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  1. Sickle-cell anaemia is due to

  2. A.

     Viruses

    B.

     Genes

    C.

     Hormones

    D.

     Bacteria


  3. Who gave the term "Antibiotics"?

  4. A.

     Darwin

    B.

     Woodruff

    C.

     Flemming

    D.

     Selman Waksman


  5. Antibody is produced by

  6. A.

     B-lymphocytes

    B.

     Erythrocytes

    C.

     Skin cells

    D.

     Osteoblast


  7. In man which organisms cause abscesses on the skin of arms or legs?

  8. A.

     Ascaris

    B.

     Bacteria

    C.

     Suinea worm

    D.

     Ring worm


  9. Which disease killed more peoples than any other death causing factors including all other diseases, natural calamities and wars?

  10. A.

     Small Pox

    B.

     Measles

    C.

     Malaria

    D.

     Tetanus


  11. Which of the following is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom in respect of number of species?

  12. A.

     Annalida

    B.

     Platyhelminthes

    C.

     Chordata

    D.

     Arthropoda


  13. It is stiff rod of special cells surrounded by connective tissue present in the mid-dorsal region and appears in the embryos of all chordates.

  14. A.

     Placenta

    B.

     Notochord

    C.

     Cranianta

    D.

     Ligule


  15. Which of the following is cold blooded?

  16. A.

     Fish

    B.

     Frog

    C.

     Lizard

    D.

     All of these


  17. Higher vascular plants are also called

  18. A.

     Flowering plants

    B.

     Ferns

    C.

     Seed plants

    D.

     None of the above


  19. A genus can best be defined as

  20. A.

     A taxon composed of one or more species and a classification level lying below family

    B.

     A taxon composed of families

    C.

     The most specific taxon

    D.

     A taxon comprised of classes