Biology Multiple Choice Question MCQ
Categories: BIO Multiple Choice Question
1. Which of the following compounds is not a type of carbon compound? (a) Lipids (b) Vitamins (c) Nucleic acids (d) Carbohydrates Sol. (b) 2. The different types of carbon compounds are _________. (a) Lipids (b) Nucleic acids (c) Carbohydrates (d) All of the above Sol. (d) 3. What is the total percentage of carbon present in the human body? (a) 15 to 16 per cent (b) 18 to 19 per cent (c) 20 to 25 per cent (d) None of the above Sol. (b) 4. Which of the following statements is true about carbon? (a) Carbon is the main component of carbohydrates. (b) Carbon is a major component of living beings. (c) Carbon is one of the basic building blocks for organic life (d) All of the above Sol. (d) 5. In the atmosphere, carbon exists in the form of _________. (a) Coal (b) Carbon monoxide only (c) Carbon dioxide only (d) Both (b) and (c) Sol. (c) 6. What is the total percentage of carbon present in the atmosphere? (a) 0.04 percentage (b) 20 percentage (c) 0.09 percentage (d) 0 to 4 percentage Sol. (a) 7. Which of the following factors contributes to the carbon cycle? (a) Respiration (b) Fossil fuels (c) Photosynthesis (d) All of the above Sol. (d) 8. Which of the following statements is true about the carbon cycle? (a) Respiration and photosynthesis are important parts of the carbon cycle (b) Respiration and photosynthesis are important parts of the water cycle (c) Respiration and photosynthesis are important parts of the nitrogen cycle (d) None of the above. Sol. (a) 9. Which of the following serves as the main source of carbon for plants? (a) Fossil fuels (b) Atmospheric carbon dioxide (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above Sol. (b) 10. One of the most important carbon compounds are _________. (a) Charcoal (b) Diamond (c) Graphite (d) Amorphous carbon Sol. (a) 11. Which of the following compounds is not a type of carbon compound? (a) Lipids (b) Vitamins (c) Nucleic acids (d) Carbohydrates Sol. (b) 12. The earliest recorded pandemic – the Black Death was speculated to be ______ (a) Plague (b) Rabie (c) Leprosy (d) None of the above Sol.(a) 13. The bacterium Yersinia pestis causes _____ (a) Bubonic Plague (b) Rubella (c) Roseola (d) measles Sol.(a) 14. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) can be contracted only if _______ (a) Consume nerve tissues (brain and spine) of cattle infected with Mad cow disease (b) Consume shrimp infected with E.coli (c) Consume water tainted with E.coli (d) None of the above Sol. (a) 15. Which of the following CANNOT be transmitted via infectious droplets? (a) Rubella (b) Common cold (c) Influenza (d) None of the above Sol. (d) 16. Lyme disease is transmitted to humans through (a) Touching an infected person (b) Kissing an infected person (c) Having sex with an infected person (d) None of the above Sol. (d) 17. The 1918 flu pandemic, also called the Spanish Flu was caused by (a) H1N1 influenza A virus (b) SARS coronavirus 2 (c) Influenza C virus (d) Simian virus 5 Sol. (a) 18. How does Ebola spread from human to human? (a) Spreads through direct contact with blood and bodily fluids (b) Spreads through inhaling infected droplets (c) Spreads through contaminated water (d) None of the above Sol. (a) 19. Nipah henipavirus is a ______ borne virus (a) Water (b) Bat (c) Air (d) None of the above Sol. (b) 20. If a disease jumps from a non-human animal to a human, then it is termed as (a) Zoonotic disease (b) Infectious disease (c) Congenital disease (d) Iatrogenic disease Sol. (a)