2007 E.

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GRADE 10TH BIOLOGY MODEL EXAMINATION 2007/15

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1. A Neuron that carries impulses from a CNS to the muscle or gland is

A. Afferent neuron C. Efferent neuron
B. Rely neuron D. Affecter neuron

Question 2 is based on the given internal structure of leaf

1-Xylem 4-Spongy mesophyll

2-polisade mesophyll 5-Phloem
3-Cuticle 6-Guard cell
2. The structure of leave where photosynthesis takes place
A. 2,3,5,6, C. 2,4,only
B. 2,4,6 D. 2,4,5
3. Depending on the light intensity, the size of pupil changes, which one
of the following is NOT happen in bright light
A. Radial muscle relax
B. Circular muscle contract
C. Pupil size is wide and more light enters the eye
D. Pupil size is narrow & less light enter the eye
4. Which one of the structure is NOT found in the inner ear?
A. Cochlea C. Utriculus
B. Malleus D. semi-circular canal
5. Which of the following sense organs are contains chemoreceptors
A. Tongue and nose C. tongue, nose & ear
B. Tongue and eye D. eye and ear
6. The need of carbon dioxide for photosynthesis can be demonstrated by
using
A. Variegated leaf
B. Iodine solution
C. Potassium hydroxide solution
D. Difficult to demonstrated
7. If the water contents of the blood is too low, Osmoreceptors in your brain
detect this, as a result all happen, EXCEPT?
A. The pituitary gland release more ADH
B. Large volume of urine is formed
C. More water is reabsorbed into the blood
D. More concentrated urine is formed
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8. Which one of the following is most likely to prevent both pregnancy and
the spread of sexually transmitted disease?
A. Oral contraceptive C. Diaphram
B. Sterilization D. Condom
9. Which one of the following event is NOT take place by meiotic cell
division? Meiosis cell division
A. Reduce the number of chromosomes by half
B. Takes place in the germ cells
C. Produce variation
D. A means of sexual reproduction in unicellular organisms
10. Late in the afternoon, blood glucose levels fall and stimulate the
secretion of which hormone?
A. Glucagon C. Insulin
B. ADH D. Estrogen
11. Under secretion of which hormone will result in mental
retardness?
A. Growth hormone C. Thyroxin
B. Adrenal D. Insulin
12. Which of the following is NOT correct about DNA?
A. In DNA, Cytosine pair with Guanine
B. DNA can replicate itself
C. DNA contain ribose sugar
D. DNA made up of double strands
13. Which one the following is NOT an adaptation used by some
plants to reduce water loss
A. Posses thick waxy cuticle
B. have more stomata on the lower epidermis
C. leaves reduced to thin spines
D. have stomata on the upper epidermis
14. Which air pollutants can lead to global warming?
A. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide
B. Methane and nitrogen oxide
C. Carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide
D. Carbon dioxide and methane
15. Which of the following process increase carbon dioxide
concentration in the atmosphere?
A. Combustion and photosynthesis
B. Photosynthesis and respiration

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C. Combustion and respiration

D. Respiration and transpiration
16. Which of the following is the biggest threat to the environment?
A. Wild animals C. human beings
B. Earth quake D. domestic animals

17. Part of the brain that regulate body balance and movements
A. Medulla C. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum D. Hypothalamus
18. The liver posses all the following function, EXCEPT?
A. Detoxification of poisons B. excretion of urea
B. Control of sugars D. protein metabolism
19. Which of the following is correct about photosynthesis?
A. Reductive and catabolic C. oxidative and catabolic
B. Oxidative and anabolic D. reductive and anabolic
20. As the bacteria breakdown the milk, they produce lactic acid. The
lactic acid produced by the bacteria causes all of the following,
EXCEPT?
A. The milk to clot and solidify into yoghurt
B. It facilitate the environment for the growth of other bacteria
C. It gave the yoghurt, sharp and tangy taste
D. It prevent the growth of bacteria
21. How would your body respond to an increase in environmental
temperature?
A. Hairs in the body erect C. Metabolic rate speed up
B. Shivering D. Dilation of blood vessels
22. In which phase of meiosis do you think homologous chromosomes
are line on the middle of the spindle?
A. Anaphase I C. Prophase I
B. Metaphase II D. Metaphase I
23. If you were examining a sperm cell during one complete cycle of
cell division ,which phase would you nerve observe
A. Metaphase C. Anaphase
B. Interphase D. Prophase
24. In greatest amount of filtrate gets reabsorbed from what part of the
nephron
A. The Bowmans capsule D. the 1st coiled tubule

