General Knowledge in Biology

General Knowledge in Biology

1. Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, "Corynebacterium diphtheria" causes diphtheria and "Vibrio comma" causes : cholera.
2. What is the most suitable for study of mutations : Haploids.
3. Pulses are a good source of : Protein.
4. Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named : Haemoglobin.
5. Nymph is the name of young one of Cockroach.
6. One day you wake with a sore throat and a runny nose. Your doctor takes a swab from your throat, sends it to a lab, and telephones you the next day to say that antibiotic will not help you get better. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the doctor's statement? : Virus Infection.
7. Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called : Mesophytes.
8. Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous emission of : Protons (Alpha Particles), Electrons (Beta Particles), Gamma Rays (Short Wave Electro Magnetic Waves).
9. Organic Substances which, in very small amount, control growth & development called : Hormones. General Knowledge in Biology
10. Our major foods, fibres, spices, fruits and beverage crops are : Flowering Plants.
11. Movements due to light are shown by : 
12. Outer covering of virus made up of protein is : Capsid.
13. Radish is a : Modified Root.
14. Radical vascular bundles are those in which : xylem and phloem occur on the different radii.
15. Plant have cellulose while animals lack it. 

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16. Plant bends towards the source of light on account of the movement of curvature known as : Phototropism.
17. Poison glands of snakes are homologous to : Salivary Glands of Vertebrates.
18. Monotremes are unique mammals because they : Lay Eggs.
19. Potato is a modified form : (outgrowth) Ofstem.
20. Prothrombin which helps in clotting of blood is released by: Blood platelets.
21. Myopia is connected with : Eyes.
22. Most of the red, blue and purple colors of plants are due to a pigment called : Anthocyanin.
23. Pyorrhoea is a disease of the : Gums.
24. Plants that grow in saline water are called : Halophytes.
25. Primary phloem develops from : Provascular tissue.
26. Photosynthesis takes place faster in : White light.
27. Plants synthesis protein from : Amino acids.
28. Out of 900 reported species of living gymnosperms, conifers are represented by about 500 species, About 2,50,000 species of angiosperms (flowering plants) have also been reported in the world. The vast and dominant woodlands in Europe, Asia, North America and mountains such as Himalayas are wooded with : Conifers.
29. Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all classes ofenzymes.
30. Pollination by wind is called : Anemophily.
31. Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in the : Salivary glands.
32. Most common disease of poultry in India is : Ranikhet.
33. Rain water helps to increase the : Calcium Contents to some extent.
34. Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is : 47.
35. Photosynthesis is a process : Reductive, Endergonic and Anabolic.
36. Night blindness is cause by lack of which vitamin? Vitamin A.
37. Monocot root differs from dicot root in having : Well developed pith.
38. Plants growing on sand are called as : Psammophytes.
39. Normal adult human male has : 14 gram of Haemoglobin/100 gram of blood.
40. O₂ released in the process of photosynthesis comes from : Water.
41. N₂ content is kept constant in the biosphere due to : Nitrogen Cycle.
42. Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their : Root Hairs.
43. Photo-oxidation is : Photorespiration, Photolysis, Light and Oxygen induced Breakdown Process of cell division can take place by Mitosis.
44. Prokaryotic cells lacknucleolus,nuclear membrane,membrane bound by : Organelle.

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