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1. Which blood vessels have the smallest diameter?
Capillaries
Arterioles
Venules
Lymphatic
2. Which of the following is an air-borne disease?
Measles
Typhoid
Pink eye
None of the above
3. Which organ of the body produces the fluid known as bile?
Liver
Pancreas
Gall bladder
Kidney
4. Which of the following hormones is a steroid?
Estrogen
Glucagon
Insulin
Oxytocin
5. Which one of the following is not a function of the liver?
Regulation of blood sugar
Enzyme activation
Detoxification
Reproduction
6. Greatest number of Sweat glands are present in which part of the human body?
Forehead
Forearm
Palm of the hand
Back
7. Vaccination was started by......
Jonas E. Salk
Paul Muller
Edward Jenner
Robert Frost
8. Proteins are made up of .......
Sugars
Amino acids
Fatty acids
Nucleic acids
9. Mention the source of Liver, milk, egg yolk, fish liver oil?
Vitamin A
Vitamin B2
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
10. Which of the following name of scientist and their field of work is correctly matched?
DNA/Double helix: F. Crick J. Watson, M. Wilkins
Modern classification of plants and animals based on a system: Harvey
Bacteria: Linnaeus
Blood travels in a continuous circuit: Leuwenhock
11. Heart is made up of
Non-striated muscle
Cardiac muscle
Adipose tissue
Striated muscle
12. Hargobind Khorana had researched on .....
Synthesis of simple DNA
Understanding the genetic code
Reduction of mutation
Synthesis of RNA from bacterial cell
13. Name the corona virus that kills human?
AIDS
FAIDS
SARS
HIV
14. In which part of the body digestion of protein starts?
Mouth
Stomach
Duodenum
Intestine
15. Name the acid that is secreted in the stomach?
HCl
H2S04
H2C03
HNO3
16. Which vitamin is needed to prevent Xero-phthalmia?
A
B
C
D
17. Why the white blood corpuscles are popularly called "soldiers of the body”?
March at a regular pace
Appear uniform
Defend the body
Disciplined
18. Hepatitis is a general term for a disease that is caused by:
Viruses
Bacteria
Parasites
All the above
19. Which among the following is not an example of carbohydrate?
Maltose
Fructose
Glycogen
Glycine
20. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Haemoglobin: Skin
Vitamin C: Scurvy
Carbohydrate: Potato
Fat: Butter
21. Which is a communicable disease?
Asthma
Scurvy
Measles
Diabetes
22. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Tuberculosis: Lungs
Filaria: Lymph nodes
Encephalitis: Heart
Leukaemia: Blood cells
23. Which of the following has the highest protein content per gram?
Groundnut
Soyabean
Apple
Wheat
24. Which of the following have Alpha-keratin as protein?
Blood
Eggs
Skin
Wool
25. Mushrooms are/can be:
A variety of fungus
Fleshy, fruiting bodies of the fungus
Grown in small sheds or plots
All the above
26. Which of the following is not a primary food product?
Vegetables
Milk
Cereals
Fruits
27. Which of the vegetables have abundance of Vitamins A and C?
Brinjal
Lady's finger
Potato
Tomato
28. Which of the following defence of the human body against bacteria?
Haemoglobin
Phagocytes
Red blood cells
Blood platelets
29. Which of the following nerves connected from the eyes to ears?
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Medulla
Spinal cord
30. Leukaemia is a disease that results from some kind of disorder in the blood. Precisely, leukaemia occurs due to:
Haemoglobin increase in blood
Marked increase of white corpuscles in blood
Marked increase of protein and calcium
Marked reduction of proteins in blood
31. What is blood pressure?
It is the pressure that the blood clot exerts over the brain.
It is the pressure that blood receives on account of faulty commands from the brain.
It is the pressure that fatness or old age exerts on the body's circulatory system.
It is the amount of pressure on the blood as a result of the heart's pumping function and the resistance of the arterial walls.
32. Select the correct pair of disease and its causes:
Trichinosis - Bacterial infections
Sleeping sickness - Eating uncooked Pork
Athlete’s foot- Fungus
Meningitis - Protozoan (bite of tsetse fly)
33. Which of the following blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood?
Aorta
Pulmonary artery
Hepatic artery
Pulmonary vein
34. Which of the following growth of human body affected by somatotrophic hormone?
Bones
Hair
Muscles
Connective tissue
35. Select the correct match of the disease and its affected part.
Caries - Epidermal tissue of the body
Ring worm - Brain and Spinal cord
Meningitis - Teeth
Pneumonia - Lungs
36. Hay fever is an allergic reaction to the presence of the following in the air:
Dust
Smoke
Pollen
Moisture
37. The behavioural pattern of which one of the following organisms may upset when DOT is used as pesticide?
Earthworm
Snake
Fish
Frog
38. What causes the mad-cow disease (Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease)?
Bacterium
Virus
Viroid
Prion
39. What is another name of Vitamin K?
Nicotinic acid
Riboflavin
Thiamine
2 Methyl-1, 4-naphthoquinone
40. Which of the following hormone controlled the blood pressure?
Vasopressin
Oxytocin
Estrogens
Testosterone
41. Brain and the spinal cord are invested by membranes called:
Arachnoids
Pleural membrane
Meninges
None of these
42. Which one of the following organisms has a role in converting nitrates to free nitrogen?
Pseudomonas
Nitrosomonas
Nitrobacter
Rhizobium
43. Select correct match of the Biological theories or laws and Scientists.
Laws of Inheritance - Lamarck
Theories of Organic Evolution - Darwin
Theories of Natural Selection - Mendel
Germplasm Theory - Weismann
44. Which one of the following is the richest source of vitamin C?
Guava
Pineapple
Orange
Tomato
45. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Becquerel: Radioactivity
Alexander Fleming: Penicillin
Louis Pasteur: Blood groups
William Harvey: Blood circulation
46. Which of the following is a sexually transmitted disease?
Leukaemia
Hepatitis
Colour Blindness
All of the above
47. Which one of the following systems of the body is primarily attacked by the HIV?
Cardiovascular
Immune
Respiratory
Reproductive
48. In the human body, the blood enters the aorta of the circulatory system from the:
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Right atrium
Right ventricle
49. Which one of the following plant nutrients is not supplemented in the soil for growing legumes?
Nitrogen
Potassium
Phosphorus
None of these
50. Which of the following are known as the suicide bags of cells?
Ribosomes
Golgi bodies
Lysosomes
Nucleoli
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