Multiple Choice Questions

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The part of an eye which acts like a diaphragm of a photographic camera is

  • pupil

  • iris

  • lens

  • cornea


B.

iris

The iris of the eye is the thin, circular structure made of connective tissue and muscle that surrounds the pupil. The color of our eyes is determined by the amount of pigment in the iris apart from this  the iris acts like the diaphragm of a camera and controls the size of the pupil. One muscle within the iris constricts the pupil in bright light (full sunlight, for example), and another iris muscle dilates (enlarges) the pupil in dim lighting and in the dark.


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Ethylene is a

  • gaseous hormone

  • gaseous enzyme

  • liquid-gas mixture

  • solid hormone


The crystal of lead zirconate is a key component of

  • sonography

  • electrocardiography

  • electroencephalography

  • magnetoencephalography


'Climacteric' is

  • a phenomenon related to fruit ripening

  • the condition of a plant when all its fruits are almost ripe

  • the condition of a plant when most of its leaves have turned yellow

  • none of the above


The dendrite carries impulses

  • towards the cyton

  • away from cyton

  • across the body

  • from one neuron to another


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Antifeedant property occurs in

  • nicotine

  • azadiractin

  • rotenone

  • cinerin


Antibiotic flavicin is obtained from

  • Aspergillus flavus 

  • Aspergillus clavatum

  • Streptomyces grieseus

  • Streptomyces fradiae


Which is not a gonadal hormone

  • Progesterone

  • Testosterone

  • Adrenalin

  • Estrogen


Cochlea of mammalian internal ear is concerned with

  • hearing

  • balance of body posture

  • both (a) and (b)

  • perception changes of atmospheric pressure


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Cerebrospinal fluid is present

  • beneath the pia mater

  • between piamater and arachnoid

  • between arachnoid and duramater

  • between duramater and cranium