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Insect pollination is known as

A. Hydrophily

B. Ornithophily

C. Anemophily

D. Entomophily

Correct Answer :

D. Entomophily


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The part of the brain in Control of Voluntary muscles is

A. cerebellum

B. medulla oblongata

C. pons

D. cerebrum

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The spores of Puccinia formed on the leaves of wheat are called

A. Basidiospores

B. Ascidiospores

C. Uredospores

D. Pycnospores

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Who was the first scientist/doctor who attempted vaccination?

A. Joseph Lister

B. Robert Koch

C. Elie Metchnikoff

D. Edward Jenner

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Which one of the following animals stores water in the intestine?

A. Moloch

B. Camel

C. Zebra

D. Uromastix

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The two minerals required to keep teeth and bones intact and in good condition are

A. lead and zinc

B. calcium and phosphorus

C. copper and sulphur

D. iron and iodine

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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 aphotic zone means that light is

A. always present

B. present during day

C. always absent

D. present during night

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Insect pollination is known as

A. Hydrophily

B. Ornithophily

C. Anemophily

D. Entomophily

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Vestigeal organs are those which are

A. fully formed and functional

B. much reduced but functional

C. much reduced and functionless

D. fully formed but functionless

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Athlete's Coot is the common name for the fungal disease

A. Tinea pedis

B. Tinea cruris

C. Tinea corporis

D. Tinea capitis

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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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Biologists have so far known, found and identified a large number of species in the plant and animal kingdom. In terms of numbers, the largest found and identified so far is from among the

A. fungi

B. plants

C. insects

D. bacteria

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Vitamin D is manufactured in a healthy human being by the action of _______ on the skin and absorbed in the blood stream.

A. ozone

B. radium

C. moonlight

D. sunlight

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The blood clotting requires the vitamin

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. K

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The universal donor belongs to blood group

A. A

B. B

C. AB

D. O

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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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The ultimate substances to which the carbohydrates are degraded are

A. amino acid

B. glycerol

C. glucose

D. maltose

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Genes are made of

A. Carbohydrates

B. Proteins

C. Fats

D. Nucleotides

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One of the following is called a feminine hormone. Which one is it?

A. Oestrogen

B. Testosterone

C. Pituitrin

D. Thyroxine

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Kwashiorkar is a deficiency disease

A. due to poor intake of proteins

B. due to poor intake of carbohydrates

C. due to (a) and (b)

D. due to poor intake of lipids

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Small pox is caused by

A. bacteria

B. fungus

C. virus

D. algae

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The waste product In the urine of man is

A. urea

B. uric acid

C. ammonia

D. non-nitrogenous

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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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The workers in the honey bee colony are

A. males

B. females

C. sterile females

D. intersex

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The plant hormone which promotes ripening of fruits is

A. auxin

B. ethylene

C. gibberellin

D. cytokinin

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Lactose and Rennin, the enzymes required to digest milk, disappear in the human body by the age of _______ years.

A. 2

B. 3

C. 5

D. 8

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A child goes on vomiting profusely and develops symptoms of diarrhoea. Chances are that in the child's blood serum there is a drop In

A. calcium

B. iron

C. sodium

D. phosphorus

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Stripes on the bodies of animals Indicate

A. mating habit

B. food habit

C. cave dwelling

D. matching of skin colour with the surroundings

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Timberline shows

A. a line of trees

B. the limit of the forest

C. annual rings

D. height of trees

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Antibodies are formed in

A. lymph nodes

B. red bone marrow

C. spleen

D. liver