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From the following pairs, find the one which is correctly matched?

 

A) Scurvy- Thiamine B) Tuberculosis- ATS
C) Tetanus- BCG D) Malaria- Chloroquine

Answer:   D) Malaria- Chloroquine



Explanation:

Chloroquine is a medication used to prevent and to treat malaria.

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Some species of which of the below kinds of organisms are employed as biopesticides?

1.Bacteria          2. Fungi       3. Flowering plants

A) 1 only B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1 and 3 only D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 only

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In exo-biology we study about ________

A) External structure of living beings B) Life present on the earth
C) Life present in the other layer of earth atmosphere D) Life found in space and on other satellite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Life found in space and on other satellite

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Sleeping sickness in main is caused by the organism 

A) Plasmodium B) entamoeba
C) giardia D) trypanosoma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) trypanosoma

Explanation:

Trypanasoma is a protozoan animal. It lives as a parasite in the blood and later invades the cerebrospinal fluid to cause the sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted by the Tsetse fly.

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Genes are made of 

A) Carbohydrates B) Proteins
C) Fats D) Nucleotides
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nucleotides

Explanation:

Genes : The DNA is the genetic material. The DNA is made of several nucleotides. A nucleotide means, one nitrogenous base one sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule. These nucleotides occur in sequences and several nucleotides form one Gene ( a functional mgene is called a cistron)

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Plants grow in size because of 

A) addition of cells B) increase in size of cells
C) enlargement of cells D) elongation of cells
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) addition of cells

Explanation:

Plants grow in size both in height and in girth. Enlargement of cells already present cannnot contribute much to the growth. Only addition of more and more cells could increase the size of the plant considerably.

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The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the hormone 

A) adrenaline B) acetylcholine
C) thyroxine D) pituitrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adrenaline

Explanation:

The hormone adrenaline also called epinephrine is known as a stress hormone. In emotional upsets( like fear, anger etc.) this hormone is poured into the blood and it accelerates heart beat. The hormone acetylcholine decelerates heartbeat rate.

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The insects do not have blood pigments because 

A) there is no blood B) blood does not have a respirratory function
C) tissues have pigments D) pigments are elsewhere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) blood does not have a respirratory function

Explanation:

The blood of some invertebrate animals like the earthworm is red due to haemoglobin pigment, but the pigment is dissolved in the plasma. In vertebrates the same pigment is found in the red corpuscles and not in the plasma.

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Infection of salivary glands by a virus leads to 

A) tetanus B) mumps
C) pyorrhoea D) ulcers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) mumps

Explanation:

Mumps : This is a swelling caused by information of parotid glands placed in front of our ear region. The inflammation is caused by a virus.

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