Saffron is the dried ________ of the saffron plant.
fruit
aril
stigmas and tops of styles
tender leaves and sprouts
Correct Answer :
C. stigmas and tops of styles
Related Questions
Which among the following is a balanced fertiliser for plants?
Urea
Ammonium Sulphate
Nitrates
Compost
The insect vector for the disease Leishmaniasis is
Tsetse fly
Culex
Phlebotomus
Anopheles
The normal systolic blood pressure is
140
120
180
80
The specific gravity of blood is
lower than water
higher than water
same as water
many times that of water
The eland having endorine as well as exocrine function is
Adrenal gland
Thyroid gland
Pituitary gland
Pancreatic gland
Edward Jenner to find out the efficacy of vaccination used
his own body
his friend's body
a corpse
a laboratory animal
The bile contains the pigments
haemoglobin and haemoerythrin
biliviridin and bilirubin
bilirubin and haemocyanin
haemoglobin and biliviridin
The 'mad-cow disease' (Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease) is produced by certain
bacterium
virus
viroid
prion
Blood cancer is otherwise called
Leukaemia
Leucoderma
Leucocytopenia
Erythrocemia
Which one of the following animals stores water in the intestine?
Moloch
Camel
Zebra
Uromastix
Excess of amino-acids are broken down to form urea in the
Liver
Kidney
Spleen
Rectum
Diabetes is caused by
fall in insulin level
increase in insulin level
eating too much sugar
decrease in glucose
Haemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of
frog
fish
man
earthworm
Which of the following diseases are not bacterial?
cholera and diphtheria
trichomonasis and malaria
tetanus and typhoid
tuberculosis and leprosy
Small pox is caused by
bacteria
fungus
virus
algae
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
The development of new organs is termed
Parthenogenesis
Morphogenesis
Histogenesis
Paedogenesis
Scurvy is a disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin.
A
B
C
D
Rh+ blood is due to genes which are
dominant
recessive
codominant
neutral
The life cycle of Malarial Parasite consists of two phases in man. Where do they occur?
In RBC and liver cells
In WBC and RBC
In lymph
In gall bladder and pancreas
Intravascular clotting of blood is known as
anaemia
leucopenia
thrombosis
thrombin
The protoplasm of a child is exactly the same as that of its
mother
father
grandfather
identical twin
Pearl is secreted by the __________ of the pearl oyster.
foot
mantle
gills
None of these
The function of connective tissue is
to hold the other tissues together
to facilitate diffusion
to help transportation of dissolved material from capillaries to epithelial cells
protection
Man has ____ pairs of salivary glands.
3
4
6
8
Insulin is produced in the human body by the
Heart
Kidney
Liver
Pancreas
Consumption of potassium cyanide leads to total stoppage of cellular activity in the human body, as it cripples the
heart
lungs
kidneys
mitochondria
Phenylketonuria is an example of an inborn error of metabolism. Thins error refers to
hormonal overproduction
atrophy of endocrine glands
inherited lack of an enzyme
nondisjuction of chromosomes
The external ears of man are intended for
ornaments
scattering sound waves
collect sound waves
beauty
Life begets life' or biogenesis was stated by
Robert Koch
Miller
Louis Pasteur
Lord Lister