What is common between parrot, platypus, and kangaroo?
1. Homeothermy
2. Toothless jaws
3. Functional post-anal tail
4. Oviparity
Which one of the following is being utilized as a source of bio-diesel in the Indian countryside?
1. Euphorbia
2. Beetroot
3. Sugarcane
4. Pongamia
In which one of the following the BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) of sewage (S), distillery effluent (DE), paper mill effluent (PE) and sugar mill effluent (SE) have been arranged in ascending order?
1. SE < S < PE < DE
2. SE < PE < S <DE
3. PE < S < SE < DE
4. S < DE < PE <SE
In the human female, menstruation can be deferred by the administration of:
1. LH only
2. Combination of FSH and LH
3. Combination of estrogen and progesterone
4. FSH only
Select the correct statement from the following:
| 1. | Darwin variations are small and directionless |
| 2. | fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt and gets selected by nature |
| 3. | all mammals except whales and have seven cervical vertebrae |
| 4. | Mutations are random and directional |
Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they:
| 1. | can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds |
| 2. | have more than 90 percent similar genes |
| 3. | look similar and possess identical secondary metabolites |
| 4. | have the same number of chromosomes |
A sequential expression of a set of human genes occurs when a steroid molecule binds to the:
1. transfer RNA
2. messenger RNA
3. DNA sequence
4. ribosome
In a coal fired power plant, electrostatic precipitators are installed to control the emission of:
1.
2.
3. SPM
4. CO
Probiotics are:
1. safe antibiotics
2. cancer inducing microbes
3. new kind of food allergens
4. live microbial food supplement
Which pair of the following belongs to Basidiomycetes?
1. Bird's nest fungi and Pufballs
2. Puffballs and Claviceps
3. Peziza and Stinkhorns
4. Morchella and Mushrooms