Q1. A rare and endangered animal in Silent Valley is:
(a) Musk deer
(b) Tiger
(c) Lion-tailed macaque
(d) Rhinosores
Q2. Which one of the following is a female sex hormone?
(a) Estrogen
(b) Androgen
(c) Oxytocin
(d) Insulin
Q3. ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose:
(a) Polio virus
(b) AIDS antibodies
(c) Tuberculosis bacterium
(d) Cancer
Q4. AIDS virus has:
(a) single-stranded RNA
(b) double-stranded RNA
(c) single-stranded DNA
(d) double-stranded DNA
Q5. A ‘breath test’ used by traffic police to check drunken driving uses:
(a) potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid
(b) potassium perma-nganate-sulphuric acid
(c) turmeric on filter paper
(d) silica gel coated with silver nitrate
Q6. Anglo-Nubian is a breed of:
(a) sheep
(b) goat
(c) poultry
(d) cattle
Q7. Typhoid fever is caused by-
(a) virus
(b) bacteria
(c) fungus
(d) allergy
Q8. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
(a) Polimyletis
(b) Malaria
(c) Whooping cough
(d) Ring worm
Q9. The animal which has become extinct recently in India happens to be
(a) Golden cat
(b) Cheetah
(c) Wooly wolf
(d) Rhinoceros
Q10. Which is the gland that holds the body’s thermostat?
(a) Pineal
(b) Pituitary
(c) Thyroid
(d) Hypothalamus
Q11. During photosynthesis green plants absorb
(a) nitrogen
(b) carbon dioxide
(c) carbon monoxide
(d) oxygen
Q12. The metal present in insulin is
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Zinc
(d) Magnesium
Q13. Olive Ridley is a famous
(a) cricketer
(b) turtle species
(c) grass type vegetation
(d) Another name for olive tree
Q14. Scientific study of birds is known as
(a) Limnology
(b) Herpetology
(c) Malacology
(d) Ornithology
Q15. Toxicology is related to the study of
(a) viruses
(b) bacteria
(c) diseases
(d) poisons
