1. Whit is Oleuropein?
(a) Glycoside found in green olive leaves
(b) An olive
(c) Scientific name of the Green Olive Tree
(d) None of these
Ans: a
2. Untreated gum disease leads over time to what consequence?
(a) bad breath
(b) expensive dental bills
(c) tooth loss
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
3. How many moles does the average person have?
(a) 10 to 15
(b) 20 to 40
(c) 50 to 100
(d) A number roughly equivalent to their age
Ans: b
4. Addiction’s most confounding symptom is:
(a) a runny nose
(b) violence
(c) denial
(d) a high fever
Ans: c
5. How does one get a chronic disease?
(a) From smoking
(b) From eating too much
(c) You catch it from your parents
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
6. One pound equals how many calories?
(a) 1,000
(b) 150
(c) 3,500
(d) 1,250
Ans: c
7. Which group is most at risk of developing an eating disorder?
(a) Highly aggressive adolescent girls
(b) Shy, passive teen girls
(c) Homosexual teen Js
(d) Preteen .girls from low-income families
Ans: a
8. A myocardial infarction is:
(a) explosive gas
(b) coronary heart failure
(c) a heart attack
(d) something that happens on the TV drama, ER
Ans: b
9. The recommended serving size of milk, yogurt or cheese is:
(a) 2/3 cup for each
(b) 1 cup low-fat or nonfat milk or yogurt; 1 1/2 ounces low-fat natural cheese
(c) 6 ounces for each
(d) 3/4 cup low-fat or nonfat milk or yogurt; 2 ounces low-fat natural cheese
Ans: d
10. What is osteoporosis?
(a) A disease marked by low bone mass and deteriorating structure of bone tissue
(b) A complication of obesity where bones break easily under the strain of excess weight
(c) A type of cancer that causes bones to shrink and a part
(d) A hereditary condition charactized by short stature and small body frame
Ans: a
11. Why are proteins important?
(a) They improve mental clarity
(b) They build enzymes, muscles, tissues, hormones and red blood cells
(c) They provide the body with energy
(d) They build muscle strength and endurance
Ans: b
12. Which of the foods or combinations of foods provide good quality protein?
(a) Sashimi (raw fish) and steak
(b) Eggs
(c) Beans and brown rice
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
13. What is arthritis?
(a) Muscle inflammation
(b) Enlarged bones
(c) Joint inflammation
(d) Arthur’s disease
Ans: c
14. Angina occurs when
(a) you’re having a heart attack
(b) not enough oxygen is reaching your heart muscle
(c) you eat too much of that cheesy stuff on your nachos
(d) there’s air in between the heart spaces
Ans: b
15. Why do so many people have chronic diseases?
(a) They don’t eat a healthy diet
(b) They don’t take vitamins
(c) It’s a normal part of aging
(d) We’re getting sick from the electromagnetic fields in our environment — the electric wires overhead, cell phones, microwave ovens, and stuff like that
Ans: a
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Zoology/Botany Multiple Choice Questions
1. The type of palate found in pigeon’s skull is:
(a) dromaeognathous
(b) schizognathous
(c) aegithognathous
(d) desmognathous
Ans. (b)
2. Consider the following characteristics of an animal:
1. Body covering consists of a thin, membranous and transparent cuticle.
2. An extensive perivisceral coelom is absent.
3. Digestive system includes a long alimentary canal and digestive glands.
4. Parapodia and setae are absent.
The above stated characteristics are true in case of which one of the following?
(a) Pheretima posthuma
(b) Hirudinaria granulosa
(c) Nereis dumerillii
(d) Lumbricus viridis
Ans. (b)
3. The class of Arthropoda which has thin cuticle and dermo-muscular body wall is
(a) Crustacea
(b) Arachnida
(c) Onychophora
(d) Myriapoda
Ans. (c)
4. Which one of the following is a characteristic of adult ascidian?
(a) Elongated tail
(b) Large notochord
(c) Enlarged pharynx
(d) Well developed statocyst
Ans. (c)
5. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of Bryozoa?
