In which disease does mosquito-transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?
Elephantiasis
Ascariasis
Amoebiasis
Ringworm disease
A.
Elephantiasis
Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms. It is caused by roundworm, Wuchereria bancrofti and it is transmitted by culex mosquito.
Which of the following options correctly represents the lung conditions in asthma and emphysema, respectively?
Inflammation of bronchioles; Decreased respiratory surface
Increased number of bronchioles;Increased respiratory surface
Decreased respiratory surface;Inflammation of bronchioles
Increased respiratory surface;Inflammation of bronchioles
In a growing population of a country,
pre-reproductive individuals are more than the reproductive individuals
reproductive individuals are less than the post-reproductive individuals.
pre-reproductive individuals are less than the reproductive individuals.
reproductive and pre-reproductive individuals are equal in number.
The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of
Homology
Analogy
Adaptive radiation
Convergent evolution
Match the items given in Column I with those in Column II and select the correct option given below :
Column I | Column II | ||
a | Eutrophication | i | UV-B radiation |
b | Sanitary landfill | ii | Deforestation |
c | Snow blindness | iii | Nutrient enrichment |
d | Jhum cultivation | iv | Waste disposal |
a | b | c | d |
ii | i | iii | iv |
a | b | c | d |
i | iii | iv | ii |
a | b | c | d |
i | ii | iv | iii |
a | b | c | d |
iii | iv | i | ii |
All of the following are included in ‘ex-situ conservation’ except
Wildlife safari parks
Sacred groves
Seed banks
Botanical gardens
Which one of the following population interactions is widely used in medical science for the production of antibiotics?
Commensalism
Mutualism
Amensalism
Parasitism
Which of the following is not an autoimmune disease?
Psoriasis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Vitiligo
Alzheimer's disease
Which of the following characteristics represent ‘Inheritance of blood groups’ in humans?
a. Dominance
b. Co-dominance
c. Multiple allele
d. Incomplete dominance
e. Polygenic inheritance
b, c and e
a, b and c
a, c and e
b, d and e