2. Q1. The recent notorious event of food poisoning of the mid-day meal
scheme was attributed to ___________ poisoning.
E. Coli
3. Q2. The smallest of all human cells are:
A. Nerve cells
B. WBCs
C. Epithelial cells
D. RBCs
Red Blood Corpuscles
4. Q3. A women receive her X-chromosome from
A. her mother only
B. her father only
C. both her mother and father
D. either her mother or her father
C. both her mother and father
5. Q4. What component of a cell is known as ‘Powerhouse of cell’?
Mitochondria
7. Q6. The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as
______________________
Mycology
8. Q7. Eric Allin cornell, an american physicist and his team were the first to
synthesize the bose einstein condesate in 1995. In 2004, his left arm and
shoulder were amputated, to stop the spread of a disease name
'Necrotising fasciitis'. What is the group of bacteria responsible, commonly
known? (though its a misnomer)
Flesh Eating bacteria
9. Q8. ______________________ is the application of biological methods and
systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems
and modern technology. Some dictionary explain the word as being
formed as a portmanteau from biology + electronics.
Bionics
10. Q9. Nitrogen fixation is done by
A. Red algae
B. Blue green algae
C. Green algae
D. Brown algae
Blue Green Algae
11. Q10. *There is always some controversy now and then regarding GM foods
in the media. What does GM stand for?
Genetically Modified
12. Q11. As a child, we were all administered a DPT shot. What diseases did it
help us avoid?
Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus
13. Q12. A cow's stomach has four parts - X, the reticulum, the omasum, and
the abomasum. The part marked X is the place where the cow stores its
chewed and half-chewed food. What is X?
Rumen
14. Q13. In todays world of SMS and whatsapp, we tend to merrily use smileys
and emoticon. However the smiley ‘:{‘ have used to educate and spread
awareness of what deformity?
Cleft palate
15. Q14. A recent research suggests that adding particles of a certain element
to antibiotics increases their efectiveness by 10 to 1000 times, what
element?
Silver
20. Q19. X is a special type of cell division necessary for sexual reproduction in
eukaryotes. The cells produced by meiosis are gametes or spores. In many
organisms, including all animals and land plants (but not some other
groups such as fungi), gametes are called sperm and egg cells.
A. Miosis
B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis
D. Myositis
B. Meiosis
21. Q20. *If you are suffering from somnambulism or noctambulism, then
what have you been doing?
Sleep walking
