SUPERIOR GROUP OF COLLEGES F.Sc.

Medical I

SUBJECT BIOLOGY SHORT QUESTION FULL BOOK

FSc (I) Biology Short Questions

Chapter No.1

1. Define Ecology and Histology?

2. Differentiate between Theory and Law?
3. Differentiate between Deductive reasoning and Indeductive reasoning?
4. What is hydroponic culture Technique?
5. Define Scientific Law. Give two examples.
6. What is Biological control? Give examples.
7. Differentiate between Freshwater and marine water biology?
8. Define Biotechnology.
9. Differentiate between micro and macromolecules.
10. Define term bioremediation.
11. Write down characteristics of a good hypothesis.
12. What is productive theory?
13. Write down characteristics of living organisms.
14. What is hypothesis?
Chapter No .2
1. Write the general formula of Amino Acid?
2. What are conjugated molecules? Give examples
3. Differentiate between Anabolism and Catabolism?
4. What is heat capacity of water? Give its importance.
5. What is the protective role of water?
6. What is the tertiary structure of proteins??
7. Differentiate between fibrous and globular proteins.
8. What is the functions of proteins?
9. Define the heat of vaporization. What is heat of vaporization of water.
10. What is biochemistry? Give its importance.

Chapter No. 3

1. Define the Enzyme?

2. Differentiate between Reversible and irreversible inhibitors?
3. What is induced fit model?
4. What is lock and key model?
5. Draw mechanism of enzyme action.
6. Give any two characteristics of enzymes?
7. Differentiate between Co – factor and Co – enzyme?
8. Differentiate between Prosthetic group and Activator?
9. Differentiate between apoenzmye and holoenzyme?
10. What are inhibitors?
11. Differentiate between competitive and non competitve inhibitors.
12. How irreversible inhibitors inhibit enzymes activity?

Chapter No. 4

1. Differentiate between Chromoplasts and Leucoplasts?

2. What is Stroma? Give its function.
3. What are Thylakoid and Granum?
4. What is tay sach’s disease?
5. What is glycogensis type I disease?
6. What are storage diseases.
7. Give important features of cell theory.
8. What are nuclear pores? What is their function?
9. Give three functions of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
10. Write importance of Centrioles?
11. What are ribosomes?
12. Differentiate between cristae and cisternae.
13. Why Mitochondrion is called self replicating organelle?
14. Differentiate between Primary and Secondary cell wall?
15. Differentiate between Microtubules and Microfilaments?
16. What are functions of lysosomes in eukaryotic cell?
17. What are Chromosomes? Why they are importance?

Chapter No. 5

1. Write the name of two viral diseases and their causative agents?
2. What is herpes simplex?
3. What are Pocks?
4. What are Capsomeres and what is their number in adenovirus?
5. What is binomial nomenclature? What are the rules of nomenclature?
6. Give the biological classification of Corn?
7. Write symptoms and preventions of hepatitis?
8. How AIDS spead?
9. Define species and virology?
10. Differentiate between Prions and Virions.
11. Differentiate between Lytic and Lysogenic phage.

Chapter No. 6

1. Differentiate between Spirllium and Spirochete?

2. What are Facultative bacteria give example.
3. What is plasmid? Give its importance.
4. Differentiate between Lophotrichous and Amphitrichous.
5. Differentiate between Gram Negative and Gram Positive Bacteria?
6. What are saprophytic bacteria?
7. What are pili? Give their function.
8. Differentiate between Lag and log phase?
9. Write the few lines on misuse of antibiotics?
10. Differentiate between microbicidal and microbistatics chemicals?
11. Differentiate between Antiseptics and Antibiotics?

Chapter No. 7

1. Write down similarities and difference between fungi and fungus like protista?
2. Why green algae are considered ancestral organism of green land plants?
3. Write Characteristics of Giant Amoeba?
4. What are Trichonymphas?
5. Describe nuclear mitosis.
6. Differentiate between plasmogamy and karyogamy.
7. What is parasexuality?
8. Write down two characteristics of Ciliates?
9. Differentiate between foraminifera and Actiniopods
10. Write two characteristics of Dinofalgellates?
11. What are red Tides?
12. What are Kelps? Give its part.
13. Differentiate between Pseudopodia and Flagella.

