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Que (26): Chocolates can be bad for health because of a high content of which element?
A. Helium
B. Chlorine
C. Argon
D. Nickel
Answer: Nickel
Further information:
- Reason: Because of high content of nickel, cadmium, lead etc. especially those that are of raw cocoa.
Que (27): Which hormone is injected into cow and buffalo during milking?
A. Steroid
B. Aceprom
C. Atravet
D. Oxytocin
Answer: Oxytocin
Further information:
- Although this has adverse health consequences as well.
Que (28): Maximum nutritive element absorbed by blood from which part of alimentary canal?
A. Large intestine
B. Small intestine
C. Spleen
D. Bladder
Answer: Small intestine
Further information:
- Different parts in which absorption happens: mouth, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.
- Maximum food absorption although happens in small intestine.
- Why: Because of millions of tiny finger like projections called villi.
Que (29): Which genetic disease is sex -linked ?
A. Arthiritus
B. Bird flu
C. Royal Haemophilla
D. none of these
Answer: Royal haemophilia
Further information:
- Has impacted the royal family England and that is why it is called as the royal disease as well.
- It’s sort of bleeding disorder.
Que (30): Who proved that DNA is the basic genetic material?
A. Gregor Mendel
B. Charles Darwin
C. Thomas Hunt
D. Hershey and Chase
Answer: Hershey and Chase
Further information:
- When: 1952,
- Full name: Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase,
- How: By conducting an experiment on bacteriophage they proved that DNA is the basic genetic material.
Que (31): By which Transfer of genetic information from one generation to the other is accomplished?
A. DNA
B. By messenger DNA and transfer RNA
C. By messenger RNA and transfer DNA
D. bY MESSENGER AND TRANSFER OF RNA
Answer: DNA
Further information:
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Que (32): Where do Sweat glands occur in greatest number?
A. In our palms
B. Under our eye
C. Palms and sole of feet
D. In the skin of our armpits
Answer: Palms and sole of feet
Further information:
- Function of sweat glands: Keep the body temperature at around 37 °C by releasing sweat,
- How many: Around 600-700 sweat glands/cm2.
Que (33): What is the total number of bones in human skull?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
Answer: 30
Further information:
- Cranial bones: 8,
- Facial skeleton bones: 14,
- Occipital bone: 1,
- Two temporal bones: 2,
- Two parietal bones: 2,
- Sphenoid: 1,
- Ethmoid and frontal bones etc.
Que (34): AIDS is caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), What is this?
A. Boot sector virus
B. Resident Virus
C. Retro Virus
D. Polumorphic virus
Answer: Retro virus
Further information:
- What is retro virus: virus that inserts a DNA copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell,
- Impact: Changes the genome of host cell.
Que (35): Medicine for high blood pressure is obtained from which species?
A. Aloe vera
B. Rosevary
C. Garlic
D. Rauwolffia species
Answer: Rauwolffia species
Further information:
- Safe when used in appropriate low doses.
Que (36): Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in which industry?
A. Ancient site
B. Archeological sites
C. Iron mining industry
D. Coal mining industry
Answer: Coal mining industry
Further information:
- Type: Respiratory disease,
- Caused by: Inhaling of dust such as coal dust, silica dust, asbestos dust etc.
- Common in: Coal mining and related industries.
Que (37): Lathyrism is caused by excessive consumption of which thing?
A. Green Moong
B. Urad dal
C. Matar dal
D. Kesari Dal
Answer: Kesari Dal
Further information:
- What is lathyrism: A form of lower limb paralysis,
- Kesari Dal: Is grown in arid regions by poor and marginal farmers.
Que (38):: Which organ destroys worn out RBCs in the body of a vertebrate?
A. Kidney
B. Lungs
C. Spleen
D. Heart
Answer: Spleen
Further information:
- Size: Fist sized organ,
- Where: Upper left side of the abdomen,
- Functions:
- Fights any invading germs in the blood,
- Contains infection fighting WBCs,
- Get rid of older damaged RBCs etc.
Que (39): Which unicellular non-pathogenic parasite is found in the human intestine?
A. Protozoa
B. Fungi
C. Algae
D. E. Coli
Answer: E. coli
Further information:
- Do not harm the body,
- Found in lower intestine of warm blooded organisms,
Que (40): In which organ of the human body are the lymphocyte cells formed?
A. Liver
B. Lungs
C. Intestine
D. Lymphoid organs
Answer: Lymphoid organs
Further information:
- Forms in thymus and bone marrow which are also called as central lymphoid organs,
- These are infection fighting cells.
Que (41): What is Hepatitis-B, which affects liver?
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Fungii
D. Worms
Answer: Virus
Further information:
- Life threatening liver disease,
- Threats: Puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Que (42): The saliva helps in the digestion of which thing?
A. Protein
B. Carbs
C. Fats
D. Starch
Answer: Starch
Further information:
- Enzyme in saliva: Amylase,
- Function: Breaks some starches into maltose and dextrin,
- Helps in swallowing food easily.
Que (43): Which Bacteria is found in the intestine of human?
A. Streptococcus
B. Vibrio
C. Clostridium
D. Escherichia coli
Answer: Escherichia coli
Further information:
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Que (44): After respiration the conversion of energy is mainly in which form of?
A. Thermal energy
B. Nerve impulse
C. Signals
D. ATP
Answer: ATP
Further information:
- Synthesised by: Oxidation of respiratory substrates such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, etc.
- Synthesised during cellular respiratory process.
Que (45): Which vitamin is transformed in golden rice ?
A. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin D
D. Vitamin A
Answer: Vitamin A
Further information:
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Que (46): What is the largest gland in the human body?
A. Spleen
B. Kidney
C. Lungs
D. Liver
Answer: Liver
Further information:
- Largest internal organ in human body and can weigh upto 1.5 kg.
Que (47): What is the most important function of perspiration?
A. To regulate body temperature
B. To maintain the outer temperature
C. To maintain Humidity
D. To make the temperature cool
Answer: To regulate body temperature
Further information:
- To thermoregulate the body i.e. in simple terms maintaining an organism’s body temperature for e.g. around 37 deg C in came of humans.
Que (48): In human body which organ metabolises drugs into usable forms??
A. Spleen
B. Kidney
C. Heart
D. Liver
Answer: Liver
Further information:
- For consumption by rest of the body.
Que (49): Which part of brain is centre of thirst hunger and sleep?
A. Optical lobe
B. Cerebellum
C. Thalamus
D. Hypothalamus
Answer Hypothalmus
Further information:
- Also called as body’s smart coordinating centre,
- Releases hormones for maintaining daily physiological cycles like temperature, thirst, appetitie, digestion etc.
- Located at the base of the brain.
Que (50): Which blood group is universal donor?
A. A+
B. A
C. O
D. B
Answer: O
Further information:
- O positive blood can’t be used universally because it has the Rh factor,
- O negative donors are often called ‘universal donors’ because anyone can receive the red blood cells from their donations.
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