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question_answer1)
A prediction made by a scientist based on his observations is known as [Kerala PMT 2003]
A)
Law done
clear
B)
Theory done
clear
C)
Principle done
clear
D)
Hypothesis done
clear
E)
Conceptual scheme done
clear
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question_answer2)
Study of flowers is known as [DPMT 1992]
A)
Anthology done
clear
B)
Phenology done
clear
C)
Agrostology done
clear
D)
Palynology done
clear
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question_answer3)
Choose the correct pair [RPMT 1996; CPMT 2000; JKCMEE 2000]
A)
Sericulture ? Fish done
clear
B)
Silviculture ? Silkworm done
clear
C)
Apiculuture ? Honeybee done
clear
D)
Pisciculture ? Forestry done
clear
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question_answer4)
Biology is concerned with [Haryana PMT 1994]
A)
DNA done
clear
B)
Biomass done
clear
C)
Living organisms done
clear
D)
Life as recorded for fossils done
clear
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question_answer5)
The art of growing short plants is called [EAMCET 1995; AFMC 2002]
A)
Bonsai done
clear
B)
Horticulture done
clear
C)
Topiary done
clear
D)
Tissue culture done
clear
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question_answer6)
The study of acquired characters of animals and plants is called
A)
Genetics done
clear
B)
Eugenics done
clear
C)
Evolution done
clear
D)
Ctetology done
clear
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question_answer7)
Branch connected with study of cell structure is [EAMCET 1996]
A)
Cytology done
clear
B)
Physiology done
clear
C)
Geology done
clear
D)
Histology done
clear
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question_answer8)
The study of trends in human population growth and the prediction of future development is known a [Kerala PMT 2000]
A)
Sociology done
clear
B)
Geography done
clear
C)
Demography done
clear
D)
Anthropology done
clear
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question_answer9)
Study of relationship between environment and plants animals or human is [KCET 1993; RPMT 1996]
A)
Ecology done
clear
B)
Ethology done
clear
C)
Mycology done
clear
D)
Dermatology done
clear
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question_answer10)
The study of development of an organism from the egg to the adult stage is known as [MP PMT 1999]
A)
Embryology done
clear
B)
Evolution done
clear
C)
Cell theory done
clear
D)
Genetics done
clear
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question_answer11)
Science of characters and distribution of races is known as [AIIMS 1992]
A)
Ethnology done
clear
B)
Sociology done
clear
C)
Taxonomy done
clear
D)
Anthropology done
clear
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question_answer12)
Study of cause of disease shall come under
A)
Pathology done
clear
B)
Etiology done
clear
C)
Zymology done
clear
D)
Ethology done
clear
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question_answer13)
Genetic engineering is connected with [MP PMT 1993; BHU 2000]
A)
Eugenics done
clear
B)
Euthencis done
clear
C)
Euphenics done
clear
D)
All of these done
clear
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question_answer14)
Improvement of human race by improving the enviroment is called [MP PMT 1998]
A)
Eugenics done
clear
B)
Euthenics done
clear
C)
Euphenics done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer15)
Exobiology refers to study of [BVP 2003; Kerala PMT 2004]
A)
Life in the air done
clear
B)
Exodermis done
clear
C)
Terrestrial organisms done
clear
D)
Life on other planets done
clear
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question_answer16)
Inland fisheries is [St. Johns MC 2002]
A)
Fishing inside water done
clear
B)
Fishing in island done
clear
C)
Fish in culture pond done
clear
D)
Fishing in freshwater done
clear
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question_answer17)
Branch of biology which deals with the study of the process of ageing is called [MP PMT 1993, 96; Pb. PMT 2000; Kerala PMT 2002; BHU 2005]
A)
Geology done
clear
B)
Genealogy done
clear
C)
Genetics done
clear
D)
Gerontology done
clear
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question_answer18)
Study of liver is known as
A)
Herpetology done
clear
B)
Nidology done
clear
C)
Hepatology done
clear
D)
Horology done
clear
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question_answer19)
The study of reptiles is kown as [Orissa JEE 1994; CPMT 2003]
A)
Ichthyology done
clear
B)
Herpetology done
clear
C)
Serpentology done
clear
D)
None of these done
clear
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question_answer20)
The branch of study dealing with microscopic anatomy of tissues is [AFMC 1991]
A)
Histology done
clear
B)
Cytology done
clear
C)
Morphology done
clear
D)
Palaeontology done
clear
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question_answer21)
Branch of Zoology dealing with the study of fishes is known as [KCET 1994; BCECE 1995; Orissa JEE 2002]
A)
Herpetology done
clear
B)
Ichthyology done
clear
C)
Mammalogy done
clear
D)
Ornithology done
clear
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question_answer22)
Ikebana is the art of
A)
Sketching flowers done
clear
B)
Rangoli drawing done
clear
C)
Floral arrangement done
clear
D)
Making models of flowers done
clear
