Branch of Zoology
- Which of the following is not the vestigial human organ ?
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Tailbone, muscles of eardrum and tailbone are all vestigial organs in humans. The frontal teeth or incisors are functional and not vestigial. They take part in tearing of food materials.
Correct Option: C
Tailbone, muscles of eardrum and tailbone are all vestigial organs in humans. The frontal teeth or incisors are functional and not vestigial. They take part in tearing of food materials.
- The structure of double helix of DNA was described by
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The knowledge that the structure of DNA is double helical was described by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953. Their description was based on a single X-ray diffraction image taken by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling in May 1952, as well as the knowledge given by Erwin Chargaff about the specific rules of nucleotides pairing.
Correct Option: C
The knowledge that the structure of DNA is double helical was described by Francis Crick and James Watson in 1953. Their description was based on a single X-ray diffraction image taken by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling in May 1952, as well as the knowledge given by Erwin Chargaff about the specific rules of nucleotides pairing.
- In human the thickest skin is present in
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The thickest skin is present in the sole of the foot being around 4mm thick. The hell portion of the foot being the thickest portion. The skin under the eye and the area around the eyelids is around 0.5mm thick and it is the thinnest skin in the body.
Correct Option: B
The thickest skin is present in the sole of the foot being around 4mm thick. The hell portion of the foot being the thickest portion. The skin under the eye and the area around the eyelids is around 0.5mm thick and it is the thinnest skin in the body.
- The 1968 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine was shared by Holley, Khorana and Nirenberg, for
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The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded within genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) is translated into proteins by living cells. The 1968 Nobel for Physiology and Medicine was shared by Robert W. Holley, H. Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg.
Correct Option: B
The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded within genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) is translated into proteins by living cells. The 1968 Nobel for Physiology and Medicine was shared by Robert W. Holley, H. Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg.
- Which of the following is also called Jelly-Fish ?
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Jelly fish belongs to the genus Aurelia of phylum Cnideria.
Correct Option: C
Jelly fish belongs to the genus Aurelia of phylum Cnideria.
