Biology Most Important One Liner Question and Answer part- 7

Biology Most Important One Liner Question and Answer part- 7

• Complex tissueis made up of more than - one type of cells.
• The cuticleis absent in - root.
• Intercalary meristemsare found in - Inter node.
• Major pesticidalproperties are present in - Pongamia.
• Animals make several feeding tripsin - a day.
• Green blocksare referred to - Bio-bricks.
• India celebrated its “Polio free status” during the month of - February 2014.
• Widal testis used for the diagnosis of - Typhoid.
• Lactic acid accumulates in the muscles after continuous strenuous physical exercise as a result of - temporary anaerobic respiration
• Lactic acid causes -muscular fatigue.
• Thalassemiais an example of - frame shift mutation.
• The biggest single-celled organism is - Amoeba.
• An amoebais a type of cell or organism which has the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting - pseudo pods.
• Amoebasdo not form a single taxonomic group; instead, they are found in every major - lineage of eukaryotic
• Cresco graphwas invented by - C. Bose.
• A Cresco graphis a device for measuring - growth in plants.
• Cresco graph was invented in the early 20th century by - Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.
• Bose Cresco graphuses a series of clockwork gears and a smoked glass plate to record the movement of the tip of a plant (or its roots) at magnifications of up to - 10,000.
• Foramen Magnumis an aperture found in the - Skull.
• ‘Kelp’ is sea a weed rich in - iodine
• Ethologythe branch of Zoologythat deals with the scientific study of - animal behavior.
• ‘Barr body’ is found in - female somatic
• A Barr body(named after discoverer Murray Barr) is the inactive X chromosomein - female somatic cell, rendered inactive in a process called lyonization, in those species in which sex is determined by the presence of the Y (including humans) or W chromosome rather than the diploidy of the X.
• Marine sources have been particularly fruitful in finding novel anti-tumour agents such as - bryostanns and dolostatins.
• If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water - Typhoid disease will spread.
• Pulmonary Vein brings clean blood from - the lungs into the heart.
• Movement of hairs in Drosera is referred to as - Thigmotropism.
• Thigmotropism is a movement in which a plant moves or grows in response to - touch or contact stimuli.
• The prefix thigmo in Thigmotropism comes from the Greek for “touch”.
• Thigmotropismoccurs when plants grow around a surface, such as - wall, pot, or trellis.
• Cephaleurosis an example of - parasitic alga.
• The algais parasiticon some important economic plants of the tropics and subtropics such as - tea, coffee, mango and guava causing damage limited to the area of algal growth on leaves or killing new shoots, or disfiguring fruit.
• Solitary cyrnose inflorescence is observed in - Gardenia.
• The excretory aperture in Parameciumis known as - Cytopyge.
• IVF(In Vitro Fertilization) Technique was first devised by - Patrick Steptoeand Robert Edwards.
• Just born babyhas the respiratory rate as - 32 times/minute.
• The normal respiration rate for an adult at rest is - 12 to 20 breaths per minute.
• The special modified epidermal cells surrounding stomatal pore are called - Guard cells.
• Guard cells are cells surrounding each - stoma.
• Stoma help to regulate the rate of transpiration by - opening and closing the stomata.
• Transpiration through leaves is called as - Foliar transpiration.
• Rugae folds found in the mucous liningof - empty stomach.
• Leaves of many grasses are capable of folding and unfolding because they have specialized - bulliforrn cells.
• Pleura are the covering of - Lung.
• Duck – billed platypus is an – egg-laying mammal.
• The type of kidneys present in frog is - mesonephros.
• Medicine of Quinineis provided by- Cinchona plant.
• Process through which plants reproduce is - 
• A member of Liliaceaethat shows reticulate venationis - Smilax.
• Euphenics is treatment of defective heredity through - genetic engineering.
• Araneologyis Study of - spiders.
• “Corpus luteum” secretes - Progesterone.
• The male sex hormone is - Testosterone.
• Iodine test is used to detect - Carbohydrate.
• The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by - green plants.
• Allantois of Embryohelps in - excretion.
• Hare belongs to - mollusk.
• Outside the nucleus DNA is found in - Mitochondria.
• Animal protein is called - first class protein
• Animal protein is rich in - essential amino acids.
• Photoperiodism affects - Flowering, Vegetative growth and Fruiting.
• Cyanide poisoning causes death in seconds because It causes - cardiac arrest.
• Xenobiotics which are inherently resistant to microbial attack are called as - Recalcitrant.
• Fleming discovered the first - antibiotic.
• Sir Alexander Fleming was a - Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.
• Sir Alexander Fleming best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozymein 1923 and the world’s first antibiotic substance benzyl penicillin (Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in 
• Molybdenumdeficiency affects the activity of - Chlorate reductase, Nitrogenase and Nitrate reductase.
• When one gene pairhides the effect of the other unit, the phenomenon is referred to as - Epistasis.
• The substrate of Photorespiration is - Glycolate.
• Myxineis - jawless.
• Competition for food, light and spaceis most severe in closely related species growing in - same area or niche.
• Aflatoxinsare produced by - fungi.
• Aflatoxinsare a family of toxins produced by certain fungi that are found on - agricultural crops such as maize (corn), peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts.
• Sporozoiteis the infective stage of the - Malaria Parasite.
• An infected mosquito injects immature forms of the parasite, called - sporozoites, into the person’s bloodstream.
• The sporozoites are carried by the blood to- liver.
• Linseedis obtained from - Flax.
• Linseed oil, also known as - flaxseed oil
• Flaxseed oil is a colorless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of - flax plant (Linum usitatissimum).
• Euglena possesses characteristics of - plant and an animal.
• The euglenais unique because it is sort of like a plant and also like an animal. It is - pear shaped.
• The euglena has a whippy tail called a - flagellum that allows it to move through the water.
• Tachycardia is a condition characterized by heart - rate increases from the normal.
• Oxyntic cell is meant for the - secretion of hydrochloric acid.
• One of the cells of the gastric glands lies on the basement membrane covered by the chief cells, and secretes - gastric intrinsic factor and HCl
• Wisdom-teeth is a - vestigial organ.
• Motor skills are associated with- Frontal lobe of the brain.
• Amylase enzyme is present in all members of the animal kingdom except - Protozoa.
• Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesisand also contains - chlorophyll.
• Bamboo is classified as - grass.
• Magnesium is contained in - Chlorophyll.
• Carbon Monoxide is a pollutant because it reacts with - haemoglobin.
• Phloem is responsible for transport of - food and other substances in plants.
• Xylem is responsible for transport of - water
• Temporal lobe of human brain is associated with - hearing.
• In mammals, an important role of excretion is played by - Kidneys.
• Aedes mosquito is the carrier of - Zika virus.
• Root cap is derived from - Calyptrogens.
• The blotting technologyused to identify the isolated protein is - western blotting.
• Morphology of Chromosomescan be best studied at - Metaphase.