1. What do all living things have in common?

A) A round nucleus B) The ability to reproduce C) Cell walls D) Small

2. What is the function of the cell membrane? A) It surrounds the nucleus B) It helps in respiration C) It controls the
whole working of the cell D) It regulates the passage of substances into and out of the cell

3. Which organelle is responsible for the process of respiration in cells? A) Chloroplasts B) Golgi bodies C)
Mitochondria D) Vacuoles

4. What do chloroplasts in plant cells capture? A) Sunlight energy B) Oxygen C) Carbon dioxide D) Water

5. What is a vacuole in a cell? A) A space filled with fluid B) A type of organelle C) The nucleus of the cell D) The
cell membrane

6. What is the function of chromosomes in a cell? A) To perform respiration B) To trap sunlight energy C) To control
the whole working of the cell D) To carry genetic information for cell division and inheritance

7. Which type of cell has a cell wall? A) Animal cell B) Plant cell C) Both animal and plant cells D) None of the above

8. In which part of the cell is the nucleus usually located in an animal cell? A) Cytoplasm B) Cell membrane C)
Vacuole D) Centre

9. What is the main difference between animal and plant cells? A) Plant cells have a cell wall, while animal cells do
not. B) Plant cells have multiple nuclei, while animal cells have one. C) Animal cells have chloroplasts, while plant
cells do not. D) Plant cells have larger vacuoles than animal cells.

10. What is found between the nucleus and the cell membrane in an animal cell? A) Cytoplasm B) Vacuole C) Golgi
bodies D) Chloroplasts

11. What is the role of the cytoplasm in a cell? A) To control the whole working of the cell B) To trap sunlight energy
C) To house organelles and important substances D) To regulate cell division

