R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | Zoology ZOOLOGY MCQS SET 1

All stages in the life cycle of malarial parasite are haploid except

1. Sporont
2. Schizont
3. Gamout
4. Ookinete

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica is

1. Trophic form
2. Mature cyst
3. Sporozoite
4. Minuta form

✅ Correct Answer: 2

If an Amoeba is placed in salt water, its contractile vacuole will

1. Burst
2. Multiple
3. Enlarge
4. Disappear

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is not a true amphibian animal?

1. Tortoise
2. Frog
3. Toad
4. Salamander

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Entamoeba histolytica was first discovered by

1. Craig
2. Lambel
3. Losch
4. Dobell

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following vitamins are night blindness?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin B
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin E

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The term “Cloning” is related with

1. Environment
2. Trade
3. Genetics
4. Space technology

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The A, B, O blood groups were discovered by

1. Gregor Mendel
2. Watson
3. Charles Darwin
4. Karl Landsteiner

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Thermostat of a bird or mammal is in its

1. Cerebrum
2. Hypothalamus
3. Spinal cord
4. Medulla oblongata

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following regulates respiration in man?

1. Medulla oblongata
2. Mid brain
3. Spinal cord
4. Fore brain

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The branch of the science dealing with the study of human skin is called

1. Anatomy
2. Dermatology
3. Bio-chemistry
4. Physiology

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Malaria is spread by

1. Anopheles mosquito (female)
2. Aedes mosquito
3. Culex mosquito
4. House fly

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Human heart contains

1. 2 chambers
2. 3 chambers
3. 4 chambers
4. No chamber

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who are more likely to get tapeworm?

1. Fish eaters
2. Meat eaters
3. Pork eaters
4. Beef eaters

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Quinine, utilized in the treatment of malaria, is extracted from

1. Red ants
2. Blister flies
3. Cinchona
4. Cinnamon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The shape of Amoeba is

1. Irregular
2. Rectangular
3. Conical
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Where had “ Ronald Ross” done his research related to malaria parasite:

1. Chennai
2. Lucknow
3. London
4. Hyderabad

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Sporogony of malaria parasite occurs in

1. Salivary glands of mosquito
2. Stomach wall of mosquito
3. Liver of man
4. RBC of man

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The trophozoite of Plasmodium lives in

1. Blood plasma
2. Stomach of mosquito
3. Liver cells
4. Erythrocytes of man

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The physical basis of life is

1. Protoplasm
2. Cell
3. Food
4. Nucleus

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which are necessary for the formation of bones and teeth?

1. Calcium and phosphorous
2. Sodium and potassium
3. Calcium and magnesium
4. Calcium and sodium

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In man, average weight of heart is

1. About 310 grams
2. About 320 grams
3. About 330 grams
4. About 340 grams

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The tubular structures of the kidney are called

1. Bowman’s capsule
2. Nephrons
3. Malpighian tubules
4. Nephrons

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Of the following which one is a poisonous snake?

1. Eryx Johni
2. Rat snake
3. Green snake
4. Sea snake

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following organisms has no blood but respires?

1. Cockroach
2. Fish
3. Hydra
4. Earthworm

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Fresh foods and fruits contain more of

1. Carbohydrates
2. Fats
3. Proteins
4. Vitamins

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Human cell has

1. 21 pairs of chromosomes
2. 22 pairs of chromosomes
3. 23 pairs of chromosomes
4. 24 pairs of chromosomes

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Poison of snake can be removed by injecting

1. Antivenom
2. Penicillin
3. Insulin
4. Saline

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following is present in the intestine of termites to digest cellulose?

1. Protozoa
2. Yeasts
3. Bacteria
4. Alga

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which among the following helps in circulation of blood?

1. Lymphocytes
2. Monocytes
3. Arithrocytus
4. Blood platelets

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which among the following is a large spectrum Antibiotic?

1. Penicillin
2. Paracetamol
3. Ampicillin
4. Chloramphenicol

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Our bones and teeth are generally made of –

1. Hydrolith
2. Chloropetite
3. Fluoropetite
4. Tricalcium phosphate

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Angora wool is extracted from –

1. rabbit
2. fox
3. goat
4. sheep

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following diseases affects women easily than that of men?

1. Hepatitis
2. Arthritis
3. Heart attack
4. Joint arthritis

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Pituitary gland is located in –

1. intestine
2. liver
3. kidney
4. brain

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What is the limit of MG/DL of blood sugar in the normal person at the time of fast?

1. 40-60
2. 70-100
3. 120-150
4. 160-200

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Why radiologists do not take direct X-ray photographs of intestine?

