Which of the following levels of organisation in living things is in the correct sequence, starting from the
most complex to me simplest?

A. tissue → cell → organ → system

B. System → organ → tissue → cell

C. Cell → tissue → system → organ

D. Cell → tissue → organ → system

E. Organ → system → tissue → cell.

A few drops of fehling’s solution was added to juice extracted from fresh maize grain and boiled. A red
recipitate was formed, indicating the presence of

A. alcohol

B. protein

C. non-reducing sugar

D. starch

E. Endoplasmic reticulum

Which of the following is not a cell organelle?

A. Golgi body

B. Nucleus

C. Fat droplets

D. Ribosome

E. Endoplasmic reticulum

One of the differences between plants and animals is that

A. growth is indefinite in animals but definite in plants

B. nutrition is autotrophic in plants but holophytic in animals

C. in plants there are excretory systems but in animals waste products are stored away

D. plants react slowly to external stimuli while animals react more quickly

E. respiration takes place in animals but does not take place in plants

Which of the following are the final products of aerobic respiration?

A. Water, carbondioxide and energy

B. Pyruvic acid, carbondioxide and water

C. Glucose, energy and urea

D. Energy and carbondioxide

E. Lactic acid, water and carbondioxide

Movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from a weaker solution to a stronger solution is
known as

A. transpiration

B. diffusion

C. active transport

D. plasmolysis

E. osmosis

Ln which of the following structures will cells undergoing meiosis be seen?

A. At the apices of stem and root

B. In the cortex of the stem

C. In the pallisade mesophyll of the leaf

D. ln the ovary of a flower

E. ln the root of a seedling

Which of these instruments can be used to perform an experiment on geotropism?

A. Potometer

B. Cup anemometer

C. Klinostat

D. Kymograph

E. Sphygmomanometer

The thoracic vertebra differs from all the other vertebrae by the possession of

A. long neural spine

B. odontoid process

C. vertebraterial canal

D. Large centrum

E. transverse processes

Study the list.
The vertebral column of mammals consists of the following:
I. Lumbar vertebrae
II. Thoracic vertebrae
III. Caudal vertebrae
IV Cervical vertebrae
V. Sacral vertebrae.

Which of the following are found immediately next to the skull?

A. I

B. II

C. III

D. IV

E. V

Which of the following articulates with the ribs?

A. I

B. II

C. III

D. IV

E. V

Which of the following articulates with the pelvic girdle?

A. V

B. IV

C. III

D. II

E. I