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MDCAT Biology Online Test MCQs With Answers
Question # 1
The term enzyme was coined from a Greek word which means
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In yeast
In grapes
In apple
In bacteria
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Question # 2
An organism of the lineage of animals in which the blastopore of the developing embryo becomes the anus, while a second opening becomes the mouth called:
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Triploblastic
Protostome
Diploblastic
Deuterostome
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Question # 3
Which one of the following does not refer to mutialism
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Mycorrhiza
Parasitism
Lichen
Bacteria in the gut of cow
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Question # 4
Tiny shaped structure located deep between cerebral hemispheres
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Thyroid gland
Pitutary gland
Pineal Gland
Corpus callosum
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Question # 5
Animals involved in the construction of corals are
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Polyps
Medusae
Gonozooids
None
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Question # 6
Lichen is the example of
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Mutualism
Commenaslim
Parasitism
All of above
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Question # 7
Forest ecosystem is subdivided into ____ type of forests.
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Two
Four
Five
Three
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Question # 8
Most of the plant cells lack following organelles EXCEPT
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Flagellum
Lysosome
Centriole
Mitochondria
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Question # 9
___ gives blue color with iodine
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Glycogen
Dextrin
Cellulose
Starches
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Question # 10
A carrier mother for colour blindness does not have
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A normal boy
A carrier boy
A colour blind boy
A normal daughter
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Question # 11
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species & neither helps nor harms the other is called
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Mycorrihza
Symbiosis
Commensalism
Mutualism
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Question # 12
The amount of DNA in _____ is one half to that of_____:
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Somatic cells, Germ cells
Osteocytes, Somatic cells
Germ cells, Somatic cells
Somatic cells, Gametocytes
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Question # 13
The idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics was presented by
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Margulis
Lamarck
Linnaeus
Cuvier
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Question # 14
Radial symmetry is present in
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Adults of annelida
Adults of echinodermata
Adults of Cnidaria
Both B and C
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Question # 15
Pick a non-reducing sugar
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Lactose
Sucrose
Glucose
Fructose
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Question # 16
The combination of many food chains is termed as
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Food chain
Food web
Trophic level
None of above
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Question # 17
When succession starts on dry soil or rocks it is called:
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Hydrosere
Derosere
Xerosere
lithosere
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Question # 18
Man has ____________ linkage group
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23
21
25
46
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Question # 19
The study of different communities to environment is called
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Autecology
Synecology
Microbiology
Ornithology
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Question # 20
The idea of endosymbiont hypothesis was first proposed by:
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Lynn marguils
Wallace
Karlene Schwartz
Lamarck
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Question # 21
Chlorofluorocarbons are
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Organic
Inorganic
Intermediate
Solid
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Question # 22
Fungi and bacteria are:
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Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Predators
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Question # 23
In a phospholipid molecule, fatty acid is attached to the carbon number_____ of glycerol.
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1
2
Both
3
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Question # 24
Leech is preferably a
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Host
Parasite
Predator
Mutualist
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Question # 25
The smallest known virus is
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HIV virus
HBV virus
Influenza virus
Polio virus
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Question # 26
Man is
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Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
All of above
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Question # 27
Which include seral stages of a primary succession are
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Lichen & algae
Mosses and ferns
Grasses & shrubs
All of these
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Question # 28
In tertiary structure, presence of hydrophilic amino acids at the surface of proteins and hydrophobic amino acids buried inside, indicate
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Nature of bonding
Function of protein
Nature of medium
Shape of protein
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Question # 29
Slight change in pH can cause
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Denaturation
Crystallization
Ionization
All
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Question # 30
All living organisms supported by biosphere are called
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Biotic components
Abiotic components
Autecology
Synecology
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Question # 31
Which is correct about myelin sheath
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It speeds up conduction
It is found in all axons
It is found in all dendrites
It is proteinaceous only
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Question # 32
Choose the correct option about the following figure:
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A is showing Envelope
B is not showing envelope
C is showing RT
D is showing RNA
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Question # 33
Major cells infected by HIV are
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Monocytes
B lymphocytes
T lymphocytes
RBC
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Question # 34
Ozone is present at about ________ km above earth
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5 -10
10 - 20
10 - 40
10 - 50
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Question # 35
The nutrient cycles are also called as
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Biogeochemical cycles
Biochemical cycles
Geo-cycles
All of above
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Question # 36
Which of the following is not true about biotic components
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Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Atmosphere
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Question # 37
Diabetes insipidus is caused by
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Lack of aldosterone
Overproduction of ADH
Lack of ADH
Lack of insulin
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Question # 38
______ is a group of interbreeding individuals occurring together in space and time
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Population
Species
Community
All of above
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Question # 39
The nutrients in aquatic ecosystem tends to be concentrated near the
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Bottom
Surface
Center of total depth
10 feet below the surface
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Question # 40
Part of brain that is involved in learning
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Cerebrum
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Pons
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Question # 41
In free state Glucose is present in:
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Grapes
Dates
Figs
All Fruits
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Question # 42
Primary consumers form ______ trophic level
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First
Second
Third
Forth
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Question # 43
Which of the following virus is DNA enveloped
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Polio virus
Hepatitis B virus
HIV
Measles virus
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Question # 44
Sharp rise in LH output due to estrogens is an example of
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Negative feedback
Positive feedback
Primary feedback
None
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Question # 45
Plants growing on dry habitat is called:
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Hydrophytes
Mesophytes
Xerophytes
None of these above
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Question # 46
Xerosere starts with __________ stage.
