Multiple Choice Questions

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Cattle ranches are known to causes acute green house effect. This is due to

  • mechanized milking practices

  • methanogenic bacteria in rumen

  • decomposition of left over fodder

  • decomposition of organic remains in faeces.


B.

methanogenic bacteria in rumen

Cattle ranching refers to practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat and wool, etc. The area of landscape meant primarily for cattle ranching is called a ranch. The practice has lead to accelerated deforestation and contributed to increased methane gas concentration in atmosphere. Whatever cattle eat; is subjected to the action of methanogens (bacteria) harbouring the stomach (rumen) of cattle. The action of these bacteria on food material produces methane gas which is released through cattle fart into the earth's atmosphere where it absorbs heat just like carbon dioxide, contributing to global warming.


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Which one has the largest species variety in India

  • Wheat

  • Maize

  • Rice

  • Potato


The extinct human ancestor, who ate only fruits and hunted with stone weapons was

  • Ramapithecus

  • Australopithecus

  • Dryopithecus

  • Homo erectus.


Choose the correct statement.

  • hPL plays a major role in parturition.

  • Foetus shows movements first time in the 7th month of pregnancy.

  • Signal for parturition comes from fully developed foetus and placenta.

  • Embryo's heart is formed by the 2nd month of pregnancy.


Select the option having all the correct characteristics.

  •  Structure    Percentage    Function

  •   Structure    Percentage    Function

  •   Structure    Percentage    Function

  •   Structure    Percentage    Function


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The 'cells of Rauber' are

  • secretory cells of endometrium in uterus

  • inner cell mass of blastocoel 

  • outer cells of trophoblast in contact with uterine wall

  • cells of trophoblast, in contact with inner cell mass of blastocyst.


Assertion: A middle aged woman is reported to have small breasts and undersized uterus.

Reason: Her genotypic analysis shows XO condition of allosomes.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false


Plants with inferior ovary usually bear

  • pseudocarps

  • berries

  • aggregate fruits

  • seedless fruits


Which is correctly labelled with respect to the given diagram

  • B: Logistic curve

  • C: Carrying capacity

  • C: Exponential curve

  • A: Carrying capacity


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Beads on string like structures of A are seen in B, which further condense to form chromosomes in C stage of cell division

  •            A              B             C

    Chromonema Chromatin Metaphase

  •         A              B             C

    Chromatin Chromatid Metaphase

  •            A              B             C

    Chromonema Chromosome Anaphase

  •            A              B             C

    Chromonema Chromatid Anaphase.