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Life Processes
Science | Chapter 6
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Question 1:
The chlorophyll in photosynthesis is used for
(a) Absorbing light
(b) Breaking down water molecule
(c) No function
(d) Reduction of CO2
Answer-(a) Absorbing light
Question 2:
The enzyme responsible for the digestion of proteins in the small intestine is:
(a) Pepsin
(b) Trypsin
(c) Amylase
(d) Lipase
Answer: (b) Trypsin
Question 3:
Which of the following are energy foods?
(a) Carbohydrates and fats
(b) Proteins and mineral salts
(c) Vitamins and minerals
(d) Water and roughage
Answer: (a)Carbohydrates and fats
Question 4:
In which group of the organisms the food material is broken down outside the body ?
(a) Mushroom, green plants, amoeba
(b) Yeast, mushroom, bread mould
(c) Paramecium, amoeba, cuscuta
(d) Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm
Answer : (b)Yeast, mushroom, bread mould
Question 5:
Proteins after digestion are converted into
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Small globules
(c) Amino acids
(d) Starch
Answer: (c) Amino acids
Question 6:
The part where the exchange of gases occurs during respiration is:
(a) Lungs and larynx
(b) Alveoli and throat
(c) Throat and lungs
(d) Alveoli and capillaries
Answer: (d) Alveoli and capillaries
Question 7:
In which mode of nutrition an organism de-rives its food from the body of another living
organism without killing it?
(a) Saprotrophic nutrition
(b) Parasitic nutrition
(c) Holozoic nutrition
(d) Autotrophic nutrition
Answer: (b) Parasitic nutrition
Question 8:
Select the correct statement –
(a) Hetrotrophs make their food
(b) Heterotrophs utilize solar energy to make food
(c) Heterotrophs do not make their own food
(d) Heterotrophs are capable of converting carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates
Answer: (c) Heterotrophs do not make their own food
Question 9:
Carbohydrates in the plants are stored in the form of
(a) Glycogen
(b) Starch
(c) Glucose
(d) Maltose
Answer: (b) Starch
Question 10:
The backflow of blood during the pumping of blood by heart is prevented by:
(a) Walls of ventricles
(b) Walls of the atrium
(c) Valves in the heart
(d) Walls between atria and ventricles
Answer: (c) Valves in heart
Question 11:
The mode of nutrition found in fungi is:
(a) Parasitic nutrition
(b) Holozoic nutrition
(c) Autotrophic nutrition
(d) Saprotrophic nutrition
Answer: (d) Saprotrophic nutrition
Question 12:
Which of the following statements about autotrophs is incorrect ?
(a) They synthesize carbohydrates by using carbon dioxide , water in presence of sunlight
and chlorophyll
(b) They store carbohydrates in form of starch
(c) They convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the absence of sunlight
(d) They form the first trophic level in food chain
Answer: (c) They convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates in the
absence of sunlight
Question 13:
Main site of photosynthesis
(a) Leaf
(b) Stem
(c) Chloroplast
(d) Guard cells
Answer: (c) Chloroplast
Question 14:
The process of digestion is completed by:
(a) Intestinal juice
(b) trypsin
(c) bile juice
(d) pepsin
Answer: (a) Intestinal juice
Question 15:
Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of:
(a) diffusion
(b) transpiration
(c) osmosis
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) osmosis
Question 16:
Which of these reactions occur in photosynthesis?
