Biology basic Q and A (01)

1 : Testosterone which affects male reproductory; is produced by?
Ans : Testes

2 : Which organ of the body is affected by Polio ?
Ans : Central nervous system

3 : Who is known as The Father of Microbiology?
Ans : Louis Pasteur; French chemist and Microbiologist

4 : Death of tissues resulting from some mineral deficiency is known as ?
Ans : Necrosis

5 : Test Tube baby was developed by ?
Ans : Patrick Sleptoe & Robert Edwards (1918)

6 : Who is the inventor of Wireless Telegraphy?
Ans : G.Marconi

7 : Father of Cytology?
Ans : Robert Hook

8 : The process of sudden heritable change in a gene due to change in its composition is called ?
Ans : Mutation

9 : Hypothermia is the loss of body heat below?
Ans : 31.70C

10 : The part of the earth and its atmosphere that is capable of supporting living things is?
Ans : Biosphere.

11 : What are known as “suicide bags”?
Ans : Lysosomes

12 : Horticulture is?
Ans : The cultivation of flowers; fruits and ornamental plants.

13 : The face of a man is made up of …..number of bones?
Ans : 14

14 : The nitrogen base of RNA are ?
Ans : Adenine; Guanine; Uracil and Cytosine

15 : Name the first E-governance programme launched in Andhra Pradesh?
Ans : E-sewa

16 : The thermoregulatory centre of the human body is?
Ans : Hypothalamus

17 : E.C.G test is used to diagnose?
Ans : Heart Diseases

18 : The number of chromosomes in a human cell is ?
Ans : 46

19 : The process by which leaves excretes water through stomata is called ?
Ans : transpiration process

20 : Who is the inventor of Heavy Hydrogen?
Ans : H.C.Urey

21 : Which disease is known as Silent Killer ?
Ans : High blood pressure (Hypertension)

22 : Which organ of the body is affected by Meningitis ?
Ans : Brain and Spinal Cord

23 : In the history of computer the fifth generation was started in ?
Ans : 1980

24 : SQL stands for?
Ans : Structured Query Language

25 : Who is the inventor of Watch (winding)?
Ans : Greguet

26 : Which is the most intelligent ape?
Ans : Chimpanzee

27 : Revised National Tuberculosis Program was launched in the year ?
Ans : 1992

28 : Which together constitute the plants and animals of a region?
Ans : Flora and Fauna

29 : The scientific name of Man is?
Ans : Homo sapiens

30 : The division of nucleus of a Cell is known as ?
Ans : Mitosis (Karyokinesis)

31 : Who is the inventor of Ball Point Pen?
Ans : John Loud

32 : The first electronic computer which could store programs in the memory ‘EDVAC’ (Electronics Discrete Variable Computer) was invented by ?
Ans : John Von Neumann in 1945

33 : Who is the inventor of Radio Telephone?
Ans : Lee De Forest

34 : The smallest measurement of memory is?
Ans : Bit.

35 : Name the first Super computer made by Seymour Cray; the father of super computer?
Ans : UNIVAC 1103

36 : Who is the inventor of Anti-polio Vaccine?
Ans : Jonas E.Salk

37 : Dengue fever; an insect borne disease; is propagated by?
Ans : Culex mosquitoes

38 : Mumps causing virus is ?
Ans : Myxovirus

39 : World’s first heart transplantation was performed on 3rd December 1967 by?
Ans : Christian Bernard.

40 : Which is the first country to legalize Euthanasia or mercy killing ?
Ans : Netherlands( second is Belgium)

41 : Name the programmed cell death or cells suicide?
Ans : Apoptosis

42 : The smallest ape is?
Ans : Gibbon.

43 : Name the digestive enzyme that converts Lactose to glucose is ?
Ans : Lactase

44 : What is called the ‘universal biological energy currency’?
Ans : ATP

45 : GUI stands for ?
Ans : Grapbical User Interface

46 : Bhopal tragedy (1984 )was due to the leakage of ?
Ans : Methyl Isocyanate

47 : Smallest bone is ?
Ans : Stapes (middle-ear)

48 : Largest animal in land in the world is ?
Ans : African Elephant

49 : Tallest Animal in the world is ?
Ans : Giraffe

50 : ROM stands for?
Ans : Read Only Memory

51 : Who is the inventor of Laser?
Ans : Charles Townes

52 : Exceptionally more favourable light for stomatal opening is ?
Ans : Blue

53 : The life span of RBC is about ?
Ans : 120 Days.

