Contest 1Aa

Q. State whether the following examples of evolutionary advantage are true or false
1. A white moth that lives in a soot covered industrial area.
False

2. A lion that can run fastest than the rest of his pack
True

3. Nut cracking monkeys in an area where nuts are the main source of food
True
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Contest 1b
1. Dark reactions of photosynthesis are concerned with the conversion light to chemical
energy in the form of ATP and NADPH.
False

2. Dark reactions of photosynthesis utilize trapped energy for the conversion of CO2 to
complex organic compounds.
True

3. In green plants, the most important pathway for carbon fixation is the Calvin cycle.
True
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Contest 2a
Q. State whether the following are true or false when the body is under homeostasis?
1. The body cannot generate its own heat under very cold conditions
False

2. The functions of the body at that time are able to keep the body at a stable condition.
True

3. Blood glucose is under homeostatic condition by only the hormone insulin.

False (insulin and glucagon)

Contest 2b
1. There is no difference between homologous and analogous structures
False

2. Homologous structures in different species of organisms result from convergent

evolution
False

3. Analogous structures are anatomical similarities in organisms due to a shared

ancestry.
False
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Contest 3a
1. A catalyst speeds up a chemical reaction by increasing the activation energy
False

2. A catalyst slows down a chemical reaction by increasing the activation energy

False

3. A catalyst has no effect on the speed of a chemical reaction, but increases the amount
of product produced
False
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Contest 3b

Q. State whether the following functions of insulin are true or false

1. It causes glucose uptake by muscle cells

True

2. It inhibits the release of glucagon

True

3. It causes the production of glucose in liver cells

False
Contest 4a
1. Antidiuretic hormone is released by the pituitary gland
True

2. Antidiuretic hormone is released by the pituitary gland when there is a balance of

water in the body
False (Imbalance of water)

3. The function of antidiuretic hormone is the same as aldosterone which also help
regulate water level in the body
True
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Contest 4b

1. Ecologically and structurally, mosses are more closely related to lichens than to other
members of the plant kingdom
True

2. The most commonly encountered group of bryophytes are the liverworts

False
 3. The sporophyte of a moss contains no chlorophyll of its own and grows parasitically
on its gametophyte mother
True

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Contest 5a
Q. State whether the following are true or false about endocrine glands
1. Sweat glands are examples of endocrine glands
False

2. They may secrete their products either into the bloodstream or outside the body
False

3. Some products of endocrine glands are secreted into the gastrointestinal tract to aid in
breaking down of food
False
Contest 5b
Q. State whether the following statements about why majority of the earth’s nitrogen is not
available to plants and other living organisms are true or false
1. Majority of the earth’s nitrogen is locked up in geological reservoirs
False

2. Most of the nitrogen exists as inorganic nitrogen gas and is not immediately usable to
other organisms
True

3. Majority of the nitrogen gas is not able to be converted to other forms

False
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Contest 6a
Q. State whether the following are true or false about antidiuretic hormone
1. It constricts the kidneys so that water passively diffuses out of the filtrate
False

2. It makes the collecting duct permeable so that water can exit the filtrate
True

3. It expands the bladder so that more urine can be carried out by the body
False
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Contest 6b

1. Nematodes are exclusive parasites

False
 2. Annelids are different from nematodes in that they have a segmented body
True

3. Nematodes, like annelids, have an elongated cylindrical body

True
Contest 7a
1. At the end of glycolysis there is a net gain of 2ATP molecules per 2 glucose
molecules
False

2. In glycolysis, 2 ATP molecules are spent and 4 ATP molecules are gained.
True

3. ATP in glycolysis is made via oxidative phosphorylation and ATP synthase

False
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Contest 7b

1. Mitochondria are single membrane bound organelles found in both plant and animal
cells
False

2. The middle lamella is a structure composed of pectin and is used to hold adjacent
plant cell walls together
True

3. Plasmodesmata allow communication and exchange of materials in both plant and

animal cells
False
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Contest 8a
1. Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes can have cell walls
True

2. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes have identical ribosomes

False

3. The usual method of prokaryote cell division is segmentation

False
Contest 8b
Q. State whether the following are true or false with respect to co-evolution.

1. Domestic dogs that have been bred for certain phenotypic traits resulting in different
breeds
 False

2. Plants and insects that pollinate them

True

3. Analogous structures, such as fins, that develop on species that are not closely related
False
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Contest 9a

Q. State whether the following functions of water in human body are true of false.
1. Acting as a reactant for chemical reactions
True

2. Dissolving non polar compounds

False

3. Acting as a solvent for chemical reactions

True
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Contest 9b
Q. State whether the following functions of blood are true or false

1. Regulation of body pH and core body temperature.

True

2. Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood and bones

False

3. Removal waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and lactic acid

True
Contest 10a
Q. State whether the following are true or false. Apart than spreading malaria, anopheles
mosquitoes are also vectors of.

1. Yellow fever
False

2. Filariasis
True

3. Dengue fever
False
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Contest 10b
 1. Monocot roots have open vascular bundles
False

2. Monocot roots have well developed pith

False

3. Monocot roots have radially arranged vascular bundles

False
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Contest 11a
1. Downs syndrome is caused by extra copy of chromosome 18.
False

2. Trisomy is a result of non-disjunction.

True

3. Non disjunction most often occurs during anaphase I of meiosis

True

Contest 11b
1. Some multicellular organisms have amoeboid cells in certain phases of their life
True

2. Plasmodial slime moulds, and the cellular slime moulds live as amoebae during their
feeding stage
True

3. In the immune system of humans and other animals, amoeboid white blood cells
pursue invading organisms
True
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Contest 12a
Q. State whether the following functions of alveoli are true or false

1. They increase the surface area available for gaseous exchange

True

2. They increase the flow of blood through the lung

False

3. They filter particulate matter before it enters the blood stream

 False
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Contest 12b
1. Any response resulting in curvature of organs towards or away from stimulus is called
tropism
True

2. Auxin is produced in root tips and is transported up the stem

False

3. The activity of vascular cambium is under the control of auxin transport

True
Contest 13a

1. Alleles are genes which occupy corresponding positions on homologous

chromosomes
True

2. Alleles control the same characteristic but not necessarily in the same way.
True

3. Continuous variation can be entirely genetic or result from a combination of genetic

and environmental effects
True
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Contest 13b

1. The natural occurrence of individual plants bearing either staminate or pistillate

flowers ensures self-pollination
False

2. The occurrence of a perfect flower, on a single plant favors cross pollination

False

3. An individual plant that bears both staminate and pistillate flowers are known as
monoecious
True
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Contest 14a
1. The Malpighian layer produces new skin cells and the pigment, melanin, which
protects against ultraviolet light.
True

2. The dermis of the skin reduces evaporation from the skin and resists entry of bacteria.
False
 3. Sensory nerve endings, nerve fibres, capillaries, arterioles and venules, sweat glands
and ducts, can be found in the cornified layer of the skin
False
Contest 14b
Q. State whether the following statements about locust and grasshoppers are true or false.
1. Locusts can form dense swarms and bands while grasshoppers generally do not.
True

2. Both locust and grasshopper belong to the order Orthoptera

True

3. Both locust and grasshopper go through complete metamorphosis

False
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Contest 15a
Q. State whether the following statements about lipids are true or false
1. Triglycerides are the only known lipids
False

2. One type of lipid, the triglycerides, is sequestered as fat in adipose cells, which serve
as the energy-storage depot for organisms and also provide thermal insulation
True

3. If lipids are present in a food substance, Sudan IV solution will stain them blue black
False
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Contest 15b
1. Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar structures among related
organisms as a result of similar environmental pressures
False (Unrelated)

2. Genetic drift is a change in the allele frequencies in a small population purely by

chance
True

3. Adaptation is the equal survival and reproduction of organisms resulting in the

preservation of favorable qualities.
False
Contest 16a
1. Glycolysis, Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation occur in mitochondria
False (not the site of glycolysis)

2. Mitochondrion have their own ribosomes that are distinct from the normal eukaryotic
ribosomes
True

3. The mitochondrial matrix is the space between the inner and the outer membrane of
the organelle.
False
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Contest 16b
Q. State whether the following examples of cryptic colouration are true or false.
1. Mottled colours on the moths that rest in lichens
True

2. Bright colour of an insect pollinated flower

False

3. Bright marks on poisonous tropical frog on variegated leaves

False
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Contest 17a
1. The dark reaction of photosynthesis involves the release of oxygen and the splitting of
water
False

2. The dark reaction of photosynthesis involves the reduction of carbon (IV) oxide to
organic compounds
True

3. The dark reaction of photosynthesis involves the photolysis of water and the
production of starch
False
Contest 17b
1. If a nursing mother is not producing enough milk, then her hormonal system is
probably deficient in thyroxin.
False

2. If a nursing mother is not producing enough milk, then her hormonal system is
probably deficient in insulin.
False

3. If a nursing mother is not producing enough milk, then her hormonal system is
probably deficient in prolactin.
True
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Contest 18a
1. Both dicot stems and monocot stems possess a wide pith
False

2. Both dicot roots and monocot roots possess a wide pith

False
 3. Both dicot roots and monocot stems possess a wide pith
False
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Contest 18b
1. The two key cations involved in the action potential of nervous transmissions are Na+
and Fe2+
False

2. The two key cations involved in the action potential of nervous transmissions are
Mg2+ and K+.
False

3. The two keys cation involved in the action potential of nervous transmissions are Fe2+
and Mg2+
False
Contest 19a

1. Epigeal germination of a seed is characterized by lack of growth of the epicotyl

False

2. Epigeal germination of a seed is characterized by equal growth of both the hypocotyl

and epicotyl
False

3. Epigeal germination of a seed is characterized by more rapid elongation of the

epicotyl than the hypocotyl
False (rapid elongation of the hypocotyl than the epicotyl)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Contest 19b
1. Protists can reproduce sexually by meiosis or asexually by simple cell division
True

2. Many protists have specialized cellular structures that assist in movement and feeding
and act as sensory organs
True

3. Some protists, are similar to fungi and act as decomposers.

True
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Contest 20a
1. Nitrifying bacteria require anaerobic conditions to function, hence flooding aids
nitrification.
False (require aerobic)
 2. Nitrifying bacteria are more sensitive to environmental stresses than other types of
soil bacteria.
True

3. Nitrification rates are slower in very acidic soils, while high alkalinity reduces
Nitrobacter activity, causing an unfavourable build-up of nitrite in the soil.
True
Contest 20b
Q. State whether the following are true or false about the nucleus of animal cells

1. It is separated from the cytoplasm by a double membrane of phospholipids.

True

2. It contains nuclear pores through which messenger RNA and DNA can exit the
cytosol
False

3. It contains the nucleolus which is the site for synthesis of ribosomal RNA
True
…………………………………………………………………………………
Contest 21a
1. The majority of bacteria are found in the upper surface layer of soil, thus nitrification
declines when ploughing practices are not managed properly.
True

2. Nitrification may be enhanced by the presence of heavy metals and toxic compounds,
or excessively high concentrations of ammonia.

False (Inhibited)
1. Individual heritable traits are always determined by dominant and recessive alleles.
ANSWER: False
2. Individual heritable traits vary discontinuously.
ANSWER: False
3. Individual heritable traits can sometimes be controlled by many genes.
ANSWER: True

3. Denitrification may be detrimental to crop production, since nitrogen, phosphorus and

potassium that are essential nutrients for plant growth, are lost during the process.
False

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Contest 21b
Q. State whether the following are true or false about parts of a flower.

1. The zygote is diploid

True
 2. The anther is Diploid
True

3. The ovary is diploid

True

Contest 22a
1. A codon will code for only one amino acid
True

2. Multiple codons can code for the same amino acid

True

3. The codon found on mRNA are the same as the anticodon found on the tRNA
False (they are complementary not the same)
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Contest 22b

1. Predator feeds on prey, hence both control the other’s population.

True

2. If there is no prey the predator will increase in population beyond carrying capacity
False

3. As the number of predators begins to increase, the density of the prey population will
increase in response to increased rates of predation
False
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Contest 23a
1. As population density increases, birth rate often decreases and death rate typically
increases.
True

2. Below carrying capacity, populations typically decrease, while above, they typically
increase
False

3. Carrying capacity is a function of only the number of organisms, and the amount of
resources each organism consumes.
False

Contest 23b
Q. State whether the following are true or false about enzymes
1. The activity of an enzyme is affected by temperature but not pH of the system
False
 2. Enzymes are biological catalysts which do not require other molecules to perform
their function
False

3. The binding of a substrate to an enzyme will change the shape of the enzyme
True
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Contest 24a
Q. State whether the following are true or false about inbreeding

1. Individuals in the population experience reduced fitness.

True

2. Allele frequency change in a population

False

3. The frequency of homozygote genotypes increase in population.

True
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Contest 24b

1. How the adult stages of an organism proceeds is one of the fundamental

characteristics of an animal body plan
False

2. The number of tissue types found in embryos is one of the fundamental characteristics
of an animal body plan
True

3. The type of body symmetry is one of the fundamental characteristics of an animal

body plan
True

Contest 25a
Q. State whether the following structural features of plants that live in dry environments are
true or false.
1. They possess thick cuticle, and stomata only on the upper surface of the leaf.
False

2. They have thin cuticle, and stomata only on the upper surface of the leaf.
False

3. They have thin cuticle and sunken stomata surrounded by hairs.

False
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Contest 25b
1. Hydrochloric acid is produced by cells in the lining of the small intestine and is
responsible for cleaving peptide bonds
 False

2. Hydrochloric acid in the stomach of mammals activates pepsinogen into the enzyme
pepsin, which breaks up the peptides from the protein
True

3. Hydrochloric acid acts as barrier to pathogens present in food

True
……………………………………………………………………………….
Contest 26a
1. Marine mammals maintain very thick insulating layers of fat that prevent heat loss
through the process of evaporation.
False

2. Marine mammals maintain very thick insulating layers of fat that prevent heat loss
through the process of convection
False

3. Marine mammals maintain very thick insulating layers of fat that prevent heat loss
through the process of radiation
False

Contest 26b
State whether the following functions of mature fruit are true of false.

