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Who is considered to be father of Brain surgery?
Harvey Cushing

Who is known as the father of Homeopathy?
Samuel Hahnemann

Who is considered to be father of Micro Biology?
Louis Pasteur

Who propounded the theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin

Who is believed to be the father of Virology?
Beijernick

Who was propounded the theory that hysteria represented un discharged emotional energy?
Sigmund Freud

Who is known as the father of Osteotherapy?
Andrew Taylor Still

For measuring heart-beat of a person which device is used?
Stethoscope

Which device is used to measure blood pressure?
Sphygmo manometer

Which teeth is used for grinding food?
Canine

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What gives the human brain its energy?
Glucose

Which is the principle organ concerned in the loss of the heat from the human body?
Skin

What is the unit of measuring the energy requirements of human body?
Calorie

How many chromosomes are there in a body cell of human beings?
46

Which is the largest bone of thigh?
Femur

Which is the disease that caused due to shortage of red blood cells?
Anaemia

Which disease is gingivitis?
Inflammation of gums

He condition in which the eye are weak and tired easily is called
Asthenopia

Chloromycetin is a drug used for:
Typhoid

The gland which is present next to brain is
Pineal

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‘Podiatry’ is a science dealing with the disease of the
Teeth

Which vitamin prevents the bleeding of gums?
Ascorbic acid

Diabetes can be controlled by the injection of
Insulin

Chemicals that kills insects, weeds and disease organisms, ticks, mites and rats are collectively known as:
Pesticides

Any organism that damages the economics and physical well-being of human is called a
Pest

To which class of pesticides do DDT, BHC and Endosulphan belong:
Organo chlorines

Which pesticide represents about 50% of the total volume of pesticides used in India?
BHC

What is the name given to the pale yellow resin obtaining from the bark of ‘pistacia lentiscus’ and which is used for making varnish?
Mastic

Which of the kind of tree is ‘ Turpentane’ obtained?
Most kinds of pine tree

Which animal is generally considered to be the first animal domesticated by man?
Dog

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Breeding and management of insects for the production fo silks is known as
Sericulture

What is apiculture?
Bee-keeping

What is Pisci culture?
Production of fishes

Production of useful aquatic plants and animals is known as
Aqua culture

What does the caterpillar of Bombyx Mori produce?
Silk

Organism which can bring about soil nutrient enrichment are known as
Bio-fertilizers

The additional symbol of IAEA to denote radioactive material?
A skull and crossbones with a person running

Antibodies made outside by the by hybrid cell cultures are known as
Monoclonal antibodies

Who first thought of producing antibodies by hybrid cell culture or hybridomas?
Caesar Milstein and George Kohler

The world’s first successful human heart transplant operation was performed by Dr.Bernard. Name the individuel whose heart was used whose hear was used?
Miss Denise Ann Darvall

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Who invented Hover-bed for severely burnt patients?
Dr.J.T.Scales

‘Fluosol DA’ is a derivative of petroleum and milky white in colour. What is it called common parlance?
Artificial blood

Who was the first patient to receive an artificial heart?
Barney Clarke

Name the condition of the eye which round objects to appear as though they oval?
Astigmatism

Who invented the cardiac pacemaker?
Ake Senning

‘Iron lung’ is an artificial device to assist respiration in an unconscious patient. Who invented it?
Philip Drinken

Who invented ECG (Electro Cardiography)?
Willem Einthoven

Who was the first scientist to record the electrical activity of the brain?
Hans Berger

The total amount of living material in unit of area is known as
Biomass

What percent of solar energy reaching earth’s surface is converted into biomass?
0.2%

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Coal, Petroleum and natural gas are examples of
Fossil fuels

What is DAP(Fraught Animal Power)?
Total power which can be generated by animals in our country

Who wrote the epoch-making book on human anatomy, ‘De Corporis Humani Fabrica’(On the structure of human body)?
Andrews Vesalius

