Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following branch of biology is correctly matched?

  • Ornithology - Study of mammals

  • Herpetalogy - Study of molluscs

  • Ophiology - Study of snakes

  • Therology - Study of birds


C.

Ophiology - Study of snakes

Ophiology is the branch of zoology that deals with snales.

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. 

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles.

Therology is the study or science of mammals.

Malacology is the branch of zoology that deals with molluscs.


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Match the parts of the human brain with their functions.

Column I Column II
A. Cerebrum 1. Controls the pituitary
B. Cerebllum 2. Controls vision and hearing
C. Hypothalamus 3. Controls the rate of heart beat
D. Midbrain

4. Seat of intelligence

5. Maintains body posture

  • A - 5; B - 4; C - 2; D - 1

  • A - 4; B - 5; C - 2; D - 1

  • A - 5; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2

  • A - 4; B - 5; C - 1; D - 2


If a haemophilic carrier female marries a normal man, the chances are that

  • all the daughters will have haemophilia

  • 50% of the daughters will have haemophilia

  • 50% of the sons will have haemophilia

  • all the sons will have haemophilia


Patella (knee cap) is an example of

  • replacing bones

  • sesamoid bones

  • flat bones

  • irregular bones


Which of the following is correctly matched?

  • Enlarged P-wave - Acute myocardial infarction

  • QRS wave flat - Atherosclerotic heart disease

  • Enlarged Q and A - wave-Myocardial infarction

  • Elevated S-T - Enlargement of atria


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A fish introduced into a water body to control mosquito population is

  • Gambusia

  • Labeo

  • Notopterus

  • Fistularia


Which of the following helps in the absorption of Vitamin-B12?

  • Pepsin

  • Bile juice

  • Castle's intrinsic gastric factor

  • Cholecy stokinin


Function of SER is

  • protein metabolism

  • lipid metabolism

  • carbohydrate metabolism

  • catabolic activity


Glands in a vertebrate body originate from

  • ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm

  • ectoderm and endoderm

  • mesoderm

  • ectoderm


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Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between

  • fishes and amphibians

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

  • Annelida and Mollusca

  • reptiles and mammals