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KHANDELWAL CLASSES
Life Process MCQs
Class- X

1. In Which node of nutrition an organism derives its food from the body of another living organism
without killing it?
a. Saprotrophic nutrition b. Parasitic nutrition
c. Holozoic nutrition d. Autotrophic nutrition
2. Which of the following events in the mouth cavity will be affected if salivary amylase is lacking
in the saliva?
a. Starch breaking down into sugars b. Proteins breaking down into amino acids
c. Absorption d. Fats breaking down into fatty acids and glycerol
3. When a few drops of iodine solution are added to rice water, the solution turns blue-black in
colour. This indicates that rice water contains:
a. Fats b. Complex proteins
c. Starch d. Simple proteins
4. The exit of unabsorbed food material is regulated by:
a. Liver b. Anus
c. Small intestine d. Anal sphincter
5. What are the products obtained by anaerobic respiration in plants?
a. Lactic acid + Energy b. Carbon dioxide + water +Energy
c. Pyruvate d. Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
6. The breakdown of pyruvate to give carbon dioxide, Water energy takes place in:
a. Cytoplasm b. Mitochondria
c. Chloroplast d. Nucleus
7. Name the substances whose build up in the muscles during vigorous physical exercise may cause
Cramps?
a. Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy b. Lactic acid + Energy
c. Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy d. pyruvate
8. Where is the dirty blood in our body filtered?
a. Heart b. Lungs
c. Ureter d. Kidneys
9. Which part of nephron allows the selective reabsorption of useful substances like glucose, amino
acids, salts and water into the blood capillaries?
a. Tubule b. Glomerulus
c. Bowman’s Capsule d. Ureter
10. Peristaltic movements are:
a. Food enter into intestine.
b. Muscles contraction rhythmically in order to push the food forward.
c. Mixing the food thorough with more digestive juice
d. Undigested food enters into large intestine.
11. Gastric juice contains:
a. Hydrochloric acid b. Pepsin
c. Lipase d. All of these
12. Which of the following breaks down proteins?
a. Pepsin b. Trypsin
c. Chymotrypsin d. Pepsinogen
13. The exit of food from the stomach is regulated by a ……………. Which releases it into the small
intestine.
a. Epithelial muscles b. Microvillus
c. Sphincter muscles d. None of these

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14. In the stomach, the main function of hydrochloric acid in:
a. To facilitate the action of pepsin b. Acidic gastric juice also kills bacteria
c. Both (a) and (b) d. None of the above
15. Inner lining of the small intestine has various finger-like projection called ………………that
increases the surface area for absorption.
a. Cilia b. Villi
c. Filaments d. All of these
16. ……………..cell that cannot metabolize glucose to CO2 aerobically:
a. WBC b. RBC
c. Liver cells d. Epithelial cells
17. …………….Stored in the liver cells.
a. Glucose b. Glycogen
c. Pyruvic acid d. None of these
18. If pancreas is removed, which components of food will remain undigested.
a. Protein b. Fats
c. Carbohydrates d. All of these
19. ……………..is a leaf-like gland which lies parallel to and beneath the stomach.
a. Liver b. adrenal gland
c. Pancreas d. All of these
20. Glands are located in the sub-mucosa of the duodenum:
a. Brunner’s glands b. Pancreas
c. Liver d. Sali Vary gland
21. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by………….cells.
a. Chief cells b. Parietal cells
c. G-cells d. Endocrine cells
22. Which drug neutralizes the acids in the stomach?
a. Antiemetic b. Antacids
c. Laxatives d. None of these
23. Which of the following animals have longer small intestine?
a. Rabbit b. Tiger
c. Dog d. Cat
24. Glucose, a six carbon molecule, breaks down into a three-carbon molecule called:
a. Pyruvate b. Oxalate
c. Malate d. Succinate
25. Oxygen rich blood from the lungs comes to the upper chamber of the hearts:
a. Left atrium b. Right atrium
c. Left ventricle d. Right Ventricle
26. When the muscular…………..contracts, the blood is pumped out the body.
a. Left atrium b. Right atrium
c. Left ventricle d. Right Ventricle
27. Number of chambers in amphibian heart is:
a. 2 b. 3
c. 4 d. None of these
28. Number of chamber in fishes heart is:
a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4
29. The smallest vessels have walls which are one cell thick and are called:
a. Capillaries b. Arteries
c. Veins d. Aorta
30. Platelets help in:
a. Blood formation b. Blood clots
c. Gaseous transportation d. Fighting germs