(a) Carbon dioxide is reduced and water is oxidized
(b) water is reduced and carbon dioxide is oxidized
(c) carbon dioxide and water are oxidized
(d) carbon dioxide and water are reduced
Answer: (d) carbon dioxide and water are reduced
Question 17:
The small pores present of the leaf’s surface are called
(a) Stomata
(b) Chlorophyll
(c) Guard cells
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Stomata
Question 18:
The extracellular fluid released from the capillaries is:
(a) serum
(b) plasma
(c) lymph
(d) mucus
Answer: (c) lymph
Question 19:
The site of photosynthesis in the cells of a leaf is
(a) chloroplast
(b) mitochondria
(c) cytoplasm
(d) protoplasm
Answer: (a) chloroplast
Question 20:
A few drops of iodine solution were added to rice water. The solution turned blue black in
colour. This indicates rice water has –
(a) complex proteins
(b) simple proteins
(c) starch
(d) Fats
Answer: (a) complex proteins
Question 21:
Photosynthesis is a
(a) Catabolic process
(b) Parabolic process
(c) Amphibolic process
(d) Photochemical process
Answer: (d) Photochemical process
Question 22:
A few drops of iodine solution were added to rice water. The solution turned blue-black in
colour. This indicates that rice water contains
(a) complex proteins
(b) simple proteins
(c) fats
(d) starch
Answer: (d) starch
Question 23:
In amoeba, food is digested in the:
(a) food vacuole
(b) mitochondria
(c) pseudopodia
(d) chloroplast
Answer: (a) food vacuole
Question 24:
Which is the correct sequence –
(a) mouth → stomach → small intestine → esophagus → large intestine
(b) mouth → esophagus → stomach → large intestine → small intestine
(c) mouth → stomach → esophagus → small intestine → large intestine
(d) mouth → esophagus → stomach → small intestine → large intestine
Answer: (d) mouth → esophagus → stomach → small intestine → large intestine
Question 25:
Opening and closing of pores is a function performed by
(a) Stomata
(b) Chlorophyll
(c) Chloroplast
(d) Guard cells
Answer: (d) Guard cells
Question 26:
In which part of the alimentary canal food is finally digested?
(a) Stomach
(b) Mouth cavity
(c) Large intestine
(d) Small intestine
Answer: (d) Small intestine
Question 27:
Which of the following events in the mouth cavity will be affected if salivary amylase is
lacking in the saliva?
(a) Starch breaking down into sugars.
(b) Proteins breaking down into amino acids.
(c) Absorption of vitamins.
(d) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and glycerol.
Answer: (a) Starch breaking down into sugars.
Question 28:
If salivary amylase is lacking in saliva, which of the event in the mouth will be affected-
(a) Proteins breaking down into amino acids
(b) starch breaking down into sugars
(c) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and glycerol
(d) Absorption of vitamins
Answer: (b) starch breaking down into sugars
Question 29:
Which element is used in the synthesis of proteins?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Oxygen
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Carbon dioxide
Answer: (c) Nitrogen
Question 30:
When air is blown from the mouth into a test tube containing lime water, the lime water
turned milky due to the presence of
(a) oxygen
(b) carbon dioxide
(c) nitrogen
(d) water vapor
Answer: (b) carbon dioxide
Question 31:
Which region of the alimentary canal absorbs the digested food?
(a) Stomach
(b) Small intestine
(c) Large intestine
(d) Liver
Answer: (b) Small intestine
Question 32:
The inner lining of the stomach is protected by one of the following from hydrochloric acid.
Choose the correct one
(a) Mucus
(b) Salivary amylase
(c) Pepsin
(d) Bile
Answer: (a) Mucus
Question 33:
Temporary finger like extensions on amoeba are called
(a) Cell membrane
(b) Cell wall
(c) Pseudopodia
(d) Cilia
Answer: (c) Pseudopodia
Question 34:
What prevents backflow of blood inside the heart during contraction?
(a) Valves in heart
(b) Thick muscular walls of ventricles
(c) Thin walls of atria
(d) All of the above
Answer: (a) Valves in heart
Question 35:
The contraction and expansion movement of the walls of the food pipe is called:
(a) translocation
(b) transpiration
(c) peristaltic movement
(d) digestion
Answer: (c) peristaltic movement
Question 36:
Which part of alimentary canal receives bile from liver –
(a) stomach
(b) small intestine
(c) large intestine
(d) oesophagus
Answer: (b) small intestine
Question 37:
Bile juice is secreted by
(a) Stomach
(b) Pancreas
(c) Small intestine
(d) Liver
Answer: (d) Liver
Question 38:
In which of the following vertebrate group/groups, heart does not pump oxygenated blood
to different parts of the body?
(a) Pisces and amphibians
(b) Amphibians and reptiles
(c) Amphibians only
(d) Pisces only
Answer: (d) Pisces only
Question 39:
When a few drops of iodine solution are added to rice water, the solution turns blue- black
in colour. This indicates that rice water contains:
(a) fats
(b) complex proteins
(c) starch
(d) simple proteins
Answer: (c) starch
Question 40:
In which part of alimentary canal food is finally digested ?
(a) large intestine
(b) Stomach
(c) Mouth cavity
(d) small intestine
Answer: (d) small intestine
Question 41:
Which of these juices is secreted by pancreas?
(a) Trypsin
(b) Pepsin
(c) Bile juice
(d) Both I and II
Answer: (d) Both I and II
Question 42:
Which of the following equations is the summary of photosynthesis?
