NEET Biology The Living World / जीव जगत Question Bank

done Nature and Scope of Biology Total Questions - 141

• question_answer1)
  A prediction made by a scientist based on his observations is known as      [Kerala PMT 2003]
  A)
  Law done clear
  B)
  Theory done clear
  C)
  Principle done clear
  D)
                            Hypothesis done clear
  E)
  Conceptual scheme done clear
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• question_answer2)
  Study of flowers is known as                                         [DPMT 1992]
  A)
  Anthology done clear
  B)
  Phenology done clear
  C)
  Agrostology                                          done clear
  D)
  Palynology done clear
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• question_answer3)
  Choose the correct pair                               [RPMT 1996; CPMT 2000; JKCMEE 2000]
  A)
  Sericulture ? Fish done clear
  B)
  Silviculture ? Silkworm done clear
  C)
  Apiculuture ? Honeybee done clear
  D)
  Pisciculture ? Forestry done clear
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• question_answer4)
  Biology is concerned with                                [Haryana PMT 1994]
  A)
  DNA done clear
  B)
  Biomass done clear
  C)
  Living organisms done clear
  D)
  Life as recorded for fossils done clear
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• question_answer5)
  The art of growing short plants is called   [EAMCET 1995; AFMC 2002]
  A)
                                            Bonsai       done clear
  B)
  Horticulture done clear
  C)
  Topiary      done clear
  D)
  Tissue culture done clear
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• question_answer6)
  The study of acquired characters of animals and plants is called
  A)
  Genetics    done clear
  B)
  Eugenics done clear
  C)
                            Evolution  done clear
  D)
  Ctetology done clear
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• question_answer7)
  Branch connected with study of cell structure is                                                [EAMCET 1996]
  A)
  Cytology    done clear
  B)
  Physiology done clear
  C)
  Geology    done clear
  D)
  Histology done clear
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• question_answer8)
  The study of trends in human population growth and the prediction of future development is known a [Kerala PMT 2000]
  A)
  Sociology done clear
  B)
  Geography done clear
  C)
  Demography done clear
  D)
  Anthropology done clear
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• question_answer9)
  Study of relationship between environment and plants animals or human is                               [KCET 1993; RPMT 1996]
  A)
  Ecology     done clear
  B)
  Ethology done clear
  C)
  Mycology  done clear
  D)
  Dermatology done clear
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• question_answer10)
  The study of development of an organism from the egg to the adult stage is known as                               [MP PMT 1999]
  A)
  Embryology done clear
  B)
  Evolution done clear
  C)
  Cell theory done clear
  D)
  Genetics done clear
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• question_answer11)
  Science of characters and distribution of races is known as                                                             [AIIMS 1992]
  A)
  Ethnology done clear
  B)
  Sociology done clear
  C)
  Taxonomy done clear
  D)
  Anthropology done clear
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• question_answer12)
  Study of cause of disease shall come under
  A)
  Pathology  done clear
  B)
  Etiology done clear
  C)
  Zymology  done clear
  D)
  Ethology done clear
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• question_answer13)
  Genetic engineering is connected with                                                               [MP PMT 1993; BHU 2000]
  A)
  Eugenics done clear
  B)
  Euthencis done clear
  C)
  Euphenics done clear
  D)
  All of these done clear
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• question_answer14)
  Improvement of human race by improving the enviroment is called                                              [MP PMT 1998]
  A)
  Eugenics done clear
  B)
  Euthenics done clear
  C)
  Euphenics done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer15)
  Exobiology refers to study of                                                                               [BVP 2003; Kerala PMT 2004]
  A)
  Life in the air done clear
  B)
  Exodermis done clear
  C)
  Terrestrial organisms done clear
  D)
  Life on other planets done clear
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• question_answer16)
  Inland fisheries is                                              [St. Johns MC 2002]
  A)
  Fishing inside water done clear
  B)
  Fishing in island done clear
  C)
  Fish in culture pond done clear
  D)
  Fishing in freshwater done clear
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• question_answer17)
  Branch of biology which deals with the study of the process of ageing is called [MP PMT 1993, 96; Pb. PMT 2000; Kerala PMT 2002; BHU 2005]
  A)
  Geology done clear
  B)
  Genealogy done clear
  C)
  Genetics done clear
  D)
  Gerontology done clear
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• question_answer18)
  Study of liver is known as
  A)
  Herpetology done clear
  B)
  Nidology   done clear
  C)
  Hepatology done clear
  D)
  Horology done clear
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• question_answer19)
  The study of reptiles is kown as                                                                           [Orissa JEE 1994; CPMT 2003]
  A)
  Ichthyology done clear
  B)
  Herpetology done clear
  C)
  Serpentology done clear
  D)
  None of these done clear
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• question_answer20)