1. Preventing seed dispersal because of their hard out covering.

False

2. Synthesis and storage of essential red pigments

False

3. Seed protection and dispersal

True
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Contest 27a
1. The transport of carbon dioxide by the blood is principally dependent on the solubility
of carbon dioxide in the blood
False

2. The transport of carbon dioxide by the blood is principally dependent on the ability of
haemoglobin to bind and transfer carbon dioxide.
False

3. The transport of carbon dioxide by the blood is principally dependent on the presence
of carbonic anhydrase in red blood cells.
True
………………………………………………………………………………
Contest 27b

1. When pollen grains are mature, they are composed of diploid cells
False

2. When pollen grains are mature, they typically are composed of two cells
True

3. When pollen grains are mature, they cannot travel for any great distance
False

Contest 28a
Q. State whether the following are true or false about a somatic cell of a diploid cell which
contains 20 chromosomes during interphase.
1. A gamete will contain 20 chromosomes
False

2. A gamete will contain 10 chromosomes

True

3. A somatic cell at metaphase will contain 20 chromatids

False (each of the 20 chromosomes will be composed of 2 identical chromatids
making 40)

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Contest 28b
Q. State whether the following roles are true or false of connective tissues?
1. Protection of internal organs
True

2. Support of internal organs

True

3. Transport of important substances throughout the body

True
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Contest 29a
1. The phospholipid has hydrophilic proteins coating both sides the bilayer.
False

2. Two layers of proteins are interspersed with phospholipids.

False
 3. The phospholipid bilayer contains diverse proteins, including some embedded
amphipathic proteins that span the bilayer.
True
Contest 29b
Q. Which of the following conditions are true or false with respect to codominance.

1. A black cat and a white cat mate to produce black cats

False

2. A black cat and brown cat mate to produce tan cats

False

3. A brown cat and a white cat mate to produce a cat with brown and white spots
True
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Contest 30a
1. Within the nerve cell, information moves from axon to cell body to dendrite
False

2. Within the nerve cell, information moves from dendrite to cell body to axon
False

3. Within the nerve cell, information moves from cell body to axon to dendrite.
False
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Contest 30b
Q. The first step of aerobic respiration is transition reaction. State whether the following
statements about transition reaction are true or false.
1. It connects glycolysis to the Krebs cycle.
True

2. It gives off carbon dioxide.

True

3. It utilizes NAD+ as a coenzyme

True
Contest 31a

1. Viruses are considered nonliving because they can’t mutate and therefore don’t adapt
False

2. Viruses carry with them their own ribosomes for protein formation
False
 3. Viruses do not need ribosomes for protein formation
False
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Contest 31b
1. The Guanine /Cytosine rich regions of DNA strands are held together more strongly
than the adenine/thymine rich regions
True

2. A double helix occur in both double stranded DNA and double stranded RNA
molecules
False

3. The double helix of a DNA molecule are held together by ionic bonds
False
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Contest 32a
1. In a food chain, each succeeding level in a forward direction represents an increase in
the number of individuals
False

2. In a food chain, each succeeding level in a forward direction represents a gain in the
total energy being transferred
False

3. In a food chain, each succeeding level in a forward direction represents a decrease in

the biomass of individuals
False

Contest 32b
1. Frequency of crossing over between two genes decreases if they are closely placed.
True

2. Crossing over is a source of variation for producing new varieties.

True

3. The strength of linkage between two genes increases if they are closely placed on a
centromere.
True
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Contest 33a
1. Animals aestivate when the environment in which they live becomes cold and wet
False

2. Animals aestivate when the environment in which they live becomes windy and
snowy.
 False

3. Animals aestivate when the environment in which they live becomes warm and humid
False
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Contest 33b
1. Kidney and lungs are located in the anterior half of the mammalian body cavity
False

2. Heart and ovary are located in the anterior half of the mammalian body cavity
False

3. Heart and kidneys are located in the anterior half of the mammalian body cavity
False
Contest 34a

1. Tissue respiration is important for the absorption of oxygen into the alveoli
False

2. Tissue respiration is important for release of carbon (IV) oxide into the lungs
False

3. Tissue respiration is important for the exhalation of carbon (IV) oxide from the lungs
False
(For the release of energy for the body use)

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Contest 34b

1. In a population of living things, the parameters of size, height, weight and colour are
examples of discontinuous variation
False

2. In a population of living things, the parameters of size, height, weight and colour are
examples of physiological variation
False

3. In a population of living things, the parameters of size, height, weight and colour are
examples of non-heritable variation
False
………………………………………………………………………………

Contest 35a
1. ATP is used only in animal cells and not in plant cells
False

2. ATP is needed for chemical, mechanical, and transport processes in organisms

True
 3. ATP carries energy between degradative pathways and synthetic pathways
True
Contest 35b

1. If the concentration of solutes in the blood rises above a certain level, less water is
reabsorbed in the kidney tubules
False

2. If the concentration of solutes in the blood rises above a certain level, more salt is
reabsorbed in the kidney tubules
False

3. If the concentration of solutes in the blood rises above a certain level, less glucose is
reabsorbed in the kidney tubules
False
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Contest 36a
Q. State whether the following are true or false about how one can tell which part of the body
a sensory nerve impulse comes from.
1. Impulses from each part of the body are different.
False

2. Sensations of touch, heat, light etc. are carried by nerve fibres to the brain.
False

3. We learn from experience where the impulses come from

False

(Answer -Each part of the body is connected to its own region of the brain)
……………………………………………………………………………….
Contest 36b
1. Aerobic respiration releases oxygen from food during oxidation.
False

2. Aerobic respiration converts food to carbon dioxide and water.

True

3. Anaerobic respiration releases energy from food without using oxygen

True
Contest 37a

Q. Neurons typically send signals over long distances by generating and propagating action
potentials over excitable axonal membrane. State whether the following statements
concerning the rate of action potential propagation are true or false.
 1. It is faster in large-diameter axons than in small-diameter ones.
True

2. It is faster for a strong stimulus than for a weak one.

False

3. It is faster in myelinated nerve fibres than in non-myelinated ones.

True
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Contest 37b

1. Intake of food does not necessarily result in growth in organisms

True
There are periods in the lives of organisms where all the food is needed to
provide energy and no growth can take place.

2. Cell division usually contributes to growth but growth does not result solely from cell
division.
True
For example, the frog’s egg cell undergoes rapid and repeated cell division but
does not increase in size or mass

3. Increase in size usually accompanies growth but unless there is a corresponding

increase in mass it cannot be called growth
True
For example a butterfly emerging from a pupa increases its size but there is no
increase in mass

Contest 38a
Q. State whether the following statements are true or false of the endocrine system

1. It is composed of glands that secrete chemical messengers into the blood.

True

2. It is an important regulator of homeostatic mechanisms.

True

3. It influences and is influenced by the nervous system

True
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Contest 38b

1. In order for the lungs to function normally, the intrapleural pressure must change as
the respiratory demands of the body change.
 False

2. In order for the lungs to function normally, the intrapleural pressure must alternate
between being less than and greater than atmospheric pressure.
False

3. In order for the lungs to function normally, the intrapleural pressure must be the same
as atmospheric pressure.
False
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Contest 39a
1. Transpiration is a physical process whereas evaporation is a physiological process
False

2. In a natural environment, transpiration is a regulated process, whereas evaporation is a

non-regulated process.
True
3. The total amount of water that a plant loses through cuticular and lenticular
transpiration are more than the water that it loses through stomatal transpiration.
False

Contest 39b

1. The oxygen binding affinity of haemoglobin is directly related to both the acidity and
the concentration of carbon dioxide.
False

2. The oxygen binding affinity of haemoglobin is not related to the acidity and the
concentration of carbon dioxide.
False

3. The oxygen binding affinity of haemoglobin is inversely related to both the acidity
and to the concentration of carbon dioxide.
True

………………………………………………………………………………………
Contest 40a

1. Insulin activity is not determined by adequate production by beta cells

False

2. Insulin activity is determined by adequate number of receptors

True
 3. Insulin activity is determined by binding affinity between insulin and its receptor
True
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Contest 40b
Q. The central dogma of molecular biology is the method by which cells transfer nucleic
acids into functional molecules. State whether the following are true or false of the central
dogma of molecular biology
1. RNA →DNA →Protein
False

2. Protein → RNA → DNA

False

3. DNA → Protein → RNA

False
(Answer: DNA → RNA → Protein)

1. The prothallus of a fern is photosynthetic in nature.

ANSWER: True
2. The posterior side of the prothallus of a fern bears numerous rhizoids.
ANSWER: False
3. Ferns are rare or absent in the savanna and desert areas.
ANSWER: True
4. The body of insects is divided into four main parts.
ANSWER: False
5. The cockroach possesses a biting and chewing mouthpart.
ANSWER: True
6. The life cycle of a cockroach is an example of a complete metamorphosis.
ANSWER: False
1. The Plant cell wall completely isolates adjacent cells from one another.
ANSWER: False
2. The cell wall of plant cells lies outside the plasma membrane.
ANSWER: True
3. The principal chemical component of plant cell walls are phospholipids.
4. Ligaments are similar to tendons as they are both made of connective tissue.
 ANSWER: True
5. bone, ligaments connect muscle to bone.
ANSWER: False
6. Tendons may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball.
ANSWER: True The difference between ligaments and tendons is that
tendons connect one bone to another

ANSWER: False
1. The tropic response of roots to gravity is stronger than their tropic response to water.
F

2. The solubility of calcium oxalate (or ethane dioate) is expected to be higher in calcium
chloride.
F [lower: common ion effect]

3. The sun is in the Milky Way galaxy.

T

4. Two triangles are similar if their corresponding angles are congruent

T

5. The statement ‘neither P nor Q’ is equivalent to ‘not P and not Q’

T

6. Most roots are negatively phototropic.

F

7. Oxygen forms oxides with oxidation states -2, -1 and -½.

T [normal metal oxides (-2), peroxides (-1), Superoxides (-½), e.g. K2O]

8. The stars in the Milky Way galaxy are in orbit about the centre of the galaxy.
T

9. The antineutron is the antiparticle of the neutron.

T

10. The perpendicular bisector of a line segment is called the mediator of the line.
T

11. The body temperature of mammals is higher than that of birds.

F

12. Photons are particles with spin ½.

FALSE [Photons have spin zero]

13. A solution containing H2PO4- and HPO42- is a buffer.

 TRUE [a weak acid and its conjugate base]

14. Collision Theory defines activation energy.

T [defined as minimum energy for collision to be effective]

15. A rhombus is a cyclic quadrilateral.

FALSE

16. Shivering is a metabolic control mechanism to generate heat.

TRUE
1. The liver controls water and salt balance.
ANSWER: False
2. The kidney stores fat and vitamins and releases them at a controlled rate into the blood.
ANSWER: False
3. The kidney converts excess amino acids into urea.
ANSWER: False
1. The flow of energy through life is not an endless cycle.
ANSWER: True
2. As energy moves up the food chain there is less and less of it to go around.
ANSWER: True
3. Only a small portion of the plant energy that is consumed by a herbivore is used by
that herbivore for its metabolic activities.
ANSWER: False
4. Plastids are found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
ANSWER: False
5. Plastids are the sites of cellular respiration in plants.
ANSWER: False
All Plastids are surrounded by single membranes
4. Haemophilia is caused by a recessive gene located on the Y-chromosome.
ANSWER: False
5. Haemophilia can be transferred from father to son.
ANSWER: False
6. Haemophilia is more common in males than females.
ANSWER: True
1. . All protozoans are multicellular organisms.
ANSWER: False
2. Some free living flagellate species survive by preying on other protists.
 ANSWER: True
3. The nucleus is usually the largest organelle in the cell.
ANSWER: True
4. The nucleus of most animal cells is substantially larger than most entire prokaryotic
cells.
ANSWER: True

5. The possession of a membrane-bound organelle is a defining property of the

prokaryotic cell.
ANSWER: False
7. A plant cell possesses a cell wall inside the membrane.
ANSWER: False
8. Animal cells do not have cell walls.
ANSWER: True
9. Animal cells cannot make their own food.
ANSWER: True
10. The adult male anopheles mosquito is the vector for malaria.
ANSWER: False
11. A great majority of termites are small and wingless,
ANSWER: True
12. Grasshoppers undergo complete metamorphosis.

