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Question 1

Question MCQ▾

Mycobacterium causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and vibrio comma causes

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

tetanus

b.

cholera

c.

influenza

d.

Question does not provide sufficient data or is vague

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Question 2

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Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India. All these belong to

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

dicotyledons

b.

angiosperms

c.

monocotyledons

d.

gymnosperms

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Question 3

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Our skin, when exposed to excess sunlight, become dark. This is because our skin pigments called

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

flavoxanthin

b.

carotene

c.

xanthophyll

d.

melanin

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Question 4

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The first transgenic plants expressing engineered foreign genes were tobacco plants produced by the use of

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Arabidopsis thaliana

b.

Streptomyces hygroscopicus

c.

Bacillus thuringiensis

d.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

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Question 5

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The sigmoid colon is part of

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Small Intestine

b.

Ileum

c.

Anal canal

d.

Large Intestine

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Question 6

Question Match List-Ⅰ List-Ⅱ▾

Match the following:

List-ⅠList-Ⅱ
(A)

A home for living organism

(i)

All kind of soil

(B)

Upper layer of soil

(ii)

Small particles and packed tight

(C)

Clayey soil

(iii)

Dark in color

(D)

Sandy soil

(iv)

Lesser amount of humus

(E)

Middle layer of the soil

(v)

Large particle

Choices

Choice (4)Response
  • (A)
  • (B)
  • (C)
  • (D)
  • (E)

a.

  • (ii)
  • (iv)
  • (v)
  • (iii)
  • (i)

b.

  • (i)
  • (iii)
  • (ii)
  • (v)
  • (iv)

c.

  • (i)
  • (iii)
  • (v)
  • (iv)
  • (ii)

d.

  • (i)
  • (v)
  • (ii)
  • (iv)
  • (iii)

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