Category: VBQs

Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance Very Short Answer Type QuestionsQuestion. Mention any two contrasting traits with respect to seeds in pea plant that were studied by Mendel? Answer.Seed traits studied by Mendel in pea plant were:(i) Seed shape – Smooth/Round (R) Wrinkled (r)(ii) Seed (cotyledon) – Yellow (Y) Colour Green (y) Question. Mention two contrasting flower related […]

Reproductive Health-Problems and Strategies Very Short Answer Type Questions Question. Why there is a statutory ban on amniocentesis?Why is this technique so named?Answer. There is a statutory ban on amniocentesis because it is being misused to kill unborn normal female foetuses. This technique is based on the principle that amniotic fluid contain cells from the skin of the […]

Question. Tese pictures show the gynoecium of (A) Papaver and (B) Michelia flowers. Write the difference in the structure of their ovaries.Answer.The gynoecium of Papaver is multicarpellary and syncarpous (pistils fused together) whereas the gynoecium of Michelia is multicarpellary and apocarpous (pistils free). In Papaver ovary is unilocular to multilocular whereas in Michelia ovary is […]

MCQs Question. Cyanobacteria is referred to as blue green algae due to presence ofa. Chlorophyll a b. Xanthophyllc. Chlorophyll b d. Phycocyanin Question. ‘Ordines Anomali’ of Bentham & Hooker includes:a. Seed plant showing abnormal form of growth and development.b. Plant represented only in fossil state.c. Plants described in the literature, but which Bentham & Hooker did […]

Question. Who divided the animals into 2 groups, those which had red blood and those that did not?a. Whittakerb. T.O. Dienerc. Aristotled. W.M. Stanley Question. Which of the following shows extensive metabolic diversity?a. Humansb. Fungic. Snakesd. Blue – green algae Question. Four kingdom system of classification was proposed by:a. Whittakerb. Copelandc. Linnaeusd. Oswald Tippo Question. Biochemical resemblances […]

Objective Questions Question. Taxon represents:a. Rank in classificationb. Basic unit of classificationc. Both of thesed. None of these Question. Term classification was given by:a. A.P de Condolleb. Norman E. Borlougc. Tansleyd. None of these Question. Which of the following combinations is correct for wheat ?a. Genus : Triticum, Family : Anacardiaceae, Order :Poales, Class : […]

Unit 1: Diversity in the Living World Chapter 1 The Living World Chapter 2 Biological Classification Chapter 3 Plant Kingdom Chapter 4 Animal Kingdom Unit 2: Structural Organisation in Plants and Animals     Chapter 5 Morphology of Flowering Plants Chapter 6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants Chapter 7 Structural Organisation in Animals Unit 3: Cell- Structure and […]

Multiple Choice Questions Question. Where was little house situated as per poem?(a) in the city(b) near the mall(c) on the roadside(d) none of the above Question. Who has written the poem ‘A Roadside Stand’?(a) Walt Whitman(b) John Keats(c) Robert Frost(d) Stephen Spender Question. What are flowers compared to?(a) the beauty of the city(b) the rich(c) both (a) & (b)(d) none […]

Multiple Choice Questions Question. Choose the incorrect statement from the following regarding magnetic lines of field(A) The direction of magnetic field at a point is taken to be the direction in which the north pole of a magnetic compass needle points.(B) Magnetic field lines are closed curves.(C) If magnetic field lines are parallel and equidistant, they represent zero field […]

Multiple Choice Questions Question. Electrical resistivity of any given metallic wire depends upon(a) its thickness(b) its shape(c) nature of the material(d) its length Question. When electric current is passed, electrons move from:(a) high potential to low potential.(b) low potential to high potential.(c) in the direction of the current.(d) against the direction of the current. Question. The heating element […]