Explore topic-wise InterviewSolutions in Current Affairs.

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Question : Name the following. i. The largest bee in the colony.

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SOLUTION :(a) The QUEEN.
(B) NUPTIAL FLIGHT.
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Question : Name the following A loop of capillary running paralled to the Henle's loop.

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SOLUTION :VASA RECTA
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Question : Name the fluid present within the cochlear anal.

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SOLUTION :PERILYMPH and ENDOLYMPH
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Question : Name the following (a) Edible brown alga (b) Source of Iodine. (c ) Source of alginic acid .

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SOLUTION :(a ) LAMINARIA ( B) FUCUS ( C) Laminaria
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Question : Name the fluid present between the membranes covering the lungs.

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ANSWER :PLEURAL FLUID
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Question : Name the flowering hormone that induces flowering.

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ANSWER :FLORIGEN.
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Question : Name the flagellation found in the zoopore of Oedogonium.

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Solution :A ring of short FLAGELLA is found at the BASE of colourless, beak LIKE anterior END of the zoospore.
2. This king of flagellation is called stephanokont.
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Question : Name the five basic factors involved is the process of organic evolution according to modern synthetic theory.

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SOLUTION :Gene MUTATION, Chromosomal mutation, Genetic RECOMBINATION, Natural SELECTION, REPRODUCTIVE isolation.
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Question : Name the first stage in moss that develops directly from the spore.

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SOLUTION :PROTONEMA.
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Question : Name the first product formed in TCA cycle.

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SOLUTION :CITRIC ACID
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Question : Name the first product of CO_(2)fixation in C_(4)pathway.

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SOLUTION :Oxaloacetic ACID (OAA).
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Question : Name the first product formed in Kreb’s cycle.

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SOLUTION :CITRIC ACID.
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Question : Name the first messenger involved in funcioning of peptide hormones.

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SOLUTION :1. PEPTIDE hormones cannot CROSS the phospolipid cell MEMBRANE an bind to the receptors on the exterior cell surface
2. They are are transported t the golgi, which is the SITE of modification
3. It acts as a first messenger in the cell.
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Question : Name the first five cranial nerves, their nature and their functions.

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SOLUTION :
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Question : Name the first chemical produced in Krebs' cycle.

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SOLUTION :CITRATE.
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Question : Name the first bacteriologist.

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SOLUTION :ANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK.
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Question : Name the filamentous structure which appears in mosses due to germination of spore.

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ANSWER :PROTONEMA
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Question : Name the filaments present in the sarcomere.

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Solution :Thick and THIN filaments are the TWO TYPES of filaments present inside the sarcomere.
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Question : Name the female gametophyte in angiosperms.

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SOLUTION :EMBRYO SAC.
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Question : Name the fibre yielding plants of Fabaceae.

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SOLUTION :1. CROTALARIA juncea (SUNHEMP).
2. Sesbania aegyptiaca (Sesban).
21.

Question : Name the factors which affect the rate of transpiration. How this process is useful to plants?

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SOLUTION :FACTORS : Light, TEMPERATURE, humidity, WIND velocity.
Importance : Transpiration helps in transport of liquids and MINERALS.
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Question : Name the factors which favour the dissociation of oxyHb at the body cells.

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SOLUTION :Low `P_(O_(2))` and low `P_(CO_(2))` at the LUNG alveoli.
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Question : Name the factors that affect global warming.

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Solution :CONCENTRATION GRADIENT of two MOLECULES,permeability of MEMBRANE, TEMPERATUREAND pressure.
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Question : Name the excretory product that is highly soluble in water.

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SOLUTION :AMMONIA.
25.

Question :Name the essential whorls of a flower.

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SOLUTION :ANDROECIUM and GYNOECIUM.
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Question : Name the equipment used to measure rate of growth of short length plant.

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ANSWER :AUXANOMETER.
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Question : Name the enzymes for protein digestion in the gastric, pancreatic and intestinal juice, the substrates they digest, and the products of their action.

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Question : Name the epethelium present in urinary bladder .

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SOLUTION :TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM.
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Question : Name the enzyme which possibly acts as an ion carrier

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SOLUTION :Phosphokinase
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Question : Name the enzyme which convert sugar into glucose and fructose.

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SOLUTION :INVERTASE.
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Question : Namethe enzymethat catalyesthe bicarbonateformation in the RBC's .

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SOLUTION :CARBONIC ANHYDRASE.
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Question : Name the enzyme involved in the breakdown of nucleotides into sugars and bases ?

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SOLUTION :Nucleotidase and NUCLEOSIDASE enzymes take part in decomposition of NUCLEOTIDE into sugar and BASES.
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Question : Name the enzyme found in root modules for N_2 fixation? Name the pink coloured pigment required for its functioning.

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SOLUTION :Enzyme-Nitrogenase.
PINK COLOURED pigment-Leghaemoglobin.
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Question : Name the enucleate element of the phloem.

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SOLUTION :SIEVE TUBE.
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Question : Name the entrant and receptor molecules in TCA cycle. How many high-energy phosphates this cycle yields?

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SOLUTION :Acetyl CoA is the entrant MOLECULE, OXALOACETATE is thereceptor molecule , TCA cycle yields only 2 GTP/ATP MOLECULES.
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Question : Name the endocrine gland that produces calcitonin and mention the role played by this hormone.

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SOLUTION :Paripheral cells of thyroid GLAND PRODUCES calcitonin HORMONE. It maintains BALANCE by reducing dissociation of `Ca^(++)` and phosphate from bones.
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Question : Name the end products of aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis. List the two ways by which molecules of ATP are produced in glycolysis during aerobic respiration in a cell.

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Solution :(i)End products of AEROBIC and anaerobic glycolysis are : 2 pyruvic acid, 2 ATP and 2 `NADH_(2)`.
(ii)Two ways of ATP formation in glycolysis are :
(a)During dephosphorylation of 1, 3 DPGA called substrate level phosphorylation.
(b)Reduced `NADH_(2)` releases ATP molecules in ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN.
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Question : Name the end products of light reaction.

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SOLUTION :ATP, NADPH and `O_2` .
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Question : Name the end product of digestion of following: Protein

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SOLUTION :AMINO ACIDS
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Question : Name the eminent persons who demonstrated the conjugation process.

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SOLUTION :J. LEDERBERG and Edward L. TATUM.
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Question : Name the element which is required for the activity of nitrate reductase.

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SOLUTION :MOLYBDENUM
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Question : Name the element that plays an important role in biological nitrogen fixation

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molybdenum
manganese
copper
zinc

Answer :A
43.

Question : Name the element found in the chloro phyll molecule.

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SOLUTION :MAGNESIUM.
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Question : Name the early filamentous structure produced by spore,chiefly in mosses.

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SOLUTION :PROTONEMA
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Question : Name the distinctive character (responsible for their names) of the following animal groupsPorifera

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SOLUTION :POROUS BODY
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Question : Name the distinctive character (responsible for their names) of the following animal groupsCnidaria

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SOLUTION : Cnidoblast/Stringing CELL
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Question : Name the distinctive character (responsible for their names) of the following animal groupsChordates

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SOLUTION :NOTOCHORD
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Question : Name the distinctive character (responsible for their names) of the following animal groupsCtenophora

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SOLUTION :COMB PLATES
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Question : Name the distinctive character (responsible for their names) of the following animal groupsAnnelida

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SOLUTION :Metamerism/Segmented
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Question : Name the distinctive character (responsible for their names) of the following animal groupsArthropoda

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SOLUTION :JOINTED FOOT