Basic Zoology Questions and Answers

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Q1
Bruch’s membrane is found in-
  • A Inner ear
  • B Uvea of eye
  • C Testes
  • D Pancreas
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Bruch’s membrane is a glassy membrane of the uvea of eye lying between the choroids membrane and the pigmented epithelium of the retina. It is also known as lamina basalis of the choroid or vitreous lamella.
Q2
Fetuin is found in-
  • A Foetus
  • B Liver
  • C Spleen
  • D None of these
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Fetuin is a type of globulin found in foetus and is required for the cell proliferation and growth of foetus.
Q3
Hensen’s body is associated with-
  • A Retina of eye
  • B Organ of Corti
  • C Heart
  • D Skin
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Hensen’s body is modified Golgi net found in the hair cells of the Organ of Corti.
Q4
Sensory receptor of warmth located principally at the lip of fingers is known as-
  • A Ruffini’s corpuscles
  • B Organ of Zuckerkandl
  • C Organ of Giraldes
  • D Weber’s organ
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Ruffini’s corpuscles are encapsulated sensory nerve endings found in subcutaneous tissue of finger tips and thought to mediate sense of warmth.
Q5
Which of the following is basic amino acid ?
  • A Alanine
  • B Aspartic acid
  • C Asparagine
  • D Arginine
Answer: Option D
Explanation: Arginine is crystalline basic amino acid obtained from decomposition of vegetable tissues, protamines and proteins
Q6
Which of the following amino acid is sulphurbearing compound ?
  • A Methionine
  • B Alanine
  • C Aspartic acid
  • D Arginine
Answer: Option A
Q7
Negri bodies are associated with-
  • A Rabies
  • B Typhoid
  • C Tuberclosis
  • D Hepatitis
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Negri bodies are very minute bodies formed in nerve cells of the brain of one affected by rabies.
Q8
Schultze’s bundle is associated with-
  • A Brain
  • B Spinal cord
  • C Heart
  • D None of these
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Schultze’s bundle is commashaped path of fibres in middle of spinal cord’s fasciculus cuneatus.
Q9
Schlemm’s canal is present in-
  • A Eye
  • B Cochlea
  • C Spinal cord
  • D Vertebrae
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Schlemm’s canal is space or series of spaces at the junction of the sclera and the cornea of the eye into which aqueous humor is drained from the anterior chamber through the pectinate villi.
Q10
Capsule of Tenon is associated with-
  • A Eyeball
  • B Brain
  • C Skin
  • D Kidney
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Capsule of Tenon is a thin fibrous sac enveloping the eyeball, forming a socket in which it rotates.
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