Which element in chillies causes burning sensations?
Capsaicin
Cyanogen
Ammonia
Capsicum
Correct Answer :
A. Capsaicin
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Plant diseases are spread by
insects
man
wind
All the above
Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles belong to the class
Aves
Reptilia
Mammalia
Amphibia
What is the bacterial disease in lime fruits?
Phythophthora
White rust
Citrus canker
Smut disease
Oxygen transport is a function of
white blood corpuscles
red blood corpuscles
blood platelets
plasma
The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is
280
290
300
310
Which among the following is a communicable disease?
Beri Beri
Diabetes
Leucoderma
Dysentery
Which one is called anti-haemorrhagic vitamin?
A
C
E
K
Evergreen forests are confined to
Equatorial region
Temperate region
Alpine region
Arctic region
Nephrons are found inside
Liver
Lung
Brain
Kidneys
The hypoglossal nerves are the pairs of the spinal nerves
First pair
Second pair
Third pair
Fourth pair
Vessels proceeding to the heart are
veins
arteries
capillaries
lymph ducts
Vitamins A and C are predominantly present in
brinjal
lady's finger
potato
tomato
The blood without corpuscles is called
bile
lymph
plasma
blood
Blood plasma from which fibrinogen is removed is known as
serum
blood concentrate
lymph
antibody component
Deciduous forests are those with trees
that are evergreen
that shed leaves periodically
that have needle like leaves
that have no leaves at all
Which of the following diseases are not bacterial?
cholera and diphtheria
trichomonasis and malaria
tetanus and typhoid
tuberculosis and leprosy
Total number of amino acids in plants is
10
20
30
Plenty
The geotropism of the roots that makes them grow towards gravity is said to be
positive
negative
neutral
oblique
The disease in which blood clotting does not take place is known as
xerophthalmia
haemopoiesis
haemophilia
haemoerythrin
The mouth of a river opening into the sea is termed as
shore line
littoral zone
continental shelf
estuary
The tallest tree in the world Sequoia™ is found in
UK
USA
former USSR
China
The country where commercial production of cultured pearls is undertaken on large scale is
India
Mexico
Netherlands
Japan
Organisms that feed on the excreta of other organisms are called
autotrophs
heterotrophs
coprophagous
saprotrophs
Antisnake venom is prepared by
Pasteur institute
Hoffkine's institute
Birla's institute
Indian Science Institute
The plant cells are surrounded rigidly by
plasmalemma
cell membrane
cell wall
plasma membrane
What are the symptoms of 'Pellagra'?
Colour blindness
Rickets
Patches of skin
Soft bones
What do you mean by the term fauna?
plant kingdom
animal kingdom
both plant and animal kingdoms
A part of plant kingdom
The workers in the honey bee colony are
males
females
sterile females
intersex
The gestation period for the elephant is
10 months
15 months
22 months
30 months
Light compensation zone refers to
where light is available in plenty
where all light energy is used
where light is maximum
beyond which light does not penetrate