ACME ACADEMY

WEEKLY EVALUATION TEST

Subject: Biology
Time Limit: 120 Mins
Max Marks: 112 Marks
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. All questions are compulsory. Carefully read all instructions before starting.
  2. The question paper contains 112 questions.
  3. There is no negative marking for incorrect answers.
  4. Use of mobile phones, smartwatches, or calculators is strictly prohibited during the exam.
1. Evolution is best defined as
[1 Mark]
(A) Acquisition of desired characters
(B) Descent with modifications
(C) Struggle for existence
(D) Like begets like
2. In a food web hyenas and vultures are
[1 Mark]
(A) Primary consumers
(B) Predators
(C) Scavengers
(D) Decomposers
3. The equation - lactate, alanine, glycerol -> glucose, represents which of the following ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Glycolysis
(B) Glycogenolysis
(C) Gluconeogenesis
(D) Both glycolysis and glycogenolysis
4. The first and the final moult in the larva of Ascaris occurs in the
[1 Mark]
(A) Lungs
(B) Liver
(C) Stomach
(D) Intestine
5. Earliest evidences of social life are attributed to
[1 Mark]
(A) Cro - magnon men
(B) Neanderthal man
(C) Peking man
(D) Java man
6. Of the following which is not a vestigeal organ ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Wisdom tooth
(B) Appendix
(C) Tail bone
(D) Bones
7. Which of the animal does not have an alimentary canal ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Fasciola
(B) Ascaris
(C) Ancylostoma
(D) Taenia
8. CAM plants at night produce
[1 Mark]
(A) PEP
(B) Pyruvic acid
(C) Malic acid
(D) Citric acid
9. Chromatids joined together by duplicated but unseparated centromere are called
[1 Mark]
(A) Sister chromatids
(B) Homologs
(C) Bivalents
(D) Alleles
10. In loam soil, the proportion of soil particles is
[1 Mark]
(A) 80% sand + 20% clay or silt or both
(B) 70% sand + 30% clay or silt or both
(C) 60% sand + 40% clay or silt or both
(D) 50% sand + 50% clay or silt or both
11. Which of the following is flying fish ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Shark
(B) Chimera
(C) Latimaria
(D) Exocoetus
12. Of the following which animal exhibits retrogressive metamorphosis ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Amphioxus
(B) Herdmania
(C) Balanoglossus
(D) Doliolum
13. Which type of joints are found in the pectoral and pelvic girdle of frog from the following ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Hinge
(B) Pivot
(C) Saddle
(D) Ball and Socket
14. The blood of Pheritima is red due to the presence of
[1 Mark]
(A) Iron salts
(B) Pigment cells
(C) Intercellular hemoglobin
(D) Intracellular hemoglobin
15. Genophore is the name of
[1 Mark]
(A) DNA of Eukaryotes
(B) DNA of Bacteria
(C) Genes of Drosophila
(D) Genes of Neurospora
16. Elaters of Marchantia are
[1 Mark]
(A) Haploid and hygroscopic
(B) Diploid and hygroscopic
(C) Haploid and non - hygroscopic
(D) Diploid and non - hygroscopic
17. In the origin of species by Darwin the concept of competition was taken from which of the following ?
[1 Mark]
(A) A. Wallace
(B) H. Spencer
(C) H. de Vries
(D) T. R. Malthus
18. Cleavage in frog is
[1 Mark]
(A) Holoblastic and equal
(B) Holoblastic and unequal
(C) Meroblastic and superficial
(D) Meroblastic and discoidal
19. Soil water, absorbed by plants, is called
[1 Mark]