(a) They are microscopic colonial forms
(b) They are included under the group Lophophorate Coelomates.
(c) Alimentary canal is always in the form of a straight tube
(d) The colony is composed of zoids
Ans. (c)
6. The cryptozoite stage in the life cycle of Plasmodium is found in which one of the following?
(a) Human erythrocytes
(b) Human hepatocytes
(c) Salivary glands of Anopheles
(d) Intestinal epithelium of Anopheles
Ans. (b)
7. Lung fishes are
(a) Marine inhabitants
(b) Marine and freshwater inhabitants
(c) Freshwater and terrestrial inhabitants
(d) Freshwater inhabitants
Ans. (d)
8. In singing birds, the sound is produced by the:
(a) lungs
(b) air-sacs
(c) syrinx
(d) larynx
Ans. (c)
9. Match list-I (animals) with list-II (the group to which they belong) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Hammer headed shark 1. Marsupial
B. Pangolin 2. Condrichthyes
C. Emu 3. Neornithes
D. Mud puppy 4. Eutheria
5. Urodela
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 3 5
(b) 4 3 5 1
(c) 2 4 5 1
(d) 4 2 3 5
Ans. (a)
10. In rabbit, jugal and squamosal form:
(a) palatine process
(b) zygomatic arch
(c) neural arch
(d) sigmoid arch
Ans. (b)
11. In the crarnostylic or cranioamphystylic skull
(a) incus is formed form quadrate and malleus is formed form articular
(b) incus is formed form articular and malleus is formed form quadrate
(c) both incus and malleus are formed form quadrate
(d) both incus and malleus are formed from squamosal
Ans. (a)
12. Neopallium appeared for the first time in one group of vertebrates and reached a high level of development in another group of vertebrates. The two groups of vertebrates in question are respectively:
(a) reptiles and birds
(b) amphibians and mammals
(c) birds and mammals
(d) reptiles and mammals
Ans. (b)
13. Which one of the following is the correct set of the bones in the hind limb of frog?
(a) Femur, tiblo-fibula, tarsals, metatarsal, phalanges
(b) Femur, ilium, ischium, pubis, phalanges
(c) Humerus, radio-ulna, ulnare, metacarnals, phalanges
(d) Humerus, scapula, coracoid, çlavile, phalanges
Ans. (a)
14. As compared to the pelvic limb, the pectoral limb is better suited to accommodate suspended weight because:
(a) the pectoral limb bears body with by a solid vertebral connection with the backbone
(b the pectoral girdle and limb have no skeletal connection with the adult skeleton in all the vertebrates
(c) a group of muscles attach the shoulder blade to the trunk in a fanned manner radiating in all directions
(d) the ligments of the shoulder joint are very highly developed and are good weight-bearing elements.
Ans. (c)
15. The correct course of food carrying water current in ascidian is
(a) Branchial siphon – Atrial cavity-> Pharynx-> Gill slits —> Endostyle -, Atrial siphon
(b) Branchial siphon -> Pharynx-> Gill slits – Atrial cavity —, Atrial siphon
(c) Atrial siphons-> Pharynx —> Gill slits —> Atrial cavity—> Branchial siphon
(d) Atrial siphon —> Endostyle —* Pharynx —> Gill slits —> Atrial cavity-> Branchial siphon
Ans. (b)
(a) dromaeognathous
(b) schizognathous
(c) aegithognathous
(d) desmognathous
Ans. (b)
2. Consider the following characteristics of an animal:
1. Body covering consists of a thin, membranous and transparent cuticle.
2. An extensive perivisceral coelom is absent.
3. Digestive system includes a long alimentary canal and digestive glands.
4. Parapodia and setae are absent.
The above stated characteristics are true in case of which one of the following?
