Science Quiz Test 4 April

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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