1. In which among the following diseases, Seed Therapy is used now a days for treatment?
[A] AIDS
[B] Tuberculosis
[C] Cancer
[D] Asthama
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Correct Answer: C [Cancer]
Notes:
Seed Therapy which is based on Sujok Therapy deals with the application of seeds or other parts of plants and attaching it with a tape at a corresponding point in the hand or foot of a person feeling pain. This is used now-a-days for cancer treatment.
2. Which among the following clearly describes a Silver Fish?
[A] A Fish
[B] A wingless Insect
[C] An Anthropod
[D] A frog
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Correct Answer: B [A wingless Insect]
Notes:
A silverfish known as Lepisma saccharina, is a small, primitive, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma. It is silvery light grey in colour, and fish-like appearance of its movements.
3. Which among the following is the right location of foramen magnum ?
[A] In the Pectoral girdle
[B] Interior region of skull
[C] Posterior region of skull
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Posterior region of skull]
Notes:
Posterior region of skull is the right location of foramen magnum. The foramen magnum refers to a large oval opening (foramen) in the occipital bone of the skull in humans and as well as many other animals.
4. Which among the following is not a carnivorous plant?
[A] Pitcher plant
[B] Venus Fly Trap
[C] waterwheel plant
[D] Marsh Mallow
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Correct Answer: D [Marsh Mallow]
Notes:
Marsh Mallow is not a carnivorous plant. Whereas Pitcher plant, Venus Fly Trap and waterwheel plant are carnivorous plants. Carnivorous plants derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.
5. Lipoproteins which are the large molecules and which transport the cholesterol in the bloodstream are ______-?
[A] protein molecules
[B] fat molecules
[C] protein and fat molecules
[D] Lipids
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Correct Answer: C [protein and fat molecules]
Notes:
A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly consisting of protein and fat molecules whose primary purpose is to transport hydrophobic lipid molecules in water, as in blood plasma or other extracellular fluids.
6. Which among the following is NOT a true bast fiber?
[A] Jute
[B] Hemp
[C] Flax
[D] Cotton
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Correct Answer: D [Cotton]
Notes:
Please note that Bast Fibers are obtained from Phloem
7. Why do birds not experience respiratory issues while flying at high altitudes?
[A] Their lungs are larger relative to body size
[B] They fly inactively at high altitudes
[C] None of the above is correct
[D] Birds possess additional air sacs
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Correct Answer: D [Birds possess additional air sacs]
Notes:
Birds have unique respiratory systems with extra air sacs that provide continuous airflow and efficient oxygen exchange, even at high altitudes where air is thinner. These adaptations help birds avoid respiratory trouble during flight.
8. Who among the following coined the term ‘gene’?
[A] De Vries
[B] W.L. Johanssen
[C] T. H. Morgan
[D] G. Mendel
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Correct Answer: B [ W.L. Johanssen ]
Notes:
Wilhelm Johannsen was a Danish botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 “pure line” experiments in genetics.
9. Which of the following disease is non-communicable in nature?
[A] Tuberculosis
[B] Chicken-pox
[C] Cholera
[D] Cancer
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Correct Answer: D [Cancer]
Notes:
A noncommunicable disease (NCD) is a medical condition or disease that is by definition non-infectious and non-transmissible among people. Eg. Cancer which is also called malignancy, is an abnormal growth of cells.
10. Which of the following is not an element of the bone?
[A] Calcium
[B] Phosphorus
[C] Carbon
[D] Oxygen
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Correct Answer: C [Carbon]
Notes:
Bones consist of living cells embedded in a mineralized organic matrix. This matrix consists of organic components, mainly type I collagen – “organic” referring to materials produced as a result of the human body – and inorganic components, primarily hydroxyapatite and other salts of calcium and phosphate.
