Multiple Choice Questions

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Six highly chitinous plate-like teeth are found in ……. of cockroach

  • Mandible

  • Gizzard

  • Mexilla

  • Rectum


B.

Gizzard

Gizzard in cockroaches do the mastication of hard substances and act like teeth.


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If due to some injury the chordate tendinae of the tricuspid valve of the human heart is partially non-functional, what will be the immediate effect?

  • The flow of blood into the aorta will be slowed down

  • The ‘pace maker’ will stop working

  • The blood will tend to flow back into the left atrium

  • The flow of blood into the pulmonary artery will be reduced


Match the enzyme in column I with its function in column II and choose the correct option.

Column I Column II
A. Beta-Galactosidase 1. Joining of DNA fragments
B. Permease 2. Peptide Bond Formation
C. Ligase 3. Hydrolysis of Lactose
D. Ribozyme 4. Increases permeability to Beta-galactosidase

 

  • A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

  •  A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

  • A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

  •  A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3


 In the central nervous system, myelinated fibres form the ….., while the non-myelinated fibre cells form the ……

  • Grey matter, white matter

  • White matter, grey matter

  • Ependymal cells, neurosecretory cells

  • Neurosecretory cell, ependymal cells


Haemoglobin is

  • An oxygen carrier in human blood

  • A protein used as a food supplement

  • An oxygen scavenger in root nodules

  • A plant protein with high lysine content


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Which of the following tissue is a vascular?

  • Cowpait bone

  • Skeletal muscle

  • Stratified squamous epithelium

  • Adipose tissue


Many elements are found in living organisms either free or in form of compounds. One of the following is negligible is living organisms

  • Silicon

  • Magnesium

  • Iron

  • Sodium


Which of the following represent uridylic acid?

  • Uracil + Ribose

  • Uridine + Phosphoric acid

  • Uracil + Phosphoric acid

  • Uridine + Ribose + Phosphoric acid


Consider the following statements with two blanks X and Y and select the option which correctly fills up these blanks.

In the centre of the intervertebral disc, a soft area is present called ….X….....

Which is supposed to be remnant of …. Y....

  • X-Nucleus pulposus ,         Y-Nerve cord

  • X-Centrum,         Y-Noto cord

  • X-Nucleus pulposus,         Y-Noto cord

  •  X-Centrum,         Y-Nerve cord


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The structure present in all adult vertebrates is

  • Notochord

  • Dorsal tubular nerve cord

  • Pharyngeal gill slits

  • All of these