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Who is called the father of modem antiseptic surgery?

A. Edward Jenner

B. Joseph Lister

C. Louis Pasteur

D. William Harvey

Correct Answer :

B. Joseph Lister


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Which of the following organelles is known as the 'power House' of the cell?

A. Golgi Bodies

B. Ribosomes

C. Mitochondria

D. None of these

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Blood pressure is measured by

A. Auxanometer

B. Stethoscope

C. Sphygmomanometer

D. Kaleidoscope

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The study of ecology with pyramids was invented by

A. Darwin

B. Elton

C. Odum

D. Joshua

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Two tall plants, each being a hybrid and carrying a recessive factor for dwarfness are crossed. What proportion of their offspring will be dwarf?

A. 0.5

B. 0.25

C. 0.75

D. 1

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The diseases that are caused by lack of vitamins are called

A. deficiency diseases

B. communicable diseases

C. epidemics

D. tropical diseases

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Who was the first scientist to use an instrument for biological studies in 1665?

A. Robert Hooke

B. Schwann

C. Schleiden

D. None of the above

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Blood plasma from which fibrinogen is removed is known as

A. serum

B. blood concentrate

C. lymph

D. antibody component

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Scurvy is prevented by vitamin

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

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Deciduous forests are those with trees

A. that are evergreen

B. that shed leaves periodically

C. that have needle like leaves

D. that have no leaves at all

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Which of the following diseases is considered as completely eradicated from India, as no case of the same has been reported in last one year?

A. Polio

B. Tuberculosis

C. Cancer

D. Swine flu

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The buffer substance in blood is

A. Calcium carbonate

B. Carbon dioxide

C. Sodium bicarbonate

D. Ammonia

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Vitamin D deficiency leads to

A. sterility

B. pellagra

C. rickets

D. capillary fragility

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Plant diseases are spread by

A. insects

B. man

C. wind

D. All the above

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The protein synthesis takes place in

A. Ribosomes

B. Chromosomes

C. DNA

D. None of these

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Organisms that depend only on raw plant products are said to be

A. herbivorous

B. vegetarian

C. carnivorous

D. omnivorous

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The hypothesis that living matter originated in the past from non-living matter is supported by

A. Fossil records

B. Miller's experiments

C. Pasteur experiment

D. Spallanzeni experiment

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Synthesis of nutrients by green plants is called

A. photo-oxidation

B. photo-respiration

C. photo-synthesis

D. photo-periodism

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Blood is a kind of

A. epithelial tissue

B. connective tissue

C. nervous tissue

D. cartilage

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The golden age of Dinosaurs was

A. Palaezoic

B. Cenozoic

C. Mesozoic

D. Proterozoic

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Tse-Tse fly is the vector for

A. malarial parasite

B. try peorosoma

C. piroplasm

D. microfilaria

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The corn in an underground stem that grows

A. horizontally

B. vertically

C. above the soil

D. obliquely

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Sadabahar, a common weed, is the raw material that provides the source of medicines used In the treatment of

A. gout

B. blood cancer

C. coronary heart disease

D. polio

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Bordetella pertussis causes

A. tetanus

B. diphtheria

C. whooping cough

D. rabies

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An organism eating its own species is called

A. carnivore

B. detritivore

C. cannibal

D. herbivore

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The biogenetic law was proposed by

A. Alfred Russel Wallace

B. Charles Darwin

C. Ernst von Haeckel

D. Lamarck

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Clotting of blood is

A. a chain reaction

B. reversible reaction

C. reflex action

D. no reaction

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Edward Jenner to find out the efficacy of vaccination used

A. his own body

B. his friend's body

C. a corpse

D. a laboratory animal

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The hypoglossal nerves are the pairs of the spinal nerves

A. First pair

B. Second pair

C. Third pair

D. Fourth pair

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Vessels proceeding to the heart are

A. veins

B. arteries

C. capillaries

D. lymph ducts

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Who coined the term gene?

A. Mendel

B. Devries

C. Jacob and Monod

D. Johanson