Biology MCQs

11. Fat present below the skin surface in our body, acts as a barrier against which of the following losses?
[A] Loss of heat from the body
[B] loss of essential body fluids
[C] loss of salts from the body
[D] entry of harmful micro-organisms from the environment

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12. Which among the following organs secrete bile juice?
[A] Liver
[B] Pancreas
[C] Stomach
[D] Large intestine

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13. Which of the following branch of biology deals with the study of pollen grains?
[A] Psychology
[B] Palynology
[C] Pathology
[D] Parasitology

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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. In which of the following hemocaelic body cavity is found?
[A] Cockroach
[B] Lizard
[C] Mosquito
[D] Honeybee

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16. What is the translucent fluid part of the cytoplasm called?
[A] Cell protein
[B] Cytosol
[C] Matrix
[D] Organelles

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17. What are the inclusion bodies of the measles virus?
[A] intracytoplasmic
[B] intranuclear
[C] both (a) and (b)
[D] none of these

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18. Which of the following viruses can rescue adenovirus in simian cells?
[A] Rabies
[B] Vaccinia
[C] Simian virus 40
[D] Cytomegalovirus

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19. Which of the following group is used to represent disease-related fungi?
[A] Penicillium
[B] Truffles, mushrooms and morels
[C] Smuts, rusts and moulds

[D] All of the above

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20. The patterns of arrangement of leaves on the stem are called__?
[A] phyllotaxy
[B] Phyllode
[C] Leaf Roots
[D] Scale Leaves

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