Pinnacle Biology
Pinnacle Biology
Sol.(c) sparrow
Explanation : Passer domesticus is sSC CPO 16032019 (Evening)
commonly known as sparrow. (a)AppletA (b)Watermelon dtU
The scientific name of pigeon is (c)Orange/ #dll (d)Banana/
Columbidae
The scientific name of parrot is Sol.(b) Watermelon
Psittacifomes Explanation: Citrullus lanatus is the
botanical name of Watenelon
The scienti eame of Ranana is
Q5. Which of the following flowers is
botanically known as Narcissu Musa
The scientific nane of Orange Citrus
X sinensis
SsC CPO l603/2019 (Evening) The scientific name of Watermelon is
(a)Rose JeTA (b)Carnation Jef-R Citrullus lanatus
(e)Lily/ fert (d)Daffodiv }tfs
Q8. Bos mutus is the scientific name
Sol. (d) Daffodil for:
Explanation: Daffodil is Botanically
known as Narcissus
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scientific name of Rose is Rosa (a)Wild Yak/ 4E
scientific name of Carnation is (b)Horse/ gI
Dianthus caryophyllus (cOv
scientifie name of Lily is Lilium (d)Buffalo
Q6. Malus pumila is the botanical Sol.(a) Wild Yak
name of the rec Explanation: The wild yak scientific
name Bos mutus is a large wild bovid
native lo the Himalayas. It is the
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ancestor of the domestic yak (Bos (a)BI (b)C Explanation: Soybeans are the richest
grunniens) (c)B12 (d) source of protein. They contain 36
The scientific name of Horse Equus is grams of protein per 100 grams,
caballu Sol.(c)B12 Apples: are extremely rich
The scicntific narme of Ox is Bos Explanation: Vitamin Bl2 also known important antioxidants, flavonojds.
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as cobalamin, is a waler-soluble and dietary fiber.
The scientific name of Buffalo is Bos vitamin involved in the metabolism of Wheat: is rich in carbohydrates.
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every cell of the human body: it is a Groundnut:are rich in the vitamins
cofactor in DNA synthesis, and in niacin. folate, pantothenic acid,
09. What is the scientific name of both fatty acid and amino acid thiamin, riboflavin, choline, Vitamin
B6 and Vitamin E
ock ? metabolism.
peacoc
sSC MTS 06/08/2019 (Morning) are commonly known as O14. The National nstitute of
Q12.
(o)Psittacula Eupartia comb jellies./ Nutrition is located in :
(b)Pavo Cristatus
(c)Eudynamys scolopaceus SSCCHSL 207/2019 (evening)
(d)Molpastes Cafer SSC MTS 22/08/2019 (Morning) (a) Shillong/et
(a)Platyhelminthes/ TA (b) Indore' r
Sol(b)Pavo Cristatus (b)Arhropoda/ aifsI (c) Mumbai/ a
Explanation: The Indian peafowl, also (c)Ctenopbora fsT (d) Hyderabad taaz
known as the common pcafowl, and (d)Mollusca/ eSI
blue peafowl, is a large and brightty SoL(d) Hyderabad
Sol(c)Ctenophora Explanation: The National Institute of
coloured bird, is a species of peafowl Explanation: Ctenophores, variously
native to the Indian subcontinent. but Nutrition is located in Hyderabad. It is
known as comb jellies, sea one fthe oldest research centres in
introduced in many other parts of the
gooseberries, sea walnuts, or Venus's
world. India and the largest center under the
girdles, are voracious predators. Indian Council of Medical research
Q10. The Lion Tailed Macaque is also Unlike cnidarians, with which they (ICMR)
called share several superficial similarities,
they lack stinging cells. Instead, in QI5. Deficiency of which of the
order to capture prey. ctenophores following nutrients is the most
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possess sticky cells called colloblasts common cause of goiters?
(a)Silver Baboon / f R
(b)Beard Baboon / faus tR Nutrition in Animal
(c)Black Baboon / R sSC-CHSL 3/07/2019 (Evening)
(d)Houler Baboon /ser tr Q13. Which of the following has the
(a) Iron/ 3r4A
(b)VitamiC faef
highest protein content per gram? (c) Calcium bfH
SoL(b)Beard Baboon
Explanation: The lion-tailed macaque (d) lodine/ 3u
(Macaca silenus), or the wanderoo, is SSC-CGL 04/06/2019 (Evening)
an Old World monkey endemic to the (a) Apple/ Ha SoL. (d) lodine
Westerm Ghats of South India. (b)Soyabecan t4T Explanation : Goitre is swelling in the
(c) Wheatg neck duce to enlarged thyroid gland.
The main reason behind this is the
oll.Cobalamin is the scientific name (d) Groundnut/
of Vitamin ioine deficiency.
Sol .(b) Soyabean
o16. Which of the following is a
SSC MTS 14/08/2019 (Evening) fat-soluble vitamin that plays a role in
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Explanation: The richness of amla can
blood clotting, bone metabolism and Q18. Which vitamin is prepared by
be gauged from the fact that an
our body in the presence of sunlight?
regulating blood calcium levels. average quality picce of the ruit,
weighing about 100 grams, may
sSC CPO 4/03/2019 (Morning) contain up to 800 mg of vitamin C.
much more than a commercially
(a)Vitamin
(b)Vitamin C/ faetfaa ft
SSC CHSL 09/07/2019 (Morning) available tablet.
(a)Vitamin C/ faciAHC (c)Vitamin Dfaefa
(b)Vitamin B faeifA B (d)Vitamin B faeftat 021. For the autotrophic form of
(c)Vitamin K/ faeifH K nutrition, is necessary.
(d)Vitamin A/ faetfaA Sol.(c) Vitamin
Explanation : The naturally occurring
vitamin is cholecalciferol, which is SSC MTS 0s08/2019 (Afernoon)
Sol(c)Vitamin K
Explanation : Vitamin K refers to a fomed from 7-dehydrocholesterol in (aXChlorophyll and oxygen etfb
group of fat-soluble vitamins that play the h
human skin by exposure to
a role in blood clotting, bone sunlight. Sunlight is a natural sOurce (b)Methane / f
of Vitamin D. The provitamin (cXCarbon monoxide and water I
metabolism, and regulating blood
caleium levels. The body needs 7-dehydrocholesterol is activated to
D3 by the ultraviolet rays of sunlight. (dyCarbon dioxide, water, chlorophyll
vitamin K to produce prothrombin, a
protein and clotting factor that is and sunlighy $4 3g JtHIS3, q.
important in blood clotting and bone Q19. Human body creates
metabolism. Vitamin from sunlight.
Sol.(dyCarbon dioxide, water,
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SSC MTS 22/08/2019 (Evening) Explanation: Chloroplasts are the part ATP per glucose are actually
(a)PhloemyH (b)Xylem/GI4 of plants that carry out photosynthesis, produced, however, two are consumed
(c)Stomata/eHTeI (d)Pith/HI the process of converting light energy as part of the preparatory phase.
to energy stored in the form of sugar
SoL(b)Xylem and other organic molecules that Deficiency and Diseases
Explanation: Xylem and Phloem plants use as food.
tissues are prescnt throughout the 042. Which of the following is a
plant. They begin at the root and then Q40. Autotrophic organisms' carbon communicable disease?
move up to the stem, branches, and and energy related needs are fulflled
leaves. The xylem tissue transports by process. SSC-CGL 04/06/2019 (Evening)
water and minerals from the roots to
the leaves whereas the phloem tissue
(a) Measles/I (b) Scurvy/ H
(c) Asthma/ HI (d) Diabetes/ Lg
transports food from the leaves to the
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other parts of the plant. Sol (a) Measles
(a) Photoautotrophs/ oRat
Explanation: Measles: is a
038. Which of these is the energy
conversion that happens in the process
(b) Photosynthesis/ JOI THÈRA communicable disease.lt is caused by
called photosynthesis?
(TaetfrE) a virus. Encephalitis, inflammation of
(c) Hibernation the brain is a serious disease which is
(815<NA) caused by measles.
(d) Bio Synthesis tetg Scurvy: a disease caused by the lack
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(a) Potential Energy to Chemical (affrA) of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).
Energy / tZRIUA ( f z aftad yi Asthma: it is an incurable disease but
Sol.(b) Photosynthesis it can be controlled. Its symptoms are
(b) Light Energy to Chemical Energy /
Explanation: Autotrophic nutrition is a chest pain,breathing problems etc.
