Fundamentals of Biology Mid - II, March - 2015

1.It is the sum of all the changes, patterned differentiated cells, tissues, organs that progressively elaborate an organism’s body.
  • Development
  • Growth
  • Nutrition
  • Cellular morphogenesis
Answer: A
2.A plant is capable of indeterminate growth because it has perpetually embryonic tissues called __________in its regions of growth.
  • Peristems
  • Mesostems
  • Meristems
  • Metastems
Answer: C
3.Which one of the following is an Auxin
  • GA4GA7
  • 3-indoleacetaldehyde acid
  • Kinetin
  • Ethylene
Answer: B
4.More ATP is manufactured during __________ than at any other time in all of cellular metabolism.
  • fermentation
  • glycolysis
  • the light reactions of photosynthesis
  • oxidative phosphorylation
Answer: D
5.As a result of the photosynthetic process, which product is formed?
  • Oxygen
  • Water
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Both (a) and (b)
Answer: A
6.These attach one bone to another bone, they contain both collagen and also the protein elastin.
  • Tendons
  • Cartilage
  • Ligaments
  • Bone
Answer: C
7.A finer, cable-like projection that can extend tens, hundreds, or even tens of thousands of times the diameter of the soma in length in a neuron is
  • Dendrite
  • Axon
  • Hillock
  • Synapse
Answer: B
8.An enzyme activator secreted by intestinal mucosa converts inactive trypsinogen to active trypsin is
  • Anymlase
  • Dipeptidase
  • Aminopeptidase
  • Enterokinase
Answer: D
9.The human heart beats 70 times per minute and each beats it pumps______ml of blood
  • 70ml
  • 700ml
  • 0.7ml
  • 7ml
Answer: A
10.The carbondioxide from the tissues enters the RBC and dissolves in water of the cytoplasm to form carbonic acid catalysed by the enzyme
  • Carbonic oxidase
  • Carbonase
  • Carbonic anhydrase
  • Carbonic mutase
Answer: C
11.The specialization of cells with the same set of genetic instructions to produce a diversity of cell types is called ______________________.
Answer: Differentiation
12.___________________meristems extend roots and shoots by giving rise to the primary plant body.
Answer: Apical meristems
13.__________________ include a large range of chemicals that are produced naturally within plants and by fungi. They were first discovered by Eiichi Kurosawa.
Answer: Gibberellins
14.Antenna complexes, electron transport chains, and carbon fixation are all found in_____________cells.
Answer: Plant
15.Tthe maximum absorption wavelength for photosystem I in green plants is_____________________.
Answer: 700nm
16.Both dense and loose connective tissue is derived from cells called __________________ which secrete the extracellular matrix.
Answer: Fibroblasts
17.The axon terminal contains__________________ specialized structures where neurotransmitter chemicals are released to communicate with target neurons.
Answer: Synapses
18.Maltase is an intestinal enzyme that digests Maltose to_________________
Answer: Glucose
19.______________cycle is the cyclical systole and diastole of the heart chambers.
Answer: Cardiac Cycle
20.The cavity in the olfactory lobe of the brain is called_______________________
Answer: Rhinocoel