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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: General Knowledge (GK) , Uncategorized topics .
| 51. |
What is blood pressure? |
| A. | the pressure of blood on the heart muscle |
| B. | the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and veins |
| C. | the pressure of blood on the walls of veins only |
| D. | the pressure of blood on the walls of arteries only |
| Answer» B. the pressure of blood exerted on the walls of arteries and veins | |
| 52. |
Which one of following is called pace maker of the heart? |
| A. | SA node |
| B. | AV node |
| C. | Chordae tendianae |
| D. | AV septum |
| Answer» A. SA node | |
| 53. |
Blood groups in man were discovered by |
| A. | Mendel |
| B. | Francis Nelson |
| C. | S. Miller |
| D. | Landsteiner |
| Answer» D. Landsteiner | |
| 54. |
Rh factor was discovered by |
| A. | William Harvey |
| B. | Landsteiner |
| C. | Robert Hook |
| D. | C. De Duve |
| Answer» B. Landsteiner | |
| 55. |
Rh factor is named after |
| A. | Drosophila |
| B. | a Monkey |
| C. | a Rat |
| D. | a Man |
| Answer» B. a Monkey | |
| 56. |
Excretion means |
| A. | removal of substances present in excess |
| B. | formation of those substances that have some role in the body |
| C. | removal of such substances that have never been part of the body |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» A. removal of substances present in excess | |
| 57. |
A mammal excretes nitrogen in the form of |
| A. | ammonium ions |
| B. | amino acids |
| C. | urea |
| D. | uric acid |
| Answer» C. urea | |
| 58. |
Kidneys are not only organs of excretion. Their work is supplemented by |
| A. | liver |
| B. | heart |
| C. | large intestine |
| D. | skin |
| Answer» A. liver | |
| 59. |
The basic unit of a vertebrate kidney is the |
| A. | ureter |
| B. | nephron |
| C. | malpighian tubule |
| D. | islets of Langerhans |
| Answer» B. nephron | |
| 60. |
The two kidneys lie |
| A. | at the level of ovaries |
| B. | at the same level |
| C. | left kidney at a higher level than the right one |
| D. | right kidney at a higher level than the left one |
| Answer» C. left kidney at a higher level than the right one | |
| 61. |
Function of glomerulus in mammalian kidney is |
| A. | reasbsorption of salts |
| B. | urine formation through blood filtration |
| C. | urine collection |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. urine formation through blood filtration | |
| 62. |
The reabsorption of glucose in a nephron occurs in |
| A. | loop of Henle |
| B. | first half of proximal tubule |
| C. | distal convoluted tubule |
| D. | proximal part of collecting ducts |
| Answer» B. first half of proximal tubule | |
| 63. |
Strongest cartilage is |
| A. | hyaline cartilage |
| B. | fibrous cartilage |
| C. | elastic cartilage |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. fibrous cartilage | |
| 64. |
Striated muscles are found in |
| A. | gallbladder |
| B. | wall of bladder |
| C. | leg muscles |
| D. | lungs |
| Answer» C. leg muscles | |
| 65. |
Strongest muscle in the body is present in |
| A. | arm |
| B. | jaw |
| C. | thigh |
| D. | neck |
| Answer» C. thigh | |
| 66. |
Axial skeleton in man is made up of |
| A. | 126 bones |
| B. | 100 bones |
| C. | 103 bones |
| D. | 80 bones |
| Answer» D. 80 bones | |
| 67. |
Skull of man is made up of |
| A. | 10 bones |
| B. | 22 bones |
| C. | 30 bones |
| D. | 24 bones |
| Answer» B. 22 bones | |
| 68. |
Longest bone is that of |
| A. | humerus |
| B. | stapes |
| C. | femur |
| D. | radio-ulna |
| Answer» C. femur | |
| 69. |
In man ribs are attached to |
| A. | calvicle |
| B. | ileum |
| C. | sternum |
| D. | scapula |
| Answer» C. sternum | |
| 70. |
The smallest bone in mammals is |
| A. | septomaxillary |
| B. | dentary |
| C. | femur |
| D. | stapes |
| Answer» D. stapes | |
| 71. |
The longest cell in the body of an animal is |
| A. | osteocytes |
| B. | neuron |
| C. | chromatophores |
| D. | lymph corpuscles |
| Answer» B. neuron | |
| 72. |
Which cell stops dividing after birth? |
| A. | glial cells |
| B. | epithelium |
| C. | liver |
| D. | neuron |
| Answer» D. neuron | |
| 73. |
The largest number of cells bodies of neurons in our body is found in |
| A. | brain |
| B. | spinal cord |
| C. | tongue |
| D. | retina |
| Answer» A. brain | |
| 74. |
Which part of human brain is more developed in comparison of others? |
| A. | cerebrum |
| B. | cerebellum |
| C. | optic lobes |
| D. | medulla oblongata |
| Answer» A. cerebrum | |
| 75. |
Which part of mammalian brain controls the muscular co-ordination? |
| A. | cerebrum |
| B. | cerebellum |
| C. | corpus callosum |
| D. | medulla oblongata |
