The Kashmir region receives additional amount of precipitation during the winter brought by:

• South-west Monsoon

• Western Disturbances

• Retreating Monsoon

• Temperate Cyclone

Which part of India has the Kalakot tertiary coal field?

• Brahmaputra river basin of Assam

• Damodar river basin ofJharkhand and West Bengal

• Himalayan mountain region

• Cardamom hills in Kerala

Tendons through which muscles are connected to bones are tightly compacted bundles of which one of the following long fibrous protein?

• Fibrin

• Collagen

• Elastin

• Cellulose

Which one of the following is the scientific name of the causal organism of elephantiasis?

• Ascaris lumbricoides

• Culex pipiens

• Wuchereria bancrofti

• Fasciola hepatica

15.

Melanin is the natural pigment that gives colour to human skin, hair and the iris. It provides protection against:

• Ultraviolet radiation

• Infrared radiation

• X-ray radiation

• Short wave radio radiation

Intake of which one of the following food components should be minimized by patients having Gouty Arthritis due to elevated serum uric acid level?

• Food fibres

• Nucleic acids

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

Which one of the following statements about microbes is not correct?

• They are used in sewage treatment plants.

• They are used in industrial fermenters for the production of beverages.

• No antibiotic has been obtained from any microbe.

• They are used to get many bioactive molecules for the treatment of diseases.

Golden rice is a genetically-modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for biosynthesis of:

• Omega-3 fatty acids

• Vitamin A

• Vitamin B

• Vitamin C

An object moves in a circular path with a constant speed. Which one of the following statements is correct?

• The centripetal acceleration of the object is smaller for a gentle curve (i.e., curve of larger radius) than that for a sharp curve (i.e., curve of smaller radius).

• The centripetal acceleration is greater for a gentle curve than that for a sharp curve.

• The centripetal acceleration is the same for both, the gentle and sharp curves.

• The centripetal acceleration causes the object to slow-down.

The force acting on a particle of mass m moving along the x-axis is given by F(x) = Ax² - Bx. Which one of the following is the potential energy of the particle?

• 2Ax - B

• $-\frac{x^2}{6}\left(2Ax - 3B\right)$

• Ax³ - Bx²

• Zero