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The corner of the cells of collenchyma tissue in plant are thickened due to deposition of _____

A) Lignin and suberin B) Suberin and cutin
C) Cellulose and pectin D) Chitin and lignin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cellulose and pectin

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From the following pairs, find the one which is correctly matched?

 

A) Scurvy- Thiamine B) Tuberculosis- ATS
C) Tetanus- BCG D) Malaria- Chloroquine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Malaria- Chloroquine

Explanation:

Chloroquine is a medication used to prevent and to treat malaria.

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The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called

A) hibernation B) aestivation
C) laziness D) lethargy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) aestivation

Explanation:

Aestivation is summer sleep. Many organisms like the snails do not find it comfortable in summer. They withdraw and lead a life with reduced BMR (basic Metabolic Rate) in a state of  dormancy.

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Bone deformities occur due to the excess intake of

A) Phosphorus B) Potassium
C) Fatty acid D) Fluorine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fluorine

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Name the blood cells in which nucleus is absent

A) Lymphocytes B) Blood Platelets
C) Monocytes D) Eosinophils
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Blood Platelets

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Q:

Hardest Part of the Human Body?

A) Tooth Enamel B) Femur
C) Temporal bone of skull D) Knee bone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tooth Enamel

Explanation:

Tooth Enamel is the hardest and most highly mineralized substance in the human body. It is a tissue and not a bone. This tissue has high mineral content which makes it hardest substance.

 

Femur and Temporal bone of the skull are the hardest bones of the human body.

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Number of eyes found in Earthworm..........

A) One B) Many
C) No eye D) Two
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) No eye

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Nuclear membrane is absent in

A) Volvox B) Penicillium
C) Agaricus D) Nostoc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nostoc

Explanation:

Nostoc is a prokaryote. Prokaryotic cells lack membrane bound organelles and well organized nucleus, that is nuclear envelope is absent in these cells.

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The nuclear envelope, also known as the nuclear membrane, a bilayer membranes which surrounds the nucleus, and in eukaryotic cells it encases the genetic material.

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