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Crustose lichen
Foliose lichen
Mass
Shrub
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Question # 47
Which enzyme deficiency leads to phenylketonuria
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Phenylalanine oxidase
Phenylalanine hydroxylase
Phenylalanine synthase
Phenylalanine carboxylase
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Question # 48
Endocytosis of an apoptotic body is termed as
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Pinocytosis
Exocytosis
Phagocytosis
Apoptosis
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Question # 49
The body of a Hydra can be divided in two equal halves vertically in
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One plane only
Two planes
Three planes
Any plane
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Question # 50
In this type of relationship only one organism benefits from the relationship. The other is not affected at all
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Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
All of above
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Question # 51
Annual rainfall in grassland is about:
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250 to 650 mm
250 to 850 mm
250 to 450 mm
250 to 750 mm
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Question # 52
Which one of the following always contains DNA?
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Centriole
Lysosome
Golgi apparatus
Mitochondrion
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Question # 53
Excessive ploughing of lands in arid regions results in the development of
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Forest
Deserts
Grassland
Fields
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Question # 54
Plants growing in xeric (dry) condition are called:
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Hydrophytes
Xerophytes
Mesophytes
Derophytes
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Question # 55
An ecosystem is made up of three main components:
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The herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
The produces, the consumers and the decomposers
Primary, secondary and tertiary consumers
Producers, herbivores and carnivoers
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Question # 56
In earthworm, the surface responsible for the gaseous exchange is
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Skin
Gills
Body surface
Trachea
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Question # 57
Pick up ester bond present in nucleotide
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P-O-C
C-O-C
N-O-C
S-O-C
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Question # 58
Pick up the wrong statement from the following
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Oils are lighter than water
Animal fats are solid at room temperature
Specific gravity of fats is higher than water
Fats containing saturated fatty acids are solid
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Question # 59
Grazers feed mainly on which kind of plants
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Tree leaves
Shrubs
Grasses
Cereals
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Question # 60
Circulatory system is open type in all of the following, EXCEPT
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Arthropoda
Bivalvia
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
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Question # 61
Animals are
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Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Non of the above
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Question # 62
Which of the following kind of inhibitors don’t compete for active site of enzyme
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Irreversible competitive
Reversible competitive
Reversible non competitive
Both b and c
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Question # 63
An animal that preys other animals is a
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Predator
Carnivore
Consumer
All
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Question # 64
Virus without envelope is
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HIV
Hepatitis B
Polio virus
Hepatatis C
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Question # 65
Coniferous forests located at high latitude are called
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Boreal
Taiga
Tundra
Alpine
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Question # 66
By adding _______in neutral pH, we get the optimum pH of pancreatic lipase
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1
2
3
4
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Question # 67
------------------- are the autotrophs that capture and bring light energy into ecosystem
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Decomposers
Algae
Producers
None o these
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Question # 68
Parasitism is an association between a host and a parasite, which ivolves providing the parasite with:
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Food
Protection
Conditions for its survival
All a, b, c
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Question # 69
On an average, there are 50 or more thylakoids piled to form one
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Intergranum
Crista
Granum
F
_1
particle
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Question # 70
A Cell interacts with its external environment through
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Cell Wall
Nuclear membrane
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
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Question # 71
Allele for whiteness in Drosophila is :
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Recessive
Codominant
Dominant
Partially Dominant
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Question # 72
Which of the following hypothesis involved the evolution of eukaryotic cell from a prokaryotic cell
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Endosymbiont hypothesis
Membrane invagination hypothesis
Vent hypothesis
Both A and B
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Question # 73
Genetic basis of ABO blood group system was explained by:
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Landsteiner
Levine
Bernstein
Carl Correns
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Question # 74
Each biome consists of a combination of plants and animals in the fully developed
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Climax community
Community
Population
None of above
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Question # 75
High calcium concentration in blood causes the stimulation of
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Parathormone
Calcitonin
T
3
T
4
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Question # 76
Nitrogen makes up ______ percent of the gases in atmosphere
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76
77
78
98
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Question # 77
Causative agent of mysterious brain infection is composed of
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DNA+Protein
RNA+Protein
RNA only
Protein only
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Question # 78
DNA of non-virulent phage is
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Provirus
Prophage
Both
None
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Question # 79
Herpes type-1 virus causes
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Pitted scars
Swollen neck
Rashes on genitals
Vascular lesions
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Question # 80
Lipids store double amount of energy as compared to same amount of carbohydrates, because of
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Higher proportion of C-H bonds
Higher proportion of C-N bonds
Higher proportion of C-O bonds
Lower proportion of C-O-P bonds
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Question # 81
Which can't increase their weight in inorganic medium
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Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
Both b & c
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