Multiple Choice Questions

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Total number of bones in the hindlimb of a man is

  • 14

  • 21

  • 24

  • 30


D.

30

1 femur + 1 fibula + 1 tibia + 1 patella+ 7 tarsals > + 5 metatarsals + 14 phalanges make one hindlimb of man.


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Active immunity means

  • Resistance developed after disease

  • Increasing quantity of blood

  • Resistance developed before the disease

  • Increasing rate of heart beat


Which of the following is mismatched?

  • Vitamin K- Beriberi

  • Vitamin D-Rickets

  • Vitamin C - Scurvy

  • Vitamin A-Xerophthalmia


The middle piece of the sperm contains

  • Proteins

  • Centriole

  • Nucleus

  • Mitochondria


Secondary body cavity with segmented mesodermal lining is called

  • Haemocoel

  • Neurocoel

  • True Coelom

  • Pseudocoelom


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Which important green-house gas, other than carbon dioxide, is being produced from the agricultural fields?

  • Arsine

  • Sulphur dioxide

  • Ammonia

  • Nitrous oxide


A woman with two genes (one on each X-chromosome) for haemophilia and one gene for colour blindness on the X-chromosome marries a normal man. How will the progeny be?

  • All sons and daughters are haemophilic and colourblind

  • Haemophilic and colourblind daughters

  • 50% haemophilic colourblind sons and 50% haemophilic sons

  • 50% haemophilic daughters and 50% colourblind daughters


The most important component of the oral contraceptive pills is

  • Progesterone

  • Growth hormone

  • Thyroxine

  • Luteinising hormone


The diversity in the type of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the Galapagos islands, as observed by Darwin, provides evidence for

  • Origin of species by natural selection

  • Intraspecific Variations

  • Intraspecific competition

  • Interspecific competition


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The term 'aquaculture means

  • Aspergillosis

  • Inland fisheries

  • Marine fisheries

  • Both (b) and (c)