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NSO & IMO 2023

BIOLOGY Practice Sheet

1. Kharif season crops are grown in 10. Rotation of crop is useful

(A) Oct-Nov (B) Sept-Oct (A) in increasing mineral quantity of soil
(C) June-July (D) Nov-Dec (B) in increasing fertility of soil
(C) in producing crops with high protein
2. Unwanted plants grow along with crops are content
termed as (D) in denitrification
(A) Weeds (B) Shrubs
(C) Herbs (D) None of these 11. The connecting link between plant and animal
cell is
3. Cultivation of fruits, vegetables and ornamental (A) Mycoplasma (B) Viruses
plants, is studied under (C) Euglena (D) Amoeba
(A) Agronomy
(B) Plant Tissue Culture 12. Cellulose is the component of
(C) Horticulture (A) Plant (B) Algae
(D) Seed culture (C) Fungi (D) All of these

13. The curdling of milk is induced by

4. Components required for fertility of soil
(A) Algae (B) Plasmodium
(A) Na, Ca, K (B) K, Mg, Mn
(C) Bacteria (D) Fungi
(C) N, P, K (D) N, Mg, Ca
14. Malaria is caused by
5. Irrigation is done after (A) Bacteria (B) Algae
(A) Manuring (B) Threshing (C) Protozoa (D) Fungi
(C) Weeding (D) Storage
15. Which of the following is cause of Polio?
6. Which of the following implement used for (A) Virus (B) Algae
digging soil (C) Bacteria (D) Protozoa
(A) Sickle (B) Spade
(C) Khurpa (D) Harrow 16. Cake and Bread are produced by
(A) Algae (B) Yeast
7. The process of separation of grain from the (C) Fungi (D) Lichen
chaff after harvesting is known as
(A) Tilling (B) Winnowing 17. Lichen is the association of
(C) Spraying (D) Weeding (A) Algae - Bacteria (B) Yeast-Protozoa
(C) Bacteria-Yeast (D) Algae-fungi
8. The soil matter formed by decayed organic
matter is called 18. Nostoc and Anabena are involved in
(A) Respiration (B) Fermentation
(A) Pesticide (B) Fertilizer
(C) Nitrogen fixation (D) Pollution
(C) Humus (D) Biocide
19. The connecting link between living and non-
9. BHC [Benzene Hexachloride] is a living is
(A) Weedicide (B) Fertilizer
(A) Bacteria (B) Fungi
(C) Fungicide (D) Pesticide
(C) Virus (D) Protozoa
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20. Curdling of milk is done by 26. Movement of animals and birds periodically is
(A) Streptomyces (B) Rhizobium known as
(C) Lactobacillus (D) Clostridium (A) Conversion (B) Extinction
(C) Migration (D) None of these
21. Interaction of man with nature is termed as
(A) Ecosystem (B) Ecology 27. A Book which provide essential information
(C) Biome (D) Environment about animals and plants which are vulnerable.
(A) Green Data Book
22. Members of same species (B) Black Data Book
(A) Do not reproduce (B) Not reside together (C) IUCN
(C) Do reproduce (D) Not form colonies (D) Red Data Book

23. ‘Fauna’ is 28. Flora includes

(A) Group of microbes (A) only plants
(B) Group of animals (B) both plants and animals
(C) Group of flowers (C) only animals
(D) Group of animals & microbes (D) plants, animals and microorganism

24. Cutting down of forest an a large scale is 29. The part of the earth where living organisms
(A) Reforestation (B) Afforestation exist is called
(C) Deforestation (D) None of these (A) ecosystem (B) biodiversity
(C) biosphere (D) fauna
25. Species of animals and plants which are no
more now, comes in the category of 30. Deforestation causes
(A) Endangered (B) Extinct (A) increase in temperature
(C) Vulnerable (D) Rare (B) loss of bio-diversity
(C) decrease in water resources
(D) all of these
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Answer Key
1. (C) 11. (C) 21. (D)
2. (A) 12. (D) 22. (A)
3. (C) 13. (C) 23. (B)
4. (C) 14. (C) 24. (C)
5. (A) 15. (A) 25. (B)
6. (B) 16. (B) 26. (C)
7. (B) 17. (D) 27. (D)
8. (C) 18. (C) 28. (A)
9. (D) 19. (C) 29. (C)
10. (B) 20. (C) 30. (D)

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