  The branch of study dealing with microscopic anatomy of tissues is                                              [AFMC 1991]
  A)
  Histology done clear
  B)
  Cytology done clear
  C)
  Morphology done clear
  D)
  Palaeontology done clear
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• question_answer21)
  Branch of Zoology dealing with the study of fishes is known as [KCET 1994; BCECE 1995; Orissa JEE 2002]
  A)
  Herpetology done clear
  B)
  Ichthyology done clear
  C)
  Mammalogy done clear
  D)
  Ornithology done clear
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• question_answer22)
  Ikebana is the art of
  A)
  Sketching flowers done clear
  B)
  Rangoli drawing done clear
  C)
  Floral arrangement done clear
  D)
  Making models of flowers done clear
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• question_answer23)
  Which of the following pairs is mismatch [Manipal 1995]
  A)
  Pedology   ?                     Study of soil done clear
  B)
  Kinesiology                      ?        Study of fossils done clear
  C)
  Limnology ?                     Study of fresh water ecosystem done clear
  D)
  Physiology                       ?        Study of processes and functions of life done clear
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• question_answer24)
  Study of form and structure of organisms is                [DPMT 1999]
  A)
  Ecology done clear
  B)
  Taxonomy done clear
  C)
  Anatomy done clear
  D)
  Morphology done clear
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• question_answer25)
  Phylogentic evidence cannot be given by                                                                          [VVMC Safdarjung 2001]
  A)
  Embryology done clear
  B)
  Physiology done clear
  C)
  Morphology done clear
  D)
  Biogeography done clear
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• question_answer26)
  The study of fungi is                                                         [AMU 1998]
  A)
  Phycology done clear
  B)
  Bryology done clear
  C)
  Pteridology done clear
  D)
  Mycology done clear
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• question_answer27)
  Myology is the study of
  A)
  Muscles done clear
  B)
  Bones done clear
  C)
  Epithelium done clear
  D)
  Cartilages done clear
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• question_answer28)
  Study of ants is                                                             [JIPMER 2002]
  A)
  Myology done clear
  B)
  Mycology done clear
  C)
  Malacology done clear
  D)
  Myrmecology done clear
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• question_answer29)
  Olericulture is the cultivation of                 [CPMT 1994]
  A)
  Vegetables done clear
  B)
  Fruits done clear
  C)
  Crop plants done clear
  D)
  Mushrooms done clear
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• question_answer30)
  Oncology is the study of                                                   [BHU 1992]
  A)
  Dead cells done clear
  B)
  Living cells done clear
  C)
  Dividing cells done clear
  D)
  Cancer cells done clear
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• question_answer31)
  The study of eggs of birds is termed  [Haryana PMT 1997]
  A)
  Oology done clear
  B)
  Odontology done clear
  C)
  Osteology done clear
  D)
  Ornithology done clear
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• question_answer32)
  Ornithology is the study of                                             [CPMT 1992]
  A)
  Reptiles done clear
  B)
  Birds done clear
  C)
  Fossils done clear
  D)
  Fishes done clear
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• question_answer33)
  Existence of coal and petroleum may be detected with the study  of                                              [AMU 1998]
  A)
  Bacteriology done clear
  B)
  Ecology done clear
  C)
  Palaeobotany done clear
  D)
  Economic botany done clear
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• question_answer34)
  Study of animals that live and subsist on other animals is                               [JIPMER 1998]
  A)
  Ecology done clear
  B)
  Pathology done clear
  C)
  Taxonomy done clear
  D)
  Parasitology done clear
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• question_answer35)
  Pedology is the science of                                     [CBSE PMT 1991]
  A)
  Rocks done clear
  B)
  Diseases done clear
  C)
  Soil done clear
  D)
  Pollution done clear
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• question_answer36)
  The study of action of drug is known as   [MP PMT 2001]
  A)
  Physiology done clear
  B)
  Pharmacology done clear
  C)
  Phramacognosy done clear
  D)
  Pharmaceutical chemistry done clear
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• question_answer37)
  Phycology deals with the study of             [KCET 1993; 2002; RPMT 1996]
  A)
  Algae done clear
  B)
  Fungi done clear
  C)
  Microbes done clear
  D)
  Bryophytes done clear
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• question_answer38)
  Evolutionary history of a group of organisms is called                                     [HP PMT 2000]
  A)
  Ontogeny  done clear
  B)
  Taxonomy done clear
  C)
  Phylogeny done clear
  D)
  Systematics done clear
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• question_answer39)
  Obtaining silk from silkworms is called    [CPMT 1991]
  A)
  Apiculture done clear
  B)
  Sericulture done clear
  C)
  Horticulture done clear
  D)
  Pisciculture done clear
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• question_answer40)
  Study of interaction of antigens and antibodies in the blood is                                       [JIPMER 1993,98]
  A)
  Serology done clear
  B)
  Haematology done clear
  C)
  Angiology done clear
  D)
  Cryobiology done clear