(A) Cresard
(B) Holard
(C) Echard
(D) Fullard
20. Who described the annual recurrence of Rusts of wheat in India ?
[1 Mark]
(A) B. B. Mundukur
(B) K. C. Mehta
(C) R. S. Singh
(D) E. J. Butler
21. Plakea stage is found in life cycle of
[1 Mark]
(A) Chlamydomonas
(B) Volvox
(C) Ulothrix
(D) Spirogyra
22. Rhizophore is found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Marsilea
(B) Equisetum
(C) Lycopodium
(D) Selaginella
23. Which is not true about glycolysis ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Occurs only in aerobic organisms
(B) Occurs in all organisms
(C) Occurs in the cytoplasm
(D) Glucose is partially oxidized
24. In Palaemon, the statocyst are present within which appendage ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Antennule
(B) Antenna
(C) Mandible
(D) Maxilla
25. A Nucleosome consists of
[1 Mark]
(A) RNA + Histone
(B) RNA + Histone + Non Histone
(C) DNA + Histone
(D) DNA + Histone + Non Histone
26. If human blood mixed with an anticoagulant is centrifuged, which of the following will settle first at the bottom of the centrifuge tube ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Erythrocytes
(B) Leucocytes
(C) Platelets
(D) Plasma
27. The ‘cohort’ of Bentham - Hooker is equivalent to present day
[1 Mark]
(A) Class
(B) Order
(C) Family
(D) None
28. The principal function of ______ is packaging of materials to deliver to the intra - cellular targets or to secrete outside the cell.
[1 Mark]
(A) Lysosome
(B) Golgi apparatus
(C) Rough endoplasmic reticulum
(D) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
29. Dissociation curve of Haemoglobin is
[1 Mark]
(A) Hyperbolic
(B) Straight line
(C) Parabolic
(D) Sigmoid
30. Ctenidium of unio are of which type ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Protobranch
(B) Fillibranch
(C) Eulamellibranch
(D) Septobranch
31. Endothelium is related to
[1 Mark]
(A) Innermost integument of ovule
(B) Innermost wall of anther
(C) Nuclear endosperm
(D) Microspore
32. T. H. Morgan used which of the following for most of his work on genetics ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Drosophila
(B) Neospora
(C) Pisum
(D) Oenothera
33. Purkinje fibres are found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Lungs
(B) Brain
(C) Heart
(D) Liver
34. The lethal genes are largely recessive. Hence they produce effect in the ______ state.
[1 Mark]
(A) Hemizygous
(B) Heterozygous
(C) Homozygous
(D) None of the above
35. Which of the following has upright pyramid ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Biomass
(B) Number
(C) Energy
(D) All of the above
36. The chief function of pedicellariae of star fish is
[1 Mark]
(A) Cleansing
(B) Respiration
(C) Capturing
(D) Defence
37. The tail of the sperm is made from which of the following ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Microtubule
(B) Microfilament
(C) Spindle tubule
(D) Centriole
38. Which of the following is a degradable pollutant ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Mercury
(B) Trace metals
(C) Steel
(D) Domestic sewage
39. Motile cells with flagella are altogether absent in
[1 Mark]
(A) Cyanophyceae
(B) Phaeophyceae
(C) Chlorophyceae
(D) Bacillariophyceae
40. A cavity formed by disintegration of protoxylem tracheid in equisetum is
[1 Mark]
(A) Air chamber
(B) Valecular canal
(C) Central cavity
(D) Carinal canal
41. Of the following which is the phenolic hormone ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Adrenaline
(B) Testosterone
(C) Parathormone
(D) Prolactin
42. Which of the following statements is true regarding the nauplius larva ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Both antennules and antennae are biramous.
(B) Only antennules are biramous.
(C) Only mandibles are biramous.
(D) Both antennae and mandibles are biramous.
