Biology test -1

Digestion and absorption c) Digestive glands only

d) Mucous glands
1.The process of conversion of complex
food substances into simple absorbable 5.which of the following structures tongue is
forms _________ attached to the oral cavity?
a) Digestion a) Fingulum
b) Excretion b) Lingulum
c) Respiration c) Frenulum
d) Circulation d) Papillae

2.Statement A: The opening of wind pipe is 6. Epiglottis is made up of which of the

called gastro-esophageal sphincter. following tissues?
Statement B: Its covering prevents the entry a) Ligament
of food. b) Tendon
a) Both the statements are true c) Cartilage
b) Both the statements are false d) Bone
c) Statement A is true but Statement B is
false 7. Which of the following is not correct
d) Statement B is true but Statement A is regarding oesophagus?
false a) Thick
b) Long tube
3.Statement A: The alimentary canal begins c) Passes through neck
with an anterior opening-the anus. d) Extends posteriorly
Statement B: The alimentary canal ends
with a posterior opening-the mouth. 8.Which of the following is incorrect
a) Both the statements are true regarding the shapes of the three portions
b) Both the statements are false of the small intestine?
c) Statement A is true but Statement B is a) Duodenum-C shape
false b) Duodenum-J shape
d) Statement B is true but Statement A is c) Ileum-highly coiled
false d) Jejunum-long coiled

3.The hard chewing surface of the teeth is 9. Vermiform appendix arises from which
________ part of the large intestine?
a) enamel a) Transverse colon
b) tongue b) Sigmoid colon
c) frenulum c) Caecum
d) papillae d) Rectum

4.What does our digestive system consists 10.which layer of the alimentary canal,
of? goblet cells are present?
a) Alimentary canal and associated glands a) Serosa
b) Alimentary canal only b) Mucosa
c) Muscularis 16.Which of the following is not an
d) Sub-mucosa electrolyte present in saliva?
a) Na+
11. Muscularis layer is made up of which of b) Ca2+
the following? c) K+
a) Cardiac muscles d) Cl–
b) Skeletal muscles
c) Smooth muscles 17.Pepsinogen is activated by which of the
d) Connective tissue sheath following secretions?
a) Trypsin
12. In which layer of the alimentary canal, b) Salivary amylase
the glands are present in duodenum? c) Hydrochloric acid
a) Sub-mucosa d) Rennin
b) Muscularis
c) Mucosa 18.Which of the following is an active
d) Serosa enzyme in the pancreas?
a) Trypsinogen
13.Innermost layer mucosa forms rugae in b) Procarboxypeptidase
the stomach. c) Chymotrypsinogen
a) True d) Nucleases
b) False
19.Which of the following enzymes activate
14.Saliva is produced by how many salivary trypsinogen?
glands? a) Chymotrypsin
a) Three b) Enterokinase
b) Four c) Lipase
c) Five d) Bile
d) Six
20.Which secretions constitute the intestinal
15.What is the weight of the largest gland of juice?
the human body? a) Bile juice
a) 1.2-1.3 kg b) Pancreatic juices
b) 1.3-1.4 kg c) Stomach secretions
c) 1.0-1.5 kg d) Secretions of brush border cells and
d) 1.2-1.5 kg goblet cells

In which age group marasmus is likely to 21.Which of the following is not a product of
happen? the breakdown of nucleic acids?
a) Infants a) Nucleotide
b) Children between 1-5 years of age b) Nucleoside
c) Teenagers c) Glycerol
d) Old people d) Nitrogen base
22.In the small intestine, carbohydrates are 27.What are chylomicrons?
broken down into which of the following? a) Very large protein-coated fat molecules
a) Monosaccharides b) Very large fat coated protein molecules
b) Disaccharides c) Very small protein-coated fat molecules
c) Trisaccharides d) Very small fat coated protein molecules
d) Polysaccharides
28.Which is the principal organ for
22.Where does the breakdown of bio- absorption?
macromolecules take place? a) Mouth
a) Ileum b) Stomach
b) Jejunum c) Small intestine
c) Duodenum d) Large intestine
d) Pancreas
29.What initiates a signal for defaecation?
23.Which valve prevents the backflow of a) Faeces in the colon
faeces into the ileum? b) Faeces in the rectum
a) Ileo-caecal valve c) Faeces in the caecum
b) Pyloric sphincter d) Faeces in the ileum
c) Sphincter of Oddi
d) Cardiac sphincter 30.Which of the following is not a cause for
indigestion?
24.Where are the faeces stored till a) Overeating
defaecation? b) Food poisoning
a) Caecum c) Anxiety
b) Colon d) Adequate enzyme secretion
c) Anus
d) Rectum 31.In which age group marasmus is likely to
happen?
25.What is meant by absorption of food? a) Infants
a) End products of digestion are thrown out b) Children between 1-5 years of age
of the body c) Teenagers
b) End products of digestion are egested d) Old people
out of the body
c) End products of digestion are transported 32.Which of the following deficiency leads to
to the body Kwashiorkor?
d) End products of digestion are passed a) Fats
through the intestinal mucosa b) Protein
c) Vitamin
26.Which of the following is not absorbed by d) Water
simple diffusion?
a) Glucose 33.What is the most common ailment of the
b) Amino acids alimentary canal?
c) Sodium ions a) Inflammation b) Jaundice
d) Chloride ions c) Diarrhoea d) Vomiting
34. Which of the following is a symptom of 40.The enzymes present in pancreatic juice
jaundice? are
a) Bile salts deposit in the liver a) Amylase, Trypsinogen, Peptidase,
b) Bile salts deposit in eyes Rennin
c) Bile pigments deposit in the liver b) Trypsinogen, Lipase, Amylase,
d) Bile pigments deposit in the eyes Procarbo-xypeptidase
c) Peptidase, Pepsin, Amylase, Rennin
35. Where is the vomiting centre present in d) Maltase, Amylase, Trypsinogen, Pepsin
our bodies?
a) Medulla 41.Infants’ gastric juice contains
b) Pons a) nuclease, pepsinogen, lipase
c) Cerebellum b) maltase, pepsinogen, rennin
d) Hypothalamus. c) amylase, rennin, pepsinogen
d) pepsinogen, lipase, rennin
36.A baby boy aged two years is admitted
to play school and passes through a dental 42. Match the mismatch
check-up. The dentist observed that the boy 1.Glottis Opening of oesophagus
had twenty teeth. Which teeth were absent? 2. ileum Coiled tubular part between
a). Incisors b). Premolars jejunum and caecum
c). Molars d). Canines 3.frenulum Muscosal fold connecting
tongue to buccal floor
4.Brunner’s Submucosal gland of
37.One of the constituents of pancreatic glands duodenum
juice that is poured into the duodenum in
humans is a)2 b)1 c)4 d)3
a). Trypsin b). chymotrypsin
c). Trypsinogen d). enterokinase 43.Crypts in between bases of villi in
intestine are known as
38.The conversion of this is brought about a)Crypts of intestine
by enterokinase b)Crypts of lieburkuhn
a) proteins into polypeptide c) Crypts of Stomach
b) pepsinogen into pepsin d)Crypts of rugae
c) trypsinogen into trypsin
d) lactose to sucrose 44.The bile pigments are
a)bilirubin b)bili-verdin
39.The epithelial cells of the intestine which c) heamoglobin d) both a and b
participate in absorption of food have this on
their surface 45.Intrinsic Factor required for
a) Microvilli a)absorption of Vitamin B12
b) Zymogen granules b) absorption of Vitamin D3
c) Phagocytic vesicles c) absorption of Vitamin K
d) Pinocytic vesicles d) absorption of Vitamin B and C