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Which of the following equipment is used to study thermal behaviour of water? 

  1. MALDI-TOF

  2. Realtime PCR

  3. Differential scanning calorimeter

  4. SEM


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Differential scanning calorimetry or DSC is a thermoanalytical technique in which the difference in the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a sample and reference is measured as a function of temperature.
  •  Hence, Differential scanning calorimeter is used to study the thermal behaviour of water.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Differential scanning calorimeter'.

What percent of earth's water is fresh?

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4


Correct Option: C

Pollution can be checked through

  1. Reducing discharge of waste

  2. Increasing industrial development

  3. Throwing wastes in open spaces

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

With development and advancement, industries, factories and other establishments have become necessary reality, the pollution can be mitigated by adopting measures as to the treatment of waste at generating source before it is exposed in the environment, reducing the generation of waste material and recycling the waste over and again wherever possible. Preventing the discharge that contaminates the fresh drinking water source.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Reducing discharge of waste'.

22$^{nd}$ March is celebrated as

  1. World environment day

  2. World water day

  3. World AIDS day

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Which of the following increases the scarcity of freshwater?

  1. Pollution

  2. Population growth

  3. Industrial development

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Cells obtained from cancerous tumours are known as

  1. Hybridoma

  2. Lymphocyte

  3. Monoclonal cells

  4. Myeloma


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a blood cancer arising from plasma cells. 
  • Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell made in the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the ‘spongy’ material found in the centre of the larger bones in the body and is where all blood cells are made. 
  • Myeloma develops when DNA is damaged during the development of a plasma cell. 
  • This abnormal cell then starts to multiply and spread within the bone marrow.
  • Hence, Cells obtained from cancerous tumours are known as Myeloma.
  •  So, the correct answer is 'myeloma'.

Which one of the following in not a feature of cancerous cells?

  1. They divide in an uncontrolled manner.

  2. They do not remain confined to one localized area.

  3. They compete with normal cells for vital nutrients.

  4. They show contact inhibition.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cancer is a group of disease, that involves abnormal cell growth (abnormal cell division), with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. They compete with normal cells for nutrients. Contact inhibition is a growth mechanism, which functions to keep cells growing into a layer one cell thick or monolayer. The cancer cells do not show contact inhibition and they grow uncontrollably.
Thus, the correct answer is option (D), 'They show contact inhibition'.

What causes PCBs and dioxins?

  1. Heart disease

  2. Cancer

  3. Lung disease

  4. Skin infection


Correct Option: B

HeLa cells used in cell biology are

  1. Cancerous cells grown in cancer research laboratory

  2. Cervial cancer cell derivatives

  3. Both A and B 

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • HeLa cells are the cell type in immortal cell lines used in scientific research. It is the oldest and most commonly used human cell line.
  • The line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951, from Henrietta Lacks, a patient who died of her cancer on October 4, 1951.  These cells are grown in a laboratory and are used for conducting many experiments.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Cancer cells are characterized by

  1. Uncontrolled growth

  2. Invasion of local tissue

  3. Spreading to other body parts

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cancer is a group of diseases involving the abnormal cell growth where there is invasion of the local tissue and there is a potential to invade or spread to other body parts .
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.