This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Biological Sciences – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Biological Sciences Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Organisms that have the most DNA sequences in common A) Have the same number of legs. B) Are the least related. C) Are randomly distributed. D) Are the most related. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are the most related. 2. What is the special structure of an arthropod that provides structure and protection from the outside? A) Spicules. B) An endoskeleton. C) An exoskeleton. D) A shell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An exoskeleton. 3. It is where all of the genetic information stored inside of a cell. A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondria. C) Genes. D) Chloroplast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleus. 4. All the ..... are included in kingdom animalia. A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Human beings. D) Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals. 5. Invertebrates are the animals which do not have. A) Legs. B) A back-bone. C) Mouth. D) Red blood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A back-bone. 6. The branch of biology that deals with the classification and naming of living things is called. A) Ecology. B) Physiology. C) Taxonomy. D) Embryology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxonomy. 7. What do you call a single-celled organism? A) Atom. B) Unicellular. C) Molecule. D) Multicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicellular. 8. The most prominent kingdom were humans belong? A) Protist. B) Plantae. C) Monerans. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animalia. 9. What phyla contains earthworms? A) Mollusca. B) Anthropoda. C) Invertebrates. D) Annelida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annelida. 10. What are the monomers (building blocks) of CARBOHYDRATES? A) Monosaccharides (simple sugars). B) Amino Acids. C) Nucleotides. D) Glycerol and fatty acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monosaccharides (simple sugars). 11. Organisms, like sponges, lacking body tissues and body symmetry belong to which of the following phyla? A) Mollusca. B) Porifera. C) Nematoda. D) Cnidaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Porifera. 12. The structure of DNA was elaborated by Watson and Crick in. A) 1953. B) 1951. C) 1956. D) 1963. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1953. 13. Known as the powerhouse of the cell A) Nucleus. B) Mitochondria. C) Cell wall. D) Ribosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitochondria. 14. The cell consists of a nucleus, which is surrounded by a jelly-like substance called the. A) Cytoplasm. B) Capsule. C) Silicon. D) Nucleus pack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cytoplasm. 15. An anatomical feature that no longer seams to have a purpose in the current form of an organism A) Homologous structure. B) Analogous structure. C) Vestigial structure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestigial structure. 16. The total pregnancy in human female is usually about nine months or . A) 260 days. B) 300 days. C) 250 days. D) 280 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 280 days. 17. Where does an off spring get its traits in asexual reproduction? A) From both parents. B) From only one parent. C) From neither parent. D) There are no traits handed down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From only one parent. 18. Isoenzymes are different forms of ..... with slight changes in molecular structure. A) Molecule. B) Protein. C) Chemical. D) Enzyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enzyme. 19. The trachea leads to the ..... A) Bronchioles. B) Alveolus. C) Oeophagus. D) Bronchus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bronchus. 20. What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks? A) To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment. B) To protect itself against prey. C) To protect itself against predators. D) To look different from other species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment. 21. Name the ability to resist infectious diseases. A) Vaccintion. B) Immunity. C) Healing. D) Biopsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immunity. 22. Which one is an example of a multicellular organism? A) Tree. B) Bacteria. C) Protezoa. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree. 23. Humans get most of their energy from eating what type of food? A) Protein. B) Lipids. C) Meat. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbohydrates. 24. What is the most abundant inorganic compound in th protoplasm? A) Plasma. B) Blood. C) Water. D) Fluid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 25. Name the organism that lives by taking nourishment from another living organism, giving no benefit in return. A) Parasite. B) Scavenger. C) Saprophyte. D) Epiphyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasite. 26. Which kind of a structure is it? A whale's pelvis A) Pharygeal Pouch. B) Vestigial. C) Homologous. D) Analogous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vestigial. 27. The lipid that makes up the double-layered cell membrane is ..... A) DNA. B) Cellulose. C) Chitin. D) Phospholipid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phospholipid. 28. What animal creates weathering on rocks? A) Rabbits. B) Snakes. C) Birds. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabbits. 29. Milk has ..... prominent proteins. A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 30. Nucleotides are monomers of A) Proteins. B) Lipids. C) Carbohydrates. D) Nucleic Acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleic Acids. 31. The system that contains all living things on Earth. A) Atmoshpere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biosphere. 