2009
Paper I
Q1. Select the best option.
i) What is the function of contractile vacuole?
a) Respiration
b) reproduction
c) Osmoregulation
d) digestion
e) None of these
c) osmoregulation
ii) Specules are secreted by special mesenchymal amoebocytes called
a) scleroblasts
b) microscleres
c) myocytes
d) collencytes
e) None of these
e) None of these
iii) true nerve cells or ganglion cells occur for the first time in
a) protozoa
b) porifera
c) coelentrata
d) annelida
e) None of these
e) None of these
iv) The process by which an organism can replace its lost or damaged body parts is called
a) reformation
b) regeneration
c) reclamation
d) reconstruction
e) None of these
b) regeneration
v) nematocysts are found in
a) protozoa
b) porifera
c) annelida
d) mollusca
e) None of these
e) None of these
vi) in polychaetes the locomotory organ is
a)pseudopodium
b) neuropodium
c) notopodium
d) parapodium
e) None of these
d) parapodium
vii) worms belonging to phylum platyhelminthes are commonly known as
a)round worms
b) ring worms
c) segmented worms
d) earth worms
e) None of these
e) None of these
viii) bipinnaria is the larval form of
a) coelentrata
b) polychaeta
c) echinodermata
d) cestoda
e) None of these
c) echinodermata
ix) closed type of circulatory system is found in
a) platyhelminthes
b) annelida
c) porifera
d) arthropoda
e) None of these
b) annelida
x) the two common mosquito genera ,anopheles and culex, can be easily identified by
a) color
b) flying speed
c) size
d) sitting posture
e) None of these
d) sitting posture
xi) sweat glands are epidermal glands found in
a) all birds
b) reptiles and mammals
c) mammals only
d) birds and reptiles
e) None of these
c) mammals only
xii)sternum is absent in
a) mammals
b) birds
c) amphibians
d) fishes
e) None of these
c) amphibians
xiii) amphioxus belongs to
a) cephalochordata
b) hemichordata
c) urochordata
d) cyclostoma
e) None of these
a) cephalochordata
xiv) the urochordates or tunicates are marine animals commonly known as
a) sea cucumber
b) sea squirts
c) sea urchin
d) sea star
e) None of these
b) sea squirts
xv) optic lobes are found in
a) fore brain
b) mid brain
c) hind brain
d) medulla
e) None of these
b) mid brain
xvi) the number of cervical vertebrae in most mammals is
a) 2
b) 4
c) 9
d) 11
e) None of these
e) None of these
xvii) lymph hearts are absent in
a) fishes
b) amphibians
c) reptiles
d) mammals
e) none of these
d) mammals
xviii) the lymph capillaries coming from intestinal villi are called
a) veins
b) lymph nodes
c) lacteals
d) lymph ducts
e) None of these
c) lacteals
xix) how many caudal vertebrae are found in man?
a) 1-2
b) 3-4
c) 5-6
d) 7-8
e) None of these
b) 3-4
xx) the inner membrane of the two foetal membranes in reptiles, birds and mammals is called
a) chorion
b) amnion
c) peritoneum
d) pericardium
e) None of these
b) amnion
Paper II
Q1. Select the best option.
i) Which part of the brain detects the temperature changes in the blood?
a) cerebellum
b) cerebral hemisphere
c) hypothalamus
d) medulla
e) None of these
c) hypothalamus
ii) From which of the following is urea formed?
a) Fat
b) glycerol
c) proteins
d) starch
e) None of these
c) proteins
iii) Where are hormones destroyed?
a) adrenal gland
b) kidney
c) liver
d) pancreas
e) None of these
c) liver
iv) During the beating of the heart, in which region will the highest pressure develop?
a) left atrium
b) left ventricle
c) pulmonary artery
d) right ventricle
e) None of these
b) left ventricle
v) which molecules are are produced by the digestion of starch and proteins?
a) glycerol and amino acids
b) glycerol and fatty acids
c) sugar and amino acids
d) sugar and fatty acids
e) None of these
c) sugar and amino acids
vi) which type of the cell stimulates the release of adrenaline?
a) white blood cell
b) muscle cell
c) pancreatic cell
d) red blood cells
e) None of these
b) muscle cell
vii)which secretion, released into the ailementary canal, contains no enzyme, but speeds up fat digestion?
a) bile
b) intestinal juice
c) mucus
d) pancreatic juice
e) None of these
a) bile
viii)which of the following normally enters the blood as it passes through the pancreas?
a) amino acids
b) glycogen
c) insulin
d) lipase
e) None of these
c) insulin
ix) which of the following is the example of discontinuous variation?
a) blood group
b) height
c) intelligence
d) weight
e) None of these
a) blood group
x) which of the following would be more prominent in a secretory cell than in the non secretory cell?
a) golgi apparatus
b) mitochondria
c) ribosomes
d) pinocytotic vesicles
e) None of these
a) golgi apparatus
xi) which of the following is both found in DNA and mRNA?
a) ribose
b) thyamine
c) sugar-phosphate chain
d) double helix structure
e) None of these
c) sugar-phosphate chain
xii) which is carried by the molecule of transfer RNA?
a) an amino acid molecule
b) enzymes for protein synthesis
c) information from the DNA
d) sequence of codons
e) None of these
a) an amino acid molecule
xiii) The populations of all the species in a given habitat are referred to as
a) biosphere
d) community
c) ecosphere
d) ecosystem
e) None of these
d) community
xiv) which of the following is not recycled in ecosystem?
a) carbon
b) energy
c) sulphur
d) water
e) None of these
b) energy
xv) in most ecosystems, the greatest amount of energy flows through the,
a) secondary consumers
b) herbivores
c) carnivores
d) decomposers
e) None of these
d) decomposers
xvi) during which phase of meiosis are chiasmata formed?
a) prophase I
b) metaphase II
c) metaphase I
d) telophase II
e) None of these
a) prophase I
xvii) Who proposed the mutation theory of evolution?
a) Lamarck
b) Darwin
c) De Vries
d) Wallace
e) None of these
c) de vries
xviii) During which phase of meiosis do homologous chromosomes separate?
a) prophase I
b) prophase II
c) anaphase I
e) None of these
a) prophase I
xix) in a DNA molecule,the basis of Pyrimidine are
a) thymine and cytosine
b) cytosine and guanine
c) adenine and thymine
d) thymine and guanine
e) None of these
a) thymine and cytosine
xx)Triassic and Jurassic periods are included in the
a) palaeozoic era
b) mesozoic era
c) coenozoic era
d) proterozoic era
e) None of these
b) mesozoic era