(c) Heat Energy too Chemical Energy / process in which the organism Diabetes: too much spike in blood
produces their food from the simple sugar level is temed as diabetes. In
(d) Heat Energy to Light Energy /e inorganic materials such as water, Diabetes pancreas doesn't secrete
carbon dioxide and mineral salts in the enough insulin or it doesnt utilize
Sol.(b) Light Energy to Chemical presence of sunlight. All the green effectively.
energy plants have an autotrophic mode of
Explanation: Photosynthesis IS a nutrition.
Q43. During photosynthesis, green
process by which green plants and plants use energy from sunlight to
certain other organisms make their Q41. How many molecules of ATP are synthesize with carbon
own food by trans forming the light obtained by the espiration of one dioxide and water.
energy into chemical energy. moleeule of glucose?
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our lungs and it gets spread fromn one increased blecding and it is inherited
person to another through tiny droplets as an X- linked excessive trait.
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released into the air through coughing. (a)Bone Marrow failure/ fa HÀ
Q53. Hypokalacmia is caused by the
Q51.Which part of the human body deficiency of (b)Thalassemia / ffafiru
gets affected by the illness
(c)Stroke 3TuTa
osteoporosis?
(d)Thrombosis /tftra
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(a)lodine r s
(b)Potassium/ kfrH Sol.(b) Thalassemia
CHSL 05/07/2019 (Morning) Explanation : Thalassemia is an
(a)Bones/Bt (c)lron A
(dCalcium/ bferqH inherited blood disorder in which our
(b)Lungs/ bg body makes an abnormal fom of
(c)Brain/ afras haemoglobin and because of this the
Sol.(b) Potassium
(d)Kidney/ T Explanation: In hypokalemia, the level oxygen carrying capacity of our blood
of potassium in blood is too low. A is also affected which ends up in
Sol.(a)Bones low potassium level can make muscles fatigue weakness and slow growth of
Explanation : Osteoporosis, or porous feel weak, cramp. twitch, or even the body.
bone, is a disease characterized by low become paralyzed, and abnormal heart
bone mass and structural deterioration Q56. Which of the following is the
rhythms develop as well. It can cause
of bone tissuc, leading to bond cardiac arrest as well. vector of Malaria?
fragility and an increased risk of
fractures of the hip, spine, and wrist. It SSC CPO 1403/2019 (Morning)
Q54. ldentify the disease causcd by (a)Acdes Mosquito/ gs HU
is a condition in which bones become
the deficiency of Vitamin B1.
weak and brittle. (b)Anopheles Mosquito/ beft
Q52.Which onc of the following is an SSC CPO 1203/2019 (Evening) (c)Sand Fly/ T^H
X-linked, recessive disorder caused by (a)Ariboflavinosis/ SAefaa A (d)Fleas fr
the deficiency of functional
clotting factor VIll(FVII), which may olasma (b)Beriberi/ a f
(c)Rickets H Sol.(b) Anopheles Mosquito
be inherited or arise from spontancous (dGlossitis fargi quH Explanation: Malaria is caused by
mutation? Plasmodium parasites. The parasites
Sol.(b) Beriberi are spread to people through the bites
Explanation : Beriberi is a discase of infected female Anopheles
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Explanation: Anthrax is a rare but sterile. (a)Female Anopheles / HII oi
serious illness caused by
spore-foming bacterium, Bacillus Q75. Which of the following is not a (b)Male Anopheles /TADÍI
anthracis. Anthrax mainly affects water-born disease ? (c)Male Aedes Egypti S yfaý
livestock and wild game. Usually. (d)Female Aedes Egyptil HIGI stg
anthrax bacteria enter the body ssC MTS 20/08/2019 (Morning)
through a wound in the skin. You can (a)Hepatitis A/ RèersflH A
also become infected by eating (b)Measles/ SHI Sol(a)Female Anopheles
contaminated meat or inhaling the (c)Typhoid /TIEDI^S Explanation: Female Anopheles
spores. (dCholera l carries the parasite of malaria. Female
Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the
Q73. Kala Azar is caused by which Sol.(b)Measles parasite from infected people when
organism? Explanation: Measles is caused by a they bite to obtain blood needed to
virus and it is passed directly through nurture their eggs.
SSC MTS 14/08/2019 (Morning) contact and through air as wel.
(a)Escherichia coli/ nfst sre Waterborne diseases are caused by 078. What is the mode of
(b)Azobacter/tRR drinking contaminated or dirty water. transmission of disease Yellow vein
(c)Clostridium / Rfefsun Contaminated water can cause many saic of bhindi (okra)"?
mosaic
(d)Leishmania /feAuT types of diarrheal diseases, including
Cholera, and other serious illnesses
Sol.(d)Leishmania such as Guinca worm discase, MTS 22/08/2019 (Afternoon )
Explanation: Kala Azar is caused by a Typhoid, and Dysentery. (a)Insect/ te (b)Seeds
protozoan parasite of Leishmania (c)Water/ (dJAir aI
genus. Kala Azar is a slow advancing Q76. The deficiency of which of the
and naturally occuring disease. In India following leads to the Pellagra disease Sol.(a)lnsect
the parasite which causes this disease Explanation: The vius is transmitted
is Leishmania Donovani. by the whitely (Bemisia tabaci,.
Parbhani Kranti, Janardhan, Haritha,
ssc MTs 2/082019 (Morning) Arka Anamika and Arka Abhay. The
074. Typhoid and T.B are which kind
(a)Vitamin
of diseases ? discase is transmitted by whitefly
(b)Vitamin B2/ f a f B2 insects.
MTS 16/08/2019 (Afternoon) (c)Riboflavin /I0vetfaa
(a)Bacterial / afta# (d)Niacin / rufra Q79. Which of the following discases
(b)Virus caused /fayufa has been eradicated worldwide ?
(c)Protozoa / et Sol.(d)Niacin
(d)Fungal / t s Explanation: Pellagra is a disease
caused by low levels of niacin, also sSC CPO m2/2019 (Morning)
Sol.(a) Bacterial known as vitamin B-3. I's marked by (a) dracunculiasis $4p4 JT
Explanation: Typhoid and TV are dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis. (b) chicken Pox G
bacterial diseases. Bacteria are a type also known as "the three Ds". If left (c) Plague/
of microorganism, which are tiny untreated, pellagra can be fatal as (d) Smallpox /
forms of life that can only be scen well.
Sol. (d) Smallpox
with a microscope. Bacterial diseases
occur when pathogenic bacteria get Q77. Which mosquito caries the Explanation: Smallpox has existed for
parasite of malaria ? at least 3,000 years and was one of the
into the body and begin to reproduce
and crowd out healthy bacteria, or to world's most feared discases until it
was eradicated by a collaborative
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global vaccination programme led by Q82. Xerophthalmia is caused to another. The hamfu! use of alcohol
the World Health Organization. The the deficiency of vitamin contributes to over 200 health
last known natural case was in conditions, the majority of which are
Somalia in 1977. ... Smallpox was NCDs, including cancers,
SSc CGL 43/2020 (morning) cardiovascular discases, and liver
(a) C cirhosis.
(b) K
(c) D 085. which of the following can be
(d) A
diagnosed with the Widal test?
Sol.(d)A
Explanation: Xerophthalmia is an eye SSC CGL 7-03-2020 (Afternoon)
disorder that is caused due to the
(a)Typhoid fever/eIs^S gR
efficiency of the vitamin A. Abnormal (b)Tuberculosis/44
dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea (c)Cancerer
of the eye, with inflammation and (d)AIDSgH
ridge formation is Xerophthalmia.
Sol.(a) Typhoid Fever
Q83. Permicious anaemia is caused by Explanation: The Widal test is one
the deficiency of vitamin method that is used to help make a
presumptive diagnosis of enteric fever,
also known as typhoid fever
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(a) BI/I
Q86.Which of the following is caused
(b) B2/ 2
(c) B6 6
by a virus named "Varicella Zoster?
(d) B12/ 12
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Sol.(d) B12 (a)Chickenpoxf
Explanation: Permicious anemia is (b)Polio fer
caused by the deficiency vitamin B12. (cCholera
It is a discase in which the body can't (d)Rabiest
absorb enough BI2.
