Eugenics is the application of genetics to improve
crop plants
fruit trees
cattle
human beings
Correct Answer :
D. human beings
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pH of blood remains constant due to
blood pressure
buffer action
perspiration
respiration
The function of a cell wall is
to give definite shape to the cell
to provide mechanical strength and protection to the cell
to prevent the cell from desiccation
All the above
Which of the following terms is used in Botany?
Recession
Dumping
Barter System
Biennial
Which among the following is the best source of proteins?
apples
butter
beans
fish
Vessels leaving the heart are
veins
arteries
capillaries
lymph ducts
Lymphocytes are manufactured by
bone marrow
spleen
liver
lymph nodes
The theory of 'jumping genes' was propounded by
Gregor John Mendel
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Barbara McClintock
Watson and Crick
Hormones are carried from their place of production by
Ducts
Blood
Lymph
Mucus
Light compensation zone refers to
where light is available in plenty
where all light energy is used
where light is maximum
beyond which light does not penetrate
The Green Revolution in India owes much to
MS Swaminathan
TS Venkataraman
Norman Borlaug
Prime Minister
Food substances are substances by
hormones
enzymes
vitamins
zymogens
The 'father of genetics' is
Mendel
Morgan
Darwin
Muller
Hydrotropism means the growth of roots
away from water
towards water
into water
out of water
Excess of amino-acids are broken down to form urea in the
Liver
Kidney
Spleen
Rectum
The corn in an underground stem that grows
horizontally
vertically
above the soil
obliquely
Biological control is to check growth of
plants
animals
weeds
one pest by another
What do you mean by the term fauna?
plant kingdom
animal kingdom
both plant and animal kingdoms
A part of plant kingdom
What is 'atavism'?
The genes which show numerous phenolypic effects
Reappearance of traits after several generations
Effects of mutation
Intermediate inheritance of genes
Green plants In the sea are useful for respiration of flash because they
release oxygen
release carbon dioxide
release oxygen and carbon dioxide simultaneously
take oxygen and give out carbon dioxide
The germ theory of diseases was put forward by
Louis Pasteur
Luister
Leuwenhoek
Flemming
Oxygen transport is a function of
White Blood Corpuscles
Red Blood-Corpuscles
Blood Platelets
Plasma
Which among the following is a Cast growing tree?
Teak
Eucalyptus
Banyan
Coconut
Blood is a kind of
epithelial tissue
connective tissue
nervous tissue
cartilage
Vitamins A and C are predominantly present in
brinjal
lady's finger
potato
tomato
Bats can fly in the dark because
they have a better vision in the dark
the light startles them
they produce high pitched sounds called ultrasonics
None of the above
Chemical substances that called have effect on growth of plants are called
enzymes
catalysts
hormones
pesticides
One of the following is often called the master gland. Which one is it?
Thymus
Islets of Langerhans
Pituitary
Thyroid
Which of the following characteristics separates man from all other primates?
Exhibition of curiosity
Degenerate sense of smell
Opposability thumb
Projecting chin
Measles and influenza are caused by
virus
bacteria
insects
nematodes
Maize is attacked by
Phytophthora
Pythium
Ustilago
Puccinia