Multiple Choice Questions

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The term 'aquaculture means

  • Aspergillosis

  • Inland fisheries

  • Marine fisheries

  • Both (b) and (c)


D.

Both (b) and (c)

The term 'aquaculture' refers to the systematic method of cultivation of aquatic organisms to obtain the maximum yield of the best quality. It includes piseiculture' (fish farming) both inland and marine.


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The middle piece of the sperm contains

  • Proteins

  • Centriole

  • Nucleus

  • Mitochondria


The most important component of the oral contraceptive pills is

  • Progesterone

  • Growth hormone

  • Thyroxine

  • Luteinising hormone


Which of the following is mismatched?

  • Vitamin K- Beriberi

  • Vitamin D-Rickets

  • Vitamin C - Scurvy

  • Vitamin A-Xerophthalmia


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

  • Arsine

  • Sulphur dioxide

  • Ammonia

  • Nitrous oxide


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Total number of bones in the hindlimb of a man is

  • 14

  • 21

  • 24

  • 30


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


Active immunity means

  • Resistance developed after disease

  • Increasing quantity of blood

  • Resistance developed before the disease

  • Increasing rate of heart beat


Secondary body cavity with segmented mesodermal lining is called

  • Haemocoel

  • Neurocoel

  • True Coelom

  • Pseudocoelom


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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