1. The pericycle is present in both stem and root tissues of all plants.
ANSWER: False
2. Companion cells are specialized cells found in the xylem tissue.
ANSWER: False
3. Phloem tissues transport food in only one direction; that is from the leaves to the roots of
plants.
ANSWER: False

4. Amoeba feeds on small organisms and particles of organic matter by phagocytosis.

ANSWER: True
5. All amoebae exist only as predators.
ANSWER: False
 6. The flagella provides a form of locomotion that is generally more precise than the cilia.
ANSWER: False
1. Hormones are secreted into the blood through ducts.
ANSWER: False
2. Hormones are non specific in their mode of action.
ANSWER: False
3. Hormones are secreted directly into the bloodstream
ANSWER: True
4. Fruit is a mature ovule
ANSWER: False
5. Fruit is covered by a pericarp.
ANSWER: True
6. Fruit may develop from the receptacle
ANSWER: False
1. Carbon dioxide is given out during photosynthesis
ANSWER: False
2. Growth in thickness of a plant involves the activity apical meristems
ANSWER: False
3. Vascular cambium is an Lateral meristem
ANSWER: True
4. Lack of vitamin B3 results in symptom known as Rickets
ANSWER: False
5. Lack of vitamin D results in Pellagra
ANSWER: False
6. Lack of vitamin A results in night blindness
ANSWER: True

1. Lack of vitamin B3 results in symptom known as Pellagra

ANSWER: True
2. Lack of vitamin K results in Rickets
ANSWER: False (vitamin D)
3. Lack of vitamin A results in scurvy
ANSWER: False
4. Growth in thickness of a plant involves the activity of lateral meristems
 ANSWER: True
5. Vascular cambium is an apical meristem
ANSWER: False
6. Cork cambium is a lateral meristem,
1. ANSWER: Tr Mammals and bird do not have fully developed double circulation

ANSWER: False

2. Fishes have fully developed double circulation

ANSWER: False

3. Humans can not digest chitin

ANSWER: True

4. The epidermal tissue of plants is a complex tissue

ANSWER: True

5. Collenchyma cells are common in roots of plants.

ANSWER: False

6. The cell wall of fungi have chitin

ANSWER: True
1. Plants absorb all mineral salts by diffusion from the soil.
ANSWER: False
2. Single celled organisms take in Oxygen and get rid of CO2 by active transport.
ANSWER: False
3. Oxygen moves out of the lungs of mammals into the blood by diffusion.
ANSWER: True

4. The cotton stainer belongs to the order hymenoptera.

ANSWER: False
5. Grasshoppers belong to the same order as locusts and crickets.
ANSWER: True
6. The order Lepidoptera includes butterflies and moths.
ANSWER: True
1. Locomotion in animals differs from animal to animal.
ANSWER: True
 2. Plants do not possess special sensory cells.
ANSWER: True
3. Excretory products of plants include carbon dioxide, oxygen and water.
ANSWER: True
4. Epithelial tissues provide support and permit movement.
ANSWER: False
5. Nerve tissues transmit and coordinate messages.
ANSWER: True
6. Muscle tissues cover internal and external surfaces.
ANSWER: False

1. Mitochondria are green because of the chlorophyll they contain.

ANSWER: False
2. Energy-rich compounds from the cytosol are oxidised in the chlorophyll.
ANSWER: False
3. The outermost region of the mitochondrion folds to form cristae.
ANSWER: False (The innermost and not outermost
1. Sleeping sickness, one of the most dreaded diseases in Africa, is caused by a
flagellate.
ANSWER: True
2. The vector for sleeping sickness is a type of worm.
ANSWER: False (An insect)
3. The vector for sleeping sickness can infect only humans but not any other mammal.
ANSWER: False
1. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria.
ANSWER: True
2. Mosaic disease in cassava is a viral disease.
ANSWER: True
3. Viruses can be seen under the light microscope.
ANSWER: False

4. The liver plays no role in the digestion of food in mammals

ANSWER: False
5. The skin is one of the organs that make up the excretory system of mammals
ANSWER: True
6. The tongue is one of the organs that make up the sensory system
ANSWER: True
1. A family is a smaller division of a genus.
ANSWER: False

2. Orders are sub-groupings within each class of organisms.

ANSWER: True

3. A species is a unit used in biological classification.

ANSWER: True

1. The ribosomes of prokaryotes and of eukaryotes are somewhat similar in that both consist
of different sized sub-units.
ANSWER: True
2. Eukaryotic ribosomes are larger but the structure of prokaryotic ribosomes is better
understood.
ANSWER: True
3. In eukaryotic cells, the utilization of food molecules such as glucose begins in the
mitochondrion.
ANSWER: False (Cytoplasm)

4. Proteins are examples of condensation polymers.

ANSWER: True
5. In a food chain, the first trophic level is occupied by herbivores.
ANSWER: False
6. The organisms in the first trophic level of a food chain are secondary consumers.
ANSWER: False
7. A food chain also shows how the organisms are related to each other by the food they eat.
ANSWER: True
1. Prokaryotes, or Bacteria lack an original nucleus
ANSWER: True
 2. Bateriophages are bacteria that infest viruses
ANSWER: True
3. The tissue is the smallest level of organization of living organisms
ANSWER: False
4. Parenchyma cells are dead at maturity
ANSWER: False
5. Collenchyma cells are living at maturity
ANSWER: True

6. Fibres are sometimes called stone cells.

ANSWER: False
7. In general carnivores have longer digestive system than herbivores ANSWER:
False
8. In mammals, the urogenital products are separated from faecal matter in the small
intestine
ANSWER: False – Large intestine
9. Single celled organisms digest their food intracellularly
ANSWER: True
10. Trichomes are outgrowths of epidermal cells
ANSWER: True
11. Root hairs are extension of single epidermal cells
ANSWER: True
6. Guard cells are paired cells
ANSWER: True

1. DNA make RNA by Transcription

ANSWER: True

2. RNA makes Proteins by Replication

ANSWER: False (Translation)
3. The messenger RNA is the molecule that carries amino acids during translation.
ANSWER: False (Transfer)
4. Metabolism refers to an organism’s ability to use energy
ANSWER: True
5. Active transport involves water moving through a membrane
ANSWER: FALSE
6. In active transport molecules move from lower to higher concentration
ANSWER: FALSE
4. Movement in organisms can involve the whole organism or part of the organism.
ANSWER: True

5. Growth in living organisms may result in changes to body shape or function.

ANSWER: True

6. Plants continue to grow throughout their lives.

ANSWER: True

1. When a plant cell loses water it becomes turgid.

ANSWER: False
2. When an animal cell is placed in water, water enters the cell by diffusion.
ANSWER: False
3. When a red blood cell is placed in a concentrated salt solution, the cell loses water by
osmosis.
ANSWER: True
4. Fungi are a large group of prokaryotic organisms.
ANSWER: False
5. Fungi cannot produce their own food.
ANSWER: True
6. Fungi are mostly saprophytes but some are parasites.
ANSWER: True
1. Amino acids are sub-units of nucleic acids
ANSWER: False
2. All organisms consist of one or more cells
ANSWER: True
3. The mammalian body excretes nitrogen mainly as uric acid
ANSWER: False (Urea)
4. Cells are the smallest living things
ANSWER: True

1. The vertebral column belongs to the appendicular skeleton

 ANSWER: False (axial)
2. Bone is a type of connective tissue
ANSWER: True
3. Osteoblasts of bones secrete collagen
ANSWER: True
4. Meiosis is a division that produces two nuclei
ANSWER: False
5. An animal cell having two rather than one of each type of chromosome has a haploid
number of chromosome
ANSWER: False (diploid)
6. Meiosis reduces the parental chromosome number
ANSWER: True

1. Water vapour is a greenhouse gas.

ANSWER: TRUE

2. Table sugar is made up two glucose units.

ANSWER: FALSE (Made up of glucose and fructose

3. The sugar component of ATP is a pentose sugar
ANSWER: False (Ribose)
4. Vestigial structures provide anatomical record of macroevolution
ANSWER: True
5. Bacteria lack organized nucleus
ANSWER: True
6. The cell of bacteria lack plasma membrane
ANSWER: False
7. Many kinds of bacteria possess flagella
ANSWER: True
1. Vascular cambium and cork cambium are absent in monocotyledonous plants
ANSWER: TRUE
2. In dicotyledonous plants, vascular bundles of stem are scattered
ANSWER: FALSE
3. In monocotyledonous plants, flower parts occur in fours and multiples of four
ANSWER: FALSE
1. White matter and grey matter are components of the spinal cord.

ANSWER: False
2. The peripheral nervous system has nerves, while the brain and spinal cord have tracts.

ANSWER: True
3. The gray matter of the brain consists of axons without myelin sheath.

ANSWER: True
4. Animal cells show crenation when immersed in a hypotonic solution.

ANSWER: False
5. In a hypotonic solution animal cells burst due to endosmosis.

ANSWER: True
In a hypertonic solution, the plasma membrane of animal cells collapse and become crenated

ANSWER: True
1. The function of the Loop of Henle of the kidney is to conserve salts and ions in the body.
ANSWER: False
2. The shorter the Loop of Henle of an organism, the more concentrated the urine that can
be produced.
ANSWER: False
3. The drier the natural habitat of an animal, the longer the loop of Henle.
ANSWER: True
4. The imbibition of water by the root hair cells is the primary process that initiates the
absorption of water by plants.
ANSWER: True

5. The strong cohesive forces, continuity of the water column in the capillaries in vessel
elements and transpiration pull are responsible for translocation of organic food in plants.
ANSWER: False
6. The osmotic potential of a cell is the same as the solute potential.
ANSWER: True
7. Protozoa are single-celled organisms.
ANSWER: True
8. Protozoa are common in freshwater and moist soil.
 ANSWER: True
9. Protozoa feed on small particles of food such as bacteria.
ANSWER: True
10. A climax community has a stable composition of plant and animal species.
ANSWER: True
11. A climax community has different species occurring at different times.
ANSWER: False
12. A climax community has rapid changes in the composition of species.
ANSWER: False
1. Members of the phylum ciliophora are unicellular.
ANSWER: True
2. Members of the phylum ciliophora possess flagella.
ANSWER: False

3. Members of the phylum ciliophora are heterotrophs

ANSWER: False
4. Desert plants have well developed tap root systems.
ANSWER: True
5. Desert plants have small leaves with thick epidermis
ANSWER: True
6. Desert plant have broad leaves for storage
ANSWER: False

1. Plasmodium is a parasitic protozoa

ANSWER: True
2. Trypanosoma is a parasitic protozoa
ANSWER: True
3. Protozoans mostly reproduce sexually
ANSWER: False

4. An order is a subdivision within each phylum .

ANSWER: False
5. Organisms in an order resemble one another closely than those in a class.
ANSWER: True
6. Organisms in a class have common characteristics than those in a phylum
ANSWER: True
1. Organisms in a genus can interbreed but their offspring are not fertile (True)
2. Species is the smallest and the most important unit used in classifying living organisms
(True)
3. Organisms in an order resemble one another more than those in a family (False)
4. Tissues of living photosynthesizers are the basis of grazing food webs.
ANSWER: True
5. The amount of energy moving through food webs is the same for every ecosystem and
does not vary with season.
ANSWER: False
6. The loss of energy at each transfer limits the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem.
ANSWER: True

7. Bryophytes are absent from desert regions (True)

8. Bryophytes have true roots, stems and leaves (False)
9. Bryophytes go through alternation of generation in their life cycle (True)

1. The cytoplasm of Amoeba consists of 2 distinct zones.

ANSWER: True

2. There are 2 contractile vacuoles in the cytoplasm of Amoeba.

ANSWER: False
3. Gaseous exchange in Amoeba does not require any special structures.
ANSWER: True

4. Mycorrhiza is an association between bacteria and roots of certain plants.

ANSWER: False
5. The Sporangiophore contains and protects fungal spores.
ANSWER: False
6. Rhizopus reproduces both sexually and asexually.
ANSWER: True
1. The sea and other large water bodies act as reservoirs of carbon dioxide.
ANSWER. True
2. The slow carbon cycle refers to movements of carbon between the environment and
living things in the biosphere.
 ANSWER. False
3. In land plants carbon dioxide enter the leaf as a gas through the stomata.
ANSWER. True
4. A flower is described as bisexual when both corolla and androecium are present.
ANSWER: False
5. The petals and sepals are referred to as the essential parts of a flower.
ANSWER: False
6. A carpellate flower has only androecium and lacks a gynoecium.
ANSWER: False
2. The body of amoeba is bounded by a membrane (True)
1. The cytoplasm of amoeba has two distinct zones (True)
2. Euglena is a multi-cellular organism (False)
3. The plasma membrane is the outermost compartment of all cells (False)
4. Cell membrane consists of protein bilayer and lipids (False)
5. Plasma membrane allows selective permeability (True)
6. Transport proteins allow solutes to move both ways across a cell membrane (True)

7. Ions and proteins are not allowed to move freely across a membrane (True)

8. Transport proteins span the lipid bilayer of cell membranes (True)

1. Mature sporophytes of mosses possess sex organs (False)

2. Mosses produce biflagellate sperms (True)

3. Spores of moss plants germinate into protonema (True)

4. In bryophytes, rhizoids are for absorption of water (False)

5. In bryophytes, the rhizoids are for exchange of gases (False)

6. In bryophytes, the rhizoids are for anchorage (True)

7. All cells have cell walls that surround them (False)

8. The cells of mammals are prokaryotic (False)

9. Multicellular organisms are made of prokaryotic cells (False)

ROUND 3 – True or False

1. Sweet potato is a modified stem
ANSWER: False
2. Pneumatophores are modified stems
ANSWER: False
3. Haustorium is a modified stem
ANSWER: False
4. In humans, organs of equilibrium are located in parts of the inner ear
ANSWER: True
5. Rod cells of the eye detect very dim light
ANSWER: True
6. Antibodies are part of the lymphatic system
ANSWER: True
1. Stomata occur only on the lower epidermis
ANSWER: False
2. Some plants have stomata exclusively on the upper epidermis
ANSWER: True
3. Some plants have stomata on both surfaces of the leaf
ANSWER: True
4. Animal cells store extra carbohydrate as glycogen
ANSWER: True
5. Cellulose contains glucose molecules
ANSWER: True
6. Humans cannot digest cellulose
ANSWER: True
1. Plant cells show turgidity when placed in a hypotonic solution.
ANSWER: True