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• question_answer41)
  Study of snakes is called                                        [Orissa JEE 1994]
  A)
  Herpetology done clear
  B)
  Ichthyology done clear
  C)
  Entomology done clear
  D)
  Serpentology done clear
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• question_answer42)
  Synecology refers to the ecological study of                                                      [EAMCET 1995; CPMT 1995; JIPMER 2002]
  A)
  Plants done clear
  B)
  Animals done clear
  C)
  Community done clear
  D)
  Microbes done clear
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• question_answer43)
  Study of abnormal embryonic growth comes under                                        [AIIMS 1992]
  A)
             Teratology done clear
  B)
             Ontogeny done clear
  C)
             Morphogenesis done clear
  D)
             Parthenogenesis done clear
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• question_answer44)
  The term "biology" was introduced by     [MP PMT 1995]
  A)
             Aristotle done clear
  B)
             Darwin done clear
  C)
             Lamarck and Treviranus done clear
  D)
             Linnaeus done clear
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• question_answer45)
  'Father of Biology' is                                                   [MP PMT 1994]
  A)
             Cuvier done clear
  B)
             Aristotle done clear
  C)
             Lamarck done clear
  D)
             Theophrastus done clear
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• question_answer46)
  Who is called 'Father of Zoology'                                                                        [CPMT 1992; MP PMT 1999]
  A)
             Aristotle done clear
  B)
             Darwin done clear
  C)
             Hippocrates done clear
  D)
             Theophrastus done clear
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• question_answer47)
  What is the name of the book written by Aristotle                                             [Pb. PMT 1999]
  A)
             Histoire Naturella done clear
  B)
             Systema Nature done clear
  C)
             Historia Animalia done clear
  D)
             Philosophie Zoologique done clear
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• question_answer48)
  'Father of Botany' is                                                                                              [Orissa JEE 2004]
  A)
             Brunfels done clear
  B)
             Aristotle done clear
  C)
             Theophrastus done clear
  D)
             Linnaeus done clear
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• question_answer49)
  The book "Philosophie Zoologique" was written by                                        [CPMT 1991, 2001]
  A)
             Lamarck done clear
  B)
             Mendel done clear
  C)
             Haeckel done clear
  D)
             Hugo de Vries done clear
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• question_answer50)
  Binomial nomenclature was introduced by [CBSE PMT 1990, 94; BHU 1991; BCECE 1997; VVMC Safdarjung 2001]
  A)
             Linnaeus done clear
  B)
             Darwin done clear
  C)
             Aristotle done clear
  D)
             De candolle done clear
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• question_answer51)
  In which book has binomial nomenclature been used for the first time                                         [Pb. PMT 1999]
  A)
             Systema Naturae done clear
  B)
             Scala Naturae done clear
  C)
             Species Plantarum done clear
  D)
             Historia Plantarum done clear
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• question_answer52)
  The book 'Systema Naturae' was written by                                                                      [CPMT 1991, 92]
  A)
             Lamarck done clear
  B)
             Linnaeus done clear
  C)
             Aristotle done clear
  D)
             Haeckel done clear
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• question_answer53)
  The 'three kingdom system' of general classification was proposed by                                          [Assam CEE 2001]
  A)
             Copeland done clear
  B)
             Ernst Haeckel done clear
  C)
             R.H. Whittaker done clear
  D)
             Carolus Linnaeus done clear
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• question_answer54)
  The bacteria were first observed in the year 1675 by                                                                                                             [CBSE PMT 1995; AFMC 1997; Kerala PMT 2000]
  A)
             Robert Koch done clear
  B)
             Louis Pasteur done clear
  C)
             Robert Brown done clear
  D)
             Antony van Leeuwenhoek done clear
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• question_answer55)
  The statement 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution' was given by     [Kerala PMT 2000]
  A)
             A.I. Oparin done clear
  B)
             Th. Dobzhansky done clear
  C)
             Joseph Hooker done clear
  D)
             Charles Darwin done clear
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• question_answer56)
  Swan-necked flask experiment was done by               [KCET 1996]
  A)
             Aristotle                                     done clear
  B)
             Louis Pasteur done clear
  C)
             Robert Koch                             done clear
  D)
             Francesco Redi done clear
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• question_answer57)
  The theory of spontaneous generation or abiogenesis was disproved by                     [Kerala PMT 2003]
  A)
             A.I. Oparin done clear
  B)
