Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

  • Streptomyces - Antibiotic

  • Serratia - Drug addiction

  • Spirulina - Single cell protein

  • Rhizobium - Biofertilizer


B.

Serratia - Drug addiction

Serratia marcescens is considered a harmful human pathogen which has been known to cause urinary tract infections, wound infections, and pneumonia. Serratia bacteria also have many antibiotic resistance properties which may become important if the incidence of Serratia infections dramatically increases.


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Which of the following cannot be detected in a developing foetus by amniocentesis?

  • Klinefelter's syndrome

  • Sex of the foetus

  • Down's syndrome

  • Jaundice


In assisted reproductive technology where gametes have been fertilized in vitro, which of the following is practicable for embryo transplantation in Fallopian tube

  • Only embryo up to 8 blastomeres if zygote is not transplanted.

  • Only zygote is transplanted not embryo

  • Either embryo or zygote with 8 blastomere phase transplanted

  • Morulla with 8-24 celled stage is transplanted in Fallopian tube.


Oral contraceptive pill is composed of

  • oestrogen and progesterone

  • oestrogen and testosterone

  • progesterone and testosterone

  • oestrogen and growth hormone


Assertion : Amniocentesis is a process of foetal sex determination.

Reason : Metabolic errors and other diseases can be diagnosed prenatally by this process.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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Contraceptive oral pills help in birth control by

  • killing the sperms in uterus

  • preventing implantation

  • preventing ovulation

  • both (b) and (c)


The crystal of lead zirconate is a key component of

  • electroencephalography

  • electrocardiography

  • magnetoencephalography

  • sonography


One of the legal methods of birth control is

  • abortion by taking an appropriate medicine

  • by abstaining from coitus from day 10-17 of the menstrual cycle

  • by having coitus at the time of day break

  • by a premature ejaculation during coitus


Women who consumed the drug thalidomide for relief from vomiting during early months of pregnancy gave birth to children with

  • no spleen

  • hare-lip

  • extra fingers and toes

  • underdeveloped limbs.


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In a population, unrestricted reproductive capacity is called

  • biotic potential

  • fertility

  • carrying capacity

  • birth rate


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