Multiple Choice Questions

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Glands in a vertebrate body originate from

  • ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm

  • ectoderm and endoderm

  • mesoderm

  • ectoderm


D.

ectoderm

Glands in a vertebrate body originate from ectoderm. Glands are the modification of epidermis of skin. The ectoderm also gives rise to the neural crest (ganglion, sensory cell, etc) and neural tube (brain, spinal cord etc).


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Which of the following branch of biology is correctly matched?

  • Ornithology - Study of mammals

  • Herpetalogy - Study of molluscs

  • Ophiology - Study of snakes

  • Therology - Study of birds


Function of SER is

  • protein metabolism

  • lipid metabolism

  • carbohydrate metabolism

  • catabolic activity


Which of the following helps in the absorption of Vitamin-B12?

  • Pepsin

  • Bile juice

  • Castle's intrinsic gastric factor

  • Cholecy stokinin


Which of the following is correctly matched?

  • Enlarged P-wave - Acute myocardial infarction

  • QRS wave flat - Atherosclerotic heart disease

  • Enlarged Q and A - wave-Myocardial infarction

  • Elevated S-T - Enlargement of atria


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Patella (knee cap) is an example of

  • replacing bones

  • sesamoid bones

  • flat bones

  • irregular bones


Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between

  • fishes and amphibians

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

  • Annelida and Mollusca

  • reptiles and mammals


A fish introduced into a water body to control mosquito population is

  • Gambusia

  • Labeo

  • Notopterus

  • Fistularia


Match the parts of the human brain with their functions.

Column I Column II
A. Cerebrum 1. Controls the pituitary
B. Cerebllum 2. Controls vision and hearing
C. Hypothalamus 3. Controls the rate of heart beat
D. Midbrain

4. Seat of intelligence

5. Maintains body posture

  • A - 5; B - 4; C - 2; D - 1

  • A - 4; B - 5; C - 2; D - 1

  • A - 5; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2

  • A - 4; B - 5; C - 1; D - 2


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If a haemophilic carrier female marries a normal man, the chances are that

  • all the daughters will have haemophilia

  • 50% of the daughters will have haemophilia

  • 50% of the sons will have haemophilia

  • all the sons will have haemophilia