(a) Pheretima posthuma
(b) Hirudinaria granulosa
(c) Nereis dumerillii
(d) Lumbricus viridis
Ans. (b)
3. The class of Arthropoda which has thin cuticle and dermo-muscular body wall is
(a) Crustacea
(b) Arachnida
(c) Onychophora
(d) Myriapoda
Ans. (c)
4. Which one of the following is a characteristic of adult ascidian?
(a) Elongated tail
(b) Large notochord
(c) Enlarged pharynx
(d) Well developed statocyst
Ans. (c)
5. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of Bryozoa?
(a) They are microscopic colonial forms
(b) They are included under the group Lophophorate Coelomates.
(c) Alimentary canal is always in the form of a straight tube
(d) The colony is composed of zoids
Ans. (c)
6. The cryptozoite stage in the life cycle of Plasmodium is found in which one of the following?
(a) Human erythrocytes
(b) Human hepatocytes
(c) Salivary glands of Anopheles
(d) Intestinal epithelium of Anopheles
Ans. (b)
7. Lung fishes are
(a) Marine inhabitants
(b) Marine and freshwater inhabitants
(c) Freshwater and terrestrial inhabitants
(d) Freshwater inhabitants
Ans. (d)
8. In singing birds, the sound is produced by the:
(a) lungs
(b) air-sacs
(c) syrinx
(d) larynx
Ans. (c)
9. Match list-I (animals) with list-II (the group to which they belong) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Hammer headed shark 1. Marsupial
B. Pangolin 2. Condrichthyes
C. Emu 3. Neornithes
D. Mud puppy 4. Eutheria
5. Urodela
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 3 5
(b) 4 3 5 1
(c) 2 4 5 1
(d) 4 2 3 5
Ans. (a)
10. In rabbit, jugal and squamosal form:
(a) palatine process
(b) zygomatic arch
(c) neural arch
(d) sigmoid arch
Ans. (b)
11. In the crarnostylic or cranioamphystylic skull
(a) incus is formed form quadrate and malleus is formed form articular
(b) incus is formed form articular and malleus is formed form quadrate
(c) both incus and malleus are formed form quadrate
(d) both incus and malleus are formed from squamosal
Ans. (a)
12. Neopallium appeared for the first time in one group of vertebrates and reached a high level of development in another group of vertebrates. The two groups of vertebrates in question are respectively:
(a) reptiles and birds
(b) amphibians and mammals
(c) birds and mammals
(d) reptiles and mammals
Ans. (b)
13. Which one of the following is the correct set of the bones in the hind limb of frog?
(a) Femur, tiblo-fibula, tarsals, metatarsal, phalanges
(b) Femur, ilium, ischium, pubis, phalanges
(c) Humerus, radio-ulna, ulnare, metacarnals, phalanges
(d) Humerus, scapula, coracoid, çlavile, phalanges
Ans. (a)
14. As compared to the pelvic limb, the pectoral limb is better suited to accommodate suspended weight because:
(a) the pectoral limb bears body with by a solid vertebral connection with the backbone
(b the pectoral girdle and limb have no skeletal connection with the adult skeleton in all the vertebrates
(c) a group of muscles attach the shoulder blade to the trunk in a fanned manner radiating in all directions
(d) the ligments of the shoulder joint are very highly developed and are good weight-bearing elements.
Ans. (c)
15. The correct course of food carrying water current in ascidian is
(a) Branchial siphon – Atrial cavity-> Pharynx-> Gill slits —> Endostyle -, Atrial siphon
(b) Branchial siphon -> Pharynx-> Gill slits – Atrial cavity —, Atrial siphon
(c) Atrial siphons-> Pharynx —> Gill slits —> Atrial cavity—> Branchial siphon
(d) Atrial siphon —> Endostyle —* Pharynx —> Gill slits —> Atrial cavity-> Branchial siphon
Ans. (b)
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