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If a live earthworm is pricked with a needle on its outer surface without damaging its gut, the fluid that comes out is

  • excretory fluid

  • coelomic fluid

  • haemolymph

  • haemolymph


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coelomic fluid

The body cavity of an earthworm is true coelom (schizocoelous) as it is formed by the division of mesoderm. The coelom fluid, which contains different types of corpuscles. Thus, if the alive earthworm is prickled with a needle on its outer surface, the coelomic fluid will come out.

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The annular and spirally thickened conducting elements generally develop in the protoxylem when the root or stem is

  • maturing

  • elongating

  • widening

  • widening

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Oxygenic photosynthesis occurs in

  • Chromatium

  • Oscillatoria

  • Rhodospirillum

  • Rhodospirillum

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Middle lamella is mainly composed of 

  • hemicellulose

  • muramic acid

  • calcium pectate

  • calcium pectate

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Which one of the following are the correct pairing of a body part and the kind of muscle tissue that moves it?

  • Heart wall - Involuntary unstriated muscle

  • Biceps of upper arm - smooth muscle fibres

  • Abdominal wall - Smooth muscle

  • Abdominal wall - Smooth muscle

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Which part of human brain is concerned with the regulation of body temperature?

  • Medulla oblongata

  • cerebellum

  • cerebrum

  • cerebrum

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The genetic defect-Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency may be cured permanently by

  • periodic infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes having functional ADA cDNA

  • administering denosine deaminase activators

  • introducing bone marrow cells producing ADA into cells at early embryonic stages

  • introducing bone marrow cells producing ADA into cells at early embryonic stages

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In barley stem, vascular bundles are

  • open and scattered

  • closed and scattered

  • open and in a ring

  • open and in a ring

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In a standard ECG, which one of the following alphabets is the correct representation of the respective activity of the human heart?

  • R-repolarisation of ventricles

  • S- start of systole

  • T -end of diastole

  • T -end of diastole

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Plasmodesmata are

  • lignified cemented layers between cells

  • locomotory structures

  • membranes connecting the nucleus with the plasmalemma

  • membranes connecting the nucleus with the plasmalemma

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