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Blood clot Inside blood vessels is prevented by

A. heparin

B. fibrinogen

C. thrombin

D. prothrombin

Correct Answer :

A. heparin


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Phenylketonuria is an example of an inborn error of metabolism. Thins error refers to

A. hormonal overproduction

B. atrophy of endocrine glands

C. inherited lack of an enzyme

D. nondisjuction of chromosomes

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Kangaroo is one of the animals popularly called as

A. egglaying

B. pouched

C. placental

D. Volant

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy refers to

A. Brain Fever

B. Mad Cow Disease

C. Enteric Fever

D. Poultry Diarrhoea

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Pearl is secreted by the __________ of the pearl oyster.

A. foot

B. mantle

C. gills

D. None of these

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Accepted theory for the origin of life is

A. Cosmozoic theory

B. Biogenesis

C. Abiogenesis

D. Oparin's theory

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Malnutrition is due to

A. undernourishment

B. want of balanced diet

C. overfeeding

D. All the above

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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

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The enzyme that is necessary to bring about clotting of blood is

A. peptidase

B. amylase

C. lipase

D. thrombokinase

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The part of the brain which is responsible for intelligence is

A. cerebrum

B. opthalmic

C. cochlea

D. semicircular canals

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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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Eugenics is the application of genetics to improve

A. crop plants

B. fruit trees

C. cattle

D. human beings

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Cretinism is due to the disorder of the glands

A. Thymus

B. Parathyroid

C. Thyroid

D. Adrenal

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The principal reason why it is better to have two eyes than one is that

A. by having two eyes, one can distinguish colours more easily

B. by having two eyes, one can easily see in the dark and dim light

C. this gives the man a type of vision known as mosaic vision

D. this enhances depth perception in the humans

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The specific gravity of blood

A. lower than water

B. higher than water

C. same as water

D. many times that of water

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Valve a are present inside

A. Arteries

B. Capillaries

C. Veins

D. Lymph vessels

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The theory that all animals and plants are made up of cells and they could arise only from pre-existing cells was propounded by

A. Robert Hooke

B. Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann

C. Purkinije

D. Leuwenhoek

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The enzyme that is necessary to bring about clotting of blood is

A. peptidase

B. amylase

C. lipase

D. thrombokinase

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Infection of salivary glands by a virus leads to

A. tetanus

B. mumps

C. pyorrhoea

D. ulcers

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Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus, contains DNA?

A. Centriole

B. Golgi apparatus

C. Lysosome

D. Mitochondrion

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The universal donor belongs to blood group

A. A

B. B

C. AB

D. O

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The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is

A. 280

B. 290

C. 300

D. 310

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Sadabahar, a common weed, is the raw material that provides the source of medicines used In the treatment of

A. gout

B. blood cancer

C. coronary heart disease

D. polio

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Name the nematode which lives in lymph vessels of man.

A. Ascaris

B. Hook worm

C. Filarial worm

D. Guinea worm

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Which one of the following acts as a communication system?

A. Blood

B. Nerve

C. Lymph

D. Enzymes

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Edward Jenner to find out the efficacy of vaccination used

A. his own body

B. his friend's body

C. a corpse

D. a laboratory animal

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The 'mad-cow disease' (Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease) is produced by certain

A. bacterium

B. virus

C. viroid

D. prion

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The potato is a modified stem, is explained by the presence of

A. Branches

B. Leaves

C. Buds

D. Scale leaves and auxiliary buds

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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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Athlete's Foot' is a disease caused by

A. Bacteria

B. Fungus

C. Protozoa

D. Nematode

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The term 'Fauna' means

A. plant kingdom

B. animal kingdom

C. neither

D. Both