huxley and A.P. Pullman

  • A.F. Huxley and H.E. Huxley

  • B. Pullman and A.F. Huxley

  • A. Pullman and E. Pullman


Vitamin essential for proper functioning of liver and clotting of blood is

  • Vitamin- K

  • Vitamin- A

  • Vitamin- E

  • Vitamin- B12


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Which of the following is not a character of Chordata?

  • Dorsal tubular nerve cord

  • Pharyngeal gill slits

  • Presence of notochord

  • Presence of spinal cord