11. What is the name of a group of similar cells performing a specific function?
[A] Tissue
[B] Organ
[C] Organ system
[D] Cellular organization
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Correct Answer: A [Tissue]
Notes:
A tissue is an ensemble of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same origin that together carry out a specific function. Organs are then formed by the functional grouping together of multiple tissues.
12. Which one of the following is a useful functional association between fungi and the roots of higher plants?
[A] Biofertilizer
[B] Coralloid root
[C] Lichen
[D] Mycorrhiza
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Correct Answer: D [Mycorrhiza]
Notes:
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plant’s rhizosphere, its root system. Mycorrhizae play important roles in plant nutrition, soil biology and soil chemistry.
13. Which one of the following is monogamous?
[A] Wolf
[B] Walrus
[C] Seal
[D] Deer
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Correct Answer: A [Wolf]
Notes:
Wolf alpha pairs are usually monogamous with each other, but alpha males have been known to stray with other pack members, especially if they are closely related. Among red foxes, long considered extremely loyal, mate switching has also been shown.
14. Which vitamin is also called as “Folic acid”?
[A] Vitamin B3
[B] Vitamin B6
[C] Vitamin B9
[D] Vitamin B12
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Correct Answer: C [Vitamin B9]
Notes:
Vitamin B9 is also called as the folic acid. Folic acid is converted into folate in the human body. Folate is essential for making DNA and RNA.
Extra info: Folic acid /B9 is recommended to the pregnants to reduce the risk of Neural Tube Defects in the foetus.
15. What field in which “Luc Montagnier” is famous for?
[A] Discovery of Ebola Virus
[B] Discovery of Influenza Virus
[C] Discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
[D] Discovery of Polio Virus
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Correct Answer: C [Discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus]
Notes:
Luc Antoine Montagnier (born 18 August 1932) is a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barre-Sinoussi and Harald Zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He has worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
16. Red algae are known as__?
[A] Chlorophyceae
[B] Rhodophyceae
[C] Phaeophyceae
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: B [Rhodophyceae]
Notes:
Rhodophyceae (red algae) are a class of seaweeds, most of which are reddish in color, with a filamentous or membranous basic shape.
17. Which of the following can occur during genetic recombination during prokaryotes?
[A] Transformation
[B] Transduction
[C] Conjugation
[D] All of these
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Correct Answer: D [All of these]
Notes:
Prokaryotes are organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles.
18. Which of the following are blue-green algae?
[A] Prokaryotes
[B] Eukaryotes
[C] Both 1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: A [Prokaryotes]
Notes:
Blue-green algae or cyanobacteria are prokaryotes. They lack membrane bound organelles and a nucleus.
19. How many amino acids are needed to make proteins?
[A] 19
[B] 20
[C] 21
[D] 22
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Correct Answer: B [20]
Notes:
Amino acids combine to form protein. It requires 20 amino acids to make a protein in both plants and animals. Amino acids and protein are considered as the main body building blocks.
20. Which of the following viruses shows the transformation of infected cells?
[A] Hepatitis B virus
[B] Human T cell lymphotronic virus type I
[C] Epstein-Barr virus
[D] All of these
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Correct Answer: D [All of these]
Notes:
Hepatitis B virus, Human T cell lymphotronic virus type I and Epstein-Barr virus are the viruses shows the transformation of infected cells.
