Bordetella pertussis causes
tetanus
diphtheria
whooping cough
rabies
Correct Answer :
C. whooping cough
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Consumption of potassium cyanide leads to total stoppage of cellular activity in the human body, as it cripples the
heart
lungs
kidneys
mitochondria
Organisms which synthesise their own food are called
autotrophs
heterotrophs
saprotrophs
auxotrophs
The hormone that contains iodine is
Prolactin
Vasopressin
Thyroxine
Adrenalin
Diabetes is caused by
fall in insulin level
increase in insulin level
eating too much sugar
decrease in glucose
The specific gravity of blood
lower than water
higher than water
same as water
many times that of water
The diseases that are caused by lack of vitamins are called
deficiency diseases
communicable diseases
epidemics
tropical diseases
Accepted theory for the origin of life is
Cosmozoic theory
Biogenesis
Abiogenesis
Oparin's theory
Diseases in plants can be caused by
virus
bacteria
fungi
All the above
Which of the following diseases is considered as completely eradicated from India, as no case of the same has been reported in last one year?
Polio
Tuberculosis
Cancer
Swine flu
Stripes on the bodies of animals Indicate
mating habit
food habit
cave dwelling
matching of skin colour with the surroundings
The two German scientists who proposed the 'cell theory' were
Mendel and 'Darwin
Theodore Schwann and Matthias Schleiden
Virchow and Purkinje
porter and Palade
Who considered evolution as due to mutation?
Charles Darwin
Lamarck
Hugo de Vries
Cuvier
The plant hormone which promotes ripening of fruits is
auxin
ethylene
gibberellin
cytokinin
Plants growing in saline marsh habitats are called
Xerophytes
Aerophytes
Saprophytes
Halophytes
What is the colour of the outer portion of the spinal cord?
gray
brown
white
yellow
Kwashiorkar is characterised by
dermatitis, changes in hair pigments and retarded brain growth
excretion of creatine in excess
tyrosinosis and alcaptonuria
None of these
Decomposition of organic matter is due to
Virus
Fungi
Bacteria
None of these
Savannah is
grass land
desert
forest
snow clad mountains
Genes are arranged in chromosomes
In clusters
In binary fashion
In linear fashion
Scattered
Who was the first scientist to use an instrument for biological studies in 1665?
Robert Hooke
Schwann
Schleiden
None of the above
The term 'Fauna' means
plant kingdom
animal kingdom
neither
Both
Maintenance of pregnancy is under the control of
follicular stimulating hormone
growth hormone
estrogen
progesterone
Saffron is the dried ________ of the saffron plant.
fruit
aril
stigmas and tops of styles
tender leaves and sprouts
The ultimate substances to which the carbohydrates are degraded are
amino acid
glycerol
glucose
maltose
Best growth of plants is attained if they are supplied with
low carbohydrate and high nitrogen
high carbohydrate and low nitrogen
high carbohydrate and moderate nitrogen
equal carbohydrate and nitrogen
Blood pressure is measured by
Auxanometer
Stethoscope
Sphygmomanometer
Kaleidoscope
From the end of the Triassic to the cretaceous period the earth was ruled by
eurypterids
cotylosaurs
dinosaurs
mammals
The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the hormone
adrenaline
acetylcholine
thyroxine
pituitrin
Pulse rate is measured in the wrist by observing the jerks of blood In the
veins
capillaries
arteries
nerves
The bone cells are connected with each other by
Haversian canal
canaliculi
capillaries
matrix