12. Which organelle makes special secretions in a cell? A) Mitochondria B) Golgi bodies C) Chloroplasts D) Vacuoles

13. What organism can be considered a unicellular living thing? A) Amoeba B) Plant C) Human D) Dog

14. What surrounds a plant cell and is made of cellulose? a) Cytoplasm b) Vacuole c) Cell wall d)
Chloroplast Answer: c) Cell wall
15. Which part of the plant cell contains cell sap and helps store salts and sugars? a) Cytoplasm b)
Vacuole c) Nucleus d) Cell membrane Answer: b) Vacuole
16. Which green-colored structure in plant cells is responsible for photosynthesis? a) Cytoplasm b)
Vacuole c) Chloroplast d) Nucleus Answer: c) Chloroplast
17. What process do chloroplasts assist the plant in? a) Respiration b) Reproduction c)
Photosynthesis d) Digestion Answer: c) Photosynthesis
18. What holds a plant firmly in the soil and may be a main root with smaller branches? a) Root
cap b) Taproot c) Fibrous roots d) Cell wall Answer: b) Taproot
19. Carrots, radishes, and turnips have which type of root system? a) Taproot b) Fibrous roots c)
Root cap d) Cell membrane Answer: a) Taproot
20. What protects the sensitive growing point of a root? a) Root cap b) Taproot c) Fibrous roots d)
Cell wall Answer: a) Root cap
21. Which part of the plant includes the stem, branches, and leaves? a) Shoot system b) Root
system c) Cell membrane d) Chloroplast Answer: a) Shoot system
22. What is a plant called if it has a short stem with lots of branches? a) Shrub b) Tree c) Herb d)
Vine Answer: a) Shrub
23. What are the structures where leaves are attached to the stem called? a) Buds b) Nodes c)
Roots d) Branches Answer: b) Nodes
24. What do buds give rise to in the stem? a) Flowers b) Leaves c) Branches d) Roots Answer: c)
Branches
25. What is the primary function of the stem in plants? a) To store nutrients b) To anchor the plant
in the soil c) To transport materials between roots and leaves d) To carry out photosynthesis
Answer: c) To transport materials between roots and leaves
26. Which type of root system has many main roots of about the same size? a) Taproot b) Fibrous
roots c) Root cap d) Shoot system Answer: b) Fibrous roots
27. What connects the roots to the leaves in a plant? a) Vacuole b) Cell wall c) Stem d) Nucleus
Answer: c) Stem
28. What is the primary function of the shoot system in plants? a) To absorb nutrients from the soil
b) To anchor the plant c) To produce food through photosynthesis d) To protect the plant from
pests Answer: c) To produce food through photosynthesis
29. What is the term for a group of similar cells specialized to perform a specific function? a)
Organs b) Organ systems c) Tissues d) Vascular system Answer: c) Tissues
30. Muscle tissue is primarily used for: a) Transporting food in plants b) Manufacturing food by
photosynthesis c) Movement in animals d) Pumping blood in the body Answer: c) Movement in
animals
31. Which specialized tissue in plants carries water from the roots to the leaves? a) Xylem b)
Phloem c) Vessels d) Sieve tubes Answer: a) Xylem
32. What is the primary function of organs in living organisms? a) To circulate materials in the
vascular system b) To perform important functions without which the body cannot survive c) To
absorb water and minerals from the soil d) To manufacture food by photosynthesis Answer: b)
To perform important functions without which the body cannot survive
33. Which organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood to different parts? a) Liver b)
Heart c) Brain d) Kidneys Answer: b) Heart
34. What is the term for a group of different types of tissues working together to perform a
specific function? a) Systems b) Organs c) Vascular system d) Muscles Answer: b) Organs
35. What is the primary function of the vascular system in plants? a) To manufacture food by
photosynthesis b) To absorb water and minerals from the soil c) To transport materials
 throughout the plant d) To provide structural support to the plant Answer: c) To transport
materials throughout the plant
36. What type of cells make up the xylem in plants? a) Living cells b) Vessels c) Sieve tubes d) Long,
dead cells Answer: d) Long, dead cells
37. How do materials like water and minerals enter plants? a) Through the leaves b) Through the
stem c) Through root hairs d) Through the flowers Answer: c) Through root hairs
38. What is the composition of phloem in plants? a) Long, dead cells b) Vessels c) Thin-walled
living cells d) Thick-walled cells Answer: c) Thin-walled living cells
39. What is the primary function of sieve tubes in plants? a) To absorb sunlight b) To transport
food from leaves to other parts of the plant c) To carry water from roots to leaves d) To provide
structural support Answer: b) To transport food from leaves to other parts of the plant
40. Which organ in plants is responsible for manufacturing food by photosynthesis? a) Root hairs
b) Vascular system c) Leaves d) Stem Answer: c) Leaves
41. What are the tiny holes in the horizontal walls of sieve tubes called? a) Pores b) Roots c)
Vessels d) Phloem Answer: a) Pores
42. In which part of a plant do root hairs grow? a) Stem b) Leaves c) Flowers d) Tips of roots
Answer: d) Tips of roots
43. What do root hairs primarily absorb from the soil? a) Sunlight b) Air c) Water and minerals d)
Food Answer: c) Water and minerals
