set 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following animal is not a insect ?

a) Beetle

b) Ticks

c) Honey bee

d) Wasp

Question : 2

With reference to soil conservation, consider the following practices :

1. Crop rotation
2. Sand fences
3. Terracing
4. Wind breaks

a) 1, 3 and 4 only

b) 1, 2, and 3 only

c) 2 and 4 only

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 3

Nucleotide arrangement in DNA can be seen by

a) Electron microscope

b) Ultracentrifuge

c) X-ray crystallography

d) Light microscope

Question : 4

Consider the following statements :

1. The terms ‘gene’ and ‘allele’ were coined by Johansen.
2. Chromosomal theory of inheritance was given by Sutton and Boveri.
3. ‘One gene-one enzyme’ hypothesis was given by ‘Beadle and Tautum’.

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) None

Question : 5

One of the following is a very unique feature of the mammalian body

a) Rib cage

b) Presence of diaphragm

c) Four chambered heart

d) Homeothermy

Question : 6

Which of the following is the X-linked genetic disease?

a) Martin-Bell syndrome

b) Daltonism or colour blindness

c) Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy

d) Both (a) and (b)