             Sidney Fox done clear
  C)
             A.R. Wallace done clear
  D)
             Louis Pasteur done clear
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• question_answer58)
  Who proved that life has originated from simple amino acids                                         [CPMT 1995]
  A)
             Oparin done clear
  B)
             Lamarck done clear
  C)
             de Vries done clear
  D)
             Miller and Urey done clear
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• question_answer59)
  Primitive conditions of earth were experimentally shown by                                          [Kerala PMT 1997]
  A)
             Oparin done clear
  B)
             Urey done clear
  C)
             Miller done clear
  D)
             Both  and done clear
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• question_answer60)
  Plant virus was first crystallized by            [MP PMT 1994; CPMT 1996]
  A)
             Pirie                                           done clear
  B)
             Bawden done clear
  C)
             Stanley done clear
  D)
             Beijerinck done clear
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• question_answer61)
  Who among the following scientists is credited to show that viruses are the cause of cancer      [AMU 2002]
  A)
             Pasteur done clear
  B)
             Dulbecco done clear
  C)
             Baltimore done clear
  D)
             F. Reddy done clear
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• question_answer62)
  'Protoplasm is the physical basis of life.' This fact was given by [BHU 1992; Orissa JEE 1992; CPMT 1993]
  A)
             Harvey done clear
  B)
             Von Mohl done clear
  C)
             O. Hertwig done clear
  D)
             J. Huxley done clear
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• question_answer63)
  The term 'cell' was first coined by              [AFMC 1997]
  A)
             Robert Brown done clear
  B)
             Schwann done clear
  C)
             Robert Hooke done clear
  D)
             Schleiden done clear
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• question_answer64)
  The cell nucleus was discovered by [CPMT 1996; BCECE 1997; Pb. PMT 2000;  Kerala PMT 2000]
  A)
             Robert Brown done clear
  B)
             Schleiden done clear
  C)
             Robert Hooke done clear
  D)
             Rudolf Virchow done clear
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• question_answer65)
  The cell theory was proposed by [CPMT 1991; BHU 1991; JIPMER 1992; MP PMT 1995, 98, 2001; AMU 2001; Kerala PMT 2002, 03]
  A)
             Metchnikoff done clear
  B)
             August Weismann done clear
  C)
             Sutton and Boveri done clear
  D)
             Antony van Leeuwenhoek done clear
  E)
  (e)       Schleiden and Schwann done clear
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• question_answer66)
  Who said 'all cells arise from pre-existing cells                                                  [AMU 1993]
  A)
             Robert Hooke done clear
  B)
             Rudolf Virchow done clear
  C)
             Robert Brown done clear
  D)
             Antony van Leeuwenhoek done clear
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• question_answer67)
  Who has discovered lysosomes                                    [CPMT 1996]
  A)
             de Duve done clear
  B)
             Robert Hooke done clear
  C)
             Rene Dutrochet done clear
  D)
             Robert Brown done clear
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• question_answer68)
  Ribosomes were discovered in animal cells by                                                 [Kerala PMT 1997]
  A)
             Palade done clear
  B)
             de Duve done clear
  C)
             Kollicker done clear
  D)
             Robinson and Brown done clear
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• question_answer69)
  The first great geneticist was                                  [CBSE PMT 1991]
  A)
             Miller done clear
  B)
             Mendel done clear
  C)
             Galton done clear
  D)
             Morgan done clear
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• question_answer70)
  Laws of inheritance were given by            [BCECE 1996]
  A)
             Lamarck done clear
  B)
             Khorana done clear
  C)
             Mendel done clear
  D)
             Darwin done clear
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• question_answer71)
  The term 'Genetics' was introduced by                                                               [CPMT 1994, 97]
  A)
             William Harvey done clear
  B)
             Johannsen done clear
  C)
             William Bateson done clear
  D)
             Hugo de Vries done clear
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• question_answer72)
  Determination of sex linked genes was first made by                                                       [Wardha 2001]
  A)
             Mendel done clear
  B)
             Morgan done clear
  C)
             Bridges done clear
  D)
             Sturtevant done clear
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• question_answer73)
  Linkage was first observed by                                   [MP PMT 2001]
  A)
             Walter Sutton done clear
  B)
             Gregor Mendel done clear
  C)
             William Bateson done clear
  D)
             Thomas Hunt Morgan done clear
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• question_answer74)
  Name the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his genetic studies on the linear arrangement of genes on the chromosomes in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster              [Kerala PMT 2001]
  A)
             C.F. Wolff done clear
  B)
             T.A. Knight done clear
