Multiple Choice Questions

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During waste water treatment, trickling filter  is used for

  • primary treatment

  • secondary aerobic treatment

  • secondary anaerobic treatment

  • tertiary treatment


B.

secondary aerobic treatment

Trickling filter is a fixed-bed biological reactor that operates under (mostly) aerobic conditions. It is used for secondary aerobic treatment. In this system,  pre-settled wastewater is continuously trickled or sprayed over the filter. As the water migrates through the pores of the filter, organics are aerobically degraded by the biofilm covering the filter material.


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Relationship between DO and BOD is that they

  • are directly proportional

  • are inversely proportional

  • are not related

  • always remain equal to each other


Which one of the following hormones is responsible for uterine contraction during parturition?

  • Relaxin

  • Vasopressin

  • Oxytocin

  • Prolactin


Which one of the following information is essential to, determine the genetic map distance between two genes located on the same chromosome?

  • Length of the particular chromosome

  • Number of genes present in the particular chromosome

  • Number of nucleotides in the particular chromosome

  • Percentage of crossing over or recombinant frequency between the two genes


Phenomenon involving increase in concentration of non-degradable pollutants from lower to higher trophic levels is called

  • biomagnification

  • bioaccumulation

  • biodegradation

  • bioinvasion


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During entry into the ovum, acrosome of sperm releases

  • hyaluronidase

  • alkaline phosphorylase

  • acid phosphatase

  • carbonic anhydrase


Which one of the following is a causative agent of plague?

  • Shigella flexner

  • Bordetella pertussi

  • Staphylococcus aureus

  • Yersinia pestis


What is the full form of MAB?

  • Man and biosphere

  • Man and biosphere reserve

  • Man and biosphere reserve programme

  • Man and biosphere programme


Antibodies produced by a group of identical B-cells against a single epitope of an antigen is called

  • polyclonal antibodies

  • monoclonal antibodies

  • anti- hapten antibodies

  • somaclonal antibodies


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The 'Red Data Book' records

  • species diversity of wetlands

  • list of water pollutants

  • list of threatened species

  • rate of population decline