Sol.(a) Chickenpox
Q84. Which of the following discases Explanation: Chickenpox is caused by
is NOT trSol.mitted from one person Varicella zoster. Chickenpox is most
to another? commonly affecting children, tcens
and young adults. It is an airbone
discase that is casily transferred from
SsC CGL. 63-2020 (Morning) one person to another by sneczing and
called scurvy. Symptoms of:fscurvy (a) Cirrhosis/ ftriftra
include easy bruising, casy bleeding coughing.
(b) Hepatitis B sfa
and joint and muscle pains.. Vitamin C (c) AIDS/ EH
deficiency can be treated with Q87. Deficiency of which of the
(d) Syphilis Arsfre following vitamins causes Night
supplements of vitamin C and a diet
Blindness?
rich in vitamin C.
Sol.(a)Cirhosis
Explanation: Cirrbosis is
trSolmitted from one person to SSC CGL 9-03-2020 (Morning)
(a)Vitamin C/ faerfH C (a) Multiple SclerosisI H4a 091. Which of the following eye
(b)Vitamin A/ faefA disorders is known as "lazy cye'? /
(c)VitaminD /faefrAD (b) Diabetes mellitus / 34fa
(d)Vitamin B/faeiftAB
(c) Scleroderma / tguí ssC CHSL 13/10/2020 (Morning)
Sol.(b) Vitamin A (d) Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)fiu (a) Myopia/ Hriftu
Explanation: Vitamin A deficiency (TRY) (b) Presbyopia/ treritftu
(VAD) or hypovitaminosis A is a lack (c) Hypermetropia /515ufretuy
of vitamin A in blood and tissues. It is
Sol.(b) Diabetes mellitus (d) Amblyopia/ rf
common among children and women
Explanation: Multiple Sclerosis is a
of reproductive age. Nyctalopia (night potentially disabling discase of the Sol.(d) Amblyopia
blindness) is one of the first signs of brain and spinal cord. In this, the Explanation: Amblyopia is a type of
VAD. immune system attacks the protective poor vision that happens in just one
sheath (myelin) that covers nerve eye. It develops when there's a
O88. Haemophobia is the fear of: fibers and causes communication breakdown in how the brain can't
problems between the brain and the recognize the sight from one eye. Over
SSc cGL 9-03-2020 (Evening) rest of the body
time, the brain relies more and more
(a)darkness / 3}uTR on the stronger eye while vision in the
(b)heights /ers Diabetes Mellitus is a condition weaker eve gets worse.
(c)water / - defined by persistently high levels of
(d)blood/ ZÆ1 sugar (glucose) in the blood. Pancreas Q92. Deficiency of thiaminc results in
produce a hormone called insulin,
Sol.(d) blood which is essential to help glucose
enter the body's cells. In a person
Explanation:
known as
Blood phobia,
hematophobia
also
or without diabetes, the pancreas
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(a) Rickets/ fbea
haemophobia is an extreme irational produces more insulin whenever blood (b) Pellagra/ teyT
fear of blood. levels of glucose rise and the insulin (c) Beriberi t à
signals the body's cells to take in the (d) Scurvy/ oi
089. Which causative microorganism glucose. In diabetes, either the
is responsible for the common cold pancreas's ability to produce insulin or Sol.(c) Beriberi
and influenza (flu)? the cells' response to insulin is altered. Explanation: Deficiency of Vitamin
BI(thiamin) results in Beriberi.
Scleroderna is a long-lasting disease
SSC CHSL 18-03-2020 (Afternoon) that affects skin, connective tissue and Q93. Leukopen ia' is an abnormal
(a) Viruses internal organs. It happens when the
(b) Protozoa
immune systen causes the body to
(c) Fungi make too much of the protein
(d) Bacteria collagen, an important part of skin. As SSC CHSL 16-10-2020 (Evening)
a result, the skin gets thick and tight. (a) increase in red blood cells/ I
Sol(a) Viruses
and scars can fom on lungs and
Explanation: Viruses are responsible kidneys. (b) decrease in white blood cells/
for the common cold and influenza
(c) decrease in red blood cells/ GIG
(flu) Rheumatoid arthritis is a long-term,
progressive and disabling autoimmune (d) increase in white blood cells/ HpG
090. What disease is caused by disease. It causes inflammation,
insulin deficiency? swelling and pain in and around the
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joints and other body organs. Sol.(b) decrease in white blood cells
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Explanation: 'Leukopenia' is an sSC CPO 23-11-2020 (Morning) lymphatic) and by the way the discase
abnormal decrease in white blood (a) Knee / yeI progresses (acute or chronic). Acute
cells (b) Heart /U and chronic do not refer to how
(c) Eye/a serious the discase is but to how
Q94. Depression is a disorder. (d) Stomach te rapidly it progresses.
SSc CHSL 20-10-2020 (Evening) Sol.(c) Eye Q100. Tumours that normally remain
(a) mood/ Hl
Explanation: Conjunctivitis means confined to their original location and
(b) dissociative/ faucARfT 'inflammation of the conjunctiva', and do not spread to other parts of the
(c) schizophrenic frghtsfG the commonest cause is infection by body and cause little damage are
(d) somatoform/ Isf viruses or bacteria. Conjunctivitis can called tumours.
also be due to chemical iritants,
Sol.(a) Mood traditional eye remedies or allergy. It
Explanation: Depression is a mood is usual for both eyes to be affected in
disorder. It may be described as infectious cases.
feelings of sadness, loss or anger that SSC CPO 25-11-2020 (Evening)
(a) premalignant/ deft
interfere with a person's everyday Q98. Polio is caused by which of the
activities. following organisns? (b) benign
(c) active Hfby
095, Which of the following viruses (d) malignant/E
is responsible for causing influenza? SSC CPO 23-11-2020 (Morning)
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(a) Fungi/ pas Sol(b) benign
(a) Varicella virus (b) Bacteria a r Explanation: A benign tumor is a mass
(b) Rubeola vinus (c) Protozoa tegan of cells (tumor) that lacks the ability to
(d) Virus/frrg either invade neighbouring tissue or
(c) Myxovirus
get spread throughout the body.
(d) Poliovirus
Sol./d) Virus Whereas Malignant tumors are the one
Explanation: Polio, is a disabling and which can invade nearby tissue and
Sol.(c)Myxovirus life-threatening disease caused by the get spread to the other parts of the
Explanation: Myxovirus is responsible poliovirus. The virus spreads from body.
for causing influenza.
person to person and can infect
person's spinal cord, causing paralysis Reproduction in animals
096, Which of the following viruses (can't move parts of the body).
is responsible for causing influenza?
QU01. Which of the following is the
sSC CHSL. 21-10-2020 (Morning) Q99. Leukaemia is a cancer of the: third stage in the metamorphosis of a
(a) Varicella virus
Ssc CPo 241-2020 (Meraing) butterfly?
(b) Rubeola virus
(c) Myxovirus (a) skin/
(d) Poliovirus (b) blood/ T SSC-CGL 10/06/2019 (Evening)
(c) lungs/ (a) Egg stsI (b) Pupa/ g
(d) uterus Tfes (c) Adulv qURE (d) Larval f
Sol.(c)Myxovirus
Explanation: Myxovirus is responsible
for causing influenza. Sol.(b) blood Sol.(b) Pupa
Explanation: Leukacemia is a cancer of Explanation: All butterflies have
the Blood. "complete metamombosis T
To grow
097. Conjunctivitis is an infection
primarily related to Leukaemia affects white blood cells into an adult they go through 4 stages:
and can be classified by the type of egg. larva, pupa and adult. Each stage
white cell affected (myeloid or has a diferent goal - for instance.
caterpillars need to eat lot. and (a)lnternal Fertilisation/ JTdfrs Area (b)Ovary/ HSTRA
(c) Uterus/ T-f4
adults need to reproduce.
