Biology Past Questions And Answers
2561
Viruses are economically important because they?
- A. do not have cell structures
- B. can only reproduce inside living cells.
- C. cause diseases in plants and animals
- D. exist as crystals outside living cells
2562
Physiological adaptation to very dry condition in animals is called
- A) hibernation
- B) aestivation
- C) rejuvenation
- D) xeromorphism
2563
Stomatal pores open when there is
- A. an increase in the sugar content of guard cells
- B. a decreases in the osmotic concentration of the guard cell
- C. a decrease in the sugar content of mesophyll cells
- D. an increase in the sugar content of mesophyll cells
2564
A group of closely related organisms capable of interbreeding to produce the fertile offspring are known as members of a
- A. Kingdom
- B. class
- C. family
- D. species
2565
One of the following is not true
- A) saprophytic nutrition involves feeding on a soluble organic material from inorganic substances
- B) symbiosis is a nutritional relationship in which both organisms involved derive benefit
- C) a parasite causes injuries to its host in the course of getting its food
- D) holozoic mode of nutrition can be seen in animals carnivorous plants and some protists
2566
The correct sequence of the movement of urea during urine formation is?
- A. glomerulus ---> Bowman's capsule -> convoluted tubule ---> Henle's loop -> collecting- tubule
- B. glomerulus -> Bowman's capsule -> convoluted tubule -> Henle's loop -> convoluted tubule -> collecting tubule
- C. convoluted tubule -> glomerulus --> Nettle's loop -> Bowman's capsule->collecting tubule
- D. convoluted tubule -> Bowman's capsule -> Henle's loop -7> glomerulus -> collecting tubule
2567
The hormone which regulates the amount of sugar in the blood is
- A) Thyroxine
- B) Auxin
- C) Insulin
- D) Adrenalin
2568
What is the critical limiting factor for plants below the photic zone in an aquatic ecosystem?
- A. availability of nutrients
- B. availability of water
- C. intensity of light
- D. carbon dioxide concentration
2569
In the kidney, both useful substances and wastes are removed from the blood by
- A. Filtration
- B. selective absorption
- C. dialysis machine
- D. excretion
2570
Vegetation propagation is described as asexual reproduction because
- A. reproductive organs are not involved
- B. new individuals are not formed
- C. many new plants are produced
- D. there is no exchange of genetic materials

