Multiple Choice Questions (Exercise)

1. Which branch of Biology focuses on the study of the structure and function of cells? 

(a) Cytology

(b) Microbiology

(c) Histology

(d) Ecology

2. The study of the processes of heredity and variation in living organisms is known as: 

(a) Ecology

(b) Genetics

(c) Anatomy

(d) Proteomics

3. Insulin made through bacteria is an example of the technique of:

(a) Parasitology

(b) Biotechnology

(c) Biochemistry

(d) Histology

4. Heart pumps, the brain memorizes, kidneys excrete. The statement comes from: 

(a) Physiology

(b) Anatomy

(c) Morphology

(d) Cardiology

5. Which branch of Biology involves the study of the classification of organisms? 

(a) Taxonomy

(b) Physiology

(c) Palaeontology

(d) Biogeography

6. Which step comes between making hypothesis and doing experiments

(a) Making deductions

(b) Making observations

(c) Summarizing results

(d) Analysing data

7. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the scientific method

(a) It relies on evidence

(b) It involves formulating hypotheses

(c) Hypothesis will always be correct

(d) It requires rigorous testing

8. Choose the correct sequence of steps of scientific method? 

(a) Observations - hypothesis - deduction - experiments

(b) Observations - hypothesis - law - theory

(c) Hypothesis - observations - deduction - experiments

(d) Law - theory - deduction - observations

9. People who slept near smoky fire had less chance to suffer from malaria. Why? 

(a) Smoke kills Plasmodium in their blood

(b) Fire increases temperature and Plasmodium are killed in air

(c) Mosquitoes cannot tolerate smoke and are repelled

(d) Smoke kills Plasmodium present in mosquitoes

10. Experiments are very important in scientific method because a researcher:

(a) Always gets correct results

(b) Disproves many hypotheses and gets some hypotheses proved

(c) Is sure that he will prove hypotheses

(d) Gets a chance to work in the laboratory