Multiple Choice Questions

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The sliding filament theory of muscle contraction was proposed by

  • A.F. Huxley and A.P. Pullman

  • A.F. Huxley and H.E. Huxley

  • B. Pullman and A.F. Huxley

  • A. Pullman and E. Pullman


B.

A.F. Huxley and H.E. Huxley

A.F. Huxley and H.E. Huxley elucidated the mechanism of contraction and relaxation of straited muscle fibres. They proposed that the shortening of fibrils in contraction is brought about by sliding movement of actin filaments over myosin filaments.


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Salamandra atra is

  • ovoviviparous

  • oviparous

  • sexuaily sterile

  • parthenogenetic


Which of the following is not a character of Chordata?

  • Dorsal tubular nerve cord

  • Pharyngeal gill slits

  • Presence of notochord

  • Presence of spinal cord


Flying fish is

  • Torpedo

  • Scoliodon

  • Anguilla

  • Exocoetus


Which one is uricotelic ?

  • Frog and toads

  • Lizards and birds/cockroach

  • Cattle, monkey and man

  • Molluscs and teleost fishes


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Vitamin essential for proper functioning of liver and clotting of blood is

  • Vitamin- K

  • Vitamin- A

  • Vitamin- E

  • Vitamin- B12


During the conduction of nerve impulse, the action potential is the result of movement of

  • Na+ from intracellular fluid to extracellular fluid

  • Na+ from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid

  • Na+ towards both directions

  • None of the above


ADH controls water permeability of

  • collecting tube

  • distal convoluted tubule

  • proximal convoluted tubule

  • bowman's capsule


Apis dorsata refers to

  • rock bee

  • little bee

  • Indian bee

  • European bee


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Which are the longest cells in the body of man ?

  • Muscle cells of legs

  • Bone cells

  • Nerve cells

  • None of the above