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Afforestation means

A. study of forests

B. growing new forests

C. destroying the forests

D. go into the forests

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B. growing new forests


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The tear glands help us in

A. sobbing

B. protecting the eye

C. preventing dust

D. providing a clean moist surface

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Metastasis' is the process by which

A. cells divide rapidly under the influence of drugs

B. cancer cells spread through the blood or lymphatic system to other sites or organs

C. the chromosomes in cell nuclei are attached to the spindle before moving to the anaphase poles

D. cance cells are successfully inhibited to divide any futhere

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Diabetes is caused by

A. fall in insulin level

B. increase in insulin level

C. eating too much sugar

D. decrease in glucose

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An organism eating its own species is called

A. carnivore

B. detritivore

C. cannibal

D. herbivore

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Tse-Tse fly is the vector for

A. malarial parasite

B. try peorosoma

C. piroplasm

D. microfilaria

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The organ that produces antibodies in our body is

A. pancreas

B. salivary gland

C. liver

D. gonads

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The mode of nutrition in which particulate food is devoured is

A. holozoic

B. holophytic

C. saprophytic

D. parasitic

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Which among the following is a balanced fertiliser for plants?

A. Urea

B. Ammonium Sulphate

C. Nitrates

D. Compost

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The plant hormone which promotes ripening of fruits is

A. auxin

B. ethylene

C. gibberellin

D. cytokinin

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The muscles of the heart are

A. striated and involuntary

B. striated and voluntary

C. smooth and involuntary

D. smooth and voluntary

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Higher plants take up nitrogen as

A. Nitrites only

B. Nitrates only

C. Nitrates and Ammonia

D. Urea

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Nekton are those organisms

A. which cannot be netted

B. which are independent of tides and waves

C. which have long necks

D. None of the above

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Dwarf plants can be made to attain their normal stature by applying

A. IAA

B. Ethylene

C. Gibberelins

D. Cytokinins

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The study of ecology with pyramids was invented by

A. Darwin

B. Elton

C. Odum

D. Joshua

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Which among the following animals has the largest Intestine?

A. Cow

B. Lion

C. Monkey

D. Tiger

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At the end of a reaction enzymes are

A. left as they are

B. reduced

C. increased

D. neutralised

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The cavities of the brain are filled with

A. Blood

B. Lymph

C. Water

D. Cerebrospinal fluid

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The animal that excretes uric acid

A. Monkey

B. Lizard

C. Mouse

D. Elephant

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The theory that believes that the first living organism came from another planet is known as

A. Catastrophism

B. Special creation

C. Organic evolution

D. Cosmozoic theory

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Savannah is

A. grass land

B. desert

C. forest

D. snow clad mountains

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Green plants synthesise carbohydrates by the

A. holozoic method

B. holophytic method

C. saprophytic method

D. parasitic method

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Life begets life' or biogenesis was stated by

A. Robert Koch

B. Miller

C. Louis Pasteur

D. Lord Lister

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Whale reproduces by

A. ovipary

B. vivipary

C. ovovivipary

D. fission

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HIV causes

A. cancer

B. hepatitis

C. AIDS

D. Herpes

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The white blood corpuscles the body because they are popularly called soldiers of

A. march at a regular pace

B. appear uniform

C. defend the body

D. are disciplined

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One of the following disease cannot be prevented by the DPT (triple-antigen) immunization of children.

A. Tetanus

B. Tuberculosis

C. Whooping cough

D. Diphtheria

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The stones formed in human kidney consist mostly of

A. calcium oxalate

B. sodium acetate

C. magnesium

D. calcium

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The theory of 'jumping genes' was propounded by

A. Gregor John Mendel

B. Thomas Hunt Morgan

C. Barbara McClintock

D. Watson and Crick

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Egg laying animals are referred to as

A. viviparous

B. oviparous

C. ovoviviparous

D. vegetative

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The natural defence of our body against foreign germs is formed by

A. red corpuscles

B. white corpuscles

C. platelets

D. lymph