Biology - Nature and Scope of Biology
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Ethnology is the science of
- (a)
birds
- (b)
animals behaviour
- (c)
human races
- (d)
insects
The Study of tissue is called
- (a)
Cytology
- (b)
Genetics
- (c)
Histology
- (d)
Physiology
Under which branch, we would study both Amoeba and Plasmodium ?
- (a)
Parasitology
- (b)
Parazoology
- (c)
Protozoology
- (d)
Epidemiology
Study of liver is called
- (a)
Hepatology
- (b)
Phenology
- (c)
Horology
- (d)
Herpetology
Edaphology or Pedology is the study of
- (a)
fossil plants
- (b)
mountain trees
- (c)
sea weeds
- (d)
soil
The study of modifications of the genes for the benefit of human race is
- (a)
Genetics
- (b)
Genetic Engineering
- (c)
Euthenics
- (d)
Eugenics
Study of relationship between environment and plants or human is
- (a)
Mycology
- (b)
Ehnobotany
- (c)
Ethology
- (d)
Ecology
Which of these branches of science dealing with the improvement of future human race?
- (a)
Eugenics
- (b)
Euthenics
- (c)
Epigenesis
- (d)
None of these
Who is considered as 'God of Medicine'?
- (a)
Dhanwantri
- (b)
Misra
- (c)
Maheswari
- (d)
Butler
The Indian phycologists is/are
- (a)
RN Singh
- (b)
Bhardwaj
- (c)
Both (a) and (b)
- (d)
Butler
Central Rice Research Institute is located in
- (a)
Odisha
- (b)
Karnataka
- (c)
Delhi
- (d)
Haryana
Expand the term NRCM
- (a)
National Research Centre for Mushroom
- (b)
National Research Centre for Maple
- (c)
National Research Centre for Mango
- (d)
None of the above
Name the fungus producing penicillin
- (a)
Penicillium notatum
- (b)
Albugo
- (c)
Ustilago
- (d)
Puccinia
The term used for discoveries made by chance is
- (a)
serendipity
- (b)
serpentine
- (c)
sercine
- (d)
None of these
In 1929, a scientist discovered an antibiotic from a fungus. The name of the scientist and antibiotic are respectively
- (a)
Alexander Fleming, streptomycin
- (b)
Waksman, penicillin
- (c)
Alexander Fleming, penicillin
- (d)
Waksman, streptomycin
The branch of Zoology that deals with the nutrition of animals is
- (a)
Trophology
- (b)
Tricology
- (c)
Nidology
- (d)
Teratology
National Science Day is on
- (a)
7th April
- (b)
1st December
- (c)
29th December
- (d)
28th February
The Father of Botany is
- (a)
Aristotle
- (b)
Robert Hooke
- (c)
Darwin
- (d)
Theophrastus
Science that deals with the study of external form, size, colour, structure and relative position of various parts of an organism is known as
- (a)
Anatomy
- (b)
Morphology
- (c)
Entomology
- (d)
Histology
Who is regarded as the 'Father of Taxonomy'?
- (a)
John Ray
- (b)
Carolus Linnaeus
- (c)
AP de Candolle
- (d)
Charles Darwin
Whose experiments cracked the genetic code and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a triplet?
- (a)
Nirenberg and Methaei
- (b)
Hershey and Chase
- (c)
Morgan and Sturtevant
- (d)
Beadle and Tatum
One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was postulated by
- (a)
R Franklin
- (b)
Hershey and Chase
- (c)
A Garrod
- (d)
Beadle and Tatum
The results of Miller's experiments, were discussed in the book 'The Planets' written by
- (a)
Sayere
- (b)
Harold Urey
- (c)
Huxley
- (d)
Stanley
Who is known as the Father of Physiological Genetics or the Father of Biochemical Genetics?
- (a)
Slatyer
- (b)
Charles Elton
- (c)
Taylor
- (d)
Archibald Garrod
The branch of biology dealing with the study of rudimentary organs is
- (a)
Dysteleology
- (b)
Dermatology
- (c)
Etiology
- (d)
Chirology
The branch of biology, which deals with the study of processes and functions of an organism is called
- (a)
Histology
- (b)
Anatomy
- (c)
Physiology
- (d)
Entomology
The branch of biology dealing with similarities and difference between the individuals related by descent is
- (a)
Ecology
- (b)
Genetics
- (c)
Eugenics
- (d)
Evolution
Branch of zoology dealing with the study of fishes is called
- (a)
Arthrology
- (b)
Ichthyology
- (c)
Saurology
- (d)
Herpetology
Theory of continuity of germplasm was propounded by
- (a)
Mendel
- (b)
Lamarck
- (c)
Weismann
- (d)
Haeckel
HG Khorana also contributed to genetic engineering by synthesising
- (a)
PBR322
- (b)
Viroid
- (c)
PBR42
- (d)
artificial genes