| Answer» B. cerebellum | |
| 76. |
There are how many pairs of spinal nerves in a human |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 31 |
| Answer» D. 31 | |
| 77. |
There are how many pairs of cranial nerves in a human? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 31 |
| Answer» B. 12 | |
| 78. |
Pituitary gland is found in |
| A. | around trachea |
| B. | gonad |
| C. | pancreas |
| D. | brains |
| Answer» D. brains | |
| 79. |
Which of the hormones is responsible for the emotional state such as fear and anger and causes rise of blood pressure and rate of heartbeat? |
| A. | insulin |
| B. | adrenaline |
| C. | progesterone |
| D. | thyroxine |
| Answer» B. adrenaline | |
| 80. |
The main function of plasma membrane is to |
| A. | maintain cell shape and size |
| B. | control of all cellular activity |
| C. | regulate the flow of materials into and out of the cell |
| D. | store cell material |
| Answer» C. regulate the flow of materials into and out of the cell | |
| 81. |
Function of a Centriole is |
| A. | formation of spindle fibers |
| B. | formation of nucleolus |
| C. | initiation of cell division |
| D. | formation of cell plate |
| Answer» A. formation of spindle fibers | |
| 82. |
Functional activities of a cell are controlled by |
| A. | nucleus |
| B. | nucleolus |
| C. | mitochondria |
| D. | cytoplasm |
| Answer» A. nucleus | |
| 83. |
Study of Algae is called |
| A. | phycology |
| B. | mycology |
| C. | dendrology |
| D. | mycology |
| Answer» A. phycology | |
| 84. |
Which of the following is a non-poisonous snake? |
| A. | cobra |
| B. | python |
| C. | viper |
| D. | krait |
| Answer» B. python | |
| 85. |
Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus? |
| A. | typhoid |
| B. | cholera |
| C. | influenza |
| D. | diphtheria |
| Answer» C. influenza | |
| 86. |
DTP vaccine is given to infants to immunize them against |
| A. | diphtheria, pneumonia and typhoid |
| B. | diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus |
| C. | diarrhea, pneumonia and tuberculosis |
| D. | diphtheria, whooping cough and typhoid |
| Answer» B. diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus | |
| 87. |
Jaundice is a disease of |
| A. | kidney |
| B. | pancreas |
| C. | liver |
| D. | duodenum |
| Answer» C. liver | |
| 88. |
Male mosquito does not carry malarial parasite because: |
| A. | it is too small to bite man. |
| B. | it lacks the modified mouth parts |
| C. | malarial parasites cannot reproduce in them. |
| D. | female mosquito is more deadly |
| Answer» B. it lacks the modified mouth parts | |
| 89. |
Continuous fever, headache, slow pulse, pain in the stomach, rose colored ashes are the major symptoms of |
| A. | plague |
| B. | typhoid |
| C. | mumps |
| D. | measles |
| Answer» D. measles | |
| 90. |
Bark of which plant yields famous drug of malaria? |
| A. | cinchona |
| B. | quercus |
| C. | betula |
| D. | eucalyptus |
| Answer» A. cinchona | |
| 91. |
Deficiency of vitamin C causes |
| A. | rickets |
| B. | beriberi |
| C. | scurvy |
| D. | night blindness |
| Answer» C. scurvy | |
| 92. |
If there were no ultraviolet rays reaching the earth, human should suffer from deficiency of |
| A. | fatty acids |
| B. | essential amino acids |
| C. | vitamin D |
| D. | vitamin E |
| Answer» C. vitamin D | |
| 93. |
Smog is a combination of |
| A. | fire and water |
| B. | smoke and fog |
| C. | water and smoke |
| D. | air and water |
| Answer» B. smoke and fog | |
| 94. |
Sound becomes a hazardous noise pollution if its level is a above |
| A. | 30 Db |
| B. | 120 dB |
| C. | 80 dB |
| D. | 150 Db |
| Answer» C. 80 dB | |
| 95. |
Maximum threat to the world is from (among the following) |
| A. | global warming |
| B. | ozone hole |
| C. | water pollution |
| D. | soil erosion |
| Answer» B. ozone hole | |
| 96. |
Which of the following is the symbol of the metal that occurs in liquid form at ordinary temperature? |
| A. | Na |
| B. | Sn |
| C. | Pb |
| D. | Hg |
| Answer» D. Hg | |
| 97. |
Which of the following is least compressible? |
| A. | gas |
| B. | liquid |
| C. | solid |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. solid | |
| 98. |
Which of the following is not a chemical change? |
| A. | rusting of iron |
| B. | converting water into steam |
| C. | making curd from milk |
| D. | heating coal |
| Answer» B. converting water into steam | |
| 99. |
Atomicity of Phosphorous is |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 100. |
The number of atoms present in a molecule of an element is known as its |
| A. | valency |
| B. | atomicity |
| C. | chemical Formula |
| D. | symbol |
| Answer» B. atomicity | |
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