Foreword

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) have become integral for teaching, learning and evaluation purposes. While certain instances relay on MCQs as a component, certain others have only MCQs as the evaluation mode. MCQs can convey a lot of information and are effectively used to judge a candidate’s understanding and proficiency in a subject.

This Volume I of the MCQs series for life sciences has covered five important subject areas, Immunology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology and Genetics & Molecular Biology. With a total 2604 MCQs in 64 chapters, this volume comprehensively covers the 5 subject areas. Also, while the MCQs are technically sound with straight-forward answers, efforts are taken to keep the language simple. This approach should make for the best effective use of this Volume I of the MCQs series for life sciences.

I congratulate Dr. M. Ravi for the efforts he had put in taking up this initiative and also for the planning and working on the manuscripts. I am sure this Volume I of the MCQs series for life sciences will be useful for many students, faculty members and question paper setters as a useful compilation, guide and reference material.