What are the symptoms of 'Pellagra'?
Colour blindness
Rickets
Patches of skin
Soft bones
Correct Answer :
C. Patches of skin
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An organism eating its own species is called
carnivore
detritivore
cannibal
herbivore
The suggestion that the chromosomes are the carriers of hereditary material was first made by
Johanson
Flemming
Sutton and Boveri
Morgan
For which of the following is insulin treatment given?
Cancer
Diabetes
Asthma
Typhoid
Genes are arranged in chromosomes
In clusters
In binary fashion
In linear fashion
Scattered
Maize is attacked by
Phytophthora
Pythium
Ustilago
Puccinia
Which among the following vitamins is considered to be a harmone?
A
B
C
D
Malarial parasite is brought to human host by
male anopheles mosquito
female anopheles mosquito
male culex
female culex
Maintenance of pregnancy is under the control of
follicular stimulating hormone
growth hormone
estrogen
progesterone
The part of the brain in Control of Voluntary muscles is
cerebellum
medulla oblongata
pons
cerebrum
Viruses have
DNA only
RNA only
Either DNA or RNA
Both DNA and RNA
Insulin is produced in the human body by the
Heart
Kidney
Liver
Pancreas
The part of the human brain concerned with sight is the
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe
The condition in which there is abnormal decrease of white blood corpuscles is known as
leukaemia
leucoderma
leukopenia
anaemia
One of the following is often called the master gland. Which one is it?
Thymus
Islets of Langerhans
Pituitary
Thyroid
Decomposition of organic matter is due to
Virus
Fungi
Bacteria
None of these
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 blood of cockroach shows the following characteristics except one. Mark it.
It serves to distribute nutrient directly to every part of the body
It contains several kinds of corpuscles without haemoglobin
It collects metabolic wastes
It carries oxygen
Hormone promoting maleness in flowering plants is
Indole Acetic Acid
Kinetin
Cytokinin
Gibberellin
What is the colour of the outer portion of the spinal cord?
gray
brown
white
yellow
Which one is a water-soluble vitamin?
A
C
D
E
Who was the first scientist to use an instrument for biological studies in 1665?
Robert Hooke
Schwann
Schleiden
None of the above
Warm-bloodedness
means, animals living in warm climates
means, the warming up of blood as the temperature increases during day time
is characterised by constant body temperature
is shown by reptiles
The grouping o( blood is based on substances called
antibodies
antigens
antitoxin
enzymes
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
The germ theory of diseases was put forward by
Louis Pasteur
Luister
Leuwenhoek
Flemming
Oxygen transport is a function of
White Blood Corpuscles
Red Blood-Corpuscles
Blood Platelets
Plasma
Name the nematode which lives in lymph vessels of man.
Ascaris
Hook worm
Filarial worm
Guinea worm
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
Which among, the following is a solid lubricant?
carbohydrate
graphite
protein
starch
The olfactory area is concerned with
smell
sight
hearing
speech