Multiple Choice Questions

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The first heart sound is produced when :

  • diastole begins

  • semilunar valve close quickly

  • interventricular pressure decreases

  • bicuspid and tricuspid valve close quickly


D.

bicuspid and tricuspid valve close quickly

First heart sound 'lubb' is low pitched and of long duration, which produced by tight closure of bicuspid and tricuspid valve at the start of ventricular contraction.


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Anaerobic respiration is also called :

  • restoration

  • fragmentation

  • multiplication

  • fermentation


Photorespiration in C3 -plants starts from :

  • glycine

  • glycerate

  • phosphoglycolate

  • phosphoglycerate


Mesophyll cells, which liberate malic acid at night time, are of :

  • C4 - plants

  • C3 - plants

  • C2 - plants

  • C1 - plants


Asthma is caused due to :

  • infection of lungs

  • infection of trachea

  • bleeding into pleural cavity

  • spasm in bronchial muscles


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The name of process of aerobic respiration, in which energy is provided in steps in electron transport chain, is :

  • EMP-pathway

  • decarboxylation

  • photophosphorylation

  • oxidative phosphorylation


A person breathing normally at rest, takes in and expels approximately half a litre of air during each respiratory cycle. This is called :

  • tidal volume

  • vital capacity

  • inspiratory reserve volume

  • expiratory reserve volume


The plants respond to photoperiods due to the presence of :

  • enzymes

  • stomata

  • phytochromes

  • phytohormones


Biological oxidation in Krebs cycle involves :

  • O2

  • N2

  • CO2

  • SO2


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Rate of heart beat is determined by :

  • AV-node

  • SA-node

  • Purkinje fibres

  • Papillary muscles