GK - Points - Biology 1 - For UPSC Exams

• To production of what - Red-rot and Ergot disease are linked

Answer - Sugarcane and Bajra

• "Linus Pauling" received A Nobel prize for unraveling the helical structure of -

A - Protein

• An organism which causes maleria  - Protozoan

• The concept of Cellular Totipotency in plants is related to - Tissue Culture

• What is Red sindhi - It is a cross breed , a higher milk yielding breed of cow.

• "Life begets life" is related to which scientist - Louis Pasteur , disapproved the theory of spontaneous generation

• Age of Moon is Approximately - 4.36 Billion Years

• Cause of Tuberculosis is a bacteria
• Sandfly is related to which disease- Kala - Azar disease 
• Nightblindness is caused due to deficiency of which vitamin - Vitamin A 
• Ptyalin is an enzyme that is found in the saliva of Homo Sapiens ( Human Beings ) 
• In which part of the Human Body are RBC's formed - Bone Marrow
• Bt-Brinjal & Bt-Cotton are Pest resistant - They are the genetically modified versions of the respective items.
• Electrostatic precipitation is used to control which pollution - Air Pollution