The hormone that contains iodine is
Prolactin
Vasopressin
Thyroxine
Adrenalin
Correct Answer :
C. Thyroxine
Related Questions
Fledgling is a term often used to denote the young one of a
bird
fox
dog
man
Food substances are substances by
hormones
enzymes
vitamins
zymogens
What is the bacterial disease in lime fruits?
Phythophthora
White rust
Citrus canker
Smut disease
Kangaroo is one of the animals popularly called as
egglaying
pouched
placental
Volant
The mouth of a river opening into the sea is termed as
shore line
littoral zone
continental shelf
estuary
Kwashiorkar is a deficiency disease
due to poor intake of proteins
due to poor intake of carbohydrates
due to (a) and (b)
due to poor intake of lipids
Kwashiorkor' is caused by deficiency of
carbohydrates
proteins
fats
vitamins
Sex linked genes are carried by
X-chromosomes
Y-chromosomes
different part of X- and Y-chromosomes
autosomes
Which of the following diseases is water borne?
Cholera
Malaria
Filiariasis
None of the above
Whale reproduces by
ovipary
vivipary
ovovivipary
fission
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
Sleeping sickness in man is caused by the organism
plasmodium
entamoeba
giardia
trypanosome
Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus, contains DNA?
Centriole
Golgi apparatus
Lysosome
Mitochondrion
Memory is the responsibility of
cerebrum
cerebellum
medulla oblongata
spinal cord
Blood plasma from which fibrinogen is removed is known as
serum
blood concentrate
lymph
antibody component
The dreaded virus which, on reaching the central nervous system, produces spasms of the muscles of the throat and the cheat while swallowing, and is sure to kill the patient is
Poliomyelitis virus
AIDS virus
Smallpox virus
Rabies virus
The larva of the housefly is called
maggot
caterpillar
grub
wriggler
Who coined the term gene?
Mendel
Devries
Jacob and Monod
Johanson
Timberline shows
a line of trees
the limit of the forest
annual rings
height of trees
Cancer is induced by certain viruses called
poxviruses
adenoviruses
oncogenic viruses
herpesviruses
The amount of blood in a normal man is about
5.0 litres
2.5 litres
3.8 litres
4.7 litres
The universal recipient belongs to blood group
A
B
AB
O
Herbivores are
primary consumers
secondary consumers
tertiary consumers
decomposers
Blood clotting requires vitamin
A
B
C
K
The part of the human brain concerned with sight is the
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe
The hypoglossal nerves are the pairs of the spinal nerves
First pair
Second pair
Third pair
Fourth pair
The corn in an underground stem that grows
horizontally
vertically
above the soil
obliquely
The thrombocytes are associated with
blood coagulation
transport of respiratory gases
removal of nitrogenous wastes
All the above
The specific gravity of blood is
lower than water
higher than water
same as water
many times that of water
The oldest era is
Palaeozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Proterozoic