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Zoology - 1 (B.Sc. Agriculture)

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In a forest, a lot of flying animals such as hummingbirds, owls, insects, etc. can be found in the

  1. upper canopy

  2. understory

  3. shrubbery layer

  4. forest floor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In a forest, most of the flying animals such as hummingbirds, owls, etc. can be found in the upper canopy.

In an animal cell, the first phase in the breakdown of glucose is

  1. fermentation

  2. ETS

  3. krebs cycle

  4. glycolysis


Correct Option: D

Metastasis is the process of:

  1. Excessive cell proliferation

  2. Transformation of a benign tumour into a malignant tumour

  3. Movement of cancerous cells from one site to another site in the body

  4. Transformation of a normal cell into a tumourous cell


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?

  1. Flower colour in Mirabilis jalapa

  2. Production of male honey bee

  3. Pod shape in garden pea

  4. Skin colour in humans


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The correct option is 4.

Lymphocytes are formed by

  1. liver

  2. thymus gland

  3. kidneys

  4. pancreas


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The thymus gland is a pink-grey organ that lies underneath the top of the breast bone. In animals it is known as the sweetbreads. The role of the thymus gland is to process lymphocytes, which are white blood cells that travel the body through the bloodstream.

Human traits are influenced by DNA from the

  1. mother

  2. father

  3. siblings

  4. both (1) and (2)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The offsprings get DNA from both mother and father. Hence, their traits are influenced by both the parents.

Directions: Select the word that replaces the given expression

The scientific study of water.

  1. Anemography

  2. Hydrography

  3. Orography

  4. Conchology

  5. Osteology


Correct Option: B

In s cockroach, which chamber of haemocoel is called the pericardial sinus?

  1. Ventral

  2. First

  3. Dorsal

  4. Middle


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The dorsal chamber of the haemocoel is the pericardial sinus which is connected to the heart and gives oxygenated blood.  

The enzyme which hydrolyses triglycerides to fatty acids and glycerol is called

  1. pepsin.

  2. maltase.

  3. lipase.

  4. zymase.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A lipase is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of fats (lipids). Lipases are a subclass of the esterases. Lipases perform essential roles in the digestion, transport and processing of dietary lipids (e.g. triglycerides, fats, oils) in most, if not all, living organisms.

World Biodiversity Day is observed on

  1. December 1

  2. December 10

  3. December 29

  4. April 25


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 World Biodiversity Day is observed on December 29.

Ligaments and tendons are

  1. Epithelial tissues

  2. Muscular tissues

  3. Connective tissues

  4. Skeletal tissues


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ligaments and tendons are a part of the musculoskeletal system, with ligaments attaching bones to bones and tendons muscles to bones. They both are connective tissue.

Each side of the head of a fish bears a bony plate called the _______.

  1. slime

  2. scales

  3. operculum

  4. fins


Correct Option: C

Which a microtubule motor protein carries membrane enclosed organelles toward the plus end of microtubules?

  1. Cytoplasmic dyneins

  2. Axonemal Dyneins

  3. Kinesin

  4. Myosin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kinesin are plus end directed microtubule protein that uses a microtubule track along which it tends to walk. They are vital to movement of chromosomes during mitosis and are also responsible for shuttling membrane bound organelles (mitochondria, Golgi bodies, and vesicles within eukaryotic cells

Biosystematics aims at

  1. identification and arrangement of organisms on the basis of their cytological characteristics

  2. the classification of organisms based on broad morphological characters

  3. delimiting various taxa of organisms and establishing their relationships

  4. the classification of organisms based on their evolutionary history and establishing their phylogeny on the totality of various parameters from all fields of studies


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Biosystematics is the study of diversity of organism and all their comparative and evolutionary relationships.

Which of the following pigments is present in RBCs and gives it a red color?

  1. Plasma

  2. Platelets

  3. Haemoglobin

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
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