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question_answer23)
Which of the following pairs is mismatch [Manipal 1995]
A)
Pedology ? Study of soil done
clear
B)
Kinesiology ? Study of fossils done
clear
C)
Limnology ? Study of fresh water ecosystem done
clear
D)
Physiology ? Study of processes and functions of life done
clear
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question_answer24)
Study of form and structure of organisms is [DPMT 1999]
A)
Ecology done
clear
B)
Taxonomy done
clear
C)
Anatomy done
clear
D)
Morphology done
clear
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question_answer25)
Phylogentic evidence cannot be given by [VVMC Safdarjung 2001]
A)
Embryology done
clear
B)
Physiology done
clear
C)
Morphology done
clear
D)
Biogeography done
clear
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question_answer26)
The study of fungi is [AMU 1998]
A)
Phycology done
clear
B)
Bryology done
clear
C)
Pteridology done
clear
D)
Mycology done
clear
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question_answer27)
Myology is the study of
A)
Muscles done
clear
B)
Bones done
clear
C)
Epithelium done
clear
D)
Cartilages done
clear
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question_answer28)
Study of ants is [JIPMER 2002]
A)
Myology done
clear
B)
Mycology done
clear
C)
Malacology done
clear
D)
Myrmecology done
clear
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question_answer29)
Olericulture is the cultivation of [CPMT 1994]
A)
Vegetables done
clear
B)
Fruits done
clear
C)
Crop plants done
clear
D)
Mushrooms done
clear
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question_answer30)
Oncology is the study of [BHU 1992]
A)
Dead cells done
clear
B)
Living cells done
clear
C)
Dividing cells done
clear
D)
Cancer cells done
clear
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question_answer31)
The study of eggs of birds is termed [Haryana PMT 1997]
A)
Oology done
clear
B)
Odontology done
clear
C)
Osteology done
clear
D)
Ornithology done
clear
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question_answer32)
Ornithology is the study of [CPMT 1992]
A)
Reptiles done
clear
B)
Birds done
clear
C)
Fossils done
clear
D)
Fishes done
clear
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question_answer33)
Existence of coal and petroleum may be detected with the study of [AMU 1998]
A)
Bacteriology done
clear
B)
Ecology done
clear
C)
Palaeobotany done
clear
D)
Economic botany done
clear
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question_answer34)
Study of animals that live and subsist on other animals is [JIPMER 1998]
A)
Ecology done
clear
B)
Pathology done
clear
C)
Taxonomy done
clear
D)
Parasitology done
clear
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question_answer35)
Pedology is the science of [CBSE PMT 1991]
A)
Rocks done
clear
B)
Diseases done
clear
C)
Soil done
clear
D)
Pollution done
clear
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question_answer36)
The study of action of drug is known as [MP PMT 2001]
A)
Physiology done
clear
B)
Pharmacology done
clear
C)
Phramacognosy done
clear
D)
Pharmaceutical chemistry done
clear
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question_answer37)
Phycology deals with the study of [KCET 1993; 2002; RPMT 1996]
A)
Algae done
clear
B)
Fungi done
clear
C)
Microbes done
clear
D)
Bryophytes done
clear
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question_answer38)
Evolutionary history of a group of organisms is called [HP PMT 2000]
A)
Ontogeny done
clear
B)
Taxonomy done
clear
C)
Phylogeny done
clear
D)
Systematics done
clear
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question_answer39)
Obtaining silk from silkworms is called [CPMT 1991]
A)
Apiculture done
clear
B)
Sericulture done
clear
C)
Horticulture done
clear
D)
Pisciculture done
clear
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question_answer40)
Study of interaction of antigens and antibodies in the blood is [JIPMER 1993,98]
A)
Serology done
clear
B)
Haematology done
clear
C)
Angiology done
clear
D)
Cryobiology done
clear
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question_answer41)
Study of snakes is called [Orissa JEE 1994]
A)
Herpetology done
clear
B)
Ichthyology done
clear
C)
Entomology done
clear
D)
Serpentology done
clear
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question_answer42)
Synecology refers to the ecological study of [EAMCET 1995; CPMT 1995; JIPMER 2002]
A)
Plants done
clear
B)
Animals done
clear
C)
Community done
clear
D)
Microbes done
clear
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question_answer43)
Study of abnormal embryonic growth comes under [AIIMS 1992]
A)
Teratology done
clear
B)
Ontogeny done
clear
C)
Morphogenesis done
clear
D)
Parthenogenesis done
clear
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question_answer44)
The term "biology" was introduced by [MP PMT 1995]
A)
Aristotle done
clear
B)
Darwin done
clear
C)
Lamarck and Treviranus done
clear
D)
Linnaeus done
clear
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question_answer45)
'Father of Biology' is [MP PMT 1994]
A)
Cuvier done
clear
B)
Aristotle done
clear
C)
Lamarck done
clear
D)
Theophrastus done
clear
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question_answer46)
Who is called 'Father of Zoology' [CPMT 1992; MP PMT 1999]
A)
Aristotle done
clear
B)
Darwin done
clear
C)