43. Consider the following statements. 1. Saliva acts as a lubricant. 2. Salivary amylase converts starch into glucose. 3. The pH of saliva is about 3.4. 4. Chloride ions are essential for the activity of salivary amylase. Of these statements :
[1 Mark]
(A) 1 and 4 are correct
(B) 2 and 3 are correct
(C) 3 and 4 are correct
(D) 1 and 2 are correct
44. Pila is adapted to lead ______ life.
[1 Mark]
(A) Aerial
(B) Aquatic
(C) Amphibious
(D) Benthic
45. Which fungi can detect copper in traces and used in bio - assays ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Penicillium notatum
(B) Sachromycines cerevisiae
(C) Aspergillus niger
(D) None of the above
46. The angiosperms were developed in
[1 Mark]
(A) Palaeozoic era
(B) Mesozoic era
(C) Coenozoic era
(D) Archaeozoic era
47. About 80% of the glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed in the
[1 Mark]
(A) Proximal convoluted tubules
(B) Distal convoluted tubules
(C) Descending limb of loop of Henle
(D) Ascending limb of loop of Henle
48. Which of the following is called amber ?
[1 Mark]
(A) AUG
(B) UAA
(C) UAG
(D) UGA
49. Which of the following is a primary air pollutant ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Ozone in troposphere
(B) Dioxides of carbon, sulphur and nitrogen
(C) Ozone in stratosphere
(D) SO3
50. Isaphgol is obtained from
[1 Mark]
(A) Strychnos nuxvomica
(B) Plantago ovata
(C) Erythroxylum coca
(D) Digitalis purpuria
51. Calyptra in Marchantia developed from
[1 Mark]
(A) Base of archegonium
(B) Tissue of archegoniophore
(C) The amphithecium
(D) Wall of the venter
52. Solute potential (ps) is always
[1 Mark]
(A) Negative
(B) Positive
(C) Zero
(D) One
53. Sapwood is also known as
[1 Mark]
(A) Secondary xylem
(B) Duramen
(C) Alburnum
(D) Phelloderm
54. ‘Orchil’, a blue dye is obtained from
[1 Mark]
(A) Cetraria icelandica
(B) Ramalina fastigiata
(C) Cladonia rangifera
(D) Evernia prunastri
55. In pea, aestivation of petals is
[1 Mark]
(A) Valvate
(B) Vexillary
(C) Twisted
(D) None
56. Of the following which gas produces green house effect ?
[1 Mark]
(A) CO2
(B) SO2
(C) NO2
(D) O3
57. Neopilina is a connecting link between
[1 Mark]
(A) Annelida and mollusca
(B) Annelida and arthropoda
(C) Echinodermata and chordata
(D) Protochordata and euchordata
58. Rho (p) factors involved in transcription of DNA to RNA molecule is a
[1 Mark]
(A) Nucleoside
(B) Metallic ion
(C) Hormone
(D) Protein
59. Some organisms can tolerate and thrive in a wide range of temperature, they are called
[1 Mark]
(A) Stenothermal
(B) Homeothermal
(C) Poikilothermal
(D) Eurithermal
60. Tubules connecting two cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum located at two opposite ends of a plasmodesmata are called as
[1 Mark]
(A) Microtubules
(B) Desmotubules
(C) Microfilaments
(D) None of the above
61. “The system resulting from the integration of the all living and non - living factors of the environment” is called as
[1 Mark]
(A) Ecosystem
(B) Succession
(C) Ecotone
(D) Community
62. Of the following which larval stage of Fasciola does not produces several larvae ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Sporocyst
(B) Secondary redia
(C) Primary redia
(D) Cercaria
63. An insect that produces shellac is
[1 Mark]
(A) Apis indica
(B) Bombyx mori
(C) Laccifera lacca
(D) Dictyolopium coccus
64. Wheel organ is present in which of the following animal ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Amphioxus
(B) Herdmania
(C) Balanoglossus
(D) Doliolum
65. Chalazogamy fertilization occurs in
[1 Mark]
(A) Hibiscus
(B) Delphinium
(C) Casurina
(D) Morus
66. Quinine used in the treatment of malarial fever is obtained from
[1 Mark]
(A) Bark of Cinchona
(B) Root of Rauvolfia
(C) Seeds of Ricinus comunis
(D) Atropa belladona
67. The D - cells and D2F - cells of pancreas respectively secrete
[1 Mark]
(A) Pancreatic polypeptide and somatostatin
(B) Pancreatic somatostatin and polypeptide
(C) Insulin and somatostatin
(D) Glucagon and somatostatin
68. Power of regeneration in sponges is due to
[1 Mark]
(A) Theocytes
(B) Amoebocytes
(C) Archeocytes
(D) Scleroblasts
69. Which species of Paramoceum has symbiotic algae zoochlorella ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Caudatum
(B) Aurelia
(C) Multimicronucleatum
(D) Bursaria
70. Who introduced the term 'Bryophyta' for the first time ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Eichler
(B) Braun
(C) Schimper
(D) Schuster
71. The chloroplast of Euglena is composed of
[1 Mark]
(A) Chlorophyll 'a'
(B) Chlorophyll 'b'
(C) Chlorophyll 'a' and 'b'
(D) Chlorophyll a, b and carotene
72. Homology indicates
[1 Mark]
