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AS Biology P1 MCQs Preparation Thread

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Exactly! even if the answer is not exact, you should select the option closest to your calculated value. The concept behind the calculation is what really matters. :) It is quite useful in Physics Paper 1 and even in Bio now...

True dat. :p
 
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people am reposting my qns, can someone please help:(

10 - if a solution contains non-reducing sugars as well, then after hydrolyzing the color degree (relating it to the reducing sugar conc) must increase, eg. if it was blue before, after hydrolyzing it became orange. this happens in 1 and 3 only.

21 - the answer is C :p

28 - ok the vessels with these patterns are xylem. cuz lignin deposits on the xylem vessels in patterns...so X is xylem, and xylem doesnt have sieve tube elements it has vessels so D.

34 -C the enlargement of goblet cells in the bronchi >>yes this becuz tar causes mucous glands to enlarge and goblet cells to produce more mucous. This is directly linked to smoking.
D the increase in smooth muscle >> this is a result of replacement by the scar tissue, causing the smooth muscle to increase, but this is a result of chronic bronchitis...it is not directly linked to smoking. This is sort of a long term affect.

39 - ok net 'primary' productivity is what they are asking for, that will be the net productivity for producers...
so fixed energy = 1 000 000 - (990 000 + 5000) = 5000
so to get the percentage = (5000/1 000 000) x 100 = 0.5%
 
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16 - here they mean that the molecules are too large to even pass through transporter proteins...and all other processes require movement of molecules through the cell membrane except endocytosis...although this requires the cell membrane but nothing passes through.

13 - its gonna be a protein for sure (nitrogen in the amine group and carbon and hydrogen and oxygen in the carboxylic acid group (COOH)...so A, the rest of the options dont have nitrogen.
 
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16 - here they mean that the molecules are too large to even pass through transporter proteins...and all other processes require movement of molecules through the cell membrane except endocytosis...although this requires the cell membrane but nothing passes through.

13 - its gonna be a protein for sure (nitrogen in the amine group and carbon and hydrogen and oxygen in the carboxylic acid group (COOH)...so A, the rest of the options dont have nitrogen.
thx :)
 
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I know its a lot of questions but please do help people. thanks.

http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w05_qp_1.pdf
http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...A and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w05_er.pdf
Q17 How is the answer D? shouldnt it be C? The cells dont go through lysis because water moves into them and they become turgid rite?

http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w06_qp_1.pdf
http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...A and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w06_er.pdf
Q1 My answer was C. This is how i calculated it. One division on the graticule is ((0.1/40) into 1000)= 2.5 micrometer. then i measured the width of the chloroplast with the ruler and got 1.8 cm. i placed ruler onto the graticule and got 21 divisions in 1.8 cm. multiplied 21 by 2.5 to get 52.5 approximately 50. correect answer is B 10 micrometer. something wrong in my method maybe?
Q16 Why not C facilitated diffusion?
Q21 dont get this question at all
Q35 Why cant answer be B?
Q36 how is it the bone marrow? cant it be thymus? so B-lymphocytes are formed and mature in the bone marrow. i'm not sure where T-lymphocytes are formed but i do know they mature in the thymus.

http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w07_qp_1.pdf
http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...A and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w07_er.pdf
Q34 how is the answer C?

http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w08_qp_1.pdf
http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/...A and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w08_er.pdf
Q3 Why cant the answer be C endoplasmic reticulum?
Q18 ????
Q 34 are T-lymphocytes formed in the bone marrow or thymus?
 
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can some1 pls post da M.J.02 papr nd 2001 paprs along with MS if possible. Thanks in advance
 
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Q23) it's DNA code.. while DNA code is same as tRNA code, only difference is the T and U.. So, the code will be exactly the same but change T to U.

Q19) the stage that will begin from X is anaphase. Look at X.. the distance doesn't change right, cuz it's in metaphase. the next stage will be anaphase. distance between centromeres of chromosomes and pole of spindle will decrease cuz chromosomes will get nearer to the opposite pole. distance between centromeres of sister chromatids will increase because between a sister chromatid, will be separate to opposite poles.


