Multiple Choice Questions

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  • is caused by a variant of Pneumococcus pneumonia

  • is caused by a variant of the common cold virus (coronavirus)

  • is an acute form of asthma 

  • affects non-vegetarians much faster than the vegetarians


B.

is caused by a variant of the common cold virus (coronavirus)

The disease is due to infection with the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). The genome of this virus
has been completely sequenced. When viruses resembling SARS-CoV were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live animal market in the Guangdong Province of China; it implicated these animals as the reservoir of the virus.


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Electron beam therapy is a kind of radiation therapy to treat

  • Enlarged prostrate gland

  • Gall bladder stones by breaking them

  • Certain types of cancer

  • Kidney stones.


A baby has been born with a small tail. It is a case exhibiting

  • retrogressive evolution

  • mutation

  • atavism

  • metamorphosis


Which one of the following is a pair of endangered species

  • Garden lizard and Mexican poppy

  • Rhesus monkey and Sal tree

  • Indian peacock and carrot grass

  • Hornbill and Indian aconite


Nitrogen oxides produced from the emission of automobiles and power plants, are the source of fine air borne particles which lead to

  • photochemical smog

  • dry acid deposition

  • industrial smog

  • wet acid deposition


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Which one of the following is a matching pair of a drug and its category

  • Amphetamines - stimulant

  • Lysergic acid dimethyl amide - narcotic

  • Heroin - psychotropic

  • Benzodiazepine - pain killer


The Great Barrier Reef along the east coast of Australia can be categorised as

  • population

  • community

  • ecosystem

  • biome.


Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol

  • are healthier due to a good diet

  • catch infections easily

  • may suffer vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding

  • may suffer from beri beri due to deficiency of B vitamins.


Which one of the following is correctly matched regarding an Institute and its location

  • National Institute of Virology - Pune

  • National lnstitute of Communicable Diseases - Lucknow

  • Central Drug Research Institute - Kasauli

  • National Institute of Nutrition - Mumbai


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If the Bengal Tiger becomes extinct

  • hyenas and wolves will become scars

  • the wild areas will be safe for man and domestic animals

  • its gene pool will be lost forever

  • the populations of beautiful animals like deers will get stabilized.