Multiple Choice Questions

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The excretory material of bony fish is

  • urea

  • protein

  • ammonia

  • amino acid


A.

urea

The excretory and osmoregulatory organs of fishes are the gills and kidney. Excretion in bony  fishes is ureotelic (ie, they excrete urea but some fresh water bony fishes are ammonotelic (ie, excrete ammonia).


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The leucocytes contain which of the following in large quantity?

  • Basophils

  • Neutrophils

  • Eosinophils

  • Monocytes


During inspiration, the diaphragm

  • expands

  • shows no change

  • contracts and flattens

  • relaxes to become dome- shaped


The vacuole is lined by a membrane called

  • tonoplast

  • jacket

  • cell membrane

  • tonoplasm


The function of pineal body is to

  • lighten the skin colours

  • control sexual behaviour

  • regulates the period of puberty

  • All of the above


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Which of the following is important for muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmission?

  • Ca2+ ions

  • Mg2+ ions

  • Both (a) and (b)

  • Fe2+ ions


Indusium is found in

  • algae

  • ferns

  • moss

  • Cycas


Contractile vacuole in protozoan Amoeba is meant for

  • respiration

  • excretion

  • locomotion

  • osmoregulation


Kupffer cells are present in

  • liver

  • small intestine

  • pancreas

  • thyroid gland


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Which one is component of Ornithine cycle?

  • Ornithine, citrulline and alanine

  • Ornithine, citrulline and arginine

  • Amino acid are not used

  • Ornithine, citrulline and fumaric acid