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1191. Plasmids are most often found in:
- A. Bacteria
- B. Virus
- C. Fungi
- D. Viroid
Explanation: Plasmids are small circular DNA molecules commonly found in bacteria, where they can carry useful genes such as antibiotic-resistance genes. They are not normal features of viruses or viroids.
Correct answer: Bacteria1192. Mycology is a study of_______?
- A. Virus
- B. Bacteria
- C. Anti virus
- D. Fungi
Explanation: Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with fungi, including mushrooms, molds and yeasts. The study of bacteria is bacteriology.
Correct answer: Fungi1193. Father of Homeopathy is__________?
- A. Samuel Hahnemann
- B. Robert Dover
- C. Hakeem Suleman
- D. Dr Anwaar Khan
Explanation: Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, formulated homeopathy in the late eighteenth century and is therefore regarded as its founder or father.
Correct answer: Samuel Hahnemann1194. There are ______types of respiration takes place in frog.
- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. None of these
Explanation: A frog uses three respiratory methods: cutaneous respiration through the skin, buccopharyngeal respiration through the mouth lining, and pulmonary respiration through the lungs.
Correct answer: 31195. The color of blood is red due to __________?
- A. Haemoglobin
- B. Neutrophils
- C. Esinophils
- D. Hematocrit
Explanation: Haemoglobin is the iron-containing pigment in red blood cells that gives blood its red colour and carries oxygen. Neutrophils and eosinophils are white blood cells, while haematocrit is a measure of packed red-cell volume.
Correct answer: Haemoglobin1196. Short sightedness is due to__________?
- A. Shifting of the iris
- B. Elongation of eyeballs
- C. Weakening of the retina
- D. Weaker muscles
Explanation: In short-sightedness, or myopia, the eyeball is usually too long or the cornea is too strongly curved, so images form in front of the retina. A concave lens moves the focus back onto the retina.
Correct answer: Elongation of eyeballs1197. Animal without red blood cells is_________ ?
- A. Frog
- B. Earthworm
- C. Snake
- D. Crocodile
Explanation: Earthworms do not have red blood cells; their haemoglobin is dissolved directly in the blood plasma. Vertebrates such as frogs, snakes and crocodiles possess red blood cells, although those cells retain nuclei in these animals.
Correct answer: Earthworm1198. vitamin D is chemically know as_________ ?
- A. Retinol
- B. Calciferol
- C. Tocopherol
- D. None of these.Standardized & Admissions Tests
Explanation: Vitamin D is collectively called calciferol, including forms such as D2 and D3. Retinol is vitamin A, tocopherol is vitamin E, and vitamin K is a different fat-soluble vitamin.
Correct answer: Calciferol1199. Corona disease is a ________ disease?
- A. Infectious diseases
- B. Deficiency disease
- C. Hereditary disease
- D. Physiological diseases
Explanation: COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is an infectious disease because it spreads through transmission of a pathogen between hosts. It is not a deficiency, hereditary, or merely physiological disease.
Correct answer: Infectious diseases1200. The human eye forms the image of an object at its________?
- A. Cornea
- B. Pupil
- C. Iris
- D. Retina
Explanation: The retina is the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye where the lens forms a focused image. The cornea and lens help focus light, while the pupil is an opening controlled by the iris.
Correct answer: Retina