(b)In Vitro Fertilisation/ ÊH kau (d) Vagina
O102. Which of the creatures is (c)External Fertilization/ Ig Ae SoL(b) Ovary
oviparous? Explanation: Primary sex organs in a
(d)Ex Vitro Fertilization c
female consist of a pair of ovaries
sSC-CGL 11/06/2019 (Morning) which are oval bodies Iving at the
(a) Frog/ HGo (b) Rabbi/
Sol.(a)lnternal Fertilisation back of the abdomen below the
(c) Mouse I (d) Squirrel/ fAr
Explanation: Reproduction in human kidney. Each ovary consists of many
beings is by sexual reproduction ovarian follicles. Each follicle can
Sol.(a) Frog produce an egg. The secondary sex
where both the male and fernale
Explanation: Frogs are oviparous. organs in a female are fallopian tubes,
They lay eggs, which then develop gametes fertilize to give rise to an
embryo. The fertilization of human uterus, and vagina.
outside of the mother. Ovoviviparous
embryos occurs inside the body of the
animals develop from eggs, but the female. Thus, it i called Intermal Q107. The phenomenon whereby the
mother does not lay eggs, the eggs
remain inside the mother's body and Fertilization. female gamete undergoes
hatch while still inside the mother, the development to form new organisms
young are then bom sometime after Q105. During fertilisation in living without fertilisation in some
the eggs hatch. beings, fusion of male and female organisms like honey bees, some
gametes takes place to form a cell lizards and birds is called:
called:
O103. In humans, fertilisation usually
takes place in the
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lower:Thelly
of th is a plant's
encased within an ovary? female part. It ris shaped like
o109.In which part of the female
Nower does fertilisation take place? a bowling pin and is located in the
flower's center. It consists of a stigma,
SSC-CGL. I1/06/2019 (Evening) style and ovary.
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(a)Ovary/tSTRTY (b) Stigma qf-41 (a) Gymnosperms/ 3Tqt
(c) Filamen/ da (d) Styledfda (b)Angiosperms/ TgA QI14. How do Pteridophytes
(c) Bryophytes/ _ZI reproduce?
Sol.(a) Ovary (d) Hydrophytes/ 15$TOIEI SSC CPO 12/12/2019 (Evening)
Explanation :Fertilization takes places (a) With the help of budding /aid
in the ovary of the female
Sol.(a) Gymnosperms
flower. When a carrying agent like Explanation: Gymnosperms- They are (b) With the help of spores /aTy
wind/water/animals carry pollen flowerless plants that produce cones
grains from male anthers to the female and seeds in which seeds are not (c) With the help of pollens /qmEu
flower part i.e. stigma, a pollen tube encased within an ovary
forms and the pollen grain travels (d) With the help of seeds /
down the style and finally reaches the Qi12.Which type of reproduction
ovary where it fertilizes an ovule. occurs in hydra?
O115. What is the term used for
O110. Which of the following are SSC MTS 08/08/2019 (Morning) pollination by wind?
flowerless plants that produce cones
(a)Fragmentationfts
and sceds in which seeds are not
(b)Budding H#rH SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Morning)
encased within an ovary? Fission/ ftft stsa
(c)Binary F (a) Endophily / stftf
(d)Spore Formation ory ufu (b) Siciophily / fafkrotefA
(c) Anemophily / fsfi
Sol.(b)Budding (d) Angioplasty / tfaTA
SSC-CHSL 3/07/2019 (Evening) Explanation: Organisms such as hydra
(a) Gymnosperms/ 3Ig use regenerative cells for reproduction
(b) Angiosperms/ 3 g t Sol. (c) Anemophily
in the process of budding. In hydra, a Explanation: Anemophily or wind
(c) Bryophytes/ rSZI bud develops as an outgrowth due to
(d) Hydrophytes/ 15s^CI repeated cell division at one specific pollination is a form of pollination
whereby pollen is distributed by wind
site. These buds develop into tiny
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Sol. (b) With the heipof spores QI18. DNA is stored majorly in Explanation Lysosomes are
Explanation: Ferns are secdless of the cell. membrane-enclosed organelles that
vascular plants that reproduce and contain an aray of enzymes capable
spread through spores; these plants of breaking down all types
contain vascular tissue,but do not SSC-CGL IW/062019 (Evening) of biological polymers proteins.
flower or sced. (a) golgi body/ c 4
nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and
(b) cytoplasm IIg4 lipids.
(c) plasma membrane/ e r r
Ql16. The development of a fruit
without fertilization is called
(d) nucleus/ s The Most
QI21.
Abundant Molecule In Cells,
Sol.(d) nucleus Accounting For 70% Or More Of
SSc cGL 4/3/2020 (afternoon) Explanation : DNA is mainly stored in Total Cell Mass.
(a) Gamctogamy the cell nucleus (where it is called
(b) Parthenocarpy nuclear DNA), but a small amount of
DNA also stored in the
(c) Hybridogenesis
(d) Apomixis mitochondria (where it is called SSC CPO 14/03/2019 (Evening)
mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA). (A) Nucleic AcidzfTE STT
Sol(b) Parthenocarpy (B) Lipid ferfts
Explunation: Parthenocarpy is the Ol19, The term Mitochondria' was
(C) Protein/et
natural artificially induced (D) Water T
coined by:
production of fruit without fertilisation
of ovules, which makes the fruit Sol.(d) Water
secdless SSC-CHSL 3/07/2019 (Afernoon) Explanation: Cells are composed of
(a) J ESalk E water, inorganic ions, and
(b) Carl Benda/ e f s carbon-containing (organic)
Q117.What is the yellow dust present (c) Charles Laveran a u
in the middle of a flower called? molecules. Waler is the most abundant
(d) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek/ eri molecule in cells, accounting for 70%
or more of total cell mass,
sSC CGL 9-03-2020 (Morning)
(a)Stomata / C Sol. (b)Carl Benda O122.Which of the following cell
(b)Pollen/ T Explanation : Mitochondria was
organelles is known as a suicidal
(c)Sperm / OTU coined by Carl Benda in 1898.
(d)Zygote / Mitochondria is referred to as the
"powerhouse of the cell" because they
Sol.(b) Pollen are responsible for releasing energy SSC MTS 02/08/2019 (Afternoon)
Explanation: The yellow powder from food. (a)Golgi Apparatus dã
present in the middle of a flower is (b)Mitochondria /ofÜr•I
Q120. are called sujcidal bags of (c)Lysosome /4HOT
called pollen, which is present on the
the celL. (d)Endoplasnic reticulum / sta q e
anthers pollen grains, and the stick
that bolds it is called a stamen.
Flowers reproduce when bees or other
SSC CPO 1203/2019 (Evening)
pollinators carry pollen between Sol{c)Lysosone
flowers. (a)Golgi Apparatus"tos Explanation: It bursts to cat a dead
(b)Lysosomes elIgrAA cell.
(c)R+bosomes UISreH A lysosome is an organelle of cells. It
Cell : Basic unit of life (d)Mitochondria/4^eteifRU is filled with enzymes that can digest
things. When a cell is about to die,
Sol.(b) Lysosomes lysosome bursts to eat up the dead
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cells leaving space for new cells to QI27. Which cell organelle has its
come. own DNA and Ribosomes ?
Q125.Which cell organelle helps in
keeping the cell clean by digesting any
Q123.Which of the following cell external matter and bad sell
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orvanelle contains DNA apart from organelles?
nucleus?
(a)Leukoplast / fquff raG (TRE
(b)Chromoplast /uraGS (GTE)
SSC MTSs 05/08/2019 (Morning) sSC MTS 16/08/2019 (Affernoon) (cCell Vacuole / i f I ur
(PHTSH)
(a)Cytoplas/ olRaI G8 (a)Golgi Apparatus / eri qued
(b)Mitochondria / H1Seafug n (d)Mitochondria
(b)Golgi Apparatus/ J45
(c)Mitochondria' H15oifgu1 (c)Plastits / r
(d)Ribosome/ I50H (d)Lysosome /SrH
Sol(d)Mitochondria
Explanation: The eukaryotic cell
Sol.(c)Mitochondria SoL(d)Lysosome organelles that possess their own DNA
Explanation: Nuclear DNA and Explanation: Lysosomes are a kind of
mitochondrial DNA differ in many waste disposal system of the cell. and ribosomes are only chloroplast
ways, starting with location and and mitochondria. They have 70S
Lysosomes help to keep the cell clean nbosomes and single circular
structure. Nuclear DNA is located by digesting any foreign material as
chronosomes just like prokaryotes.
within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells well as worm-out cell organelles.
and usually has two copies per cell Foreign materials entering the cell. O128. Which protein protects the
while mitochondrial DNA is located in such as bacteria or food, as well as old
the mitochondria and contains organelles end up in the lysosomes, epithelial cells from damage?