2. Turgidity is due to exosmosis.

ANSWER: False

3. Plasmolysis is due to exosmosis

ANSWER: True

4. Respiration in amoeba is by diffusion of gases

ANSWER: True

5. Amoeba reproduces only asexually

 ANSWER: True

6. Amoeba is a free living freshwater organism

ANSWER: True

1. Single celled organisms digest their food extracellularly

ANSWER: FALSE
2. Mammals digest their food intracellularly
ANSWER: FALSE
3. The most primitive digestive tract is seen in nematodes
ANSWER: TRUE
4. Adventitious roots develop from other roots
ANSWER: FALSE
5. Fibrous roots develop from adventitious roots
ANSWER: TRUE
6. Root hairs are extensions of epidermal cells
ANSWER: TRUE
1. Chromosomes are found in cells of all eukaryotes
ANSWER: True
2. Chromosome numbers may vary from one species to another
ANSWER: True
3. The DNA of eukaryotes is divided into several chromosomes
ANSWER: True
4. Endodermis is rare in stems
ANSWER: True
5. Mycorrhiza is a type of parasitic association
ANSWER: False
6. Most monocotyledons are herbaceous plants
ANSWER: True
7. Sexual reproduction decreases genetic variability
ANSWER: False
8. Height is a continuously variable trait
ANSWER: True
9. The degree to which many alleles are expressed does not depend on the environment.
c
 ANSWER: False
10. Rhizomes are horizontal roots
ANSWER: False
11. Stolons are horizontal stems
ANSWER: True
12. Corms are modified roots
ANSWER: False
1. For each blood circuit of the body of humans, blood passes through the heart twice.
ANSWER: True

2. Blood gains pressure as it moves from the heart to the capillaries of the lungs.
ANSWER: False

3. The affinity of iron in haemoglobin for oxygen is higher than it is for carbon dioxide.
ANSWER: False

4. A single characteristic in an organism may be controlled by the interaction of two or more

genes situated at different loci.
ANSWER: True

5. A single gene may affect several characteristics, including mortality .

ANSWER: True

6. Somatic gene mutations which arise in an organism are inherited only by those cells
derived from the mutant cells by mitosis.
ANSWER: True

1. In an ecosystem autotrophs produce organic compounds that serve as food for them and
other organisms.
ANSWER: True
2. Flowers are the primary structures used in grouping plant families.
ANSWER: True
3. Photosynthesis involves the breakdown of complex inorganic molecules.
ANSWER: False
4. Collenchyma cells are lignified and living at maturity.
ANSWER: False
5. Collenchyma cells provide support for woody plants.
 ANSWER: False
6. Sclerenchyma cells are lignified and living at maturity.
ANSWER: False
1. The right lymphatic duct provides the main route by which lymph enters the blood
stream.
2. Only the forewings of a grasshopper are used for flying.
F [only hind wings]
3. The further away a source of food from the hive, the faster the dance movements of a bee.
4. Tilapia is a freshwater fish
ANSWER: True
5. The ventral surface of tilapia is darker than the dorsal surface
ANSWER: False
6. The nostrils of tilapia are responsible for gaseous exchange
` ANSWER: False
7. Buds give rise to only flowers
ANSWER: False
8. Xylem and Phloem are ground tissue
ANSWER: False
9. Mesophyll consists of photosynthetic cells
ANSWER: True
1. Viruses are bigger than bacteria
ANSWER: False
2. Viruses have nuclei
ANSWER: False
3. Some viruses can be crystallized like non living chemicals
ANSWER: True
4. Seeds are mature stamens
ANSWER: False
5. Fruits are mature ovaries
ANSWER: True
6. Pollen grains are male gametophytes
ANSWER: True
1. Mitosis does not form sexual spores or gametes
ANSWER: True
2. Pairing of homologous chromosomes occur in mitosis
ANSWER: False
3. Chiasmata and crossing over are absent in prophase of mitosis
ANSWER: True
4. Members of the kingdom Protoctista are often unicellular organisms
ANSWER: True
5. Protoctista are eukaryotic organisms
ANSWER: True
6. Some protoctista are like plants and possess chlorophyll
ANSWER: True
1. Lizards have homodont teeth.
ANSWER: True
2. The fore limbs in lizards are longer than hind limbs
ANSWER: False
3. The lizard obtains oxygen though the lungs
ANSWER: True
4. Cocoyam is a rhizome
ANSWER: False
5. Rhizome is a modified root
ANSWER: False
6. Ginger is a bulb
1. In an ecosystem autotrophs produce organic compounds that serve as food for them
and other organisms.
ANSWER: True
2. Flowers are the primary structures used in grouping plant families.
ANSWER: True
3. Photosynthesis involves the breakdown of complex inorganic molecules.
ANSWER: False
ANSWER: False
4. Collenchyma cells are lignified and living at maturity.
ANSWER: False
5. Collenchyma cells provide support for woody plants.
ANSWER: False
6. Sclerenchyma cells are lignified and living at maturity.
 ANSWER: False
1. A protein-digesting enzyme when mixed with starch solution would produce glucose.
ANSWER: False
1. A protein-digesting en Parasitism is a biotic factor in an ecosystem.
ANSWER: True
2. Predation is a biotic factor in an ecosystem.
ANSWER: True
3. Oxygen concentration is a biotic factor in an ecosystem.
ANSWER: False
2. zyme when mixed with starch solution would produce amino acids.
1. ANSWER: False Herbivory usually increases the rate of photosynthesis in the
remaining leaves.
ANSWER: False
2. Herbivory always lead to reduction in plant growth.
ANSWER: False
3. Herbivory reduces the rate of transport of photosynthetic products from the remaining
leaves.
1. ANSWER: False
2. If a plant has two stems then each stem will receive a different signal from the roots as to
the availability of water and mineral salts.
ANSWER: True
3. Different local environments may affect the shape of the leaf of the same plant.
ANSWER: True
4. Some halophytes are able to regulate their salt content by excreting salt from glands at the
margins of their leaves.
ANSWER: True

3. A protein-digesting enzyme when mixed with starch solution would have no action.
ANSWER: True

1. Plants have more complex nutritional needs than animals.

ANSWER: False
2. The response of branches of plants to gravity is the same for all branches.
 ANSWER: False
3. There are differences among organisms of the same species as well as between species.
ANSWER: True

4. A sensory cell can respond to many types of environmental changes.

ANSWER: False.
5. The rods and cones of the eye are examples of primary receptor cells.
ANSWER: False
6. The Rods and cones of the eye are located on the surface of the retina.
ANSWER: False
1. If a woman is a carrier of an X-linked recessive disease, and the husband does not suffer
from the disease, then none of their sons will suffer from the disease.
ANSWER: False
2. If a woman is homozygous for an x-linked allele, then she can produce two types of
gametes.
ANSWER: False
3. If a woman is heterozygous for an x-linked allele, then she can produce one type of
gamete.
ANSWER: False
4. The larger the number of species, the larger the number of opportunities for new species
to be formed.
ANSWER: True
5. The ranges of individual species tend to be wider where there are many species.
ANSWER: False
6. Individuals of species with poor dispersal abilities are likely to establish new populations
by dispersing across barriers.
ANSWER: False
1. Natural water sources, even when unpolluted frequently contain some saprophytic
bacteria.
ANSWER: True.
2. Only pathogens introduced into water by excrement or sewage pollution pose a risk to
human health.
ANSWER: True
3. Bacteria were recognized as causative agents of human disease earlier than fungi.
 ANSWER: False
4. When the water accumulates underground, it slowly raises the water table.
ANSWER: True
5. When water table rises close to the ground’s surface, soil gets saturated with saline water.
ANSWER: True
6. The upper limit at which the ground is fully saturated with water is called the salinization
limit.
ANSWER: False
1. Malnutrition results when any essential nutrient is lacking from the diet .
ANSWER: True
2. Different animals need mineral elements in different proportions.
ANSWER: True
3. In mammals, most nutrients are absorbed in the duodenum of the small intestine .
ANSWER: False – Jejunum
4. Malnutrition results when any essential nutrient is lacking from the diet .
ANSWER: True
5. Different animals need mineral elements in different proportions.
ANSWER: True
6. In mammals, most nutrients are absorbed in the duodenum of the small intestine .
ANSWER: False – Jejunum
1. The Uptake of extracellular fluids like enzymes and hormones by the cells is an example
of Phagocytosis.
ANSWER: (False – Pinocytosis)
2. The engulfment of bacteria by White Blood Cells is an example of phagocytosis.
ANSWER: True
3. Pinocytosis is a type of exocytosis in which the cell takes up liquid droplets of small size.
ANSWER: False – (type of endocytosis)

4. Spindle fibres contain multiple proteins that help in binding with the centromere during
cell cycle.
ANSWER: True
5. Many spindle fibres are just connected between two poles, as they are not attached to the
chromatids
ANSWER: True
6. At the end of telophase, where the nuclear membrane becomes visible, spindle fibres
disappear.
ANSWER: True
7.
8. A contagious disease is one which is spread by contaminated food.
ANSWER: False

9. A contagious disease is one which is spread by contaminated drinking water.

ANSWER: False
10. A contagious disease is one which is spread by contact with an infected person.
ANSWER: True
1. Food can travel up the stem in the phloem.
ANSWER: True
2. Food can travel up or down the stem in the phloem.
ANSWER: True
Food can travel up or down the stem in the xylem

1. Transpiration draws dissolved salts up the stem.

ANSWER: True
2. Transpiration speeds up photosynthesis.
ANSWER: False
3. Transpiration has a cooling effect on the leaves.
ANSWER: True
1. Capillary blood vessels are repeatedly branched.
ANSWER: True
2. Capillary blood vessels are permeable to salts (ions).
ANSWER: True
3. Capillary blood vessels have thick walls.
ANSWER: False
4. A plant might be adapted to a hot dry environment by having a broad leaf area.
ANSWER: False
5. A plant might be adapted to a hot dry environment by having waxy cuticle on the
leaves.
 ANSWER: True
6. A plant might be adapted to a hot dry environment by having numerous stomata on the
upper surface of the leaf.
ANSWER: False
1. Food is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem
ANSWER: False
2. The Electron transport system involves cell membrane
ANSWER: True
3. Enzymes are not affected by salinity of the medium
ANSWER: False
4. A typical animal cell contains one or more chloroplast
ANSWER: False
5. Most unicellular organisms begun as a single cell
ANSWER: True
6. Only eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound organelles
ANSWER: True
1. Capillaries contain a mixture of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood.
ANSWER: True
2. Capillaries have very large lumen
ANSWER: False
3. Capillaries contain valves
ANSWER: False
4. Monocots and dicots are classes of angiosperms
ANSWER: True
5. Angiosperms are vascular plants
ANSWER: True
6. Bryophytes are non vascular plants
ANSWER: True
1. The pulmonary artery transports deoxygenated blood
ANSWER: True
2. Arteries transport blood to the heart
ANSWER: False
3. Arteries have large lumen
ANSWER: False
4. Ferns are seedless vascular plants
ANSWER: True
5. Ferns are the most diverse group of seedless plants
ANSWER: True
6. Ferns produce flagellated sperms.
ANSWER: True

7. Arachnids have three body divisions

ANSWER: False
8. Members of the class Arachnida possess three pairs of legs
ANSWER: False
9. Arachnids have no Antennae
ANSWER: True
10. The plasma membrane is the outermost component of all cells
ANSWER: False
11. Cell membranes consist mainly of a carbohydrate bilayer and proteins ANSWER:
False
12. Prokaryotic cells lack a plasma membrane
ANSWER: False
Riddle #2
1. I am a thimble –shaped mass of cells
2. I am completely absent in the animal kingdom
3. I am found in some plants and also absent in the aerial parts of all plants
4. I am the tissue that perceive gravitational stimulus in root gravitropism.
5. I am located at the tip of plant root and protect the root tip as it penetrates the soil.

