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Legumes are highly nutritious because they are rich in

A. starch

B. oils

C. fat

D. protein

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D. protein


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The blood clotting requires the vitamin

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. K

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The hormone which is Popularly called as stress hormone is

A. Epinephrine

B. Cortisone

C. Thyroxine

D. Insulin

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It is possible to produce seedless tomato fruits by

A. applying trace elements in tomato fields

B. spraying mineral solution on plants

C. spraying harmones on flowers

D. applying fertilizers containing radioactive elements

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The suggestion that the chromosomes are the carriers of hereditary material was first made by

A. Johanson

B. Flemming

C. Sutton and Boveri

D. Morgan

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Human blood is oxygenated and purified in the

A. heart

B. lungs

C. liver

D. kidneys

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Vessels proceeding to the heart are

A. veins

B. arteries

C. capillaries

D. lymph ducts

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Diabetes is a disease which is

A. contagious

B. non-communicable

C. communicable

D. epidemic

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Genes are made of

A. Carbohydrates

B. Proteins

C. Fats

D. Nucleotides

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Plants grown in darkness show

A. stout stem

B. long internodes

C. bigger leaves

D. no growth at all

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The first sign of life made its appearance on the earth about

A. 1 million years ago

B. 500 million years ago

C. 1 billion or 1000 million years ago

D. 3 billion years ago

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Vivipary is defined as germination

A. during storage

B. within the fruit

C. with cotyledons coming out of soil

D. with cotyledons remaining inside the soil

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Name the nematode which lives in lymph vessels of man.

A. Ascaris

B. Hook worm

C. Filarial worm

D. Guinea worm

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Genes are arranged in chromosomes

A. In clusters

B. In binary fashion

C. In linear fashion

D. Scattered

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What is 'atavism'?

A. The genes which show numerous phenolypic effects

B. Reappearance of traits after several generations

C. Effects of mutation

D. Intermediate inheritance of genes

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Deciduous forests are those with trees

A. that are evergreen

B. that shed leaves periodically

C. that have needle like leaves

D. that have no leaves at all

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Blood clotting requires vitamin

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. K

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy refers to

A. Brain Fever

B. Mad Cow Disease

C. Enteric Fever

D. Poultry Diarrhoea

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Fledgling is a term often used to denote the young one of a

A. bird

B. fox

C. dog

D. man

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The wall of the heart is made of programmed cell death is known as

A. voluntary muscles

B. involuntary muscles

C. cardiac muscles

D. skeletal muscles

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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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Late blight of potato is caused by

A. Puccinia

B. Pennisetum

C. Phytophthora

D. Erysiphe

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The thrombocytes are associated with

A. blood coagulation

B. transport of respiratory gases

C. removal of nitrogenous wastes

D. All the above

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The grey matter of the brain is so coloured because of the concentration of

A. nerve cells

B. a pigment

C. nerve fibres

D. melanin

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The cavities of the brain are filled with

A. Blood

B. Lymph

C. Water

D. Cerebrospinal fluid

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Malarial parasite is brought to human host by

A. male anopheles mosquito

B. female anopheles mosquito

C. male culex

D. female culex

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Who first observed the plasma membrane?

A. William Seifriz

B. Schwann

C. Palade

D. None of the above

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Sex linked genes are carried by

A. X-chromosomes

B. Y-chromosomes

C. different part of X- and Y-chromosomes

D. autosomes

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For which of the following is insulin treatment given?

A. Cancer

B. Diabetes

C. Asthma

D. Typhoid

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The function of connective tissue is

A. to hold the other tissues together

B. to facilitate diffusion

C. to help transportation of dissolved material from capillaries to epithelial cells

D. protection

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Scurvy is prevented by vitamin

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D