ies ner
100-1,000 copies cell. which break them un into small
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(c) Collagen/ alèya flow with the blood and kill any
(d) Arreetor piliisRR fA foricgn host that can make us ill so
Explanation:The purpose of the
they are called as soldiers of the
Sol.(d) Arector pilisRRR fUef human body
retina is to receive light that :lens
Explanation:The arrector pili muscles Eosinophils- are a type of
are small muscles attached to hair has focused, convert the light into
disease-fighting white blood cells.
follicles in mammals. Contraction of neural signals, and send these signals
They are usually linked with allergic
these muscles causes the hairs to stand on to the brain for visual recognition.
on end, known colloquially as goose diseas, andin bonccertain infections. They
are made mamow and then it
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SSC MTS 22/08/2019 (Evening) Q158.The blood vessels that carry Sol.(d) Bone Marrow
(a)Aorta/ HgIEH-A blood from the heart to the various Explanation: In an Adult human all
(b)Renal. parts of the body are called: the Red blood cells (RBC) are
(c)Pulmonary vein/ tbg-fRI produced by bone marrow. Production
(d)Vena Cava/ HEiRIRI takes place under the control of the
SSC CPO 12/12/2019 (Morning) hormone erythropoietin (EPO).
Sol.(c)Pulmonary veins (a) arteries / Aut
(b) veins /
Explanation: The pulmonary artery Q161. Who perfoms the task of
carries deoxygenated blood from the (c) septum /yA capturing oxygen in the blood?
right ventricle into the lungs for (d) capillaries /#ftery
Oxygenation. The pulmonary veins
carry oxygenated blood from the lungs Sol (a)arteries sSC CGL 6-03-2020 (Morning)
into the left atrium where it is returned Explanation: : The arteries are the blood (a) Red blood cells/ fRH
to systemic circulation. The aorta is vessels that deliver oxvgen-rich blood (b) Chlorophyl/ RR
the largest artery in the body. from the heart to the tissues of the (c) White blood cells/ a 7Æ IAO
body. Each artery is a muscular tube (d) Haemoglobin/ rireifra
).157, Which of the following lined by smooth tissue and has three
statements is NOT correct regarding lavers: The intima, the inner laver Sol.(d) Haemoglobin
the 'Bombay blood group"? / lined by a smooth tissue called Explanation: Hemoglobin captures
endothelium. oxygen and transports it through the
bloodstream by binding oxygen to
ssc CPO 1n22019 (Morning) Q159. Blood clot is formed because of each of its four heme groups. These
(a) a person with this blood group may the presence of certain cells presence heme groups are prosthetic groups;
receive blood only from a person with in blood called: they are non-protein chemical
Dblood group/ 5 E HHG EIaf compounds that are associated with
hemoglobin and are necessary for its
SSC CPO 13/12/2019 (Eveaing) function.
(b) It was first discovered in 1952 by (a) lymphocytes / fereIKCH
Dr. Y MBhende/ 3H Ti R (b) erythrocytes / ture^ÇH Q162. Which of the following blood
(c) chondrocytes /atsrHISÇH groups is called the 'Universal
(c) It is deficiency in expressing (d) platelets /ete
Receiver?
antigen /48h MÍcui1 H1À
Sol. (d) platelets
Riar?
(d) It has neither A nor B antigen/ Explanation: Platelets are tiny blood SSC CHSL 14/10/2020 (Morning)
cells that help the body form clots to (a) AB+ (b) O+ (c) A+ (d) O
stop bleeding.
Sol.(a) a person with this blood group Sol.(a) AB+
may receive blood only from a person Q160. Which part of the body is Explanation: AB+t can receive blood
with O blood group responsible for the red blood cells? / from any
a blood group and is called the
Universal Receiver'.
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SSC CPO 14/03/2019 (Morning) of the brain. I plays an important role sSC CGL33-2020 (Evening)
(a)Sartorius/ in hormone production and heips to (a) Pinna/ fi
(b)lliopsoas/ siforsers ofefraI stimulate many important processes in (b)Medulla/ tsen
(c)Gluteus Maximus rtftoi the body and is located in the brain, (c)Pons/ tte
(d)Latissimus Dorsi ifefgu se between the pituitary gland and (d)Thalamus/ tHH
thalamus.
Sol.(c) Gluteus Maximus Sol.(a) Pinna
The gluteus maximus is the largest Q207. Which organ is responsible for Explanation: The pinna is the only
muscle in the human body. It is large visible part of the ear (the auricle)
activity and the hand-eye coordination
and powerful because it has the job of in the human body ? with its special helical shape. It's main
keeping the trunk of the body in an function is to act as a kind of funnel
erect posture. It is the chief antigravity which assists in directing the sound
muscle that aids in walking up stairs. sSC MTS 16/08/2019 (Aternoon) further into the car. It is not the part of
The hardest working muscle is the (a)Liver du (b)Kidneys í the brain.
heart. (c)BrainHIEE (d)Heart5&4
Q210. Which of the following terms is
Q205. Which part of the brain Sol(e)Brain associated with the anatomy of the
maintains posture and balance of the Explanation: The cerebellum is human heart?
human body? responsible for maintaining
equilibriun, transfer of information,
fine adjustments to motor actions, SsC CPO 24-11-2020 (Morning)
SSC MTS 08/08/2019 (Morning) coordinating eye movements etc. (a) Cerebellum/ tTH
(b) Medulla/ s
(a)Cerebrum/ Hfss Coordination and body balance.
(b)Pons/ (c) Aorta/ qatef
posture during walking. riding. (d) Cerebrum/ ttan
(c)Cerebellum/ 8HfF standing. swimming. running, are all
(d)Medulla/3B maintained by the cerebellum.
Sol(c) Medulla
Sol.(c)Cerebellum Explanation: The Aorta is the largest
Q208. Dendrites and Axon are parts of
Explanation: The cerebellum (back of blood vessel in the body. It is the main
which cell 3
brain) is located at the back of the artery that carries blood away from the
head. Its function is to coordinate heart to the rest of the body.A fler the
voluntary muscle movements and to SSC MTS 19/08/2019 (Evening) blood leaves the heart through the
maintain posture, balance, and (a)Neuron/ afa aortic Valve, it tavels through the
cquilibrium. (b)Nephron aorta, making a cane shaped curve that
(c)White blood cells/ 1 connects other major arteries to
deliver Oxygen rich blood to the brain,
Q206. Hypothalamus is part of which
organ of the Human body? (d)Red blood cells IeT TI E0fOT muscles and other cells.
Cerebrum Medulla and Cercbellum all
Sol.(a) Neuron are part of the Brain.
SSC MTS 13/08/2019 (Evening) Explanation: Dendrites and Axon are
(a)Brain/ HRE parts of Neuron. 0211. Which part of the brain is
(b)Heart/ K4 The primary components of neurons instrumental in making it possible for
(c)Spinal Cord/ àbs are the dendrites and axon. a person to perform activity such as
(d)Liver 4pd picking upa pencil from the floor?
Q209. Which of the following is NOT
Sol.(a) Brain a part of the brain?
Explanation: The hypothalamus is a
ssC CPO 24-11-2020 (Morning)
small but important area in the center
(a) Hypothalamus/ $15uee send sound from the outer ear to the Q216. is the stigma of Crocus
(b) Cerebellum/ faH inner ear. Together they are known as Sativus L.
(c) Cerebrum/ aH the ossicles, these bones are
(d) Cranium/afH individually referred to as the
malleus,incus, and stapes. SSC CPO 1603/2019 (Afernoon)
(a)Saffron/ f r
Sol.(b) Cerebellum
Explanation: Cerebellum (b)Turmeicg
0214. Which of these bones is not a (c)Artichoke 331ft
instrumental in making it possible for part of the hurnan car?
a person to perform activity such as (dYGinger JRG
picking up a pencil from the floor .
