Explore topic-wise InterviewSolutions in .

This section includes InterviewSolutions, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

14401.

Question : Name some toxins produced by fungi.

Answer»

SOLUTION :Alfatoxin, PATULIN and Ochratoxin - A.
14402.

Question : Name any four nitrogenous waste products produced by animals.

Answer»

Solution :Some of the NITROGENOUS wastes PRODUCED by various animals other than ammonia, urea and URIC acid are:
Trimethyl amine oxide (TMO) in marine teleosts, guanine in spiders, hippuric acid in MAMMALS, reptiles and other nitrogenous wastes include allantonin, allantoic acid, ornithuric acid, CREATININE, creatine, purines, pyramidines and pterines.
14403.

Question : Name some of the inclusions found in plant cells.

Answer»

SOLUTION :STARCH grains, FAT droplets, aleurone grains and crystals.
14404.

Question : Name some fungi which are edible, those which yielddrugs, and those which find favour with the geneticists.

Answer»

<P>

Solution :Fungi which are edible : Agaricus, Morchella, EI Volvariella.
Fungi which yield DRUGS : Claviceps purpurea (SOURCE of ergots), Penicillium notatum, P. chrysogenum (source of antibiotics), Eremotherium ashbyii (provides vitamindrugs`B_12`).
Fungi which favour geneticists: Neurospora crassa.
14405.

Question : Name some methods employedIn aquaponics.

Answer»

SOLUTION :1. Deep water culture
2. Media based method
3. Nutrient Film technique
4. AQUA vertica
14406.

Question : Name some lipid-soluble hormones.

Answer»

SOLUTION :All steroid hormones LIKE ESTROGEN, progesterone, TESTOSTERONE,cortisol and thyroxine
14407.

Question : Name some flightless birds.

Answer»

SOLUTION :OSTRICH, KIWI and PENGUIN.
14408.

Question : Name some Automated Species identification tools or Cyber tools.

Answer»

Solution :ALIS: AUTOMATED Leathopper Identification System.
DAISY: Automatic Bee Identification System.
ABIS: Automatic Bee Identification System.
SPIDA: Species Identified Automatically (SPIDERS, wasp, bee wing CHARACTERS).
DRAW wing: HONEY bee wing identification.
14409.

Question : Name some algae which are used as food.

Answer»

SOLUTION :CHLORELLA ULVA Caulerpa
14410.

Question : Name some algae used as fertilizer.

Answer»

SOLUTION :Lithophyllum, CHARA,FUCUS.
14411.

Question : Name some abnormal constituents of urine.

Answer»

SOLUTION :Sugar, ALBUMIN, ketone bodies, BILE PIGMENTS, bile SALTS.
14412.

Question : Name one symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Answer»

SOLUTION :RHIZOBIUM
14413.

Question : Name Poultry diseases.

Answer»

SOLUTION : Poultry DISEASES: Ranikhet, COCCIDIOSIS and Fowl POX are some common poultry diseases.
14414.

Question : Name one structure present only in animal cells.

Answer»

SOLUTION :CENTRIOLE.
14415.

Question :Name one plant in which leaf is pinnately compound.

Answer»

SOLUTION :NEEM, ROSE’, ACACIA.
14416.

Question : Name one non-symbiotic nitrogen fixing prokaryote.

Answer»

Solution :AZOTOBACTER is non-symbiotic. It is a NITROGEN fixer. It is SEEN in PADDY fields.
14417.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : nitrogen

Answer»

SOLUTION :Nitrogen : an integral PART of amino ACIDS and chlorophyll, STUNTED growth and GENERAL yellowing.
14418.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : zinc

Answer»

SOLUTION :ZINC : activates enzymes like DEHYDROGENASES, interveinal CHLOROSIS of older LEAVES.
14419.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : sulphur

Answer»

Solution :Sulphur : an important INGREDIENT of organic compounds like sulphur CONTAINING amino acids (eg.. cystine, cysteine, methionine), coenzyme A, ferredoxin and vitamins thiamin and biotin, GENERAL yellowing of leaves, FIRST noticed in younger leaves.
14420.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : molybdenum

Answer»

SOLUTION :Molybdenum: NITROGEN metabolism, CHLOROTIC interveinal MOLTING of leaves.
14421.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : manganese

Answer»

Solution :Manganese : ACTIVATES enzymes involved in FATTY ACID synthesis and NUCLEIC acid metabolism, leaf flecking.
14422.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : iron

Answer»

SOLUTION :IRON :CONSTITUENT of ferredoxin and cytochromes, interveinal CHLOROSIS in younger LEAVES.
14423.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : magnesium

Answer»

Solution :Magnesium : an integral PART of chlorophyll MOLECULE, EXTENSIVE interveinal chlorosis and NECROTIC spots.
14424.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : boron

Answer»

SOLUTION :BORON: mobilisation of NUTRIENTS, abnormal growth and death of SHOOT tips.
14425.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : chlorine

Answer»

Solution :Chlorine: maintains anion-cation BALANCE in CELLS, STUNTED GROWTH
14426.

