Biology MCQs

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The genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants are located in the Mitochondrial genome.

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Rhizobium is used molecular nitrogen as a nutrient. It is one of the vital symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

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Blood is considered a connective tissue for two basic reasons:
(i) embryologically, it has the same origin (mesodermal) as do the other connective tissue types and
(ii) blood connects the body systems together bringing the needed oxygen, nutrients, hormones and other signaling molecules, and removing the wastes.

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Bacteria are the most abundant organisms which play important role in the decomposition of organic matter. Majority of bacteria involved in decomposition of organic matter are heterotrophs and autotrophs are least in proportion which are not directly involved in organic matter decomposition.

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Echo location, also called biosonar, is the biological sonar used by several kinds of animals. Echo-locating animals emit calls out to the environment and listen to the echoes of those calls that return from various objects near them. They use these echoes to locate and identify the objects. Echo-locating animals include some mammals and a few birds; most notably microchiropteran bats and odontocetes (toothed whales and dolphins).

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Riboflavin is also known as vitamin B2. It is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. Food sources include eggs, green vegetables, milk and other dairy product, meat, fish, mushrooms, and almonds. Riboflavin is a water soluble and heat-stable vitamin that the body uses to metabolize fats, protein, and carbohydrates into glucose for energy.

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Gymnosperm are flowerless plant that produces cones and seeds. The term gymnosperm literally means “naked seed”, as gymnosperm seed are not encased within an ovary. Rather they sit exposed on the surface of the leaf like structures called bracts.

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The bark of the common Willow tree is the source of a wide range of phenolic glycosides, of which the most important is salicin. Salicin is metabolized into salicylic acid in the human body, and is a precursor of aspirin. It is used as a fever reducer, a mild pain reliever, and an anti-inflammatory.

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Antipyretics are used to bring down the temperature in high fever condition after interaction with hypothalamus. Antipyretics cause the hypothalamus to override a prostaglandin-induced increase in temperature. The body then works to lower the temperature, which results in a reduction in fever.

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The platypus, also known as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.