Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following insecticide is obtained from the roots of Derris elliptica ?

  • Cinerin

  • Nicotine

  • Rotenone

  • Pyrethrum


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Rotenone

Rotenone is a valuable natural insecticide, which is also used as fish and arrow poisons. It is extracted from roots of many members of family Leguminosae. e.g., Derris elliptica, Millettis, Taphrosia.


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The phase of menstrual cycle in humans that lasts for 7-8 days, is :

  • menstruation

  • luteal phase

  • ovulatory phase

  • follicular phase


Which one of the following statement with regard to the embryonic development in humans is correct ?

  • Cleavage results in a hollow balls of cells called morula

  • Cleavage in mammalian ova is unequal holoblastic and horizontal

  • Rearrangement of blastomeres, a central cavity is formed inside the morula

  • Cleavage bring about considerable increase in the mass of protoplasm


Which of the following is not immunised by triple antigen ?

  • Typhoid

  • Tetanus

  • Diptheria

  • Whooping cough


A person with the sex chromosomes XXY suffers from :

  • Down's syndrome

  • Turner's syndrome

  • Gynandromorphism

  • Klinefelter's syndrome


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Which of the following represents Klinefelter's syndrome?

  • XX

  • XO

  • XY

  • XXY


Which is the closest pet of human being ?

  • Cat

  • Cow

  • Dog

  • Buffalo


The bacterial disease which is found in chickens is :

  • rickets

  • Ranikhets

  • fowl fox

  • fowl cholera


Reproducing new plants by cells, instead of seeds, is known as :

  • Mutation

  • antibiotics

  • biofertilizer

  • tissue culture


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Creosote is used to prevent:

  • rusts of wheat

  • dry rot of wood

  • loose smut of oats

  • brown rust of barley