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Exam Year: 1994

  • Haemoglobin is dissolved in the plasma of

    (a)

    frog

    (b)

    fish

    (c)

    man

    (d)

    earthworm

    Correct Answer:

  • Rennin and lactase, the enzymes required to digest milk, disappear in the human body by the age of

    (a)

    two

    (b)

    three

    (c)

    five

    (d)

    eight

    Correct Answer:

  • Farm land tends to erode most rapidly when planted with

    (a)

    sorghum

    (b)

    potato

    (c)

    wheat

    (d)

    clover

    Correct Answer:

  • Which one of the following vitamins is considered to be a hormone ?

    (a)

    A

    (b)

    B

    (c)

    C

    (d)

    D

    Correct Answer:

  • The highest milk producing breed of goat in India is

    (a)

    Barbari

    (b)

    Jamnapari

    (c)

    Black Bengal

    (d)

    Beetal

    Correct Answer:

  • Assertion (A): A lock of Einstein’s hair, if scientists could locate it and extract its DNA, could help in producing another Einstein, by cloning. Reason (R): The DNA extracted from the cell of an embryo at an early stage of development, can be transferred to individual eggs which in turn can be implanted into the uterus of a surrogate mother to give birth to an identical off spring. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ?

    (a)

    Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

    (b)

    Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A

    (c)

    A is true, but R is false

    (d)

    A is false, but R is true

    Correct Answer:

  • If water pollution continues at its present rate, it will eventually

    (a)

    stop water cycle

    (b)

    prevent precipitation

    (c)

    make oxygen molecules unavailable to water plants

    (d)

    make nitrate unavailable to water plants

    Correct Answer:

  • The only anthropoid ape to be found in India is the

    (a)

    hanuman monkey

    (b)

    liontailed macaque of Western Ghats

    (c)

    slow loris of Assam

    (d)

    whitebrowed gibbon of Assam

    Correct Answer:

  • In the balanced dietaries for a day of an adult working man, weights of carbohydrate food and total protein food (both superior and inferior) should be in order of

    (a)

    600 gm and 420 gm respectively

    (b)

    600 gm and 600 gm respectively

    (c)

    420 gm and 600 gm respectively

    (d)

    420 gm and 420 gm respectively

    Correct Answer:

  • Which one of the following is caused by the expression of a recessive gene present on sex chromosome ?

    (a)

    Rheumatism

    (b)

    Nervous shock

    (c)

    Muscular dystrophy

    (d)

    Cerebral hemorrhage

    Correct Answer: