When children play bare footed in pools of ditty water and flood water, they may suffer from disease like
leptospirosis and bilharzia
malaria, amoebic dysentery and leptospirosis
bilharzia, infective hepatitis and diarrhoea
guinea worm infection, elephantiasis and amoebic dysentery.
A.
leptospirosis and bilharzia
Leptospirosis (also known as Weil's disease, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever or 7-day fever) is a bacterial zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira that affects humans and a wide range of animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians. and reptiles. It was first described by Adolf Weil in 1886 when he reported an "acute infectious disease with enlargement of spleen, jaundice and nephritis. Humans become infected through contact with water, food, or soil containing urine from these infected animals. This may happen by swallowing contaminated food or water or through skin contact.
Leptospirosis is common among watersport enthusiasts in certain areas as prolonged immersion in water is known to promote the entry of the bacteria Schistosomiasis or bilharzia is also called snail fever or swimmer's itch.
Schistosomiasis is a life threatening parasitic disease caused by a worm that lives in a host snail. Humans can become infected when they come in contac with water in ponds and rivers where the snail lives. The pathology is mostly caused by the large number of eggs becoming stuck in various body parts, in particular the liver (causing liver enlargement and malfunction) and the kidneys (causing kidney damage, detectable by blood in the urine).
Hirudin is
a protein produced by Hordeum vulgare, which is rich in lysine
a toxic molecule isolated from Gossypium hirsutum, which reduces human fertility
a protein produced from transgenic Brassica napus, which prevents blood clotting
an antibiotic produced by a genetically engineered bacterium, Escherichia coli.
Genes present in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells are found in
mitochondria and inherited via egg cytoplasm
lysosomes and peroxisomes
Golgi bodies and smooth endoplasmic reticulum
plastids and inherited via male gamete
In which one of the following sets of three items each belong to the category mentioned against them
Lysine, glycine, thiamine - amino acids
Myosin, oxytocin and gastrin - hormones
Rennin, helicase and hyaluronidase - enzymes
Optic nerve, oculomotor, vagus - sensory nerves
Given below is a highly simplified representation of the human sex chromosomes from a karyotype
The gene a and b could be of
colour blindness and body height
attached ear lobe and Rhesus blood group
haemophilia and red-green colour blindness
phenylketonuria and haemophilia
In which one of the following combinations (a-d) of the number of chromosomes is the present day hexaploid wheat correctly represented
| Combination | Monosoic | Haploid | Nullisomic | Trisomic |
| (a) | 21 | 28 | 42 | 43 |
| (b) | 7 | 28 | 40 | 42 |
| (c) | 21 | 7 | 42 | 43 |
| (d) | 41 | 21 | 40 | 43 |
Which one of the following is an environment related disorder with the correct main cause
Black lung disease (pneumoconiosis) found mainly in workers in stone quarries and crushers.
Blue baby disease (methaemoglobinaemia) due to heavy use of nitrogenous fertilizers in the area.
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma found mainly in workers involved in manufacture of neem based pesticides.
Skin cancer mainly in people exposed to benzene and methane.
mong rust, smut and mushroom all the three
are pathogens
are saprobes
bear ascocarps
bear basidiocarps.
In the following table identify the correct matching of the crop, its disease and the corresponding pathogen.
| Crop | Disease | Pathogen |
| Citrus | Canker | Pseudomonas rubrilineans |
| Potato | Late blight | Fusarium udum |
| Brinjal | Root-knot | Meloidogyne incognita |
| Pigeon | pea Seed gall | Phytophthora infestans |
Pollution from animal excreta and organic waste from kitchen can be most profitably minimized by
storing them in underground storage tanks
using them for producing biogas
vermiculture
using them directly as biofertilizers
