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What is the main function of vitamins?

  1. Body making compounds

  2. Metabolic regulators

  3. Energy providing compounds

  4. Producer of genetic material


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vitamins regulate various metabolic pathways.

According to the nature of feeding habits, what type of organism is an earthworm?

  1. Parasite

  2. Frugvivore

  3. Detritivore

  4. Insectivore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Earthworm feeds upon dead organic matter present in the mud. Hence, it is detritivore.

Which animal exhibits both intracellular and extracellular absorption?

  1. Amoeba

  2. Hydra

  3. Paramecium

  4. Earthworm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It shows both intracellular and extracellular absorption.

Which of the following organs helps in retaining food in the buccal cavity and in its proper mastication?

  1. Tongue

  2. Teeth

  3. Palate

  4. Tonsils


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Palate helps in retaining food in the buccal cavity and proper mastication.

What is the storage structure of a cockroach called?

  1. Gizzard

  2. Haemocoel

  3. Cardia

  4. Ileum


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

These are storage structures of a cockroach. The haemocoel consists of a large number of fat bodies which are fat cells having fat globules, protein granules and glycogen.

Food is grinded in which organ of the alimentary canal of a cockroach?

  1. Crop

  2. Gizzard

  3. Esophagus

  4. Cardia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Food is grinded in gizzard. Its wall contains 6 longitudinal folds. The cuticle of these folds becomes thicker to form 6 teeth like structures which aid in grinding.

Which kind of papillae is not found in human tongue?

  1. Vallate

  2. Fungiform

  3. Filiform

  4. Foliate


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

These are leaf-like papillae which are not developed in human tongue and are distributed at the sides of the base of the tongue of rabbit etc.

Which of the following structures attaches the tongue to the mandibles, hyoid by muscles and to the floor of the buccal cavity?

  1. Papillae

  2. Frenulum linguae

  3. Tonsils

  4. Adenoids


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It secures and holds the tongue inside the mouth by attaching it to mandibles, hyoid by muscles and to the floor of the buccal cavity.

Where are the taste buds for bitter taste located on the tongue?

  1. Sides of the tongue

  2. Only on the tip

  3. Lateral sides of the tongue

  4. Back of the tongue


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The taste buds for bitter taste are present at the back of the tongue.

How many incisors are present in a human denture?

  1. 8

  2. 4

  3. 12

  4. Absent


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Humans have 8 incisors in permanent denture.

What is the dental formula for permanent teeth in humans?

  1. 2, 0, 3, 3/1, 0, 2, 3 * 2

  2. 3, 1, 4, 3/3, 1, 4, 3 * 2

  3. 2, 1, 2, 3/2, 1, 2, 3 * 2

  4. 3, 1, 4, 2/3, 1, 4, 3 * 2


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is dental formula for permanent teeth of humans.

Which part of the teeth is sensitive to pain?

  1. Dentine

  2. Enamel

  3. Pulp cavity

  4. Crown


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is filled with soft pulp made up of blood capillaries and nerve fibers, therefore this region is sensitive to pain.

Which teeth are used for cutting?

  1. Molars

  2. Wisdom tooth

  3. Canines

  4. Incisors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

These are chisel shaped with sharp cutting edges, used in cutting food.

What is the mode of nutrition for sulphur and iron bacteria?

  1. Photoautotrophic

  2. Chemoautotrophic

  3. Heterotrophic

  4. Parasitic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

These organisms can utilise energy released during the chemical reaction occurring in them. Sulphur and iron bacteria are chemoautotrophic.

How are leeches named on the basis of the nature of nutrition?

  1. Detritivores

  2. Insectivores

  3. Sanguivores

  4. Piscivores


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Leeches are blood sucking animals.

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