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General Science | Set 6

1. Jamnapari is a breed of which of the following?

Correct : A. Goat

2. Due to which of the processes in plants the Radiocarbon dating is possible to estimate their age?

Correct : C. Photosynthesis

3. Which among the following vitamins is involved in the breakdown of energy molecules such as glucose?

Correct : B. Vitamin B

4. Which among the following correctly refers to Ischemia?

Correct : A. restriction in blood supply due to factors in the blood vessels

5. What is the correct name of premature death of cells and living tissue?

Correct : B. Necrosis

6. Which of the following groups of plants is known as Magnoliophyta?

Correct : B. Angiosperms

7. Which among the following is a correct definition of Hematocrit?

Correct : A. proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells

8. Which among the following is the correct definition of Oxygen toxicity?

Correct : A. A condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing oxygen at high pressures

9. Which among the following is true attribute to Polar bear?

Correct : C. Carnivore

10. In which year India was certified as being free of variola (small pox virus) due to Indian national smallpox eradication programme (NSEP) and its intensified version (INSEP)?

Correct : B. 1977

11. With which of the following animals Galton‘s whistle is most commonly associated?

Correct : B. Dogs

12. Causing agent of which of the following disease produces Integrase enzyme?

Correct : D. AIDS

13. Apart from the temporal bone, which among the following is considered as strongest bone in human body?

Correct : C. Femur

14. world‘s first cloned Buffalo was born in which country?

Correct : A. India

15. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria commonly called ―The Global Fund‖ or ―GFATM‖ was established In which year ?

Correct : C. 2002

16. Non-vascular embryophytes are also known as following?

Correct : C. Bryophytes

17. How many arteries are present in Human Umbilical Cord?

Correct : B. 2

18. Lacrimal apparatus, Lacrimal artery, Lacrimal bone, Lacrimal ducts, Lacrimal fossa, Lacrimal fluid & Lacrimal gland are parts of which organ of the body?

Correct : C. Eye

19. Rafflesia is the plant with largest flowers and found in many parts of the South East Asia. It is a ______?

Correct : C. Parasitic Plant

20. Who among the following is called father of Modern Genetics?

Correct : A. William Bateson

21. Which among the following is correct about biocenosis?

Correct : B. Community of organisms occupying an area

22. Apart from sugarcane (most commonly Saccharum officinarum) which among the following plants is widely known in the world as a commercial source of table sugar ?

Correct : D. Beta vulgaris

23. For purity of which of the following commodity is expressed in ICUMSA numbers?

Correct : B. Refined Edible Sugar

24. From which part, Coconut coir is obtained?

Correct : B. Mesocarp

25. Which of the following plants have respiratory roots?

Correct : B. Mangroves

26. From which part of the plant Glycyrrhiza glabra , Liquorice or Mulethi is obtained?

Correct : B. Roots

27. Which among the following plants is known as Indian ginseng?

Correct : A. Withania somnifera

28. Which part of the plant Raphanus sativus is edible?

Correct : D. All the above

29. Who among the following coined the term Bacterium?

Correct : B. Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

30. Which among the following is a correct definition of Saprophytes?

Correct : C. A heterotrophic plant that feeds upon dead organic matter

31. In which profession a qualification FRCS is awarded in many parts of the world?

Correct : A. Doctors

32. Hodophobia is a fear associated with which of the following?

Correct : C. Traveling

33. In which part of the human body ―Pleura‖ is found?

Correct : A. Lungs

34. Plants growing on marshy areas are commonly called as _____?

Correct : C. Helophytes

35. Who among the following were awarded Nobel Prize in 1958 for One Gene One Enzyme Concept?

Correct : D. George Beadle and Edward Tatum

36. Which among the following is not a beverage plant?

Correct : D. Alonsoa grandiflora

37. Which of the following organism grows on Common Bread?

Correct : C. Mucor

38. Which among the following correctly defines Hypoglycemia ?

Correct : D. Lower than normal level of blood glucose

39. Who among the following is best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine.?

Correct : A. Jonas Salk

40. Who among the following scientists is known for developing techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used all over the world in forensic science to assist police detective work?