54 : CP-20-961; what is it ?
Ans : Malarial vaccine.

55 : Largest mammal (animal) is?
Ans : Blue Whale (wt. 209 tones)

56 : Heart beats in adults is ?
Ans : 72 per minute

57 : Presence of excess proteins in urine ?
Ans : Proteinuria.

58 : The largest blood vessel in the body is?
Ans : Aorta

59 : Forestry is the study of ?
Ans : Forest management and related studies

60 : Who is the inventor of Match (safety)?
Ans : J.E.Landstorm

61 : What is responsible for the conduction of water in plants?
Ans : Xylem

62 : Human bones are made up of Calcium phosphate and?
Ans : Calcium carbonate.

63 : Who stated “In the struggle for survival; the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment’ ?
Ans : Charles Darwin.

64 : Azidothymidine (AZT) is a drug used to combat ?
Ans : AIDS

65 : SmallPox causing virus is ?
Ans : Variola virus

66 : The fourth generation computer use ?
Ans : Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) normally called ‘Miracle Chips’.

67 : Laser Printer was first Introduced by ?
Ans : IBM

68 : First Techno park in India is in ?
Ans : Trivandrum.

69 : Chromosome is made up of ?
Ans : DNA & Proteins

70 : Insectivorous plants obtain nitrogen from ?
Ans : animal bodies.

71 : The scientific name Pea-cock is ?
Ans : Pavo cristatus

72 : BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin) vaccine used to prevent ?
Ans : Tuberculosis

73 : Who is the inventor of Malaria Parasite?
Ans : Dr.Ronald Ross

74 : Litmus is obtained from?
Ans : Lichen

75 : Who is the inventor of Artificial heart?
Ans : Michael de Baxey

76 : Which is a recently extinct bird from Mauritious?
Ans : Dodo

77 : Who is the inventor of Printing for the Blind?
Ans : Louis Braille

78 : Father of Pathology?
Ans : RudolphVirchow

79 : Pacemaker was invented by ?
Ans : Chardack (1960)

80 : National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)was established in the year?
Ans : 1992

81 : Lowest recorded temperature for a human being to survive?
Ans : 20.30C

82 : Who is the inventor of Parachute?
Ans : Andre-Jacques

83 : The disease resistant constituent of blood is ?
Ans : W.B.C.

84 : Who is the inventor of Fountain Pen?
Ans : Waterman

85 : Who is the inventor of Kala-a-zar Fever?
Ans : U.N.Bramachari

86 : Father of Botany?
Ans : Theophrastus

87 : Who is the inventor of Art of Printing?
Ans : Guttenburg

88 : The act of blood clotting when one gets cut to stop the bleeding is called ?
Ans : Coagulation

89 : Who is the inventor of Photography?
Ans : L.Daguerre

90 : Who is the inventor of Automobile (Steam)?
Ans : Nicolas Cugnot

91 : Who is the inventor of Atomic Theory?
Ans : John Dalton

92 : Who is considered as the father of cloning?
Ans : Ian Wilmut

93 : The largest vain in a human body is called ?
Ans : Inferior venacava.

94 : …………….is a blood circulation problem; resulting from accumulation of fatty deposits in the walls of the blood vessels; especially arteries?
Ans : Atherosclerosis

95 : Who is the inventor of Rayon?
Ans : Joseph Swann

96 : Father of DNAFinger Printing
Ans : Prof.Alec Jeffreys

97 : What is the total number of permanent teeth in an adult ?
Ans : 32

98 : In some plants; water oozes through certain pores in the form of liquid and this phenomenon is called?
Ans : Guttation.