32. What kind of protists that can produce their own food? A) Sporozoan. B) Heterotrophs. C) Saprophytes. D) Phototrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phototrophs. 33. According to the levels of biological organization, which level comes next:cell $ \rightarrow$ tissue $ \rightarrow$ A) Organ system. B) All living things. C) Organ. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organ. 34. Numerous useful bacteria do many beneficial jobs for. A) Plants. B) Birds. C) Insects. D) Humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans. 35. A man performing heavy manual work may use as many as ..... kilocalories a day. A) 3400. B) 3600. C) 3500. D) 2500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3600. 36. Which nutrient supplies the most calories per gram? A) Fats. B) Carbohydrates. C) Protein. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fats. 37. ..... may be killed by heat, sound waves, or chemical treatment . A) Bacterios. B) Diseases. C) Insects. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viruses. 38. What is In Vitro Fertilization? A) When the egg is donated by another women. B) The process of injecting sperm into the uterus. C) Combining sperm and egg outside the body then placing into the uterus. D) When sperm is donated and injected into the uterus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Combining sperm and egg outside the body then placing into the uterus. 39. Most plants cease to grow at the temperature below. A) 0*c. B) 2*c. C) 6*c. D) 10*c. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6*c. 40. A chemical that kills disease-causing bacteria A) Vaccine. B) Antibiotics. C) Pathogens. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotics. 41. Why would an animal need to adapt? A) To increase the chances of survival and reproduction. B) To impress others. C) It doesn't need to adapt. D) Because the species went extinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To increase the chances of survival and reproduction. 42. Apes have no..... as against monkeys. A) Feet. B) Lungs. C) Tail. D) Wings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tail. 43. Why would a person want to limit their intake of sodium (salt)? A) Sodium weakens bones and teeth. B) Sodium can lead to high blood pressure. C) Sodium is linked to cancer. D) Sodium causes a person to be diabetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium can lead to high blood pressure. 44. What is also known as 'mechanical weathering'? A) Physical weathering. B) Chemical weathering. C) Biological weathering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical weathering. 45. A plant grows in a rock, which slowly breaks the rock apart. A) Physical. B) Chemical. C) Biological. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biological. 46. Plants can cause biological weathering of rocks by: A) Brushing their leaves against the rock. B) Dropping their seeds into cracks in rocks, and as the plant grows it cracks the rock even further. C) Trees lean on rocks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dropping their seeds into cracks in rocks, and as the plant grows it cracks the rock even further. 47. Using DNA to determine which organisms are related to others is called: A) Vestigial Structures. B) Homologous Chromosomes. C) Pharyngeal pouches. D) Molecular Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molecular Biology. 48. The weight of blue whale is upto. A) 180 tons. B) 150 tons. C) 200 tons. D) 100 tons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 180 tons. 49. Name the mean of making an individual immune to an infectious disease, such as smallpox, by injecting a vaccine. A) Vaccination. B) Catabolism. C) Inoculation. D) Metabolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaccination. 50. ..... is any of several organic substances present in very small amounts in the blood and producing specific effects in the body. A) Cell. B) Hormone. C) Gland. D) Hemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hormone. 51. ..... works with phosphorous in building and maintaining bones and teeth. A) Calcium. B) Manganese. C) Zinc. D) Sodium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 52. The protein that transports oxygen in our blood is ..... A) Hemoglobin. B) Chitin. C) Cellulose. D) Phospholipid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hemoglobin. 53. Plant kingdom consists of more than ..... species. A) 80, 000. B) 100, 000. C) 50.000. D) 10, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50.000. 54. All amino acids contain just ..... elements. A) 4. B) 2. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 55. What is an advantage of sexual reproduction? A) Allows genetic variation. B) Only needs one parent. C) Happens very quickly. D) Offspring are exact copies of parent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allows genetic variation. 56. Indus dolphin is found only in. A) India. B) China. C) Kashmir. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 57. The fungi have on ..... and thus cannot photosynthesize. A) Chlorophyll. B) Internal system. C) Leaves. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorophyll. 58. Fossils that are created from minerals that replace the existing cell structure, creating a replica are A) Cast. B) Behavioral. C) Mold. D) Trace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cast. 59. Oxidation causes a rock to have a red or brownish hue. A) Physical. B) Chemical. C) Biological. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical. 60. Collection of all ecosystems. A) ORGANISM. B) COMMUNITY. C) BIOSPHERE. D) POPULATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BIOSPHERE. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBiological Sciences Quiz 2Biological Sciences Quiz 3Biological Sciences Quiz 4Biology QuizBotany QuizCell Biology QuizCirculatory System QuizEndocrine Glands Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books