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Biology Medium

Which blood group is known as the universal donor?

  • AAB positive
  • BA negative
  • CB negative
  • DO negative
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Correct Answer: Option D — O negative
Explanation: O negative blood is the universal donor type because it lacks A B and Rh antigens on red blood cells making it compatible for transfusion to recipients of any blood type.
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Biology Medium

What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?

  • APhenotype
  • BKaryotype
  • CGenotype
  • DGenome
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Correct Answer: Option C — Genotype
Explanation: Genotype refers to the complete set of genetic information or alleles present in an organism that determines its inherited traits and potential phenotypic characteristics.
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Biology Medium

What is the term for the physical appearance or observable characteristics of an organism?

  • AGenome
  • BGenotype
  • CKaryotype
  • DPhenotype
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Correct Answer: Option D — Phenotype
Explanation: Phenotype refers to the observable physical and biochemical characteristics of an organism resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
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Biology Easy

Which scientist is known as the Father of Genetics?

  • ACharles Darwin
  • BGregor Mendel
  • CLouis Pasteur
  • DAristotle
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Correct Answer: Option B — Gregor Mendel
Explanation: Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics for his pioneering experiments on pea plants in the 1860s that established the fundamental laws of heredity and trait inheritance.
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Biology Easy

What is the process by which organisms break down glucose to release energy?

  • ADigestion
  • BPhotosynthesis
  • CCellular respiration
  • DTranspiration
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Correct Answer: Option C — Cellular respiration
Explanation: Cellular respiration is the process by which organisms break down glucose in the presence of oxygen to produce ATP carbon dioxide and water releasing energy for cellular activities.
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Biology Easy

Which pigment in plants absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis?

  • AChlorophyll
  • BMelanin
  • CHaemoglobin
  • DKeratin
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Correct Answer: Option A — Chlorophyll
Explanation: Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in chloroplasts of plant cells that absorbs sunlight primarily in the red and blue wavelengths to drive the process of photosynthesis.
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Biology Easy

What is the process by which green plants make their own food using sunlight?

  • ARespiration
  • BTranspiration
  • CPhotosynthesis
  • DFermentation
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Correct Answer: Option C — Photosynthesis
Explanation: Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose and oxygen in chloroplasts through light-dependent and light-independent reactions.
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Biology Medium

Who discovered the double helix structure of DNA?

  • ACharles Darwin and Gregor Mendel
  • BRobert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek
  • CJames Watson and Francis Crick
  • DLouis Pasteur and Robert Koch
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Correct Answer: Option C — James Watson and Francis Crick
Explanation: James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953 using X-ray diffraction data from Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.
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Biology Easy

What is the full form of DNA?

  • ADeoxyribose Nucleic Acid
  • BDi-nitrogen Acid
  • CDinucleic Acid
  • DDeoxyribonucleic Acid
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Correct Answer: Option D — Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Explanation: DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid and is the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for the development functioning growth and reproduction of all known organisms.
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Biology Medium

Which type of cell division produces gametes with half the chromosome number?

  • ABudding
  • BMeiosis
  • CMitosis
  • DBinary fission
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Correct Answer: Option B — Meiosis
Explanation: Meiosis is the type of cell division that produces four genetically diverse gametes each containing half the chromosome number of the parent cell ensuring genetic diversity in sexual reproduction.
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