44. Where do root hairs grow to absorb water? a) In the air b) In the stem c) Between soil particles
d) On leaves Answer: c) Between soil particles
45. What is the term for the process where water enters root cells and builds up pressure to move
water up the stem? a) Transpiration b) Photosynthesis c) Root pressure d) Stomata Answer: c)
Root pressure
46. How do plants lose water vapor into the atmosphere? a) Through the stem b) Through the
flowers c) Through stomata on leaves d) Through the roots Answer: c) Through stomata on
leaves
47. What is the movement of water from the roots to the leaves called? a) Photosynthesis b)
Transpiration stream c) Root pressure d) Xylem transportation Answer: b) Transpiration stream
48. How is water primarily transported in plants? a) By root pressure b) By stem pressure c) By
transpiration pull d) By leaf pressure Answer: c) By transpiration pull
49. What purpose does transpiration serve for plants? a) It helps in photosynthesis b) It helps in
cooling the plant c) It stores water for later use d) It transports nutrients Answer: b) It helps in
cooling the plant
50. What is the process by which green plants make their own food using sunlight, carbon dioxide,
and water? a) Respiration b) Transpiration c) Photosynthesis d) Evaporation Answer: c)
Photosynthesis
51. Which of the following is NOT a raw material used in photosynthesis? a) Sunlight b) Carbon
dioxide c) Water d) Oxygen Answer: d) Oxygen
52. What is the main product of photosynthesis that plants produce? a) Oxygen b) Carbon dioxide
c) Glucose d) Water Answer: c) Glucose
53. What is the significance of photosynthesis for life on Earth? a) It maintains oxygen levels in the
atmosphere. b) It depletes oxygen levels in the atmosphere. c) It creates carbon dioxide. d) It
has no impact on the environment. Answer: a) It maintains oxygen levels in the atmosphere.
54. What role do forests play in relation to carbon dioxide produced by industrial societies? a) They
release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. b) They have no impact on carbon dioxide levels.
c) They help absorb carbon dioxide. d) They generate carbon dioxide. Answer: c) They help
absorb carbon dioxide.
55. What do plants use the energy of sunlight for? a) To make raw materials b) To produce oxygen
c) To create carbon dioxide d) To cool themselves Answer: a) To make raw materials
56. What do animals depend on plants and plant-eating animals for? a) To produce sunlight b) For
oxygen c) For food and energy supplies d) For water Answer: c) For food and energy supplies
57. In what conditions does photosynthesis take place? a) Only at night b) Only in the dark c) In
the presence of sunlight d) During heavy rainfall Answer: c) In the presence of sunlight
58. Which part of the plant primarily contains the glucose produced during photosynthesis? a)
Roots b) Leaves c) Stem d) Flowers Answer: b) Leaves
59. Where do green plants primarily breathe through? a) Leaves b) Stems c) Roots d) Flowers
Answer: a) Leaves
60. Which side of the leaves contains stomata? a) Upper side b) Lower side c) Both sides d) None
of the above Answer: b) Lower side
61. What is respiration in plants primarily responsible for? a) Producing oxygen b) Producing
carbon dioxide c) Producing energy d) Photosynthesis Answer: c) Producing energy
62. Which system in the human body is responsible for respiration? a) Circulatory system b)
Digestive system c) Nervous system d) Respiratory system Answer: d) Respiratory system
63. What is the primary product of respiration in the body cells? a) Carbon dioxide b) Water c)
Oxygen d) Energy Answer: d) Energy
64. Which part of the respiratory system is responsible for exchanging gases between the air and
blood? a) Bronchi b) Bronchioles c) Alveoli d) Trachea Answer: c) Alveoli
65. How does oxygen reach the cells of the body during respiration? a) Through the windpipe b)
Through the bronchi c) Through the alveoli d) Through the bloodstream Answer: d) Through
the bloodstream
66. What gas is absorbed by red blood cells in the capillaries during respiration? a) Oxygen b)
Carbon dioxide c) Nitrogen d) Water vapor Answer: a) Oxygen
67. What gas is produced as a result of oxidation in cells during respiration? a) Oxygen b) Carbon
dioxide c) Nitrogen d) Water vapor Answer: b) Carbon dioxide
68. Which gas is the most abundant in inhaled air? a) Oxygen b) Carbon dioxide c) Nitrogen d)
Water vapor Answer: c) Nitrogen
69. What percentage of inhaled air is oxygen? a) 21% b) 4% c) 79% d) Very little Answer: a) 21%
70. What percentage of exhaled air is carbon dioxide? a) 16% b) 4% c) 79% d) A lot Answer: b) 4%
71. Which part of the respiratory system connects the throat to the bronchi? a) Nose b) Trachea c)
Alveoli d) Bronchioles Answer: b) Trachea
72. Which of the following is not a part of the human respiratory system? a) Lungs b) Left lung c)
Trachea d) Nose Answer: b) Left lung
73. Where does the exchange of gases between air and blood primarily occur in the respiratory
system? a) Nose b) Bronchioles c) Alveoli d) Bronchi Answer: c) Alveoli
74. What is the primary function of the circulatory system? a) Digestion b) Transportation of
important materials around the body c) Respiration d) Excretion Answer: b) Transportation of
