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What process never occurs in interphase?

Answer

Absence of cell division is the process that never comes in interphase.

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Sleeping sickness in main is caused by the organism 

A) Plasmodium B) entamoeba
C) giardia D) trypanosoma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) trypanosoma

Explanation:

Trypanasoma is a protozoan animal. It lives as a parasite in the blood and later invades the cerebrospinal fluid to cause the sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted by the Tsetse fly.

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The insects do not have blood pigments because 

A) there is no blood B) tissues have pigments
C) blood does not have a respiratory function D) pigments are elsewhere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) blood does not have a respiratory function

Explanation:

The blood of some invertebrate animals like the earthworm is red due to haemoglobin pigment, but the pigment is dissolved in the plasma. In vertebrates the same pigment is found in the red corpuscles and not in the plasma.

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In which of the following organelles does photosynthesis take place?

A) Miochondria B) Chloroplast
C) Central Vacuole D) Ribosome
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chloroplast

Explanation:

Chloroplasts use energy from light to transform carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.

A green pigment located in membranes within the chloroplasts of plants and algae and in the membranes of certain prokaryotes.

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What is the functional unit of a skeletal muscle called?

A) Myofibril B) Sarcomere
C) Fiber D) Fasciculus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sarcomere

Explanation:

The myofibrils are composed of actin and myosin filaments, repeated in units called sarcomeres, which are the basic functional units of the skeletal muscle.

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Which of the following is not a function of saliva?

A) contains fluoride to harden the tooth enamel B) moistens food and helps stick it together to make it easier to swallow
C) begins the chemical breakdown of starches D) helps clean the mouth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) contains fluoride to harden the tooth enamel

Explanation:

Saliva is produced by the salivary gland which helps in food digestion.

 

Option A) contains fluoride to harden the tooth enamel is not the function of saliva.

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Study of inter relationship between living organism and their environment is called _______

A) Plant Geography B) Plant social science
C) Ecology D) Ecosystem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ecology

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The technique of DNA fingerprinting in human was developed for first time by _________

A) Lalji Singh B) Alec Jeffreys
C) R. Ericson D) J. Black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alec Jeffreys

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