1. X-rays cannot cross intestine
2. X-rays are not able to capture clear picture
3. Intestine are affected by direct exposure to X-rays
4. Even short exposure of X-rays causes cancer in intestine

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Animals do not have enzyme systems which enable them to make use of the energy from:

1. fat
2. water
3. protein
4. carbohydrate

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A clone is a colony of:

1. Cells having similar shape
2. Cells having different shapes
3. Cells having similar genetic constitutions
4. Cells having different genetic constitutions

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The pollen grains of flower pollinated by insects are:

1. smooth and dry
2. rough and dry
3. rough and sticky
4. large and showy

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The disease caused by Asbestos is:

1. Emphysema
2. Diarrhea
3. Paralysis
4. Dysentery

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In the eye, colure vision is effected by the presence of:

1. Rods
2. Cones
3. Choroid coat
4. Sclerotic coat

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Dehydration in human body is caused due to the loss of:

1. vitamins
2. salts
3. hormones
4. water

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is the largest living bird?

1. Peacock
2. Ostrich
3. Kiwi
4. Eagle

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In the case of test tube babies

1. egg is fertilized in the uterus.
2. embryo completes its development in a test tube
3. embryo is placed in uterus after 2 months.
4. egg is fertilized outside mother’s body.

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Kidney disease in man is caused by the pollutant:

1. Cadmium
2. Iron
3. Cobalt
4. Carbon

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A rare and endangered animal in Silent Valley is:

1. Tiger
2. Musk deer
3. Rhinosores
4. Lion-tailed macaque

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Quantity of fresh air required for a man is

1. 1000 cubic feet of air for every 20 minutes
2. 1000 cubic feet of air for every 20 seconds
3. 1000 cubic feet of air for every 10 minutes
4. 1000 cubic feet of air for every 10 seconds

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Reserpine is used to:

1. cure arthritis
2. alleviate pain
3. reduce high blood pressure
4. increases blood pressure when it is low

✅ Correct Answer: 3

‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose:

1. Cancer
2. Polio virus
3. AIDS antibodies
4. Tuberculosis bacterium

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Why excessive heating and repeated use of cooking oil is most undesirable?

1. Loss and wastage of oil
2. Nutrient value of food is lost
3. Carcinogenic substances like benzpyrene are produced
4. The oil vapours can cause indoor population

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following is a female sex hormone?

1. Estrogen
2. Insulin
3. Oxytocin
4. Androgen

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Labourers who do hard manual labour develop thick skin on their palms and soles due to:

1. thick epidermis
2. thick dermis
3. thick subcutaneous tissue
4. all of these

✅ Correct Answer: 4

AIDS virus has:

1. single-stranded RNA
2. double stranded RNA
3. single stranded DNA
4. double stranded DNA

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A ‘breath test’ used by traffic police to check drunken driving uses:

1. turmeric on filter paper
2. silica gel coated with silver nitrate
3. potassium perma-nganate-sulphuric acid
4. potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Anglo-Nubian is a breed of:

1. Sheep
2. Goat
3. Poultry
4. Cattle

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What kind of soil is treated with gypsum to make it suitable for cropping?

1. Acidic
2. Alkaline
3. Water-logged
4. Soil with excessive clay content

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Typhoid fever is caused by-

1. allergy
2. fungus
3. bacteria
4. virus

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following blood group is a universal recipient?

1. A
2. B
3. AB
4. O

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The animal which has become extinct recently in India happens to be

1. Golden cat
2. Cheetah
3. Wooly wolf
4. Rhinoceros

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following blood groups may be present in the children of a couple having blood groups A and B, respectively?

1. A and B only
2. A, B and O
3. A, B, AB and O
4. AB only

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

1. Malaria
2. Ring worn
3. Whooping cough
4. Polimyletis

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is known as Vitamin B1?

1. Retinol
2. Thiamin
3. Thiamin
4. Ascorbic acid

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following is true?

1. RNA is the genetic material in all the viruses
2. DNA is the genetic material in all the viruses
3. RNA is the genetic material in most viruses and bacteria
4. DNA is the genetic material in most of the organism

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Pathogenic bacteria secrete

1. Antigens
2. Antibodies
3. Hormones
4. Interferons

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for path breaking contributions to develop treatment against Parkinson’s diseases?

1. Walter Kohn
2. Arvid Carlsson
3. Ferid Murad
4. Robert B. Laughlin

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Sweetex used by the diabetic patients has energy content of:

1. Five calories
2. Ten calories
3. Hundred calories
4. Zero calories

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The element which is the most abundant in the human body is:

1. Oxygen
2. Iron
3. Carbon
4. Nitrogen

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who discovered sex hormones?

1. Dresser
2. Eugen Steinach
3. Edward Calvin
4. Samuel Cohen

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What are the basic units from which human spare parts can be created?

1. Kidney cells
2. Heart cells
3. Stem cells
4. Nerve cells

✅ Correct Answer: 3