Multiple Choice Questions

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Small fish get stuck near the bottom of a shark and derives its nutrition from it. This kind of association is called as

  • antibiosis

  • commensalism

  • predation

  • parasitism


B.

commensalism

In commensalism, association between members of different species is made in the way that one is benefitted and other neither is benefitted nor harmed.

Antibiosis is the complete or partial inhibition of one organism by another through the production of some substance as a result of metabolic pathways.

In parasitism the parasite organisms derives food and sometimes shelter also, from the host without killing it.

In predation, predatory organisms are free living which catch and kill another species for food.


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Synsacrum of fowl consists about

  • 29 vertebrae

  • 3 vertebrae

  • 16 vertebrae

  • single vertebrae


The embryo at 16 celled stage is known as

  • morula

  • gastrula

  • blastula

  • blastomere


In rabbit, head of epididymis present at the head of testis is called

  • vas deferens

  • cauda epididymis

  • gubernaculum

  • caput epididymis


the group of Anamniota includes

  • reptiles and birds

  • birds and mammals

  • fishes an amphibians

  • reptiles and mammals


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Animals undergoes inactive stage during winter, is known as

  • aestivation

  • hibernation

  • adaptation

  • acclimatization


Chromosome complement with 2n - 1 is called

  • monosomy

  • nullisomy

  • trisomy

  • tetrasomy


Jumping genes in maize were discovered by

  • Hugo de Vries

  • Barbara McClintock

  • T H Morgan

  • Mendel


Which of the following is not vestigial in man?

  • Tail vertebrae

  • Nails

  • Nicitating membrane

  • Vermiform appendix


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Which of the following provides most evident proof of evolution?

  • Fossils

  • Morphology

  • Embryo

  • Vestigial organs