Multiple Choice Questions

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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.


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Addiction to alcohol causes

  • Cirrhosis

  • Epilepsy

  • Neurosis

  • Psychosis


Agar-Agar is produced by

  • Fungi

  • Alage

  • Bacteria

  • Blue-green algae


‘Treponema pallidum’ pathogen is a cause of

  • Leprosy

  • Plague

  • Syphilis

  • Pertussis


Zero growth means

  • Natality balance mortality

  • Natality is more than mortality

  • Natality is less than mortality

  • Natality is zero


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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


Cells obtained from cancerous tumours are known as

  • Hybridomas

  • Myelomas

  • Lymphocytes

  • Monoclonal cells


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


Who received Nobel Prize in 2008 for the discovery of HIV?

  • Harald Zur Hausen

  • Luc Montagnier

  • Jack Szostak

  • Carol Greider


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AIDS virus contains

  • RNA with protein

  • DNA with protein

  • DNA without protein

  • bNA only


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