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ZOOLOGY
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1
Interlocking of food chains results into
Food web
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2
Pseudomonas is an important component of
nitrogen cycle
P. denitrificans
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3
Population dispersion is
Spatial distribution of individuals
it is dispersiON not dispersal
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4
Lotic ecosystem refers to
Flowing water ecosystem
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5
Logistic growth occurs when there is
a fixed carrying capacity
ex:- human population growth
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6
A pollutant is any substance, chemical or factor that bring
Undesirable change in the environment that is hazardous to health
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7
Natality refers to
Birth rate
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8
Symbiois means interdependence of two organisms which is
none of these
may be facultative or obligatory
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9
Above which level sound becomes noise pollutant ?
above 60 db
at 80 db- Annoyance occurs
10
Biological magnification of pollutants means
enhanced accumulation along the food chain
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11
First National Park of the World was
Yellowstone National Park
1872
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12
Emu bird is found in
Australian region
in New zealand
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13
Gila Monster Lizard is
a poisonous lizard
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14
The largest rodent of the world is
capybara
Avg wt- 100 pounds
15
Sloths are characteristics of
neotropical region
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16
Hippopotamus is found in
ethiopian region
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17
Tropism is a
?
18
Modification of behaviour as a result of experience is called
Learning
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19
Instinctive behaviour is controlle by
Genes
fixed in species memory
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20
Digger wasp after emergence mates, then makes nests, provisions it, lays eggs and closes the nest. This behaviour is
Instinct
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21
Who wrote 'King Solomon's Ring's book ?
K. lorenz
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22
Innate behaviour is also called
Stereo type behaviour
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23
Courtship is a/an
Instinct
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24
Pavloc received Nobel Prize in
1904
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25
Chemicals used for communication are called
Pheromones
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26
Long distance seasonal migration are most common in
Birds
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27
Fish used to eat mosquitoes for control of malaria is
Gambusia
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28
Honeybee used for beekeeping world over is
Apis mellifera
29
Mumps is a disease caused by
Virus
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30
Common round worm infecting human being is
Ascaris lumbricoides
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31
Amoebiasis is caused by
Entamoeba histolytica
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32
Burnner's glands are present in sub-mucosa of
Intestine
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33
Bowman's capsule is formed of
Sqamous epithelium
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34
Sertoli cells are found in
Seminiferous tubules
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35
Meissner's corpuscles occur in
Skin
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36
Peyer's patches produce
Lymphocytes
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37
Kupffer's cells occur in
Liver
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38
Organs of Ruffini are receptors of
touch
mechanoreceptor for deep   sensation
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39
Third ventricle of brain is also called
Diacoel
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40
Second cranial nerve supplies
Retina only
sensory
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41
Arrector pili are
Involuntary muscles
smooth muscle
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42
Sea horse is a/an
Fish
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43
Sea fan is a
Coelenterate
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44
Jelly fish is a
Coelenterate
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45
Sand piper is a
Birds
46
Sand hopper is a/an
crustacean
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47
Brachymeiosis is
?
48
Lyon's hypothesis deals with
Number of Barr bodies
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49
What is the function of Centrosome ?
Formation of spindle fibre
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50
Mutual exchange of segments between two chromosomes is called
Translocation
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51
Glycosylation of protein is done by
Endoplasmic reticulum
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52
Nucleolous is formed of
RNA, DNA & protein
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53
Perinuclear space is
Space between outer and inner membrane of nuclear envelop
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54
Chromatin fibres are found in nucleus during
interphase
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55
Reverse transcriptase is also called
RNA dependent DNA polymerase
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56
Balbiani rings occur in
Polytene chromosomes
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57
The gene suppressed by epistatic gene is called
Hypostatic gene
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58
Down's syndrome is man is caused by
Trisomy of chrosome No. 21
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59
Sex determination in honeybees is called
Haplo-diploidy
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60
Genic Balance Theory' was propsed by
Bridges
C. Bridge
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61
One gene one enzyme hypothesis' was proposed by
Beadle and Tatum
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62
According to Nei-Darwinism, which one of these is responsible for evolution of organisms ?
Mutation and Natural selection
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63
Mendel formulated the law of purity of gametes on the basis of
Monohybrid cross
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64
If a haemophilic man marries a normal woman, the offspring will be
All normal
considering female as XX
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65
Which of the following pairs represent homologous organs ?
Wing of bird and wing of bat
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66
Atavism is man means
Apperance of ancestral characters
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67
Mammalian eggs have
little yolk
microlecithal (Alecithal is a misnomer)
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68
The fusion of male and female pro-nuclei is called
Amphimixis
Fertilisation includes both penetration & amphimixis
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69
Gastrulation involved the differentiation of
Ectoderm, Mesoderm and Endoderm
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70
The egg of frog is
Telolecithal
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71
Blastopore is found in
Gastrula
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72
During metamorphosis, the disappearance of larval organs is called
Histolysis
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73
The Eustachian tube develops from
endoderm
from pharyngeal pouch
74
Placenta in mammalian embryo is formed from
All of these
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75
Termination of gastrulation is marked by
Closure of blastopore
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76
Third cleavage in frog is
Latitudinal
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77
Which of the following hormone is a modified amino acid ?
Epinephrine
tyrosine derivative
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78
Which endocrine gland become inactive during old age ?
Thymus
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79
Which hormone plays a key role in carbohydrate metabolism ?
Insulin
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80
How many of the 20 amino acids are essential for an adult human ?
8
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81
A person exclusively on a diet of milk, egg and bread will suffer from
Scurvy
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82
A temporary endocrine gland forme in ovary after ovulation is
Corpus luteum
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83
Keratin is a protein having larger amount of
Sulphur
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84
Glycolysis leads to conversion of
Glucose into Pyruvic acid
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85
The most stable RNA in the cell is
r-RNA
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86
Enzyme which forms the peptide bond is
Peptidyl transferase
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87
The protein part o enzyme is
Apoenzyme
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88
RNA with enzyme activity is called
Ribozyme
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89
The organism used for preparing alcohol is
Saccharomyces
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90
Renin used in cheee industry is a/an
Enzyme
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91
The term antibiotic was coined by
selman waksman
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92
Monoclonal antibody is produced from
Hybridoma
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93
Humulin is a/an
Protein
human insulin
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94
ELISA is used to detect viruses where key reagent is
alkaline phosphatase
alkaline P. & HRP are used.
95
Milk is converted into curd by
Lacto bacillus
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96
Which of the following is secreted by yeast, responsible for fermentation ?
Invertase
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97
Major cause of declining biodiversit is
Destruction of habitat
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98
Agro-ecosystem has low
biodiversity
as it intend to grow some special crop
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99
Two or more species occupying same/overlapping areas are called
Sympatric species
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100
The term 'ecosystem' was coined by
A. G. Tansley
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