11. Which among the following is the correct sequence of the Levels of Organisation found in living organsims?
[A] Individual – Organ system – Tissue – Cell – Organ
[B] Organ – Organ system – Tissue – Cell – Individual
[C] Tissue – Cell – Organ – Organ system – Individual
[D] Cell – Tissue – Organ – Organ system – Individual.
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Correct Answer: D [Cell – Tissue – Organ – Organ system – Individual.]
Notes:
The correct sequence of the level of Organisation in living organism is :Cell – Tissue – Organ – Organ system – Individual. The cell is basic unit of life and thesmallest level of organisation of the living organisms.In multicellular organisms more than one cell of similar or dissimilar nature combine to form a tissue.Different tissues combone to form distinct organs. A group of organs coordinating to performs a major function forms the organ system.A multicellular individual is formed by the combination of many organ systems working in coordination. Thus Option [D] is correct
12. Opium is a plant product obtained from which part of the plant?
[A] Roots
[B] Stem bark
[C] Dried Latex
[D] Dried leaves
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Correct Answer: C [Dried Latex]
Notes:
The opium poppy straw is harvested from cultivation of pharmaceutical entities, the liquid or dried sap (known as opium latex that is obtained by lancing the outer surface of poppy pods) is the starting material for the clandestine production of heroin. Poppy straw is derived when latex are fully mature and dried by mechanical means.
13. What is the name of the vessel that delivers the nutrient rich blood from the stomach and small intestine to the liver? (UPSC Prelims 2006)
[A] Left hepatic artery
[B] Hepatic vein
[C] Right hepatic artery
[D] Hepatic portal vein
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Correct Answer: D [Hepatic portal vein]
Notes:
The portal vein or hepatic portal vein is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver. This blood contains nutrients and toxins extracted from digested contents.
14. What kind of sugar is present in sugarcane?
[A] Sucrose
[B] Hexose
[C] Glucose
[D] Ribose
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Correct Answer: A [Sucrose]
Notes:
Sucrose is present in sugarcane. It is also known as cane sugar or table sugar. It is the combination of glucose and fructose.
15. The change from lysogeny to lymph is usually induced by?
[A] ultraviolet light
[B] chemicals
[C] irradiation
[D] all of these
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Correct Answer: A [ultraviolet light]
Notes:
The change from lysogeny to lymph is usually induced by ultraviolet light. Lysogeny is a type of life cycle that occurs when a bacteriophage infects certain types of bacteria.
16. Which one of the following plants has seeds but no flowers and fruits?
[A] Bryophytes
[B] Gymnosperms
[C] Mosses
[D] Pteridophytes
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Correct Answer: B [Gymnosperms]
Notes:
Gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants. These include conifers, cycads, ginkgo and gnatophytes, which make up the clade gymnosperms. These living members are also known as acrogynosperms.
17. Agar is obtained commercially__?
[A] Blue-green algae
[B] Red algae
[C] Brown algae
[D] Green algae
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Correct Answer: B [Red algae]
Notes:
Agar is a jelly-like material obtained from red algae. The jelly content in algae is due to the presence of non-branched polysaccharides derived from the cell wall of red algae.
18. A single polar flagellum is known as__?
[A] monotrichous
[B] lophotrichous
[C] amphitrichous
[D] none of these
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Correct Answer: A [monotrichous]
Notes:
Monotrichous bacteria have a single flagellum. Lophotrichous bacteria have multiple flagella located at the same location on bacterial surfaces that work together to steer the bacteria in the same direction.
19. Where are sexual reproduction and mobile cells absent?
[A] Chlorophyceae
[B] Rhodophyceae
[C] Myxophyceae
[D] Phaeophyceae
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Correct Answer: C [Myxophyceae]
Notes:
Since being prokaryotic cells, they do not have chromosomes, so they lack sexual reproduction.
20. In pteridophytes, which of the following is the dominant generation?
[A] gametophytic
[B] haploid
[C] diploid
[D] triploid
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Correct Answer: C [diploid]
Notes:
In pteridophytes, the dominant is the diploid sporophytic generation because it develops from the diploid zygote.