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B. The 2nd coiled tubule D. the loop of Henle

25. Plant hormone that involved in seed dormancy is
A. Auxin C. Ethylene
B. Cytokinin D. Abscisic acid
26. In the eye of long sighted person the image of near object is formed
A. On the retina C. Infront of the retina
B. Behind the retina D. on the blind spot

27. During the light independent reaction stage of photosynthesis

which one is occurs
A. Hydrogen combined with CO2 to produce glucose
B. Chlorophyll absorb light energy
C. ATP is synthesized
D. Water split into oxygen and hydrogen
28. Which one of the following is NOT needed for germination of seed?
A. Light B. Oxygen C.Warmth D. Water
29. Which one the following stimuli and response is mismatched
A. Gravity hydrotropism C. Gravity geotropism
B. Light phototropism D. Water hydrotropism
30. One of the following is NOT modern application of biotechnology?
A. Energy production
B. Making of alcoholic drinks
C. Application of biotechnology in agriculture
D. Production of new medicine
31. Endocrine gland are differ from Exocrine gland in that ,endocrine
gland are
A. Secrete their product into duct.
B. Ductless gland
C. Gland present near the site of action
D. Gland with duct
32. Heat gain by the body can be through any one of the following
ways, EXCEPT?
A. Conduction C. Convection
B. Evaporation D. Radiation
33. Which of the following should be avoided in biological marriage?
A. Rh+ boy and Rh+ girl C. Rh+ boy and Rh- girl
B. Rh- boy and Rh+ girl D. Rh- boy and Rh- girl
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34. Where in the female reproductive organ do the sperm and ovum
fuse to form Zygote? In
A. Uterus C. Fallopian tube
B. Vagina D. Ovaries
35. One of the wild life is NOT endemic to our country?
A. Gelada baboon C. Menelik bushbuck
B. Hyena D. Mountain Nyala
36. Which of the following drug is NOT legal in Ethiopia?
A. Alcohol C. Khat
B. Cannabis D. Nicotine
Question numbers 37-45 are only for non visually impaired
candidate
37. After having three daughter,what will be the chance of the 4th child
to be a son?
A. 100% B. O% C. 75% D. 5O%
38. A double strand DNA molecule has 120 Adenine and 140 Cytosine
bases. What is the total number of bases in the DNA molecule?
A. 260 B. 420 C. 520 D. 620
39. If one of the two chain of DNA molecule has ACTG bases the
corresponding bases on the other chain is
A. TGAG B. CAGT C. ACTG D. TGAC
40. Which one of the following cross gives tall and short pea plants in
equal proportion? tallness is dominant over shortness
A. TtxTt C.TTxTt
B. TtxTT D. TTxtt
41. Suppose genotype RR produces red bull, Rr produce roan and rr
produce white cow. Which one of the following cross is expected to
produce all the three traits
A. Rrxrr C. RrxRr
B. Rrxrr D. RRxRr
42. In certain plants ,red flower (R) dominant over white flower (r)
when a heterozygous (Rr) is self pollinated and produce 1200
offsprings,the number of red and white flower is
A. 600 red + 600 white C. 900 red + 300 white
B. 1000 red + 200 white D. 800 red + 400 white
43. After mitosis, each daughter cell contains 28 chromosomes how
many chromosomes present in the parent cell?

