Multiple Choice Questions

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Antibiotic flavicin is obtained from

  • Aspergillus flavus 

  • Aspergillus clavatum

  • Streptomyces grieseus

  • Streptomyces fradiae


A.

Aspergillus flavus 

Aspergillus flavus is the fungi which grows on plants such as peanut plant. It is used in the production of the antibiotic Flavicin. It is also used to produce the carcinogenic substance Aflatoxin.


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Cochlea of mammalian internal ear is concerned with

  • hearing

  • balance of body posture

  • both (a) and (b)

  • perception changes of atmospheric pressure


Antifeedant property occurs in

  • nicotine

  • azadiractin

  • rotenone

  • cinerin


The crystal of lead zirconate is a key component of

  • sonography

  • electrocardiography

  • electroencephalography

  • magnetoencephalography


Ethylene is a

  • gaseous hormone

  • gaseous enzyme

  • liquid-gas mixture

  • solid hormone


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The dendrite carries impulses

  • towards the cyton

  • away from cyton

  • across the body

  • from one neuron to another


'Climacteric' is

  • a phenomenon related to fruit ripening

  • the condition of a plant when all its fruits are almost ripe

  • the condition of a plant when most of its leaves have turned yellow

  • none of the above


The part of an eye which acts like a diaphragm of a photographic camera is

  • pupil

  • iris

  • lens

  • cornea


Which is not a gonadal hormone

  • Progesterone

  • Testosterone

  • Adrenalin

  • Estrogen


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Cerebrospinal fluid is present

  • beneath the pia mater

  • between piamater and arachnoid

  • between arachnoid and duramater

  • between duramater and cranium