WHO AM I?
ANSWER: Root cap

13. Most bacteria reproduce by prokaryotic fission.

ANSWER: True
14. Prokaryotic fission in bacteria results in two genetically equivalent daughter cells
ANSWER: True
15. In structural terms we find the simplest form of life among bacteria.
ANSWER: True
16. Anthocyanins are present in flowers.
ANSWER: True
17. Chloroplast has a single outermost membrane.
ANSWER: False
18. Carotenoids are less abundant than chlorophylls in green plants.
ANSWER: True
1. Meiosis occurs only in germs cells.
ANSWER: TRUE
2. Fertilization contributes to variation in offspring.
ANSWER: TRUE
3. Mutation can alter a gene’s molecular structure.
ANSWER: TRUE
4. Yeasts are single-celled fungi.
ANSWER: TRUE
5. Fungal hyphae lack cell walls.
ANSWER: FALSE
6. Fungal cell walls are built mainly of cellulose.
ANSWER: FALSE
7. Bird feathers are highly modified reptilian scales.
ANSWER: True
8. Bird feathers provide insulation for the body.
ANSWER: True
9. Bird feathers arise from well defined tracts.
ANSWER: True
10. Parenchyma cells lack secondary walls.
ANSWER: True
11. Parenchyma cells function as storage depots.
ANSWER: True
12. Parenchyma cells are alive when they function.
ANSWER: True
1. The enzyme that catalyses the conversion of starch to maltose is maltase
ANSWER: False It is diastase
2. The enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose and glucose is invertase.
ANSWER: True
3. The enzyme that catalyses the conversion of glucose and fructose into ethanol is zymase
ANSWER: True
4. The nuclear envelope is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum.
ANSWER: True
5. The nuclear envelope consists of two membranes.
ANSWER: True
6. The inner membrane of the nuclear envelope bears chromosomes.
ANSWER: False
7. Tracheids and vessel elements die before they become functional.
ANSWER: True

8. Tracheids and vessel elements have walls of middle lamella and primary wall.
ANSWER: False
9. Tracheids and vessels elements are always accompanied by companion cells.
ANSWER: False
1. Arthropods evolved from insects
ANSWER: True
2. Arthropods may have open or close circulatory system
ANSWER: False
3. The exoskeleton of arthropods is made of chitin
ANSWER: True
4. The end walls of sieve tubes are known as sieve plates
ANSWER: True
5. Sieve tubes lose their membrane that surrounds their central vacuole
ANSWER: True
6. Sieve tubes die before they become functional
ANSWER: False
7. Members of the class Osteichthyes have a skeleton of cartilage.
ANSWER: FALSE
8. Bony fishes have swim bladders.
ANSWER: TRUE
9. Bony fishes have to come to the surface of water to gulp air to fill the swim bladder
ANSWER: FALSE
10. The pericycle separates the stele from the cortex.
 ANSWER: FALSE
11. The pericycle consists of highly differentiated cells.
ANSWER: FALSE
12. The pericycle forms a star shaped structure at the very centre of the root. ANSWER:
FALSE
13. Glycolysis can occur with or without oxygen.
ANSWER: TRUE
14. Glycolysis is the first step in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
ANSWER: TRUE
15. Glycolysis occurs in the mitochondria.
ANSWER: FALSE
16. Secondary growth of stems and roots is brought about by apical meristems.
ANSWER: FALSE
17. Secondary growth is common in both monocots and dicots.
ANSWER: FALSE
18. Secondary growth produces only Xylem and Phloem.
ANSWER: FALSE
19. Taxonomy is used to describe the evolutionary history of organisms
ANSWER: FALSE
20. Scientific names of organisms consist of two English words
ANSWER: FALSE
21. Two different organisms can have the same scientific name
ANSWER: FALSE
22. Periderm contains lenticels that allows gaseous exchange
ANSWER: TRUE
23. Periderm is produced during primary growth
ANSWER: FALSE
24. Periderm is innermost part of the plant
ANSWER: FALSE
25. Two organisms in the same order but different families may be in the same class.
ANSWER: TRUE
26. Organisms in the same genera may be in different orders.
ANSWER: TRUE
27. Organisms in different genera may be in the same family.
 ANSWER: TRUE
28. Most fungi are multicellular with hyphae divided into cells by cross walls, or septa.
ANSWER: TRUE
29. Fungi that lack septa consist of a continuous cytoplasmic mass with hundreds or
thousands of nuclei.
ANSWER: TRUE
30. Some fungi have hyphae adapted for preying on animals.
ANSWER: TRUE
31. A cell will swell when placed in a hypotonic solution (
ANSWER: TRUE
32. An animal cell placed in a concentrated salt solution will swell because of osmosis
ANSWER: FALSE (shrink)
33. The dispersal of a dye in a flask of water is an example diffusion
ANSWER: TRUE
34. In mosses and liverworts, eggs are formed through mitosis in the antheridia.
ANSWER: FALSE
35. One major difference between mosses and ferns is that mosses have a vascular system
ANSWER: FALSE
36. The haploid spores of ferns are produced by gametophytes
ANSWER: TRUE
1. The larger of the two nuclei derived from a pollen grain is called the tube nucleus
F [generative nucleus]
2. The sporophyte of a moss plant is the haploid generation
F
1. Most animals digest food intracellularly.
ANSWER: False.
2. Cells lining the gut of animals take in some small food particles by endocytosis .
ANSWER: True
3. Some multicellular organisms have no digestive system.
ANSWER: True
4. Red algae differ from other algal forms in lacking flagellated reproductive cells.
ANSWER: True
5. The red algae and brown algae are predominantly unicellular.
ANSWER: False
6. In some algae both haploid and diploid cells undergo mitosis.
ANSWER: True

1. The palisade mesophyll cells possess less chloroplast than the spongy mesophyll cells.
ANSWER: False
2. All stems have lenticels.
ANSWER: False
3. Intercalary meristems occur in the vicinity of nodes of grasses and dicotyledonous stems.
ANSWER: False

4. Essential amino acids are not found in vegetarian diets.

ANSWER: False
5. Essential amino acids are stored by the body for the time that they are not needed.
ANSWER: False
6. Humans can acquire all their essential amino acids by eating milk, egg or meat.
ANSWER: True
1. Mosses require water as a medium for completing their life cycle.
ANSWER: True
2. In mosses, it is the gametophytic phase that produces the haploid gametes.
ANSWER: True
3. In mosses, the gametophyte plant lacks chlorophyll and depends on the photosynthetic
sporophyte
ANSWER: False
4. When vitamin C is eaten in large quantities the excess is stored in the fatty tissues for
later use.
ANSWER: False
5. Vitamin D can be acquired only by eating meat or dairy products.
ANSWER: False
6. Vitamins are required in larger quantities than essential amino acids.
ANSWER: False
1. The trophic level of an organism is the position it holds in a food chain.
ANSWER: True
2. The arrows in a food chain show the flow of energy, from the sun to a top predator.
ANSWER: True
3. In any food web, energy is gained each time one organism eats another.
ANSWER: False

1. The insects differ from the rest of the arthropods in having only three pairs of jointed legs
on the thorax and, typically, two pairs of wings.
ANSWER: True
2. In insects only the outermost layer of the cuticle is shed, the inner layers are digested by
enzymes secreted from the epidermis.
ANSWER: True
3. All arthropods have a hard exoskeleton or cuticle, segmented bodies and jointed legs.
ANSWER: True.
4. Osmosis is the movement of water from a concentrated solution to a dilute solution across
a partially permeable membrane.
ANSWER: False
5. Osmosis is the movement of a dissolved substance from a concentrated solution to a
dilute solution across a partially permeable membrane.
ANSWER: False
6. Osmosis is the movement of water from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution across
a partially permeable membrane.
ANSWER: True

1. The x chromosome of human beings carries information on blood clotting and colour
vision.
2. RNA does not replicate
T
3. Mature insects do not grow.
T
4. No digestion takes place in the large intestine.
ANSWER: True
5. The pancreas is a large gland located next to the lung.
ANSWER: False
6. Monosaccharides and amino acids are absorbed only by diffusion into the blood
capillaries.
ANSWER: False
37. Mammalian hibernation occurs when animals run out of metabolic fuel
ANSWER: FALSE
38. Hibernation is a regulated decrease in body temperature
ANSWER: TRUE
39. Mammalian hibernation is less common than hibernation in birds
ANSWER: FALSE
40. One product of double fertilization in plants is a triploid nucleus
ANSWER: TRUE
41. Double fertilization is found in most angiosperms
ANSWER: TRUE
42. Double fertilization is found in no plants apart from angiosperms
ANSWER: FALSE
1. Glycolysis is an aerobic process (False)
2. Glycolysis results in the production one molecule pyruvic acid (False)
3. Glycolysis occur dung the second stage of cellular respiration (False)
4. The process of photosynthesis take place in autotrophs (True)
5. The final stage of photosynthesis during which sugar molecules are produced is light
dependent (False)
6. The major light absorbing pigment in plant photosynthesis is carotenoid (False)
7. The mammalian skin produces pigments to reduce body temperature.
ANSWER: False
8. The mammalian skin protects the body against bacterial infection.
ANSWER: True
9. The mammalian skin can produce many vitamins when exposed to sunlight.
ANSWER: False
1. An aggregate fruit develops from the flowers of a whole inflorescence.
ANSWER: False
2. A Multiple fruit develops from a single flower with more than one pistil.
ANSWER: False
3. The ovary of simple fruits may be superior or inferior.
ANSWER: True
 4. Glucose units are linked differently in starch and cellulose molecules.
ANSWER: True
5. Glucose units are linked similarly in starch and glycogen molecules.
ANSWER: True
6. Hydrolysis of a molecule of sucrose will yield a molecule each of glucose and
galactose.
ANSWER: False

1. When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens contracts.
ANSWER: False
2. When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens rotates.
ANSWER: False
3. When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens is rounded.
4. ANSWER: True In bryophytes, vegetative reproduction is common whereas the
asexual reproduction is absent.
ANSWER: True
5. Chlorophyll is the predominant pigment in bryophytes.
ANSWER: True.
6. The plant body of bryophytes is always multicellular; no unicellular forms are present.
ANSWER: True

1. The arthropods contain more species than any other animal group.
ANSWER: True
2. Most arthropods are crustaceans.
ANSWER: False
3. The members of the Phylum Mollusca evolved from unsegmented ancestors and
subsequently became segmented.
ANSWER: False
4. Most animals have either radial or bilateral symmetry.
ANSWER: True
5. Radially symmetrical animals move more slowly or not at all.
ANSWER: True
6. The body cavity of an animal is strongly related to its ability to move.
ANSWER: True

1. All solutions have higher water potential than pure water.

ANSWER: False
2. Water always moves from a region of higher water potential to one of a lower water
potential.
ANSWER: True
3. Pure water has the highest water potential.
ANSWER: True
4.
5. Insects of the order orthoptera have complete metamorphosis.
ANSWER: False
6. Insects of the order isoptera have complete metamorphosis.
ANSWER: False
7. All members of the order Odonata have complete metamorphosis.
ANSWER: False
1. A population evolves when individuals that have the same phenotypes survive and
reproduce.
ANSWER: False (different genotypes
2. For a population to evolve its members must possess genetic variation.
ANSWER: True
3. Mutation is the origin of genetic variation.
4. The endarch refers to the arrangement of xylem vessels in stems and roots.
ANSWER: False
5. In stems, the metaxylem lies towards the centre (pith) and protoxylem lies towards the
periphery.
ANSWER: False – it’s the reverse
6. In roots, the protoxylem lies towards the periphery and metaxylem lies towards the
centre.
ANSWER: True

1. Tapeworms absorb food from their host’s intestine directly through the skin
 ANSWER: True
2. Flatworms can reproduce sexually and asexually.
ANSWER: True
3. Flatworms have a circulatory system.
ANSWER: True
4. Autotrophs produce inorganic compounds that serve as food for them and other
organisms.
ANSWER: False
5. Angiosperms produce naked seeds.
ANSWER: False
6. Photosynthesis involves the breakdown of organic molecules.
ANSWER: False
1. Crustaceans range in size from microscopic forms to large lobsters.
ANSWER: TRUE
2. Millipedes and centipedes are basically the same in structure.
ANSWER: FALSE
3. Most crustaceans live in aquatic habitatS.
ANSWER: TRUE
4. Autotrophs produce inorganic compounds that serve as food for them and almost all other
organisms.
ANSWER: FALSE
5. The major light absorbing pigment in photosynthesis is carotenoid.
ANSWER: FALSE
6. The final stage of photosynthesis during which sugar molecules are produced is light
dependent.
ANSWER: FALSE
7. Analogous structures have a common size in organisms.
ANSWER: FALSE
8. Analogous structures evolve from a common ancestor .
ANSWER: FALSE
9. Analogous structures perform the same function in organisms.
ANSWER: TRUE
10. Plants respond to environmental cues as they develop.
ANSWER: TRUE
11. Plants have simpler nutritional needs than animals.
ANSWER: TRUE
12. Plants derive support against gravity from the turgor pressure of the cells
ANSWER: TRUE
1. Respiratory gases are exchanged by diffusion only.
ANSWER: TRUE
2. Oxygen has a higher rate of diffusion in water than in air.
ANSWER: FALSE
3. The amount of oxygen in air increases with increasing altitude.
ANSWER: FALSE
4. The way an embryo develops is not important in determining the evolutionary history of
species.
ANSWER: FALSE
5. Divergence leads to new species within a population.
ANSWER: TRUE
6. Homologous structures are similar because they originated in a shared ancestor.
ANSWER: TRUE

