- Biology Notes for UPSC IAS Prelims (Part II)
- Biology - Home
- Biology - Classification of Organisms
- Biology - Cell Division
- Biology - Virus
- Biology - Bacteria
- Biology - Fungi
- Biology - The Roots
- Biology - The Plant Stem
- Biology - The Plant Leaf
- Biology - The Flowers
- Biology - The Fruit
- Biology - Plant Diseases
- Biology - The Blood
- Biology - Blood Group
- Biology - Human Brain
- Biology - Skeleton System
- Biology - Endocrine System
- Biology - Endocrine Diseases
- Biology - Carbohydrate
- Biology - Proteins
- Biology - Fats
- Biology - Vitamins
- Biology - Minerals
- Biology - Genetic Terminology
- Organisms & their Chromosome Counts
- Biology - Viral Diseases
- Biology - Bacterial Diseases
- Branches of Biology
- Inventions & Discoveries in Biology
- Nobel Prize in Biology
Biology Part 2 Online Quiz
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Q 1 - Who among the following is popular as the father of Biology?
Answer : B
Explanation
Aristotle is known as the father of Biology and Zoology.
Q 2 - The deficiency of …………… causes scurvy.
Answer : A
Explanation
Vitamin C is readily available in fruits and vegetables.
Answer : D
Explanation
Alzheimer directly affects the memory.
Q 4 - Which among the following correctly defines blood?
Answer : A
Explanation
Since blood connects the different body systems together and fetch the needed oxygen, nutrients, and hormones; therefore, it is known as connective tissue.
Q 5 - Which among the following is adapted to grow in an arid region?
Answer : C
Explanation
Xerophytes are the plants, which can survive in a desert region.
Q 6 - Which among the following plants reproduces through spores?
Answer : D
Explanation
Pteridophyte does not bear flower and seeds; it reproduces and disperses through spores.
Answer : C
Explanation
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Q 9 - Consider the following statements:
1. Brain monitors and controls our unconscious and well as conscious actions.
2. Brain produces thoughts, feelings, memory, and creativity.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer : C
Explanation
N/A
Q 10 - The offspring of a colorblind male and a normal woman will be …
A - Normal sons and normal daughters
B - Normal sons and carrier daughters
Answer : B
Explanation
N/A
Q 11 - Choose the correct increasing order of pH that found in human body:
A - Gastric juice, saliva, blood
B - Blood, gastric juice, saliva,
Answer : A
Explanation
N/A
Q 12 - Consider the following statements:
1. Plant cells have fixed size and shape.
2. Animal cells have varying sizes and shapes.
Choose the correct answer from the given codes:
Answer : B
Explanation
Plant cells have different sizes.
Q 13 - Which among the following is the cause of water movement in a plant stem against gravity?
Answer : B
Explanation
Transpiration is the main driver of water movement in the plant (through xylem).
Q 14 - Consider the following statements:
1. All cells, whether prokaryotic or eukaryotic, have a membrane that envelops the cell.
2. Cell Membrane regulates what moves in and out (it is selectively permeable).
Choose the correct answer from the given codes:
Answer : C
Explanation
N/A
Answer : C
Explanation
N/A
Q 16 - Which one of the following disorders is treated by biological resurfacing?
Answer : A
Explanation
N/A
Q 17 - Which among the following is not a hormone?
Answer : B
Explanation
Haemoglobin is iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells.
Q 18 - Consider the following statements:
1. Primary cell wall is extremely plastic.
2. Secondary cell wall forms only after the growth is completed.
Choose the correct answer from the given codes:
Answer : B
Explanation
Primary cell wall is extremely elastic.
Q 19 - Consider the following statements:
1. Animal cells usually have irregular shapes.
2. Animal cells’ shape does not change.
Choose the correct answer from the given codes:
Answer : A
Explanation
Animal cells’ shape keeps changing.
Q 20 - Consider the following statements:
1. Haemophilia damages the blood clotting function of the body.
2. Haemophilia normally affects male.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer : C
Explanation
Haemophilia is a rare disease, which has no permanent cure.
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