Addiction to alcohol causes
Cirrhosis
Epilepsy
Neurosis
Psychosis
A.
Cirrhosis
In an alcoholic person, some part of alcohol is changed into acetaldehyde, which stimulates the formation of fat. This fat is deposited over the wall of arteries and also accumulates in liver cells. Due to which the liver gets failed and there is very little regulation of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. This disorder is known as fatty liver syndrome. Later on, the liver gets turned into a solid, hard, fibrous organ causing liver cirrhosis.
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
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
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
Zero growth means
Natality balance mortality
Natality is more than mortality
Natality is less than mortality
Natality is zero
