G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 13
1. One of the following is not a function of bones.
- (A) Place
for muscle attachment
- (B) Protection
of vital organs
- (C) Secretion
of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones
- (D) Production
of blood corpuscles
2. Placenta is the structure formed
- (A) By
the union of foetal and uterine tissue
- (B) By
foetus only
- (C) By
fusion of germ layers
- (D) None of
these
3. Ramapithecus and Cro-Magnon man are considered
- (A) Ancestors
of modern man
- (B) Ancestors
of monkey
- (C) Ancestors of
lion
- (D) None of the
above
4. On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?
- (A) Gram
- (B) Maize
- (C) Pea
- (D) Wheat
5. One of the following is most suitable for study of mutations
- (A) Haploids
- (B) Diploids
- (C) Tetraploids
- (D) Polyploid
6. Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all classes of
- (A) Hormones
- (B) Enzymes
- (C) Proteins
- (D) Vitamins
7. Prokaryotic cells lack
- (A) Nucleolus
- (B) Nuclear
membrane
- (C) Membrane
bound by organelles
- (D) All
of these
8. Out of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates present in a cell membrane, what is true?
- (A) Lipids
are maximum
- (B) Carbohydrates
are minimum
- (C) Carbohydrates
are maximum
- (D) All
three are in equal proportion
9. Plants have _________ while animals lack it.
- (A) Starch
- (B) Cellulose
- (C) Protein
- (D) Fat
10. Nymph is the name of young one of
- (A) Butterfly
- (B) Beetle
- (C) Housefly
- (D) Cockroach
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