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A. 14 B. 56 C. 28 D. 30
44. Suppose a lady has a regular menstrual cycle of 28 days. If
menstruation starts on February 20, she will ovulate around
A. February 30 C. April 4
B. March 4 D. March 14

Question number 45 is based the graph that represent the body

temperature of animals and the surrounding temperature

40 Animal A

30

20

10

0 10 20 30 40

Surrounding temp ( oC )

45. Which of the following is TRUE about the graph

A. Animal A is poikilotherms, while B is homeotherms
B. Animal B is represent human ,while A is lizard
C. The body temperature of animal A is independent on the
surrounding temperature
D. Animal A has variable body temperature ,while B has constant
body temperature
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46. Enzymes are specific. This is one of property of an enzyme and

indicates that?
A. Work inside and outside of the cells
B. Used many times
C. Can catalyses one reaction only
D. Made up of proteins
47. Active transport across membrane involves
A. Production of ATP
B. Requirement of energy
C. Release of energy
D. Diffusion of gases

48. A renowned Ethiopia biologist who found a poor man medicine for
a poor mans disease?
A. Dr Aklilu Lemma C. Dr Melaku Worede
B. Dr Gebissa Ejeta D. Professor Tilahun Yilma
49. A red blood cell will swell and burst when placed in which of the
following kinds of solution?
A. Hypotonic C. Isotonic
B. Hypertonic D. concentrated
50. Which of the following is correctly matched between the vitamins
and their deficiency
A. Vitamin C scurvy
B. Vitamin D Rickets
C. Vitamin A Night blindness
D. Vitamin B-1 Marasmus
51. Which of the following sets includes the bacterial disease?
A. Cholera ,Typhoid and AIDS
B. Tetanus ,Tuberculosis and Gonorrhea
C. Malaria, Tapeworm and Poliomyelitis
D. Diphtheria, Leprosy and Ameoboisis
52. One of the limitations of light microscope is?
A. Can use without electricity.
B. Possible to observe real specimen.
C. Its resolving power is limited

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D. Widely used to look at a cell

53. Air leaving the lungs differ from the air entering the lungs by
having
A. Less oxygen but equal amount of carbon dioxide
B. More oxygen and less carbon dioxide
C. Less oxygen and less carbon dioxide
D. Less oxygen and more carbon dioxide
54. Which organism lack membrane bound nucleus ?
A. Amoeba C. Fungus
B. Bacteria D. Algae

Question number 55 is based on a given sequence of food chain

Grass Grasshopper Lizard Snake

55. Which one represents secondary consumer?
A. Grasshopper C. Lizard
B. Snake D. Grass
56. A group of organisms of the same species occupying the same
area at the same time is
A. Community C. Ecosystem
B. Population D. Biosphere
57. Which of the following is best described to prevent the Ameobiosis
(Amoebic dysentery) of protozoan disease?
A. Eating balanced died C. Eating plenty of food
B. Drinking boiled water D. using mosquito nets
58. A sets of digestive enzymes which secrete from the pancreas are
A. Pepsin,amylase,trypsin C. Lipase,amylase,trypsin
B. Lactase ,lipase , amylase D. lipase ,amylase ,erepsin
59. Which of the following statement about virus is correct?
A. They have their own metabolic system.
B. The contain either RNA or DNA as their genetic material
C. They reproduce independently of living cells
D. They are readily killed by antibiotics
60. In nitrogen cycle process, nitrogen gas is return to the atmosphere
by
A. Nitrogen fixing bacteria C. Denitrifying bacteria
B. Nitrifying bacteria D. Ammonifying bacteria
61. Which of the following method would you use to test the presence
of carbon dioxide in exhaled air? Breathing on

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A. Thermometer C. cobalt chloride paper