Who wrote the book, De Motus Coris- Concerning the Motion of the Heart?
William Harvey

Who wrote the book’ Micro-graphia’, which contains some of the most beautiful drawings of microscopic observations ever made?
Robert Hooke

Which Russian biochemist wrote the boos< ‘The origin of life’?
Aleksandr Ivanovich, Oparin

Who wrote ‘The causes of Evolution’, which is considered a land mark in evolutionary theory?
J.B.S.Haldane

A famous scientist was colour blind and was the first to describe colour-blindness. Colour blindness is often names after him. Who is he?
John Dalton

The seeds of which tree are so uniform in weight that they were once used as standard weights by goldsmith?
Carob

The cork tissue is made up of flattened, thin walled cells. What walls are permeated by a wax substance known as
Suberin

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Which plant holds its leaves in vertical position and aligns its edges north to south?
Compass plant

Who discovered the parathyro glands while dissecting a rhinoceros?
Sir Richard Owen

Which plant seed inspired the invention of Velcro fasteners?
Burdock

Phos[horescent Bay near parghera in Puerto Rico is so named because of the glow from certain organisms. Which ones?
Pyrodinium

Which plant use a battery of natural air-guns to disperse its dust like spores?
Sphagnum moss

The popular name of which tree is derived from a remark by an anonymous joker that ‘it would puzzle a monkey to climb that tree’?
Chile pine

Which tree has branches having the appearance of roots, giving rise to an ancient belief that the devil had turned the tree upside down?
Baobab

Which tree derives its name from a common legend that Judas Iscariot hanged himself on it?
Cercis Siliquastrum

Which rose variety became the emblem of the Lancastrians during the 15th century wars of Roses in Britain?
Red Provins Rose

During 1630s, Holland was gripped with mania for a particular flower. Which one?
Tulips

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What is special about the South American tree ‘Brosimum utile?
It gives milk just like cow’s milk

Where in the human body would you find the hamate bone?
Wrist

Where in the human body would you find ‘ilium’?
Near the hip

What is the major substance making up the human body?
Water

Where would you find the metatarsal bones?
Foot

Which enzyme present in perspiration and tears destroys the cell walls of many bacteria, thus protecting our bodies against them?
Lysozyme

In which form is energy stored in the body?
ATP

Why are carbohydrates essential to life?
To provide energy

What are the biochemical reactions in the body known as?
Metabolic reactions

The connective tissue membrane that surrounds a bone is known as
Periosteum

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The fluid that fills the space in front of the lens of the eye is known as
Aqueous humour

The phase of the heart-beat cycle when the cardiac muscle contracts is known as
Systole

The human brain is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid which cushions against external shocks. What is the name of the space which contains this fluid?
Subarachnoid space

The pair of veins which carry deoxygenated blood away from the head and neck are known as
Jugular veins

How much haemoglobin is there in 10ml blood of average healthy man?
15gms

Haversian canals are found in
Bones

Where would you fins bundle of ‘His’?
Heart

Thoracic is the major vessel of the
Lymphatic system

Compound released by WBCs, which raise the body’s temperature, are known as
Pyrogens

‘Tympanic cavity’ is another name for
Middle ear

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Which tissue acts as a strong inextensible attachment of skeletal muscles to bones?
Tendons

B.cells and T-cells of the body are involved in
Defence mechanism
Of the various vertebrae in man, name the type which are 12 in number?
Thoracic

B-cells are involved in
Humoral immunity

Which of following changes would you find in the disease Polycythemia?
Increase in total RBCs

Pituitary, Thyroid, Ovaries and Adrenals are examples of
Endocrine glands

Salivary, tear, gastric and intestinal gland are examples of
Exocrine Glands

Which well-known tree is known in Britain as Wellingtonia?
Giant Sequoia

The evolutionary history if an organism is known as
Phylogeny

Which plant has been name after the founder of Singapore?
Rafflesia