1)The disease not transmitted by house fly is –
(a) Cholera
(b) Dengue fever
(c) Enteric fever
(d) Dysentery
2) Which of the following is a substance abundantly available in the sea and administered in a certain deficiency disease ?
(a) Iron
(b) Flourine
(c) Iodine
(d) Vitamin A
3) On chemicical analysis, a battle-cork is found to contain preliminary –
(a) Proteins
(b) Tannins
(c) Lipids
(d) Carbohydrates
4) The rate at which the heart beats per minute in an adult averages –
(a) 60
(b) 84
(c) 72
(d) 95
5) Which of the following is not an aquatic mammal ?
(a) Dugong
(b) Whale
(c) Marmot
(d) Dolphin
6) Which of the following is most important for the growth of children up to the age of 14 ?
(a) Milk
(b) Protein
(c) Vitamins
(d) Fat
7) The large part of most diet is made up of –
(a) Carbohydrates
(b) Lipids
(c) Nuclic Acid
(d) Proteins
8) Jhum is –
(a) A folk dance
(b) A type of cultivation
(c) A name of a river valley
(d) A tribe
9) A link between the living and non-living is provided by –
(a) Plankton
(b) Bacteria
(c) Viruses
(d) Vibrios
10) The nature of salvia is –
(a) neutral
(b) basic
(c) amphoteric
(d) acidic
11) Ampicillin is used as an –
(a) anti-inflammatory agent
(b) antibiotic
(c) anti-malarial
(d) anti-cancer agent
12) Morphine is a drug under the classification –
(a) Narcotics
(b) Antibiotics
(c) Antiseptics
(d) Antimalarials
13) Coke is produced from bituminous coal by –
(a) Substitution
(b) Synthesis
(c) Destructive Distillation
(d) Cracking
14) Water for civil supplies is commonly purified by –
(a) Decantation
(b) Distillation
(c) Filtration
(d) Chlorination
15) A type of water which does not lather easily is called –
(a) Mineral water
(b) Soft water
(c) Hard water
(d) Heavy water
16) Ammonia is prepared commercially by the
(a) Contact process
(b) Haber process
(c) Hall process
(d) Oswald process
17) Which of the following is sex determined by environment ?
(a) papaya
(b) bonnelia
(c) maize
(d) honey bee
18) Hemophilia, a human disease, is caused by –
(a) mutant gene
(b) bacterial infection
(c) fungal infection
(d) viral infection
19) The gland that contains the body’s thermostat is
(a) hypothalamus
(b) pituitary
(c) thyroid
(d) pineal
20) The central rice research institute of India is located at –
(a) Mysore
(b) Calcutta
(c) Cuttack
(d) Bangalore
21) What should be given to an athlete for instant energy ?
(a) Protein
(b) Fat
(c) Vitamin
(d) Carbohydrates
22) The bird without cloaca is the
(a) duck
(b) parrot
(c) pigeon
(d) None of the above
23) Which of the following is not a parasite ?
(a) louse
(b) housefly
(c) tick
(d) mosquito
24) The artificial kidney operates on the principle of
(a) Osmosis
(b) Active transport
(c) Dialysis
(d) Diffusion
25) Which scientist was responsible for binomial nomenclature ?
(a) Darwin
(b) Hooker
(c) Watson and Crick
(d) De Robertis