Biology MCQs

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Approximately 3 billion base pairs are there in the human genome. The complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans encoded as DNA within 23 chromosome pairs in the cell nucleus and a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria is called the human genome.

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Pulses are part of the legume family, but the term “pulse” refers only to the dried seed. Dried peas, edible beans, lentils and chickpeas are the most common varieties of pulses. The term “legume” refers to the plants whose fruit is enclosed in a pod. Other well-known legumes include alfalfa, clover, fresh peas, lupins, mesquite, soy and peanuts.

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Vitamin C is quite unstable when cooked or stored improperly. It is very liable and easily destroyed during cooking as well as storage. It is a water-soluble and temperature-sensitive vitamin, so is easily degraded during cooking, and elevated temperatures and long cooking times have been found to cause particularly severe losses of vitamin C.

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Gastric acid, also known as gastric juice or stomach acid, is a digestive fluid, formed in the stomach. It is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl), potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl). It is strongly acidic with pH varying from 1.5 to 3.5. the acid plays a key role in digestion of proteins.

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Trypsin is an enzyme that helps us digest protein. In the small intestine, trypsin breaks down proteins, continuing the process of digestion that began in the stomach. It may also be referred to as a proteolytic enzyme, or proteinase. Trypsin is produced by the pancreas in an inactive form called trypsinogen. The trypsinogen enters the small intestine through the common bile duct and is converted to active trypsin.

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A typical adult human stomach will secrete about 1.5 liters of gastric acid daily. The best-known component of gastric juice is hydrochloric acid, the secretory product of the parietal, or oxyntic cell. It is known that the capacity of the stomach to secrete HCl is almost linearly related to parietal cell numbers.

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The diaphragm is a barrier method of birth control. It is a reusable dome-shaped cup that covers a woman’s cervix, stopping sperm from joining an egg. In order for a diaphragm to work best, it must be used with spermicide (a cream or gel that kills sperm).

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Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2 is an easily absorbed colored micronutrient with a key role in energy metabolism, and for the metabolism of fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins.

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Motor skills are needed to control the movements of the different muscles in the human body. The frontal lobe plays a large role in voluntary movement. It houses the primary motor cortex which regulates activities like walking. The frontal lobes are also involved in problem solving, spontaneity, memory, language, initiation, judgement, impulse control, etc.

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Unicellular organism is an organism which only has one cell while a multicellular organism is an organism that made up of more than one cell. Organisms such as amoeba, plasmodium, paramecium are unicellular organisms. Hydra (animal) and spirogyra (plant) are examples of multicellular organism.