10 th class: Chapter- Life Processes (MCQs) Date: 21 Aug 2023

1. Which of the following are energy foods? (b) Proteins breaking down into amino acids.
(a) Carbohydrates and fats (c) Absorption of vitamins.
(b) Proteins and mineral salts (d) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and
(c) Vitamins and minerals glycerol.
(d) Water and roughage

8. Which region of the alimentary canal absorbs

2. In which mode of nutrition an organism de- the digested food?
rives its food from the body of another living (a) Stomach
organism without killing it? (b) Small intestine
(a) Saprotrophic nutrition (c) Large intestine
(b) Parasitic nutrition (d) Liver
(c) Holozoic nutrition
(d) Autotrophic nutrition
9. The contraction and expansion movement of
the walls of the food pipe is called:
3. The mode of nutrition found in fungi is: (a) translocation
(a) Parasitic nutrition (b) transpiration
(b) Holozoic nutrition (c) peristaltic movement
(c) Autotrophic nutrition (d) digestion
(d) Saprotrophic nutrition

10. When a few drops of iodine solution

4. Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil are added to rice water, the solution turns
through the process of: blue- black in colour. This indicates that
(a) diffusion rice water contains:
(b) transpiration (a) fats
(c) osmosis (b) complex proteins
(d) None of these (c) starch
(d) simple proteins

5. The site of photosynthesis in the cells of a

leaf is 11. The exit of unabsorbed food material
(a) chloroplast is regulated by
(b) mitochondria (a) liver
(c) cytoplasm (b) anus
(d) protoplasm (c) small intestine
(d) anal sphincter

6. In amoeba, food is digested in the:

(a) food vacuole 12. What are the products obtained by
(b) mitochondria anaerobic respiration in plants?
(c) pseudopodia (a) Lactic acid + Energy
(d) chloroplast (b) Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
(c) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
(d) Pyruvate
7. 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.
13. The breakdown of pyruvate to give
carbon di-oxide, water and energy takes
19. The movement of food in phloem is
place in
called:
(a) cytoplasm
(a) transpiration
(b) mitochondria
(b) translocation
(c) chloroplast
(c) respiration
(d) nucleus
(d) evaporation

14. Glycolysis process occurs in which

20. A blood vessel which pumps the blood
part of the cell?
from the heart to the entire body:
(a) Cytoplasm
(a) artery
(b) Nucleus
(b) capillary
(c) Mitochondria
(c) Vein
(d) Chloroplast
(d) Haemoglobin

15. Name the substances whose build up

21. Name a circulatory fluid in the human
in the muscles during vigorous physical
body other than blood.
exercise may cause cramps?
(a) Platelets
(a) Ethanol + Carbon dioxide + Energy
(b) RBC
(b) Lactic acid + Energy
(c) Lymph
(c) Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy
(d) Plasma
(d) Pyruvate

22. Single circulation, i.e., blood flows

16. Name the pores in a leaf through
through the heart only once during one
which respiratory exchange of gases
cycle of passage through the body, is
takes place.
exhibited by which of the following:
(a) Lenticels
(a) hyla, rana, draco
(b) Vacuoles
(b) whale, dolphin, turtle
(c) Xylem
(c) labeo, chameleon, salamander
(d) Stomata
(d) hippocampus, exocoetus, anabas

17. The respiratory pigment in human

23. Name the tube which connects the
beings is:
kidneys to the urinary bladder.
(a) carotene
(a) Urethra
(b) chlorophyll
(b) Nephron
(c) haemoglobin
(c) Tubule
(d) mitochondria
(d) Ureter

18. Which plant tissue transports water

24. Which part of nephron allows the
and minerals from the roots to the leaf?
selective reabsorption of useful
(a) Xylem
substances like glucose, amino acids,
(b) Phloem
salts and water into the blood capillaries?
(c) Parenchyma
(a) Tubule
(d) Collenchyma
(b) Glomerulus
(c) Bowman’s capsule
(d) Ureter 2. ………. is the longest part of the
alimentary canal.

25. Where is the dirty blood in our body

3. The process of breakdown of glucose,
filtered?
(a six-carbon molecule) into pyruvate, (a
(a) Heart
three-carbon molecule), takes place in the
(b) Lungs
………. .
(c) Ureter
(d) Kidneys
4. ………. is the site of the complete
digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and
26. The procedure used for cleaning the fats.
blood of a person by separating urea from
it is called:
5. Breaking of pyruvate using oxygen
(a) osmosis
takes place in the ………. .
(b) filtration
(c) dialysis
(d) double circulation 6. Rings of cartilage are present in the
wind pipe to ensure that the ………. .

27. Which is the correct sequence of body

7. The blood has ………. cells which plug
parts in the human alimentary canal?
the leakage in the vessels by helping to
(a) Mouth → stomach → small intestine →
clot the blood at the point of injury.
large intestine → oesophagus
(b) Mouth → oesophagus → stomach →
small intestine → large intestine 8. ………. transports products of
(c) Mouth → stomach → oesophagus → photosynthesis from the leaves to other
small intestine → large intestine parts of the plant.
(d) Mouth → oesophagus → stomach →
large intestine → small intestine

28. Identify the correct path of urine in

the human body.
(a) Kidney → urinary bladder → urethra →
ureter
(b) Urinary bladder → ureter → kidney →
urethra
(c) Kidney → ureter → urethra → urinary
bladder
(d) Kidney → ureter → urinary bladder →
urethra

Fill in the Blanks

1. The exit of food from the stomach is
regulated by a ………. muscle.