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BRAIN TEASERS BIO FOR HIGHER CLASS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the incorrect statement about Double circulation.

a)

(a) It occurs only in mammals

b)

(b) It occurs in all vertebrates

c)

(c) It is composed of the systemic circulation

d)

(d) It is composed of pulmonary circulation

2.

Pick the most appropriate statement(s) as part of the explanation for this statement – “Adult human RBCs are enucleated”.

I. Their internal space is available for oxygen transport

II. They are somatic cells

III. They do not need to reproduce

IV. They do not metabolise

a)

(a) Only (I)

b)

(b) Only (II)

c)

(c) (I), (III) and (IV)

d)

(d) (III) and (IV)

3.

Blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is

a)

(a) Same as that in the aorta

b)

(b) Less than that in vena cava

c)

(c) More than that in the carotid

d)

(d) More than that in the pulmonary vein

4.

Oxygenated blood in the cardiac system

a)

(a) leaves from the right side of the heart

b)

(b) leaves from the left side of the heart

c)

(c) enters lungs from the heart

d)

(d) does not leave the lungs

5.

This has a smaller intestine

a)

(a) carnivore

b)

(b) herbivore

c)

(c) both (a) and (b)

d)

(d) none of the above

6.

Which of these substances is transported by the blood plasma?

a)

(a) Carbon dioxide

b)

(b) Nitrogenous waste

c)

(c) Food

d)

(d) All of the above

7.

In photosynthesis, the chlorophyll is used for

a)

(a) No function

b)

(b) reduction of carbon dioxide

c)

(c) breaking down the water molecule

d)

(d) absorbing light

8.

The enzymes found in intestinal juice finally convert

a)

(a) fats into fatty acids and glycerol

b)

(b) proteins to amino acids

c)

(c) complex carbohydrates into glucose

d)

(d) all of these

9.

The oxygen evolved during photosynthesis comes from water molecules. Which one of the following pairs of elements is involved in this reaction?

a)

Magnesium & chlorine

b)

Manganese & chlorine

c)

Manganese & potassium

d)

magnesium & molybdenum

10.

Flowers are unisexual in

a)

Onion

b)

Pea

c)

Cucumber

d)

China rose

11.

How many pairs of contrasting characters in pea plants were studied by Mendel in his experiments

a)

6

b)

8

c)

7

d)

5

12.

High value of BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) indicates that:

a)

Water is higly polluted

b)

Water is less polluted

c)

Consumption of organic matter in the water is higher by the microbes

d)

Water is pure

13.

Gastric juice of infants contain

a)

nuclease, pepsinogen, lipase,

b)

pepsinogen, lipase, rennin

c)

amylase, rennin, pepsinogen

d)

maltase, pepsinogen, rennin

14.

DNA is not present in

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Chloroplast

15.

Nuclear envelope is a derivative of:

a)

membrane of golgi coplex

b)

microtubules

c)

RER

d)

SER

16.

HIV that causes AIDS , first starts destroying :

a)

Leucocytes

b)

Helper T- lymphocytes

c)

Thrombocytes

d)

B-lymphocytes

17.

Removal of proximal convoluted tubules from the nephron will result in

a)

more concentrated urine

b)

No change in quality & quantity of urine

c)

no urine formation

d)

more diluted urine

18.

The structures that are formed by stacking of organized flattened membranous sacs in the chloroplasts are

a)

grana

b)

stroma lamellae

c)

stroma

d)

cristae

19.

The chromosomes in which centromere is situated close to one end are

a)

Acrocentric

b)

Telocentric

c)

sub-metacentric

d)

metacentric

20.

Which of the following animals is not viviparous?

a)

elephant

b)

platypus

c)

whale

d)

flying fox