Multiple Choice Questions

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Rate of heart beat is determined by :

  • AV-node

  • SA-node

  • Purkinje fibres

  • Papillary muscles


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Purkinje fibres

Purkinje fibres are also called nodel tissue. It is a bundle of specialized cardiac muscle fibres. It receives rhythmical impulses of electrical excitation from the pace-maker and spreads the waves of contraction through the ventricle walls.


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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


Biological oxidation in Krebs cycle involves :

  • O2

  • N2

  • CO2

  • SO2


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


Anaerobic respiration is also called :

  • restoration

  • fragmentation

  • multiplication

  • fermentation


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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


Photorespiration in C3 -plants starts from :

  • glycine

  • glycerate

  • phosphoglycolate

  • phosphoglycerate


Asthma is caused due to :

  • infection of lungs

  • infection of trachea

  • bleeding into pleural cavity

  • spasm in bronchial muscles


The plants respond to photoperiods due to the presence of :

  • enzymes

  • stomata

  • phytochromes

  • phytohormones


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

  • C4 - plants

  • C3 - plants

  • C2 - plants

  • C1 - plants