Hippocrates done
clear
D)
Theophrastus done
clear
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question_answer47)
What is the name of the book written by Aristotle [Pb. PMT 1999]
A)
Histoire Naturella done
clear
B)
Systema Nature done
clear
C)
Historia Animalia done
clear
D)
Philosophie Zoologique done
clear
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question_answer48)
'Father of Botany' is [Orissa JEE 2004]
A)
Brunfels done
clear
B)
Aristotle done
clear
C)
Theophrastus done
clear
D)
Linnaeus done
clear
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question_answer49)
The book "Philosophie Zoologique" was written by [CPMT 1991, 2001]
A)
Lamarck done
clear
B)
Mendel done
clear
C)
Haeckel done
clear
D)
Hugo de Vries done
clear
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question_answer50)
Binomial nomenclature was introduced by [CBSE PMT 1990, 94; BHU 1991; BCECE 1997; VVMC Safdarjung 2001]
A)
Linnaeus done
clear
B)
Darwin done
clear
C)
Aristotle done
clear
D)
De candolle done
clear
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question_answer51)
In which book has binomial nomenclature been used for the first time [Pb. PMT 1999]
A)
Systema Naturae done
clear
B)
Scala Naturae done
clear
C)
Species Plantarum done
clear
D)
Historia Plantarum done
clear
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question_answer52)
The book 'Systema Naturae' was written by [CPMT 1991, 92]
A)
Lamarck done
clear
B)
Linnaeus done
clear
C)
Aristotle done
clear
D)
Haeckel done
clear
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question_answer53)
The 'three kingdom system' of general classification was proposed by [Assam CEE 2001]
A)
Copeland done
clear
B)
Ernst Haeckel done
clear
C)
R.H. Whittaker done
clear
D)
Carolus Linnaeus done
clear
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question_answer54)
The bacteria were first observed in the year 1675 by [CBSE PMT 1995; AFMC 1997; Kerala PMT 2000]
A)
Robert Koch done
clear
B)
Louis Pasteur done
clear
C)
Robert Brown done
clear
D)
Antony van Leeuwenhoek done
clear
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question_answer55)
The statement 'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution' was given by [Kerala PMT 2000]
A)
A.I. Oparin done
clear
B)
Th. Dobzhansky done
clear
C)
Joseph Hooker done
clear
D)
Charles Darwin done
clear
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question_answer56)
Swan-necked flask experiment was done by [KCET 1996]
A)
Aristotle done
clear
B)
Louis Pasteur done
clear
C)
Robert Koch done
clear
D)
Francesco Redi done
clear
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question_answer57)
The theory of spontaneous generation or abiogenesis was disproved by [Kerala PMT 2003]
A)
A.I. Oparin done
clear
B)
Sidney Fox done
clear
C)
A.R. Wallace done
clear
D)
Louis Pasteur done
clear
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question_answer58)
Who proved that life has originated from simple amino acids [CPMT 1995]
A)
Oparin done
clear
B)
Lamarck done
clear
C)
de Vries done
clear
D)
Miller and Urey done
clear
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question_answer59)
Primitive conditions of earth were experimentally shown by [Kerala PMT 1997]
A)
Oparin done
clear
B)
Urey done
clear
C)
Miller done
clear
D)
Both and done
clear
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question_answer60)
Plant virus was first crystallized by [MP PMT 1994; CPMT 1996]
A)
Pirie done
clear
B)
Bawden done
clear
C)
Stanley done
clear
D)
Beijerinck done
clear
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question_answer61)
Who among the following scientists is credited to show that viruses are the cause of cancer [AMU 2002]
A)
Pasteur done
clear
B)
Dulbecco done
clear
C)
Baltimore done
clear
D)
F. Reddy done
clear
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question_answer62)
'Protoplasm is the physical basis of life.' This fact was given by [BHU 1992; Orissa JEE 1992; CPMT 1993]
A)
Harvey done
clear
B)
Von Mohl done
clear
C)
O. Hertwig done
clear
D)
J. Huxley done
clear
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question_answer63)
The term 'cell' was first coined by [AFMC 1997]
A)
Robert Brown done
clear
B)
Schwann done
clear
C)
Robert Hooke done
clear
D)
Schleiden done
clear
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question_answer64)
The cell nucleus was discovered by [CPMT 1996; BCECE 1997; Pb. PMT 2000; Kerala PMT 2000]
A)
Robert Brown done
clear
B)
Schleiden done
clear
C)
Robert Hooke done
clear
D)
Rudolf Virchow done
clear
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question_answer65)
The cell theory was proposed by [CPMT 1991; BHU 1991; JIPMER 1992; MP PMT 1995, 98, 2001; AMU 2001; Kerala PMT 2002, 03]
A)
Metchnikoff done
clear
B)
August Weismann done
clear
C)
Sutton and Boveri done
clear
D)
Antony van Leeuwenhoek done
clear
E)
(e) Schleiden and Schwann done
clear
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question_answer66)
Who said 'all cells arise from pre-existing cells [AMU 1993]
A)
Robert Hooke done
clear
B)
Rudolf Virchow done
clear
C)
Robert Brown done
clear
D)
Antony van Leeuwenhoek done
clear
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question_answer67)
Who has discovered lysosomes [CPMT 1996]
A)
de Duve done
clear
B)
Robert Hooke done
clear
C)
Rene Dutrochet done
clear
D)
Robert Brown done
