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1
What is the name of the organ that stores bile?
stomach
gall bladder
liver
pancreas
2
What living animal has the heaviest brain?
Black rhino
Giant Squid
Sperm whale
Bush elephant
3
Who is considered the founder of genetics?
Ernest Rutherford
Gregor Mendel
Francis Crick
Dmitri Mendeleev
4
Myopia is connected with what?
eyes
throat
lungs
ears
5
What hormone does the pancreas produce?
Testosterone
Insulin
Estrogen
adrenaline
6
Mumps is a disease caused by what?
virus
genetics
bacteria
fungus
7
What human organ cleans 50 gallons a blood every day?
Heart
Stomach
Kidney
Liver
8
Where are your taste buds located?
Cheeks
All of the above
Tongue
esophagus
9
Which part of a plant cell is not found in an animal cell?
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Nucleus
Mitochondria
10
Most fish do not sink in water because of the presence of...
Air bladder
Swim bladder
both swim bladder and air bladder
air sacs
11
Where are the three smallest bones in the human body?
little toe
eyes
pinkie
middle ear
12
how many chromosomes does someone with Downs Syndrome have?
48
45
47
46
13
Night blindness is cause by lack of which vitamin?
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
14
What branch of biology deals with the study of insects?
Ornithology
Botany
Ichthyology
Entomology
15
The nucleus was first discovered in 1831 by who?
Robert Brown
Rudolph Virchow
Robert Hooke
Theodore Schwann
16
Phloem is a tissue found where?
plants
mammals
fish
insects
17
Ozone hole refers to...
decrease in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere
decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere
There's no such thing as an ozone hole
A hole in the ozone layer
18
This refers to an ecologically-productive habitat where saltwater and freshwater meet
ecosystem
estuary
ablation
continuum
19
A young cockroach is called a what?
nymph
pupa
larva
mini-roach
20
How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?
76 years
50 years
115 years
96 years
21
What is the most common element in the human body?
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Carbon
22
On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?
Corn
Wheat
Grass
Pea
23
Of the following categories which is the most inclusive (i.e. is the highest in hierarchy)?
subspecies
Genus
Class
Order
24
What was the first genetically engineered organism?
corn
Rat
Monkey
tobacco
25
What gives our skin its pigment?
melanin
flavoxanthin
carotene
xanthophyll
26
What types of cells does meiosis produce?
sex cells
somatic cells
blood cells
diploid cells
27
Which animal does not belong to phylum chordata?
Ostrich
Ocotopus
Shark
Alligator
28
Pine, fir, spruce, and cedar are all considered what type of plant?
gymnosperms
dicotyledons
angiosperms
monocotyledons
29
What of the following means "rain" when it is added to a cloud's name?
Cirrus
Alto
Nimbus
Strato
30
Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of what?
encephalitis
dengue fever
fear
filariasis
31
What is a difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
Prokaryotic cells are the only cells that have vesicles
Prokaryotic cells are bigger than eukaryotic cells
Eukaryotic cells are the only cells that have ribosomes
Eukaryotic cells are the only cells with mitochondria
32
What scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Louis Pasteur
Ernest Rutherford
33
What was the most famous species studied by Charles Darwin
Tortoises
Cranes
Rodents
Finchces
34
At which stage in life do we have the most bones?
Adult
Child
Baby
Teen
35
Most abundant tissues of our body are
connective
epithelial
nervous
muscular
36
Transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all types of what?
bacteria
hormones
enzymes
proteins
37
Carbon monoxide has more affinity to hemoglobin compared to Oxygen
False
True
38
What does
humanus
represent in the scientific name
Pediculus humanus?
Family name
Order name
Genus name
Species name
39
One of the following is not a function of bones?
Secretion of hormones for calcium regulation in blood/bones
Protection of vital organs
Production of blood corpuscles
Place for muscle attachment
40
Pyorrhoea is a disease of what?
heart
lungs
gums
nose
41
Photosynthesis takes place faster in...
red light
blue light
white light
yellow light
42
The most common disease of poultry in India is what?
coryza
ranikhet
tick fever
fowl pox
43
Microorganisms called _____ are transferred from one host to another through other organisms
Bio hazardous agents
Scalars
Vectors
Causative agents
44
Plant have ____ while animals lack it.
cellulose
confidence
starch
protein
45
Which one of the following has the longest recorded lifespan?
Elephant
Cockroach
Oyster
My great-aunt
46
Lysozyme, an enzyme found in blood, is found to be an anti-microbial agent.
True
False
47
what is a hummingbirds heart rate?
174 beats per minute
240 beats per minute
1,260 beats per minute
365 beats per minute
48
Unlike most fish, sharks don't have...
a heart
Bones
Gills
a liver
49
How many heterozygous offspring are produced in an Rr and Rr cross?
2
4
3
1
50
Prothrombin, which helps in clotting of blood, is released by what?
erythrocytes
blood platelets
monocytes
lymphocytes