Fat present below the skin surface in our body acts as a barrier against
loss of heat from the body
loss of essential body fluids
loss of salts from the body
entry of harmful micro-organisms from the environment
Correct Answer :
A. loss of heat from the body
Related Questions
The metallic part in haemoglobin is
Copper
Molybdenum
Nickel
Iron
Which of the following diseases is caused by the deficiency of iron in human body?
Anaemia
Scurvy
Dermatosis
None of these
In movable joints the tips of the bones are covered with
hyaline cartilage
calcified cartilage
elastic cartilage
fibrous cartilage
Fledgling is a term often used to denote the young one of a
bird
fox
dog
man
India's first transgenic crop was
Potato
Brinjal
Sugarcane
Bt cotton
Plants growing in sunlight are called
sciophytes
hydrophytes
xerophytes
heliophytes
Fishes send out their nitrogenous waste as
ammonia
urea
uric acid
sweat
The first person to observe the bacteria, protozoa and spermatozoa under the microscope was
Theodore Schwann
Matthias Schleidon
Robert Hooke
Leuwenhoek
The association between leguminous plants and bacteria is
parasitic
saprophytic
symbiotic
None of the above
The pigment which is responsible for blood clotting is
Fibrinogen
Haemoglobin
Glucose
Blood cells
Athlete's Coot is the common name for the fungal disease
Tinea pedis
Tinea cruris
Tinea corporis
Tinea capitis
The golden age of Dinosaurs was
Palaezoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Proterozoic
Which one of the endocrine glands disappears after puberty?
Thyroid
Thymus
Adrenals
Pituitary
Legumes are highly nutritious because they are rich in
starch
oils
fat
protein
Afforestation means
study of forests
growing new forests
destroying the forests
go into the forests
Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles belong to the class
Aves
Reptilia
Mammalia
Amphibia
Infection of salivary glands by a virus leads to
tetanus
mumps
pyorrhoea
ulcers
Late Blight' is a disease that affects the _______ crop.
coconut
cashew
potato
pepper
Lymphocytes are manufactured by
bone marrow
spleen
liver
lymph nodes
The oldest era is
Palaeozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Proterozoic
Which one of the following is not an essential micronutrient for plants?
Boron
Zinc
Sodium
Copper
Scurvy is prevented by vitamin
A
B
C
D
The part of the human brain concerned with sight is the
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe
The two German scientists who proposed the 'cell theory' were
Mendel and 'Darwin
Theodore Schwann and Matthias Schleiden
Virchow and Purkinje
porter and Palade
The genetic code DNA is carried from the nucleus to Ribosome by
t-RNA
r-RNA
S-DNA
ATP
Insect pollination is known as
Hydrophily
Ornithophily
Anemophily
Entomophily
Genes are arranged in chromosomes
In clusters
In binary fashion
In linear fashion
Scattered
Ecology of a population is known as
demecology
synecology
autecology
space ecology
Dinosaur is a/an
Fish
Amphibian
Reptile
Bird
The corn in an underground stem that grows
horizontally
vertically
above the soil
obliquely