clear
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question_answer68)
Ribosomes were discovered in animal cells by [Kerala PMT 1997]
A)
Palade done
clear
B)
de Duve done
clear
C)
Kollicker done
clear
D)
Robinson and Brown done
clear
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question_answer69)
The first great geneticist was [CBSE PMT 1991]
A)
Miller done
clear
B)
Mendel done
clear
C)
Galton done
clear
D)
Morgan done
clear
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question_answer70)
Laws of inheritance were given by [BCECE 1996]
A)
Lamarck done
clear
B)
Khorana done
clear
C)
Mendel done
clear
D)
Darwin done
clear
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question_answer71)
The term 'Genetics' was introduced by [CPMT 1994, 97]
A)
William Harvey done
clear
B)
Johannsen done
clear
C)
William Bateson done
clear
D)
Hugo de Vries done
clear
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question_answer72)
Determination of sex linked genes was first made by [Wardha 2001]
A)
Mendel done
clear
B)
Morgan done
clear
C)
Bridges done
clear
D)
Sturtevant done
clear
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question_answer73)
Linkage was first observed by [MP PMT 2001]
A)
Walter Sutton done
clear
B)
Gregor Mendel done
clear
C)
William Bateson done
clear
D)
Thomas Hunt Morgan done
clear
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question_answer74)
Name the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his genetic studies on the linear arrangement of genes on the chromosomes in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster [Kerala PMT 2001]
A)
C.F. Wolff done
clear
B)
T.A. Knight done
clear
C)
J. Swammerdam done
clear
D)
T. H. Morgan done
clear
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question_answer75)
'One gene one enzyme hyopthesis' was given by [BHU 1995; MP PMT 1996; AMU 2000; DPMT 2001]
A)
Watson and Kornberg done
clear
B)
Beadle and Tatum done
clear
C)
Khorana and Nirenberg done
clear
D)
Jacob and Monod done
clear
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question_answer76)
H.J. Muller had received Nobel Prize for [CBSE PMT 1996]
A)
Inducing X-ray mutations done
clear
B)
Discovering the linkage of genes done
clear
C)
Proving that the DNA is a genetic material done
clear
D)
His studies on Drosophila for genetic study done
clear
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question_answer77)
"Father of human genetics" is [Haryana PMT 2001]
A)
Garrod done
clear
B)
Cuvier done
clear
C)
Bateson done
clear
D)
Mendel done
clear
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question_answer78)
Barbara McClintock is famous for her work on [Haryana PMT 2001]
A)
Rice done
clear
B)
Wheat done
clear
C)
Maize done
clear
D)
Sugarcane done
clear
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question_answer79)
Who studied blood groups in man [CPMT 1989]
A)
Landsteiner done
clear
B)
Francis Galton done
clear
C)
Stanley Miller done
clear
D)
Gregor Mendel done
clear
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question_answer80)
Which is the wrong combination [AMU 2000]
A)
Landsteiner ? Blood group done
clear
B)
Chargaff and Davidson ? A = T; G = C done
clear
C)
Watson and Crick ? DNA structure done
clear
D)
None of the above done
clear
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question_answer81)
Transformation experiments were done by [Kerala PMT 2000]
A)
Zinder done
clear
B)
Beadle done
clear
C)
Griffith done
clear
D)
Lederberg done
clear
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question_answer82)
Mechanism of bacterial transformation was [MP PMT 1998]
A)
Beadle and Tatum done
clear
B)
Avery et al. done
clear
C)
Har Govind Khorana done
clear
D)
Joshua Lederberg done
clear
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question_answer83)
The chemical nature of gene was discovered by
A)
Martha Chase done
clear
B)
Oswald Avery done
clear
C)
Alfred Hershey done
clear
D)
Friedrich Miescher done
clear
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question_answer84)
Double helical model for DNA molecule was proposed by [BCECE 1996; EAMCET 1996]
A)
Watson and Crick done
clear
B)
Knoll and Ruska done
clear
C)
Beadle and Tatum done
clear
D)
Feulgen and Rossenbeck done
clear
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question_answer85)
DNA replication of semiconservative type was first demonstrated by [MP PMT 1993, 94; DPMT 1996; AMU 1997; BHU 1997]
A)
Watson and Crick done
clear
B)
Taylor done
clear
C)
Meselson and Stahl done
clear
D)
Khorana done
clear
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question_answer86)
The enzyme DNA polymerase was discovered by [Kerala PMT 2003]
A)
Okazaki done
clear
B)
Kornberg done
clear
C)
Watson and Crick done
clear
D)
Stahl and Meselson done
clear
E)
(e) Jacob and Monod done
clear
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question_answer87)
Who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1959 for in vitro synthesis of polyribonucleotide [RPMT 2002]
A)
Tatum done
clear
B)
Ochoa done
clear
C)
Kornberg done
clear
D)
Khorana done
clear
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question_answer88)
The first mammal clone "Dolly" was created by [Kerala PMT 2002]
A)
Ian Wilmut done
clear
B)
T.H. Morgan done
clear
C)
Robert Briggs done
clear
D)
Thomas King done
clear
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question_answer89)
