Multiple Choice Questions

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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.


D.

If both assertion and reason are false.

Auditory ossicles are three small bones present in the middle ear. These are malleus, incus and stapes. Their main function is to increase the intensity of sound waves. The cavity of middle ear communicates with that of pharynx through the air filled tube called Eustachian tube. The Eustachian tube maintains the balance in the air pressure between two sides of the ear drum and thus allows it to vibrate freely when sound waves impinge on it.


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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


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.


Which of the following has highest diversity in India?

  • Mango

  • Dolphin

  • Tiger

  • Orchids


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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Which one is correct?

  • Salmonella typhi and Haemophilus influenzae cause pneumonia

  • Widal test is done for malaria

  • Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis

  • Wuchereria causes enterobiasis


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


What does 'T' stands for in DPT vaccine?

  • Tuberculosis

  • Typhoid

  • Trachoma

  • Tetanus


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.


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What is the Greek word for ecology?

  • Ethology

  • Oekologie

  • Synecology

  • Hexicology