A transgenic food crop, which may help in solving the problem of nightblindness in developing countries is
Flavr savr tomatoes
Starlink maize
Bt soyabean
Golden rice
Cells obtained from cancerous tumours are known as
Hybridomas
Myelomas
Lymphocytes
Monoclonal cells
AIDS virus contains
RNA with protein
DNA with protein
DNA without protein
bNA only
D.
bNA only
AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). It is a lentivirus belonging to the family-Retroviridae. The core of this virus contains two single strands of RNA molecules (genetic material) proteins and the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
Zero growth means
Natality balance mortality
Natality is more than mortality
Natality is less than mortality
Natality is zero
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Diphtheria – Corynebacerium
Elephantiasis – Wuchereria
Plague – Paramyxo
Lockjaw – Clostridium
Who received Nobel Prize in 2008 for the discovery of HIV?
Harald Zur Hausen
Luc Montagnier
Jack Szostak
Carol Greider
Match the following Columns.
Column I (Disease) | Column II (Related Hormone) |
A. Cretinism | 1. Glucocorticoid |
B. Cushing's Syndrome | 2. Testosterone |
C. Diabetes Insipidus | 3. Thyroid |
D. Eunuchoidism | 4. ADH |
A – 3; B – 4; C – 1; D – 2
A – 2; B – 3; C – 4; D – 1
A – 3; B – 4; C – 2; D – 1
A – 3; B – 1; C – 4; D – 2