7. The notochord is unique to the group of animals called chordates.

ANSWER: TRUE
8. The notochord is a permanent structure found in many species
ANSWER: FALSE
9. The notochord is critical to the formation of the digestive system
ANSWER: FALSE
10. The primary commercial use of wood is for building material and fibres used in paper
making.
ANSWER: TRUE
11. The cellulose fibres refined from trees and used in paper manufacturing are stronger
under tension than nylon
ANSWER: TRUE
12. Relative to its density, wood is stiffer and stronger building material than concrete.
ANSWER: TRUE
13. Most marine invertebrates are osmoregulators (False)
ANSWER: FALSE
14. Freshwater invertebrates are hypertonic osmoregulators (True)
ANSWER: TRUE
15. Mammals are hypotonic osmoregulators (False)
ANSWER: FALSE
16. Water can enter the stele without entering the symplast (False)
ANSWER: FALSE
17. The Casparian strip prevents water from moving between endodermal cells (True)
ANSWER: TRUE
18. Water can move freely in the apoplast within entering cells (True)
ANSWER: TRUE
19. Inorganic fertilizers no longer contaminate our natural water bodies.
ANSWER: FALSE Promote growth of algae to the extent that other living
systems cannot survive in the water bodies
1. Tapeworms absorb food from their host’s intestine directly through the skin
ANSWER: True
2. Flatworms can reproduce sexually and asexually.
ANSWER: True
3. Flatworms have a circulatory system.
ANSWER: True
7. Autotrophs produce inorganic compounds that serve as food for them and other
organisms.
ANSWER: False
8. Angiosperms produce naked seeds.
ANSWER: False
9. Photosynthesis involves the breakdown of organic molecules.
ANSWER: False
1. Lactic acid fermentation is an aerobic process.
ANSWER: False
2. The Calvin cycle is a series biochemical reactions in aerobic respiration.
ANSWER: False
3. Fermentation can take place in the absence of carbon dioxide.
ANSWER: False
4. The xylem of angiosperms transport food from the leaves.
ANSWER: False
 5. Sieve tube elements are part of the xylem tissue.
ANSWER: False
6. The xylem is responsible for transport of water and mineral salts.
ANSWER: True

1. The cotyledons of groundnut seeds remain below the soil surface during germination
(False)

2. Secondary tissues in plants are formed as a result of cell division in the lateral meristem
(True)
3. The cotyledon s of bean seed remains below the soil surface after germination (False)
4. Schistosomiasis is caused by a round worm (False - Flatworm)

5. Roundworms belong to the phylum nematode (True)

6. Flatworms have nervous system (True)

7. The mitochondrion is a non-membrane-bound organelle (False)
8. The chloroplast is a single membrane-bound organelle (False)
9. The nucleus has a double membrane (True)
10. Capillaries link arteries and venules (True)
11. The muscle is an example of a tissue (True)
12. A number of different tissues performing different function constitute an organ (False)
13. Chromosomes are found in the cytoplasm of a cell (False)

14. Amoeba is a single-celled organism (True)

15. Cork cambium is an apical meristem, (False)

16. Pollen is produced at the tip of the stamen (True)

17. Ovules are produces at the lowest portion of the pistil (True)

18. Many seeds possess structures that aid dispersal (True)

1. Many fungi and bacteria are saprotrophs (True)

2. Animals that eat mixed diet of vegetables and animals are omnivores (True)

3. Commensalism is a type symbiotic association (True)

4. Digestion may be either extracellular or intracellular (True)

5. Mechanical digestion of food involves the use of enzymes (False)

 6. Most animals are holozoic in their nutrition (True)
7. Plants possess higher metabolic rate than animals (False)

8. Flowering plants exchange gases by simple diffusion (True)

9. In woody stems exchange of gases is through pores called stomata (False – Through
Lenticels)
10. Cockroaches, like all insects, breathe through a system of tubes called tracheae (True)

11. Some insects are dependent on the mouth and windpipe to breathe (False)

12. Some few species of cockroaches are known to be parthenogenetic, (reproduce

without the need for male) (True)

1. Each stage of a food chain is known as a trophic level.

ANSWER: True
2. The first trophic level is occupied by autotrophs.
ANSWER: True
3. The organisms in the second trophic level are secondary consumers.
ANSWER: False (They are primary consumers)
1. No digestion takes place in the large intestine.
ANSWER: True

2. Amino acids and vitamins are absorbed in the large intestine.

ANSWER: False
3. The pancreas produces a variety of digestive enzymes.
ANSWER: True

4. Chromatic aberration in a lens arises because the refractive index of the lens
material depends on wavelength.
ANSWER: True
5. Chromatic aberration does not occur in curved mirrors.
ANSWER: True
6. Geometric aberration occurs in both lenses and curved mirrors.
 ANSWER: True
7. Vitamins are required in small quantities for good health.
ANSWER: True
8. Vitamins can be made in the body.
ANSWER: False
9. Vitamin B is also known as retinol.
ANSWER: False
1. Both animals and plants have vascular systems.
ANSWER: True

2. The blood system is a vascular system

ANSWER: True

3. Phloem translocates both organic and inorganic solutes.

ANSWER: True

4. In nitrogen fixation, certain bacteria use nitrogen to form nitrates.

ANSWER: True

5. Nitrogen fixation is an energy consuming process/

ANSWER: True

6. Dinitrification increases soil fertility.

ANSWER: False

1. Arteries carry blood away from the heart.

ANSWER: True
2. Red blood cells do not possess nucli
ANSWER: True
3. The exchange of materials between blood and tissues takes place in capillaries.
ANSWER: True
4. Arthropods have a closed circulatory system/
ANSWER: False
5. Gaseous exchange in most arthropods is achieved by the tracheal system.
ANSWER: True
6. The blood of arthropods is colourless and contains no haemoglobin.
ANSWER: True
 1. A higher temperature results in a greater evaporation of water from cells of
leaves of plants
ANSWER: True
2. High humidity outside the leaf increases the rate of transpiration.
ANSWER: False
3. Light affects transpiration because stomata usually open in the light and close
in darkness.
ANSWER: True
4. Neurons are functional units of the nervous system.
ANSWER: True

5. Sensory neurons conduct impulses away from the central nervous system.
ANSWER: False

6. Contraction of muscles makes them shorter and thicker.

ANSWER: True

7. In bryophytes, vegetative reproduction is common whereas the asexual reproduction is

absent.
ANSWER: True
8. Chlorophyll is the predominant pigment in bryophytes.
ANSWER: True.
9. The plant body of bryophytes is always multicellular; no unicellular forms are present.
ANSWER: True
10. When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens contracts.
ANSWER: False
11. When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens rotates.
ANSWER: False
12. When the ciliary muscles of the eye contract, the eye lens is rounded.
ANSWER: True
1. The anterior end of paramecium is blunt.
ANSWER: True
2. The gullet of paramecium is lined with cilia.
ANSWER: True
3. The vacuole of Paramecium is stationary.
ANSWER: False
4. Wind pollinated flowers produce smaller quantities of sticky pollen.
ANSWER: False
5. Wind pollinated plants produce small inconspicuous scentless flowers.
ANSWER: True
6. Wind pollinated plants produce small anthers which are firmly attached to the filament.
ANSWER: False
1. Truetapeworms spend the adult phase of their lives as parasites in the gut of a vertebrate
animal.
ANSWER All: True
2. Tapeworms are parasitic roundworms.
ANSWER: False
3. Tapeworms do not possess digestive tract.
ANSWER

4. Fleshy fruits are adapted to wind dispersal.

ANSWER: False
5. Dry fruits are adapted for dispersal by mammals.
ANSWER: False
6. Fleshy fruits have soft and pulpy pericarp at maturity and the endocarp hardens.
ANSWER: True
1. The liver is responsible for regulation of blood sugar.
ANSWER: True
2. The liver is responsible for the formation of bile.
True
3. The liver is responsible for the excretion of urea from the blood.
ANSWER: False

4. The rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot would be highest under damp, cold, still air.
ANSWER: False
5. The rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot would be highest under damp, warm, moving air.
 ANSWER: False
6. The rate of transpiration of a leafy shoot would be highest under dry, warm, moving air.
ANSWER: True

1. Symbiotic association may involve two plants.

ANSWER: True
2. Symbiotic association is always between two similar species.
ANSWER: False
3. In symbiosis, the symbionts must be living.
ANSWER: True
1. The pericycle of roots is made up of parenchyma cells.
ANSWER: True
2. Companion cells are specialized cells of sclerenchyma.

ANSWER: False

3. Collenchyma cells are modified to provide support.

ANSWER: True
4. The nucleus is the most conspicuous structure in a cell.
ANSWER: True

5. Some cells contain more than one nucleus

ANSWER: True

6. The cytoplasm controls all the activities of a cell.

ANSWER: False
1. The primary cell wall of plants consists mainly of chitin
ANSWER: False
2. Some plant cells possess only primary cell wall
ANSWER: True
3. Cellulose of the primary cell wall of plants is a polysaccharide
ANSWER: True
4. The rate of diffusion is slow in membranes that have large surface area ANSWER: False
5. Osmosis is a form of diffusion in which only water molecules move
ANSWER: True
6. Osmosis occurs in animal cells but not in plant cells
ANSWER: False
1. Digestion of bread begins in the mouth
ANSWER: True
2. Digestion of meat begins in the mouth
ANSWER: False
3. Digestion of food is a chemical change
ANSWER: True
4. Muscles can only contract and relax, but not expand
ANSWER: True
5. Skeletal muscle is branched and connected to one another by special disc ANSWER:
False
6. Cardiac muscles are only found in the walls of the heart
1. ANSWER: True Hard water has a more pleasant taste and used extensively in the
brewing industries
ANSWER: True
2. Hard water is essential for building strong bones
ANSWER: True
3. The calcium in in hard water helps in the clotting of blood
ANSWER: True
1. Prokaryotic cells are generally bigger than eukaryotic cells
ANSWER: False
2. All Eukaryotic cells have a plasma membrane
ANSWER: True
3. Some bacterial species are photosynthetic
ANSWER: True
4. During photosynthesis, Carbon dioxide and oxygen are used for the synthesis of
inorganic compounds
ANSWER: False
5. Carbon compounds are constantly shifted from one kind of molecule to another
within organisms.
 ANSWER: True
6. Complex organic compounds are synthesized in plants using early products of
photosynthesis
ANSWER: True
1. Pteridophytes are land plants but lack true roots and stems
ANSWER: False
2. Mature fronds (Leaves) of ferns bear spores on the underside
ANSWER: True
3. The stem of a fern plant usually grows horizontally below the ground
ANSWER: True
4. All animals depend on cell division for their growth and repair processes.
ANSWER: True
5. Each cell has a precise set of genetic material built into its chromosome.
ANSWER: True
6. During mitosis, the normal diploid chromosome number is reduced by half.
ANSWER: False

1. The size of stomatal pores of leaves increases when guard cells are flaccid
ANSWER: False
2. The rate of transpiration from the upper surface of a leaf is much greater than that
from the lower surface
ANSWER: False
3. Plants will wilt if the rate of transpiration exceeds the uptake of water by the roots
ANSWER: True
4. Cells need a constant supply of energy for their various chemical processes
ANSWER: True
5. The energy that powers biological systems is captured from sunlight by
photosynthetic plants

ANSWER: True
6. Some lower organisms obtain energy from organic compounds by anaerobic
respiration
ANSWER: True
7. Birds perceive red colour more clearly than insects.
ANSWER: True
 8. Birds have a better sense of smell than insects.
ANSWER: False
9. Wind pollinated flowers are usually large and brightly coloured.
ANSWER: False
1. DNA replication must occur after cell division
ANSWER: False
2. During DNA replication, the new DNA molecule has two newly made strands
ANSWER: False
3. The double strands of DNA unwind and unzip while being duplicated
ANSWER: True
4. Lipids yield much more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
ANSWER: True
5. The cuticle forms the outermost covering of epidermal cells of leaves, flowers and fruits
ANSWER: True
6. All amino acids have the same fundamental structure
ANSWER: True
1. Plant cells differ in chemical composition from those of prokaryotic cells
ANSWER: True

2. Water can move freely through the free space in the cell wall of plants
ANSWER: True

3. The secondary cell wall of plants is laid down on the outermost surface of the primary
wall
ANSWER: False – the inner surface
4. In co-dominance, two alleles are expressed at the same time
ANSWER: True
5. A dihybrid cross involves a pair of contrasting characters
ANSWER: False
6. Heterozygous individuals have two of the same alleles for a particular gene ANSWER:
False
7. In domestic fowls the comb and wattle of the male are smaller than those of the female.
ANSWER: False
8. The hind limb of the domestic fowl is modified to form the wings
ANSWER: False
9. The domestic fowl is omnivorous.
ANSWER: True
 1. Angiosperms form the largest group of plants in the kingdom Plantae
ANSWER: True
2. Evolutionally, gymnosperms are more highly advanced than angiosperms
ANSWER: False
3. The seeds of gymnosperms are borne on special structures called cones
ANSWER: True
1. Proteins may be converted to both fats and carbohydrates by animal cells.
ANSWER: True
2. A protein molecule must always have more than one polypeptide chain.
ANSWER: False
3. Enzymes are globular proteins
ANSWER: True
4. A drupe contains many seeds enclosed by a hard stony endocarp
ANSWER: False
5. A berry develops from a compound ovary
ANSWER: True
6. Simple fleshy fruits develop from flowers with a single pistil
ANSWER: True

