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An organism eating its own species is called

A. carnivore

B. detritivore

C. cannibal

D. herbivore

Correct Answer :

C. cannibal


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Insulin is produced in the human body by the

A. Heart

B. Kidney

C. Liver

D. Pancreas

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What are the symptoms of Xeroph-thalmia?

A. eye weakness

B. dry skin and night blindness

C. nervous break down

D. All the above

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Cancer cells are more easily damaged by radiation than normal cells because they are

A. different in structure

B. non-dividing

C. starved of nutrition

D. undergoing rapid division

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Animals that feed only on dead flesh are

A. herbivorous

B. carnivorous

C. omnivorous

D. carrion-eaters

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Evergreen forests are confined to

A. Equatorial region

B. Temperate region

C. Alpine region

D. Arctic region

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What is an antigen?

A. toxic substance

B. a kind of protein

C. blood platelets

D. blood corpuscles

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The animal without urinary bladder is

A. Bird

B. Man

C. Rabbit

D. Cow

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What are the symptoms of 'Pellagra'?

A. Colour blindness

B. Rickets

C. Patches of skin

D. Soft bones

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In movable joints the tips of the bones are covered with

A. hyaline cartilage

B. calcified cartilage

C. elastic cartilage

D. fibrous cartilage

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Polyploid wheat does not normally show an increase in

A. size

B. vigour

C. length of the life cycle

D. resistance to desease

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The bacteria that gets into our body is consumed by

A. RBC

B. Blood platelets

C. Plasma

D. Phagocytes

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What are oncogenes?

A. a dominant gene

B. a set of genes which produce cancer

C. a gene present in the X-chromosomes causing haemophilia

D. a recessive gene

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The heart of the human embryo starts beating in the _____ week of its development.

A. second

B. third

C. fourth

D. first

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Which one of the following is not caused by bacteria?

A. Tuberculosis

B. Typhoid

C. Cholera

D. Mumps

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The involuntary muscles are controlled by the

A. Cerebrum

B. Cerebellum

C. Medulla oblongata

D. Pons

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Whale reproduces by

A. ovipary

B. vivipary

C. ovovivipary

D. fission

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Who first observed the plasma membrane?

A. William Seifriz

B. Schwann

C. Palade

D. None of the above

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Intravascular clotting of blood is known as

A. anaemia

B. leucopenia

C. thrombosis

D. thrombin

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The metallic part in haemoglobin is

A. Copper

B. Molybdenum

C. Nickel

D. Iron

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Under the immunisation programme's Govt. of India is providing vaccination to prevent some vaccine-preventable diseases. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

A. Tuberculosis

B. Diphtheria

C. Tetanus

D. Plague

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What do you mean by lentic biota?

A. Plants and animals in lakes and ponds

B. Plants and animals in forest

C. Plants and animals in sea water

D. Desert plants and animals

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Sexual selection theory was propounded by

A. Wallace

B. De Vires

C. Lamarck

D. Charles Darwin

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Who discovered the electron microscope?

A. Knoll and Ruska

B. Rudolf and Kolliker

C. Robert Hooke

D. CP Swanson

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Injection of insulin causes

A. increase in glucose in blood

B. decrease in glucose in blood

C. increase in blood pressure

D. decrease in blood pressure

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Somato Tropic Hormone is concerned with

A. Body growth

B. Metamorphosis

C. Digestion

D. Reproduction

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Vitamin D is manufactured in a healthy human being by the action of _______ on the skin and absorbed in the blood stream.

A. ozone

B. radium

C. moonlight

D. sunlight

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In a gamete there will be

A. one pair of sex chromosomes

B. only one sex chromosome

C. no sex chromosome

D. only autosomes

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Legumes are highly nutritious because they are rich in

A. starch

B. oils

C. fat

D. protein

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Insulin is concerned with the metabolism of

A. sugar

B. fats

C. proteins

D. vitamins

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The layer of stagnant water in which light penetrates is called

A. Aphotic

B. Euphotic

C. Epilimnion

D. Disphotic