Biology Quiz

1. What is Vermiculture? 
(a) The science of raising worms
(b) The science of studying animals
(c) The science of studying fishes

(d) The science of killing worms

2. The study of Gerontology, is related to which of the following? 
(a) Child infant

(b) Female

(c) Disease of skin

(d) Old age

3. Genetics deals with- 
(a) Mendel’s laws
(b) Organic evolution

(c) DNA structure

(d) Heredity and variations

4. Dinosaurs were: 
(a) Cenozoic reptiles

(b) Mesozoic birds
(c) Paleozoic amphibians

(d) Mesozoic reptiles
5. Poison gland of snakes is homologous to- 
(a) Electric organ of fishes

(b) Stings of rays
(c) Sebaceous glands of mammals

(d) Salivary gland of vertebrates

6. Desert plants are generally- 
(a) Viviparous

(b) Succulent
(c) Herbaceous
(d) Heterophyllous

7. The food conducting tissue of a plants is 
(a) Phloem

(b) Xylem

(c) Parenchyma
(d) Collenchyma

8. The heat treatment applied to milk to stabilize and to remove disease causing bacteria is called as –
(a) Pasteurization
(b) Fermentation

(c) Coagulation

(d) Homogenization

9. Cockroach cannot survive in the water because its respiratory organ is –
(a) Gill
(b) Trachea
(c) Book lung  

(d) Pulmonary sac
10. Which of the following is an egg laying mammal?
(a) Bat
(b) Leafy-Ant eater
(c) Whale

(d) Spiny Ant-eater

11. Scurvy (bleeding of gums) is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
(a) Vitamin K
(b) Vitamin B2

(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin A

12. Tuberculosis is caused by a 
(a) Bacterium
(b) Virus

(c) Fungus

(d) Protozoa

13. Which is the oldest organism on the earth?
(a)Blue green Algae

(b)Amoeba

(c)Fungi

(d)Euglena

14. Name the source from which Aspirin is produced?
(a) Willow bark

(b) Oak Tree

(c) Acacia
(d) Eucalyptus

15. Which of the following are longest cells of human body?
(a) Pancreatic cells  

(b) Epethelial cells
(c) Nerve cells
(d) Epidermal cells