1. The prothallus of ferns is the gametophyte and bears both male and female sex organs
ANSWER: True
2. In ferns,the fertilized ovum in antheridia develops into the gametophyte.
ANSWER: False
3. Protonema gives rise to new sporophyte.
ANSWER: False
4. Flatworms are usually hermaphrodites
ANSWER: True
5. Flatworms are diploblastic, that is they have two germ layers
ANSWER: False
6. Flatworms possess reproductive organs called flame cells
ANSWER: False
1. In conifers, vessels and tracheids are the conducting cells
ANSWER: False
2. Conifers have thick barks that contain large amounts of secondary phloem
ANSWER: True
3. Conifers do not bear flowers
ANSWER: True
4. Animals can synthesize essential amino acids
ANSWER: False
5. Plants can make all the amino acids they need from simpler substances.
ANSWER: True
6. Carbohydrates are the most abundant organic molecules that can be found in living cells
ANSWER: False
1. Plants that live in dry areas may have roots with cortical cells containing large vacuoles
for storage of food.
ANSWER: False
2. Pneumatophores are found in plants growing in swampy areas
ANSWER: True
3. Prop roots enable plants to obtain a lot of resources from the soil.
ANSWER: False
4. The queen honeybee is fertile with poorly developed mouthparts
ANSWER: True
5. The drones of honeybees are infertile male
ANSWER: False
6. In honeybees, the drones collect honey and pollen from the food storage cells to feed the
larvae
ANSWER: False
1. When guard cells lose water and turgidity the stomatal pore opens.
ANSWER: False

2. The dorsal wall of the guard cell is thinner than the inner wall.
ANSWER: True
3. Some plants have no starch in their guard cells.
ANSWER: True
4. Many carnivores have a highly varied diet.
ANSWER: True
5. Humans feed on organisms at all trophic levels.
ANSWER: True
6. An earthworm may feed as a herbivore and a detritivore.
ANSWER: True
1. Many of the structures by which plants reproduce vegetatively are modified roots.
 ANSWER: False
2. Bulbs, stolons and tubers are examples of modified leaves that allow plants to
reproduce vegetatively.
ANSWER: False
3. A male gametophyte of a seed plant develops into a pollen grain.
ANSWER: True
4. Accommodation of the human eye is best described as the changing of lens shape due
to varying light intensities.
ANSWER: False
5. Accommodation of the human eye is best described as the ability to see distant
objects.
ANSWER: False
6. Accommodation of the human eye is best described as the focusing of near and distant
objects.
ANSWER: True
7. Symbiotic association may involve two plants.
ANSWER: True
8. Symbiotic association is always between two similar species.
ANSWER: False
9. In symbiosis, the symbionts must be living.
ANSWER: True
1. The chromosome number determines the characteristics of an individual species.
ANSWER: True
2. The higher the chromosome number of an organism the more developed the organism.
ANSWER: False
3. The chromosome number is fixed for any particular species of organism
ANSWER: True
4. Bryophytes do not have conducting tissues.
ANSWER: True
5. The young sporophyte of a moss plant has a capsule that contains spores.
ANSWER: False
6. Mosses grow together in thick carpets in order to keep individual plants
Warm.
ANSWER: False
1. A plant with a dominant phenotype may be homozygous or heterozygous.
ANSWER: True
2. The law of independent assortment is not as universal as the law of segregation.
ANSWER: True
3. Some genes have alleles that are not dominant and recessive to each other.
ANSWER: True
4. The digestive enzymes of the small intestine are all secreted by the pancreas.
ANSWER: False
5. The small intestine is the site where most of the nutrients from ingested food are
absorbed.
ANSWER: True
6. The small intestine is found in all tetrapods and also in teleosts.
ANSWER: True
13. The functional unit of a DNA is the codon.
ANSWER: F: False
14. RNA is a larger molecule than DNA.
ANSWER: alse
15. The two chains of a DNA molecule are held at the bases by weak hydrogen bonds.
ANSWER: True
16. Pineapple is an example of a simple fruit.
ANSWER: False
17. Cola is an example of a simple fruit.
ANSWER: False
18. Bean is an example of a simple fruit.
ANSWER: True
1. During inhalation of air by mammals the diaphragm is raised.
ANSWER: False
2. During inhalation of air by mammals intercostal muscles relax.
ANSWER: False
3. During inhalation of air by mammals the size of the thoracic cavity increases.
ANSWER: True
4. The intermolecular forces in CO gas is induced dipole–induced dipole.
ANSWER: False
5. The intermolecular forces in pure propanone is hydrogen bonding.
 ANSWER: False It is dipole – dipole
6. The intermolecular forces in liquid CCl4 is dipole – dipole.
ANSWER: False It is induced dipole–induced dipole. The molecule is non–polar
since the dipoles cancel out.
1. Mammals have a closed circulatory system.
ANSWER: True
2. Pulmonary circulation involves the movement of blood from the heart to the lungs and
back to the heart.
ANSWER: True
3. Pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation take place simultaneously.
ANSWER: True
4. The root cap has compactly arranged cells at the tip of the root.
ANSWER: False
5. The region of elongation of the root is where root cells and tissues mature and
differentiate.
ANSWER: False
Root cells rapidly increase in size but not in number at the region of elongation
ANSWER: True
1. A change in chromosome number of a species results in the formation of a new species.
ANSWER: True
2. Essential amino acids can be synthesized in the body of organisms.
ANSWER: False
3. First class proteins contain very few amino acids.
ANSWER: False

1. The mammalian pancreas is involved with the digestion of food only.

ANSWER: False
2. The mammalian pancreas is involved with the digestion and absorption of food.
ANSWER: False
3. The mammalian pancreas is involved with digestion of food, production of hormones and
the regulation of blood.
ANSWER: True
PREAMBLE: State whether the following statements about the piliferous layer of roots are
true or false.
4. It has a very thick cuticle.
ANSWER: False
5. It is the part of the root epidermis that bears root hairs.
ANSWER: True
6. It breaks down as the root ages.
ANSWER: True
1. During fertilization in flowering plants, it is the outer covering of the pollen grain that
produces a pollen tube which comes out through a germ pore.
ANSWER: False
2. During fertilization in flowering plants the generative nucleus enters the pollen tube first,
followed by tube nucleus.
ANSWER: False
3. During fertilization in flowering plants the pollen tube bores its way through the stigma
and passes down through the style towards the ovary.
ANSWER: True

7. During inhalation of air by mammals the diaphragm is raised.

ANSWER: False
8. During inhalation of air by mammals intercostal muscles relax.
ANSWER: False
9. During inhalation of air by mammals the size of the thoracic cavity increases.
ANSWER: True
10. In dicot stems, the pericycle strengthens the stem and provides protection for the vascular
bundles.
ANSWER: True
11. The pericycle is a cylinder of collenchyma cells that lies just outside the endodermis.
ANSWER: False
12. In dicot roots, the vascular cambium is completely secondary in origin, and it originates
from a portion of pericycle tissue.
ANSWER: True
PREAMBLE: State whether the following statements about the pyrenoid layer in spirogyra
are true or false.
1. It excretes waste products.
ANSWER: False
 2. It is mainly used for respiration
ANSWER: False
3. It usually contains starch
ANSWER: True
4. Arachnids are mostly herbivorous.
ANSWER: False

5. Arachnids do not possess antennae.

ANSWER: True
6. Arachnids have two kinds of eyes, the lateral and median ocelli.
ANSWER: True
17. The tropic response of roots to gravity is stronger than their tropic response to water.
F
18. Most roots are negatively phototropic.
F
19. The body temperature of mammals is higher than that of birds.
F
20. Shivering is a metabolic control mechanism to generate heat.
F
5. Capillary action is due to cohesion
ANSWER: False (Adhesion)
4. Detection of colour is a function of the three types of rod cells present within the retina
ANSWER: False – cones
5. Rod cells detect the degree of light entering the eye and their sensitivity is dependent on
the amount of Rhodopsin present.
ANSWER: True
6. Rhodopsin is destroyed by bleaching on exposure to light and therefore rod cells only
work in low light.
ANSWER: True
4. A change in chromosome number of a species results in the formation of a new species.
ANSWER: True
5. Essential amino acids can be synthesized in the body of organisms.
ANSWER: False
6. First class proteins contain very few amino acids.
 ANSWER: False
7. An intrinsic semiconductor contains equal concentrations of electrons and
holes.
ANSWER: True
8. Starch and cellulose consist of identical monomers.
ANSWER: False. Monomers are different isomers of glucose
1. The plant body of Bryophytes is divided into root, stem and leaf portions.
ANSWER: False
2. In Bryophyta, the sporophyte and the gametophyte may be on the same plant or
different plants.
ANSWER: True
3. The vegetative parts of bryophytes are attached to the substratum by Rhizoids.
ANSWER: True
1. The enzyme Pepsin is most active in acidic environments.
ANSWER: True
2. The enzyme Pepsin is most efficient in cleaving gylycosidic bonds.
ANSWER: False
3. Pepsin should be stored at very high temperatures to prevent self-digestion.
ANSWER: False
4. Parenchyma cells are thin walled without intercellular spaces.
ANSWER: False
5. The epidermis of plants is always coated with a thin waxy layer.
ANSWER: True
6. In plants, the endodermis is less visible in stems than roots.
ANSWER: True
: State whether the following statements about mammalian erythrocytes are true or false.
1. They have nuclei at maturity.
ANSWER: False
2. They have haemoglobin.
ANSWER: True
3. The cells are less numerous than leucocytes.
ANSWER: False
4. The life cycle of a flowering plant includes a diploid gamete and haploid spore.
ANSWER: False
 5. The gametophytes of conifers are physically much larger than their sporophytes.
ANSWER: False
6. Mosses and ferns require a film of water for gametes to meet.
ANSWER: True
1. Pepsin is a digestive enzyme which breaks cellulose into glucose molecules.
ANSWER: False
2. Pepsin is a digestive enzyme which breaks fats into glycerol and fatty acid.
ANSWER: False
3. Pepsin is a digestive enzyme which breaks carbohydrates into simple sugars.
ANSWER: False
PREAMBLE: State whether the following statements are true or false about the F1 and F2
generations when two heterozygotes mate.
1. The dominant trait will appear in the F2 generation only.
ANSWER: False
2. The dominant trait will appear in the F1 generation only.
ANSWER: False
3. The dominant trait will appear in the both the F1 and F2 generations.
ANSWER: True
1. Members of the class Osteichthyes have skeletons of cartilage.
ANSWER: False
2. Members of the class Osteichthyes do not have jaws.
ANSWER: False
3. The eggs of many sharks are released from the mother’s body before fertilization.
ANSWER: False
4. Plants stop developing once they have matured.
ANSWER: False
5. Secondary tissues in plants form as a result of cell division in the plant’s apical
meristem.
ANSWER: False
6. The conducting cells of phloem tissue are the tracheids.
ANSWER: False
1. Root pressure can force water some distance up the tree trunk but is insufficient to take it all
the way to the leaves.
ANSWER: True
2. Active transport is responsible for the flow of water up the trunk of a tree.
ANSWER: False
3. Osmosis enables the roots of plants to take up dissolved substances against a diffusion
gradient.
ANSWER: False

4. When the eye accommodates to focus on a distant object the ciliary muscle contracts.
ANSWER: False
5. When the eye accommodates to focus on a distant object the lens becomes thinner at the
middle.
ANSWER: True
6. When the eye accommodates to focus on a distant object the ciliary muscle relaxes.
ANSWER: True

1. Secretion of saliva into the buccal cavity from the salivary gland is controlled by reflex
action.
ANSWER: True
2. Secretion of digestive enzymes is an energy consuming process.
ANSWER: True
3. Bile is produced in the gall bladder and stored in the liver.
ANSWER: False

4. Prokaryotic cells use the same mechanisms for cell division that eukaryotic cells use.
ANSWER: False
5. Most human cells, other than eggs and sperms contain two full sets of genetic
information.
ANSWER: True
6. During mitosis a single nucleus gives rise to two nuclei that are genetically different from
each other.
ANSWER: False

1. Chlorophylls absorb light near both ends of the visible spectrum.

ANSWER: True
2. Chlorophyll can accept energy from other pigments such as carotenoids.
ANSWER: True
3. An absorption spectrum is a plot of biological effectiveness against wavelength.
ANSWER: False

4. An organism is more likely to be preserved if it dies or is deposited in an

environment that contains oxygen.
ANSWER: False
5. Fossil evidence can be used to estimate rate of change of size and shape in many
lineages of organisms.
ANSWER: True
6. Humans have taken charge of the evolution of certain valuable species by means of
artificial selection.
ANSWER: True
1.
2. A food chain does not present a complete picture of feeding relationships in a community.
ANSWER: True
3. Most higher levels of food chains are occupied by carnivores and omnivores.
ANSWER: True
4. Some organisms may be part of more than one food chain.
5. ANSWER: True
6. All sharks are predatory organisms.
ANSWER: False -some feed by straining planktons
7. A dorsal median fin stabilizes the shark as it swims.
ANSWER: True
8. Sharks move forward by means of their tail and pelvic fins.
ANSWER: True
9. Rhizopus exhibits intracellular digestion.
ANSWER: False
10. The Sporangium of Rhizopus contains and protects spores.
ANSWER: True
11. The stolon of Rhizopus is a vertical hyphae that helps in the spread and growth of fungi in
different directions.
ANSWER: False
1. Capillaries have very thin walls made of one layer of endothelial cells.
ANSWER: True
2. Capillary vessels do not possess valves.
ANSWER: True
3. Capillaries are the largest of a body's blood vessels.
ANSWER: False
4. All centipedes have very poor eyesight and track their prey through the use of touch and
smell.
ANSWER: True
5. Most centipedes are carnivorous and prey upon soft-bodied insects and other arthropods,
including other centipedes
ANSWER: True
6. Centipedes have venom that allows them to attack their prey and defend themselves
against predators and other natural enemies.
ANSWER: True
7. Leguminous crops such as beans may be cultivated to add calcium to the soil.
ANSWER: False
8. Seeds are nursed to conserve plant nutrients.
ANSWER: False
9. The seeds of many vegetable crops can be sown directly without nursing.
ANSWER: True
 10. A class is a division within a phylum.
ANSWER: True
11. The organisms in a Phylum possess more common characteristics than those in a class.
ANSWER: False
12. A cockroach and a spider are both members of the phylum Arthropoda but belong to
different classes.
ANSWER: True
1. The Respiratory chain operates in the mitochondrion.
ANSWER: True
2. Respiration uses oxygen as an oxidizing agent.
ANSWER: True
3. The Respiratory chain operates simultaneously with fermentation.
ANSWER: False
4. The test cross is only used to test whether a given individual showing a dominant trait is
homozygous.
ANSWER: False
5. In a test cross, the individual in question is crossed with an individual known to be
heterozygous.
ANSWER: False
6. In a test cross, if the tested individual is heterozygous, then half of the offspring of the
test cross will show the dominant trait.
ANSWER: True
1. Some organisms can reproduce without the fusion of gametes.
ANSWER: True
2. Asexual reproduction occurs more in plants than animals.
ANSWER: True
3. Growth in living organisms may result in changes to its body shape and function.
ANSWER: True

4. The arthropods constitute the largest phylum in the animal kingdom.

ANSWER: True
5. Some arthropods lack jointed appendages.
ANSWER: False
6. The body of arthropods is bilaterally symmetrical.
 ANSWER: True
7. Paramecium moves about by means of flagella.
ANSWER: False
8. Paramecium can move forwards and backwards.
ANSWER: True
9. Excretion in paramecium is the same as in Amoeba.
ANSWER: True
10. At all stages in their development tadpoles have external gills for exchange of gases.

