Medical Entrance Exams NEET practice set-8
Practice set-8
1. Just as mammals is to Chordata, so is :
(a) Cetacea to vertebrate
(b) Ophidia to snakes
(c) Periplaneta to Insecta
(d) Trematoda to Platyhelminthes
2. Which of the following statement is not true for Agnatha :
(a) They include hagfishes and lampreys
(b) They have notochord throughout their lives
(c) They are known as cyclostomes
(d) They have unpaired fins only
3. Which of the following animal is truly oviparous?
(a) Bat
(b) Scaly anteater
(c) Tachyglossus
(d) Ornithorhynchus
4. Sea cows and sea lions belong to :
(a) Same order Sirenia
(b) Same order Cetacea
(c) Sirenia and Carnivora respectively
(d) Cetacea and Sirenia respectively
5. Mark the snake whose venom is haemotoxic :
(a) Cobra (b) Krait
(c) Hydrophis (d) Viper
6. The main difference between Gymnophiona and Urodela it that Urodeles :
(a) Have two atria & one ventricle
(b) Have smooth moist skin
(c) Respire by lungs in adult stage
(d) Have a cloaca
7. Which one of the following characters does not relate to Amphibians :
(a) Dicondylar skull
(b) Amphicoelous centrum
(c) 10 pairs of cranial nerves
(d) None of these
8. A pigeon in the absence of down feathers will not be able to:
(a) Keep the body warm
(b) Fly for long distance
(c) Protect against ectoparasite
(d) Show sexual dimorphism
9. Which of the following bird is a brood parasite?
(a) Crow (b) Dove
(c) Hummingbird (d) Eudynamis
10. The larvae of the following group show retrogressive metamorphosis :
(a) Urodela (b) Lacertilia
(c) Anura (d) Ascidia
11. Which of the following is a poisonous mammal?
(a) Ornithorhynchus (b) Sperm whale
(c) Pteropus (d) Pangolin
12. Structure present in all adult vertebrates is :
(a) Protochord
(b) Dorsal tubular nerve card
(c) Pharyngeal gill slits
(d) Renal portal system
13. Petromyzon is not a true fish because of :
(a) Absence of median fins
(b) Presence of suctorial mouth
(c) Absence of paired fins and true jaws
(d) Absence of operculum
14. The post-anal tail is present in :
(a) Cobra (b) Earthworm
(c) Scorpion (d) All of the above
15. Which of the following is a vertebrate but not a member of Tetrapoda?
(a) Petromyzon (b) Bat
(c) Pigeon (d) Amphioxus
16. Didelphis (Opossum) is :
(a) An egg laying mammal
(b) A marsupial
(c) A true placental mammal
(d) Not a mammal
17. Following is the national animal of India :
(a) Tiger (b) Lion
(c) Cheetah (d) Leopard
18. All birds, without exception :
(a) Are Omnivorous
(b) Have feathers and fly
(c) Form nests and care them
(d) Have calcareous shelled egg
19. Which one of the following statements is true as regards to a certain mammal and its feature :
(a) Bats have feathers
(b) platypus is oviparous
(c) Elephant is ovoviviparous
(d) Camel has biconcave RBCs
20. Two chief features of mammals which distinguish them from other vertebrates are :
(a) Hairy skin and oviparity
(b) Hairy skin and mammary gland
(c) Mammary glands and teeth
(d) Pinna and teeth
21. Meissner corpuscles are responsible for :
(a) Heat and present in skin
(b) Cold and present in skin
(c) Pressure and present in skin
(d) Pain and present in skin
22. Pelvic girdle of rabbit consists of :
(a) Ileum, ischium and pubis
(b) Ileum, ischium and coracoid
(c) Coracoid, scapula and clavicle
(d) Ileum, coracoid and scapula
23. Difference between bone and cartilage is :
(a) Haversian canal (b) Blood vessel
