Multiple Choice Questions

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Goitre can occur as a consequence of all the following except

  • iodine deficiency

  • pituitary adenoma

  • Grave's disease

  • excessive intake of exogenous thyroxin


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excessive intake of exogenous thyroxin

Thyroxine is the main hormone secreted into the bloodstream by the thyroid gland. It is the inactive form and most of it is converted to an active form called triiodothyronine by organs such as the liver and kidneys.


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Generally artificial pace-maker consists of one battery made up of

  • nickel

  • dry cadmium

  • photo sensitive material

  • lethium


Which of the following does not act as a neurotransmitter

  • Acetylcholine

  • Epinephrine

  • Glutamic acid

  • Tyrosine


Pernicious anaemia results due to deficiency of

  • vitamin-B1

  • vitamin-A

  • vitamin-B12

  • iron


The generation of excitation-contraction coupling involves all the following events except

  • generation of end-plate potential

  • release of calcium from troponin

  • formation of cross-linkages between actin and myosin

  • hydrolysis of ATP to ADP


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Graham's law is correlated with

  • diffusion

  • osmoregulation

  • osmosis

  • absorption


Cellular totipotency was first demonstrated by

  • F C Steward

  • Robert Hooke

  • T Schwann

  • A v Leeuwenhoek


The genetic deficiency of ADH-receptor leads to

  • diabetes mellitus

  • glycosuria

  • diabetes insipidus

  • nephrogenic diabetes


Choose the minor carp from the following

  • Cyprinus carpio

  • Anguilla sp

  • Labeo bata

  • cetanophyrngodon idella


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Which of the following substances yield less than 4 kcal/mol when its phosphate bond is hydrolysed

  • Creatine phosphate

  • ADP

  • Glucose-6-phosphate

  • ATP