99 : Who is the inventor of Tungsten?
Ans : Coolidge

100 : Tallest animal on earth is ?
Ans : Giraffe

101 : Name as animal which never drinks water in its entire life?
Ans : Kangaroo Rat

102 : The physical devices of a computer system are called as ?
Ans : Hardware

103 : The pest causing ‘Mandari’ in coconut trees is called ?
Ans : Eriophyes guerreronis

104 : Who is the inventor of Air-brake?
Ans : G e o r g e Westinghouse

105 : The scientific name of Banana is?
Ans : Musa Spp

106 : Water balance in the body is mainly controlled by ?
Ans : ADH (Anti Diuretic Hormone) secreted by hypothalamus.

107 : Scientific name of Frog is ?
Ans : Rana Hexadactyla

108 : Global Polio Eradication Programme is a Joint effort led by WHO; UNICEF and ?
Ans : The Rotory Foundation.

109 : 90% of ozone resides in which layer of the atmosphere?
Ans : Stratosphere.

110 : Remedy for Myopia also known as near sightness or short sightness. is to use ?
Ans : Concave lens

111 : A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other computers to get information illegally or to do damage is called ?
Ans : Hacker

112 : Hepatitis B causing virus is ?
Ans : Hepatitis B virus

113 : Placenta is the characteristic feature of?
Ans : Mammals

114 : The native place of potato; a tuber crop; is?
Ans : America

115 : National Dairy Research Institute is located in?
Ans : Kamal (Haryana)

116 : The basic architecture of computer was developed by ?
Ans : John Von Neumann

117 : Largest bird is?
Ans : North African Ostrich

118 : Experiments with Plant Hybrids is a book by ?
Ans : Rev. Gregor Mendel

119 : The approximate number of bones in a new born baby is?
Ans : 300 bones

120 : Who is the inventor of D.D.T.?
Ans : D. Paul Muller

121 : A.T.P (Adenosine Tri phosphate) synthesise is the function of?
Ans : Mitochondria

122 : The animal found in the advertisement board of forest department with the heading “I have no medicinal value” is?
Ans : Black ape.

123 : The study of microorganisms is called ?
Ans : Microbiology

124 : Who is the inventor of Cells in the plants?
Ans : Robert Hooke

125 : Flying fox is kind of ?
Ans : Bat

126 : Disease causing microorganisms are called ?
Ans : Pathogens.

127 : Which is a process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds; especially sugars; using the energy from sunlight?
Ans : Photosynthesis

128 : The scientific name of Cashew is?
Ans : Anacardium Occidentale

129 : Which hormone prepares the animal to fight or flight?
Ans : Adrinalin

130 : The Ramsar Convention(1971) is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands. It was held at?
Ans : Ramsar in Iran

131 : …………. plant absorbs water from atmosphere?
Ans : Orchid

132 : Who is the inventor of Logarithms?
Ans : John Napier

133 : Rabies causing virus is ?
Ans : Lyssa virus

134 : Who is the inventor of Automobile (magneto)?
Ans : Daimler

135 : Blood sucking Leech possess anti coagulant called ?
Ans : Hirudin

136 : The leucocytes that are able to produce the anticoagulant heparin are?
Ans : Basophils

137 : Trachoma; the increased Redness of eye is due to infectionof bacteria?
Ans : Chlamidia trachamastis

138 : In an adult human being; the number of vertebrae is ?
Ans : 26

139 : Who is the inventor of Spectacles?
Ans : Venice (Italy)

140 : Tetanus causing bacteria is ?
Ans : Clostridium tetani

141 : What is the name of the first cloned cat?
Ans : Carbon copy ( in 2001; at Texas)

142 : E.E.G (Electro Encephalogram) is used to record changes in the electric potential in various areas of?
Ans : Brain

143 : Which organ of the body is affected by Malaria?
Ans : RBC

144 : Cloves are dried flower buds of which plant?
Ans : Syzygium aromaticum.

145 : Vitamin B9 is also called?
Ans : Folic acid

146 : Life span of RBC is?
Ans : 120days

147 : Whis is the Largest trees in plant world ?
Ans : Conifers

148 : Which is the disease that affects largest number of people in the world?
Ans : Common cold

149 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been established under the NGT Act 2010 on ?
Ans : 18th October;2010

150 : Name the digestive enzyme that converts Peptides to amino acids is?
Ans : Erepsin