  C)
             J. Swammerdam done clear
  D)
             T. H. Morgan done clear
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• question_answer75)
  'One gene one enzyme hyopthesis' was given by     [BHU 1995; MP PMT 1996; AMU 2000; DPMT 2001]
  A)
             Watson and Kornberg done clear
  B)
             Beadle and Tatum done clear
  C)
             Khorana and Nirenberg done clear
  D)
             Jacob and Monod done clear
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• question_answer76)
  H.J. Muller had received Nobel Prize for [CBSE PMT 1996]
  A)
             Inducing X-ray mutations done clear
  B)
             Discovering the linkage of genes done clear
  C)
             Proving that the DNA is a genetic material done clear
  D)
             His studies on Drosophila for genetic study done clear
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• question_answer77)
  "Father of human genetics" is                                                                              [Haryana PMT 2001]
  A)
             Garrod                                       done clear
  B)
             Cuvier done clear
  C)
             Bateson done clear
  D)
             Mendel done clear
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• question_answer78)
  Barbara McClintock is famous for her work on                                                 [Haryana PMT 2001]
  A)
             Rice done clear
  B)
             Wheat done clear
  C)
             Maize done clear
  D)
             Sugarcane done clear
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• question_answer79)
  Who studied blood groups in man                               [CPMT 1989]
  A)
             Landsteiner done clear
  B)
             Francis Galton done clear
  C)
             Stanley Miller done clear
  D)
             Gregor Mendel done clear
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• question_answer80)
  Which is the wrong combination              [AMU 2000]
  A)
             Landsteiner                               ?      Blood group done clear
  B)
             Chargaff and Davidson           ?      A = T; G = C done clear
  C)
             Watson and Crick                     ?      DNA structure done clear
  D)
             None of the above done clear
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• question_answer81)
  Transformation experiments were done by                                                       [Kerala PMT 2000]
  A)
             Zinder done clear
  B)
             Beadle done clear
  C)
             Griffith done clear
  D)
             Lederberg done clear
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• question_answer82)
  Mechanism of bacterial transformation was             [MP PMT 1998]
  A)
             Beadle and Tatum done clear
  B)
             Avery et al. done clear
  C)
             Har Govind Khorana done clear
  D)
             Joshua Lederberg done clear
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• question_answer83)
  The chemical nature of gene was discovered by
  A)
             Martha Chase done clear
  B)
             Oswald Avery done clear
  C)
             Alfred Hershey done clear
  D)
             Friedrich Miescher done clear
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• question_answer84)
  Double helical model for DNA molecule was proposed by                            [BCECE 1996; EAMCET 1996]
  A)
             Watson and Crick done clear
  B)
             Knoll and Ruska done clear
  C)
             Beadle and Tatum done clear
  D)
             Feulgen and Rossenbeck done clear
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• question_answer85)
  DNA replication of semiconservative type was first demonstrated by [MP PMT 1993, 94; DPMT 1996; AMU 1997; BHU 1997]
  A)
             Watson and Crick done clear
  B)
             Taylor done clear
  C)
             Meselson and Stahl done clear
  D)
             Khorana done clear
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• question_answer86)
  The enzyme DNA polymerase was discovered by                                            [Kerala PMT 2003]
  A)
             Okazaki done clear
  B)
             Kornberg done clear
  C)
             Watson and Crick done clear
  D)
             Stahl and Meselson done clear
  E)
  (e)       Jacob and Monod done clear
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• question_answer87)
  Who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1959 for in vitro synthesis of polyribonucleotide                   [RPMT 2002]
  A)
             Tatum done clear
  B)
             Ochoa done clear
  C)
             Kornberg done clear
  D)
             Khorana done clear
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• question_answer88)
  The first mammal clone "Dolly" was created by                                                                 [Kerala PMT 2002]
  A)
             Ian Wilmut done clear
  B)
             T.H. Morgan done clear
  C)
             Robert Briggs done clear
  D)
             Thomas King done clear
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• question_answer89)
  The technique by which "Dolly" the sheep obtained is termed as                                  [CBSE PMT 1999]
  A)
             Cloning by gene transfer done clear
  B)
             Cloning by nuclear transfer done clear
  C)
             Cloning without the help of gametes done clear
  D)
             Cloning by tissue culture of somatic cells done clear
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• question_answer90)
  Recently cloned species is                                     [CBSE PMT 2000]
  A)
             Dolly ? goat done clear
  B)
             Molly ? sheep done clear
  C)
             Dolly ? sheep done clear
  D)
             None of these done clear
