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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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C. Thyroid


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Maize is attacked by

A. Phytophthora

B. Pythium

C. Ustilago

D. Puccinia

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Oxygen transport is a function of

A. White Blood Corpuscles

B. Red Blood-Corpuscles

C. Blood Platelets

D. Plasma

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Measles is caused by

A. bacteria

B. fungus

C. virus

D. protozoan

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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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The biogenetic law was proposed by

A. Alfred Russel Wallace

B. Charles Darwin

C. Ernst von Haeckel

D. Lamarck

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Fishes send out their nitrogenous waste as

A. ammonia

B. urea

C. uric acid

D. sweat

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Heart is made up of

A. nonstriated muscle

B. cardiac muscle

C. connective tissue

D. nervous tissue

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Those small organisms which float on the surface of water are called

A. Necton

B. pH indicators

C. Plankton

D. Benthos

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Which of the following diseases is water borne?

A. Cholera

B. Malaria

C. Filiariasis

D. None of the above

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The energy for the sperm to swim and reach the egg is provided by

A. tail

B. head

C. neck

D. mitochondria

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Bordetella pertussis causes

A. tetanus

B. diphtheria

C. whooping cough

D. rabies

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The following disease is prevented by triple-antigen immunization

A. Diphtheria

B. Tuberculosis

C. Smallpox

D. Mumps

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Which of the following plays an important part in photosynthesis?

A. Chloroplast

B. Centrosome

C. Tonoplast

D. Nematoblast

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Valve a are present inside

A. Arteries

B. Capillaries

C. Veins

D. Lymph vessels

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The equilibrium and co-ordination is looked after by which part of the brain?

A. Cerebrum

B. Medulla oblongata

C. Cerebellum

D. Olfactory lobes

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Vitamin D is known as anti-rachitic vitamin because it cures the deficiency disease called

A. Rickets

B. Beriberi

C. Xerophthalmia

D. Sterility

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Hydrotropism means the growth of roots

A. away from water

B. towards water

C. into water

D. out of water

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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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The rate of growth of plants can be measured by a/an

A. manometer

B. auxanometer

C. photometer

D. thermometer

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The method of inducing artificial immunity was discovered by

A. Jenner

B. Tolstoy

C. Pasteur

D. Morgan

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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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Who was the first scientist to use an instrument for biological studies in 1665?

A. Robert Hooke

B. Schwann

C. Schleiden

D. None of the above

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The endocrine glands secrete

A. bile

B. harmones

C. sweat

D. genes

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Calcium and phosphorus assimilation will depend on sufficient intake of

A. vitamin B complex

B. vitamin D

C. vitamin A

D. vitamin C

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The disease in which blood clotting does not take place is known as

A. xerophthalmia

B. haemopoiesis

C. haemophilia

D. haemoerythrin

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Hormones are carried from their place of production by

A. Ducts

B. Blood

C. Lymph

D. Mucus

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Measles and influenza are caused by

A. virus

B. bacteria

C. insects

D. nematodes

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Intravascular clotting of blood is known as

A. anaemia

B. leucopenia

C. thrombosis

D. thrombin

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Which one is called anti-haemorrhagic vitamin?

A. A

B. C

C. E

D. K

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Which among the following vitamins is considered to be a harmone?

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D