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Q:

Bleeding of gums, falling of teeth, fragile bones and delayed wound healing occur due to the deficiency of which one of the following vitamins?

A) Vitamin C B) Vitamin K
C) Vitamin D D) Vitamin B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vitamin C

Explanation:

Deficiency of Vitamin C causes Scurvy, Swelling of gums etc.Vitamin K causes Non-clotting of blood ,Vitamin D causes Rickets in children and Osteomalasia in adults, Vitamin B 1 causes Beriberi,B2 causes Cracking of skin,reddish eye,cracking of tongue,B3 causes Whitening of hair ,mentally retardness ,B5 causes Pallagra or 4D syndrome,B6 causes Anemia,skin disease ,B7 causes Paralysis,hair falling,B11 causes Dysentery and B12 causes Jaundice and Teroile Glutemi

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Q:

A protein is being assembled when

A) RNA is being translated B) DNA is being translated
C) RNA is being transcribed D) DNA is being transcribed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) RNA is being translated

Explanation:

A protein is being assembled when RNA is being translated. This process goes as, by the process of transcription first DNA is is converted to mRNA. And then by the process of translation this mRNA is converted to proteins.

=> DNA ----> mRNA ----> Proteins.

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Q:

Where are the taste receptors located?

A) epiglottis B) upper esophagus
C) tip of the tongue D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Five basic tastes are :

salty,

sweet,

bitter,

sour, and

umami.

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The taste receptors are located all over in the mouth around paillae structures.

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Q:

Which systems comprise the nervous system?

A) Central nervous system B) Peripheral nervous system
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

The nervous system of the human brain consists of the central nervous system which has brain and the spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system which has perpheral, cranary, spinal nerves.

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Q:

What carries Blood back to the Heart?

A) Veins B) Arteries
C) Both A & B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Veins

Explanation:

Veins carries Blood back from the body parts to the Heart.

 

We know that The circulatory system of our body is a loop. The Heart is the pump, the arteries and their smaller branches (arterioles) carry oxygen rich blood all through your body and the veins and their smaller branches (venules) carry oxygen depleted blood and waste products back.

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Q:

Where does translation occur?

A) Nucleus B) Ribosomes
C) Cytoplasm D) mitochondrion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cytoplasm

Explanation:

Right after that, the mRNA enters the cytoplasm through nuclear pores. There, it could be translated into proteins by ribosomes. This process is called translation.

 

Translation occurs in the cytoplasm whereas transcription occurs in the nucleus.

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Q:

Do plant cells have Mitochondria?

A) No B) Yes
C) May be D) Can't be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Yes

Explanation:

While plant cells have chloroplasts to photosynthesize, they also require ATP for cellular functions, and do use oxygen to break down some of the sugar they produce in order to generate that ATP. Cellular respiration takes place in the mitochondria. They need mitochondria for this reason.
Hence with this logic, we can say that Plants cells have mitochondria.

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Q:

Which among the following hormone can be used as a drug to treat cardiac arrest and some other cardiac problems?

A) Epinephrine B) Insulin
C) Thyroxin D) Calcitonin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Epinephrine

Explanation:
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