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• question_answer91)
  Who appears to have first used the term 'ecology' in 1886                              [BHU 2001]
  A)
             F. Clement done clear
  B)
             E. Haeckel done clear
  C)
             E.J. Kormondy done clear
  D)
             I.G.S. Hilaire done clear
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• question_answer92)
  The term 'ecosystem' was proposed by    [EAMCET 1996; MP PMT 2001]
  A)
             Goli done clear
  B)
             Odum done clear
  C)
             Tansley done clear
  D)
             Whittaker done clear
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• question_answer93)
  The term 'biocoenosis' is coined by          [KCET 2001]
  A)
             Earnst Haeckel done clear
  B)
             E.P. Odum done clear
  C)
             Charles Darwin done clear
  D)
             Karl Mobius done clear
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• question_answer94)
  10% law of energy transfer in food chain was given by                                   [CBSE PMT 1996]
  A)
             Tansley done clear
  B)
             Stanley done clear
  C)
             Lindeman done clear
  D)
             Weismann done clear
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• question_answer95)
  'The law of limiting factor' was proposed by                                                      [CBSE PMT 1996; Manipal 2001]
  A)
             Blackman done clear
  B)
             Leibig done clear
  C)
             Hatch and Slack done clear
  D)
             Arnol done clear
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• question_answer96)
  Use and disuse theory was put forward by                                                        [Kerala PMT 1997]
  A)
             Lamarck done clear
  B)
             Darwin done clear
  C)
             Huxley done clear
  D)
             Wallace done clear
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• question_answer97)
  "Pangenesis hypothesis" was propounded by                                                  [MP PMT 2001]
  A)
             Galton done clear
  B)
             Wagner done clear
  C)
             Darwin done clear
  D)
             Weismann done clear
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• question_answer98)
  The concept of inheritance of acquired characters was developed by            [Orissa JEE 1994; MP PMT 1995]
  A)
             Aristotle done clear
  B)
             August Weismann done clear
  C)
             Charles Darwin                        done clear
  D)
             Jean Baptiste de Lamarck done clear
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• question_answer99)
  The scientist who cut the tail of mouse in many generations but found that it is not inherited    [CPMT 1995]
  A)
             Darwin                                      done clear
  B)
             Bateson done clear
  C)
             Lamarck done clear
  D)
             Weismann done clear
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• question_answer100)
  Who prepared germplasm theory against Lamarck's principle of use and disuse [Pb. PMT 1999; BHU 2001; CPMT  1996]
  A)
             Darwin done clear
  B)
             Nuttal done clear
  C)
             Weismann done clear
  D)
             de Vries done clear
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• question_answer101)
  Study of Ticks and Mites is called              [Orissa JEE 2005]
  A)
             Acarology done clear
  B)
             Entomology done clear
  C)
             Malacology done clear
  D)
             Carcinology done clear
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• question_answer102)
  Who is famous in the field of palaeobotany                                                      [BCECE 1995; CBSE PMT 2000]
  A)
             Bose J.C. done clear
  B)
             Birbal Sahni done clear
  C)
             Metha K.C. done clear
  D)
             Maheshwari P done clear
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• question_answer103)
  The pioneers in the field of 'Organic evolution' are                                           [KCET 2001]
  A)
             Darwin, Hugo de Vries, Lamarck, Huxley done clear
  B)
             Darwin, Lamarck, Karl Landsteiner, Hugo de Vries done clear
  C)
             Lamarck, Karl Landsteiner, Malthus, Hugo de Vries done clear
  D)
             Karl Landsteiner, Hugo de Vries, Malthus, Darwin done clear
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• question_answer104)
  Who wrote the book 'Genetics and Origin of Species'                                      [Pb. PMT 1999]
  A)
             R.A. Fisher done clear
  B)
             G.L. Stebbins done clear
  C)
             Th. Dobzhaansky done clear
  D)
             J.B.S. Haldane done clear
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• question_answer105)
  The recapitulation theory or biogenetic law was proposed by                        [AMU 2000; CPMT 2002]
  A)
             Weismann done clear
  B)
             Mendel done clear
  C)
             Ernst Haeckel done clear
  D)
             Von Baer done clear
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• question_answer106)
  Photophosphorylation was discovered by                    [BHU 1998]
  A)
             Arnon D.I. done clear
  B)
              Hill R. done clear
  C)
             Calvin M. done clear
  D)
             Ruben and Kamen done clear
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• question_answer107)
  First experiment related to the method of hydroponics were done by                                           [Kerala PMT 2000]
  A)
             Knop done clear
  B)
             Hill done clear
  C)
             Arnon done clear
  D)
             Sachs done clear
