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Leukorrhea may be associated with

A) Cervicitis B) Ovarian Cysts
C) Eclampsia D) Menorrhagia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cervicitis

Explanation:

Leukorrhea is a thick, whitish or yellowish vaginal discharge. There are many causes of leukorrhea, the usual one being estrogen imbalance. The amount of discharge may increase due to vaginal infection or STDs, and it may disappear and reappear from time to time. This discharge can keep occurring for years, in which case it becomes more yellow and foul-smelling. It is usually a non-pathological symptom secondary to inflammatory conditions of vagina or cervix.

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What type of macromolecule is an enzyme?

A) Proteins B) Saturated fats
C) Phospholipids D) Lipids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Proteins

Explanation:

Enzymes are protein macromolecules. Enzymes are almost always made of proteins only. Proteins are large biopolymer molecules that are made up of repeating monomer units called amino acids. There are 20 different common amino acids that make up proteins like enzymes. Of these, nine amino acids are essential, which means you must get them from your diet.


Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in biological systems. This means that they speed up the rate of the reaction.

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The mode of nutrition in which particulate food is devoured is 

A) holozoic B) holophytic
C) saprophytic D) parasitic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) holozoic

Explanation:

The feeding mechanism is of several types.If it is entirely plant-like (photosynthesis), it is called holophytic. It is entirely (holo) animal-like(zoic),that is devouring alreadyexisting food, it is called holozoic

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The grouping of blood is based on substances called

A) antibodies B) antigens
C) antitoxin D) enzymes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) antigens

Explanation:

The red blood corpuscles or Erythrocytes usually carry antigens and there are two types of antigens. The A group persons have antigen A in their red corpuscles and the B group have antigen A in their red corpuscles.The AB group persons have both antigen A and antigen B in their erythrocytes.The 'O'group persons have no antigens in their red corpuscles.

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A true species in mauritius failed to reproduce because of the extinction of a fruit eating bird. Which one of the following was that bird?

A) Dove B) Dodo
C) Condor D) Skua
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dodo

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Which are the special proteins in muscles that contract and relax to cause movement?

 

A) Contractile protein B) Receptor protein
C) Structural protein D) Enzymatic protein
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Contractile protein

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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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The universal donor belongs to blood group

A) A B) B
C) AB D) O
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) O

Explanation:

The persons with 'O' blood group do not have antigens in the red corpuscles. So that blood will not cause agglutination of corpuscles if mixed with any type of blood. So group 'O' persons are called universal donors.

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