(A) Common ancestry
(B) Divergent evolution
(C) Both
(D) None
73. Which of the following does not happen in the prophase I of meiosis?
[1 Mark]
(A) Condensation of chromosomes
(B) Pairing of homologs
(C) Chiasma formation
(D) Segregation
74. Gametangial copulation is common in
[1 Mark]
(A) Ascomycetes
(B) Zygomycetes
(C) Basidiomycetes
(D) Deuteromycetes
75. Which of the following tissues in cycas ovule is haploid ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Integument
(B) Nucellus
(C) Endosperm
(D) None of the above
76. Homologous structures found in some species have no clear function. These are called
[1 Mark]
(A) Degenerate organs
(B) Dormant organs
(C) Dwarf organs
(D) Vestigial organs
77. Chloroplasts contain maximum quantity of
[1 Mark]
(A) RUBP carboxylase
(B) Hexokinase
(C) Pyruvate carboxylase
(D) None of these
78. Actinostele is found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Lycopodium annotinum
(B) Lycopodium cernuum
(C) Lycopodium seratum
(D) Lycopodium volubile
79. The phenomenon of double fertilization was first observed by
[1 Mark]
(A) S. G. Nawaschin
(B) E. Strasburger
(C) Joseph Kolreuter
(D) G. B. Amici
80. In scoliodon, the work of ampullae of lorenzini is
[1 Mark]
(A) Mechano receptor
(B) Thermo receptor
(C) Rheo receptor
(D) Photo receptor
81. Which of the following is not true regarding the blood vascular system of cockroach ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Its blood is called hemolymph
(B) Heart has 13 chambers
(C) Respiratory pigment absent in blood
(D) Pulsatile vesicles absent
82. Electroneutrality of blood is maintained by the
[1 Mark]
(A) Hamburger's phenomenon
(B) Hering - Breuer's reflex
(C) Haldane effect
(D) Pneumotaxis centre
83. Of the following who discovered polythene chromosome ?
[1 Mark]
(A) E. G. Balbiani
(B) J. M. Mitchison
(C) R. Von Hertwig
(D) Daniel Mazid
84. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on which day ?