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• question_answer108)
  The credit of applying a microscope for the first time for the study of biological object goes to   [AMU 1997]
  A)
             J. B. Lamarck done clear
  B)
             Robert Hooke done clear
  C)
             R.J. II. Dutrochet done clear
  D)
             Rudolf Virchow done clear
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• question_answer109)
  Christian Gram belongs to which country                     [AMU 1999]
  A)
             Italy done clear
  B)
             Sweden done clear
  C)
             Denmark done clear
  D)
             Germany done clear
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• question_answer110)
  Vaccination against smallpox was developed by                                              [KCET 2001]
  A)
             Robert Koch done clear
  B)
             Edward Jenner done clear
  C)
             Louis Pasteur done clear
  D)
             Alexander Fleming done clear
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• question_answer111)
  Who has developed the concept of phagocytosis in immunity                                       [BHU 1995]
  A)
             T.H. Huxley done clear
  B)
             Strasburger done clear
  C)
             Ernst Haeckel done clear
  D)
             E. Metchnikoff done clear
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• question_answer112)
  Hybridoma technology was developed by              [MP PMT 2001]
  A)
             Taggart, 1982 done clear
  B)
             Vitella et al., 1982 done clear
  C)
             Prie and Saxton, 1987 done clear
  D)
             Milstein and Kohier, 1975 done clear
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• question_answer113)
  William Harvey is known for the discovery of                      [Haryana PMT 1993; Manipal 1996; AMU 2000]
  A)
             Digestion done clear
  B)
             Respiration done clear
  C)
             Blood clotting done clear
  D)
             Blood circulation done clear
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• question_answer114)
  Who is the 'Father of conditioned reflex' [CPMT 1996]
  A)
             Oparin done clear
  B)
             Calvin done clear
  C)
             Pavlov done clear
  D)
             Beneden done clear
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• question_answer115)
  Who was the first to record EEG                [St. Johns MC 2002]
  A)
             Pavlov done clear
  B)
             A.S. Hyman done clear
  C)
             Einthoven done clear
  D)
             Hans Berger done clear
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• question_answer116)
  The term 'Hormone' was coined by  [CPMT 1990]
  A)
             Starling done clear
  B)
             Huxley done clear
  C)
             Bayliss done clear
  D)
             Harris done clear
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• question_answer117)
  TCA cycle is named after                                      [Kerala PMT 1987]
  A)
             Embden done clear
  B)
             Weinberg done clear
  C)
             Hans Krebs done clear
  D)
             Robert Emerson done clear
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• question_answer118)
  Bordeaux mixture was discovered by      [MP PMT 1992; BHU 1997]
  A)
             Bordeaux done clear
  B)
             David done clear
  C)
             Millardet                                    done clear
  D)
             Harrison done clear
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• question_answer119)
  Who wrote a memoir on the earthworm, Pheretima, to describe its morphology and anatomy                                                    [CPMT 1991; BHU 1997]
  A)
             Baini Prasad done clear
  B)
             Bahl K.N. done clear
  C)
             Thillayampalam E.M. done clear
  D)
             Das S.M. done clear
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• question_answer120)
  Who is referred to as 'Father of pearl industry                                                   [MP PMT 1998]
  A)
             Harvey done clear
  B)
             Trembly done clear
  C)
             Mikimoto done clear
  D)
             Louis Pasteur done clear
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• question_answer121)
  Nobel Prize was awarded to Paul Muller on discovery of which of the following pesticides       [MP PMT 2001]
  A)
             Parathion done clear
  B)
             DDT done clear
  C)
             Malathion done clear
  D)
             Pyrethrin done clear
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• question_answer122)
  Amniocentesis detects               [CBSE PMT 1997; Pb. PMT 2000]
  A)
             Deformity in brain done clear
  B)
             Hereditary diseases done clear
  C)
             Deformity in heart done clear
  D)
             All of these done clear
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• question_answer123)
  Amniocentesis is a technique used for     [MP PMT 1993]
  A)
             Measuring size of foetus done clear
  B)
             Determining sex of foetus done clear
  C)
             Determining position of foetus done clear
  D)
             Estimating amino acid content in the amnion done clear
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• question_answer124)
  Amniocentesis is the withdrawal of amniotic fluid during                                [MP PMT 2000]
  A)
             Gestation done clear
  B)
             Lactation done clear
  C)
             Menopause done clear
  D)
             Menstruation done clear
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• question_answer125)
  Amniocentesis involves the analysis of   
  A)
             Amnion done clear
  B)
             Amniotic fluid done clear
  C)
