Q1. A rare and endangered animal in Silent Valley is:
(a) Musk deer
(b) Tiger
(c) Lion-tailed macaque
(d) Rhinosores
S1. Ans.(c)
Q2. Which one of the following is a female sex hormone?
(a) Estrogen
(b) Androgen
(c) Oxytocin
(d) Insulin
S2. Ans.(a)
Q3. ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose:
(a) Polio virus
(b) AIDS antibodies
(c) Tuberculosis bacterium
(d) Cancer
Q4. AIDS virus has:
(a) single-stranded RNA
(b) double-stranded RNA
(c) single-stranded DNA
(d) double-stranded DNA
S4. Ans.(a)
Q5. A ‘breath test’ used by traffic police to check drunken driving uses:
(a) potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid
(b) potassium perma-nganate-sulphuric acid
(c) turmeric on filter paper
(d) silica gel coated with silver nitrate
S5. Ans.(a)
Q6. Anglo-Nubian is a breed of:
(a) sheep
(b) goat
(c) poultry
(d) cattle
S6. Ans.(b)
Q7. Typhoid fever is caused by-
(a) virus
(b) bacteria
(c) fungus
(d) allergy
S7. Ans.(b)
Q8. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
(a) Polimyletis
(b) Malaria
(c) Whooping cough
(d) Ring worm
S8. Ans.(a)
Q9. The animal which has become extinct recently in India happens to be
(a) Golden cat
(b) Cheetah
(c) Wooly wolf
(d) Rhinoceros
S9. Ans.(b)
Q10. Which is the gland that holds the body’s thermostat?
(a) Pineal
(b) Pituitary
(c) Thyroid
(d) Hypothalamus
S10. Ans.(d)
Q11. During photosynthesis green plants absorb
(a) nitrogen
(b) carbon dioxide
(c) carbon monoxide
(d) oxygen
S11. Ans.(b)
Q12. The metal present in insulin is
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Zinc
(d) Magnesium
S12. Ans.(c)
Q13. Olive Ridley is a famous
(a) cricketer
(b) turtle species
(c) grass type vegetation
(d) Another name for olive tree
S13. Ans.(b)
Q14. Scientific study of birds is known as
(a) Limnology
(b) Herpetology
(c) Malacology
(d) Ornithology
S14. Ans.(d)
Q15. Toxicology is related to the study of
(a) viruses
(b) bacteria
(c) diseases
(d) poisons
S15. Ans.(d)