The technique by which "Dolly" the sheep obtained is termed as [CBSE PMT 1999]
A)
Cloning by gene transfer done
clear
B)
Cloning by nuclear transfer done
clear
C)
Cloning without the help of gametes done
clear
D)
Cloning by tissue culture of somatic cells done
clear
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question_answer90)
Recently cloned species is [CBSE PMT 2000]
A)
Dolly ? goat done
clear
B)
Molly ? sheep done
clear
C)
Dolly ? sheep done
clear
D)
None of these done
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question_answer91)
Who appears to have first used the term 'ecology' in 1886 [BHU 2001]
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F. Clement done
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E. Haeckel done
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E.J. Kormondy done
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D)
I.G.S. Hilaire done
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question_answer92)
The term 'ecosystem' was proposed by [EAMCET 1996; MP PMT 2001]
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Goli done
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B)
Odum done
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C)
Tansley done
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D)
Whittaker done
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question_answer93)
The term 'biocoenosis' is coined by [KCET 2001]
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Earnst Haeckel done
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B)
E.P. Odum done
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C)
Charles Darwin done
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D)
Karl Mobius done
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question_answer94)
10% law of energy transfer in food chain was given by [CBSE PMT 1996]
A)
Tansley done
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B)
Stanley done
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C)
Lindeman done
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D)
Weismann done
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question_answer95)
'The law of limiting factor' was proposed by [CBSE PMT 1996; Manipal 2001]
A)
Blackman done
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B)
Leibig done
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C)
Hatch and Slack done
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D)
Arnol done
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question_answer96)
Use and disuse theory was put forward by [Kerala PMT 1997]
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Lamarck done
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B)
Darwin done
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C)
Huxley done
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D)
Wallace done
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question_answer97)
"Pangenesis hypothesis" was propounded by [MP PMT 2001]
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Wagner done
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C)
Darwin done
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D)
Weismann done
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question_answer98)
The concept of inheritance of acquired characters was developed by [Orissa JEE 1994; MP PMT 1995]
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Aristotle done
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B)
August Weismann done
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C)
Charles Darwin done
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D)
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck done
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question_answer99)
The scientist who cut the tail of mouse in many generations but found that it is not inherited [CPMT 1995]
A)
Darwin done
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B)
Bateson done
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C)
Lamarck done
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D)
Weismann done
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question_answer100)
Who prepared germplasm theory against Lamarck's principle of use and disuse [Pb. PMT 1999; BHU 2001; CPMT 1996]
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Darwin done
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B)
Nuttal done
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C)
Weismann done
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D)
de Vries done
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question_answer101)
Study of Ticks and Mites is called [Orissa JEE 2005]
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Acarology done
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Entomology done
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C)
Malacology done
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D)
Carcinology done
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question_answer102)
Who is famous in the field of palaeobotany [BCECE 1995; CBSE PMT 2000]
A)
Bose J.C. done
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B)
Birbal Sahni done
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C)
Metha K.C. done
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D)
Maheshwari P done
