Biology MCQs

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Ringworm or round red or silver type superficial fungal infections of the skin are caused by species of Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermatophyton. There are dry scaly lesions on the skin, nails, and scalp that cause intense itching.

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Some strains of Bacillus thuringiensis can kill certain insects such as Lepidoptera. They are an order of insects consisting of moths and butterflies.

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Calyptrogen is a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants. The root cap is formed by several layers of cells that envelop the root tip externally. This covering of cells, of which the outermost ones are dead, envelops and protects the growing tip of root.

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An osteocyte, a star shaped cell, is the most commonly found cell in mature bone, and can live as long as the organism itself. Osteocytes are networked to each other via long cytoplasmic extensions that occupy tiny canals called canaliculi, which are used for exchange of nutrients and waste through gap junctions. The space that an osteocyte occupies is called a lacuna.

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Protein electrophoresis and Western blotting are both methods used to identify specific proteins in a sample or solution. Western blotting, also known as immunoblotting or protein blotting, is a core technique in cell and molecular biology. It is used to detect the presence of a specific protein in a complex mixture extracted from cells.

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Hh or the Bombay blood group, is a rare blood type. This blood phenotype was first discovered in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, by Dr. Y. M. Bhende in 1952. It is mostly found in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan) and parts of Middle East such as Iran. Individuals with the rare Bombay phenotype (hh) do not express H antigen (also called substance H), the antigen which is present in blood group O. For this reason people who have Bombay phenotype can donate red blood cells to any member of the ABO blood group system but they cannot receive blood from any member of the ABO blood group system but only from other people who have Bombay phenotype.

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Feed cost is one of the important variable costs that plays a big role in determining the poultry cost. Variable costs rise and fall with the size of the output and the level of the operation. Fixed costs (for items such as taxes, insurance, interest, and depreciation on buildings and equipment), are incurred whether or not there is any output. Moreover the feed of broilers and layers varies with time of their growth.

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Hermaphroditism is a form of sexual reproduction. Hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes. Hermaphroditic plants—most flowering plants, or angiosperms—are bisexual. Hermaphroditic animals—mostly invertebrates such as worms, moss animals, trematodes, snails, slugs etc are usually parasitic, permanently attached to another animal or plant.

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Resin in the most specific use of the term is a hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees. It is distinct from other liquid compounds found inside plants or exuded by plants, such as sap, latex, or mucilage.

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Cotton seed is a non-edible oilseed. Gossypol is a toxic compound found in the cotton plant. This compound is concentrated in the cotton seed but can also be found in other parts of the plant such as hulls, leaves and stems. Gossypol adversely affects the heart and liver.