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Zoology

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Tags: Medical Entrance Class XI / XII NTSE / Olympiad M.Sc Infectious Diseases Infectious and Non Infectious Diseases Mutation Components of Ecosystem Important Components of Ecosystem Respiratory Quotient Chemical and Water Potential Water Potential in Plants
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The condition in which one or more chromosomes are missing from, or added to, the normal somatic chromosome number during meiosis is called

  1. aneuploidy

  2. polyteny

  3. polyploidy

  4. morphology


Correct Option: A

If chromosome segments break away during nuclear division and rejoin a different part of another chromosome, this is called

  1. inversion

  2. translocation

  3. deletion

  4. duplication


Correct Option: B

Anaerobic respiration is a type of

  1. incomplete oxidation

  2. fermentation

  3. putrefaction

  4. anabolic reaction


Correct Option: B

Female anopheles is

  1. an endogenous host for Plasmodium

  2. an exogenous host for Plasmodium

  3. an initial host

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

When the Respiratory Quotient (RQ) is greater than 1, it indicates

  1. only aerobic respiration is taking place

  2. only anaerobic respiration is taking place

  3. both aerobic and anaerobic respirations are taking place

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Mental retardation in man, associated with sex chromosomal abnormality, is usually due to

  1. reduction in X complement

  2. increase in X complement

  3. moderate increase in Y complement

  4. large increase in Y complement


Correct Option: B

Extra 18th autosomal chromosome results in

  1. Paton's syndrome

  2. Edward's syndrome

  3. Down's syndrome

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

The protoplasm is a/an

  1. emulsion

  2. suspension

  3. colloidal complex

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

The amount by which the water potential is reduced as a result of the presence of solute, is known as

  1. pressure potential

  2. solute potential

  3. matric potential

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

The property of a cell which can give many cell phenotypes of the organism to which it belongs is called

  1. pluripotency

  2. totipotency

  3. parasexuality

  4. parthenogenesis


Correct Option: A

A polyribosome is a group of

  1. ribosomes

  2. lysosomes

  3. golgi bodies

  4. mitochondria


Correct Option: A

A protist showing both binary fission and conjugation is

  1. leishmania donovani

  2. amoeba proteus

  3. paramecium caudatum

  4. euglena viridis


Correct Option: C

Pancoast's syndrome is associated with

  1. neoplasm

  2. neophrenia

  3. neophilism

  4. neophobia


Correct Option: A

Müller's fibres are found in the

  1. retina

  2. pancreas

  3. heart

  4. kidney


Correct Option: A

The enzymes having slightly different molecular structure, but similar catalytic action are called

  1. proenzymes

  2. coenzymes

  3. isoenzymes

  4. holoenzymes


Correct Option: C

Brain sand is found in

  1. pineal body

  2. thymus gland

  3. thyroid gland

  4. pituitary gland


Correct Option: A

Boa's point is associated with

  1. gastric ulcer

  2. liver cirrhosis

  3. nephritis

  4. tuberculosis


Correct Option: A

The biomass of each succeeding trophic level is

  1. more than the one preceding it

  2. less than the one preceding it

  3. constantly fixed

  4. equal to the next trophic level


Correct Option: B

The enzyme that catalyzes peptide bonding is located in the

  1. central part of transfer RNA

  2. smaller subunit of ribosome

  3. larger subunit of ribosome

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Surface irregularities on the cornea of eye, scatter some of the light, causing

  1. myopia

  2. glaucoma

  3. strabismus

  4. astigmatism


Correct Option: D

Anticodons are found in

  1. DNA

  2. t RNA

  3. m RNA

  4. r RNA


Correct Option: B

The function of bindin (a protein) in the acrosomal process is to

  1. prevent more than one sperm from entering the egg

  2. digest the vitelline layer

  3. ensure that the egg is being fertilized by a sperm of the same species

  4. sever the sperm's tail


Correct Option: C

The duplication of chromosomes without the division of nucleus is called

  1. endomitosis

  2. amitosis

  3. mitosis

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

A mutant gene or frequency of a character in a population is expected to increase, if the phenotype or its gene is

  1. suitably selected

  2. recessive

  3. dominant

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not an essential fatty acid?

  1. Stearic acid

  2. Linolenic acid

  3. Linoleic acid

  4. Arachidonic acid


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  Stearic acid is not an essential fatty acid.

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