The logistic population growth is expressed by the equation:

1. dNdt=rNN-KN

2. dtdN=NrK-NK

3. dNdt=rNK-NK

4. dNdt=rN

Subtopic:  Population: Logistic Growth Model |
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Level 1: 80%+
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Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct?
1. Aspergillus niger – citric acid
2. Yeast – statins
3. Acetobacter aceti – acetic acid
4. Clostridium butylicum – lactic acid

Subtopic:  Microbes in Household Products |
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Read the following statement having two blanks (A and B):

''A drug used for ______ (A)___ patients is obtained from a species of the organism ______ (B)___ ''. The one correct option for the two blanks is:

Blank-A  Blank-B
1. AIDS Pseudomonas
2. Heart  Penicillium
3. Organ-transplant Trichoderma
4. Swine flu  Monascus

             

Subtopic:  Chemicals, Enzymes & Other Bioactive Molecules |
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Common cold is not cured by antibiotics because it is:
1. not an infectious disease
2. caused by a virus
3. caused by a Gram-positive bacterium
4. caused by a Gram-negative bacterium

Subtopic:  Common Cold & Malaria Introduction |
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Level 1: 80%+
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Read the following four statements (A-D) and find out certain mistakes in two of them:

A: The first transgenic buffalo, Rosie, produced milk which was human alpha-lactalbumin enriched.
B:  Restriction enzymes are used in the isolation of DNA from other macro-molecules.
C:  Downstream processing is one of the steps of r-DNA technology.
D:  Disarmed pathogen vectors are also used in the transfer of r-DNA into the host.

Which of the two statements has mistakes?
1. Statements (A) and (B)
2. Statements (B) and (C)
3. Statements (C) and (D)
4. Statements (A) and (C)

Subtopic:  Transgenic Microbes & Animals |
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Level 2: 60%+
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Silencing of mRNA has been used in producing transgenic plants resistant to:

1. Bacterial blights  2. Bollworms
3. Nematodes  4. White rusts
Subtopic:  Interference RNA Tech |
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Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?

1. Increase in mass by the accumulation of material both on the surface as well as internally
2. Isolated metabolic reactions occurring in vitro
3. Increase in mass from outside only
4. Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory
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The type of muscles present in our:

1. upper arms are smooth muscle fibres fusiform in shape
2. heart is involuntary and unstriated smooth muscles
3. intestine are striated and involuntary 
4. thighs are striated and voluntary
Subtopic:  Skeletal Muscle: Basic Anatomy |
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Level 2: 60%+
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The figure shows four animals (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the correct answer with respect to a common characteristic of two of these animals:

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
1. (c) and (d) have a true coelom
2. (a) and (d) respire mainly through body wall
3. (b) and (c) show radial symmetry
4. (a) and (b) have cnidoblasts for self-defence
Subtopic:  Phylum Coelenterata | Phylum Ctenophora | Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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Which one of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human female child?

1. one X and one Y chromosome
2. two X chromosomes
3. only one Y chromosome
4. only one X chromosome
Subtopic:  Sex Determination |
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Level 1: 80%+
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