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question_answer103)
The pioneers in the field of 'Organic evolution' are [KCET 2001]
A)
Darwin, Hugo de Vries, Lamarck, Huxley done
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B)
Darwin, Lamarck, Karl Landsteiner, Hugo de Vries done
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C)
Lamarck, Karl Landsteiner, Malthus, Hugo de Vries done
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D)
Karl Landsteiner, Hugo de Vries, Malthus, Darwin done
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question_answer104)
Who wrote the book 'Genetics and Origin of Species' [Pb. PMT 1999]
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G.L. Stebbins done
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Th. Dobzhaansky done
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D)
J.B.S. Haldane done
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question_answer105)
The recapitulation theory or biogenetic law was proposed by [AMU 2000; CPMT 2002]
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Weismann done
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B)
Mendel done
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C)
Ernst Haeckel done
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D)
Von Baer done
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question_answer106)
Photophosphorylation was discovered by [BHU 1998]
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Arnon D.I. done
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B)
Hill R. done
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C)
Calvin M. done
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D)
Ruben and Kamen done
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question_answer107)
First experiment related to the method of hydroponics were done by [Kerala PMT 2000]
A)
Knop done
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B)
Hill done
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C)
Arnon done
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D)
Sachs done
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question_answer108)
The credit of applying a microscope for the first time for the study of biological object goes to [AMU 1997]
A)
J. B. Lamarck done
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B)
Robert Hooke done
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C)
R.J. II. Dutrochet done
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D)
Rudolf Virchow done
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question_answer109)
Christian Gram belongs to which country [AMU 1999]
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Italy done
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Sweden done
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C)
Denmark done
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D)
Germany done
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question_answer110)
Vaccination against smallpox was developed by [KCET 2001]
A)
Robert Koch done
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B)
Edward Jenner done
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C)
Louis Pasteur done
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D)
Alexander Fleming done
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question_answer111)
Who has developed the concept of phagocytosis in immunity [BHU 1995]
A)
T.H. Huxley done
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B)
Strasburger done
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C)
Ernst Haeckel done
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D)
E. Metchnikoff done
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question_answer112)
Hybridoma technology was developed by [MP PMT 2001]
A)
Taggart, 1982 done
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B)
Vitella et al., 1982 done
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C)
Prie and Saxton, 1987 done
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D)
Milstein and Kohier, 1975 done
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question_answer113)
William Harvey is known for the discovery of [Haryana PMT 1993; Manipal 1996; AMU 2000]
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Digestion done
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Respiration done
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C)
Blood clotting done
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Blood circulation done
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question_answer114)
Who is the 'Father of conditioned reflex' [CPMT 1996]
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Calvin done
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C)
Pavlov done
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D)
Beneden done
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question_answer115)
Who was the first to record EEG [St. Johns MC 2002]
A)
Pavlov done
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B)
A.S. Hyman done
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C)
Einthoven done
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D)
Hans Berger done
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question_answer116)
The term 'Hormone' was coined by [CPMT 1990]
A)
Starling done
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B)
Huxley done