Correct : C. Alec Jeffreys

41. Which among the following is not rightly matched : (Ailments and affected parts of Body)

Correct : D. Cystitis – Caecum

42. Any disease which has a name with a suffix encephalitis is a disorder of ______?

Correct : B. Brain

43. In which of the following diseases copper accumulates in tissues ?

Correct : C. Wilson‘s disease

44. Which among the following is essential for both activation and action of thrombin ?

Correct : C. Ca2+

45. Which among the following is correct about Blood Group B ?

Correct : A. It has B antigen on its red cells and Anti A antigen in its plasma

46. Which among the following is not a function of Sympathetic nerves in Autonomic nervous system?

Correct : D. contract urinary bladder

47. Which among the following is largest animal Phylum?

Correct : B. Arthropoda

48. Which among the following enzyme plays an important role in adding the building blocks to the primer in a sequence determined by the DNA template?

Correct : C. Polymerase

49. Which among the following bacterial cells are found in cubical packets?

Correct : D. Sarcinae

50. Which among the below is not a food plant?

Correct : D. Atropa belladona

51. Consider the following types of Plants: 1. Calcicoles 2. Calcifuges 3. Calcareous Which among the above plants grow in most acidic soils?

Correct : B. 2

52. The pneumatophores are negatively geotropic roots which grow upward & meant for gaseous exchange. These are a characteristic of _______?

Correct : A. Halophytes

53. In which of the following Cloaca which is the posterior opening that serves as the only such opening for the intestinal, reproductive and urinary tracts is present?

Correct : C. Aves, Amphibians and Reptiles

54. Which among the following is correct about Viruses?

Correct : D. They have either DNA or RNA

55. Lepidopterology is a branch of biology, which deals with the following?

Correct : D. Moths & Butterflies

56. The existence of genes was first suggested by?

Correct : A. Gregor Mendel

57. The human musculoskeletal system consists of

Correct : D. All the above

58. Lipoproteins which are the large molecules and which transport the cholesterol in the bloodstream are ______-?

Correct : C. protein and fat molecules

59. Cobalt is a component of which of the following Vitamins?

Correct : D. Vitamin B12

60. Which among the following conditions will give birth to Fraternal Twins?

Correct : C. two eggs are independently fertilized by two different sperm cells

61. In which of the following conditions a person is born with both ovarian and testicular tissues i.e. both female & male organs?

Correct : D. Hermaphroditism

62. In which of the following branches of science study of functions, characteristics, and phenomena observed in the living world and the application of this knowledge to world of machine is studied?

Correct : B. Bionics

63. Which of the following places are main centers of silicosis and silico-tuberculosis diseases affecting the workers in India?

Correct : B. Stone quarries and stone crushing factories.

64. Which among the following is correct about triticale?

Correct : B. A man made cereal

65. Which among the following is a main constituent of Histosols?

Correct : B. Organic Matter

66. Which among the following correctly denotes Net Reproduction Rate?

Correct : D. The rate at which women are replaced by daughters who will have children

67. Which among the following is correct about Saliva of a Healthy Human?

Correct : C. It is slightly alkaline

68. With which of the following diseases Project Kavach is related to

Correct : C. AIDS

69. Which among the following is the first country to issue research licenses for human embryonic cloning to create stem cells?

Correct : D. Britain

70. Japanese encephalitis is a disease caused by __ ?

Correct : A. Virus

71. Which among the following is caused by Virus?

Correct : A. Mumps

72. Which among the following causes ‗Dumdum Fever‘ or Kala Azar?

Correct : C. protozoa

73. Who among the following worked on Tuberculosis?

Correct : A. Robert Koch

74. Which among the following is not a carnivorous plant?

Correct : D. Marsh Mallow

75. A four chambered heart is found in which of the following?

Correct : C. mammals & Birds

76. What would be the percentage of Glucose in the Urine of a healthy person?

Correct : D. 0%