Science Quiz Test 4 April

Scientific study of birds is known as
(a) Limnology
(b) Herpetology
(c) Malacology
(d) Ornithology

Toxicology is related to the study of
(a) viruses
(b) bacteria
(c) diseases
(d) poisons

Which one of the following is a female sex hormone?
(a) Estrogen
(b) Androgen
(c) Oxytocin
(d) Insulin

‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose:
(a) Polio virus
(b) AIDS antibodies
(c) Tuberculosis bacterium
(d) Cancer

Which is the gland that holds the body’s thermostat?
(a) Pineal
(b) Pituitary
(c) Thyroid
(d) Hypothalamus

The metal present in insulin is
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Zinc
(d) Magnesium

Typhoid fever is caused by-
(a) virus
(b) bacteria
(c) fungus
(d) allergy

A ‘breath test’ used by traffic police to check drunken driving uses:
(a) potassium dichromate-sulphuric acid
(b) potassium perma-nganate-sulphuric acid
(c) turmeric on filter paper
(d) silica gel coated with silver nitrate

Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
(a) Polimyletis
(b) Malaria
(c) Whooping cough
(d) Ring worm

AIDS virus has:
(a) single-stranded RNA
(b) double-stranded RNA
(c) single-stranded DNA
(d) double-stranded DNA