Biology MCQs

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A tube that allows urine to pass out of the body’s urethra. It is a long tube that runs through the penis.

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Tularemia is also known as rabbit fever or deer fly fever. Tularemia is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. The disease mainly affects rabbits and rodents.

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Clostridium beijerinckii is Free-Living Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria of Biofertilizers. Clostridium beijerinckii are free-living soil bacteria that perform nitrogen fixation.

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The first transgenic crop was Tobacco (a virus-resistance plant), which was developed in the year 1983.

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The Iodine test is used to test for the presence of starch. Iodine solution– here iodine dissolved in an aqueous solution of potassium iodide and reacts with the starch producing a purple black color.

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Both polio and chicken pox are caused by virus. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus; while, Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV).

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Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis. The vaccine was originally developed from Mycobacterium bovis which is commonly found in cows. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.

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Bicuspid valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle. The mitral valve is also called the bicuspid valve because it contains two leaflets or cusps. It is on the left side of the heart and allows the blood to flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle.

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Human African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness, African lethargy, or Congo trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease of people and animals, caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by the tsetse fly. The tsetse fly is a large, brown, biting fly that serves as both a host and vector for the trypanosome parasites.

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Pulses are example of dicots since they have two cotyledons (dicot is short for ‘dicotyledon’, and ‘di’ means two). They contain two seeds inside the seed coat. Legumes (a family of plants that includes pluses, beans, peas and lentils) are all examples of dicot seeds.