31. The ________ is responsible for why you would feel something touch your hair.
[A] Root Hair Plexus
[B] Hair Follicle
[C] Hair Root
[D] None of the options
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Correct Answer: A [Root Hair Plexus]
Notes:
A hair plexus or root hair plexus is a specialized group of nerve fiber endings and acts as a very sensitive mechanoreceptor for tactile sensation.
32. Myopia may occur because __
[A] the eyeball is too short from front to back
[B] the eyeball is elongated from front to back
[C] the muscles that control the lens may lose power as people grow older
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: B [the eyeball is elongated from front to back]
Notes:
Myopia may occur because the eyeball is elongated from front to back. Myopia or nearsightedness occurs when the light coming into the eye is not directly on the retina but in front of it.
33. Wooden tongue in cattle is caused by which of the following bacteria?
[A] Sphaerophorus necrophorus
[B] Clostridium chauvoei
[C] Actinobacillus lignieresi
[D] Erysipelothrix insidiosa
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Correct Answer: C [Actinobacillus lignieresi]
Notes:
Wooden tongue in cattle is caused by Actinobacillus lignieresi bacteria.
34. The smallest unit of genetic material that produces a phenotypic effect on mutation is called?
[A] Muton
[B] Gene
[C] Recon
[D] Nucleic acid
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Correct Answer: A [Muton]
Notes:
The smallest unit of genetic material that produces a phenotypic effect on mutation is called Muton.
35. Which of the following are the important applications of biofertilizers?
[A] Seedling root dip
[B] Soil Treatment
[C] Both 1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: C [Both 1 and 2]
Notes:
Seedling root dip, Seed, and Soil Treatment are the important applications of biofertilizers.
36. Who was the father of the green revolution?
[A] Verghese Kurien
[B] Herbert Boyer
[C] Har Gobind Korana
[D] Norman Borlaug
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Correct Answer: D [Norman Borlaug]
Notes:
Norman Borlaug was the father of the green revolution.
37. Who among the following did the mapping of the human genome?
[A] Oswald Avery
[B] James Watson
[C] Linda Buck Born
[D] Rachel Carson
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Correct Answer: B [James Watson]
Notes:
James Watson did the mapping of 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.
38. Blue-green algae are included in the group ____:
[A] Protozoa
[B] Eubacteria
[C] Fungi
[D] Cyanobacteria
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Correct Answer: D [Cyanobacteria]
Notes:
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue green algae, are single-celled and belong to the family of Prokaryotes. That means, they do not have a well defined cell nucleus. The ability of cyanobacteria to perform oxygenic photosynthesis is thought to have converted the early reducing atmosphere into an oxidizing one, which dramatically changed the composition of life forms on Earth by stimulating biodiversity and leading to the near-extinction of oxygen-intolerant organisms.
39. Jaws are absent in ____:
[A] Birds
[B] Fishes
[C] Reptiles
[D] Protochordata
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Correct Answer: D [Protochordata]
Notes:
Jaws are absent in protochordata and cyclostomata (Agantho stoma). Protochordata refers to invertabrate subphylum of phylum chordata. It includes animals such as tunicates.
40. What are the folds found in the mucous lining of the empty stomach?
[A] Typhlosole
[B] Areolae
[C] Rugae
[D] Villi
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Correct Answer: C [Rugae]
Notes:
The inner layer of the stomach is full of wrinkles known as rugae (or gastric folds). Rugae both allow the stomach to stretch in order to accommodate large meals and help to grip and move food during digestion.
