G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 12
1. Our major foods, fibres, spices, fruits and beverage crops are
- (A) Flowering
plants
- (B) Gymnosperms
plants
- (C) Pteridophytes
- (D) Bryophytes
2. Pulses are a good source of
- (A) Carbohydrates
- (B) Fats
- (C) Proteins
- (D) Vitamins
3. Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes
- (A) Tetanus
- (B) Influenza
- (C) Cholera
- (D) Typhoid
4. Photosynthesis generally takes place in which parts of the plant?
- (A) Leaf and
other chloroplast bearing parts
- (B) Stem
and leaf
- (C) Roots
and chloroplast bearing parts
- (D) Bark and
leaf
5. Myopia is connected with
- (A) Ears
- (B) Eyes
- (C) Lungs
- (D) None of
these
6. Pigmentation of skin is due to
- (A) Lymphocytes
- (B) Monocytes
- (C) Leucocytes
- (D) Melanocytes
7. Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is
- (A) 46
- (B) 47
- (C) 48
- (D) 49
8. Mutation is
- (A) A
factor responsible for plant growth
- (B) A
change which affects the offspring of F2 generation only
- (C) A
change that is inherited
- (D) A
change which affects the parents
9. Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into
- (A) Free
nitrogen
- (B) Urea
- (C) Ammonia
- (D) Proteins
10. Entomology is the science that studies
- (A) Behaviour
of human beings
- (B) Insects
- (C) The
origin and history of technical and scientific terms
- (D) The
formation of rocks
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