Which one of the following natural polymers is found both in insects and fungi?
Pectin
Chitin
Cellulose
Suberin
Which one of the following antibiotics kills bacterial cells by inhibiting the polymerisation of peptidoglycan?
Aminoglycosides
Fluoroquinolones
Quinines
Penicillins
Which one of the following organisms is not used as a biocontrol agent?
Bacillus sphaericus
Trichoderma viride
Bacillus thuringiensis
Bacillus subtilis
Which one of the following insecticides is of plant origin?
Ecdysone
Rotenone
Parathion
Malathion
Curdling of milk in small intestine occurs due to the action of
trypsin
erypsin
rennin
chymotrypsin
Leprosy is also called as
Hansen's disease
sarcoma
slim disease
leukamia
A.
Hansen's disease
Leprosy is also called as Hansen's disease. It is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, mucosal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes. It is known to occur at all ages ranging from early infancy to very old age.
A simple technology has been developed in India for plant breeders and farmers to use two plants as biofertilizers for growing rice. These are
Azotobacter and Rhizobium
Chlorella and Spirulina
Azolla and nitrogen fixing blue-green algae
Riccia and Marchantia