B. Glass surface D. lime water
62. Which of the following FALSE about the kingdom fungi?
A. They have heterotrophic mode of nutrition
B. Digestion takes place outside of their body
C. They have rigid cell wall with chitin
D. They store carbohydrate in the form of starch
63. Which of the following blood transfusion is NOT compatible?
A. A to AB C. AB to A
B. B from O D. O to A
64. Which of the following will have greater number of organism?
A. Class C. Order
B. Family D. Genus
65. Microbiological technique that used to kill all microorganisms?
A. Disinfection C. Pasteurization
B. Autoclaving D. Antiseptics

66. A disaccharide that gives two molecule of glucose on hydrolysis

reaction is
A. Lactose C. Maltose
B. Sucrose D. Starch
67. Plants that lacks vascular tissue are belongs to which group?
A. Gymnosperms C. Pterodophytes
B. Angiosperms D. Bryophytes
68. How many ATP molecules by anaerobic respiration of four
molecules of glucose?
A. 2ATP C. 16ATP
B. 8ATP D. 4ATP
69. Your biology teacher gives you unknown food sample and ask you
to detect its item. A food gives a positive result when tested with the
biuret test and an initial negative result when tested with Benedicts
solution. Following acid hydrolysis and neutralization, the food sample
gave a positive result with Benedicts solution. The food contains:
A. Protein only
B. Protein and a reducing sugar
C. Protein and a non reducing sugar

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D. Protein, a reducing sugar and a non reducing sugar

70. Number of red blood cells in man increase on living at high altitude
than man living at lower attitude, because there is
A. More oxygen in a given volume of air
B. Less oxygen in a given volume of air
C. No germs in the air at high altitude
D. More heat is needed of warm the bodies
71. All are the biotic component of the ecosystem which has a big
effect on the life supporting environment. Select the exception
A. Temperature C. Competition
B. Disease D. Predators
72. Four identical leaves A,B,C and D were taken from the same
plants. Both surface of A, upper surface of B, lower surface of D was
covered by Vaseline and C was left uncovered. Which one is the correct
arrangement of rate of transpiration in increasing order?
A. C<D<A<B C. A<D<B<C
B. A<C<D<B D. D<A<B<C

73. Trypsin differ from pepsin in that

A. It digests proteins in alkaline medium while pepsin does so in acidic
medium
B. It digests the lipids while pepsin digests proteins
C. It digests protein in acid medium while pepsin does so in alkaline
medium
D. It digest proteins in neutral medium while Pepsi does so in alkaline
medium
74. When recording blood pressure, the systolic and diastolic pressure
are measurement of the pressure generated by the
A. Left ventricle C. Right ventricle
B. Left atrium D. Right atrium
75. A doctor advice a person to get more meat, butter, milk and eggs in
his/ her diet. The person is
A. Suffering from scurvy
B. Suffering from Rickets

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C. Cannot see in the dark (night)

D. Suffering from kwashiorkor disease
76. Which of the following organelle of the cells mismatched with its
function?
A. Ribosomes sites of protein synthesis
B. Mitochondria sites of cellular respiration
C. Cytoplasm sites of chemical reaction
D. Nucleus control the movement of substance into and out of
the ells
77. The name of the valve present in between the right auricle and
right ventricle in mammal is
A. Bicuspid valve C. Mitral valve
B. Tricuspid valve D. semi -lunar valve
78. Which of the following organs of digestive system is different from
the other because it NOT produce any secretions that aid in the
digestion process
A. Liver C. Stomach
B. Esophagus D. Pancreas
79. Which of the following is NOT part of the respiratory response to
exercise
A. Breathing deeper
B. Production of more oxygen
C. Breathing faster
D. Producing more carbon dioxide
80. The immunity a patient got after recover from a disease is
A. Passive immunity C. Active immunity
B. Latent immunity D. Natural immunity
81. The alkaline medium required for the action of enzymes in the
small intestine is provided by:
A. Ptyalin C. Pancreatic juice
B. Bile D. Intestinal juice
82. Which of the following blood vessel, function in carries of glucose
from the digestive track to the liver?
A. Pulmonary vein C. Hepatic artery
B. Hepatic portal vein D. Hepatic vein
83. Anti HIV/AIDS club are today common in school .what is their
contribution to fight against the pandemic?
A. Provide medication for AIDS patients
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B. Create awareness about the problem among students