(a) 6CO2 + 12H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
(b) 6CO2 + H2O + Sunlight → C6H12O6 + O2 + 6H2O
(c) 6CO2 + 12H2O + Chlorophyll + Sunlight → C 6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
(d) 6CO2 + 12H2O + Chlorophyll + Sunlight → C 6H12O6 + 6CO2 + 6H2O
Answer: (c) 6CO2 + 12H2O + Chlorophyll + Sunlight → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
Question 43:
The exit of unabsorbed food material is regulated by
(a) liver
(b) anus
(c) small intestine
(d) anal sphincter
Answer: (d) anal sphincter
Question 44:
Choose the function of pancreatic juice from following :
(a) Trypsin digests proteins and lipase digests carbohydrates
(b) Trypsin digests emulsified fats and lipase digests proteins
(c) Trypsin and lipase digest fats
(d) Trypsin digests proteins and lipase digests emulsified fats
Answer: (b) Trypsin digests emulsified fats and lipase digests proteins
Question 45:
Lipase acts on
(a) Amino acids
(b) Fats
(c) Carbohydrates
(d) All of these
Answer: (b) Fats
Question 46:
Which is the first enzyme to mix with food i the digestive tract?
(a) Pepsin
(b) Cellulose
(c) Amylase
(d) Trypsin
Answer: (c) Amylase
Question 47:
What are the products obtained by anaerobic respiration in plants?
(a) Lactic acid + Energy
(b) Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
(c) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
(d) Pyruvate
Answer: (c) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
Question 48:
The correct sequence of anaerobic respiration –
(a) Glucose → pyruvate → lactic acid
(b) glucose → pyruvate → carbon dioxide + ethanol
(c) glucose → pyruvate → ADP→ lactic acid
(d) glucose -→ pyruvate → carbon dioxide + ethanol + energy
Answer: (d) glucose -→ pyruvate → carbon dioxide + ethanol + energy
Question 49:
Respiratory pigment in human body is
(a) Chlorophyll
(b) Water
(c) Blood
(d) hemoglobin
Answer: (d) hemoglobin
Question 50:
Lack of oxygen in muscles often leads to cramps among cricketers. This results due to
(a) conversion of pyruvate to ethanol
(b) conversion of pyruvate to glucose
(c) non conversion of glucose to pyruvate
(d) conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid
Answer: (d) conversion of pyruvate to lactic acid
Question 51:
The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon di-oxide, water and energy takes place in
(a) cytoplasm
(b) mitochondria
(c) chloroplast
(d) nucleus
Answer: (b) mitochondria
Question 52:
The pancreatic juice doesn’t contain following enzymes-
(a) Trypsin
(b) Amylase
(c) Lipase
(d) Ptyalin
Answer: (d) Ptyalin
Question 53:
Blood consist of what fluid medium?
(a) Lymph
(b) Platelets
(c) Plasma
(d) All of these
Answer: (c) Plasma
Question 54:
Choose the correct path of urine in our body
(a) kidney → ureter → urethra → urinary bladder
(b) kidney → urinary bladder → urethra → ureter
(c) kidney → ureters → urinary bladder → urethra
(d) urinary bladder → kidney → ureter → urethra
Answer: (c) kidney → ureters → urinary bladder → urethra
Question 55:
The glycolysis process occurs in which part of the cell?
(a) Cytoplasm
(b) Nucleus
(c) Mitochondria
(d) Chloroplast
Answer: (a) Cytoplasm
Question 56:
The pancreas pours their secretion into ___.
(a) Small intestine
(b) large intestine
(c) stomach
(d) Duodenum
Answer: (d) Duodenum
Question 57:
One cell-thick vessels are called
(a) Arteries
(b) Veins
(c) Capillaries
(d) Pulmonary artery
Answer: (c) Capillaries
Question 58:
Name the substances whose build-up in the muscles during vigorous physical exercise may
cause cramps?
(a) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
(b) Lactic acid + Energy
(c) Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
(d) Pyruvate
Answer: (b) Lactic acid + Energy
Question 59:
Name the pores in a leaf through which the respiratory exchange of gases takes place.
(a) Lenticels
(b) Vacuoles
(c) Xylem
(d) Stomata
Answer: (d) Pyruvate
Question 60:
The respiratory pigment in human beings is:
(a) carotene
(b) chlorophyll
(c) hemoglobin
(d) mitochondria
Answer: (c) hemoglobin