General Knowledge Quiz 751


General Knowledge
Lonesome George is the name given to a
(A) Wild Ass
(b) Chimpanzee
(c) Tortoise
(d) Gorilla

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Bats act as biotic agents in conducting pollination. This mode of pollination is called
(a) Anemophily
(b) Maleicophily
(c) Ornithophily
(d) Cherapetrophily

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Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
(a) ALU and bus
(b) Control unit and ALU
(c) Registers and Main Memory
(d) Control unit and Registers

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The hormone insulin is a
(a) Peptide
(b) Sterol
(c) Glycolipid
(d) Fatty acid

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Regarding the atom of a chemical element, the magnetic quantum number refers to
(a) Size
(b) Spin
(c) Orientation
(d) Shape

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Diffusion of light in the atmosphere takes place due to
(a) Helium
(b) Water vapours
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Dust particles

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Ticks and mites are actually
(a) Myriapods
(b) Insect
(c) Crustaceans
(d) Arachnids

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When one gene controls two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called
(a) Polyploidy
(b) Polyteny
(c) Apomixis
(d) Pleiotropy

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Foot-and-Mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, is caused by
(a) Protozoan
(b) Virus
(c) Fungus
(d) Bacterium

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The cellular and molecular control of programmed cell death is known as
(a) Necrosis
(b) Degeneration
(c) Ageing
(d) Apoptosis

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