important materials around the body
75. Which of the following are parts of the circulatory system? a) Kidneys, liver, lungs, and stomach
b) Heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins c) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves d) Lungs, bronchi,
alveoli, and trachea Answer: b) Heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins
76. How many chambers does the heart have? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Five Answer: c) Four
77. Which chambers of the heart are thin-walled? a) Atria b) Ventricles c) Coronary arteries d)
Capillaries Answer: a) Atria
78. Which blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart? a) Veins b) Capillaries c)
Arteries d) Coronary vessels Answer: c) Arteries
79. What do renal arteries do? a) Take blood to the kidneys b) Take blood to the liver c) Take
blood to the lungs d) Take blood to the heart Answer: a) Take blood to the kidneys
80. Where does the renal vein bring blood? a) To the heart b) To the lungs c) To the kidneys d) To
the liver Answer: a) To the heart
81. What is the function of a capillary? a) Carry blood away from the heart b) Carry blood to an
organ c) Form a connection between an artery and a vein in an organ d) Store excess blood
Answer: c) Form a connection between an artery and a vein in an organ
82. What is digestion? a) The process of breaking down insoluble foods b) The absorption of
oxygen in the lungs c) The circulation of blood in the body d) The production of energy in cells
Answer: a) The process of breaking down insoluble foods
83. Which of the following is NOT a part of the circulatory system? a) Ventricles b) Coronary
vessels c) Atria d) Digestive enzymes Answer: d) Digestive enzymes
84. Where does the deoxygenated blood from the cells go for oxygenation? a) Heart b) Arteries c)
Lungs d) Kidneys Answer: c) Lungs
85. Which blood vessels bring deoxygenated blood back to the heart? a) Veins b) Arteries c)
Capillaries d) Coronary vessels Answer: a) Veins
86. Which part of the circulatory system is responsible for pumping blood? a) Arteries b) Capillaries
c) Heart d) Veins Answer: c) Heart
87. What is the function of arteries? a) Carry oxygenated blood to organs b) Carry deoxygenated
blood away from organs c) Carry nutrients to the cells d) Carry waste products away from cells
Answer: a) Carry oxygenated blood to organs
88. Which part of the heart has thick-walled chambers? a) Atria b) Ventricles c) Coronary vessels d)
Capillaries Answer: b) Ventricles
89. What are the main components of the mouth in the digestive system? a) Teeth, liver, pancreas
b) Teeth, tongue, and saliva c) Stomach, esophagus, and pancreas d) Small intestine, large
intestine, and rectum Answer: b) Teeth, tongue, and saliva
90. Which part of the digestive system helps to chew food and break it into small pieces? a) Small
intestine b) Stomach c) Liver d) Teeth Answer: d) Teeth
91. What is the function of saliva in the mouth? a) Lubrication for chewing and swallowing b)
Absorption of nutrients c) Breaking down proteins d) Storing excess food Answer: a)
Lubrication for chewing and swallowing
92. Which enzyme in saliva starts the digestion of starches? a) Gastric juice b) Bile c) Pancreatic
juice d) Amylase Answer: d) Amylase
93. Food from the mouth enters the ___________. a) Stomach b) Liver c) Large intestine d) Small
intestine Answer: a) Stomach
94. What is the function of gastric juice in the stomach? a) Absorbing nutrients b) Breaking down
carbohydrates c) Acting on proteins and changing them into a digestible form d) Storing food
for later use Answer: c) Acting on proteins and changing them into a digestible form
95. Where does the partly-digested food pass after leaving the stomach? a) Liver b) Pancreas c)
Small intestine d) Large intestine Answer: c) Small intestine
96. Which substances mix with partly-digested food in the small intestine for complete digestion?
a) Gastric juice and saliva b) Bile from the liver and pancreatic juice from the pancreas c)
Stomach acid and enzymes d) Large intestine secretions Answer: b) Bile from the liver and
pancreatic juice from the pancreas
97. Where is digested food absorbed into the blood? a) Large intestine b) Liver c) Small intestine d)
Stomach Answer: c) Small intestine
98. Which structures in the small intestine are responsible for absorbing digested food? a) Gastric
glands b) Villi c) Capillaries d) Pancreatic ducts Answer: b) Villi
99. What happens to excess food in the body? a) It is excreted through the anus b) It is stored in
the pancreas c) It is converted into energy d) It is absorbed by the large intestine Answer: a) It
is excreted through the anus
100. Where does food go after leaving the small intestine? a) Liver b) Stomach c) Large
intestine d) Pancreas Answer: c) Large intestine
101. What is the primary function of the large intestine? a) Absorbing water and salts b)
Breaking down proteins c) Digesting carbohydrates d) Absorbing vitamins Answer: a)
Absorbing water and salts
102. How is undigested food expelled from the body? a) Through the liver b) Through the
mouth c) Through the esophagus d) Through the anus Answer: d) Through the anus
103. What is the opening called through which undigested food is expelled from the body?
a) Stomach b) Liver c) Anus d) Pancreas Answer: c) Anus