The cerebellum coordinatess voluntary SSC CGL33-2020 (morning) Sol(a) Saffron
movements such as posture., balance, (a) Femur/ R Explanation: Saffiron is the dried
coordination, and speech, resulting in (b) Malleus/ AferuH stigma of the flowers of saffron
smooth and balanced muscular (c) Stapes/ e (Crocus sativus L., Indaceae). In
activity. (d) Incus/ 568 addition to being a widely used food
additive, saffron is used in traditional
Sol.(a)Femur, medicine for vomiting, spasms,
Skeleton system Explanation: the thigh bone, is the asthma, bronchitis, fever, colds,
longest bone in the body. While car cardiovascular disorders, and also
Q212. Which is the largest bone in the cancer.
human body? bone also known as auditory ossicle
has three bones in the middle ear:
malleus or hammer, the incus or anvil Q217. Which of the following plants
sSC CHSL. 04/07/2019 (Afternoon) and the stapes or stirrup. is Bryophyta ?
(a)Femur/ HR (b)lncus/ g8
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(c)Malleus/ Afere (d)Supes/ta Plant kingdom (a)Moss/HH
(b)Algae ge
Sol.(a)Femur 0215. Which of the following lowers (C)Fern / f
Explanation: The strongest, longest, is botanically known as Dianthus? (dYCycus / HSOH
and largest bone in the human body is
the femur, or thigh bonc, which is a
bone in the leg that runs from the knee ssC CPO I603/2019 (Evening) Sol.(a)Moss
to the hip. Stapes is the smallest bone (a)Rose TeTA (b)Daffodil}ifsa Explanation: Mosses were formerly
in the human body. (c)Lily/ fret (dCarmation Je-1R grouped with the homworts and
liverworts as "non-vascular" plants in
Sol.(d) Carnation the division "bryophytes", all of them
0213. Which is the smallest bone in
the human body? Explanation : Dianthus is a genus of having the haploid gameiophyte
about 300 species of flowering plants generation as the dominant phase of
SSC CPO 13/03/2019 (Evening) in the family Caryophyllaceae, native the life cycle. . Mosses are now
(a)Incus/ RUF mainly to Europec and Asia, with a few classified on their own as the division
(b)Stapes/ RuG species extending south to north Bryophyta. There are approximately
(c)Malleus/s Africa, and one species. Common 12,000 species.
(d)MetatarsalVefes names include carnation D
caryophyllus), pink (D. plumarius and Q218.'Amoeba' belongs to which of
Sol.(b) Stapes related species) and sweet william (D. the following kingdom?
Explanatio : The stapes is the
barbatus).
smallest bone in the body. It is one of SSC MTS 07/08/2019 (Morning)
thrce tiny bones in the middle ear that (a)Monera (b)Fungii pd
(c)Protista/ ui
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(d)Animalia/ u e t Q221. Which of the following is not Q224. In the plant kingdom, Fems
an example of Bryophyta ? and Fern Allies' belong to which
Sol.<c)Protista group?
Explanation: An amoeba belongs to
SSe MTS 20/08/2019 (Aferneon)
the kingdom called Protista.
Amocbas are unicellular organisms (a) Funaria / gfr sSC CPO 9/12/19 (Morning)
(b)Martia f (a) Gymnospems/ AIqdetuil
found mainly at the bottom of water
bodies and near decaying vegetation. (c)CharaI (b) Thallophyta/ eror_ZI
(d)RechesiafofRr (c) Bryophyta/
Q219.What is Cryptogamac? (d) Pieridophyta/ tfrs^ZI
Sol.(c)Chara
SSC MTSs 08/08/2019 (Evening) Explanation: Chara is genus of Sol.(d) Prendophyta/ siSgaI
(a)Plants having covered seeds 3Tgi charophyte green algac in the family Explanation:Ferns and Ferm allies
Characeae. They are multicellular and were traditionally classified in the
(b)Flowering plants/ qafs tà superficially resemble land plants class Filices, and later in a Division of
(c)Non-flowering plants .qafts because of stem-like and leaf-like the Plant Kingdom named
structures. They are found in Pieridophyta or Filicophyta.
(d)Plants having uncovered seeds/ freshwater, particularly in limestone
areas throughout the northern 0225. Which of the following is a
tenperate zone distinctive characteristic of
Sol.(c)Non-flowering plants angiosperm?
Explanation: A cryptogam (scientific Q222. Pine is an example of
name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the
SSo s20/08/2019 (Evening) SSc CP0 9/12/19 (Morning)
wide sense of the word) that
(a)Pteridophyta /st1sei (a) Thick bark/ iUTT
reproduces by spores, without lowers (b)Monocot/ yt
or seeds. (b) small roots/
(c)iymnosperm /Iqdful (c) Long leaf t
Q220. Plants having no isolated
(dJAngiosperm / Tqafd (d) Concealed seeds/ A f
structural form are are called
T ad Sol.(c)Gymnosperm Sol.(d) Concealed sceds
Explanation: Gymnosperms area Expianation:The angiosperms have
MPS 19/08/2019 (Afternoon) aRODOm: elass that includes plants
evolved flowers hence they are also
(a)Gymnosperms / q whose seeds are not encloscd in an called flowering plants.. These plants
(b)Bryophyta / rT^ZI ovule Gymnosperm also means are described as those which produce
(c)Thallophyta / erTCI "naked seced". Pine is an example of or capable of producing enclosed or
(d)Fungus / # gymnosperm. covered seeds..
Sol.(c)Thallophyta Q223.Which among the following is Q226. Colour of the plants is grcen
Explanation: Thallophyta is a division the lowermost plants of the plant due to the presence of:
of the plant kingdom including gkingdomn? zufRTU
primitive forms of plant life showing a
simple plant body. Including SSC CPO 9/12/19 (Evening)
unicellular to large algac, fungi, SSC MTS 22/08/2019 (Morning) (a) Chlorophyll/ R i b
lichens.They are simple plants without (a)Thallophyta /eHT^CI (b) Urea yru
roots, stems or leaves. They are
(b)Pieridophyta tstoge1 (c) Carbon dioxide' TÉA 3I53RISS
non-embryophyta. (c)Phanerogamae/RT4 (d) Oxygen/ J H
(d)Bryophyta r7EI
Sol.(a) Chlorophyll/ be
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(c)Arhpoda/
(d)Mollusca/ i E
notochord,
structure
a
that
flexible.
is found
rod-shaped
in the
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(a) Phylum-Ctenophora/
embryonic stage of all chordates and
also in the adult stage of some (b) Phylum-Porifera/ HAs.RbI
Sol.(d)Mollusca is ocated between (c) Phylum- Cnidaria / HH4- Astf
Explanation: Molluscans are very
chordate species.
the digestive tube and the nerve cord, (d) Phylum- Protozoa / 4.
diverse animals and form an important
part of the ecosystem in the world. providing skeletal support through the
Some animals that you are familiar length of the body. Sol.(c) Phylum- Cnidaria
with like snails, octopuses, squids, Explanation: Jellyfish belong to
oysters, clams etc. all belong to Q238. Red worms have a structure phylum cnidaria which is a part of
named which helps them in
Phylum Mollusca. kingdom Animalia. Some more
grinding their food.
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Sol.(a)Serotonin Q258. Which tissue has heavily SSC CHSL. 19-10-2020 (Morning)
Explanation Serotonin is the (a) lipase/ ISu
thickened lignificd walls? (b) amylase' HS
hormone that stabilizes our mood,
feelings of well being and happiness. (c) peptidase/ tfg
Deficiency of serotonin leads to (d) protease/ ita
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anxiety depressed mood and (a) Collenchyma te-HI
aggression. (b) Parenchyma HTSHI Sol.(d) protease
(c) Aerenchyma (tfb Explanation: The human saliva
(d) Sclerenchyma FROE contains an enzyme called salivary
0256. Enyiing cells.
catalysts within the
arc that act as
protease that breaks down starch, a
Sol.(d) Sclerenchyma complex molecule, into sugar.
Sclerenchyma tissue, when mature, is
SSC CPO 12/03/2019 (Evening) Q261. In respect of ciassification of
composed of dead cells that have
(a)calcium/ frqH algae, the members of Phaeophyceae
heavily thickened walls containing
(b)carbohydrates/ 1tsrse lignin and a high cellulose content and are commonly called:
(c)vitamins fdeifa
serves the function of providing
(d)proteins/ tta
structural support in plants.
SSC CPO 2411-2020 (Morning)
Sol.(d) proteins
(a) brown algae/ 1tar
Q259. The Atrial wall of the human (b) white algae H tar
Explanation : Enzymes are proteins heart secretes a very important peptide
that act as catalvsts within living cells
hormone. What is the name of that
(c) green algae 1 tarc
Catalysts increase the rate at which hormone?