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31. The colour of lymph is:
a. Red b. Bluish red
c. yellow d. colourless
32. The function of lymph is:
a. Carries digested and absorbed fat from intestine.
b. Drains excess fluid from extracellular space back into the blood.
c. Both
d. None of the above
33. The translocation of food and other substances takes place in the:
a. Companion cells b. Xylem vessels
c. xylem tracheid d. Siever tubes
34. Which of the following involves the group of saprophytes only?
a. Mushroom, Amoeba b. Cuscuta, lice
c. Paramecium, Amoeba d. Mushroom, bread mould
35. Which part of the body is closely associated with the loop of Henle?
a. Glomerulus b. Villi
c. Crypts of Lieberkühn d. Alpha cells
36. The part of nephron allowing the selective reabsorption of useful substances is:

a. Glomerulus b. Tubule
c. Collecting tubule d. Bowman’s Capsule
37. Identify the option that indicates the correct enzyme that is secreted in location (i), (ii) and (iii)

a. (i)- lapase, (ii)- trypsin , (iii)- Pepsin

b. (i)- amylase, (ii)- Pepsin, (iii)- trypsin
c. (i)- trypsin, (ii)- amylase, (iii)- Carboxylase
d. (i)- permease, (ii)- Carboxylase, (iii)- oxidase CBSE SQP 2021, Term1
38. The figure given below shows a schematic plan of blood circulation in humans with labels (i) to
(iv). Identify the correct label with its functions.
a. (i) pulmonary vein- takes impure blood from body part
b. (ii) Pulmonary artery- takes blood from lung to heart.
c. (iii) Aorta- takes blood heart to body parts
d. (iv) Vena cava- takes blood from body parts to right auricle.
CBSE SQP 2021, Term1

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39. The diagram show the arrangement of cells inside the leaf of a green plant containing choroplast.
Choose the correct option of the cells:
a. I and II
b. II and III
c. I, III and IV
d. All of these
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40. During respiration, the exchange of gases take place in:

a. Trachea and larynx b. Alveoli of lungs
c. Alveoli and throat d. Throat and larynx CBSE 2013,10
41. In humans, however we respire anaerobically when the heart and lungs cannot work fast enough
to provide enough oxygen around the body to break down the glucose. This cause formation of:
a. Ethanol b. Carbon dioxide
c. Lactic acid d. All of these Delhi Gov. 2021
42. In Which of the following vertebrate group/ groups, does heart not pump oxygenated blood to
different parts of the body?
a. Pisces and amphibians b. Amphibians and reptiles
c. Amphibians only d. Pisces only NCERT Exemplar
43. Opening and closing of stomatal pore depends on:
a. Atmospheric temperature
b. Oxygen concentration around stomata
c. Carbon dioxide concentration around stomata
d. Water content in the guard cells. CBSE Term 1 SQP 2021
44. In which of the following groups of organisms, blood flows through the heart only once during
one cycle of passage through the body? CBSE Term 1 SQP 2021
a. Rabbit, Parrot, Turtle b. Frog, Crocodile, Pigeon
c. Whale, Labeo, Penguin d. Shark, Dog fish, Sting ray
45. In a person the tubule part of the nephron is not functioning at all. What will its effect be urine
formation?
a. The urine will not be formed.
b. Quality and quantity of urine is unaffected.
c. Urine is more concentrated.
d. Urine is more diluted. CBSE Term-1 SQP 2021
46. Which of the following part of the human excretory system is under nervous control?
a. Ureters b. Urethra
c. Urinary bladder d. Collecting duct
47. Choose the event that does not occur in photosynthesis.
a. Absorption of light energy by chlorophyll
b. Reduction of carbon dioxide to carbohydrates
c. Oxidation of carbon to carbon dioxide
d. Conversion of light energy to chemical energy. CBSE 2010
48. Choose the forms in which most plants absorb nitrogen:
i. Proteins
ii. Nitrates and nitrites
iii. Urea
iv. Atmospheric nitrogen
a. (i) and (ii) b. (ii) and (iii)
c. (iii) and (iv) d. (i) and (iv) NCERT Exemplar
49. What is common between extensive network of blood vessels around walls of alveoli and glomerulus of nephron?
a. Thick walled arteries richly supplied with blood.
b. Thin walled veins poorly supplied with blood.
c. Thick walled capillaries poorly supplied with blood.
d. Thin walled capillaries poorly supplied with blood. CBSE Term1 SQP 2021
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