Oxygen transport is a function of
white blood corpuscles
red blood corpuscles
blood platelets
plasma
Correct Answer :
B. red blood corpuscles
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A
AB
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haemocytometer
haemoglobinometer
clinostat
thermometer
The biogenetic law was proposed by
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Ernst von Haeckel
Lamarck
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lipase
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A
B
C
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viroid
prion
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erythrocytes
leucocytes
blood platelets
all of these
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A
B
C
D
Blood is
acidic
alkaline
neutral
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size
vigour
length of the life cycle
resistance to desease
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holozoic method
holophytic method
saprophytic method
parasitic method
Typhoid is a disease caused by
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bactena
fungus
animal
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tetanus
mumps
pyorrhoea
ulcers
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0.5
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Polio
Tuberculosis
Cancer
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hormonal overproduction
atrophy of endocrine glands
inherited lack of an enzyme
nondisjuction of chromosomes
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mouth
stomach
duodenum
intestine
The counting of RBC's can be performed by
Haemocytometer
Haemoglobinometer
Clinostat
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Fibrinogen
Haemoglobin
Glucose
Blood cells
The oldest era is
Palaeozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Proterozoic
Fledgling is a term often used to denote the young one of a
bird
fox
dog
man
Plants grown in darkness show
stout stem
long internodes
bigger leaves
no growth at all
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hormones
enzymes
vitamins
zymogens
The most accepted theory of the origin of earth is the fiery origin which was propounded by
Laplace
Chamberlain
James Jean
Hoyle
AIDS is caused by the organisms which are
bacteria
fungi
viruses (HTLV III)
Protozoa
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away from water
towards water
into water
out of water
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means, the warming up of blood as the temperature increases during day time
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Proteins
Fats
Nucleotides
Eye is an organ that can be called as
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Thigmoreceptor
Photoreceptors
Rheoreceptor
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biliviridin and bilirubin
bilirubin and haemocyanin
haemoglobin and biliviridin