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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: Bacteria

1192. 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: Fungi

1193. 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 Hahnemann

1194. 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: 3

1195. 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: Haemoglobin

1196. 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 eyeballs

1197. 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: Earthworm

1198. 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: Calciferol

1199. 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 diseases

1200. 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