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D. Antihypertensives which act on different regulatory systems maintaining blood pressure should be combined

d) The amount of a drug in the body to the concentration of a drug in plasma 

Answer: Long acting progestin

Answer: It is a long acting selective β₂ agonist bronchodilator 

A. It is a long acting selective β2 agonist bronchodilator

The correct option is D. Formoterol

Decomposers feed on the dead or decaying organic matter(carbohydrate, proteins and lipids ) and produce nitrogen and carbon dioxide gases as an organic matter are mainly made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen.

Answer:

A. Intracellular release of Ca²⁺ B. Antagonism of adenosine C. Inhibition of phosphodiesterase

Answer: Salbutamol

In Drosophila, sex determination is achieved by a balance of female determinants on the X chromosome and male determinants on the autosomes.Thus, XO Drosophila are sterile males. In flies, the Y chromosome is not involved in determining sex. Rather, it contains genes active in forming sperm in adults.

P/E Ratio =  \(\cfrac{Marketer\,price\,per\,share}{EPS}\)

Answer: Acyclovir

Pension and gratuity of the employees retiring from Central Government Departments is regulated by the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. There are separate rules regarding pension and gratuity of Railway employees and Defence personnel.

YES: Can non-tangible features be added to position a product in the market.

Yes, the date of voluntary retirement is treated as duty (Rule 5).

Correct option: C) Vastness and complexity of industry and commerce

A Govt. servant appointed in a pensionable establishment on or before 31.12.2003 and retires from Government service with a qualifying service of 10 years or more is eligible for pension (Rule 2, 49).

A. True Air flows in since the pressure in the cavity is normally subatmospheric. 

B. False Except in tension pneumothorax, pleural pressure does not exceed intrapulmonary pressure (atmospheric); collapse is due to elastic recoil of the lungs. 

C. False It decreases as the lung collapses. 

D. True The elastic recoil of the lung is no longer applied to the chest wall. 

E. True The lungs cannot be fully inflated.

A. True Due to stimulation of chemoreceptors by oxygen lack. 

B. False This remains at the saturated pressure at body temperature. 

C. False The fall in arterial P_O2 stimulates the carotid bodies to increase ventilation. 

D. True Hyperventilation causes respiratory alkalosis. 

E. False The fall in P_CO2 causes cerebral vasoconstriction. 

Answer: Pulmonary ventilation

Due to stimulation of chemoreceptors by oxygen lack.

Constant interval environment is beneficial to organisms as it permits all biochemical reactions to proceeds with maximal efficiency thereby enhancing the fitness of species.

b) Ipratropium

d) Theophylline

The property of prolonged theophyllines is the prevention of night asthmatic attacks. It’s True.

Common organisms in Superinfections include:

• Clostridium difficile.
• MDR gram-negative rods.
• MRSA.
• Candida or other fungi.

Answer: Sodium cromoglycate

Zileutin prevents the production of leukotrienes. This statement is True.

b) Sodium cromoglycate 

b) Ephedrine

c)   Zileutin

b) Tachycardia

Consumptive Use Value refers to non-market value of resources such as firewood, game meat, etc. Productive Use Value refers to the commercial value of products that are commercially harvested for exchange in formal markets, such as game meat, timber, fish, ivory, medicinal plants.

b) Isoprenaline

c) Sodium cromoglycate

All of these drugs contain free sulfhydryl groups EXCEPT Trypsin.

b) Desoxiribonuclease 

d) All of above

c) Desoxiribonuclease

(a) 1 and 3 only

Volcanic eruptions are a major source of natural air pollution. 

Sir Arthur G. Tansley coined the term ecosystem in 1935. From New Phytologist 55: 145, 1956.

Cytiton drugs directly activate the respiratory center EXCEPT.

The 'Uruguay Round' negotiations resulted in the establishment of WTO.

Correct option is A) were

The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1993 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties".

On receipt of pension papers from Head of Office, the Pay & Accounts Officer concerned will, after applying requisite checks, assess the amount of pension and issue the Pension Payment Order (both halves of Pension Payment Order, i.e. disburser’s portion and pensioner’s portion) not later than one month in advance of the date of retirement of the Government servant with forwarding authority letter, duly inksigned and embossed, to Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) who in turn will generate on computer a Special Seal Authority on the basis of details given in the Pension Payment Order and authority letter of the Pay & Accounts Officer and forward disburser’s half of PPO with Special Seal Authority to the Central Pension Processing Centre (CPPC) of the concerned authorized Bank. The Pay & Accounts officer after ascertaining that the special seal of authority has been issued shall send pensioners’ half of PPO to be handed over to the retiring employee. However, if the employee opts to take the PPO from bank, both halves shall be sent to CPAO. All records will be maintained in the CPPC and the disbursing branch, will make the payments to the pensioner on authorization of payment of pension by the CPPC. The CPPC however is only the back office for processing pensions, all pension related problems/grievances of the pensioners will continue to be handled by the concerned paying branch as before.

Applying the u.v rule,

d/dx(sinx). logx + sinx. d/dx(logx) 

= cosx.logx + sinx. x

y = d/dx (sinx.logx) 

= sinx.1/x + logx.cosx sinx/x + logx.cosx

W.e.f. 1.1.2006, pension is calculated @ 50% of emoluments (last pay) or average emoluments (for last 10 months), whichever is more beneficial to the retiring Govt. servant. (Rule 49).

During service each Govt. servant should satisfy himself that service is being verified and recorded so in the service book and that there are no gaps in this. He should also ensure that nomination for all payments due to him are current and valid. 

Six months prior to the retirement date, a Government servant is required to furnish certain information (e.g. joint photo with spouse, family details, name of the branch of the authorized bank through which he desires to draw his pension etc.) to his Head of Office in the prescribed Form No. 5. 

The Head of Office is required to undertake the work of preparation of pension papers in Form No. 7 one year before the date on which a Government servant is due to retire on superannuation. After complying with the requirements of CCS Pension Rules 59 & 60, the Head of Office has to forward to the Pay & Accounts Officer Form 5 and Form 7 duly completed with a covering letter in Form 8 along with service book of the Government servant duly completed up-to-date and any other documents relied upon for the verification of service, not later than six months before the date of retirement of the Government servant.