[1 Mark]
(A) June 5
(B) September 21
(C) October 1
(D) December 10
85. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Monosaccharide - fructose
(B) Polysaccharide - cellulose
(C) Disaccharide - galactose
(D) Starch - mixture of amylose and amylopectin
86. In which of the following plants root nodules are not formed by Rhizobium ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Cajanus cajan
(B) Cicer arietinum
(C) Glycine max
(D) Casuarina glauca
87. Indian subcontinent is included in
[1 Mark]
(A) Palearctic region
(B) Oriental region
(C) Neotropical region
(D) Nearctic region
88. The mouth parts of male mosquito do not have
[1 Mark]
(A) Maxillae and mandible
(B) Labium and labrum
(C) Maxillary palps and labellum
(D) Antenna and hypopharynx
89. On the basis of number and position of flagella, vibrio cholerae is
[1 Mark]
(A) Atrichous
(B) Amphitrichous
(C) Monotrichous
(D) Cephalotrichous
90. ‘Leaf curl of papaya’ disease is caused by
[1 Mark]
(A) Fungus
(B) Virus
(C) Bacteria
(D) Mycoplasma
91. “Nurse cells” are found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Riccia
(B) Marchantia
(C) Funaria
(D) None
92. The disease ‘citrus canker’ is caused by
[1 Mark]
(A) Fungi
(B) Virus
(C) Bacteria
(D) Deficiency of calcium
93. Which one of the following belongs to the group ‘Embryophyta’ ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Algae
(B) Bryophyta
(C) Fungi
(D) Lichens
94. Girdled leaf traces are characteristic of
[1 Mark]
(A) Cycas
(B) Pinus
(C) Lycopodium
(D) Selaginella
95. In a microsporangium, tapetum is generally ______ layered.
[1 Mark]
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
96. Of the following which classical example was used by Lamarck to prove his Theory of Acquired Characters and Inheritance ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Goat
(B) Giraffe
(C) Horse
(D) Elephant
97. The cell organelles of eukaryotic cells are moved by
[1 Mark]
(A) Actin filaments only
(B) Microtubules only
(C) Both actin filaments and microtubules
(D) Both cilia and flagella
98. Uromastix is commonly known as
[1 Mark]
(A) Girgit
(B) Spiny tailed lizard
(C) Flying lizard
(D) Wall lizard
99. Which of the following statement is incorrect about viruses ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Viruses are obligately parasite.
(B) Non - cellular organism replicating inside the living cell.
(C) Viruses are saprophytic.
(D) Viruses are composed of protein covering surrounding nucleic acid.
100. ______ is a synthetic auxin.
[1 Mark]
(A) Indole acetic acid
(B) Indole butyric acid
(C) Naphthalene acetic acid
(D) None
101. Quadriflagellate condition of zoospore is found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Ulothrix
(B) Spirogyra
(C) Volvox
(D) Nostoc
102. The ovuliferous scale of Pinus is a part of
[1 Mark]
(A) Megasporophyll
(B) Microsporophyll
(C) Ovule
(D) Dwarf shoot
103. Which of the following era is called age of mammal ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Proterozoic era
(B) Paleozoic era
(C) Mesozoic era
(D) Cenozoic era
104. Process of gastrulation in frog is more complicated than in Amphioxus due to presence of
[1 Mark]
(A) Passive micromere
(B) Passive macromere
(C) Passive mesomere
(D) Passive epimere
105. Asexual spores are generally not found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Agaricus
(B) Pythium
(C) Albugo
(D) Rhizopus
106. Morphologically Entamoeba histolytica occurs in how many distinct forms ?
[1 Mark]
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
107. The cause of cerebral malaria is
[1 Mark]
(A) Plasmodium vivax
(B) Plasmodium falciparum
(C) Plasmodium malariae
(D) Plasmodium ovale
108. Morphological dimorphism found in thallus of
[1 Mark]
(A) Chlamydomonas
(B) Ulothrix
(C) Oedogonium
(D) Ectocarpus
109. In Lichen, sexual reproduction is performed by
[1 Mark]
(A) Fungi only
(B) Algae only
(C) Algae and fungi both
(D) Neither algae nor fungi
110. Inverted cortical vascular bundle is found in
[1 Mark]
(A) Boerhaavia
(B) Nyctanthes
(C) Amaranthus
(D) Dracaena
111. In which of the following families, the calyx is modified into a pappus ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Cruciferae
(B) Malvaceae
(C) Compositae
(D) Solanaceae
112. Which of the following is known as ‘Rendeer moss’ ?
[1 Mark]
(A) Lobaria pulmonaria
(B) Ramalina fraxinia
(C) Cladonia rangifera
(D) Parmelia

Official Answer Key (For Teachers)

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