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The olfactory area is concerned with

A. smell

B. sight

C. hearing

D. speech

Correct Answer :

A. smell


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Dr Khorana's work relates to

A. synthesis of simple DNA

B. genetic code

C. reduction of mutation

D. synthesis of RNA from bacterial cell

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The drug Ergot is obtained from

A. Alga

B. Fungus

C. Bacteria

D. Virus

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Typhoid is a disease caused by

A. virus

B. bactena

C. fungus

D. animal

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Metastasis' is the process by which

A. cells divide rapidly under the influence of drugs

B. cancer cells spread through the blood or lymphatic system to other sites or organs

C. the chromosomes in cell nuclei are attached to the spindle before moving to the anaphase poles

D. cance cells are successfully inhibited to divide any futhere

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Desert plants are called

A. Xerophytes

B. Bryophytes

C. Pteridophytes

D. Halophytes

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The hormone that contains iodine is

A. Prolactin

B. Vasopressin

C. Thyroxine

D. Adrenalin

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Which one of the following is not an essential micronutrient for plants?

A. Boron

B. Zinc

C. Sodium

D. Copper

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In one minute normally the heart beats

A. 60 times

B. 80 times

C. 100 times

D. 72 times

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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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In movable joints the tips of the bones are covered with

A. hyaline cartilage

B. calcified cartilage

C. elastic cartilage

D. fibrous cartilage

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The energy for the sperm to swim and reach the egg is provided by

A. tail

B. head

C. neck

D. mitochondria

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Lactose and Rennin, the enzymes required to digest milk, disappear in the human body by the age of _______ years.

A. 2

B. 3

C. 5

D. 8

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Fibrinogen is present in

A. lymph

B. liver

C. blood plasma

D. pancreas

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An inherited characteristic which does not appear in one generation but can appear in the next is called

A. dominant

B. recessive

C. homozygous

D. heterozygous

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The 'father of genetics' is

A. Mendel

B. Morgan

C. Darwin

D. Muller

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The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is

A. 280

B. 290

C. 300

D. 310

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The function of ribosomes is

A. Secretion

B. Excretion

C. Power house of the cell

D. Protein synthesis

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Milk fever in cows occurs due to lack of

A. Phosphates

B. Calcium

C. Iron

D. Iodine

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Haemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of

A. frog

B. fish

C. man

D. earthworm

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Malnutrition is due to

A. undernourishment

B. want of balanced diet

C. overfeeding

D. All the above

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Which one of the following seeds can benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by normalising his blood sugar level?

A. Coriander seeds

B. Fenugreek seeds

C. Cumin seeds

D. Mustard seeds

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Blood cancer is otherwise called

A. Leukaemia

B. Leucoderma

C. Leucocytopenia

D. Erythrocemia

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Bio indicators are

A. stains

B. pH indicators

C. weather indicators

D. soil indicators

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The condition in which there is abnormal decrease of white blood corpuscles is known as

A. leukaemia

B. leucoderma

C. leukopenia

D. anaemia

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The Green Revolution in India owes much to

A. MS Swaminathan

B. TS Venkataraman

C. Norman Borlaug

D. Prime Minister

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The theory of use and disuse was used to explain evolution by

A. Lamarck

B. Darwin

C. De Vries

D. Wallace

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Vestigeal organs are those which are

A. fully formed and functional

B. much reduced but functional

C. much reduced and functionless

D. fully formed but functionless

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The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called

A. hibernation

B. aestivation

C. laziness

D. lethargy

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Adaptation for flying is termed as

A. aquatic

B. volant

C. fossorial

D. cursorial

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Genes are arranged in chromosomes

A. In clusters

B. In binary fashion

C. In linear fashion

D. Scattered