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Which one of the following hormones is essential for the uptake of glucose by cells in the human body?

A) GH B) TSH
C) Insulin D) Cortisol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Insulin

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Insulin is an anabolic hormone that stimulates glucose and fatty acid uptake into adipose cells, promoting triglyceride synthesis.Glucagon is a peptide hormone, produced by alpha cells of the pancreas. It works to raise the concentration of glucose and fatty acids in the bloodstream, and is considered to be the main catabolic hormone of the body.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

In exactly the same words as were used originally

A) Verbatim B) Offbeat
C) Divergent D) Contrary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Verbatim

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Drug which causes people to sleep easily

A) Poppy B) Soporific
C) Beguile D) Pedant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Soporific

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

That cannot be expressed in words.

A) indelible B) ineffable
C) ingrate D) inexorable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ineffable

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

 

The _____ of war, however, is

A) case B) prisoner
C) perperator D) theme
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) theme

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Oracular

A) Lucid B) Distinct
C) Cryptic D) Unambiguous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cryptic

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt

A) Sanction B) Flatter
C) Compliment D) Sarcasm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sarcasm

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

 

The seamy side

A) on the right side B) unpleasant aspect
C) visible aspects D) on the left side of something
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) unpleasant aspect

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