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The major centre to receive, analyze and integrate information in body is

A) Heart B) Kidney
C) Pituitary D) Brain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Brain

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The kilo calories of energy released from one gram of fats is

A) 5.49 B) 4.59
C) 9.45 D) 9.54
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 9.45

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Q:

The biogenetic law was proposed by

A) Alfred Russel Wallace B) Charles Darwin
C) Ernst von Haeckel D) Lamarck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ernst von Haeckel

Explanation:

The biogenetic law states that ontogeny (study of development) repeats phylogeny (origin from previous group of racial history), The young one of the frog namely the tadpole is like a fish cosidered to be ancestral to frog.

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Q:

The most healthy edible oil for heart is

A) Almond Oil B) Sesame Oil
C) Mustard Oil D) Olive Oil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Olive Oil

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Why are yeast cells frequently used as hosts for cloning?

A) they are eukaryotic cells B) they do not have plasmids
C) only yeast cells allow the gene to be cloned D) they easily form colonies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) they are eukaryotic cells

Explanation:

If you were to produce a protein in bacterial cloning systems, you would not get the same post transcriptional and post translational modifications because the prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems work differently on the modifications.

Thus human recombinant protein genes are usually cloned in yeast cells. Also since they have a short generation time, they can be easily culture.

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Q:

Organisms need Nutrients in order to

A) Breaking down food B) Utilize chemical compounds
C) recycling D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Breaking down food

Explanation:

Nutrients are necessary for break down the food and supply energy to the organisms and to carry out essential life functions.

  • Important nutrients are Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen.

 

  • Some more important nutrients for plants are : Potassium, Sulphur, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Calcium and Magnesium. 
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The enzyme that is necessary to bring about clotting of blood is 

A) peptidase B) amylase
C) lipase D) thrombokinase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) thrombokinase

Explanation:

The clotting of blood is a chain reaction initiated by the enzyme thrombokinase produced by the platelets. This causes prothrombin to be converted into thrombin in the presence of Ca++ion.

Thrombin combines with fibrinogen  to produce fibrin threads which entangles the corpuscles to form the clot.

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Which statement best describes Arteries?

A) They have thin walls and transport blood away from the heart B) They have thick walls and transport blood toward the heart
C) They have thin walls and transport blood toward the heart D) They have thick walls and transport blood away from the heart
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) They have thick walls and transport blood away from the heart

Explanation:

Because arteries have to have thick walls for use of protection. Its when you get to veins where the walls get thinner. And the use of the heart is to pump blood to all of the cells and organs in the body so it would be to transport blood away from the heart.

i.e. 

Arteries = Away from the Heart 
Veins = Back to the Heart.

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