Biology MCQs

11. Which of the following does not hold true for Animal belonging to Phylum chordate?
[A] A post-anal part(tail) is present
[B] Notochord present
[C] Pharynx perforated by gill slits.
[D] Heart is dorsal(if present)

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12. How Green plants in the sea are useful for the respiration of fish? (UPSC Prelims 1979).
[A] They give out oxygen
[B] They give out carbon dioxide
[C] The give out oxygen and carbon dioxide simultaneously
[D] They take oxygen and give out carbon dioxide

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13. Which blood group is referred to as universal recipient?
[A] AB +ve
[B] AB -ve
[C] O +ve
[D] O -ve

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14. Which of the following biologist is related to Cell Theory?
[A] Carl Linnaeus
[B] Theophrastus
[C] Theodor Schwann
[D] Francis Galton

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15. Who among the following discovered Vitamin C?
[A] Albert Szent-Györgyi
[B] Funk
[C] Evans and Bishop
[D] Henrik Dam

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16. Which of the following is a sexual spore?
[A] Ascospore
[B] Sporangiospore
[C] Conidia
[D] Zoospore

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17. Which of the following is the simplest amino acid?
[A] Glycine
[B] Tyrosine
[C] Alanine
[D] Asparagine

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18. Which of the following is required by viruses for growth?
[A] bacteria
[B] plants
[C] animals
[D] living cells

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19. Which virus belongs to the family Caliciviridae?
[A] Hepatitis B virus
[B] Hepatitis D virus
[C] Hepatitis E virus
[D] All of these

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20. Which of the following tissue provides strength to the plant?
[A] Intercalary
[B] Parenchyma
[C] Sclerenchyma
[D] Collenchyma

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