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C)
Bayliss done
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D)
Harris done
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question_answer117)
TCA cycle is named after [Kerala PMT 1987]
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Embden done
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B)
Weinberg done
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C)
Hans Krebs done
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D)
Robert Emerson done
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question_answer118)
Bordeaux mixture was discovered by [MP PMT 1992; BHU 1997]
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Bordeaux done
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B)
David done
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C)
Millardet done
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D)
Harrison done
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question_answer119)
Who wrote a memoir on the earthworm, Pheretima, to describe its morphology and anatomy [CPMT 1991; BHU 1997]
A)
Baini Prasad done
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B)
Bahl K.N. done
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C)
Thillayampalam E.M. done
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D)
Das S.M. done
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question_answer120)
Who is referred to as 'Father of pearl industry [MP PMT 1998]
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Harvey done
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B)
Trembly done
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C)
Mikimoto done
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D)
Louis Pasteur done
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question_answer121)
Nobel Prize was awarded to Paul Muller on discovery of which of the following pesticides [MP PMT 2001]
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Parathion done
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DDT done
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C)
Malathion done
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D)
Pyrethrin done
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question_answer122)
Amniocentesis detects [CBSE PMT 1997; Pb. PMT 2000]
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Deformity in brain done
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B)
Hereditary diseases done
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C)
Deformity in heart done
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D)
All of these done
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question_answer123)
Amniocentesis is a technique used for [MP PMT 1993]
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Measuring size of foetus done
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Determining sex of foetus done
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C)
Determining position of foetus done
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D)
Estimating amino acid content in the amnion done
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question_answer124)
Amniocentesis is the withdrawal of amniotic fluid during [MP PMT 2000]
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Gestation done
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Lactation done
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C)
Menopause done
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D)
Menstruation done
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question_answer125)
Amniocentesis involves the analysis of
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Amnion done
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B)
Amniotic fluid done
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C)
Amino acids of proteins done
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D)
Body fluids of amniotes done
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question_answer126)
Non-poisonous leeches were used for preventing the clotting of blood in the post operative cases during 600 BC by [Kerala PMT 2003]
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Atreya done
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B)
Taittiriya done
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C)
Agnivesa done
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D)
Susruta Samhita done
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E)
(e) Charaka Samhita done
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question_answer127)
Aquaculture does not include [BHU 2003]
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Pisces done
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B)
Prawns done
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C)
Silkworm done
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D)
Shell fishery done
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question_answer128)
Haematology is the study of [DPMT 2003]
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Blood done
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C)
Neuron done
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D)
Cartilage done
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question_answer129)
Which German physicst invented the electron microscope which won him 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics [AIIMS 2003]
