How chameleons protect themselves from enemies?

Important Questions on Diversity in Living Organisms

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The rigidity of cellulose is due to:

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The amino acid tryptophan is the precursor for the synthesis of:

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Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?

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When you hold your breath, which of the following gas changes in blood would first lead to the urge to breathe?

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Which fish feeds in the middle zone of the pond?

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Which of these is not an important component of initiation of parturition in humans?

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Which one of the following hormones though synthesized elsewhere, is stored and release by the master gland?

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Oxytocin and vasopressin are synthesized in

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Which of the following animal possess jawless sucking mouth?

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Which animals in the animals kingdom require the maximum amount of energy?

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The posterior pituitary gland is not a 'true' endocrine gland because

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The correct sequence of number of chambers of heart in crocodile, frog, man and fish is :

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Name a peptide hormone which acts mainly on hepatocytes and adipocytes and enhances cellular glucose uptake and utilisation.

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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

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Which of the following hormones that controls blood pressure is secreted by human heart?

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A diabetic individual becomes unconscious after self-administering insulin. What should be done immediately to revive the individual?

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Three uniformly watered plants i, ii and iii were kept in 45% relative humidity, 45% relative humidity with blowing wind and 95% relative humidity, respectively. Arrange these plants in the order (faster to slowest) in which they will dry up.

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Which of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other?

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Ovoviviparous are

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Among the following, identify the wrong statements with respect to a whale and write them correctly.