(d) red algae/ Aar
chemical reactions occur without
being consumed or permanently SolL(a) brown algae
altered themselves. ...As a catalyst, an Explanation: Members of
enzyme can facilitate the sane SSC CHSL 12-16-2020 (Morning) Phaeophyceae are commonly called
chemical reaction over and over again. (a) ADH (b) CCK Brown Algae.
(c) ANF (d) GIP They are known as Brown Algae due
to the of a golden brown
0257. Which enzyme is found in the
presence
pancreatic juice responsible for the
digestion of proteins ?
Sol(c) ANF
Explanation: Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
Xanthophyll pigment,
(CH,0,) chromatophores.
Ascoxanthin
(ANP) or Atrial Natriuretic Factor
(ANF) is a natriuretic peptide Discoveries and Vaccines
SsC MTS 14/08/2019 (Morning) hormone synthesized and secreted by
(a)TripsinfitA (b)Pepsin
tf cardiac muscle cells in the walls of the
Q262. Who won the Nobel Prize in
(c)Amylase qHTT (H)Yupase/TÝH atria in the heart. These cells contain 1906 for his neuron doctrine?
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(c) Joseph Dalton Hooker / Ts Herbert Spencer is famous for his (c) Hermann Muller 644 HER
doctrine of social Darwinism () Richard Willstätter/ ra[ faera
(d) Robert Brown/agd Albert Einstein is famous for his
theory of relativity and Brownian Sol(d) Richard Willstätter
Sol. (b) August Wilhelm Eichler motion. Explanation: Richard Willstätter won
Explanation: August Wilhelm Eichler. the Nobel
N Prize in 1915 for describing
also known under his Latinized name, Q279.Christiaan Barnard is famous the nature of the structure of
Augustus Guilielmus Eichler, was a for: chlorophyll in plants and also noted
German botanist who developed a new magnesium as the central element in
system of classification of plants to SsC CGL9.3-2020 (Evening) its structure.
reflect the concept of evolution. (a)first publishing tables of logarithms
0281. Who referred to as he
0277, Whose invention led toto tthe (b)performing the wortd's first human *Darwin of the 20th Century"?
development of polio vaccine? heart transplant /-41 1 Y6eI HA
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(d)Dendrology/ set canines or domestic dogs. describing the human ABO blood
Carpology study of structure of group system?
seeds and fruit. 1930 fb àIfAs ABO RIS
Sol.(b)Bryology
Explanation: Plants can all be Chrematistics - study of wealth.
Craniology - study of shape and size CCHSL 13/10/2020(Arrnoon)
classified into two orders, called
tracheophytes and bryophytes.
of skull of different human races. (a)Karl LandsrIs`
(bJAlbert Claude ec
Tracheophytes are plants, like trees, (c)Roger Guillemin a
flowering plants, and grasses, that Q292. Chiropody is a branch of (dyGeorge Wald
have a well-developed vas cular science related to which part of the
body? Sol.(a) Karl Landsteiner
system. In contrast, bryophytes are Karl Landsteiner
small plants that grow close together Explanation:
received the 1930 Nobel Prize for
and do not have a vascular system, S32020morning) Physiology or Medicine for his
which makes them very similar to (a) Kidney discovery of the major blood groups
those first plants that grew on Earth (b) Lungs and the development of the ABO
millionsons of vears ago. The study of
(c) Liver tat system of blood typing that has made
blood transfusion a routine medical
these ancient plants is called bryology. (d) Feet / tm
and the scientists who study them are practice.
called bryologists. Sol.(d) Feet
Miscellaneous
Explanation: Chiropody is the study
Q290. The branch of medical science and treatment of problems and
that deals with the kidneys is known Q295. What is Marble Cancer?
ns
diseases of people's feet.
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(a) Disease in animals due to marble Sol.(c) A state of reduced metabolic (a) They lay eggs/ t
activity during the winter scason (b) They hibernate in winter/ à Jug
among some animals.
(b) Soil degradation due to marble Explanation : Hibernation is a state of (c) They carry young ones in pouches/
mines/ THRHR SAa RU Hi minimal activity which results in low
metabolic rate and survive the winter (d) They migrate from one place to
(c) Cancer in humans due to working without cating much. During
hibernation the animal's body
(d) Corosion of marble due to acid ternperature drops, and its heartbeat
and its breathing slow down so that it Sol.(c) They carry young oncs in
does not use much energv, Animals pouches
that hibernate include polar bears, bats Explanation The distinctive
Sol.(d) Corrosion of marble due to .rodents etc. characteristic of Marsupials is that
acid rain
they cary their young ones in Pouch.
Explanation: The marble cancer refers Marsupials are a group of Mammals
Q297. Which of the following plants
to the corrosion of buildings and is Carnivorous? also known as ouched
statues made up of marbles by action Mammals.They give live birth but
of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. The SSC-CGL 10-06/20 19 (Evening) they don't have long gestation times
So, and NO, present in pollution get (a) Cyprus Vine/ r 4 like placental mammals.
deposited on these buildings. These (b) Venus Flytrap/ T FeÉ 2u
oxides absorb moisture from the (c) Amaryllis / E 0300.The is the stem-like part
and get converted into respective acids (d) Hyacinth/ of the leaf that joins the blade to the
and cause corrosion. stem
Sol.(b) Venus Flytrap
Q296. What is the definition for the Explanation : The Venus flytrap is a
term Hibernation '? SSC CHSL 08/07/2019 (Evening)
carnivorous plant native to subtropical
wetlands on the East Coast of the (a)Stipules/ 4a (b) Petiole/ $6T
United States in North Carolina and
(c)Midrib/ RufAI (d) Vein/
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(a) A state of hyperactivity in spring Sol.(b)Petiole
time among birds/ qfai ë T à
Q298. Which of the following is the Explanation : It is the stalk-like
smallest bird in the world? structure which connects the leaf blade
(b) Building of habitat (nests) by birds to the stem. The petiole has tiny tubes
to save themselves during the rainy Ssc-CGL I/06/2019 (Moraing) that connect the veins on the leaf blade
(a) Finchfba to the stem. Few of these enable water
(b) Diamond Firetai/ SUHS OUtG transport to the leaf while the other
(c) Bee Hummingbird/ gftvras carry food away from the leaf to other
(c) A state of reduced metabolic (d) Robin parts of the plant.
activity during winter season among
some animals./ Uqg ga xa Sol.(c) Bece Hummingbird 0301. Flower colours of red, pink,
Explanation : The bee hummingbird is blue and purple come mainly from
(d) A habit of food conservation a species of hummingtbird which is the pigments called
during summer season for winters world's smallest bird.
among animals/ q31 H HH
Q299. Which is the distinctive
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characteristic of 'marsupials"?
(a)Carotenoids/ As3
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(c)Chlorophyl/ iftbg Explanation : The thin layer of living process of life, including growth,
(d)Anthocyanins/ ifrenf cells just inside the bark is called digestion, respirationThere are four
carmbium. It is the part of the tree that classes of biochemical compounds:
Sol(d)Anthocyanins makes new cells allowing the tree to carbohydrates, proteins, lipids (fats).
Explanation : Anthocyanins are grow wider each vear. and nucleic acids.
colored water-soluble pigments
belonging to the phenolic group. The Q304.Which of the following is an Q306. A wound stops blceding due
pigments are in glycosylated foms. example of terrestrial habitat? the process of clot formation called
Anthocyanins are responsible for the
colors in fruits and vegetables.
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Berries, currants grapes, and some
tropical fruits have high anthocyanins (a)Grassland qu-ta sSC CPO 912/19 (Evening)
content. (b)Lagooni (a) fementation /fuq¬
(c)Rocks/ EA (b) coagulation/ a e
(d)Swamp/a (c) transfusion #ar
Q302.The total number of living
organisms, both plants and animals, in (d) incubation 4A
a given area is called: Sol.(a)Grassland
Explanation : Terrestrial habitats are
ones that are found on land, like Sol.(b) coagulation
forests, grasslands, deserts, shorelines, Explanation:A wound stops bleeding
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(a)buffers gH4e and wetlands. Terrestrial habitats also due to the process of clot formation
(b)biomass/ 4R include man made habitats, like farms, called Coagulation. Blood coagulation
(c)batholith/ sy:dr towns, and cities, and habitats that are is a process that changes circulating
substances
(d)barrage aiu under the carth, like caves and mines.
insoluble g
Sol.(b)biomass Q305. A biochemical compound is
blood vess 485/592
blood.