Question : Name one function and one deficiency symptom of the following elements : calcium

Answer»

SOLUTION :Calcium: formation of MIDDLE LAMELLA in CELL walls, stunted GROWTH.
14427.

Question : Name one anti transpirant.

Answer»

SOLUTION :Abscisic ACID ABA.
14428.

Question : Name of the pulmonary disease in which alveolar surface area involved in gas exchange is

Answer»

Asthma
Pleurisy
EMPHYSEMA
Pneumonia

Solution :Emphysema
14429.

Question : Name the group of fungi to which common mushroom belong.

Answer»

SOLUTION :BASIDIOMYCETES
14430.

Question : Name of cavity in the gridle into which the head of femur fits?

Answer»


ANSWER :RED MUSCLE FIBRE
14431.

Question : Name of longest bone of human body?

Answer»


ANSWER :SYNOVIAL
14432.

Question : Name of a gaseous plant hormone is

Answer»

IAA
gibberellin
ethylene
abscisic acid

Answer :C
14433.

Question : Namethe parts of humanforebrain indicatingtheirrepective functions.

Answer»

Solution :The forbrain consists of CEREBRUM thalamus and HYPOTHALAMUS . Cerebrum forms the major PART of the HUMAN BRAIN.
14434.

Question : Name hormone associated with growth inhibiting activities like dormancy and abscission.

Answer»


ANSWER :Abscisic ACID and ETHYLENE
14435.

Question : Name given to the intercellular space present between two neurons.

Answer»

SOLUTION :SYNAPSES
14436.

Question : Name four parts of cell respiration.

Answer»

Solution :GLYCOLYSIS, OXIDATIVE DECARBOXYLATION, Krebs. cycle and ETC
14437.

Question : Name four forms of Lysosomes.

Answer»

SOLUTION :PRIMARY lysosome, secondary lysosome, autophagosome and residul BODY
14438.

Question : Name five types of leucocytes of human blood.

Answer»

SOLUTION :NEUTROPHILS , Basophilis , Eosinophilis , MONOCYTES and LYMPHOCYTES.
14439.

Question : Name five invertebrates belonging to different groups which are of economic importance to man.

Answer»

SOLUTION :(i) Corallium (red coral)—Coelenterata, used in JEWELLERY.
(II) Taenia solium (tapeworm)–Platyhelminthes, an endoparasite in the intestine of man.
(iii) Pheretima posthuma (earthworm)-Annelida, MAINTAINS fertility of the soil.
(iv) Punctada (pearl oyster)—Mollusca, SOURCE of pearls.
(v) Bombyx (silk worm)-Arthropoda, source of silk.
14440.

Question : Name few single unit membrane bound organelles.

Answer»

SOLUTION :PEROXISOMES, GLYOXYSOMES and SPHAEROSOMES.
14441.

Question : Name few plant disease caused by mycoplasma.

Answer»

Solution :Little lcaf of brinjal, witches BROOM of legumes, phyllody of CLOVES and sandal spike are some plant DISEASES caused by mycoplasma.
14442.

Question : Nmae few molecular markers used in molecular taxonomy.

Answer»

Solution :Allozymes, MITOCHONDRIAL DNA, micro satellites, RFLP (Restriction FRAGMENT LENGTH Polymorphism), RAPD (Random amplified polymorphic DNA), AFLPs (Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism), Single nucleotide Polymorphism - SNP, MICROCHIPS or arrays.
14443.

Question : Name few members of cyanobacteria which act as phycobiont in lichen thalli.

Answer»

SOLUTION :Gloeocapsa, NOSTOC and Scytonema
14444.

Question : Name few fungal diseases in plants.

Answer»

Solution :BLAST of paddy, RUST of WHEAT, red rot of SUGARCANE and white rust of CRUCIFERS.
14445.

Question : Name few fungal diseases in Humans.

Answer»

Solution :`{:("S.No","Human Diseases","Causative FUNGI"),(1,"Athlete's foot","Epidermophyton floccosum"),(2, "CANDIDIASIS","Candida ALBICANS"),(3,"Coccidioidomycosis","COCCIDIOIDES immitis"),(4,"ASPERGILLOSIS","Aspergillus fumigatus"):}`
14446.

Question : Name some of the fossil rich sites of India.

Answer»

SOLUTION :
14447.

Question : Name some eminent algologists.

Answer»

SOLUTION :F.E. FRITSCH, FE. ROUND, Y. BHARADWAJA and T.V. Desikachary
14448.

Question : Name few eminent Mycologists.

Answer»

SOLUTION :JOHN WEBSTER, G.C. AINSWORTH , T.S. Sadasivan and C.V. Subramanian.
14449.

Question : Name events in a cardiac cycle.

Answer»

SOLUTION :It consists of systole and diastole of both the ATRIA and ventricles. (i) Auricular systole, (ii) Ventricular systole and (iii) Joint diastole or complete cardiac diastole (RELAXATION of both auricles and ventricles).
14450.

Question : Name enzyme that needs acidic pH and another one that need alkaline pH.

Answer»

SOLUTION :Pepsin needs ACIDIC pH while TRYPSIN needs alkaline pH.