Chapter No.8

1. What is nuclear mitosis?

2. What are septate and non – septate hyphae?
3. How do the fungi resemble animals?
4. What are lichens? Give their importace.
5. What is importace of mycorrhiza for plants?
6. Differentiate between Karyogamy and Plasmogamy?
7. How spore are differ from conidia?
8. Compare Ascocarp with Basidiocarp?
9. Differentiate between Rusts and Smuts?
10. What is Parasexuality in Fungi?
11. Why are toadstool called death angel?

Chapter No.9

1. What is Phylogenetic system of classification?

2. Write four characters of bryophytes?
3. What are amphibious plants of the world?
4. Differentiate between microphylls and megaphylls?
5. What are arthrophytes?
6. Give economic importance of family Rosaceae.
7. What is Rhizome?
8. What are the characteristics of tracheophytes?
9. Differentiate between plantation and webbing.
10. Differentiate between homospory and heterospory?
11. Differentiate between Monocots and Dicots.
12. How does gymnosperm differ from angiosperms? Give two points only.
13. Define double fertilization. Give its significance.
14. Define Flower. What are essential and non – essential parts of flower?

Chapter No.10

1. Differentiate between radial and bilateral symmetry?

2. Differentiate between diploblastic and triploblastic animals?
3. Differentiate between coelmates and acoelmates?
4. Define the term Spiral cleavage?
5. Write any three characteristics of mammalian?
6. Give any two basic characteristics of Chordata?
7. Write down affinities of echinoderms with hemichordates?
8. Give beneficial effects of insects?
9. Describe skeleton of Porifera (sponges).
10. Give an account of two general characters of mammals.
11. Name three classes of Phylum Annelida.
12. What is water vascular system?
13. Define swim bladder and give its function.
14. What are marsupial mammals?
15. Differentiate between polyps and medusae?
16. Write down the importance of sponges?

Chapter No.11

1. Compare alcoholic and lactic acid fermentation?

2. Differentiate between Antenna Complex and Reaction Center?
3. Define Oxidative Phosphorylation?
4. What is Z – scheme?
5. Differentiate between Photo system I and Photo system II
6. What are accessory photosynthetic pigments?
7. Define Glycolysis.
8. What is Compensation Point?

9. Differentiate between absorption and action spectrum.

10. Write the molecular formula for Chlorophyll “a” and ‘‘b’’
11. List at least two features of leaf that makes it an efficient photosynthesizing organ?

Chapter No.12

1. Compare diarrhea and constipation?

2. Differentiate between Bolus and Chyme?
3. Differentiate between Peristalsis and anti – peristalsis?
4. Define detritovores with example.
5. Name three pairs of salivary glands and also mention their location.
6. What is botulism? Give its cause.
7. What are two functions of secretin?
8. What are fluid feeders? Give example.
9. Write down about sundew.
10. Discuss parasitic nutrition in plants?
11. How sundew show its insectivorous activity.
12. How Pepsinogen is converted into Pepsin?
13. Write components and functions of saliva?
14. What are microvilli?
15. Differentiate between jejnum and illeum.
16. Write the composition of pancreatic juice?
17. Differentiate between appendix and appendicitis.

Chapter No. 13

1. In what way air is better respiratory medium than water?

2. Define diaphragm and pleura?
3. What is vocal card? Give its function?
4. Give the percentage of CO2 in venous and arterial blood?
5. What is diving reflex?
6. What is emphysema?
7. What is photorespiration? Give its steps.
8. Define diaphragm and its function.
9. What are parabronchi?
10.Differentiate between inspiration and expiration.
11.What is Tuberculosis?
12.State about myoglobin and its function.
13. What are causes and symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis?
14. What are alveoli? Give their function.
15. Differentiate between inspiration and expiration.
16. What is effects of asthma?

Chapter No. 14

1. Differentiate between Single Circuit and Double Circuit heart?

2. Differentiate between Apoplast and Symplast pathway?
3. Define Imbibitions?
4. What are Hydathodes?
5. Define antiserum?
6. What are Blue Babies?
7. Define guttation
8. Define pacemaker.
9. Differentiate between Pulmonary circulation and Systematic circulation?
10. What are Oedema and Leucaemia?
11. Differentiate between diffusion and osmosis?
12. What is ECG?
13. Differentiate between arteries and veins.
14. Differentiate between open and closed circulatory system.
15. What is the role of stomata in plants?

Composed and prepared by Muhammad Yaseen

Superior college Gujranwala