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
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
C.
Plague – Paramyxo
Plague (black death) is caused by Pasteurella bacteria. Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria and tetanus (lockjaw) is caused by Clostridium tetani bacteria, while filariasis (elephantiasis) is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti.
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