The disease Goitre is caused in persons who do not have in their diet sufficient
calcium
sodium
iodine
iron
Correct Answer :
C. iodine
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Milk fever in cows occurs due to lack of
Phosphates
Calcium
Iron
Iodine
The plant cells are surrounded rigidly by
plasmalemma
cell membrane
cell wall
plasma membrane
What are the symptoms of retinal deficiency?
Dry skin
Rough skin
Night blindness
Sensitiveness to light and ulcers
The protein synthesis takes place in
Ribosomes
Chromosomes
DNA
None of these
The juice from the leaves of ________ is used for the treatment of diarrhoea, cholera and dysentery.
Caeselpinea
Bryophyllum
Centella
None of the above
What ia leukaemia?
proliferation of WBC
decrease of RBC
increase of platelets
decrease of WBC
The smallest size of a cell which can be seen directly by the eye is
One micron
10 micron
100 micron
1000 micron
The golden age of Dinosaurs was
Palaezoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Proterozoic
Vessels leaving the heart are
veins
arteries
capillaries
lymph ducts
Loss of blood is
clotting
receding
healing
drying up
The equilibrium and co-ordination is looked after by which part of the brain?
Cerebrum
Medulla oblongata
Cerebellum
Olfactory lobes
One of the following disease cannot be prevented by the DPT (triple-antigen) immunization of children.
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Whooping cough
Diphtheria
The most primitive mammals are
carnivorous
herbivorous
omnivorous
insectivorous
Translocation of food takes place in plants through
xylem
phloem
cambium
cortex
Edward Jenner to find out the efficacy of vaccination used
his own body
his friend's body
a corpse
a laboratory animal
The acid that is secreted in the stomach is
HCI
H2SO4
H2CO3
HNO3
Which among the following vitamins is considered to be a harmone?
A
B
C
D
Accepted theory for the origin of life is
Cosmozoic theory
Biogenesis
Abiogenesis
Oparin's theory
The universal donor belongs to blood group
A
B
AB
O
The function of ribosomes is
Secretion
Excretion
Power house of the cell
Protein synthesis
Bordetella pertussis causes
tetanus
diphtheria
whooping cough
rabies
Kangaroo is one of the animals popularly called as
egglaying
pouched
placental
Volant
Calcium and phosphorus assimilation will depend on sufficient intake of
vitamin B complex
vitamin D
vitamin A
vitamin C
Cancer is induced by certain viruses called
poxviruses
adenoviruses
oncogenic viruses
herpesviruses
What are the symptoms of 'Pellagra'?
Colour blindness
Rickets
Patches of skin
Soft bones
What is the other name for the brain?
myelon
encephalon
cephalon
All the above
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
Man has ____ pairs of salivary glands.
3
4
6
8
Blood is a kind of
epithelial tissue
connective tissue
nervous tissue
cartilage
The plant that is dispersed with the help of water is
mango
coconut
teak
paddy