ANSWER: False

11. The tadpole possesses horny jaws that enables it to feed on small water animals.

ANSWER: False (for feeding on water weeds)

12. The change of a tadpole to a toad is a form of metamorphosis.

ANSWER: True

1. In glycolysis, glucose is only partly oxidized.

ANSWER: True
2. Some cells carry out fermentation in the absence of oxygen.
ANSWER: True
3. Glycolysis provides the starting materials for cellular respiration and fermentation.
ANSWER: True
4. The phenotype of an organism depends solely on its genetic makeup.
ANSWER: False
5. The genotype and the environment interact to determine the phenotype of an organism.
ANSWER: True
6. Genes at different loci on the same chromosome can separate from one another and
recombine by crossing over.
ANSWER: True
1. Chiasmata occur both in mitosis and meiosis.
ANSWER: False
2. Crossing over occurs in mitosis but not in meiosis.
ANSWER: False
3. Pairing of homologous chromosomes occurs in both mitosis and meiosis.
ANSWER: False
 1. The phenotype of an individual depends at least in part on the genotype.
ANSWER: True
2. The phenotype of an individual determines the genotype.
ANSWER: False
3. The phenotype of an individual is the genetic constitution of the individual.
ANSWER: False

4. Conifers are better adapted to life on land than any other plant.
ANSWER: False
5. Mosses are more simple in structure than liverworts.
ANSWER: False
6. The two main seed bearing plants are conifers and angiosperms.
ANSWER: True
13. The respiratory system of birds differs significantly from that found in mammals.

ANSWER: True
14. Both the lungs and the skin serve as respiratory organs in amphibians.

ANSWER: True
15. The respiratory system of gastropods can include either gills or a lung.
ANSWER: True

16. Mutualistic relationship could be between two plants, two animals, or a plant and an animal.
ANSWER: True
17. Mutualism, commensalism and parasitism are all forms of symbiotic association.
ANSWER: True
18. The association between the shark and remora fish is a form of mutualism.
ANSWER: False
1. In addition to their functions in gaseous exchange, the lungs have a number of metabolic
functions.
ANSWER: True
2. The anatomical structure of the lungs is less complex in mammals than in reptiles.
ANSWER: False
3. The passage of air into the lungs to supply the body with oxygen is known as exhalation.
ANSWER: False
4. The hyphal wall of Rhizopus is composed of cellulose.
 ANSWER: False
5. The hyphae of Rhizopus are divided by cross walls into separate cells.
ANSWER: False
6. Rhizopus exhibits all the life processes except movement.
ANSWER: True
1. The lung is the center of the circulatory system of vertebrates.
ANSWER: False
2. The ventricles are the pumping chambers of the heart of vertebrates.
ANSWER: True
3. The contraction of the heart muscle starts in the two ventricles.
ANSWER: False

4. Members of a family can be classified into a number of orders.

ANSWER: False
5. Toads and frogs belong to the same family.
ANSWER: False Toads belong to family Bufonidae, Frongs family
Ranidae
6. Toads and frogs belong to the same orders.
ANSWER: True – Anura
1. The kidney detoxifies and breaks down chemicals, poisons and other toxins that enter the body.
ANSWER: False
2. The urethra is the tube that transports urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
ANSWER: False
3. The nephron of the kidney is the structure where filtration of toxic materials from the blood takes
place.
ANSWER: True
1. Seed bearing plants are homosporous in nature.
ANSWER: False
2. In seed bearing plants, the gametophyte is the dominant generation.
ANSWER: False
3. The two main groups of seed-bearing plants are conifers and angiosperms.
ANSWER: True
4. Active transport of substances across the cell membrane is an energy-consuming process.
ANSWER: True
5. Diffusion of substances across a cell membrane is an energy consuming process.
ANSWER: False
6. Endocytosis is an energy consuming process.
 ANSWER: False
1. There are no special organs designed for gaseous exchange in the earthworm.
ANSWER: True
2. Members of the phylum Ciliophora lack a definite Shape.
ANSWER: False
3. Protozoans are multicellular animal-like cells with heterotrophic type of nutrition.
ANSWER: False
4. The sporophyte generation of ferns possesses true roots, stems and leaves.
ANSWER: True
5. In ferns, spores are produced in sporangia.
ANSWER: True
6. The gametophyte of ferns is reduced to a small simple prothallus.
ANSWER: True
1. A simple fruit can either be dry or fleshy.
ANSWER: True
2. A simple fruit develops from a single flower with numerous simple pistils.
ANSWER: False (Aggregate fruit)
3. An aggregate fruit is one formed from a cluster of flowers called an inflorescence.
ANSWER: False (Multiple fruit)
4. Viruses are facultative endoparasites.
ANSWER: False
5. Viruses are highly specific to their host.
ANSWER: True
6. Viruses can pass through filters that retain bacteria.
ANSWER: True
1. In humans and other land animals the middle ear is normally filled with air.
ANSWER: True
2. In humans the inner ear contains the sensory organs for balance and motion.
ANSWER: True
3. The ear facilitates two types of balance: static balance, and dynamic balance.
ANSWER: True
4. The gametophyte of gymnosperms and angiosperms is dependent on the sporophyte.
ANSWER: True
5. In ferns the gametophyte is larger than the sporophyte.
ANSWER: False
6. In ferns, the young sporophyte can grow independently of the gametophyte.
7. Bile is produced in the liver and is stored in the gall bladder.
 ANSWER: True
8. In small-bodied marine invertebrates, the skin is the most important excretory organ.
ANSWER: True
9. Red blood cells lack a cell nucleus and most organelles.
ANSWER: True
1. Spirogyra is both protoctist and a green alga.
ANSWER: True
2. Each cell in spirogyra is able to synthesize its own food by the process of photosynthesis.
ANSWER: True
3. Spirogyra is capable of locomotion.
ANSWER: False
1. Most protozoans reproduce asexually by dividing into two.
ANSWER: True
2. Protozoans are common in salty waters.
ANSWER: False
3. Protozoans feed on small particles such as bacteria.
ANSWER: True
4. Nitrogen fixation can occur by electrical discharges during thunderstorms.
ANSWER: True
5. Nitrifying bacteria can reduce nitrates in the soil into nitrogen gas.
ANSWER: False
6. Nitrites in the soil are oxidized to nitrates by nitrifying bacteria.
ANSWER: True
1. Glycolysis occurs in the mitochondria.
ANSWER: False
2. Glycolysis can occur with or without oxygen.
ANSWER: True
3. Glycolysis is the first step in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
ANSWER: True
4. Meiosis results in 2 haploid daughter cells.
ANSWER: False
5. Meiosis results in 4 diploid daughter cells.
ANSWER: False
6. Meiosis results in 4 haploid cells.
ANSWER: True
1. Water must be present for fertilization to occur in mosses.
 ANSWER: True
2. Mosses and liverworts have a vascular system for transporting water and nutrients.
ANSWER: False
3. Seed plants cannot reproduce without a film of water for transporting gametes.
ANSWER: False
4. DNA’s are addition natural polymers.
ANSWER: False
5. Natural proteins have 2-amino acids as their building blocks.
ANSWER: True
6. Polystyrene is an example of a synthetic condensation polymer.
ANSWER: False Addition polymer

7. Gills replace lungs during metamorphosis of tadpoles to toads.

ANSWER: False
8. The Tail disappears during metamorphosis of frogs.
ANSWER: True
9. Limbs disappear during metamorphosis of frogs.
ANSWER: False
1. Meiosis is the type of cell division that results in the production of zygotes.
ANSWER: False - gametes
2. Mitosis consists of two successive divisions.
ANSWER: False
3. Mitosis helps to preserve and perpetuate the genetic constitution of an organism.
ANSWER: True
4. 0 In most ferns, gametophytes are photosynthetic and free living organisms
ANSWER: True
5. In bryophytes, the Sporophytes are typically attached to and dependent on gametophytes.
ANSWER: True
6. In Mosses, gametophytes originate from the germination of a spore.
ANSWER: True
1.
Forest trees have thicker barks than savanna trees that enable them to resist the harsh effects of
fire.
ANSWER: False
2. The distribution of animals in different habitats depends solely on climatic factors.
 ANSWER: False
3. All grasses in the rain forest grow in thick tufts called tussocks.
ANSWER: False

4. C Oxygen is the most critical nutrient carried by the blood.

ANSWER: True
5. The venae cavae are large veins that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart.
ANSWER: True
6. Capillaries are small thin-walled vessels that connect the arterioles and venules.
ANSWER: True
1. A true root system develops from the radicle of the embryo.
ANSWER: True
2. In carrots food is stored in adventitious roots.
ANSWER: False
3. In sweet potatoes, food is stored in adventitious roots.
ANSWER: True
4. The large intestine is the longest part of the alimentary canal of mammals.
ANSWER: False
5. The stomach wall secretes gastric juice which contains hydrochloric acid and the enzyme
protease.
ANSWER: True
6. The breakdown of starch to maltose begins in the buccal cavity.
ANSWER: True
1. The lateral line system is more developed in amphibians than in bony fishes.
ANSWER: False
2. The sense of vision is more developed in amphibians than in bony fishes.
ANSWER: True
3. The sense of smell is more developed in bony fishes than in amphibians.
ANSWER: True
4. The lower portion of the pistil of a flower produces pollen.
ANSWER: False
5. A gametophyte is the diploid multicellular stage in the alternation of generations life cycle of
plants and algae.
ANSWER: False – haploid
6. In bryophytes, the sporophyte represents the longer lived, nutritionally independent and more
visible stage of the life cycle.
 ANSWER: False
1. Vacuoles in the root hairs of plants normally contain a lower concentration of solutes than the
surrounding soil solution.
ANSWER: False
2. In the symplastic path, water molecules stay between cells in the cell wall region without crossing
membranes or entering a cell.
ANSWER: False
3. Water can move across the root of plants via three different pathways.
ANSWER: True
4. The nucleolus is the most prominent substructure within the nucleus.
ANSWER: True
5. The nucleolus of the nucleus is not surrounded by a membrane.
ANSWER: True
6. The nucleolus is organized around chromosomal regions of the nucleus.
ANSWER: True
1. Xylem vessels carry soluble sugars from the roots to the leaves of plants.
ANSWER: False
2. Xylem vessels carry water and organic molecules from roots to the leaves of plants.
ANSWER: False
3. Xylem vessels carry water and mineral salts from roots to the leaves of plants.
ANSWER: True
4. A motor neuron consists of a cell body and an axon.
ANSWER: True
5. A single nerve cell which is the basic functional unit of the nervous system is the dendrite.
ANSWER: False
6. All nerve fibres possess myelin sheath.
ANSWER: False
1. In woody stems, transpiration occurs through the stomata.
ANSWER: False
2. Low humidity results in a faster evaporation of water and consequently a more rapid rate of
transpiration.
ANSWER: True
3. The stomata of leaves may close completely when it is very windy.
ANSWER: True
1. The Gynoecium can be composed of one or more stamens.
ANSWER: False
2. In flowering plants fertilization takes place inside the ovule.
ANSWER: True
3. A cereal grain, such as corn, wheat or rice, is classified as a fruit.
ANSWER: True - caryopsis
4. Mammals possess the heterodont type of dentition.
ANSWER: True
5. The crown of the tooth makes up the greatest bulk of the tooth.
ANSWER: False
6. There is a succession of 2 sets of teeth during the lifetime of mammals.
ANSWER: True
4. The lungs, apart from having respiratory functions also act as organ of excretion and homeostasis.
ANSWER: True
5. The kidney excretes bile pigments and excess cholesterol.
ANSWER: False
6. The liver stores excess amino acids as proteins and can convert back the amino acid when needed.
ANSWER: False