What is the ringworm of the scalp called?
1. onychomycosis
2. tinea unguium
3.tinea pedis
4.tinea capitis
A combination of anxiety and spicy food can cause
1.Seizures
2.Indigestion
3.Hypotension
4.None of these
Appearance of scaly, dry lesions with a sense of itch on different body parts are symptoms of
1. amoebiasis
2. ascariasis
3.ringworm
4. elephantiasis
For fungus, the culture media is
1. Sabouraud’s medium
2. Chocolate agar medium
3.NNN Medium
4. Tellurite medium
In human beings, fungal infection is known as
1. Fungosis
2. Mycosis
3.Mucorsis
4.Micromia
In human beings, the fungus that can cause a disease is
1.Cystopus
2.Aspergillus
3.Puccinia
4.Rhizopus
In hypothalamus, osmoreceptors are involved in
1. secretion of aldosterone
2.secretion of ACTH
3. secretion of ADH
4.secretion of GH
This is not a prion disease
1.Scrapie
2.Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
3.Lewy body dementia
4.Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
What is the other name for Bovine spongiform encephalopathy?
1. Kuru disease
2.Mad cow disease
3.Mad dog disease
4.Sheep’s disease
Which is the classification of a group of fungi having septate mycelium wherein sexual reproduction either is unknown or absent?
1. Basidiomycetes
2. Ascomycetes
3. Deuteromycetes
4.Phycomycetes
Which of these is not the causal organism for ringworm
1.Epidermophyton
2.Microsporum
3. Macrosporum
4.Trichophyton
Who is honoured with the title of “Father of Modern Mycology”?
1.Micheli
2. De Bary
3. Bawden
4. Stanley
With regards to vomiting –
1. can be produced by conditioned reflex
2. occurs on an empty stomach only
3. occurs in a denervated stomach only
4.occurs by strong contraction of the walls of the stomach
Food indigestion is mainly caused by
1. infection
2.lack of saliva
3.lack of water in the body
4.lack of chewing
For vermicomposting, this species of earthworm is not apt
1.Perionyx excavatus
2.Pheretima posthuma
3.Eudrilus eugeniae
4. Eisenia fetidae
GnRH directly triggers the release of
1.Thyrocalcitonin
2.Estrogen
3.Progesterone
4. FSH
If Hypothalamus does not secrete GnRH, it would have an impact on
1.Hypersecretion of pituitary gonadotropins
2.Hyposecretion of pituitary gonadotropins
3.Hypersecretion of prolactin
4.Hypersecretion of oxytocin
In children, this leads to epidemic ringworm of the scalp
1.Epidermophyton floccosum
2. Candida albicans
3.Trichophyton rubrum
4.Microsporum audouinii
In earthworms, typhlosome is a
1.excretory structure
2.a circulatory system structure
3.fold of intestine
4.defence mechanism
In human cells, this is the first virus to be cultured
1.HIV
2.Influenza virus
3. Dengue virus
4.Polio virus
In Humans, the causative of Ringworm is
1.bacteria
2.virus
3.nematodes
4.fungi
In sheep, this disease characterizes pneumonia and demyelination
1. Scrapie
2.Measles
3.Pneumonia
4.Visna
In the hypothalamus, the displacement of set point is a result of
1.Pyrogens
2.Receptors
3.Effectors
4.Pathogens
This can elicit enterogastric reflex
1. hyperosmotic chyme in the duodenum
2. acid chime in the duodenum
3. distension of the duodenum
4. all of these
Kitchen wastes and animal excreta can be minimized most profitably via
1. vermiculture
2.biogas production
3.direct usage as biofertilizers
4.storing in underground storage tanks
Lack of coordination and muscle twitching in a disease takes place due to this prion
1.Tetanus
2.Cancer
3.Kuru disease
4.Marasmus
Neurodegenerative diseases such as mad cow and Kuru diseases are caused by infectious particles known as
1.coronavirus
2.viroids
3. retrovirus
4.prions
Rennin acts on
1.fat in the intestine
2. protein in the stomach
3. At 1-3 pH, milk converting casein to calcium paracaseinate
4. At 7.2-8.2 pH, milk converting casein to calcium paracaseinate
RQ (Respiratory Quotient) can be defined as
1.Volume of carbon dioxide evolved ÷ Volume of oxygen consumed
2.Volume of carbon dioxide evolved = Volume of oxygen consumed
3.Volume of oxygen evolved ÷ Volume of carbon dioxide consumed
4.Volume of oxygen consumed ÷ Volume of carbon dioxide evolved
The conversion of this is brought about by enterokinase
1.proteins into polypeptide
2.pepsinogen into pepsin
3.trypsinogen into trypsin
4.lactose to sucrose
The epithelial cells of the intestine which participate in absorption of food have this on their surface
1.Microvilli
2.Zymogen granules
3. Phagocytic vesicles
4.Pinocytic vesicles
The Hypothalamus forms a part of _____
1.Future brain
2.Hind brain
3.Forebrain
4.Midbrain
The process in which earthworms are used to degrade organic wastes is
1.Compost bedding
2.Humus forming
3.Vermicomposting
4.None
The process of covering spawned compost with a suitable material is known as
1.cropping
2.casing
3.spawning
4.composting
The release of this stimulates pancreatic juice
1.Cholecystokinin
2. Secretin
3. Both (a) and (b)
4.Enterokinase
The respiratory quotient or R.Q. is greater than one in which case?
1.Glucose
2.Fat
3.Fructose
4.Organic acid
The secretion of several anterior pituitary hormones are governed by other hormones from
1.Thyroid gland
2.Hypothalamus
3.Adrenal gland
4.Pancreatic lobes
These are the set of hormones that the hypothalamus produces
1.Thyroxine and oxytocin
2.Antidiurectic hormone and oxytocin
3.Testosterone and oxytocin
4.Estrogen and oxytocin
This can be the best worm for composting
1.pink worms
2.red wigglers
3.maggots
4.does not matter
This comprises nerve tissue and down growth from the hypothalamus
1.Adrenal
2.Thymus
3.Anterior pituitary
4.Posterior pituitary
This event can cause a damage to the hypothalamus portal system
1.decreased secretion of PTH
2. decreased secretion of TSH
3.decreased secretion of oxytocin
4.decreased secretion of ADH
This is apt for vermicomposting
1. Algae
2.Nitrifying bacteria
3.Earthworms
4.Fungus
This structure connects hypothalamus and the pituitary
1.Cerebral cortex
2.Infundibulam
3.Anterior
4.Corpus callosum
Vermicompost is a/an
1.toxic material
2.organic biofertilizer
3.inorganic fertilizer
4.synthetic fertilizer
What causes scrapie in sheep?
1.Proteins
2.Viroid
3.Prion
4.Virion
What is the latent viral DNA contained in the host DNA referred to as?
1.invader
2.prion
3.prophage
4.viroid
Which of the following nutrients is abundantly found in worm castings?
1.Phosphorus
2. Nitrogen
3.Calcium and other minerals
4. All of these
While burrowing, the anterior ends of earthworms become turgid serving as a hydraulic skeleton though they do not possess a skeleton. This is as a result of
1.setae
2.gut peristalsis
3.coelomic fluid
4.none of the above
______ is a protein having partial with no detachable nucleic acid
1.Proteins
2.Viroid
3.Prions
4.Virion
________ are the naked RNA strands infecting plants
1.prions
2.RNA viruses
3. viroids
4.retroviruses