1. The most common use of ‘silicone hydrogels’ is making of which among the following?
[A] Surgery Equipments
[B] Contact Lenses
[C] Breast Transplants
[D] Capsules of medicines
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Correct Answer: B [Contact Lenses]
Notes:
Silicone hydrogel and regular hydrogel lenses both are made of plastics that are hard when dry but readily absorb water and become soft and gel-like when hydrated. They are most commonly used in making Contact Lenses.
2. Which ancient Indian physician is known as the ‘Father of Surgery’?
[A] Charaka
[B] Sushruta
[C] Nagarjuna
[D] Vagbhatta
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Correct Answer: B [Sushruta]
Notes:
Sushruta practiced during the 5th century B.C. many of his contributions to medicine and surgery preceded similar discoveries in the Western world. He is known as the ‘Father of Surgery’.
3. Which among the following is a common end product of Anaerobic Respiration?
[A] Acetic Acid
[B] Carbonic Acid
[C] Lactic Acid
[D] Hydrochloric Acid
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Correct Answer: C [Lactic Acid]
Notes:
Lactic Acid is a common end product of Anaerobic Respiration. Anaerobic respiration is the type of respiration through which cells can breakdown sugars to generate energy in the absence of oxygen.
4. The hard part of a stem of a plant is because of ________?
[A] Sclerenchyma
[B] Xylem
[C] Pholem
[D] Stomata
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Correct Answer: B [Xylem]
Notes:
The hard part of a stem of a plant is because of Xylem. Stem supports leaves, flowers and fruits. It also transports fluids between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, stores nutrients, and produces new living tissue.
5. Which among the following is called ‘queen of spices’?
[A] Cardamom
[B] Clove
[C] Turmeric
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Cardamom]
Notes:
Cardamom (Botanical name: Elettaria cardamomum) is called the Queen of Spices because of its rich aroma and many uses as a medicine and as a flavoring in food and drink.
6. Which among the following is a correct definition of Hematocrit?
[A] proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells
[B] proportion of blood volume that is occupied by white blood cells
[C] proportion of blood volume that is occupied by Leucocytes and Thromobocytes
[D] proportion of blood volume that is occupied by plasma
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Correct Answer: A [proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells]
Notes:
Hematocrit levels are used in doping tests of Athletes , (the RBCs are carriers of Oxygen). hematocrit levels also denotes the blood iron. hematocrit levels of 38 or higher are normally suitable for the donors to donate their blood. Here please note that sometimes its is asked in exams about the ion which can help better in blood coagulation and normally options given are Ca, Na, K & Fe+3. The obvious answer is Fe+3.
7. Malaria can be caused by:
[A] all anopheles mosquitoes
[B] all culex mosquitoes
[C] only males Culex mosquitoes
[D] only female anopheles mosquitoes
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Correct Answer: D [ only female anopheles mosquitoes]
Notes:
The Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria is neither a virus nor a bacterium – it is a single-celled parasite that multiplies in red blood cells of humans as well as in the mosquito intestine. When the female mosquito feeds on an infected person, male and female forms of the parasite are ingested from human blood.
8. Which organ of the body produces the fluid known as bile?
[A] Liver
[B] Pancreas
[C] Gall bladder
[D] Kidney
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Correct Answer: A [Liver]
Notes:
Liver produces a digestive fluid known as bile. Liver release bile into Gall bladder, a small, pear shaped organ located just below your liver in the upper right side of your abdomen.
9. How does a Unicellular Organism reproduce?
[A] Cell reproduction
[B] Cell division
[C] Fragmentation
[D] Cell synthesis
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Correct Answer: B [Cell division]
Notes:
Cell division is the process by which a Unicellular Organism reproduce and divides into two or more daughter cells. Cell division usually occurs as part of a larger cell cycle.
10. Conception generally takes place at which of the following times?
[A] Menses
[B] Before menses
[C] Immediately after menses
[D] Two weeks after menses
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Correct Answer: D [Two weeks after menses]
Notes:
The egg can be fertilized for 12 to 24 hours after it’s released as it travels down the fallopian tube toward the uterus. If an egg meets up with a sperm cell that has made its way into the fallopian tube, it combines into one cell, a process that’s known as fertilization or conception. It happens two weeks after menses.
