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Biology

Class

NEET Class 12

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31.

Assertion : Insulin is antagonistic to glucagon.

Reason : It is an anabolic hormone.

  • 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.


A.

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

Glucagon stimulates the liver to convert stored glycogen into glucose. It is also called an anti-insulin hormone.

Insulin is antagonistic to glucagon. It converts glucose into glycogen in the liver and muscles. It promotes protein synthesis in tissue from amino acids. Insulin reduces catabolism of proteins. It is an anabolic hormone. It increase the synthesis of fat in the adipose tissue from fatty acids. Insulin reduces the breakdown and oxidation of fat.


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32.

Assertion : Auditory ossicles are small bones present in the cavity of inner ear.

Reason : Auditory ossicles maintain the balance of air pressure between two sides of ear drum.

  • 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.


33.

Assertion : Pharyngeal nephridia play a role in the conservation of water in the earthworm.

Reason : They help the earthworm in keeping the skin moist for cutaneous respiration.

  • 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.


34.

Assertion : Pantothenic acid deficiency is probably the most common vitamin deficiency.

Reason : Macrocytic anaemia is a characteristic feature of pantothenic acid deficiency.

  • 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


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35.

What does 'T' stands for in DPT vaccine?

  • Tuberculosis

  • Typhoid

  • Trachoma

  • Tetanus


36.

Which of the following has highest diversity in India?

  • Mango

  • Dolphin

  • Tiger

  • Orchids


37.

Which of the following disorders are caused due to recessive autosomal mutations?

  • Turner"s syndrome and sickle cell anaemia

  • Edward's syndrome and Down's syndrome

  • Cystic fibrosis and phenylketonuria

  • Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's chorea


38.

Which one is correct?

  • Salmonella typhi and Haemophilus influenzae cause pneumonia

  • Widal test is done for malaria

  • Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis

  • Wuchereria causes enterobiasis


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39.

What is the Greek word for ecology?

  • Ethology

  • Oekologie

  • Synecology

  • Hexicology


40.

Which of the following is correct regarding genetic code?

  • UUU is the initiation codon which also codes for phenylalanine.

  • There are 64 triplet codons and only 20 amino acids

  • Three random nitrogen bases specify the placement of one amino acid

  • UAA is the nonsense codon which also codes for methionine


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