Explanation : The biomass is the mass
of living biological organisms in a Q307. Hiccups in humans generally
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given area or ecosystem at a given occur due to the forceful downward
time. Biomass can refer to species (a)mineral-based compound found in
biomass, which is the mass of one or living things/ f Turta fiasa shifting of the
more species, or to community
biomass, which is the mass of all (b)sulfur-based compound found in Ssc CPo 12/12/2019 (Evening)
species in the community. living things HEST STUta hiffrs (a)diaphragm /34I95T4
(b) trachea / THi
(c)carbon-based compound found in (c) lungs /
Q303. The thin layer of living cells
just inside the bark of a tree is living thing/ 4 fta tîrs ti (d) larynx / A
called_ (d)hydrogen-based compound found
in living things EISGu JTka Sol. (a) diaphragm
Explanation: Hiccups are caused by
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(a)Pith/ Hal involuntary contractions of diaphragm
(The muscle that separates chest from
(b)Crawn oH Sol.(c)carbon-based compound found
nliving things abdomen and plays an important role
(c)Xylem/ GI6cH in breathing)
(d)Cambium/fayH Explanation biochemical
compound is any compound that
Q308. Name the long-haired
contains carbon and is found in living
Sol.(d)Cambium mammals found throughout the
things. They're involved in every
Himalayan region.
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BIOLOGY
Explanation: In relatively large 0318.Which of the following is NOT (a)Lactic acid/ Afs T
amounts, the soil supplies nitrogen, a type of Fungi? (b)Methano tat
phosphorus, potassium, calcium, (c)Carbon dioxide/ TA SETHrSS
magnesium, and sulfur; these are often SSC MTS 19/082019 (Morning) (d)Echanol/
called the macronutrients. In relatively (a)Agarics t
small amounts, the soil supplies iron, (b)Penicillium/ f A Sol.(a)Lactic acid
manganese, boron, molybdenum, (c)Gonyaulax/ Explanation: Lactic acid is formed by
copper, zinc, chlorine, and cobalt, the (dJAspergillus/ yaftfere the fragmentation of glucose in the
so-called micronutrients. absence of oxygen. Lactic acid is
Sol.(c)Gonyaulax produced in musele ccells when NADH
0316.Silk is obtained from which Explanation: Gonyaulax is a genus of H formed in glycolysis is oxidized
type of organism? dinoflagellates that ae aquatic to NAD by a transfer of the hydrogen
organisms with two separate flagella:
one extends backward and the other
ions to pyruvic acid (C,H,0,), which.
ssC MTS 14/08/2019 (Afernoon) in turn, is reduced to lactic acid
wraps around the cell in a lateral (C,H,0).
(a)Moth/ le (b)Goat/ a t
groove helping to keep the organism
(c)Sheep/ g (d)Butterfly facfi afloat by rotational motility. Q321.Which of the following
organisms reproduce by Spore
Sol.(a)Moth Q319. The mouth of Mollusca
Formation?
Explanation: The best-known silk is contains a file-like rasping organ for
obtained from the cocoons of the feeding which is called
larvae of the mulberry silkworm
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Bombyx mori reared in captivity (a)Bryophyllurn/gCTH
(sericulture).Silk is produced by (b)Planara/
several insects. but, generally, only the SSC MTS 20/08/2019 (Afternoon)
(a)chitinous/ Sf (c)Rhizopu
silk of moth caterpillars has been used
for textile manufacturing. (bjradula geI
(d)Plasmod 487/592
(c)parapodia/ RTR
0317.Which of the following pairs (d)coelomate/ frièe Sol(c)Rhizopus
Explanation: Rhizopus species grow
represents a parasitic relationship?
Sol.(b)radula as filamentous, branching hyphae that
Explanation: All molluscs also have generally lack cross-walls (ic., they
sSC MTS 16/08/2019 (Morning) gills, a mouth and an anus.A feature are coenocytic). They reproduce by
evunl and sexual spores. In
forming asexu
(a)Algae-Coral reefs/ ÜATA-JAT f unique to molluscs is a fle-like
(b)Ticks on Dog/ pt fbert asexual reproduction, sporangiospores
rasping tool called a radula. This
(c)Remora Fish-Sharks/ are produced inside a spherical
structure allows them to serape algac
H9c-h and other food off rocks and even to structure, the sporangium.
(d)Cattle Egrets - Livestock/s H. drill through the shell of prey or catch
fish
Q322. The era is also known
as the age of mammals'
Sol.(b)Ticks on Dog 0320.In human muscle cells, which
Explanation: Tick and dog share a
chemical compound is formed by the
symbiotic relationship that can be ssC CPO N22019 (Moraing)
fragmentation of glucose in the
described as parasitic. Symbiosis is
absence of en? (a) Palacozoic aitti
the relationship between two
(b) Cenozoic/i
org where either one or both (c) Neozoicfruis
the a ims get the benefit. (d) Mesozoic/ RU
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Sol.(b) Cenozoic
Explanation: The Cenozoic Era is also Explanation: A node is the part of the (b) RNA/ 3TAr.
called the "Age of the Mammals". It plant stem where the flowers. (c) DNA sÌAL
began about 65 million years ago as branches, and leaves first start to grow. (d) Flowers/
the great lizards, the dinosaurs became Nodes can hold several leaves and
extinct. buds that have the capacity of growing Sol.{c) DNA
The mammals mainly Dinosaurs, giant and spreading into branches. Explanation: DNA can be considered
reptiles lived during the age of as a natural flame retardant and
Mesozoic Era Q325. In biological terms, is a suppressant. Its chemical structure
After the extinction of the dinosaur, relationship between two organisns in makes it ideal for stopping fires.
the Neozoic age started which one organism benefits and the
other is unaffected. 0328.Which among the following is a
Q323. in the context of trans - fats , non-biodegradable waste?
which of the following statements is
NOT correct ?
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(a) Amensalism / HE-Ifr (a)Dead animals /Hd g
sSC CPO 11/12/2019 (Morning) (b) Mutualism / faf14AIZ (b)Vegetables / afar
(a) They are produced from the (c) Commensalism HEIC (c)Plastic / e f
(d) Parasitism/ i t
industrial process of hydrogenation./à (d)Flowers/
SoLkc) Commensalism Sol.(c) Plastic
(b) WHO has called for their Explanation: Commensalism is Explanation: Non-biodegradable
elimination by 2023./ WHO 2023 E long-term biological polymers do not break down to a
interaction(Symbiosis) in which natural, environmentally safe
members of one species gain benefits condition over time by biological
(c) They have a shorter shelf- life than while those of the other species processes. Most plastics are
natural fats./g401 r dt HrHRA neither benefit por are harmed. non-biodegradable because they do
not break down naturally and remain
(d) Their consumption increases LDL 0326. Which of the following is used
in soil, water bodies and on earth.
cholesterol and decreases HDL to control pest fish?
cholesterolU GT1J 9 LDL #tH 0329. The solar tracking (moving in
ng) the sun's direction) of the sunflower is
(a) Predacides/ ytra cal
(b) Piscicides/ cRE
Sol.(c) They have a shorter shelf- life (c) Herbicides/ feISSH
than natural fats. (d) Ovicides/ arsgH SSc CHSL. 16-10-2020 (ARernoon)
Explanation: Trans-fat has a Short
shelf-life then natural fat. Sol.(b) Piscicides
(a) Phototropism/ er1tH
(b) Thigmotropism/ fiieift
Explanation: A piscicide is a chemical (c) Heliotropism/ fstettt
Q324. The part of a stem arises is substance which is poisonous to fish.
known as (d) Hydrotropism/ 515sgtfn
The primary use for piscicides is to
eliminate a dominant species of fish Sol.{c) Heliotropism
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(a) node / as Explanation: Heliotropism is a form of
(b) tuber / a Q3Z Which of the following is a
natural flame retardant?
tropism, is a diurnal or seasonal
(c) carpel/ t movement of the plant parts (leaves.
(d) bud /Hf flowers) in response to the direction of
SSC CGL 6-03-2020 (Morning) the Sun.
Sol. (a) node (a) Skin/