Multiple Choice Questions

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A fish introduced into a water body to control mosquito population is

  • Gambusia

  • Labeo

  • Notopterus

  • Fistularia


A.

Gambusia

Gambusia is a small fish that is introduced into a water body to control mosquito population. It is a fresh water fish. It feeds on larvae of mosquitoes.


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Glands in a vertebrate body originate from

  • ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm

  • ectoderm and endoderm

  • mesoderm

  • ectoderm


Patella (knee cap) is an example of

  • replacing bones

  • sesamoid bones

  • flat bones

  • irregular bones


If a haemophilic carrier female marries a normal man, the chances are that

  • all the daughters will have haemophilia

  • 50% of the daughters will have haemophilia

  • 50% of the sons will have haemophilia

  • all the sons will have haemophilia


Function of SER is

  • protein metabolism

  • lipid metabolism

  • carbohydrate metabolism

  • catabolic activity


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Which of the following branch of biology is correctly matched?

  • Ornithology - Study of mammals

  • Herpetalogy - Study of molluscs

  • Ophiology - Study of snakes

  • Therology - Study of birds


Which of the following is correctly matched?

  • Enlarged P-wave - Acute myocardial infarction

  • QRS wave flat - Atherosclerotic heart disease

  • Enlarged Q and A - wave-Myocardial infarction

  • Elevated S-T - Enlargement of atria


Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between

  • fishes and amphibians

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

  • Annelida and Mollusca

  • reptiles and mammals


Match the parts of the human brain with their functions.

Column I Column II
A. Cerebrum 1. Controls the pituitary
B. Cerebllum 2. Controls vision and hearing
C. Hypothalamus 3. Controls the rate of heart beat
D. Midbrain

4. Seat of intelligence

5. Maintains body posture

  • A - 5; B - 4; C - 2; D - 1

  • A - 4; B - 5; C - 2; D - 1

  • A - 5; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2

  • A - 4; B - 5; C - 1; D - 2


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Which of the following helps in the absorption of Vitamin-B12?

  • Pepsin

  • Bile juice

  • Castle's intrinsic gastric factor

  • Cholecy stokinin