C. Encourage girls to have boy friend and the vice versa
D. Encourage one to one relationship among students
84. Which of the following does NOT happen during breathing air in
(inhalation) to the lungs
A. Diaphragm contrast and flatten
B. Intercostals muscle contracts
C. The volume of chest cavity increases
D. Lung pressure become greater than atmospheric pressure
85. Which of following blood vessel carries blood away from the heart
A. Veins C. Arteries
B. Capillaries D. Veins and Arteries
86. What parts of the blood caries mineral , vitamins and digested end
product to the bodys cell
A. Red blood cells C. White blood cells
B. Plasma D. Platelets
87. Animals that begins their life in water and live the rest of their life
on the land are known as
A. Mammals C. Reptiles
B. Fish D. Amphibians
88. Plants have the following general characteristic
A. Autotrophes, Multicellular and prokaryotes
B. Multicellular , heterotrophes and eukaryotes
C. Autotrophes, eukaryotes,and unicellular
D. Autotrophes ,eukaryote and multicellular

89. Arthropods that have three body parts are belong to the class
A. Insecta C. Arachnidan
B. Crustacean D. Chilopoda
90. Rabbit eat grass and other plants in order to survive, but they do
not eat animals. What kind of animal are rabbits?
A. Herbivores C. Decomposer
B. Omnivores D. Carnivores

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Question numbers 91-99 are only for visually impaired candidates

91. Which glands is serve as both endocrine and exocrine gland

A. Gonads C. Pituitary
B. Pancreas D. Adrenal
92. Part of the ear that is responsible for hearing is
A. Cochlea C. semi circular canal
B. Retina D. ear-ossicles
93. Nerve impulses are carried from eye to the brain by the
A. Optic nerve C. Olfactory nerve
B. Auditory nerve D. Spinal nerve
94. What does invertebrate mean
A. Animals with backbone
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B. Warm blooded animals

C. Animals without backbone
D. Animals that lay eggs
95. The nitrogen base that absent in RNA molecule
A. Uracil C. Thiamine
B. Cytosine D. Adenine
96. Which animal has constant body temperature
A. Snake C. Frog
B. Birds D. Crocodile
97. One of the following is NOT a physiological method of temperature
regulation?
A. Sweating C. Hibernation
B. Panting D. vasodilatation
98. Which of the following are the building block of proteins
A. Simple sugars C. Fatty acids
B. Amino acids D. glycerol
99. The type of teeth that is absent in children?
A. Premolar C. Incisor
B. Molar D. Canine

KEY FOR BIOLOGY MODEL EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 10

1. C 2 C 5 B 76 D

6 1
2. B 2 A 5 C 77 B

7 2
3. C 2 A 5 D 78 B

8 3

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4. B 2 A 5 B 79 B

9 4
5. A 3 B 5 C 80 C

0 5
6. C 3 B 5 B 81 B

1 6
7. B 3 B 5 B 82 B

2 7
8. D 3 C 5 C 83 B

3 8
9. D 3 C 5 B 84 D

4 9
10. A 3 B 6 C 85 C

5 0
11. C 3 B 6 D 86 B

6 1
12. C 3 D 6 D 87 D

7 2
13. D 3 C 6 C 88 D

8 3
14. D 3 D 6 A 89 A

9 4
15. C 4 B 6 B 90 A

0 5
16. C 4 C 6 C 91 B

1 6
17. C 4 C 6 D 92 A
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2 7
18. C 4 C 6 B 93 A

3 8
19. D 4 B 6 C 94 C

4 9
20. B 4 C 7 B 95 A

5 0
21. D 4 C 7 A 96 B

6 1
22. D 4 B 7 C 97 C

7 2
23. B 4 A 7 A 98 B

8 3
24. C 4 A 7 A 99 B

9 4
25. D 5 D 7 D

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