NDA Biology Mock Test

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. Which one among the following animals is 6. In meiosis, bivalent condition of

a mammal? chromosomes occurs in

(a) Great Indian Bustard (a) leptotene

(b) Gharial (b) zygotene
(c) Platypus (c) pachytene
(d) Hornbill (d) diplotene

2. Which one among the following animals 7. Which vitamin is essential for RBC
does not undergo periodic moulting of their formation?
external body covering?
(a) Thiamine
(a) Cockroach (b) Riboflavin
(b) Cobra (c) Folic acid
(c) Earthworm (d) Calciferol

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(d) Dragonfly
8. Which vitamin is also known as vitamin-B2?
3. Which one among the following groups is
the most abundant in terms of number of (a) Riboflavin
species identified? (b) Thiamine
(c) Niacin
(a) Fungi (d) None of these
(b) Green plants
(c) Bacteria 9. Excessive thinning of hair in man will be
(d) Insects due to

4. The duplication of chromosome occurs in (a) less blood supply

mitosis during (b) low proteins
(c) less fats
(a) early prophase (d) None of the above
(b) late prophase
(c) interphase 10. Which of the following is termed as
(d) late telophase ‘graveyard’ of RBCs?

5. Karyokinesis means division of (a) Liver

(b) Spleen
(a) nucleus into two (c) Kidney
(b) cytoplasm into two (d) Bone marrow
(c) protoplasm into two
(d) None of the above 11. Blood does not contain

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 (a) calcium (d) All of these
(b) prothrombin
(c) fibrinogen 16. Which one among the following
(d) elastin statements is correct? In digestive system of
living organisms,
12. Lymph differs from blood in the absence
of (a) glucose is broken down into glycerol
(b) glucose is converted into glycogen
(a) WBCs (c) glucose is broken down into carbon
(b) RBCs dioxide and water
(c) Plasma (d) proteins are broken down into amino
(d) All of these acids

13. Which of the following is not a 17. Which one among the following is the
micronutrient for a plant? hardest part of our body?

(a) Iron (a) Skull bones of head

(b) Magnesium (b) Thumb nails
(c) Molybdenum (c) Enamel of teeth
(d) Manganese (d) Spinal vertebra

14. Which one among the following hormones 18. The process of conventional earlobe
stimulates the plant cells to grow in a manner piercing does not lead to bleeding. This is
such that the plant appears to be bent towards because the

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light?
(a) heart does not supply blood to
(a) Cytokinin earlobes
(b) Auxin (b) cartilage found in earlobe has lesser
(c) Gibberellin blood supply unlike other body parts
(d) Abscisic acid (c) earlobes consist of dead no dividing
tissues
15. Which of the following statements about (d) needle used for ear piercing is
sexual reproduction in flowering plants are sterilized
correct?
19. Deficiency of iodine in food or water leads
1. Stamen is present in the centre of a to
flower.
2. Stamen produces pollen grains. (a) colour blindness
3. The swollen bottom part of carpel is (b) simple goitre
the ovary. (c) opthalmic goitre
4. The fusion of germ cells gives rise to (d) cancer
zygote.
20. Diabetes mellitus is the result of
Select the correct answer using the codes undersecretrion of
given below
(a) insulin
(a) 2, 3 and 4 (b) thyroxine
(b) 2 and 4 (c) oestrogen
(c) 1 and 3 (d) None of these

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21. Which cells of testis secrete testosterone 26. The female birds raised for egg production
hormone? are called as

(a) Leydig’s cells (a) layers

(b) Sertoli cells (b) broilers
(c) Both (a) and (b) (c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Spermatogonia (d) None of these

22. Cancer is a disease caused by 27. Bird flu is caused by

(a) bacteria (a) H1N1virus

(b) virus (b) H3N1virus
(c) fungus (c) H1N3 virus
(d) carcinogens (d) H5N1virus

23. Most effective medicine for malaria is 28. Acid rain is formed due to contribution
from the following pair of gases
(a) streptomycin
(b) quinine (a) Methane and Ozone
(c) penicillin (b) Oxygen and Nitrous oxide
(d) None of these (c) Methane and Sulphur dioxide
(d) Nitrogen oxides and Sulphur dioxide
24. Which one is a viral disease?
29. Lichens indicate pollution by
(a) Cholera

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(b) Tetanus (a) O3
(c) Rabies (b) SO2
(d) None of these (c) NO3
(d) CO
25. β-amylase used in brewing industry is
obtained from 30. Disease aggravated by air pollution is

(a) Bacillus subtilis (a) Cholera

(b) S. cerevisiae (b) Rheumatism
(c) E. coli (c) (c) Bronchitis
(d) A. niger (d) None of the above

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Answers
01 - c 02 - c 03 - d 04 - c 05 - a 06 - b 07 - c 08 - a 09 - b 10 - b
11 - d 12 - b 13 - b 14 - b 15 - a 16 - d 17 - c 18 - b 19 - b 20 - a
21 - a 22 - d 23 - b 24 - a 25 - a 26 - a 27 - d 28 - d 29 - b 30 - c

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