General Awareness Quiz – Biology

General Awareness Quiz Set 16 for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and Railways exams. Biology Quiz for SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, Railways etc.

Topic: Biology

1. Candida auris is which type of disease ?
   A) bacteria
   B) fungal
   C) protozoa
   D) viral
   
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     Option B
   Explanation: candida Auris is the latest fungal disease, have high mortality rate because most of anti-fungal drug do not work on it.
2. Virus can infect which of the following?
   A) bacteria
   B) fungai
   C) plants
   D) all of them
   
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     Option D
   Explanation: virus can infect any organism having living cells.
    
3. Study of fungi is known as ?
   A) mycology
   B) fungology
   C) virology
   D) palelogy
   
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    Option A
   Explanation: study of fungus is known as mycology.
4. Which of the following bacteria cause crown gall disease in plants ?
   A) bacterium tumefaciens
   B) agrobacterium tumefaciens
   C) agrobacterium
   D) none of these
   
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    Option B
   Explanation: soil borne bacteria  agrobacterium tumefaciens is responsible for crown gall disease.
5. The plants grow in the salty water ?
   A) xerophyta
   B) helophyta
   C) heliophyta
   D) terophyta
   
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    Option B
   Explanation: helophyta are the plant which grow in the salty water near sea shore.
    
6. Which vitamin  is synthesized in the body by the intestine bacteria
   A) vit a
   B) vit b
   C) vit k
   D) vit d
   
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    Option C
   Explanation: vitamin k is synthesized in the large intestine by bacteria.
7. Fly ash, pollutant,  is released by ?
   A) thermal power plant
   B) fertilizers
   C) cement industry
   D) all of the above
   
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    Option A
   Explanation: fly ash is the pollutant which is released by thermal power plant as by product.
8. Which of the following is digested by pepsin(enzyme)?
   A) fat
   B) carbohydrate
   C) proteins 
   D) starch
   
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    Option C
   Explanation: pepsin is found in the gastric juice that digest proteins but partially.
    
9. The disease caused by bacteria in human eye?
   A) galucoma
   B) protanopia
   C) trachoma
   D) none of these
   
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    Option C
   Explanation: trachoma is the infectious disease caused by chlamydia trachomatis.
10. Protozoa which cause malaria ?
    A) female anopheles
    B) plasmodium
    C) paramecium
    D) both 1 and 2
    
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     Option B
    Explanation: malaria is caused by the protozoa plasmodium which is of 5 type and most commonly this is caused by infected female anopheles, which is the pathogen not protozoa.
11. Plant which are known as the sun lover?
    A) helophytes
    B) heliophytes
    C) bryophytes
    D) none of these.
    
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     Option B
    Explanation: heliophytes are known as the sun lover or sunstorke plants.
     
12. Central institutes for buffalo is situated in ?
    A) new delhi
    B) panipat
    C) hisar
    D) karnal
    
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     Option C
    Explanation: CIB is situated in hisar while NDRI(national dairy research institute ) is in karnal.
13. Disease caused by excessive fluoride in drinking water ?
    A) intestinal disease
    B) lung disease
    C) mottling of teeth
    D) all of them
    
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     Option C
    Explanation: excessive fluoride causes mottling of teeth in early childhood.
14. Carrot has which of the vitamin in excess ?
    A) vit b
    B) vit d
    C) vit a
    D) vit c
    
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     Option C
    Explanation: vitamin A is found in excess in carrot.
15. Disease caused by swelling of spinal membrane or brain membrane ?
    A) leukemia
    B) paralysis
    C) meningitis
    D) none of the above
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: meningitis is caused by the swelling of the spinal membrane.

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