             Amino acids of proteins done clear
  D)
             Body fluids of amniotes done clear
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• question_answer126)
  Non-poisonous leeches were used for preventing the clotting of blood in the post operative cases during 600 BC by                                                                      [Kerala PMT 2003]
  A)
             Atreya done clear
  B)
             Taittiriya done clear
  C)
             Agnivesa done clear
  D)
             Susruta Samhita done clear
  E)
  (e)       Charaka Samhita done clear
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• question_answer127)
  Aquaculture does not include                                         [BHU 2003]
  A)
             Pisces done clear
  B)
             Prawns done clear
  C)
             Silkworm done clear
  D)
             Shell fishery done clear
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• question_answer128)
  Haematology is the study of                                          [DPMT 2003]
  A)
             Bone done clear
  B)
             Blood done clear
  C)
             Neuron done clear
  D)
             Cartilage done clear
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• question_answer129)
  Which German physicst invented the electron microscope which won him 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics [AIIMS 2003]
  A)
             Van't Hoff done clear
  B)
             Ernst Ruska done clear
  C)
             J.H.D Jensen done clear
  D)
             Eugene P. Wignes done clear
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• question_answer130)
  Who was the first Indian to be awarded the world food Prize in 1987                                           [AIIMS 2003]
  A)
             B.R. Barwale done clear
  B)
             Anna Hazare done clear
  C)
             Sunderlal Bahuguna done clear
  D)
             M.S. Swaminathan done clear
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• question_answer131)
  Which of the following scientists was a breeder (plant breeder)                                      [MH-CET 2003]
  A)
             Morgan done clear
  B)
             Borlaug done clear
  C)
             Linnaeus done clear
  D)
             Schwann done clear
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• question_answer132)
  The study of relationship between size and shape is called                                                             [BHU 2004]
  A)
             Allopatric done clear
  B)
             Allelopathy done clear
  C)
             Allometry done clear
  D)
             Allogamy done clear
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• question_answer133)
  Study of behaviour of animals is called    [RPMT 1996; BHU 2004]
  A)
             Ethology done clear
  B)
             Parapsychology done clear
  C)
             Euphenics done clear
  D)
             Etiology done clear
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• question_answer134)
  The branch of biology which deals with the study of processes and functions of an organism is called  [BHU 2004]
  A)
             Hitology done clear
  B)
             Anatomy done clear
  C)
             Physiology done clear
  D)
             Entomology done clear
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• question_answer135)
  The living steady state has a self-regulatory mechanimsm which is
  A)
             Feedback mechanism done clear
  B)
             Homeotherms done clear
  C)
             Homozygous done clear
  D)
             Heterozygous done clear
  E)
  (e)       Homeostasis done clear
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• question_answer136)
  Birbal Sahni was a                                                         [AIIMS 2004]
  A)
             Zoologist                                   done clear
  B)
             Founder of Central Drug Research Insuitute (CDRI) done clear
  C)
             Ornithologist done clear
  D)
             Paleobotanist done clear
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• question_answer137)
  Which branch study about remains of plant life                                                [Orissa JEE 1997; RPMT 2002; AFMC 2004]
  A)
             Palaentology done clear
  B)
             Palaeobotany done clear
  C)
             Eugenics done clear
  D)
             Palynology done clear
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• question_answer138)
  Tallest angiosperm is                                                      [AFMC 2004]
  A)
              Eucalyptus done clear
  B)
             Red wood tree done clear
  C)
             Oak tree done clear
  D)
             Pinus done clear
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• question_answer139)
  Smallest flower is                                                            [DPMT 2004]
  A)
             Wolffia microspermia done clear
  B)
             Salvinia done clear
  C)
             Pistia done clear
  D)
             Lemna done clear
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• question_answer140)
  Fossilization would occur when flora and fauna are buried by                                                       [DPMT 2004]       
  A)
             Natural processes done clear
  B)
             Industrial processes done clear
  C)
             Both 'a' and 'b' done clear
  D)
             All of these done clear
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• question_answer141)
  The branch of biology dealing with structures, function and reproduction of cell is                     [J & K 2005]
  A)
             Cytology done clear
  B)
             Anatomy done clear
  C)
             Histology done clear
  D)
             Cell Biology done clear
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