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Van't Hoff done
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B)
Ernst Ruska done
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C)
J.H.D Jensen done
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D)
Eugene P. Wignes done
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question_answer130)
Who was the first Indian to be awarded the world food Prize in 1987 [AIIMS 2003]
A)
B.R. Barwale done
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B)
Anna Hazare done
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C)
Sunderlal Bahuguna done
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D)
M.S. Swaminathan done
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question_answer131)
Which of the following scientists was a breeder (plant breeder) [MH-CET 2003]
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Morgan done
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B)
Borlaug done
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C)
Linnaeus done
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D)
Schwann done
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question_answer132)
The study of relationship between size and shape is called [BHU 2004]
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Allopatric done
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B)
Allelopathy done
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C)
Allometry done
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D)
Allogamy done
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question_answer133)
Study of behaviour of animals is called [RPMT 1996; BHU 2004]
A)
Ethology done
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B)
Parapsychology done
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C)
Euphenics done
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D)
Etiology done
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question_answer134)
The branch of biology which deals with the study of processes and functions of an organism is called [BHU 2004]
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Anatomy done
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Physiology done
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Entomology done
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question_answer135)
The living steady state has a self-regulatory mechanimsm which is
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Feedback mechanism done
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Homeotherms done
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C)
Homozygous done
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Heterozygous done
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E)
(e) Homeostasis done
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question_answer136)
Birbal Sahni was a [AIIMS 2004]
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Founder of Central Drug Research Insuitute (CDRI) done
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Ornithologist done
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Paleobotanist done
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question_answer137)
Which branch study about remains of plant life [Orissa JEE 1997; RPMT 2002; AFMC 2004]
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Palaentology done
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Palaeobotany done
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C)
Eugenics done
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D)
Palynology done
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question_answer138)
Tallest angiosperm is [AFMC 2004]
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Eucalyptus done
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B)
Red wood tree done
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C)
Oak tree done
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D)
Pinus done
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question_answer139)
Smallest flower is [DPMT 2004]
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Wolffia microspermia done
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B)
Salvinia done
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C)
Pistia done
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D)
Lemna done
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question_answer140)
Fossilization would occur when flora and fauna are buried by [DPMT 2004]
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Natural processes done
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B)
Industrial processes done
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C)
Both 'a' and 'b' done
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D)
All of these done
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question_answer141)
The branch of biology dealing with structures, function and reproduction of cell is [J & K 2005]
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Cytology done
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B)
Anatomy done
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C)
Histology done
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D)
Cell Biology done
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