Sets
Biology Set 5
30 questions 1. In the starch test, a leaf is decolourised by placing it in a test tube containing:
2. Most life processes in a cell take place in the:
3. The semi-solid waste called stool is stored in the lower part of the large intestine called the:
4. The streamlined body of fish helps them to:
5. Which Indian scientist studied the link between hormones, certain viruses and cancer?
6. The translocation of food in the sieve tubes takes place with the help of adjacent:
7. Celiac disease is a condition in which the body reacts to:
8. The core of a cilium or flagellum, containing microtubules running parallel to its long axis, is called the:
9. Consider the following statements:
(I) Glucose, amino acids, salts and a major amount of water are selectively re-absorbed from the initial filtrate.
(II) The amount of water re-absorbed depends on how much excess water there is in the body.
(III) Nephrons do not re-absorb any substance from the filtrate.
Which of the above is/are correct?
10. In Paramoecium, food is moved to a specific spot on the cell by the movement of:
11. The natural ability of the body to fight diseases is known as:
12. Which of the following is NOT a major nutrient?
13. Offspring that are genetically identical to the parent are called:
14. The part of a cell that regulates all its activities and growth is the:
15. Consider the following pairs:
(I) Metacentric chromosome – Centromere in the middle
(II) Acrocentric chromosome – Terminal centromere
(III) Telocentric chromosome – Terminal centromere
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
16. Growth hormone releasing factor is released by the:
17. The long tail of a sperm helps it to:
18. In India, people who performed variolation to protect against smallpox were known as:
19. In humans, fertilisation normally takes place in the:
20. The Earth image taken by an ISRO satellite was made by combining nearly how many smaller images?