GENERAL SCIENCE BIOLOGY ONE LINERS FOR TNPSC UPSC SSC SET 057

GENERAL SCIENCE BIOLOGY ONE LINERS FOR TNPSC UPSC SSC SET 057

561). Fat present below the skin surface in our body, acts as a barrier against
A). loss of heat from the body
B). loss of essential body fluids
C). loss of salts from the body
D). entry of harmful micro-organisms from the environment

Answer: entry of harmful micro-organisms from the environment

   
562). People drinking water from a shallow handpump are likely to suffer from all the following diseases except
A). cholera
B). typhoid
C). jaundice
D). fluorosis

Answer: cholera

   
563). The offering substance in the liquor tragedies leading to blindness etc. is
A). ethyl alcohol
B). amyl alcohol
C). benzyl alcohol
D). methyl alcohol

Answer: methyl alcohol

   
564). According to the World Health Organisation, the disease which causs the death of the largest number of people today is
A). AIDS
B). tuberculosis
C). malaria
D). ebola

Answer: ebola

   
565). Living organisms require at least 27 elements of which 15 are metals. Among thase required in major quantities include
A). potassium, manganese, molybdenum and calcium
B). potassium, molybdenum, copper and calcium
C). potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium
D). sodium, magnesium, copper and manganese

Answer: potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium


566). Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period
A). Saumilla
B). Sudraka
C). Shaunaka
D). Susrutha

Answer: Susrutha


567). Which one of the following techniques can be used to establishe the paternity of a child?
A). Protein analysis
B). Chromosome counting
C). Quantitative analysis of DNA
D). DNA finger-printing

Answer: DNA finger-printing

568). The major components of honey is
A). glucose
B). sucrose
C). maltose
D). fructose

Answer: fructose


569). Arteries supplying blood to the heart are called
A). carotid arteries
B). hepatic arteries
C). coronary arteries
D). Kumarilabhatta

Answer: coronary arteries

   
570). The sequencing of the entire genome (the totality of all genes) of an organism was completed in 1996. The organisms was
A). albino mouse
B). yeast
C). human being
D). plasmodium vivax

Answer: plasmodium viva