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The group of crop plant that are vegetatively propagated is:

 

A) potato,papaya and banana B) Sugarcane,potato and banana
C) groundnut,drumstick and cashew nut D) Onion,coriander and lime

Answer:   B) Sugarcane,potato and banana



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Phycology is the branch of botany in which we study about__________

A) Algae B) fungi
C) Ecology D) Virus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Algae

Explanation:
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Cretinism is due to the disorder of the glands

A) Thymus B) Parathyroid
C) Thyroid D) Adrenal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thyroid

Explanation:

Cretinism is a disease caused by hypothyroidism (less thyroxine formation) . The symptoms of the disease are retardation of mental, physical and sexual developments. potbelly, protruding tongue, dry skin etc are also indicative of this disease.

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Q:

Antisnake venom is prepared by 

A) Pasteur institute B) Hoffkine's institute
C) Birla's Institute D) Indian science Institute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hoffkine's institute

Explanation:

Antisnake venom: In the Hoffkine Institute at Bombay snake venom in mild dose is injected into horses and the horses are induced to produce anti-venom bodies. These are extracted and used in cases of snake bites.

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Oparin is known for his hypothesis on

A) origin of species B) origin of life
C) one germ one disease D) one gene one enzyme
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) origin of life

Explanation:

A. J . Oparin was the first to propose the origin of life from inorganic chemical atoms like Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Carbon.

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The biogenetic law was proposed by

A) Alfred Russel Wallace B) Charles Darwin
C) Ernst von Haeckel D) Lamarck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ernst von Haeckel

Explanation:

The biogenetic law states that ontogeny (study of development) repeats phylogeny (origin from previous group of racial history), The young one of the frog namely the tadpole is like a fish cosidered to be ancestral to frog.

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

Explanation:

August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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Organisms that live in the deep sea are mainly

A) Herbivores B) Carnivores
C) Detritivores D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Detritivores

Explanation:

Deep sea animals cannot produce food as there is no light. They have to depend upon the fall out of organic debirs raining down on them from surface layers. Hence they are detritivores.

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The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called

A) hibernation B) aestivation
C) laziness D) lethargy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) aestivation

Explanation:

Aestivation is summer sleep. Many organisms like the snails do not find it comfortable in summer. They withdraw and lead a life with reduced BMR (basic Metabolic Rate) in a state of  dormancy.

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