The primary energy for living organisms is
Solar energy
Chemical energy
Mitochondria
ATP
Correct Answer :
A. Solar energy
Related Questions
The equilibrium and co-ordination is looked after by which part of the brain?
Cerebrum
Medulla oblongata
Cerebellum
Olfactory lobes
Mouth and foot diseases in cattle are caused by
Bacteria
Virus
Fungi
Pennicilium
The golden age of Dinosaurs was
Palaezoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Proterozoic
India's first transgenic crop was
Potato
Brinjal
Sugarcane
Bt cotton
Name the nematode which lives in lymph vessels of man.
Ascaris
Hook worm
Filarial worm
Guinea worm
The thermoregulatory centre in the human brain is the
Pituitary
Spinal cord
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
What is the other name for the brain?
myelon
encephalon
cephalon
All the above
What do you mean by lentic biota?
Plants and animals in lakes and ponds
Plants and animals in forest
Plants and animals in sea water
Desert plants and animals
Animals that feed only on dead flesh are
herbivorous
carnivorous
omnivorous
carrion-eaters
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
HIV causes
cancer
hepatitis
AIDS
Herpes
What are the symptoms of Xeroph-thalmia?
eye weakness
dry skin and night blindness
nervous break down
All the above
In a gamete there will be
one pair of sex chromosomes
only one sex chromosome
no sex chromosome
only autosomes
The part of the brain which is responsible for intelligence is
cerebrum
opthalmic
cochlea
semicircular canals
What is an antigen?
toxic substance
a kind of protein
blood platelets
blood corpuscles
What are top carnivores?
biggest carnivores
tigers
all carnivorous animals
carnivores that are not eaten by any other animal
A biopsy is performed on a patient generally to detect which one of the following?
Cancer
Tuberculosis
Appendicitis
Renal failure
1 gm of carbohydrate gives energy which is about
3 k cal
2 k cal
4.2 k cal
8.1 k cal
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
The pH of normal urine of man ranges from
6 - 8
4.5 - 6
2.5 - 6
8 10
The hypothesis that living matter originated in the past from non-living matter is supported by
Fossil records
Miller's experiments
Pasteur experiment
Spallanzeni experiment
The deficiency of Vitamin A which leads to poor vision during night is termed
nyctolopia
myopia
glaucoma
colour blindness
The hormones are carried to target organs through the
blood
lymph
water
corpuscles
The corn in an underground stem that grows
horizontally
vertically
above the soil
obliquely
Clotting of blood is
a chain reaction
reversible reaction
reflex action
no reaction
Genes are made of
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats
Nucleotides
The following disease is prevented by triple-antigen immunization
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis
Smallpox
Mumps
Higher plants take up nitrogen as
Nitrites only
Nitrates only
Nitrates and Ammonia
Urea
Kwashiorkar is characterised by
dermatitis, changes in hair pigments and retarded brain growth
excretion of creatine in excess
tyrosinosis and alcaptonuria
None of these
The metallic part in haemoglobin is
Copper
Molybdenum
Nickel
Iron