(c) Lymph vessel (d) All of these
24. Separation of amino acid and carboxylic groups is called :
(a) Deamination (b) Excretion
(c) Egestion (d) Transamination
25. Which of the following is not a source of vitamin-A :
(a) Carrot
(b) Mango
(c) Apple
(d) Yeast
26. Parathormone is secreted during :
(a) Increased blood calcium level
(b) Decreased blood calcium level
(c) Increased blood sugar level
(d) Decreased blood sugar level
27. Which of the following is purely motor cranial nerve :
(a) Olfactory
(b) Optic
(c) Abducens
(d) Vagus
28. Minimum regeneration power is present in :
(a) Nervous tissue
(b) Connective tissue
(c) Epithelial tissue
(d) None of these
29. Largest smooth muscle is present in :
(a) Leg
(b) Thigh
(c) Uterus of pregnant woman
(d) Urethra
30. Wisdom teeth in human is :
(a) 3rd molar and 4 in number
(b) 3rd molar and 2 in number
(c) 2nd molar and 4 in number
(d) 2nd molar and 2 in number
31. Glomerular filtrate is :
(a) Blood minus blood corpuscles and plasma protein
(b) Blood minus corpuscles
(c) Mixture of water, ammonia and corpuscles
(d) Urine
32. Intercellular communication in multicellular organism occurs through :
(a) Digestive system only
(b) Respiratory system only
(c) Nervous system only
(d) Both nervous and endocrine system only
33. Tongue is under control of :
(a) Trigeminal nerve
(b) Facial nerve
(c) Automatic nervous system
(d) Glossopharyngeal nerve
34. Which of the following does not play a role in blood coagulation :
(a) Vitamin K (b) Vitamin D
(c) Calcium ions (d) Fibrinogen
35. The amount of bile released in proportion to the amount of :
(a) Fat in meal
(b) Protein in meal
(c) Carbohydrate in meal
(d) All of these
36. Which of the following does not match :
(a) Pancrease — Glissons’ capsule
(b) Antigen — Antibody
(c) Thyroid — Goitre
(d) Enzyme — Substrate
37. The presence of arginase confirms that :
(a) Urea cycle is operating
(b) Urea cycle may be operating
(c) Arginine is being converted into Ornithine
(d) Arginine is being converted into citrulline
38. In a vertebrate which germ layer forms the skeleton muscles :
(a) Ectoderm (b) Endoderm
(c) Mesoderm (d) Both (a) and (c)
39. Sudoriferous glands occurs in :
(a) Lung (b) Kidney
(c) Skin (d) Alimentary canal
40. The most abundant, harmful and universal waste product of metabolism is :
(a) CO2 (b) Uric acid
(c) H2O (d) None of these
41. The formation of egg and sperm is affected by :
(a) LH (b) MH
(c) TSH (d) FSH
42. ACTH is secreted by :
(a) Thyroid gland (b) Thymus gland
(c) Pituitary gland (d) Islets of Langerhans
43. Juvenile hormone is secreted by :
(a) Thyroid gland (b) Thymus gland
(c) Adrenal gland (d) Corpora allata
44. Which of the following metal is present in vitamin B12 :
(a) Cobalt (b) Copper
(c) Zinc (d) Magnesium
45. Primary blood cells are formed in :
(a) Plasma (b) Bone marrow
(c) Liver (d) Spleen
46. Nerve cells are the part of :
(a) Epithelial tissue (b) Connective tissue (c) Muscles tissue (d) Nervous tissue
47. Sertoli cells help in :
(a) Maturation of eggs
(b) Maturation of sperms
(c) Enzyme production (d) Ovulation
48. Kupffer cells are present in :
(a) Liver (b) Pancrease
(c) Small intestine (d) Large intestine
49. Universal blood recipient is :
(a) Blood group O (b) Blood group AB
(c) Blood group A (d) Blood group B
50. The lifespan of RBC is :
(a) 50 days (b) 70 days
(c) 120 days (d) 220 days.