Biology miscellaneous
- Which one of the following is a female sex hormone?
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Estrogen is the general name for a group of hormone compounds. It is the main sex hormone in women and is essential to the menstrual cycle. Although both men and women have this hormone, it is found in higher amounts in women, especially those capable of reproducing. Secondary sex characteristics, which are the defining differences between men and women that don’t relate to the reproductive system, are determined in part by estrogen.
Correct Option: A
Estrogen is the general name for a group of hormone compounds. It is the main sex hormone in women and is essential to the menstrual cycle. Although both men and women have this hormone, it is found in higher amounts in women, especially those capable of reproducing. Secondary sex characteristics, which are the defining differences between men and women that don’t relate to the reproductive system, are determined in part by estrogen.
- Why excessive heating and repeated use of cooking oil is most undesirable?
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Heating an oil changes its characteristics and this means that oils regarded as being healthy at room temperature can become unhealthy when heated above certain temperatures. The smoking point is the temperature at which a particular fat or oil starts to smoke and break down creating acreolein, an obnoxious-smelling compound. A 2001 review found that polyunsaturated oils like soya, canola, sunflower, and corn oil degrade quickly to yield toxic compounds when heated and that prolonged consumption of these degraded polyunsaturated oils was linked to atherosclerosis, inflammatory joint disease and the development of birth defects.
Correct Option: B
Heating an oil changes its characteristics and this means that oils regarded as being healthy at room temperature can become unhealthy when heated above certain temperatures. The smoking point is the temperature at which a particular fat or oil starts to smoke and break down creating acreolein, an obnoxious-smelling compound. A 2001 review found that polyunsaturated oils like soya, canola, sunflower, and corn oil degrade quickly to yield toxic compounds when heated and that prolonged consumption of these degraded polyunsaturated oils was linked to atherosclerosis, inflammatory joint disease and the development of birth defects.
- ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose :
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ELISA is an abbreviation for “enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay.” An ELISA test uses components of the immune system and chemicals to detect immune responses in the body (for example, to infectious microbes).It is used to detect the retrovirus antibodies. The ELISA test involves an enzyme (a protein that catalyzes a biochemical reaction). It also involves an antibody or antigen (immunologic molecules).
Correct Option: C
ELISA is an abbreviation for “enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay.” An ELISA test uses components of the immune system and chemicals to detect immune responses in the body (for example, to infectious microbes).It is used to detect the retrovirus antibodies. The ELISA test involves an enzyme (a protein that catalyzes a biochemical reaction). It also involves an antibody or antigen (immunologic molecules).
- Reserpine is used to :
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Reserpine (Lannett’s Serpalan) is an indole alkaloid antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug that has been used for the control of high blood pressure. The antihypertensive actions of reserpine are a result of its ability to deplete catecholamines (among other monoamine neurotransmitters) from peripheral sympathetic nerve endings. These substances are normally involved in controlling heart rate, force of cardiac contraction and peripheral resistance.
Correct Option: A
Reserpine (Lannett’s Serpalan) is an indole alkaloid antipsychotic and antihypertensive drug that has been used for the control of high blood pressure. The antihypertensive actions of reserpine are a result of its ability to deplete catecholamines (among other monoamine neurotransmitters) from peripheral sympathetic nerve endings. These substances are normally involved in controlling heart rate, force of cardiac contraction and peripheral resistance.
- Quantity of fresh air required for a man is
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Breathing sixteen times every minute an average volume of air amounting to 30 cubic inches, we find that the expired air amounts to no less than 17 cubic feet per hour. This contaminated air contains only 16 per cent of oxygen, and 4.5 per cent of carbonic acid gas, and is sufficient to vitiate no less than 3,000 cubic feet of fresh air. Pure fresh air contains from 0.03 to 0.04 per cent of carbonic acid gas, or at the most, .4 volumes per thousand volumes of air. Careful investigation shows that when further carbonic acid gas has been added raising the amount to more than .6 volumes per 1000 of fresh air that an unpleasant odour rapidly becomes perceptible and the air gets to be “close,” musty, or foul. According to these figures a person in a room ten feet square by ten feet high containing a 1000 cubic feet of air requires to have this air completely replaced twice during the hour so as to furnish 3,000 cubic feet of fresh air hourly in order to prevent the carbonic acid gas exceeding .06 per cent.
Correct Option: A
Breathing sixteen times every minute an average volume of air amounting to 30 cubic inches, we find that the expired air amounts to no less than 17 cubic feet per hour. This contaminated air contains only 16 per cent of oxygen, and 4.5 per cent of carbonic acid gas, and is sufficient to vitiate no less than 3,000 cubic feet of fresh air. Pure fresh air contains from 0.03 to 0.04 per cent of carbonic acid gas, or at the most, .4 volumes per thousand volumes of air. Careful investigation shows that when further carbonic acid gas has been added raising the amount to more than .6 volumes per 1000 of fresh air that an unpleasant odour rapidly becomes perceptible and the air gets to be “close,” musty, or foul. According to these figures a person in a room ten feet square by ten feet high containing a 1000 cubic feet of air requires to have this air completely replaced twice during the hour so as to furnish 3,000 cubic feet of fresh air hourly in order to prevent the carbonic acid gas exceeding .06 per cent.