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General Knowledge Biology Questions with Answers test knowledge of plants, animals, and human biology. Commonly seen in SSC, UPSC, and NDA exams, they help candidates strengthen concepts of life sciences

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21. Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of

  • dengue fever
  • filariasis
  • encephalitis
  • yellow fever
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22. Plants that grow in saline water are called

  • halophytes
  • hydrophytes
  • mesophytes
  • thallophytes
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23. Pyorrhoea is a disease of the

  • nose
  • gums
  • heart
  • lungs
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24. Placenta is the structure formed

  • by the union of foetal and uterine tissue
  • by foetus only
  • by fusion of germ layers
  • None of these
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25. Plants hormone that induces cell division is

  • auxins
  • gibberellins
  • kinins
  • domins
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26. Neurospora is used as genetic material because

  • it has short life cycle of 10 days
  • the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
  • meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
  • is a diploid fungus
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27. Neurospora is used as genetic material because

  • it has short life cycle of 10 days
  • the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
  • meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
  • is a diploid fungus
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28. out of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates present in a cell membrane, what is true?

  • Lipids are maximum
  • Carbohydrates are minimum
  • Carbohydrates are maximum
  • All three are in equal proportion
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29. Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of

  • root
  • stem
  • fruit
  • leaf
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30. Of the following taxonomic categories which is the most inclusive (i.e. is the highest in hierarchy)?

  • Order
  • Subspecies
  • Class
  • Genus
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