Multiple Choice Questions

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Sea gulls excrete excess of NaCl from

  • liver

  • lungs

  • nasal activity

  • kidney


C.

nasal activity

Sea gulls have salt glands which excrete large loads of salt taken with their food and with the water they drink. Sea water contains 3% salt which is three times saltier than a bird's body fluid. 

Salt glands are located above each eye and consists of several lobes arranged parallely. Salts are secreted into many radially arranged tubules then flows into a central canal that leads into the nose.


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Ruminants belong to order

  • Proboscida

  • Artiodactyla

  • Marsupials

  • Edentata


Connecting link between annelids and molluscs is

  • Neopilina

  • Peripatus

  • Periplaneta

  • Limulus


Which compound has a very important role in prebiotic evolution?

  • Sulphur dioxide

  • Nitric oxide

  • Methane

  • Sulphur trioxide


Which one is component of Ornithine cycle?

  • Ornithine, citrulline and alanine

  • Ornithine, citrulline and arginine

  • Amino acids are not used

  • Ornithine, citrulline and fumaric acid


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Entamoeba histolytica differs from Amoeba in absence of 

  • pseudopodia

  • contractile vacuole

  • nucleus

  • ectoplasm


The velocity of conduction of nerve impulse in frog is

  • 300 m/s

  • same as of electricity

  • faster than sound

  • 30 m/s


Which of the following is important for muscle contraction and nerve impulse transmission?

  • Ca2+ ions

  • Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions

  • Mg2+ ions

  • Fe2+ ions


In parasympathetic nervous system, which of the following is released?

  • Epinephrine

  • Norepinephrine

  • Serotonin

  • Acetylcholine


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Heparin is synthesized in

  • liver

  • kidney

  • saliva

  • pancreas