Hope it helps. :)
 
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qn 10 - It cannot be solution 2 since the colour before adding acid and neutralising was orange and the colour did not shift towards red after hydrolysis with acid, which would have been the case, had the solution contained non-reducing sugars. The green colour after hydrolysis is due to the reducing sugars. Remember, to confirm presence of non-reducing sugar, the colour should always become more positive for the test after hydrolysis.
qn 21 - The answer is infact C, check the MS: http://www.xtremepapers.com/papers/CIE/Cambridge International A and AS Level/Biology (9700)/9700_w11_ms_12.pdf
qn 28 - Its vessel and the tissue is xylem since you cannot see any sieve pores and sieve plates (present in phloem) and the structure is continuous/hollow tube with spots, indicating pits in the walls (which are a feature of xylem vessels).
qn 34 - Only C is the effect of smoking. Tar is cigarette smoke stimulates goblet cells to secrete more mucus, so the goblet cells become enlarged. D cannot be linked to cigarette smoke.
qn 39 - 1st we have to calculated the net primary productivity which is = gross productivity - energy loss in respiration, where gross productivity is light energy - reflection and transmission (1000 000 - 990 000 = 10 000). Thus net productivity = gross - respiration = 10 000 - 5000 = 5000. The percentage is then = (5000/1000000) x 100 = 0.5 % :)
thanx soo much man! God bless you!
 
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10 - if a solution contains non-reducing sugars as well, then after hydrolyzing the color degree (relating it to the reducing sugar conc) must increase, eg. if it was blue before, after hydrolyzing it became orange. this happens in 1 and 3 only.

21 - the answer is C :p

28 - ok the vessels with these patterns are xylem. cuz lignin deposits on the xylem vessels in patterns...so X is xylem, and xylem doesnt have sieve tube elements it has vessels so D.

34 -C the enlargement of goblet cells in the bronchi >>yes this becuz tar causes mucous glands to enlarge and goblet cells to produce more mucous. This is directly linked to smoking.
D the increase in smooth muscle >> this is a result of replacement by the scar tissue, causing the smooth muscle to increase, but this is a result of chronic bronchitis...it is not directly linked to smoking. This is sort of a long term affect.

39 - ok net 'primary' productivity is what they are asking for, that will be the net productivity for producers...
so fixed energy = 1 000 000 - (990 000 + 5000) = 5000
so to get the percentage = (5000/1 000 000) x 100 = 0.5%
thank you so much!! God bless you!
 
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Translation has to happen before condensation, since translation is the pairing of codon (on mRNA) and anticodon (on tRNA) whereas condensation is the formation of peptide bond between two amino acids that are brought to the ribosome by the tRNA (the amino acids are attached to tRNAs). Therefore, translation (temporary binding of tRNA to mRNA, to bring amino acids together), must occur before condensation (peptide bond formation between the amino acids once they are brought close to each other via codon-anticodon binding).
Ionic bonds are part of the tertiary structure of a protein (in this case the enzyme), so it occurs in the end when the polypeptides are being modified to produce a specific 3D shape of the enzyme molecule. :)
 
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no problem at all! here condensation would mean that a peptide bond is being formed....which form after most of translation, which includes the attaching of mRNA to the ribosome, then attachment of the complementary tRNA.....when two tRNA molecules' anticodons join to the codons, a condensation reaction between their respective amino acids occurs and the polypeptide chain starts. so the correct order is in C...oh and then when the polypeptide chains are modified or transported during that the ionic bonds form...
hope that clears your confusion :)
 
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In a genetic engineering experiment a piece of double-stranded DNA containing 6000 nucleotides
is transcribed and translated.
What is the total number of amino acids used?
A 500 B 1000 C 2000 D 3000

Please explain.
 
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17 When cylinders of potato tissue were immersed in a 0.35mol dm
–3
sucrose solution, they showed
no change in mass.
What will happen when cylinders are immersed in a 0.1moldm
–3
sucrose solution?
A The pressure potential of the cells will become more positive.
B The solute potential of the cell will become more negative.
C The water potential of the cells will become more negative.
D The water potential of the solution will become less negative

Why is the answer A.
 
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