Multiple Choice Questions

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In the human female, menstruation can be deferred by the administration of

  • LH only

  • Combination of FSH and LH

  • Combination of estrogen and progesterone 

  • Combination of estrogen and progesterone 


C.

Combination of estrogen and progesterone 

When the production of progesterone and estrogen hormone stops in blood this leads to shed off the lying of uterine endometrium. Therefore, by supply of estrogen and progesterone the menstruation can be deferred.

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In a coal-fired power plant, electrostatic precipitators are installed to control emission of

  • SO2

  • NOX

  • SPM

  • SPM

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Probiotics are

  • safe antibiotics

  • cancer inducing microbes

  • new kind of food allergens

  • new kind of food allergens

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A sequential expression of a set of human genes occurs when a steroid molecule binds to the

  • transfer RNA

  • messenger RNA

  • DNA sequence

  • DNA sequence

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About 98 percent of the mass of every living organism is composed of just six elements including carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and

  • phosphorus and sulphur

  • sulphur and magnesium

  • magnesium and sodium

  • magnesium and sodium

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In which one of the following the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand ) of sewage (s), distillery effluent (DE), paper mill effluent (PE) and sugar mill effluent (SE) have been arranged in ascending order?

  • SE < S < PE < DE

  • SE < PE < S < DE

  • PE < S < SE < DE

  • PE < S < SE < DE

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Two genes R and Y are located very close on the chromosomal linkage map of a maize plant. When RRYY and rryy genotypes are hybridised, the F2 segregation will show:

  • higher number of the recombinant types.

  • segregation in the expected 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 ratio

  • segregation in 3 : 1 ratio

  • segregation in 3 : 1 ratio

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Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they

  • can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds

  • have more than 90 per cent similar genes

  • look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites

  • look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites

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Select the correct statement from the following:

  • Darwinian variations are small and directionless

  • Fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt and gets selected by nature

  • All mammals except whales and camels have seven cervical vertebrae

  • All mammals except whales and camels have seven cervical vertebrae

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Which one of the following is being utilised as a source of biodiesel in the Indian countryside?

  • betroot

  • sugarcane

  • pongamia

  • pongamia

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