Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is correct regarding respiration in adult frog

  • In water- Skin, gills

  • On land - Skin, buccal cavity

  • In water- Skin, buccal cavity

  • On land- Skin, lungs, gills


B.

On land - Skin, buccal cavity

In frog three types of respiration occurs to suit its amphibious mode of life. These are cutaneous, buccopharyngeal and pulmonary respiration. Cutaneous respiration occurs through the thin, moist, highly vascular and naked skin. It takes place in water as well as on land. Buccopharyngeal respiration occurs on land via thin, vascular, moist lining of buccopharyngeal cavity. Pulmonary respiration takes place when the frog is outside the water. It occurs by lungs of adult frog.


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The microscope usually used for seeing living cells or tissues is

  • compound microscope

  • electron micrscope

  • phase contrast microscope

  • light microscope.


One of the world's most poisonous fish toxins is released by

  • clown fish

  • eel fish

  • sword fish

  • puffer fish


Na+/K+ pump is associated with

  • passive transport

  • active transport

  • osmosis

  • imbibition


Photorespiration shows formation of

  • sugar but not ATP

  • ATP but not sugar

  • both ATP and sugar

  • neither ATP nor sugar


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Which of the following is correctly labelled

  • A: Reissner's membrane

  • B: Scala vestibuli

  •  C : Basilar membrane

  • D: Tectorial membrane


Abscisic acid is known as the stress hormone because it

  • breaks seed dormancy

  • induces flowering

  • promotes leaf fall

  • promotes closure of stomata


Which of the following is correctly matched

  • Monstera- Fibrous root

  • Dahlin- Fasciculated root

  • Azadirachta- Adventitious root

  • Basil- Prop roots


Deuteromycetes are known as fungi imperfecti because

  • their zygote undergoes meroblastic and holoblastic cleavage

  • only asexual stages are known

  • they have aseptate myceliun

  • they are autotrophic


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In aerobic respiration, total number of ATP molecules formed from 1 glucose molecule is

  • 28

  • 32

  • 36

  • 30