Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the followings does not occur in the interphase of eukaryotic cell division?

  • Increase of ATP synthesis

  • Increase of DNA synthesis

  • Increase of RNA synthesis

  • Reduction in cell size


D.

Reduction in cell size

Interphase is the living phase of the cell. Here, cell spends its majority of time and prepares itself for cell division. This increases its size and makes a copy of its DNA. Majority of eukaryotic cells spends most of their time in interphase.


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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

  • Insects have one pair of antenna

  • Millipeds possess two pairs of appendages in each segment of the body

  • Prawns have two pairs of antenna

  • Animals belonging to the phylum- Porifera have nematocys


Vernalisation promotes flowering by

  • low temperature

  • high temperature

  • prolonged photoperiod

  • short photoperiod


Which one of the followings is not a refractive medium of the eye?

  • Lens

  • Vitreous humour

  • Aqueous humour

  • Pupil


Which one of the followings is not a characteristic feature of mammals?

  • Diphyodont tooth

  • Ten pairs of cranial nerves

  • Seven cervical vertebrae

  • Left aortic arch in the circulatory system


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Which one of the followings is the functional unit of hearing?

  • Utricle

  • Organ of Zuckerkandl

  • Organ of Corti

  • Vestibular apparatus


C4 pathway is advantageous over C3 pathway in plants as it

  • occurs in relatively low CO2 concentration

  • uses more amount of water

  • occurs in relatively low O2 concentration

  • is less efficient in energy utilisation


The eukaryotic cells have all of the followings except

  • peptidoglycan in the cell wall

  • the 80 S ribosome

  • nuclear membrane

  • mitochondria


The heart is covered by

  • epicardium

  • pericardium

  • supracardium

  • endocardium


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TCA cycle enzymes are located in

  • cristae

  • outer membrane

  • mitochondrial matrix

  • mitochondrial intermembrane space