Which among the following is a transparent tissue ?

  • Tendon

  • Hyaline cartilage

  • Ligament

  • Fibrous cartilage

Strength to the bones is given by the hard and non-pliable ground substance composed of:

  • Calcium salts and collagen fibres

  • Calcium salts only

  • Calcium and magnesium salts

  • Elastin fibres

Location of the cells of the bone is:

  • Bone marrow

  • Matrix

  • Lacunae

  • Spleen

Which among the following is a weight-bearing bone ?

  • Vertebral column

  • Limb bones

  • Sternum

  • Phalanges

Myofibrils form long, cylindrical fibres whose arrangement is :

  • Parallel

  • Irregular

  • Continuous

  • Anti-parallel

Which of the following tissue is correctly matched to its location ?

Option   

Tissue

Location

(1)

Ciliated epithelium

Inner lining of salivary ducts

(2)

Glandular epithelium

Moist surface of buccal cavity

(3)

Cuboidal epithelium

Tubular parts of nephron

(4)

Squamous epithelium      

Inner surface of bronchioles
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  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Which among the following has been mismatched ?

  • Smooth muscle tissue- wall of blood vessels

  • Areolar tissue- beneath the skin

  • Cartilage- between adjacent bones of vertebral column

  • Chondrocytes- lacunae

Which of the following is correct for type of muscles present in the wall of internal organs like blood vessels, stomach and intestine ?

  • Involuntary, fusiform and non-striated

  • Non-striated and voluntary

  • Voluntary, multinucleate and cylindrical

  • Uninucleate, voluntary and spindle-shaped

Which among the following is responsible for fusion of plasma membranes of cardiac cells in heart and bundles smooth muscle fibres together to form a connective tissue sheath ?

  • Blood

  • Cell junction

  • Neuroglia

  • Intercalated discs

The cells other than neurons which make up more than one-half the volume of neural tissue in our body are :

  • Axon

  • Liver

  • Neuroglial cell

  • Dendrite

The function of those cell junction in which adjacent cells are connected through cytoplasm is :

  • Forms a barrier between two cells

  • Prevents the leakage of substances from a particular tissue

  • Cements neighbouring cells together

  • Facilitate communication between adjoining cells for rapid transfer of some ions and molecules

Which cell among the following exist in separate structures and is not present in layered form?

  • Compound epithelial cells

  • Smooth muscle cells

  • Nerve cells

  • Exocrine gland cells

How many among the following are secretions of exocrine gland ?

Saliva, insulin, oxytocin, bile, earwax, mucus, pancreatic juice, digestive enzymes, milk, oil, thyroxine

  • 7

  • 8

  • 3

  • 5

Intercalated discs are present in :

  • Smooth muscle tissue

  • Cardiac muscle tissue

  • Involuntary muscle tissue

  • Skeletal muscle tissue

Which among the following organs possess all the four types of tissue?

  • Heart

  • Fallopian tubes

  • Skin

  • Stomach

Which part of the neuron triggers events that may cause stimulation or inhibition of adjacent neurons and other cells ?

  • Nucleus

  • Cell body

  • Neuron’s endings

  • Axon

The attachment of skeletal muscles to bones and that of one bone to another is due to :

  • Ligaments and tendons

  • Tendons and ligaments

  • Cartilage and tendon

  • Osteocytes and cartilage

Fill up the blanks in the following statement with the appropriate option.

In all the connective tissue, except ___A_____, the cells secrete fibres of structural proteins called as ____B______.

  • A: cartilage, B: mast cells

  • A: blood, B: macrophage

  • A: blood, B: elastin or collagen

  • A: cartilage, B: chondrocytes

Which among the following is responsible for cementing action to keep adjacent cells together ?

  • Cell junctions

  • Adhering junctions

  • Communication junctions

  • Gap junctions

Which epithelium is present in inner lining of ducts of salivary glands and of pancreatic ducts ?

  • Ciliated epithelium

  • Compound epithelium

  • Columnar epithelium

  • Squamous epithelium

Which among the following difference is incorrect between bone and cartilage ?

Option  

Bone

Cartilage

(1)

Hard and pliable

Solid and non-pliable

(2)

Composed of osteocytes

Composed of chondrocytes

(3)

Present in spaces called as lacunae

Enclosed in small cavities within matrix secreted by them

(4)

In adults, bone > cartilage

In vertebrate embryo, cartilage > bone
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  • 3
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Complete the following analogy regarding reproductive system of cockroach :-

Testes : IV-VI abdominal segments : : Ovaries : ____ abdominal segments

  • II-VI

  • III-VI

  • II-VIII

  • IV-VI

Complete the following analogy :-

Vertebrates : Brain : : Cockroach : ___________

  • Lower-oesophageal ganglion

  • Supra-oesophageal ganglion

  • Nephrocytes

  • Ommatidia

The hard chitinous exoskeleton of cockroach has sclerites which are called as:

Options  

Dorsally

Ventrally

(1)

sternites

tergites

(2)

Arthrodial membrane   

pleura

(3)

tergites

sternites

(4)

pleura

sternum
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  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

The triangular head of cockroach is made by fusion of how many segments :

  • Three

  • Five

  • Nine

  • Six

Label A, B, C, D and E in the following figure :-

  • Labium, mandible, hypopharynx, maxilla, labrum

  • Labrum, hypopharynx, maxilla, mandible, labium

  • Labrum, mandible, hypopharynx, maxilla, labium

  • Labium, maxilla, hypopharynx, labium, mandible

Which mouth part of cockroach has grinding and incising part ?

  • Mandible

  • Labium

  • Mandible and maxilla

  • Hypopharynx

Which among the following statements with respect to forewings of cockroach is incorrect?

  • They are called as tegmina.

  • They are opaque, leathery and dark.

  • They arise from prothorax.

  • They cover hindwings when at rest.

Which among the following statements are incorrect about cockroach?

  • Haemocytes lack respiratory pigment.

  • Has 13 chambered heart on the ventral side of the body.

  • Blood from sinuses enter heart through ostia.

  • Has 10 pairs of spiracles present on lateral side of body.

Which among the following is incorrect regarding the vision of cockroach?

  • Compound eyes are located at dorsal surface of head.

  • They have nocturnal type of vision.

  • Each eye consists of 3000 malpighian tubules.

  • Their vision is known as mosaic vision with more sensitivity but less resolution.

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